Mayor George Wilcox
It is with the deepest feelings of regret that we are compelled to announce the death of the esteemed Mayor of the city of Summit, George Wilcox, which occurred at his home, “Ivyholm” on the Boulevard, on Wednesday morning. His demise will not only be a great loss to the city, but to the Summit Bank, of which he was one of its most esteemed Directors: The Presbyterian Church, of which he was an active member, and also to the legal fraternity of New York.
Mayor Wilcox was born in Orford, N.H., 67 years ago. His father was a Supreme Court Justice of New Hampshire. He was a lawyer by profession, graduating from Dartmouth College in 1861. In 1873 he married Mary Gunton Budington, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Budington, of Brooklyn. Mrs. Wilcox died on March 17, 1904. They had two children of this union, Dr. C. Herbert Wilcox, a physician of New York City, and Miss Julia Budington Wilcox, of this city. Mr. Wilcox was one of the leading lawyers of NYC with offices at 38 Park Row. He moved his family to this city about 1893, principally through the influence of F.E. Dana of the Boulevard, who had married a sister of Mrs. Wilcox. After entering the political arena he was elected a Township Committeeman in March 1896 on the Republican ticket. When the committee organized he was elected Chairman with Dr. Lawrence and Parker W. Page as his associates. It was during Mr. Wilcox’s term as committeeman that the “telephone war” was fostered in the city by the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company in 1898. His ability as a lawyer and singleness of purpose in demanding justice for the city resulted in securing one of the best of contracts with that company and the passage of the present telephone ordinance. He also took an active part of Summit’s changing from the Township form of government to that of a City and was instrumental in that enactment. He was the candidate of the Republican party for the city’s first Mayor and was elected over A. A. Taylor in April, 1899. In 1901 he was defeated for the same office by Councilman Baldwin, and in 1903 he was elected over Mr. Baldwin and subsequently won re-election without opposition.
The funeral services were held at the Central Presbyterian church yesterday, conducted by Rev. Minot C. Morgan. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. The honorary pall-bearers were Messrs. A. F. Libby, F. S. Phrainer, George F Vreeland, J. F. Thompson, C. N. Fiuch, Charles H. Post, Rollo Ogden and R. H. Hamill. During the funeral all of the business houses of the city were closed as were the public schools. Flags were at half staff at all public facilities and schools were draped in mourning. Policemen will wear a band of mourning on their coat sleeves for 30 days. The fire bell was tolled while the remains of the Mayor were in transit from the church to the station , on their way to their last resting place in Greenwood.
—The Summit Herald, March 23, 1907 (Summit, NJ)
-from contributor Murtz
It is with the deepest feelings of regret that we are compelled to announce the death of the esteemed Mayor of the city of Summit, George Wilcox, which occurred at his home, “Ivyholm” on the Boulevard, on Wednesday morning. His demise will not only be a great loss to the city, but to the Summit Bank, of which he was one of its most esteemed Directors: The Presbyterian Church, of which he was an active member, and also to the legal fraternity of New York.
Mayor Wilcox was born in Orford, N.H., 67 years ago. His father was a Supreme Court Justice of New Hampshire. He was a lawyer by profession, graduating from Dartmouth College in 1861. In 1873 he married Mary Gunton Budington, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Budington, of Brooklyn. Mrs. Wilcox died on March 17, 1904. They had two children of this union, Dr. C. Herbert Wilcox, a physician of New York City, and Miss Julia Budington Wilcox, of this city. Mr. Wilcox was one of the leading lawyers of NYC with offices at 38 Park Row. He moved his family to this city about 1893, principally through the influence of F.E. Dana of the Boulevard, who had married a sister of Mrs. Wilcox. After entering the political arena he was elected a Township Committeeman in March 1896 on the Republican ticket. When the committee organized he was elected Chairman with Dr. Lawrence and Parker W. Page as his associates. It was during Mr. Wilcox’s term as committeeman that the “telephone war” was fostered in the city by the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company in 1898. His ability as a lawyer and singleness of purpose in demanding justice for the city resulted in securing one of the best of contracts with that company and the passage of the present telephone ordinance. He also took an active part of Summit’s changing from the Township form of government to that of a City and was instrumental in that enactment. He was the candidate of the Republican party for the city’s first Mayor and was elected over A. A. Taylor in April, 1899. In 1901 he was defeated for the same office by Councilman Baldwin, and in 1903 he was elected over Mr. Baldwin and subsequently won re-election without opposition.
The funeral services were held at the Central Presbyterian church yesterday, conducted by Rev. Minot C. Morgan. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. The honorary pall-bearers were Messrs. A. F. Libby, F. S. Phrainer, George F Vreeland, J. F. Thompson, C. N. Fiuch, Charles H. Post, Rollo Ogden and R. H. Hamill. During the funeral all of the business houses of the city were closed as were the public schools. Flags were at half staff at all public facilities and schools were draped in mourning. Policemen will wear a band of mourning on their coat sleeves for 30 days. The fire bell was tolled while the remains of the Mayor were in transit from the church to the station , on their way to their last resting place in Greenwood.
