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Raymond Gilleaudeau
Graduated N. Y. University Law School, LL.B. 19II. Admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, Oct., 1911. Member Phi Delta Phi Fraternity. Resident town of Rye past several years. Office 164 Montague St., Brooklyn; residence 336 E. Boston Post Rd., Ma- maroneck, N. Y.
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William Mitchell Van Winkle
Born N. Y. City, Dec. 5, 1885, son of Edgar Beach and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Van Winkle; paternal grandfather, Edgar S. Van Winkle, senior member Van Winkle, Candler & Jay, lawyers, N. Y. City; maternal grandfather, William Mitchell, Justice N. Y. Supreme Court. Graduated Harvard Univer- sity, A.B., 1908; graduated N. Y. Law School, 1909. Took Bar examination N. Y. City, 1911; admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, October, 19II. With Wood- ford, Bovee & Butcher, 1909-II; Krauthoff, Harmon & Mathewson, 1911-13; member Mitchell & Mitchell (founded 1873), since 1913. Married, December 28, 19II, Mary Laird Busk, of N. Y. City, daughter of Frederick T. and Margaret K. Busk. Children: William Mitchell, Jr., born Jan. 17, 1913, Mary Laird, born Sept. 14, 1914, Edgar Beach, 3rd, born Sept. 1, 1916. Member Apawamis, Union, and Harvard Clubs. Republican. Episcopalian. Resi- dent town of Rye since September, 1915. Office 44 Wall St., N. Y. City; residence Apawamis Av., Rye.
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Louis Clemens August Lewin
Born Port Chester, N. Y., Mar. 3, 1888; son of John J. Lewin, born Vienna, Austria, 1856, and Dorothea (Westphalen) Lewin, born Heide, Schles- wig-Holstein, Germany, 1861. Attended Port Chester Public School; graduated Port Chester High School, 1905; graduated N. Y. University Law School, LL.B., 1911. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, 19II; admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, Nov. 28, 191I. With Lawyers Title & Trust Company, White Plains, 1906-07; Mount Vernon Trust Company, Mt. Vernon, 1907-09. With Walsh & Wright, lawyers, Greenwich, Conn., 1909-12. Own office Port Chester, since March, 1912. Married, Feb. 10, 1915, Emily Frances Martin, of Port Chester, daughter of Warren J. and Elizabeth (Merritt) Martin. One child, Warren John, born Jan. 18, 1916. Acting Police Justice Port Chester village, 1912-14; Police Justice Port Chester village 1914-15; Clerk Port Chester village May, 1916-May, 1918. Mem- ber Masonic, Knights Templar, and Elks Orders, Port Chester Y. M. C. A., Reliance Engine & Hose Company (Port Chester), Byram River Yacht Club, Deutsche Kranken und Sterbe Kasse, and St. Paul's German Lutheran Church. Republican. Lutheran. Resident town of Rye since birth. Office 132 North Main St., Port Chester; residence Grace Church St., Port Chester.
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Charles E. Casey
Born Lee, Mass., Dec. 25, 1885, son of John H. Casey, born Middlefield, Mass., July 22, 1829, died Lee, Mass., Dec. 16, 1915, and Mary J. (O'Connell) Casey, born Lee, Mass., Sept. 12, 1851. Attended Williams College, 1902-05; graduated Fordham University, A.B., 1908; graduated Fordham Univer- sity Law School, LL.B., 1911. Took Bar exami- nation, N. Y. City, Oct., 1911; admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, Jan., 1912; U. S. Supreme Court; U. S. Dist. Court, S. D. N. Y. With Rosenberg & Levis, N. Y. City, 1911-13. Own office since 1913. Mar- ried, N. Y. City, June 5, 1910, L. Belle Griffith, of Chicago, Ill., daughter of F. E. and Sarah (Lore) Griffith. No children. Politics independent. Ro- man Catholic. Resident town of Rye since April, 1916. Office 2 Rector St., N. Y. City; residence 119 Barry Av., Mamaroneck, N. Y.
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Albert Francis Jaeckel, 2d
Graduated Williams College, A. B., 1907; gradu- ated Harvard University Law School, LL.B., 1910. Admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, Jan., 1912. Resi- dent town of Rye past several years. Office 32 Liberty St., N. Y. City; residence North St., Rye. 20
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Raymond Edmund Hackett
Born New Haven, Conn., Sept. 7, 1889, son of John and Margaret Hackett, of New Haven, Conn. Graduated New Haven High School 1908; graduated Yale University Law School, LL.B., 191I. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, 1912; admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, June, 1912; Conn. Bar, Hartford, Jan., 1913. With Cummings & Lockwood, Stamford, Conn., since 1913; Asst. U. S. Atty. district of Conn. Unmarried. Democrat. , Roman Catholic. Resi- dent town of Rye, 1911-13. Office Stamford Natl. Bk. Bldg., Stamford; residence 109 Bedford St., Stamford.
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Samuel Wein
Born Port Chester, N. Y., Apr. 14, 1891, son of Isaac and Fannie (Rogowsky) Wein, both born Russia. Attended Port Chester Public School; graduated Port Chester High School, 1908; graduated N. Y. University Law School, LL.B., 1911; LL.M., 1912. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, June, 1912; admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn Sept., 1912. In mercantile business with father, Port Chester. Enlisted Dec. 15, 1917, Quartermaster's Corps Aero- nautical General Supplies. Member Elks Order, Y. M. H. A., and Y. M. C. A. Unmarried. Re- publican. Hebrew. Resident town of Rye since birth. Office and residence 21 N. Main St., Port Chester.
