Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 33

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 978

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JOHN BROCK, b. Jan. 24, 1792; m. Catharine Egert, of whom presently :

Phebe Brock, b. 1794, m. Charles Watson, b. Oct. 18, 1790, son of John and Mary (Jackson) Watson, of Buckingham; and removed to Phila., where their six children continued to reside;

Charles Brock, m. Eliza Zeigler; resided in Bucks co., until 1820, then removed to Phila., where he was prominent flour merchant; d. prior to 1846; had six children, Charles, William, Sarah, Samuel, Louisa, wife of William Fry, and Christiana, wife of Jacob Jenkins ;

Issue of John and Massey (Warner) Brock:

Mary Warner Brock, m. Oct. 11, 1827, Mark L. Wilson, of Milford township, Bucks co., b. Oct. 27, 1802, son of Moses and Jane (Lester) Wilson; and with his parents and their three children, Stephen B., Shipley and Elizabeth, removed to Milford, Ind., in 1834;

Elizabeth Brock, m. Joseph Meredith, of Buckingham, Bucks co., and both lived all their lives there; left four children, only one of whom married -- Sarah, wife of George Watson, of Phila.

JOHN BROCK, son of John and Sarah ( Kirk ) Brock, born at Springtown, Bucks county, January 24, 1792, removed to Doylestown, the county seat of Bucks county, on arriving at manhood, and engaged in the mercantile business there until 1818, when he removed to Philadelphia and entered the employ of James Whitehead. He was a Lieutenant in the State Troop during the War of 1812-14. On removing to Philadelphia, he engaged in the grocery business with Thomas M. Rush, under the firm name of Brock & Rush, on North Second street, later with Peter Herzog and Jacob Culp Co., and in 1842, John Brock, Sons & Co., and was one of the largest wholesale grocery firms in the city, doing a large and profitable business. John Brock was one of the early purchasers of coal lands, in Schuylkill county, and founded the town of Ashland, in that county, and one of the pro- moters of the North Pennsylvania Railroad Company. His sons, George E., Will- iam Penn and Charles, were for some years associated in business with him in Philadelphia.

John Brock married. in 1815. Catharine Egert, born May 4, 1799, died Decem- ber 23, 1845, daughter of George Egert, of Philadelphia, by his wife, Mary Kunckel.

During the later years of their life John and Catharine Brock resided at their country residence near Ogontz, on the York Road, in Cheltenham township, Montgomery county, where he died January 24, 1864.

Issue of John and Catharine ( Egert) Brock:

George Egert Brock, b. in Doylestown, Bucks co., Pa., May 20, 1816, d. in village of Cornwells, Bensalem township, Bucks co., Sept. 25, 1894; was reared and educated in Phila., and entered father's wholesale grocery as clerk at early age, was taken in as partner on coming of age and succeeded his father in the busi- ness, carrying it on until 1857, when he retired and, purchasing a farm of 200 acres in Warwick township, Bucks county, resided thereon for some years and then purchased country seat near Maud, Bensalem township, where he lived retired until his death; never married;

William Penn Brock, b. in Phila., July 4, 1819; educated by private tutors; entered father's store and later became partner with his father and brother George E .. and continued in business until 1857, when he retired from active business: travelled extensively in Europe, residing for thirty years in Vienna, Austria ;

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member of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, and of Washington Grays; member of Union League, Art Club, and other organizations; unm .; d. Nov. 22, 1909;

Mary A. Brock, b. in Phila., 1821; m. Col. Gustav Schindler, of Imperial Royal Engineers, of Austria, and resided many years in Vienna; now living in Phila .;

JOHN PENN BROCK, b. in Phila., Dec. 27, 1823, d. Lebanon, Pa., July 3, 1881; m. Julia Watts Hall, of whom presently;

Charles Carroll Brock, b. in Phila., July 4, 1826, d. there Oct. 26, 1866; entered Univ. of Pa., Jan. 4, 1841, and received degree of A. M. at that institution, 1844; member of Zelosophic Society; became member of firm of John Brock & Sons Co., wholesale grocers, in 1841, and was one of prominent business men of Phila .; m. Margaret, daughter of John K. Smith, and had issue :

Catharine Brock, d. young;

Paul Brock, d. in Cal .;

Richard Brock, living in Phila .;

Mary Schindler Brock, m. John D. James, of Doylestown, and has three daughters ;

Richard Stockton Brock, b. in Phila., Dec. 21, 1830; entered Univ. of Pa. Sopho- more class, 1845, was member of Zelosophic Society there; graduated with degree of A. B. 1848, receiving degree of A. M. at same institution in 1851; studied law at Phila., but never practiced; after several years of travel abroad returned to Phila. in 1874, and became member of well known firm of W. H. Newbold's Sons & Co., bankers and brokers, with which he was actively associated until 1897, when he retired; m. Oct. 24, 1872, Emma, dau. of William H. and Calebina (Emlen) Newbold; they have no children.

