Cortlandt Parker, Sr., Sinking
New York, July 28 – Cortlandt Parker Sr, the dean of the New Jersey bar, who is seriously ill at his home in Newark, is growing weaker gradually and little hope is expressed for his recovery. Mr. Parker has been connected with the bar for more than fifty years, and is the father of Congressman R. Wayne Parker, of New Jersey.
~ The Washington Post, Mon., 29 July 1907, pg. 3
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Cortlandt Parker Dead
Famous Jersey Jurist Refused Many High Federal Appointments
Cortlandt Parker, 89 years old, one of the foremost jurist of New Jersey, whose father, James Parker, was also a noted New Jersey legislator and public man, died on Monday night at his home, 586 Broad Street, Newark.
When he retired a few years ago, Mr. Parker was the oldest practitioner at the New Jersey bar and one of the most famous. He was connected with many public questions affecting both New Jersey and the Nation.
Cortlandt Parker was born in 1818 at Perth Amboy, New Jersey's capital in Revolutionary days. He was graduated from Rutgers College in 1836 at the age of 18. Some of his classmates were Associate Justice Joseph P. Bradley of the United States Supreme Court, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, United States Senator from New Jersey and Secretary of State under President Arthur, and William A. Newell, Governor of New Jersey from 1857 to 1860. He studied law with Theodore Frelinghuysen, an uncle of his classmate, in Newark, and was admitted to the bar in 1839.
At 21 he plunged into politics and worked stoutly for the men and the party he favored. He was an ardent Whig then. Young, he had to fight hard to make some preliminary successes in the law, but succeeded through being a good "mixer." He got the jovial parker manner from his father.
In 1844 Theodore Frelinghuysen, his old preceptor, was a running mate with Henry Clay on the Whig ticket, and Mr. Parker stumped the State for this Presidential ticket. He felt deeply on the slave question, and, dissatisfied with the position of the Whigs, joined the Republican Party. He was a staunch Republican from that time until his death.
He was Public Prosecutor of Essex County from 1857 to 1867. He served with a commission appointed to settle the Delaware boundary dispute; was appointed by President Grant to preside over the hearing of the Tilden-Hayes controversy in New Orleans; declined to serve as Minister to Russia, which position was offered him by President Hayes; declined to serve as Minister at Vienna, which was offered to him by President Arthur, and refused to Judgeships – one on the New Jersey Supreme bench and the other to preside over the Court of Alabama Claims.
Mr. Parker was a member of the American, New Jersey, and Essex County Bar Associations, of each of which he was President. Many of his public addresses were published.
He leaves six sons, two daughters, and a grandson, Malcolm Campbell, a midshipman in the navy. The sons are Congressman R. Wayne Parker, James Parker, Cortlandt Parker, Jr., Charles W. Parker, Chauncey D. Parker, and Robert M. Parker. The daughters are Mrs. W. D. Beekman of New York and Mrs. Henry Parkman of Boston. Mrs. Parker died last January, after nearly sixty years of married life.
~ The New York Times, Weds., 31 Jul 1907
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PARKER – At his residence, in Newark N.J., on Monday, July 29, 1907, Cortlandt Parker, in the 90th year of his age. Funeral from Trinity Church, Newark, on Saturday morning, Aug. 3, at 11 o'clock.
~ New York Times, 31 July 1907
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In Memoriam.
PARKER – The friends of the late Cortlandt Parker are invited to attend the evening service at Trinity Church, Newark, on Sunday, Nov. 17, 1907, at 8 o'clock, when addresses commemorative of his life and services will be made by the Right Rev. Edwin S. Lines, Bishop of the diocese, and others.
