OBITUARIES.

Mr. Thomas W. Randall

Mr. Thomas William Randall, long prominent as a lawyer in Paterson, died at his residence at Upper Preakness, a few miles from that city, on Feb. 9, 1922, after a long illness. Up until a few days of his death he expected to live at least through the coming Summer, but the final end came with little warning.

Mr. Randall was born at Slough, in Buckinghamshire, England, about twenty miles from London, near the historic Windsor Castle and famous Stoke Pogis church, on June 24, 1853, and is a descendant of some of the most substantial and oldest families in that locality. He arrived in the United States, with his parents, on June 8, 1866, sailing from London, and resided first in Franklin township, Bergen county, and later at Hawthorne, in Passaic county, until he entered upon the study of his profession. He first studied law in the office of Judge Hopper, in Paterson, and afterwards with Messrs. Pennington & DeWitt, of Newark, and also attended the Columbia Law School in New York. He was admitted to the New Jersey Bar at the June Term of the Supreme Court in 1877, and, after spending some time abroad, came to Paterson and entered upon the practice of law, in which he was actively engaged ever after until his last illness. He became a counselor at the February Term, 1889.

Mr. Randall took no active part in politics, and never held a political office; he had no liking for mere partisanship. His practice was large in the Orphans’ Court and in Chancery proceedings, as he settled many estates. He was a Special Master of the Court of Chancery and as such many matters of reference were heard by him, and always with promptness and efficiency. He was also a Supreme Court Commissioner. He was counsel for many of the old Passaic families and for various corporations. In the great Paterson fire he lost every thing in his office except what was in his safe. He was an extensive reader of good books and had an excellent memory, a refined taste and the best of habits. He had none of the common vices of the day.

For many years Mr. Randall was a member of the Second Presbyterian Church. He served there on the Board of Trustees and was also a member of the Session. Mr. Randall served the Second Church in a legal capacity without cost to the congregation and was always glad to give legal advice to the poor in need of it. He also served for many years on the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Presbytery and was known by every clergyman in that Presbyterian body. He was seldom absent at a stated meeting.

Mr. Randall was also the recognized friend of the Young Men’s Christian Association and his services in legal transactions were also at the disposal of the Board of Managers. He was counsel for the Young Women’s Christian Association and served as a member of the Investment Committee, with other prominent men of the city.

When in 1886 the people of the People’s Park District appealed to the late Dr. Charles D. Shaw and the elders of the Second Presbyterian Church for the establishment of a Sunday School in that district of the city, Mr. Randall was one of the most interested members of the Session in the movement to that end. Through the aid extended on behalf of the plan the Sunday School was opened a few weeks after the request was considered, and Mr. Randall became the superintendent. He frequently referred to that service as one of the happy experiences of his life. Later the school movement grew into the establishment of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, now one of the most thriving congregations in the city, under the pastorate of the Rev. Franklin J. Miller. Mr. Randall frequently visited the People’s Park church and school to note the progress of the work he had a prominent part in starting. He was also interested in the St. Augustine Presbyterian Church, and in establishing headquarters for the colored men on Governor street.

Mr. Randall was a Christian citizen and was concerned in the welfare of Paterson. He was a member of the Passaic County Bar Association, a director of the Paterson Building and Loan Association, and was identified with the old Board of Trade. When the centennial celebration of Paterson was held in 1892 he was one of the hundred prominent men of the city selected to plan for that big event.

For several years before his death Mr. Randall was a member of the Church of the Redeemer.

Mr. Randall was specially fond of his native England, and made various journeys to that county. The Editor of this Journal has special cause to know of his interest in travel and fine qualities as a traveler, having been in his company abroad in 1898, 1903, 1907 and 1910, in some of which occasions he extended his trip to France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany and Holland; also to Ireland and Scotland. In 1910 he saw the Passion Play. He was also a frequent visitor to Lake Mohonk. From its beginning he was a patron and valued friend of this Journal, frequently sending to it copies of legal articles from English newspapers and occasionally contributing to its pages. The article we shall publish in our next issue, entitled “A Letter to Portia,” was received from him only a few days before his death, as were some notes concerning the death of his friend, Mr. Robert Hopper, also of the Paterson Bar.

In 1879 Mr. Randall married Miss Jennie S. Perry, a well known and highly esteemed teacher in the Paterson Public Schools, and at one time principal of School Number Two. Mrs. Randall died in 1912. There survives one son, Edmund Brown Randall, who is now the Judge of the Paterson District Court. A brother of Thomas W., Mr. Richard Randall, also a member of the Paterson Bar, died Oct. 16, 1913.

Col. E. Livingston Price

Colonel Edward Livingston Price, for 56 years past a member of the Essex County Bar, died at his home, 112 Bruen street, Newark, on February 4, from a heart attack, after an illness of about one year.