JOHN PENN BROCK, third son of John and Catharine (Egert) Brock, born in Philadelphia, December 27, 1823, received his primary education in private schools of his native city, and entered the University of Pennsylvania, in 1839; was a member of the Zelosophic Society there, and received his degree of A. M. in 1843. He studied law in the office of Horace Binney, and was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar.

John Penn Brock enlisted in the United States Army during the War with Mexico, and on June 21, 1848, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, and served until mustered out with his regiment, August 15, 1848, at the close of the war.

John Penn Brock married, May 20, 1846, Julia Watts, daughter of Robert Coleman Hall, of Muncy Farms, Lycoming county, by his wife, Sarah, daughter of David Watts, of Carlisle, Cumberland county, a distinguished member of the bar in both Cumberland and Northumberland counties, who died at Carlisle, September, 1818, by his wife, Juliana, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Miller, Second Pennsylvania Continental Line, member of the Cincinnati. He was father of Frederick Watts, President Judge of Cumberland county, 1848-51. and descendant of Col. Frederick Watts of "Flying Camp" during the Revolution.

Charles Hall, the paternal grandfather of Julia Watts (Hall) Brock, born 1767, was of a prominent Maryland family. He read law with Thomas Hartley, at York, Pennsylvania, and was admitted to the bar of Northumberland county at the May Sessions of 1791. He became one of the prominent practitioners at that bar, making his home in Sunbury, where he erected a handsome brick residence at the northeast corner of Market and Front streets, one of the most imposing private residences of that day in Sunbury.

Charles Hall married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Coleman, the prominent and wealthy iron founder of Cornwall, Lebanon county (some account of whom will be given later in this narrative), who gave to his daughter, Elizabeth Hall, valuable lands at Muncy. Lycoming county, known as "Hall's Farms," later as

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"Muncy Farms," which became the seat of her son, Robert Coleman Hall, before mentioned. Charles Hall died in Philadelphia, January, 1821, at the age of fifty- three years.

John Penn Brock died at Lebanon, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1881.

Issue of John Penn and Julia Watts (Hall) Brock :

ELLA BROCK, b. Aug., 1849, in Phila., m. Feb. 10, 1872, Dr. Wharton Sinkler, of 1606 Walnut street, Phila., son of Charles Sinkler, of Eutaw, S. C., later of Phila., by his wife Emily Wharton, of eminent Phila. family;

ARTHUR BROCK, b. Nov. 8, 1850, d. Dec. 23, 1909; m. Sarah Coleman; of whom further ;

CHARLES HALL BROCK, b. May 12, 1852; of whom later:

HORACE BROCK, b. April 15, 1854; m. Deborah Norris Coleman; of whom later; JOHN WILLIAM BROCK, b. Nov. 23, 1855; m. Mary Louisa Tyler; of whom later;

JULIA WATTS HALL BROCK, b. May 20, 1858; m. Dr. Robert W. Johnson; of whom later;

COLONEL ROBERT COLEMAN HALL BROCK, b. July 26, 1861, d. Aug. 9, 1906; m. Alice Gibson; of whom later;

HUBERT BROCK, b. March 28, 1863, d. Nov., 1896, unm .; of whom later.

Dr. Wharton Sinkler was graduated from the Medical Department of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, March 13, 1868, and was elected resident physician at the Episcopal Hospital on April I, of the same year. He subsequently held the posi- tion of attending physician at this hospital, and has been for many years a mem- ber of the Board of Managers. He is also attending physician to the Orthopaedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases; a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania ; president of the Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania Epileptic Hospital and Colony Farm ; a member of the Association of American Physicians, American Medical Association, American Neurological Association, American Philosophical Society, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and several other medical societies and associations. Dr. Wharton Sinkler is a director of the Phila- delphia Contributionship, the oldest fire insurance association in Philadelphia. He belongs to the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity, and the Alpha Mu Pi Omega (med- ical) Fraternity, and of the following clubs and social organizations ; the Aztec Club of Mexico, the Rittenhouse Club, the University Club, the Huntington Valley Country Club, and the Southern Club of Philadelphia. He is also a mem- ber of the vestry of St. James Protestant Episcopal Church of Philadelphia.

