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Excerpt from Class of 1897, Rutgers College, History to 1917 Son of John P. Ashmead, civil engineer and surveyor, who has taken a prominent part in the development of Atlantic City and inthe public affairs of Atlantic County, and of Mary Caroline Collins. Ashmead. Born on May 20, 1878, at Philadelphia, Pa. The Ashmead family has been prominent in Philadelphia and its neighborhood since colonial days, The founder, John Ashmead, came from Gloucester, England in 1682 and settled 1n Pennsylvania on land purchased from William Penn. Mother descended from pioneer physician, Richard Collins, who settled in At lantic County previous to the Revolutionary War, in which he served as captain. Resided in Pleasantville, N. J. Before entering college. Pre pared for college in the Atlantic County Public Schools from which he graduated at 12 years of age, and entered college at 15; took senior final examinations a few days after 19th birthday. Won. Bowser Engineering Thesis Prize. Secretary of Philo in Freshman year. First lieutenant Rutgers Cadet Corps; mlember class baseball -team and track team, and class relay team which never lost a race. For three years after gradu ation, employed in Atlantic County Clerk's office, and lived at Pleasant ville, N. J., from 1897 to August, 1900. Decided to study law andimme diately entered the Law School of Harvard University, graduating in 1903. Entered the law offices of Lindabury, Depue F aulks, Pruden tial Building, Newark, N. J. After serving the required clerkship ad mitted to the New Jersey Bar as an attorney in November, 1904, and as 'a counselor in November, 1907. Associated with the firm of Lindabury, Depue Faulks since 1903, and a member of the firm since January 1, 1914. Has resided since 1900 at Cambridge, Mass, September, 1900 June, 1903; Newark, N. J., June, 1903-ju1y, 1914; 36 Hawthorne Ave nue, -east Orange, N. J., 1914 to date. Received degrees from Rutgers, bfscf m.sc. And from Harvard, ll.b Mem ber of Rutgers Alumni Association of Newark; of the Harvard Club of New Jersey; of the Essex County Lawyers Club; and of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Member of Munn Avenue Presbyterian Church, East Orange, N. J. Politics, Republican. Avocation, travel, boating and fishing. Married on October 5,1911, at West Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Mass. To Rachael Elizabeth Curtis, daughter of Walter Wells and Francis Brown Curtis, and a descendant of Elder Brewster of the Mayflower party. Children, Curtis Ashmead, born January 26 and John Holland Ashmead, born November 12, 1914. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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