The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-05
Obituary.
RON JAMrs a. KING

ing house Of James G. King Sons of this city and late
distinguished member of Congress from New Jersey
Mr. King subject to asthmatic affection and was
seized with sudden fit Of coughing midnight on
Monday and expired in about twenty minutes surrounded
by his family and in the sixty second year Of his age
Mr. King born in this city in the year 1871 being
the third of Hon Rufus King Of the trainers of
the United States constitution and afterwards United
States Senator Minister to England After the adop
ton of the constitution in 1882 Mr. Rufus King removed
from Massachusetts, to this city and had five sons viz -
John Aop, Charles James Gore Edward and Frederick
The first two only survive the former residing in Queens
county Long Island and late member of Congress-the
other President of Columbia College, in this city
The subject of this notice in early youth accompanied
his father TO England, where he received excellent
education and afterwards qualified himself for the life of
a merchant. He married daughter Of the late Archi
bald Grace and with his brother law, after the of
1872 entered into commercial business in Liverpool
der the firm of King 4 Oracle. This firm enjoyed tn
confidence Of merchants this side of the Atlantic
Others having transactions with them. While pursuing
prosperous commission business, Mr. King, about the
year 1922 received two propositions from eminent CAPT
tasts to return to his native city, and
commercial connections Namely from the Joh
Jacob Astor the other from the late Nathaniel Prime
the house of Prime, Ward II Sands. He accepted the
terms offered by the latter, and became partner in the
ing retired from the frm Upon the dissolution of that
firm, extensively known bankers, few years since
(and time after the death Of the elder Mr.. Prime
and Mr.. Samuel Ward Senior) Mr. King established in
connection with his and inw, the present bank
ing house Of James G. King & Sons.
In commercial and financial circles, Mr. King has
always enjoyed high reputation for talents and integrity
and the banking houses with which he has beon
nected have sustained envabe credit in Europe and
foreign countries generally lie took active part in
promoting internal improvements and in the early stages
the New York and Erie Railroad Company he acted
President Of that corporation.
As politician in early life he sympathized with his
father who leader Of the federal party He subse
quenty acted with his brothers in advocating the election
Of John Quincy Adams to the Presidency and in sustain
ing his administration. He has been jealous whg from
the formation of that party and in 1882 was one of the
whg candidates for Congress in this city, but shared in the
defeat his political friends at that time Having since
that time resided in New Jersey the bank of the North
river opposite this city, at the place he had long before
occupied his country seat, Mr. King was in lS4S cleo
ted to Congress of the whg representatives from
New Jersey and took his seat in the House in December
1S49, at the time with his brother John A. King
who had been elected member of the House from Long
Island His knowledge and talents merchant and
fnancier duly appreciated in Congress- and he
placed the Committee Of Commerce.; taking also q
prominent part in debates important questions.
Mr. King member Of the Episcopal church, and
highly esteemed in all the social and domestic rea
tons He leaves family of children three
and four daughters to lament his loss As public bene
factor in promoting objects of usefulness benevoence,
and the arts and citizen of esmble private charac
ter his memory will be long cherished by large circle
friends
HON. JAMES LYNCH.
Another of our most distinguished citizens, Hon Jane
Lynch late judge Of of our city courts died sud
denly at ms country seat, Rhinebeck, Dutches
county, Monday Sd inst, being nearly seventy year
of age. He native of this city, and of Dom
nick Lynch Irish gentleman, who emgrated to thi
country in the latter part Of the eighteenth century Til
family of LYNCH in Ireland, to which he belonged Is
Austrian Bohemian origin being descendants from an
ancestor who, emigrang from the Continent to Ire
land, changed his from Intz to Lynch. Domnick
Lynch had four sons namely, Dominiek, James, Henry
and Augustus, all of whom were brilliant men in their
times either in commercial, literary, professional
fashionable circles The family were Of the Roman Ca
tholic religion.
Having graduated at Columbia College in this city in
1799, at early age, James Lynch studied law, and
with his fathers family removed to Rome in Oneida
county, where the elder Mr. inch possessed large real
estate. During the of 1872 the subject of this
sketch with of his brothers. became largely inter
ested in manufactures in Oneida county, particularly in
those of iron and wool They obtained extensive
tracts from government for the supply of the United
States army and believe also for the navy Lakes
Ontario and Erie but the return of peace in 1915 found
them with large stocks Of iron and wool hand and the
gradual decline Of prices disspated the profits they
had accumulated during the After retiring from
the manufacturing business Mr.. James Lynch resumed
the practice of the law, and entered public life as a
fpde by rty he was In ona
of the members of Assembly from Oneida county, and
took his seat in that body in January, 1915. The AS
semby equally divided between the federalsts and
democrats republicans but the latter succeeded in
eecng the speaker and council Of appointment by the
aid Of the vote of member fran Ontario county not en
tied to seat named Peter Allen. Hence the council Of
appointment called the ''Pcter Allen Council" Mr.
Lynch of the youngest members of the Assembly,
but gave evidence of fine talents political tactican
and debater the federal side of the house, among whom
were VIM A. Duer Thomas j. Oakley Peter A. Jay, Jacob
r. Van Rensselaer, and James Vanderpool all men Of dis
ngushed ability legislators and lawyers. One of the
first laws TO provide for the construction of the Erie and
Champain canals passed by this legislature and Mr.
Lynch took an active and decided part in favor of inter
nal improvements He then and subsequently was an ar
influential advocate of the canal system adopted
by the state.
After the election of De Witt Clinton Gov
ernor Of the State Mr. Lynch joined the party
among the federalsts who acted with Mr.. Van
Buren, and the bucktail party in opposing the re
election of Mr.. Clinton, and giving the preference t
lnnic d. Tompkins In April 1919, fifty leading feder
aslS, among whom two of the of Alexander
Hamilton two Of the Of Rufus King, also William A.
D,xg, John Duer Josiah Ogden Hoffman, George F.
Talan and James Lynch, signed address to the peo
pie containing expose of their political views and
avowng their determination to support the election Of
Tompkns They did not object in their address to the
apacity Of Governor Clinton TO his moral character,
10 the measures of his administration The sole ground
Of objection urged against lin that he attempt
ing to frm personal party These fifty federal leaders
for time were high favor with Mr. Van Buren, and his
friends but many Of them separated from him in the
Presidential elections of 1924 and 1928. In the former
year Mr. Lynch received the bucktal nomination for Con
gress IN oucda county but defeated by the Cino-