~ New York Times, 17 Nov 1907
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Cortlandt Parker, son of Hon. James Parker, was born at Perth Amboy, June 1818. At the age of fourteen he had made all the progress in his studies that was requisite in order to enter the freshmen class in Rutgers College, New Jersey, where the examinations in those days were proverbially rigid. In this institution he remained four years, and at their expiration in 1836, was graduated with the first honor, and delivered the valedictory address. Among his classmates were Joseph P. Bradley, now a justice of the United States Supreme Court; Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State of the United States; and William A. Newell, formerly Governor of New Jersey. Soon after leaving college he entered, as a student-at-law, the office of Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, then a practitioner in Newark, N.J., and, on the retirement of Mr. Frelinghuysen from the profession, continued his studies, under the direction of the distinguished Amzi Armstrong, until September, 1839, when he was admitted to the bar. Newark at that time, as at present, seemed to offer the greatest inducements to beginners in the legal profession, and here Mr. Parker established himself in practice, and here he still remains. . . Mr. Parker has never sought office, and has held but one public position, that of prosecutor of the pleas of Essex County, upon which he entered in 1857, and from which he retired in 1867. . . It may be added, although somewhat out of place, and nearly forgotten, that Mr. Parker receive, years ago, the degree of LL.D., from his Alma Mater, Rutgers College, as well as from the College of New Jersey, at Princeton.
~ History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey, Compiled by William H. Shaw, Vol. I, publ. 1884, pgs. 277-278.
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John Cortlandt Parker (VIII, known throughout his business life as Cortlandt Parker), b. 27th June, 1818, at Perth Amboy; d. 29th July, 1907, at Newark, N.J.; m., at Morristown, N.J., 15th Sept. 1847, Elisabeth Wolcott Stites, b. at Savannah, Ga., 11th Apr. 1927; d. at Newark, N.J., 1st Jan 1907, (dau. of Richard Wayne Stites, b. 24th Nov. 1802, d. 7th July 1877, m. 31st Aug. 1824, Elizabeth Cooke. He was the son of Richard Montgomery and Mary (Wayne) Stites. Richard Montgomery Stites was the son of Richard Stites, wounded at the Battle of Long Island, d. Sept. 1776, descended from John Stites, b. in England, 1595; d. in Hempstead, L. I., 1717, aetat. 122 years).
~ Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, 1920
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Cortlandt Parker, son of James Parker, was born in Perth Amboy, in 1818. He graduated at Rutgers College in 1836, read law with Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, and was admitted to the bar in 1839. He began practice in Newark, being associated with Joseph P. Bradley, afterward justice of the United States Supreme Court, and Frederick F. Frelinghuysen, later United State Senator and Secretary of state. In 1857 Governor Newell appointed him prosecutor for Essex county, a position he filled for ten years, and was the only public office he ever accepted. He was generally acknowledged for many years to be the head, and at his death was the oldest and most distinguished active representative of the New Jersey bar. He declined nominations to Congress, a judgeship in a court to adjust the Alabama Claims, and the ambassadorships to Russia and Austria. In connection with Chief Justice Beasley and Judge Depue of the Supreme Court, he revised the laws of the State. He receive the degree of Doctor of Laws from Princeton University and Rutgers College, and was president of the American Bar Association for several years. He was a prominent member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and was one of their most trusted and active legal advisers. His sons are: Major-General James Parker, of the United States army; Congressman R. Wayne Parker; Supreme Court Justice Charles W. Parker; Chauncey and Cortlandt Parker.
~ History of Middlesex County, New Jersey, Vol. I, publ. 1921, pgs. 235-236.
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1900 (Jun) Census, Newark, Essex, NJ:
Cortlandt Parker, 81, b Jun 1818, m 52 yrs, b NJ, parents NJ, lawyer.
Elizabeth W., wife, 73, b Apr 1827, 10 born/8 liv, b GA, fthr GA, mthr CT.
Cortlandt Jr., son, sgl, 42, b Aug 1857, NJ, lawyer.
Robert M., son, sgl, 35, b Sep 1864, NJ, asst freight agt – RR.
Malcolm C. Campbell Jr., grandson, 17, b Aug 1881, NJ, fthr NY, mthr NJ, at school.
Cortlandt Parker 3d, grandson, 15, b Dec 1884, AZ, parents NJ, at school.
Eliza Clark, servant, 35, b Aug 1864, Ireland, parents Ireland, imm. 1880, cook.
Catharine Smythe, servant, 25, b Jun 1874, Ireland, parents Ireland, imm. 1891, parlor maid.
Winifred Skellig, servant, 46, b May 1854, Ireland, parents Ireland, imm. 1874, laundress.
Mary MacDonald, servant, 24, b Apr 1876, NJ, parents Ireland, chamber maid.