Dr. Wharton and Ella (Brock) Sinkler have issue:

Julia Ursula, b. November 5, 1872;

Charles Sinkler, b. Feb. 6, 1874: grad. at Univ. of Pa., with degree of A. B. in 1893, and received the degree of LL. B. at same institution in 1896; admitted to Phila. Bar, and became member of law firm of Williams & Sinkler; is member of Law Association of Phila .; of Univ. Club, of which he is treasurer; of Phila. Club: Southern Club; Democratic Club; and Univ. Barge Club; is author of "Expert Testimony," in Baudry's Diseases of the Eye;

John Penn Brock Sinkler, b. Sept. 10, 1875; grad. from Univ. of Pa., Department of Architecture, 1898; member of American Institute of Architects; of T. Square Club, Philadelphia, University, and University Barge Clubs;

Francis Wharton Sinkler, b. July 14, 1877; graduated at the Univ. of Pa., with degree of A. B. in 1897; and received degree of M. D. from Medical Department of same institution in 1900; is practicing physician in Phila .; Fellow of College of Physicians of Phila .; member of' Phila. County Medical Association, Ameri- can Medical Association and Pathological Society of Phila .; Sec. of Phila. Dis- pensary; Assistant Physician of Orthopaedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases; one of visiting physicians to Episcopal Hospital Dispensary; member of University and University Barge Clubs;

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Seaman Deas Sinkler, b. May 18, 1879; student at Univ. of Pa., class of '99, Scien- tific Department; member of firm of Rhodes, Sinkler & Co., bankers and brokers, Phila .: member of Phila., Merion Cricket, and University Barge Clubs; m. April, 1902, Emelie Beauveau, dau. of James Mauran Rhodes, Esq., of Phila .; they have issue :

Wharton Sinkler. 3d., b. Jan. 7, 1903:

James Mauran Rhodes Sinkler, b. March 21, 1905: Emelie Beanveau Sinkler, b. May 23, 1908.

Emily Sinkler, b. Dec. 24, 1881, d. Jan. 16, 1884;

Wharton Sinkler, Jr., b. July 2, 1885; grad. at Univ. of Pa., degree of A. B., class of 1906; member of Varsity foot-ball teams in 1903 and '04; member of University and Philadelphia Barge Clubs; holds position with Brown Bros., bankers ;

Ella Brock Sinkler, b. June 29. 1887.

ARTHUR BROCK, eldest son of John Penn and Julia Watts ( Hall ) Brock, born in Philadelphia, November 8, 1850, was educated at the private schools of Dr. Lyons, and Dr. Faires in Philadelphia and at the Philadelphia Polytechnic School. On May 29, 1879, he married Sarah, second daughter of Hon. George Dawson Coleman, by his wife Deborah Norris Brown ; and in connection with his younger brother, Horace Brock, who had married Deborah Norris, another daugli- ter of George Dawson Coleman, succeeded his father-in-law in the management of the North Lebanon Furnaces, erected by Mr. Coleman in 1846-7. The Brock brothers relinquished the management of the furnaces at the death of the widow Coleman in 1894, but Mr. Brock continued to hold large interests in iron and steel industries. He was chairman of the Board of Managers of the American Iron and Steel Manfg. Co. and connected with many financial and industrial enter- prises ; trustee of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., director of the Fidelity Trust Company of Philadelphia ; director of the First National Bank of Lebanon, etc. He was a member of the Corinthian Yacht Club, and a member of other social and political organizations. He died December 23, 1909.