—The Summit Herald, March 23, 1907 (Summit, NJ)
-from contributor Murtz
Mayor George Wilcox
It is with the deepest feelings of regret that we are compelled to announce the death of the esteemed Mayor of the city of Summit, George Wilcox, which occurred at his home, “Ivyholm” on the Boulevard, on Wednesday morning. His demise will not only be a great loss to the city, but to the Summit Bank, of which he was one of its most esteemed Directors: The Presbyterian Church, of which he was an active member, and also to the legal fraternity of New York.
Mayor Wilcox was born in Orford, N.H., 67 years ago. His father was a Supreme Court Justice of New Hampshire. He was a lawyer by profession, graduating from Dartmouth College in 1861. In 1873 he married Mary Gunton Budington, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Budington, of Brooklyn. Mrs. Wilcox died on March 17, 1904. They had two children of this union, Dr. C. Herbert Wilcox, a physician of New York City, and Miss Julia Budington Wilcox, of this city. Mr. Wilcox was one of the leading lawyers of NYC with offices at 38 Park Row. He moved his family to this city about 1893, principally through the influence of F.E. Dana of the Boulevard, who had married a sister of Mrs. Wilcox. After entering the political arena he was elected a Township Committeeman in March 1896 on the Republican ticket. When the committee organized he was elected Chairman with Dr. Lawrence and Parker W. Page as his associates. It was during Mr. Wilcox’s term as committeeman that the “telephone war” was fostered in the city by the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company in 1898. His ability as a lawyer and singleness of purpose in demanding justice for the city resulted in securing one of the best of contracts with that company and the passage of the present telephone ordinance. He also took an active part of Summit’s changing from the Township form of government to that of a City and was instrumental in that enactment. He was the candidate of the Republican party for the city’s first Mayor and was elected over A. A. Taylor in April, 1899. In 1901 he was defeated for the same office by Councilman Baldwin, and in 1903 he was elected over Mr. Baldwin and subsequently won re-election without opposition.
The funeral services were held at the Central Presbyterian church yesterday, conducted by Rev. Minot C. Morgan. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. The honorary pall-bearers were Messrs. A. F. Libby, F. S. Phrainer, George F Vreeland, J. F. Thompson, C. N. Fiuch, Charles H. Post, Rollo Ogden and R. H. Hamill. During the funeral all of the business houses of the city were closed as were the public schools. Flags were at half staff at all public facilities and schools were draped in mourning. Policemen will wear a band of mourning on their coat sleeves for 30 days. The fire bell was tolled while the remains of the Mayor were in transit from the church to the station , on their way to their last resting place in Greenwood.
—The Summit Herald, March 23, 1907 (Summit, NJ)
-from contributor Murtz
It is with the deepest feelings of regret that we are compelled to announce the death of the esteemed Mayor of the city of Summit, George Wilcox, which occurred at his home, “Ivyholm” on the Boulevard, on Wednesday morning. His demise will not only be a great loss to the city, but to the Summit Bank, of which he was one of its most esteemed Directors: The Presbyterian Church, of which he was an active member, and also to the legal fraternity of New York.
Mayor Wilcox was born in Orford, N.H., 67 years ago. His father was a Supreme Court Justice of New Hampshire. He was a lawyer by profession, graduating from Dartmouth College in 1861. In 1873 he married Mary Gunton Budington, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Budington, of Brooklyn. Mrs. Wilcox died on March 17, 1904. They had two children of this union, Dr. C. Herbert Wilcox, a physician of New York City, and Miss Julia Budington Wilcox, of this city. Mr. Wilcox was one of the leading lawyers of NYC with offices at 38 Park Row. He moved his family to this city about 1893, principally through the influence of F.E. Dana of the Boulevard, who had married a sister of Mrs. Wilcox. After entering the political arena he was elected a Township Committeeman in March 1896 on the Republican ticket. When the committee organized he was elected Chairman with Dr. Lawrence and Parker W. Page as his associates. It was during Mr. Wilcox’s term as committeeman that the “telephone war” was fostered in the city by the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company in 1898. His ability as a lawyer and singleness of purpose in demanding justice for the city resulted in securing one of the best of contracts with that company and the passage of the present telephone ordinance. He also took an active part of Summit’s changing from the Township form of government to that of a City and was instrumental in that enactment. He was the candidate of the Republican party for the city’s first Mayor and was elected over A. A. Taylor in April, 1899. In 1901 he was defeated for the same office by Councilman Baldwin, and in 1903 he was elected over Mr. Baldwin and subsequently won re-election without opposition.
The funeral services were held at the Central Presbyterian church yesterday, conducted by Rev. Minot C. Morgan. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. The honorary pall-bearers were Messrs. A. F. Libby, F. S. Phrainer, George F Vreeland, J. F. Thompson, C. N. Fiuch, Charles H. Post, Rollo Ogden and R. H. Hamill. During the funeral all of the business houses of the city were closed as were the public schools. Flags were at half staff at all public facilities and schools were draped in mourning. Policemen will wear a band of mourning on their coat sleeves for 30 days. The fire bell was tolled while the remains of the Mayor were in transit from the church to the station , on their way to their last resting place in Greenwood.
—The Summit Herald, March 23, 1907 (Summit, NJ)
-from contributor Murtz
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