New York, July 28 – Cortlandt Parker Sr, the dean of the New Jersey bar, who is seriously ill at his home in Newark, is growing weaker gradually and little hope is expressed for his recovery. Mr. Parker has been connected with the bar for more than fifty years, and is the father of Congressman R. Wayne Parker, of New Jersey.
~ The Washington Post, Mon., 29 July 1907, pg. 3
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Cortlandt Parker Dead
Famous Jersey Jurist Refused Many High Federal Appointments
Cortlandt Parker, 89 years old, one of the foremost jurist of New Jersey, whose father, James Parker, was also a noted New Jersey legislator and public man, died on Monday night at his home, 586 Broad Street, Newark.
When he retired a few years ago, Mr. Parker was the oldest practitioner at the New Jersey bar and one of the most famous. He was connected with many public questions affecting both New Jersey and the Nation.
Cortlandt Parker was born in 1818 at Perth Amboy, New Jersey's capital in Revolutionary days. He was graduated from Rutgers College in 1836 at the age of 18. Some of his classmates were Associate Justice Joseph P. Bradley of the United States Supreme Court, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, United States Senator from New Jersey and Secretary of State under President Arthur, and William A. Newell, Governor of New Jersey from 1857 to 1860. He studied law with Theodore Frelinghuysen, an uncle of his classmate, in Newark, and was admitted to the bar in 1839.
At 21 he plunged into politics and worked stoutly for the men and the party he favored. He was an ardent Whig then. Young, he had to fight hard to make some preliminary successes in the law, but succeeded through being a good "mixer." He got the jovial parker manner from his father.
In 1844 Theodore Frelinghuysen, his old preceptor, was a running mate with Henry Clay on the Whig ticket, and Mr. Parker stumped the State for this Presidential ticket. He felt deeply on the slave question, and, dissatisfied with the position of the Whigs, joined the Republican Party. He was a staunch Republican from that time until his death.
He was Public Prosecutor of Essex County from 1857 to 1867. He served with a commission appointed to settle the Delaware boundary dispute; was appointed by President Grant to preside over the hearing of the Tilden-Hayes controversy in New Orleans; declined to serve as Minister to Russia, which position was offered him by President Hayes; declined to serve as Minister at Vienna, which was offered to him by President Arthur, and refused to Judgeships – one on the New Jersey Supreme bench and the other to preside over the Court of Alabama Claims.
Mr. Parker was a member of the American, New Jersey, and Essex County Bar Associations, of each of which he was President. Many of his public addresses were published.
He leaves six sons, two daughters, and a grandson, Malcolm Campbell, a midshipman in the navy. The sons are Congressman R. Wayne Parker, James Parker, Cortlandt Parker, Jr., Charles W. Parker, Chauncey D. Parker, and Robert M. Parker. The daughters are Mrs. W. D. Beekman of New York and Mrs. Henry Parkman of Boston. Mrs. Parker died last January, after nearly sixty years of married life.
~ The New York Times, Weds., 31 Jul 1907
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PARKER – At his residence, in Newark N.J., on Monday, July 29, 1907, Cortlandt Parker, in the 90th year of his age. Funeral from Trinity Church, Newark, on Saturday morning, Aug. 3, at 11 o'clock.
~ New York Times, 31 July 1907
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In Memoriam.
PARKER – The friends of the late Cortlandt Parker are invited to attend the evening service at Trinity Church, Newark, on Sunday, Nov. 17, 1907, at 8 o'clock, when addresses commemorative of his life and services will be made by the Right Rev. Edwin S. Lines, Bishop of the diocese, and others.