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John Michael Holzworth
Born Cleveland, O., May 28, 1887, son of Frederick E. and Ella (Degnon) Holzworth. Graduated Columbia University, A.B., 1910; graduated N. Y. University Law School, LL.B., 1912. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, June, 1912; admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, Nov. 12, 1912; U. S. Dist. and Circuit Courts, S. D. N. Y., 1914. Member Dela- field, Howe, Thorne & Rogers, N. Y. City. Married, Jan. 17, 1914, Sarah B. Slater, of Port Chester, N. Y., daughter of Thomas A. and Adelaide M. (Purdy) Haight, of Greenwich, Conn. Children: Jean, born March 26, 1915; Elizabeth, born Aug. 25, 1916. Commissioned Capt., U. S. A., Jan. 23, 1918. Member N. Y. State Bar Assn., and Lawyers, Columbia University, City, and Sleepy Hollow Country Clubs. Republican. Roman Catholic. Resident town of Rye since 1914. Office 27 Cedar St., N. Y. City; residence 353 Westchester Av., Port Chester.
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William Charles Young
Born Port Chester, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1891, son of William G. Young, born N. Y. City, April 19, 1863, and Anna (Reich) Young, born Boston, April 15, 1865. Attended New Lebanon School, East Port Chester, Conn., 1896-1906; Port Chester High School, 1906- 08; graduated Stamford (Conn.) High School, 1910; graduated N. Y. University Law School, LL.B., 1912. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, Jan., 1913; admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, Mch., 1913; Conn. Bar, New Haven, June 16, 1914; U. S. Dist. Court, S. D. N. Y., Mch, 24, 1916. In office William A. David- son, lawyer, Port Chester, N. Y., 1910-14. Own office Port Chester since Mch. 25, 1914. , Married July 17, 1914, Helen E. Haight of Stamford, Conn. One child, William Edgar. Member N. Y. State Bar Assn., Commercial Law League of America, Alumni Assn., N. Y. University Law School. Re- publican. Episcopalian. Office 125 North Main St., Port Chester; residence 136 Poningo St., Port Chester.
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Roger Sherman
Born Rye, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1888, son of Herbert A. and Anna (White) Sherman, direct descendant of Roger Sherman, signer and one of five drafters Declaration of Independence. Attended Cutler School, N. Y. City, 1899-1902; attended school Montreux, Switzerland, 1903-04; graduated Yale University, A.B., 1910; graduated Harvard Univer- sity Law School, LL.B., 1913. Admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, May 16, 1913; U. S. Dist. Court, S. D. N. Y .; U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit. With Taylor, Jackson & Brophy, 1911-16; Taylor Jackson, Brophy & Nash, 1916-17. Harvard Officers Training Camp three months, 1917; Platts- burg Training Camp until Nov. 26, 1917, and commissioned Second Lieut. Infantry; ordered to Camp Meade, Dec., 1917; attached 315th Infantry; detached Jan. 19, 1918, and ordered to New York; sailed for France Jan. 26, 1918, unattached, for A. E. F. Won his first case and established precedent (174 A.D. 484). Member Yale, Harvard, Apawamis, and American Yacht Clubs. Unmarried. Republi- can. Episcopalian. Resident town of Rye since birth. Office 30 Pine St., N. Y. City; residence Post Road, Rye.
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Roy Livingston Burns
Born Port Chester, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1887, son of Andrew Burns, born Greenwich, Conn., Sept. 6, 1857, and Eloise (Peck) Burns, born Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 23, 1859. Graduated Port Chester High School, 1906; graduated Wesleyan University, B.S., 1910; graduated N. Y. Law School, LL.B., 1912. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, 1913; admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, May 19, 1913. Entered law office Peck & Schmidt, Port Chester, 1910; copartner Jerome A. Peck and Frederick G. Schmidt (Peck, Schmidt & Burns), since August, 1914. Village Clerk Port Chester, 1914-15. Mem- ber Fairmount Tennis Club, Beta Theta Pi Frater- nity, Reliance Engine & Hose Co., (Port Chester). Entered U. S. service Oct. 8, 1917, Co. E. 306th Infantry, U. S. A. Unmarried. Republican. Me- thodist. Resident town of Rye since birth. Office 14 S. Main St., Port Chester; residence 27 Sound View St., Port Chester.
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Harry Dewey Holden
Born Mamaroneck, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1890, son of Charles C. Holden, born Telscombe, Suffolk, Eng- land, Nov. 21, 1849, and Mary (Phair) Holden, born New Haven Mills, Vt., May 13, 1850. Attended Rye Neck High School; Barnard School for Boys; graduated Amherst College, A.B., 1910; graduated Columbia University Law School, LL.B., 1913. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, 1913; admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, May, 1913; U. S. District Court, S. D. N. Y., 1915. With Baylis & Sanborn, N. Y. City, 1912-13; Spencer, Ordway & Wierum, N. Y. City, 1914-15; Conklin & Reid, N. Y. City, 1915-17. Married, Oct. 9, 1915, Madeline A. De Sylvia, of Rye, daughter of Carlos and Anna L. (Sullivan) De Sylvia. No children. Member West- chester County Bar Assn., Lawyers' Assn., Orienta Yacht Club. Republican. Methodist. Resident town of Rye since birth. Offices 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City, and 8 W. Boston Rd., Mamaroneck; residence Harold St., Mamaroneck.
