Tribute by His Son
FATHER ENTERED Columbia University Law school in the Fall after graduation and was given the degree of LL.B. in 1887. He played on the University eleven and was a member of the wrestling team during his course. For a year he was in Europe with his mother. He was in Constantinople for several months and learned to speak Arabic. He almost got into serious diplomatic difficulties by smuggling out an original copy of the Khoran. "Cap" began the practice of law in New York City where he remained till 1903. In 1894 while on vacation in Florida, tarpon fishing, he met Miss Caroline Louise Mauldin, daughter of Gov. Mauldin of South Carolina. "Cap" did not land any tarpon but Miss Mauldin landed him and they were married three years later. They had two children, a son and daughter, and had a happy family life. "Cap" was an idolized husband and father. Coming to Catskill in 1904 he built a handsome home on the west bank of the Hudson where he lived till the end. He was highly esteemed as a lawyer, greatly respected as a useful citizen, and a kindly, interested neighbor, enjoying to an unusual degree the affections of his community.
He held numerous offices of trust but his greatest service was rendered as Fuel Administrator for Green County during the war and after. Keenly disappointed that he was too old to enter the war, he joined the Catskill company of the National Guard and was able to keep pace in training with the younger men, and was one of the best shots in the company. He liked hunting and fishing and usually came in with the biggest bag or the fullest creel. He never lost his love for football, attended many games, often motoring to Hanover for a game. He looked forward to being the Honor Guest at the resumption of football relations with Princeton this Fall with the greatest pleasure. He was a sort of class father to Princeton '23, of which his son was a member. The son played on the hockey team and pulled an oar on the crew of the university. "Cap" was present at all their big contests during his son's college course and knew many Princeton men intimately.
"Cap" was always a strong, healthy man, able to do things without fatigue that would have bested most men. On the morning of his death he had walked to his office as his custom was, chatting with his neighbors on the way. He had just finished a letter to his wife who was in their summer camp on Little Deer Island, Me., where lie was to join her in a few days. He had been unusually well the past summer and his death came instantly and was wholly unexpected. It was a great shock to the whole community. He was a great athlete, a successful lawyer, an honored citizen, loved by his neighbors and idolized by his family. Truly he had achieved greatly, an honor to his class and to Dartmouth.