~ New York Times, 17 Nov 1907
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Cortlandt Parker, son of Hon. James Parker, was born at Perth Amboy, June 1818. At the age of fourteen he had made all the progress in his studies that was requisite in order to enter the freshmen class in Rutgers College, New Jersey, where the examinations in those days were proverbially rigid. In this institution he remained four years, and at their expiration in 1836, was graduated with the first honor, and delivered the valedictory address. Among his classmates were Joseph P. Bradley, now a justice of the United States Supreme Court; Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State of the United States; and William A. Newell, formerly Governor of New Jersey. Soon after leaving college he entered, as a student-at-law, the office of Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, then a practitioner in Newark, N.J., and, on the retirement of Mr. Frelinghuysen from the profession, continued his studies, under the direction of the distinguished Amzi Armstrong, until September, 1839, when he was admitted to the bar. Newark at that time, as at present, seemed to offer the greatest inducements to beginners in the legal profession, and here Mr. Parker established himself in practice, and here he still remains. . . Mr. Parker has never sought office, and has held but one public position, that of prosecutor of the pleas of Essex County, upon which he entered in 1857, and from which he retired in 1867. . . It may be added, although somewhat out of place, and nearly forgotten, that Mr. Parker receive, years ago, the degree of LL.D., from his Alma Mater, Rutgers College, as well as from the College of New Jersey, at Princeton.
~ History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey, Compiled by William H. Shaw, Vol. I, publ. 1884, pgs. 277-278.
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John Cortlandt Parker (VIII, known throughout his business life as Cortlandt Parker), b. 27th June, 1818, at Perth Amboy; d. 29th July, 1907, at Newark, N.J.; m., at Morristown, N.J., 15th Sept. 1847, Elisabeth Wolcott Stites, b. at Savannah, Ga., 11th Apr. 1927; d. at Newark, N.J., 1st Jan 1907, (dau. of Richard Wayne Stites, b. 24th Nov. 1802, d. 7th July 1877, m. 31st Aug. 1824, Elizabeth Cooke. He was the son of Richard Montgomery and Mary (Wayne) Stites. Richard Montgomery Stites was the son of Richard Stites, wounded at the Battle of Long Island, d. Sept. 1776, descended from John Stites, b. in England, 1595; d. in Hempstead, L. I., 1717, aetat. 122 years).
~ Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, 1920
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Cortlandt Parker, son of James Parker, was born in Perth Amboy, in 1818. He graduated at Rutgers College in 1836, read law with Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, and was admitted to the bar in 1839. He began practice in Newark, being associated with Joseph P. Bradley, afterward justice of the United States Supreme Court, and Frederick F. Frelinghuysen, later United State Senator and Secretary of state. In 1857 Governor Newell appointed him prosecutor for Essex county, a position he filled for ten years, and was the only public office he ever accepted. He was generally acknowledged for many years to be the head, and at his death was the oldest and most distinguished active representative of the New Jersey bar. He declined nominations to Congress, a judgeship in a court to adjust the Alabama Claims, and the ambassadorships to Russia and Austria. In connection with Chief Justice Beasley and Judge Depue of the Supreme Court, he revised the laws of the State. He receive the degree of Doctor of Laws from Princeton University and Rutgers College, and was president of the American Bar Association for several years. He was a prominent member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and was one of their most trusted and active legal advisers. His sons are: Major-General James Parker, of the United States army; Congressman R. Wayne Parker; Supreme Court Justice Charles W. Parker; Chauncey and Cortlandt Parker.
~ History of Middlesex County, New Jersey, Vol. I, publ. 1921, pgs. 235-236.
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1900 (Jun) Census, Newark, Essex, NJ:
Cortlandt Parker, 81, b Jun 1818, m 52 yrs, b NJ, parents NJ, lawyer.
Elizabeth W., wife, 73, b Apr 1827, 10 born/8 liv, b GA, fthr GA, mthr CT.
Cortlandt Jr., son, sgl, 42, b Aug 1857, NJ, lawyer.
Robert M., son, sgl, 35, b Sep 1864, NJ, asst freight agt – RR.
Malcolm C. Campbell Jr., grandson, 17, b Aug 1881, NJ, fthr NY, mthr NJ, at school.
Cortlandt Parker 3d, grandson, 15, b Dec 1884, AZ, parents NJ, at school.
Eliza Clark, servant, 35, b Aug 1864, Ireland, parents Ireland, imm. 1880, cook.
Catharine Smythe, servant, 25, b Jun 1874, Ireland, parents Ireland, imm. 1891, parlor maid.
Winifred Skellig, servant, 46, b May 1854, Ireland, parents Ireland, imm. 1874, laundress.
Mary MacDonald, servant, 24, b Apr 1876, NJ, parents Ireland, chamber maid.