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Simon Goldae (formerly Goldowsky)
Born Pemberwick, Conn., Sept. 10, 1889. At- tended Port Chester Public School; graduated Port Chester High School; graduated N. Y. University Law School, LL.B., 1913. Admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, June, 1913. Resident town of Rye past several years. Office I Liberty Sq., Port Chester; residence 47 East Broadway, Port Chester.
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William Henry O'Brien
Born Port Chester, N. Y., April 18, 1892, son of Richard O'Brien, born Hillsdale, Columbia Co., N. Y., July 7, 1863, and Martha A. (Ryan) O'Brien, born Banksville, Westchester Co., N. Y., June 14, 1862. Attended Port Chester Public Schools; gradu- ated Port Chester High School, 1910, as an honor student; graduated Fordham University Law School, LL.B., cum laude, 1913. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, June, 1913; admitted N. Y. Bar, Brook- lyn, Oct. 1, 1913. With Kellogg & Rose, N. Y. City, since Dec., 1913. Unmarried. Republican. Roman Catholic. Resident town of Rye since birth. Office 115 Broadway, N. Y. City; residence 50 Washington St., Port Chester.
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John Henry Zimmerman
Born Richmond, Ind., May 30, 1882, son of Edward Allen and Margaret (Pogue) Zimmerman. Paternal grandmother Bertha Bragg Zimmerman, sister of Lieut. Gen. Bragg. Maternal grandmother Margaret McRae Pogue. Attended Richmond, (Ind.) Preparatory School, 1898; graduated John Marshall College of Law, Chicago, LL.B., June, 1912. Took Bar examination, Chicago, July, 1912; admitted Illinois Bar, Chicago, Oct., 1913, federal courts Illinois. Head of Western Legal Dept. London and Lancashire Indemnity Co., Chicago, 1913-16. Married first, May 2, 1903, Edythe Gipe, daughter of Charles H. and Jennie Condo Gipe. Married secondly, Chicago, Oct. 2, 1912, Mary Ann Meeker, of Aurora, Ill., daughter of Cornelius Reide and Charlotte (Montony) Meeker. Children: John Condo, born July 15, 1909, Martha Lathrop, born Dec. 10, 1915. Former Depy. Co. Treas., Rock Island Co., Ill. Member Masonic Order and Delta Phi Law Fraternity. Resident town of Rye since Jan. 15, 1917. Office, 35 William St., N. Y. City; residence 335 Rye Beach Av., Rye.
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Arthur Andrew Fraser
Admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, March, 1914. Then resident at 341 Westchester Av., Port Chester, N. Y. Office 251 West 104th St., N. Y. City.
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Antonio Joseph Marino
Born N. Y. City, Apr. 4, 1887, son of Domenico Bochichio and Maria Luigia Larosa Marino, both born at Avigliano, Province of Basilcato, Italy. Graduated Port Chester High School, 1906; gradu- ated Cornell University, A.B., 1910; attended Har- vard Law School, 1911; graduated Boston University Law School, LL.B., cum laude, 1914. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, June, 1914; admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, Oct., 1914. With William Baruch, lawyer, Port Chester, N. Y., Sept. 1914-March, 1916; with Lawyers Title & Trust Company, White Plains, since April, 1916. Married, October 1, 1913, Cor- nelia May Conkey, of Cambridge, N. Y., daughter of Amos M. and Lovinia Ketchum (Snyder) Conkey. Children: John Conkey, born June 30, 1914, Donald Louis, born January 22, 1916. First Italian gradu- ated from Port Chester High School. First Italian lawyer in town of Rye. Republican. Roman Catholic. Resident town of Rye since June, 1887. Office 160 Main St., White Plains; residence 212 Seymour Rd., Port Chester. i
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William Remsen
Graduated Cutler School, N. Y. City, 1906; gradu- ated Columbia University, 1910; graduated Colum- bia University Law School, LL.B., 1914. Admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, October, 1914. Office 92 William St., N. Y. City; residence Milton Point, Rye, N. Y.
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Howard Gilbert Wilson
Admitted N. Y. Bar, Saratoga Springs, Sept., 1915. Then resident of Rye. Office 233 Bway., N. Y. City.
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William F. Tanner
Admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, June, 1916. Maintained office 31 Purchase St., Rye, N. Y., during 1917.
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Jacob Laffer Mulwitz
Born Port Chester, N. Y., Jan. 16, 1894, son of Samuel Mulwitz, born Russia, Apr. 1, 1865, and Bessie (Laffer) Mulwitz, born Russia, Mar. 15, 1875. Attended Port Chester Public Schools; graduated Port Chester High School (valedictorian), 1909; graduated Columbia University, A.B., 1913; gradu- ated Columbia University Law School, LL.B., 1915. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, June, 1915; admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, Sept. 27, 1916. With Peck, Schmidt & Burns, Port Chester, since 1913. Secretary "The Dorms" (Columbia), 1912- 13; director Port Chester Y. M. H. A. Member Masonic and Foresters Orders, Y. M. H. A., Alumni Assn. Columbia Law School. Unmarried. Politics independent. Jewish. Resident town of Rye since birth. Office 35 S. Main St., Port Chester; residence 89 Haseco Av., Port Chester.