Robert Coleman, the great-grandfather of Sarah ( Coleman) Brock, was born near Castlefin, county Donegal, Ireland, November 4, 1748, and came to Philadel- phia in 1764, with letters of recommendation to Blair McClenachan, and members of the Biddle family, and was by them recommended to James Read, Esq., then Prothonotary of Berks county, in whose employ he remained for two years. He then became clerk and bookkeeper for Peter Grubb, at Hopewell Furnace, and six months later accepted a like position with James Old, the proprietor of Quito- pahilla Forge, near Lebanon. When Mr. Old became successively proprietor of the Speedwell Forge and the Reading Furnace, Robert Coleman accompanied him. While at the latter place he married, October 4. 1773, Anna Old, daughter of his employer, born May 21, 1756. After his marriage Robert Coleman rented the Salford Forge, near Norristown, which he operated for three years. In 1776 he removed to the Elizabeth Furnace, which he rented and later purchased grad- ually of its owners, Stegel. Stedman and Benezet, and became one of the most successful iron-masters in the Lancaster and Lebanon iron districts. He was elected to the General Assembly of Pennsylvania in 1788, and was many years an Associate Justice of the Courts of Lancaster county. He purchased an interest in the famous Cornwall ore-beds of the Grubb family, still held by his descendants. He retired from business in 1809 and spent the last years of his life in Lancaster. He built the Colebrook Furnace on the Conewago, six miles southwest of Corn- wall, Lebanon county, in the ownership and operation of which he was succeeded

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by his son, Thomas Burd Coleman, and the latter in turn by his son, William Cole- man, in 1848, and he in 1861, by his son Robert H., and daughter, Annie C., wife of Archibald Rogers.

Elizabeth Coleman, daughter of Robert and Anna (Old) Coleman, married Charles Hall, before mentioned, and was the grandmother of Julia Watts Hall. the wife of John Penn Brock.

James Coleman, another son of Robert and Anna (Old) Coleman, married Harriet Dawson, of Philadelphia, and during his whole life was interested in the iron business in Lancaster and Lebanon counties.

George Dawson Coleman, son of James and Harriet (Dawson ) Coleman, was born in Philadelphia, January 13, 1825, and died at Lebanon, September 9, 1878. He received his primary education under private tutors in Philadelphia and enter- ed the College of New Jersey, at Princeton, and later the College Department of the University of Pennsylvania, where he received the degree of A. M. in 1843 : and was a member of the Philomathean Society there.

In 1846, in connection with his brother, Robert, he began the erection of the Lebanon Furnaces, one mile northwest of Lebanon, and they were the first to use successfully anthracite coal in connection with hot blast in the manufacture of iron, their first blast being made in February, 1847.

In 1857 Robert Coleman withdrew, and the business was continued by George Dawson Coleman until his death, in 1878, when as before shown he was succeeded in its management by his sons-in-law, Arthur and Horace Brock, and they in turn, after the death of the widow in 1894, by B. Dawson and Edward R. Coleman, who operated it until 1901, when it was purchased by the Pennsylvania Steel Company. George Dawson Coleman was one of the most successful and progressive iron- masters of Pennsylvania. He was well and favorably known throughout the state as a public-spirited and enterprising citizen and patriot. During the Civil War he raised and equipped at his own expense the Ninety-third Pennsylvania Regiment, United States Volunteers, and followed their career in the field with peculiar interest, and assisted the widows and orphans of those who fell in the defense of the Union. He also devoted large sums to general charity. He was an active member of the Sanitary Commission, and frequently superintended personally the delivery of stores on the battle field. He was a member of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, 1863-4, and of the State Senate, 1867-9.

He was a member of the State Board of Public Charities. from its organization in 1869 to his death ; and many years president of the First National Bank of Lebanon.

George Dawson Coleman took a deep interest in the religious welfare of those in his employ, building and supporting churches at both Elizabeth and Lebanon Furnaces. Several years prior to his death he presented to St. Peter's Church of Philadelphia, his grandfather's house at the corner of Front and Pine streets, and added a large contribution for arranging it for mission work. His whole life was an example of generosity and kindness of heart rarely equalled,- no man in the community was more universally loved and respected.

George Dawson Coleman married. January 13, 1852, Deborah Brown, born August 15, 1832, daughter of William Brown, of Philadelphia, by his wife, Deb- orah Norris, born October 2, 1800, died February 4, 1864, daughter of Joseph Parker Norris, born May 5. 1763, died June 22, 1841, by his wife, Elizabeth Hill,

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daughter of Hon. Joseph Fox, Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly, by his wife, Elizabeth Mickle. Deborah Brown Coleman died August 19, 1894.