Cortlandt Parker, Sr., Sinking
New York, July 28 – Cortlandt Parker Sr, the dean of the New Jersey bar, who is seriously ill at his home in Newark, is growing weaker gradually and little hope is expressed for his recovery. Mr. Parker has been connected with the bar for more than fifty years, and is the father of Congressman R. Wayne Parker, of New Jersey.
~ The Washington Post, Mon., 29 July 1907, pg. 3
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Cortlandt Parker Dead
Famous Jersey Jurist Refused Many High Federal Appointments
Cortlandt Parker, 89 years old, one of the foremost jurist of New Jersey, whose father, James Parker, was also a noted New Jersey legislator and public man, died on Monday night at his home, 586 Broad Street, Newark.
When he retired a few years ago, Mr. Parker was the oldest practitioner at the New Jersey bar and one of the most famous. He was connected with many public questions affecting both New Jersey and the Nation.
Cortlandt Parker was born in 1818 at Perth Amboy, New Jersey's capital in Revolutionary days. He was graduated from Rutgers College in 1836 at the age of 18. Some of his classmates were Associate Justice Joseph P. Bradley of the United States Supreme Court, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, United States Senator from New Jersey and Secretary of State under President Arthur, and William A. Newell, Governor of New Jersey from 1857 to 1860. He studied law with Theodore Frelinghuysen, an uncle of his classmate, in Newark, and was admitted to the bar in 1839.
At 21 he plunged into politics and worked stoutly for the men and the party he favored. He was an ardent Whig then. Young, he had to fight hard to make some preliminary successes in the law, but succeeded through being a good "mixer." He got the jovial parker manner from his father.
In 1844 Theodore Frelinghuysen, his old preceptor, was a running mate with Henry Clay on the Whig ticket, and Mr. Parker stumped the State for this Presidential ticket. He felt deeply on the slave question, and, dissatisfied with the position of the Whigs, joined the Republican Party. He was a staunch Republican from that time until his death.
He was Public Prosecutor of Essex County from 1857 to 1867. He served with a commission appointed to settle the Delaware boundary dispute; was appointed by President Grant to preside over the hearing of the Tilden-Hayes controversy in New Orleans; declined to serve as Minister to Russia, which position was offered him by President Hayes; declined to serve as Minister at Vienna, which was offered to him by President Arthur, and refused to Judgeships – one on the New Jersey Supreme bench and the other to preside over the Court of Alabama Claims.
Mr. Parker was a member of the American, New Jersey, and Essex County Bar Associations, of each of which he was President. Many of his public addresses were published.
He leaves six sons, two daughters, and a grandson, Malcolm Campbell, a midshipman in the navy. The sons are Congressman R. Wayne Parker, James Parker, Cortlandt Parker, Jr., Charles W. Parker, Chauncey D. Parker, and Robert M. Parker. The daughters are Mrs. W. D. Beekman of New York and Mrs. Henry Parkman of Boston. Mrs. Parker died last January, after nearly sixty years of married life.
~ The New York Times, Weds., 31 Jul 1907
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PARKER – At his residence, in Newark N.J., on Monday, July 29, 1907, Cortlandt Parker, in the 90th year of his age. Funeral from Trinity Church, Newark, on Saturday morning, Aug. 3, at 11 o'clock.
~ New York Times, 31 July 1907
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In Memoriam.
PARKER – The friends of the late Cortlandt Parker are invited to attend the evening service at Trinity Church, Newark, on Sunday, Nov. 17, 1907, at 8 o'clock, when addresses commemorative of his life and services will be made by the Right Rev. Edwin S. Lines, Bishop of the diocese, and others.