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Stewart Maurice
Born Athens, Pa., June 29, 1891, son of Benjamin and Mary (Adams) Maurice. Graduated Mamaro- neck High School, 1908; graduated Columbia Univer- sity, A.B., 1913; graduated Columbia University Law School, LL.B., 1916. Admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, Dec. 6, 1916; U. S. Dist. Court, S. D. N. Y., Dec. 23, 1916. Managing clerk William F. S. Hart, N. Y. City, 1916-17; in office Masten & Nichols, N. Y. City, since Nov. 1, 1917. Enlisted U. S. Naval Reserve Force, Feb. 8, 1918. Member Columbia University and Orienta Yacht Clubs, Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Unmarried. Republican. Epis- copalian. Resident town of Rye since 1907. Office 35 Wall St., N. Y. City; residence 185 East Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, N. Y.
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John Daniel Lyons
Admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, Mar., 1917. Residence Rye Beach, Rye, N. Y.
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Hurlbert McAndrew
Born Plattsburg, N. Y., Dec. 3, 1892, son of George J. McAndrew, born Forestville, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1859, died Mamaroneck, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1916, and Sylvia (Hurlbert) McAndrew, born Forestville, March, 1866. Attended Mt. Vernon Public School, 1900-03; gradu- ated Mamaroneck High School, 1909; graduated N. Y. University, A.B., 1913; graduated Columbia University Law School, LL.B., 1917. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, June 26, 1917; admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, Oct., 1917. With Curtis, Mallet-Prevost & Colt, since 1917. Member Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity and N. Y. University Alumni Assn. Unmarried. Republican. Episcopalian. Re- sident town of Rye since 1903. Office 30 Broad St., N. Y. City; residence 134 Prospect Ave., Mamaroneck.
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Clarence L. Burger
Date and place of admission to N. Y. Bar not ascertained. Former resident town of Rye. Office 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
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William Herrmann
Date and place of admission to N. Y. Bar not ascertained. Occupied office First National Bank building, Port Chester, N. Y., July, 1914-May, 1916. Former resident Port Chester.
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Charles T. Green
Date and place of admission to N. Y. Bar not ascertained. Resided Washington St., Port Chester, N. Y., several years ago. Office 60 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
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"It is a secret worth knowing that lawyers rarely go to law."- MOSES CROWELL.
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Appendix
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County Judges of Westchester County
The names below are those of the presiding judges. After 1778 they were called "first" judges. After 1846 there was but one judge of this court, known as the county judge. Prior to 1846, this court was known as the court of common pleas, and after that year as the county court. No sessions of the court were held between 1776 and 1778. The date of appointment or election is given. Some of the early names or dates may not be accurate.
John Pell, Pelham,
. Aug. 25, 1688
Caleb Heathcote, Mamaroneck,
1695
Frederick Philipse, Yonkers,
Nov. 2, 1735 .
Samuel Purdy, Rye,
Jan. 22, 1752
John Thomas, Rye,
May 8, 1755
Robert Graham, White Plains,
· Feb. 17, 1778
Stephen Ward, East Chester,
May 6, 1784
Ebenezer Lockwood, Poundridge,
.
Mar. 15, 1791
Jonathan G. Tompkins, Scarsdale,
· Feb. 16, 1793
Ebenezer Purdy, North Salem,
Feb. 23, 1797 1798
Jonathan G. Tompkins, Scarsdale, Elijah Lee, Yorktown,
. Jan. 20, 1802
John Watts, New Rochelle,
. Mar. 29, 1802
Caleb Tompkins, Scarsdale,
. June 8, 1807
William Jay, Bedford,
June 7, 1820
Caleb Tompkins, Scarsdale,
. Feb. 10, 1823
William Willett, Harrison,
1721
Lewis or Louis Morris, Morrisania,
May 8, 1777
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Robert S. Hart, Bedford,
Mar. 27, 1846
Albert Lockwood, Sing Sing,
. June 1847
John W. Mills, White Plains,
. Nov. 1851
Wm. H. Robertson, Bedford,
. Nov. 1855
Robert Cochran, White Plains,
. Nov. 1867
Silas D. Gifford, Morrisania,
.
Nov.
1871
Isaac N. Mills, Eastchester,
.
Nov.
1883
Smith Lent, Ossining,
. Nov.
1895
Wm. Popham Platt, White Plains,
. Nov.
1901
Frank L. Young, Ossining, . ·
. Jany.
1916
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Surrogates of Westchester County
These were appointed prior to 1846, and after that year elected. The office and court of the Surrogate were established in the county building at White Plains, May 10, 1833. The date of appointment or election is given. Some of the early names or dates may not be accurate.
Gilbert Willett, Harrison, . I730
John Barton, Westchester, .
Feb. 9, 1754
Caleb Fowler, North Castle,
. June 10, 1761
David Daton, North Castle,
. June 19, 1766
Richard Hatfield, White Plains, Mar. 23, 1778
Philip Pell, Jr., Pelham,
Mar. 13, 1787
Elias Newman, . .