George Dawson and Deborah (Brown) Coleman had issue, thirteen children, six of whom died in their minority ; those who survived were: Deborah Norris, who became the wife of Horace Brock, hereafter mentioned; Sarah, the wife of Arthur Brock; Fanny; Harriet Dawson; B. Dawson, and Edward R. Coleman, later proprietors of the Lebanon Furnaces ; and Anne Caroline.

Issue of Arthur and Sarah (Coleman) Brock:

Julia Watts Hall Brock, b. March 9, 1880; Fanny Brock, b. Sept. 14, 1881 ; Sarah Coleman Brock, b. Apr. 27, 1883: Ella Brock, b. Dec. 9, 1894; Elizabeth Norris Brock, b. July 4, 1898.

CHARLES HALL BROCK, third child of John Penn and Julia Watts ( Hall) Brock, born in Philadelphia, May 12, 1852, entered the University of Pennsylvania as a partial student in 1869, but left by reason of his health in his Sophomore year. He was also a student at Faires' School and St. Paul's School in New Hampshire. He later entered the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, but his health breaking down he left before graduation. He was a member of the Zeta Psi Fraternity, and was one of the founders of the Corinthian Yacht Club, and a very enthusiastic yachtsman. He is a also a member of the Rittenhouse Club. He is unmarried.

HORACE BROCK, fourth child of John Penn and Julia Watts (Hall) Brock, born in Philadelphia, April 15, 1854, was educated at Dr. Faires' and other schools of Philadelphia. He was for some time a civil engineer for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company. He married, May 15, 1878, Deborah Norris, daugh- ter of Hon. George Dawson and Deborah (Brown) Coleman, of Lebanon, before mentioned, and in the same year, in connection with his brother, Arthur Brock, went into the iron business at the Lebanon Furnaces, and later became interested in a number of business and financial enterprises. He was for many years presi- dent of the First National Bank of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, where he resided with his family for a number of years. The family now reside in Philadelphia.

Issue of Horace and Deborah Norris (Coleman) Brock:

John Penn Brock, b. Sept. 23. 1879; grad. at Yale Univ., class of 1900; is engaged in iron business at Lebanon; is Vice-President of the American Iron & Steel Mfg. Co .; m. Pauline Biddle, of Phila., and they have issue :

Anna Biddle Brock, b. Ang. 21, 1906;

Deborah Norris Brock, b. Nov. 8, 1884. m. Jan. 4, 1910, Quincy Bent.

JOHN WILLIAM BROCK, fifth child of John Penn and Julia Watts ( Hall) Brock. born in Philadelphia, November 23, 1855, was a student at Dr. Faires' Select School, where he prepared for college, and entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1869, and graduated from that institution with the degree of A. B. in 1873, and received the degree of A. M. at the same institution in 1876. He was a member of the Philomathean Society, and of the Zeta Psi Fraternity there. After some time spent in foreign travel, he entered himself as a student at law in the office of Richard C. McMurtrie, Esq., and was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar in 1878. He was in active practice of his profession until 1881, when he became interested

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in railroad enterprises and construction. He was connected for a few years with the Norfolk & Western Railroad; and in 1886 constructed the Poughkeepsie Rail- road bridge, and portions of the railroads connected therewith; was president of the Central New England Railway, which was afterwards acquired by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company.

In 1903 he became interested in railroad construction and mining operations in the State of Nevada. He is President of the Tonapah Mining Company and the Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad Company in that State. He is also interested in the manufacture of iron in Pennsylvania, in which other members of the family hold large interests.

John William Brock married, November 12, 1879, Mary Louisa, daughter of George Frederick and Louisa Richmond ( Blake) Tyler, of Philadelphia, and they reside at 1417 Spruce street, Philadelphia. Mr. Brock is a member of the Penn- sylvania Society, Sons of the Revolution ; of the Rittenhouse Club, and was one of the founders of the Corinthian Yacht Club of Philadelphia ; and is also a mem- ber of a number of other social organizations. He is a life member of the Frank- lin Institute ; a director of the Land Title and Trust Company of Philadelphia ; has been for twenty years treasurer of Philadelphia Orthopaedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases.