~ New York Times, 17 Nov 1907
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Cortlandt Parker, son of Hon. James Parker, was born at Perth Amboy, June 1818. At the age of fourteen he had made all the progress in his studies that was requisite in order to enter the freshmen class in Rutgers College, New Jersey, where the examinations in those days were proverbially rigid. In this institution he remained four years, and at their expiration in 1836, was graduated with the first honor, and delivered the valedictory address. Among his classmates were Joseph P. Bradley, now a justice of the United States Supreme Court; Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State of the United States; and William A. Newell, formerly Governor of New Jersey. Soon after leaving college he entered, as a student-at-law, the office of Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, then a practitioner in Newark, N.J., and, on the retirement of Mr. Frelinghuysen from the profession, continued his studies, under the direction of the distinguished Amzi Armstrong, until September, 1839, when he was admitted to the bar. Newark at that time, as at present, seemed to offer the greatest inducements to beginners in the legal profession, and here Mr. Parker established himself in practice, and here he still remains. . . Mr. Parker has never sought office, and has held but one public position, that of prosecutor of the pleas of Essex County, upon which he entered in 1857, and from which he retired in 1867. . . It may be added, although somewhat out of place, and nearly forgotten, that Mr. Parker receive, years ago, the degree of LL.D., from his Alma Mater, Rutgers College, as well as from the College of New Jersey, at Princeton.
~ History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey, Compiled by William H. Shaw, Vol. I, publ. 1884, pgs. 277-278.
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John Cortlandt Parker (VIII, known throughout his business life as Cortlandt Parker), b. 27th June, 1818, at Perth Amboy; d. 29th July, 1907, at Newark, N.J.; m., at Morristown, N.J., 15th Sept. 1847, Elisabeth Wolcott Stites, b. at Savannah, Ga., 11th Apr. 1927; d. at Newark, N.J., 1st Jan 1907, (dau. of Richard Wayne Stites, b. 24th Nov. 1802, d. 7th July 1877, m. 31st Aug. 1824, Elizabeth Cooke. He was the son of Richard Montgomery and Mary (Wayne) Stites. Richard Montgomery Stites was the son of Richard Stites, wounded at the Battle of Long Island, d. Sept. 1776, descended from John Stites, b. in England, 1595; d. in Hempstead, L. I., 1717, aetat. 122 years).
~ Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, 1920
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Cortlandt Parker, son of James Parker, was born in Perth Amboy, in 1818. He graduated at Rutgers College in 1836, read law with Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, and was admitted to the bar in 1839. He began practice in Newark, being associated with Joseph P. Bradley, afterward justice of the United States Supreme Court, and Frederick F. Frelinghuysen, later United State Senator and Secretary of state. In 1857 Governor Newell appointed him prosecutor for Essex county, a position he filled for ten years, and was the only public office he ever accepted. He was generally acknowledged for many years to be the head, and at his death was the oldest and most distinguished active representative of the New Jersey bar. He declined nominations to Congress, a judgeship in a court to adjust the Alabama Claims, and the ambassadorships to Russia and Austria. In connection with Chief Justice Beasley and Judge Depue of the Supreme Court, he revised the laws of the State. He receive the degree of Doctor of Laws from Princeton University and Rutgers College, and was president of the American Bar Association for several years. He was a prominent member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and was one of their most trusted and active legal advisers. His sons are: Major-General James Parker, of the United States army; Congressman R. Wayne Parker; Supreme Court Justice Charles W. Parker; Chauncey and Cortlandt Parker.
~ History of Middlesex County, New Jersey, Vol. I, publ. 1921, pgs. 235-236.
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1900 (Jun) Census, Newark, Essex, NJ:
Cortlandt Parker, 81, b Jun 1818, m 52 yrs, b NJ, parents NJ, lawyer.
Elizabeth W., wife, 73, b Apr 1827, 10 born/8 liv, b GA, fthr GA, mthr CT.
Cortlandt Jr., son, sgl, 42, b Aug 1857, NJ, lawyer.
Robert M., son, sgl, 35, b Sep 1864, NJ, asst freight agt – RR.
Malcolm C. Campbell Jr., grandson, 17, b Aug 1881, NJ, fthr NY, mthr NJ, at school.
Cortlandt Parker 3d, grandson, 15, b Dec 1884, AZ, parents NJ, at school.
Eliza Clark, servant, 35, b Aug 1864, Ireland, parents Ireland, imm. 1880, cook.
Catharine Smythe, servant, 25, b Jun 1874, Ireland, parents Ireland, imm. 1891, parlor maid.
Winifred Skellig, servant, 46, b May 1854, Ireland, parents Ireland, imm. 1874, laundress.
Mary MacDonald, servant, 24, b Apr 1876, NJ, parents Ireland, chamber maid.