1796
Samuel Youngs, Mount Pleasant,
Oct. 31, 1800
Edward Thomas, Rye,
Jan. 28, 1802
Samuel Youngs, Mount Pleasant,
Feb. 19, 1807
Ezra Lockwood, Poundridge,
· Mar. 10, 1808
Samuel Youngs, Mount Pleasant,
· Feb. 16, 1810
Ezra Lockwood, Poundridge,
Feb. 12, 18II
Samuel Youngs, Mount Pleasant, Henry White, Yorktown,
Mar. 16, 1815
Samuel Youngs, Mount Pleasant, Ebenezer White, Jr., Yorktown, Jonathan Ward, Eastchester,
Feb. 17, 1821
Mar. 23, 1828
Alexander H. Wells, Sing Sing,
. Feb. 7, 1840
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. Mar. 19, 1813
July 8, 1819
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Frederick J. Coffin, Somers,
May 1, 1844
Lewis C. Platt, White Plains,
. June 1847
Robert H. Coles, New Rochelle,
Nov. 1855
Silas D. Gifford, Morrisania,
Feb. 5, 1862
John W. Mills, White Plains,
.
Nov.
1862
Owen T. Coffin, Peekskill, .
. Nov.
1870
Theodore H. Silkman, Yonkers,
. Nov.
1894
Frank V. Millard, Tarrytown,
Nov.
1906
William A. Sawyer, Port Chester,
. Nov.
1912
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Justices of the Court of Sessions of West- chester County
After 1846, two justices of the peace were elected for the term of one year, to hold courts of sessions with the county judge, having cer- tain criminal jurisdiction. The last sitting of this court was in the county court room, White Plains, December 31, 1895. From 1683, the date of the establishment of this court, to the first date below given, the justices were so many in number that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to give a correct list thereof.
Samuel Tompkins, Yorktown, 1858-59.
William Miller, Mount Vernon, 1858-62, 1865-66.
James Parker, Morrisania, 1860-61-62.
L. Leonce Coudert, Pelham, 1863.
James Williamson, South Salem, 1863-64.
Thomas J. Byrne, Westchester, 1864-65.
David K. Conklin, Peekskill, 1866-67-68.
Myron B. Silkman, Bedford, 1867-77. Stephen Billings, Cortlandt, 1869, 1886. William C. Howe, Sing Sing, 1870-86. Cyrus Lawrence, 2d, Lewisboro, 1877-81. James S. See, North Tarrytown, 1881-82. John H. Baxter, Peekskill, 1883-91. Hanford M. Henderson, Port Chester, 1887-88, 1891.
Henry J. Carey, City Island, 1889.
John J. Crennan, New Rochelle, 1890. John C. Holmes, Cross River, 1891-92-93.
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James C. Travis, 1891. Walter H. Jones, Yorktown, 1892. James Hyatt, Somers, 1893-94.
Walter H. Haight, New Castle, 1894.
Edward B. Kear, Yorktown, 1895.
Robert J. Bellew, Tuckahoe, 1895.
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Town Officers SUPERVISORS
Joseph Theall,
1691
Deliverance Brown,
170I
John Frost,
1703
Thomas Merritt,
1705-06
Joseph Purdy,
1707-08
John Hoyt,
17II
Joseph Budd,
1713-16
John Hoyt,
1717-19
Joseph Budd,
1720-22
Samuel Purdy,
1723-39
John Thomas,
1740-43
Samuel Purdy,
1744-46
Samuel Tredwell,
1747
Samuel Purdy,
1749
William Willett,
I750-61
Jonathan Brown,
1762-63
Timothy Wetmore,
1764
John Thomas,
1765-67
Timothy Wetmore,
1768
John Thomas, Jr.,
1769-70
Ebenezer Haviland,
1771-72
John Thomas,
1783-84
Jesse Hunt,
1785-86
Gilbert Brondige,
I788
Thomas Bowne,
1789-95
Bartholomew Hadden,
1796
John Guion,
1797
John Brown,
· 1799
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Thomas Brown,
· 1800
John Guion, .
. 1801-04
Samuel Marvin,
· 1805-06
Samuel Armor,
I807-08
Samuel Deall,
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1809-22
David Kirby,
1823-34
John Theall, .
1835-37
David Kirby, .
1838
Willett Moseman,
· 1839-40
John Theall, .
1841
James D. Halsted,
1842-45 .
J. C. Roosevelt Brown,
1846-47
D. Jerome Sands, .
1848
John S. Provoost, .
1849
William Horton,
1850
Newberry D. Halsted,
1851-53
John S. Provoost, .
1854
John E. Marshall, .
. 1855-59
John W. Lounsbury,
1861
James D. Halsted, .
1862-64 .
Wilson D. Slawson,
. 1865
Thomas K. Downing,
1866-68 .
Howard C. Cady, .
. 1869-70
Amherst Wight, Jr.,
. 1871-72
George W. Wesley, .
1873
William Ryan,
. 1883-87
George W. Carpenter,
. 1888-91
Clarence Sackett,
. 1894-97
Charles Eldredge,
· 1898-1900
Edwin F. Studwell,
. 1901-09
Joseph Haight,
· 1910-13
George J. Werner, .