Colonel Price was born in New York City Dec. 20, 1844, being a brother to former Governor Rodman M. Price, and a son of Francis and Maria Louisa (Hart) Price of New York City. He received his education at Dr. Cattell’s Edgehill School, Princeton; Dr. Woodhull’s School, Freehold, and Dr. John F. Pingry’s School, then in Newark and now in Elizabeth. He would have gone to college had it not been for the outbreak of the Civil War. He entered the Union Army in April, 1861, when he was sixteen, as Second Lieutenant of Company E, 74th Regiment, New York Volunteers, having been unable to get a commission in New Jersey. Shortly afterward he was promoted to First Lieutenant. In this capacity he served from July, 1861, to April, 1862, when Major General Hooker placed him on his personal staff as Ordinance officer of the Third Army Corps, “Hooker’s Division.” As Ordinance officer he served at the siege of Yorktown, Va., and during the whole of the peninsular campaign. In August, 1862, he became Major of his old Regiment, the 74th New York, which he commanded through Pope’s campaign in Virginia, in the battles of Bristow Station, Second Manassas and Chantilly. His promotion to the Colonelcy of the 145th New York Volunteers took place on February 18, 1863. He served with this Regiment until January, 1864, taking part in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.

At the end of the War he studied law with the late U. S. Justice Joseph Bradley, and was admitted as a New Jersey attorney at the June Term, 1866, but did not become counselor until February, 1879. He also became admitted to the various United States Courts. He became, in Newark, an active lawyer not only but a strong political speaker and manager, and was long chairman of the Essex County Democratic Committee and, for a time, of the State Democratic Committee. His ability as an organizer and his forcefulness as a speaker made him a powerful factor in moulding sentiment in party conventions. His tall figure and military bearing added their effect. In the latter years of his political activity he was familiarly referred to as the “Old War Horse of the Democracy.” As a lawyer he ranked high in municipal practice. He was counsel for the city of Newark and various outlying townships and for many of the Boards in Newark.

In 1865, before he became of age, he accepted a nomination for Assembly from Essex county and was sworn into office just after he rounded his twenty-first year. He was re-elected in 1867. As a legislator he applied his active intelligence to a study of the needs of his constituents and of the State in general and was the author of many laws now on the statute books. In later life Colonel Price bought a farm near Branchville, Sussex county, and spent much of his time there.

On June 1, 1864, Colonel Price married Emma, daughter of William and Mary Ann Marriott of Newark. On April 27, 1887, he was married again, the second wife being Frederica Theresa, daughter of Edward C. and Eva Elizabeth Eberhardt of Newark. His surviving children are a son, Frank M. Price, who lives at the Price home, and two daughters, Mrs. Frances Maria Josephine Spear, wife of Edwin M. Spear of Trenton, and Mrs. Marion White, a widow, also of Trenton. Edward Livingston Price, the eldest son, died three years ago. The eldest daughter, Marie Louise Jones, died in Kansas City, Mo.

Mr. Charles J. Roe

Mr. Charles J. Roe, of the Jersey City Bar, died in Faith Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, on Feb. 10th. For some time past he had not been in good health, and he went South the latter end of January to seek improvement. Soon after his arrival there he became worse and entered the hospital where he died. In Jersey City he had recently made his home, for himself and wife, in the Fairmount Hotel on the Boulevard.

Mr. Roe was the son of Charles Roe and Elizabeth Ann (Coult) Roe, and was born in Sussex county, Sept. 11, 1850. His father was the surrogate of that county for three terms (1863-'78) and then opened a drug store in Newton. The son obtained his preparatory education at Chester Institute and Newton Collegiate Institute; then entered Princeton College and was graduated therefrom in 1870, in the same class as Chief Justice Gummere and ex-Judge George M. Shipman of Belvidere. He then studied law with the late Levi Shepherd of Newton, and became an attorney at the June Term, 1873, and a counselor three years later. He practiced very successfully in Newton until 1894, a portion of the time having a law partner, Mr. Frank Shepherd; at the last named date, he removed to Jersey City. Recently he has had, as a law partner, J. Haviland Tompkins, the firm being Roe & Tompkins. Mr. Roe was an Advisory Master of the Court of Chancery and Supreme Court Commissioner. His practice was a general one, but he somewhat specialized in Chancery work. He was recognized as an able attorney, of scholarly instincts, being learned not only in his profession but in the arts and sciences. He knew some foreign languages and had traveled extensively in Europe as well as in this country.

Mr. Roe married Margaret, daughter of James F. and Sarah (Northrup) Martin, and is survived by his wife, and his sister, Mrs. John R. Hardin of Newark.