New York, July 28 – Cortlandt Parker Sr, the dean of the New Jersey bar, who is seriously ill at his home in Newark, is growing weaker gradually and little hope is expressed for his recovery. Mr. Parker has been connected with the bar for more than fifty years, and is the father of Congressman R. Wayne Parker, of New Jersey.
~ The Washington Post, Mon., 29 July 1907, pg. 3
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Cortlandt Parker Dead
Famous Jersey Jurist Refused Many High Federal Appointments
Cortlandt Parker, 89 years old, one of the foremost jurist of New Jersey, whose father, James Parker, was also a noted New Jersey legislator and public man, died on Monday night at his home, 586 Broad Street, Newark.
When he retired a few years ago, Mr. Parker was the oldest practitioner at the New Jersey bar and one of the most famous. He was connected with many public questions affecting both New Jersey and the Nation.
Cortlandt Parker was born in 1818 at Perth Amboy, New Jersey's capital in Revolutionary days. He was graduated from Rutgers College in 1836 at the age of 18. Some of his classmates were Associate Justice Joseph P. Bradley of the United States Supreme Court, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, United States Senator from New Jersey and Secretary of State under President Arthur, and William A. Newell, Governor of New Jersey from 1857 to 1860. He studied law with Theodore Frelinghuysen, an uncle of his classmate, in Newark, and was admitted to the bar in 1839.
At 21 he plunged into politics and worked stoutly for the men and the party he favored. He was an ardent Whig then. Young, he had to fight hard to make some preliminary successes in the law, but succeeded through being a good "mixer." He got the jovial parker manner from his father.
In 1844 Theodore Frelinghuysen, his old preceptor, was a running mate with Henry Clay on the Whig ticket, and Mr. Parker stumped the State for this Presidential ticket. He felt deeply on the slave question, and, dissatisfied with the position of the Whigs, joined the Republican Party. He was a staunch Republican from that time until his death.
He was Public Prosecutor of Essex County from 1857 to 1867. He served with a commission appointed to settle the Delaware boundary dispute; was appointed by President Grant to preside over the hearing of the Tilden-Hayes controversy in New Orleans; declined to serve as Minister to Russia, which position was offered him by President Hayes; declined to serve as Minister at Vienna, which was offered to him by President Arthur, and refused to Judgeships – one on the New Jersey Supreme bench and the other to preside over the Court of Alabama Claims.
Mr. Parker was a member of the American, New Jersey, and Essex County Bar Associations, of each of which he was President. Many of his public addresses were published.
He leaves six sons, two daughters, and a grandson, Malcolm Campbell, a midshipman in the navy. The sons are Congressman R. Wayne Parker, James Parker, Cortlandt Parker, Jr., Charles W. Parker, Chauncey D. Parker, and Robert M. Parker. The daughters are Mrs. W. D. Beekman of New York and Mrs. Henry Parkman of Boston. Mrs. Parker died last January, after nearly sixty years of married life.
~ The New York Times, Weds., 31 Jul 1907
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PARKER – At his residence, in Newark N.J., on Monday, July 29, 1907, Cortlandt Parker, in the 90th year of his age. Funeral from Trinity Church, Newark, on Saturday morning, Aug. 3, at 11 o'clock.
~ New York Times, 31 July 1907
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In Memoriam.
PARKER – The friends of the late Cortlandt Parker are invited to attend the evening service at Trinity Church, Newark, on Sunday, Nov. 17, 1907, at 8 o'clock, when addresses commemorative of his life and services will be made by the Right Rev. Edwin S. Lines, Bishop of the diocese, and others.