. 1914-18
TOWN CLERKS
John Brondig,
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1678-93
John Hoit,
1696
Samuel Lane,
1697-1736
Samuel Purdy,
. I737-46
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Samuel William Johnson,
1874-82
Addison Johnson,
. 1892-94
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Ebenezer Kniffen,
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·
. 1747
Samuel Purdy,
· 1748-50
Gilbert Bloomer,
· 1751
Samuel Purdy,
. 1752
Ebenezer Kniffen, .
1753-69
Dr. Ebenezer Haviland,
· 1770-72
John Thomas,
1783-86
John Merritt,
. 1788-93
John Doughty,
. 1794-99
Ezrahiah Wetmore,
. 1800-0I
Philemon Halsted, Jr.,
1802-14
Charles Field,
. 1815-24
William Bush,
. 1825
John Theall, .
1826
Josiah Bulkley,
·
1827-28
Joseph H. Anderson,
· 1829-32
Horace B. Smith,
· 1833-36
Joshua Lyon,
1838-39
William Provoost,
. 1840
Jonathan J. Deall, .
. 1841-45 1846
Edward Field,
· 1847-48
Charles W. Field,
· 1849-52
Eli Curtis,
. 1853-55
Charles G. Pixley,
· 1856-58
Edward H. Purdy, .
· 1859
H. M. Henderson,
1860-62
Edwin Horton,
·
1862-64
J. W. McCarty,
. I865-66
C. G. Pixley, .
1867-68
Edwin Horton,
. 1869-70
Herman L. Marshall,
1871-73
Charles DeMott,
. 1874-75
Purdy G. Sands,
. 1876-85
Charles DeMott,
. 1886
Wilfred P. Purdy,
1887-89
John C. Halpin,
1890-94
Thomas M. Parker,
. 1894-95
George Grandison, .
· 1896-1900
A. W. W. Marshall,
· 1901-05
336
.
.
.
.
.
William Horton,
·
.
.
.
Appendix
Joseph Haight,
.
1906-09
Charles W. Stevens,
. 1910-13
Charles O. Derby,
. 1914-18
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
John Budd,
. 1663
Joseph Horton,
· 1678-88
Joseph Theale,
· 1685-1710
Daniel Straing,
. 1693
Deliverance Brown,
1698-1716
Joseph Purdy,
1703-15
Caleb Heathcote,
1705-18 .
Joseph Budd,
1710-22 .
Isaac Denham,
1710-17
Jonathan Haight,
1720-31
Samuel Purdy,
1720-53
Caleb Hyatt,
. 1726-53
Benjamin Brown,
. 1728-46
Charles Theall,
· 1728
Daniel Purdy,
1734-67
Francis Doughty, Thomas Fowler,
· I734
John Thomas,
1738-75
Samuel Tredwell,
1738-45
Adam Seaman,
1739
Samuel Brown,
1739
John Lyon, .
1740-48
George Lane, . John Budd,
· 1741-45
John Bloomer,
I743
Gilbert Bloomer,
1746-69
Jonathan Purdy,
1753
James Stevenson,
Lewis M'Donald,
1754
Moses Owen,
1755
Abraham Guion,
Hachaliah Brown,
Ebenezer Kniffen,
1756-69
22 337
.
.
.
.
1734-52
Samuel Thorn,
1740
Appendix
Elisha Hyatt,
1757-61
Gabriel Lynch, .
· 1765
John Hyatt, Joseph Budd,
Hachaliah Brown, Jr., John Thomas, .
. 1769
Hachaliah Brown, Jr.,
Charles Theall,
Roger Lyon, . Abraham Hatfield,
Samuel Purdy,
William Anderson,
· 1773
Thomas Bowne,
1793
Jonathan Bailey,
John Brown, Isaac Sniffin,
Samuel Marvin,
1812
Nehemiah Brown,
1821
David Munson,
John H. Smith,
1830
William T. Praul,
Abraham Guion,
1831
James W. Brown,
Thomas W. Garniss,
1832
Horace B. Smith, David H. Mead, John H. Smith,
1833
Rivers Morrell,
David H. Mead,
Ralph Marshall,
John H. Smith,
1834
Peter W. Edgel,
David H. Mead,
James W. Brown,
Jonathan H. Gidney,
1835
George W. Smith, .
James W. Brown,
1836
Monmouth Lyon,
·
Darius W. Todd,
. 1837
338
1799
Rivers Morrell,
Appendix
David H. Mead,
Merritt Brown,
Peter W. Edgel,
1838
Thomas Purdy,
Oliver F. Green,
Darius W. Todd, Samuel Haviland,
1839
Josiah Bulkley,
Alexander Ennis,
1860
E. Sours,
A. Van Amringe,
E. P. Morrell,
A. Van Amringe,
1861
Ch. W. Field,
1862
Joseph G. Fowler,
1863
J. Henry Gilbert,
1864
R. F. Brundage,
1866
H. M. Henderson,
1867
S. R. Strang,
1868
G. R. Haight,
1869
Isaac C. Sheldon,
· 1870
Hanford M. Henderson,
I87I
Shubael R. Strang, .
1872
Noah Tompkins,
1873
William Ryan,
1874
James Dusenburry,
Hanford M. Henderson,
1875
James Dusenburry,
1876
Thomas C. Palmer,
1877
William Ryan,
I878
Hanford M. Henderson,
1879
Abram Fowler,
1880
Thomas C. Palmer, .