Issue of John William and Mary Louisa (Tyler ) Brock:

George Tyler Brock, b. Oct. 1, 1880, d. inf .;

John William Brock, Jr., b. Feb. 14, 1883, grad. at Harvard Univ., class of 1905;

Sidney Frederick Tyler Brock, b. May 5, 1885; grad. from Harvard Univ., class of 1906, with degree of B. S., and is mining engineer; m. Nov. 17, 1909, Marjorie Elliot ;

Arthur Brock, Jr,, b. Jan. 12, 1887; graduate of Harvard Univ., class of 1908; Norman Hall Brock, b. Apr. 23, 1800; 'student at Harvard Univ .;

Louisa Blake Brock, b. Sept. 27, 1894.

JULIA WATTS HALL BROCK, sixth child of John Penn and Julia Watts (Hall) Brock, born in Philadelphia, May 20, 1858, married, October 1, 1879, Dr. Robert W. Johnson, of Baltimore, Maryland. He was born at Rockland, Maryland, Sep- tember 8, 1854; A. B. Princeton, '76; M. D. University of Pennsylvania, 1879: president of Clinical Society of Maryland ; president of Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland; Professor of Surgery of Maryland Medical College ; member of Southern Surgical and Gynecology Society ; fellow of American Surgical Asso- ciation ; etc.

Issue of Robert W. and Julia Watts Hall (Brock ) Johnson:

Anna Julia Johnson, b. July 15, 1880; m. Lieut. Gordon Johnston, of Ala., Lieut. in U. S. Army, May 25, 1904;

Ella Brock Johnson, b. July 26, 1882; m. 1905, James Mauran Rhodes, Jr., of Phila .: William Fell Johnson, b. Ang. 18, 1884; grad. at Princeton Univ., class of 1905; law student ;

Katharine Barker Johnson, b. Oct. 7, 1885: m. May 1. 1907, Robert Garrett, of Baltimore;

Robert W. Johnson, Jr., b. June 3, 1891 ;

John Penn Brock Johnson, b. Sept. 3. 1804: d. Sept. 29, 1806.

COLONEL ROBERT COLEMAN HALL BROCK, son of John Penn and Julia Watts (Hall) Brock, was born in Philadelphia, July 26, 1861. His early education was

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acquired at Dr. Faires' School in Philadelphia, and he later took a course at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, under Dr. Henry A. Coit, and subse- quently entered Worcester College, Oxford University, England, whence he was called home before receiving his final degree by reason of the fatal illness of his father, who died soon after he arrived.

He entered the law offices of Hon. George M. Dallas, as a student-at-law and was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar. As a lawyer he took no active part in the courts, turning his attention more particularly to matters pertaining to estates and corporations, and the large financial interests and projects in which he and his brothers were interested. In 1888 he became a member of the firm of W. H. Newbold, Son & Company, Bankers, and remained in that firm until 1894, when he retired and travelled in Europe for some months to retrieve his impaired health. Inheriting from his father an ample estate, he was permitted to gratify his tastes for literary and scientific pursuits, and on his return from his European tour, he became one of the most active and enthusiastic workers in the field of Science. He had been a member of the Franklin Institute since 1889, and his well trained mind, and active almost restless energy, contributed greatly to the efficiency and usefulness of that institution. He was elected a member of the Board of Man- agers in 1901, and filled that position at the time of his decease. He was a mem- ber of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania from 1883; a member of the Philo- technic Society, and its president from 1886-9; a member of the American Philo- sophical Society, since 1898; of the Archaeological Society of Pennsylvania, from 1901, President 1903-5, and Vice-President at the time of his decease ; made a member of the Philobiblion Society, 1903 ; became a stockholder of the Academy of Fine Arts, September 1, 1901, and a director in 1904: became a member of the Numismatic Society. February 2, 1882; was a director of the Epileptic Hospital at Oakbourne, Philadelphia ; he rarely missed the meetings of the managing boards of the institutions with which he was connected, and was exceedingly useful in these organizations, and was always ready by counsel, personal effort, and liberal pecuniary contributions to alleviate want and suffering. He became a member of the Rittenhouse Club in 1890; the University Club in 1897; the Philadelphia Club in 1898; the Union League, October 18, 1905: and was a member of the Corin- thian Yacht Club of Philadelphia, and the New York Yacht Club, and was master of the details of managing craft of all kinds. He was also an enthusiastic automo- bilist, making many extensive and interesting tours. He became a member of the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the Revolution, May 4, 1901. He was also a mem- ber of the Art Club of New York several years prior to his death.

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Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 33

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed Publication date: 1911 Publisher: New York : Lewis Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 978

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 978