~ New York Times, 17 Nov 1907
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Cortlandt Parker, son of Hon. James Parker, was born at Perth Amboy, June 1818. At the age of fourteen he had made all the progress in his studies that was requisite in order to enter the freshmen class in Rutgers College, New Jersey, where the examinations in those days were proverbially rigid. In this institution he remained four years, and at their expiration in 1836, was graduated with the first honor, and delivered the valedictory address. Among his classmates were Joseph P. Bradley, now a justice of the United States Supreme Court; Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State of the United States; and William A. Newell, formerly Governor of New Jersey. Soon after leaving college he entered, as a student-at-law, the office of Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, then a practitioner in Newark, N.J., and, on the retirement of Mr. Frelinghuysen from the profession, continued his studies, under the direction of the distinguished Amzi Armstrong, until September, 1839, when he was admitted to the bar. Newark at that time, as at present, seemed to offer the greatest inducements to beginners in the legal profession, and here Mr. Parker established himself in practice, and here he still remains. . . Mr. Parker has never sought office, and has held but one public position, that of prosecutor of the pleas of Essex County, upon which he entered in 1857, and from which he retired in 1867. . . It may be added, although somewhat out of place, and nearly forgotten, that Mr. Parker receive, years ago, the degree of LL.D., from his Alma Mater, Rutgers College, as well as from the College of New Jersey, at Princeton.
~ History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey, Compiled by William H. Shaw, Vol. I, publ. 1884, pgs. 277-278.
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John Cortlandt Parker (VIII, known throughout his business life as Cortlandt Parker), b. 27th June, 1818, at Perth Amboy; d. 29th July, 1907, at Newark, N.J.; m., at Morristown, N.J., 15th Sept. 1847, Elisabeth Wolcott Stites, b. at Savannah, Ga., 11th Apr. 1927; d. at Newark, N.J., 1st Jan 1907, (dau. of Richard Wayne Stites, b. 24th Nov. 1802, d. 7th July 1877, m. 31st Aug. 1824, Elizabeth Cooke. He was the son of Richard Montgomery and Mary (Wayne) Stites. Richard Montgomery Stites was the son of Richard Stites, wounded at the Battle of Long Island, d. Sept. 1776, descended from John Stites, b. in England, 1595; d. in Hempstead, L. I., 1717, aetat. 122 years).
~ Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, 1920
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Cortlandt Parker, son of James Parker, was born in Perth Amboy, in 1818. He graduated at Rutgers College in 1836, read law with Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, and was admitted to the bar in 1839. He began practice in Newark, being associated with Joseph P. Bradley, afterward justice of the United States Supreme Court, and Frederick F. Frelinghuysen, later United State Senator and Secretary of state. In 1857 Governor Newell appointed him prosecutor for Essex county, a position he filled for ten years, and was the only public office he ever accepted. He was generally acknowledged for many years to be the head, and at his death was the oldest and most distinguished active representative of the New Jersey bar. He declined nominations to Congress, a judgeship in a court to adjust the Alabama Claims, and the ambassadorships to Russia and Austria. In connection with Chief Justice Beasley and Judge Depue of the Supreme Court, he revised the laws of the State. He receive the degree of Doctor of Laws from Princeton University and Rutgers College, and was president of the American Bar Association for several years. He was a prominent member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and was one of their most trusted and active legal advisers. His sons are: Major-General James Parker, of the United States army; Congressman R. Wayne Parker; Supreme Court Justice Charles W. Parker; Chauncey and Cortlandt Parker.
~ History of Middlesex County, New Jersey, Vol. I, publ. 1921, pgs. 235-236.
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1900 (Jun) Census, Newark, Essex, NJ:
Cortlandt Parker, 81, b Jun 1818, m 52 yrs, b NJ, parents NJ, lawyer.
Elizabeth W., wife, 73, b Apr 1827, 10 born/8 liv, b GA, fthr GA, mthr CT.
Cortlandt Jr., son, sgl, 42, b Aug 1857, NJ, lawyer.
Robert M., son, sgl, 35, b Sep 1864, NJ, asst freight agt – RR.
Malcolm C. Campbell Jr., grandson, 17, b Aug 1881, NJ, fthr NY, mthr NJ, at school.
Cortlandt Parker 3d, grandson, 15, b Dec 1884, AZ, parents NJ, at school.
Eliza Clark, servant, 35, b Aug 1864, Ireland, parents Ireland, imm. 1880, cook.
Catharine Smythe, servant, 25, b Jun 1874, Ireland, parents Ireland, imm. 1891, parlor maid.
Winifred Skellig, servant, 46, b May 1854, Ireland, parents Ireland, imm. 1874, laundress.
Mary MacDonald, servant, 24, b Apr 1876, NJ, parents Ireland, chamber maid.
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