. 188I
Matthew Connolly, .
1882
Hanford M. Henderson,
· 1883
Richard C. Downing,
· 1884
Thomas C. Palmer,
· 1885
Matthew Connolly,
· 1886
·
339
1865
Shubael R. Strang,
G. H. Haight,
Appendix
Hanford M. Henderson, ·
. 1887
Richard C. Downing,
. I888
Stephen A. Marshall,
1889
Thomas C. Palmer,
Stephen A. Marshall,
1890
Bernard Baruch,
Charles Blaney,
I891
Bernard Baruch,
1892
John J. Cleary, 1893
1894
Thomas M. Parker,
1895
Bernard Baruch,
1896
Augustus V. Hains, .
1897
Wilson F. Wakefield,
1898
Stephen A. Marshall,
1899
Wilson F. Wakefield,
1901
Patrick Kane,
Arthur R. Wilcox, .
1903
Stephen A. Marshall,
Patrick Kane, .
1905
William N. Edwards,
William A. Davidson,
1907
Walter A. Ferris,
Adolph Hoerr,
Solomon M. Ireland,
Malcolm Merritt, .
19II
Thomas F. J. Connolly,
Moses Miller,
Louis Taylor,
· 1913
Edwin C. Thomas,
Malcolm Merritt,
1915
Evans Ward, .
Edwin C. Thomas,
1917 .
Edgar L. Howe,
V
Port Chester Village
The first election for village officers was held May 26, 1868, at which were elected Philip Rolhaus, president; D. Jerome Sands, Leander Horton, Samuel Kelley, William Provoost, James Shea, and
340
1909
Stephen A. Marshall,
Appendix
William P. Lyon, trustees; E. L. Smith, treasurer, and Henry P. Sea- man, collector. Herman L. Marshall was afterward appointed clerk. The presidents have been as follows:
Philip Rolhaus,
1868-70
Joseph G. Fowler,
1870-72
Stephen A. Marshall,
1872-74
Edward F. Mathews,
1874-76
John W. McCarty,
1876-78
William P. Abendroth, 1878-82
John W. Lounsbury,
1882-84
D. Jerome Sands,
1884-86
Edward F. Mathews,
1886-88
Norton J. Sands,
1888-90
John Ryan,
1890-92
John W. McCarty,
1892-94
George R. Read,
1894-98
John W. McCarty,
1898-1900
Samuel Comly,
1900-04
Frank H. Brown,
1904-06
Leander Horton,
1906-08
Franklin P. Perkins,
1908-09
Edward V. Brophy,
1909-10
Norton J. Sands,
1910-12
William Ryan,
1912-14
Walter A. Ferris,
1914-16
Warren J. Martin,
1916-18
Arthur R. Wilcox,
1918-
Chapter 106 of the laws of 1906 created the offices of police justice and acting or assistant police justice of the village. These offices have been held as follows:
POLICE JUSTICES
Wilson F. Wakefield, 1906-08
Arthur R. Wilcox, 1908-10
Thomas F. J. Connolly, 1910-12
Walter A. Ferris, 1912-14
Louis C. A. Lewin,
1914-15
Edward V. Brophy, 1915-17
John L. Coward,
1917-
34I
Appendix
ASSISTANT POLICE JUSTICES
William Baruch,
1906-10
Robert H. George,
1910-12, 1915-17
Louis C. A. Lewin,
1912-14
John L. Coward,
1914-15
Malcolm Merritt,
1917-
VI
Rye Village PRESIDENTS
William H. Parsons,
1904-05
Marselis C. Parsons,
1905
Charles Eldredge, 1905-06
Justus A. B. Cowles, 1906-10
Solomon M. Ireland,
1910-1I
Clarence Sackett,
1911-13
Theodore Fremd,
1913-
William N. Edwards has been police justice since the date of his first election, June 9, 1908.
VII
Mamaroneck Village
PRESIDENTS
Thomas L. Rushmore, 1895-98
Joseph H. McLoughlin, 1898-1900
John Carroll, 1900-02
Daniel Warren, 1902-II
John F. Hunter,
1911-
342
Index of Biographies
Allen, William Porter 186
Andrews, George Clinton I88
Banks, Charles Green. 180
Barlow, Peter Townsend.
187
Barnes, George Henry
199
Baruch, Edward.
270
Baruch, Solomon 267
Baruch, William
253
Beers, James Edward.
103
Boardman, Philip W. 282
Boothby, John William
183
Bovard, Everett Warner.
295
Bradford, Alexander Warfield 100
Brophy, Charles Basil 259 81
Brown, Nehemiah.
Buckner, Emory Roy 274
Burger, Clarence L
325
Burger, Timothy P. 102
Burns, Roy Livingston.
3II
Carlton, Schuyler Casemate. 2II
Casey, Charles E. 304
Chrystie, T. Ludlow 230
Clapp, John Henry 176
Conklin, William L. 162
Connolly, Thomas Francis Joseph. 288 Cook, William Wilson 192
Cowan, Stuart William 204
Coward, John Lockhart 273
Cowles, Charles Pitkin 190
Cowles, Edward Boies 15I
343
Index of Biographies
Cowles, Edward Pitkin. . . 97
Cowles, Justus Albert Boies. 200
Cromwell, Charles Thorne. 93
Curtis, Thomas C., Jr. 275
Dalton, Charles Francis. 264
Davidson, William Allen. 25I
Derby, Augustin. 280
Dillon, Maurice
140
Dix, John Adams
89
Downing, Richard Coe 108
Draper, Alonzo.
I54
Ellison, Bruce. 297
Emmet, Grenville Temple 252
Erving, John.
I26
Erving, William Van Rensselaer
236
Fallon, William Joseph. 283
Ferris, Walter Andrew 262
Fisher, Harry Martin 28I Flandreau, Eugene Lee. 258
Fleming, Charles Edward 268
Fraser, Arthur Andrew 316
Friend, Arthur Sumner 292
Fry, George_Gardiner
208
George, Robert Henry 132
Gilleaudeau, Raymond. 301
Goldae, Simon
313
Gordon, William S.
239
Graham, Robert.
64
Graves, Harmon Sheldon 232
Green, Charles T.
327
Hackett, Raymond Edmund. 306
Haight, Daniel 106
Halsted, Jacob. I57
Hatfield, Richard
71
Henderson, Hanford Mead. 129
Herriman, Samuel Cochran. 212
344
Index of Biographies
Herrmann, William 326
Holden, Harry Dewey. 312
Holzworth, John Michael 308
Howe, Edgar Lincoln. 284
Howland, Silas Wilder 279
Hunt, Richard Carley
29I
Jaeckel, Albert Francis, 2d. 305
Jamison, David .
54
Janes, Robert Foster
27I
Jay, John.
33
Johnson, Samuel William I16
Johnson, William Samuel. 202
Josephthal, Sidney L.
254
Kane, Arthur Michael Augustine. 260
Kelly, Daniel Edmund.
272
Kelly, James Allison.
240
Kene, Cornelius Eugene
149
Keogh, Martin Jerome
43
Laimbeer, Francis Effingham.
203
Lawrence, Frank. 250
Lawrence, Frank Richard.
175
Lehman, Irving.
48
Lewin, Louis Clemens August.
303
Loder, Noah, Jr.
167
Lyon, DeWitt Harris
221
Lyon, Samuel E.
83
Lyons, John Daniel
323
McAndrew, Hurlbert. 324
McDonald, John
80
Main, Joseph Midaugh.
210
Mallory, Philip Rogers. 296 Marino, Antonio Joseph. 317
195
Maule, John Penrose
I47
Maurice, Albert T
286
Maurice, Stewart.
322
Mead, Spencer Percival. 223
Meighan Burton Charles.
226
345
.
Mason, Jarvis Woolverton
Index of Biographies
Milbank, Dunlevy
257
Miller, Douglas Johnston 298 Miller, Moses 299
Moffat, R. Burnham
159
Mulwitz, Jacob Laffer 321
Munro, Peter Jay
74
O'Brien, William Henry
314
Ogden, Cadwalader Evans
138
Ogden, David B.
178
Parsons, Henry.
I73
Parsons, Herbert. 224
Parsons, John Edward .
I18
Peck, Ernest Ferris Hibbard.
165
Peck, Jerome Alvord.
196
Pell, Williamson
263 207
Porter, David Boies
Post, John Jacob. 128
Prime, William Cowper.
219
Purdon, John
198
Purdy, Samuel
59
Putnam, Albert William
246
Rand, William
218
Remsen, William
318
Roome, William Washington Smith.
I56
Ropes, Charles Henry
184
Rosan, Robert Rudolph
285
Sawyer, William Allen 50
Schell, Edward Heartt. I34
Schmidt, Frederick George 278
290
Seybel, Daniel Edward.
I53
Shea, James
220
Sheafe, Charles Minot, Jr.
255
Sherman, Arthur Outram
216
Sherman, Frederick William
193
Sherman, Roger.
310
Sherman, Thomas Townsend. 181
Simpson, Henry William 209
Slater, George Atwood
213
346
Schupp, Herman A ..
Index of Biographies
Smith, Rawson Lockwood. 163
Smith, William Harvey, Jr. 293
Sporborg, William Dick. 238
Squires, Ebenezer. 139
Steel, Richard. 169
Stevens, Charles Wesley 269
Strater, Charles Helme 287
Sullivan, William Matheus. 261
Symmers, James Keith
228
Tanner, William F.
320
Taylor, Archibald Henderson
179
Taylor, Benjamin Irving.
24I Taylor, Louis.
235
Taylor, Roy.
276
Thomas, Edward
73
Thomas, John.
61
Thorne, Samuel, Jr
245
Van Rensselaer, William Patterson 91
Van Winkle, William Mitchell 302
Vickers, Jonathan F. 79
Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew 205
Wakefield, Wilson Faron.
I35
Walsh, William Aloysius.
243
Webb, Erle W. 266
Wein, Samuel.
307
Wetmore, Thomas
76
Wetmore, Timothy
66
White, Howard E.
234
Wight, Amherst.
85
Wight, Amherst, Jr.
IIO
Wilcox, Arthur Russell
248
Willett, Gilbert. 58
Willett, William
56
Williams, Waldron.
160
Willson, James W. 95
Wilson, Howard Gilbert 319
Young, William Charles
309
Zimmerman, John Henry
315
347
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