The record-union., 1891-08-31
FOUR BIG BROTHERS.
They Belong to the Famous Field
Family of New England.

OyTuS w. tlelQ, the merchant, ana
Henry Martyr Field, the clergyman, are
all sons of David Dudley Field, clergy
man OF Madison, Conn, who was born
there in 1871, and died April 10, 1867, at
Stock bridge, Mass. All four are now
living, the youngest being nearly 20 years
of age, and each is hale and hearty.
David Dudley Field, the eldest of this
quartet, was born in Haddam, Conn,
February ID, 1850, and is now over Sc
years old. He was graduated at Williams
College in 1925 and studied law in Albany
and New York City. In 1928 he was ad-
mitted to the bar, and soon afrerward he
became junior partner in the law firm
OF Henry & d. Sedgwick, with whom
ne studied. From then until 1885
he was continuously engaged in the
practice OF his profession. His labors in
the cause Of law reform during that time
gave him special prominence. An emil
nent Chancellor of England has said that
Mr.. Field Of New York has done more
Tor reform OF laws than any other man
living" Mr.. Field has taken much in
terest in politics. Originally as a Demo-
crat, he voted with that party, although
nc persistently opposed its pro-slavery
! policy until the nomination of John &.
Fremont in 1856, whom he supported in the
Presidential canvass of that year. During
the Civil War he was q stanch adherent
Of the Administration, and was active
party. For eight weeks in 1876 he filled
The uneXpired term in Congress of Smith
Ely, who had been made Mayor of New
York City, He now acted with the DEM
ocratIc party, and was one of the advo-
Gates on that SIDE in the dispute over the
PRESIDENTIAL election. He has delivered
numerous addresses, and has contributed
largely to current literature on political
! topics.
Judge Stephen Johnson Field, the sec
ond brother, was born at Haddam, Conn,
November 4, 1916. He was about 8 wears
old when his father removed to Stock
! bridge and ten years later he ACCOMPANIED
his sister Emile, who had married a
missionary, to Smyrna, in order to ac-
qulre knowledge Of Oriental languages.
Returning home he entered Williams
! College. and was graduated in 1887 with
high honors. He then came to New
York, where he began the study of the
law law with his brother, David Dudley, In
1891 ne was elected Judge of the Supreme
Court Of California. On the resignation
Of Chief Justice David 5. Terry in 1859 he
became Chief Justice, and continued in
Office till his appointment to the Supreme
bench OF the United States by President
Lincoln in 1868, an office which he now
holds. Among the prominent decisions
IN winch he has been concerned was the
famous test oath case, in which he gave
! the casting vote, and wrote the opinion
OF the court annulling the validity Of the
| ''lroncIad" oath. His dissenting opinion
IN the legal tender cases. in the con-
nscatlon cases, in the New Orleans
slaughter-house case, have also attracted
attention. In 1877 he was member of
the Presidential Electoral Commission.
and was one of the seven who voted i'm
favor OF Mr.. Tilden against the eight in
favor of Mr.. Hayes. In 1880 his name
was placed IN nomination for the Presi-
dency at the Cincinnati Convention, and
ne received SlXty-tIye votes on the first
ballot. In 1873 ne was appointed by the
Governor of California one Of a commits
sion TO examine the code of laws Of that
state and prepare amendments to the
same for the consideration of the Legis-
lature. lie received the degree of LII. d.
from Williams College in 1864, and in
1859 was appointed Professor of Law in
the University of California.
Cyrus W. Field, the third brother. was
born at Stock bridge, Mass, November
80, 1919. lie was educated in his native
town, after which he commenced his
business life in counting house in New
| ork, and became so eminently success
tuI that he engineered his Wav in a few
years to the chiefproprietorship of large
and prosperous mercantile establishment.
ibis native energy and executive talent
soon put him III possession Of an ample
fortune, so that in 1858 he partially re-
tired from business and made an ex-
/ tended tour over and among the Andes
III South America. On his return to the
United States in the following year he
was solicited to engage in the establish
! ment OF line of telegraph in Newfound-
! land. After mature deliberation he en-
tered upon the work. He was chiefly in
| strumental IN procuring a charter from
the Legislature of Newfoundland grant
| ing to him and his friends an exclusive
right for fifty years to establish a tele-
| graph from the Continent of America to
| that colony, and thence to Europe. His
! dauntless efforts, which resulted in the
! laying of the transatlantic cable are well
known. Congress voted unanimously to
! present Mr.. Field with gold medal and
the thanks of the Nation, while the
! Prime Minister of England declared that
only the fact that he was a citizen of an
other country prevented his receiving
! nigh honOrs from the British Govern
ment. John Bright pronounced Mr..
Field the columbus of modern times,
VINO, by ms ca3le, had moved the new
! world alongside of the DID," The Paris
Exhibition Of 1867 gave him the grand
medal, the highest prize it had to beStow.
In 1879 he attended the opening of the
/ Suez Canal as the representative of the
! New \ ork Chamber of Commerce. He
! became interested in 1876 in large enter
| prlSes, among which was the cOnstruc-
ton of elevated railroads in the streets of
| New York. In 1881 Mr.. Field and his
wife travelled around the world. In 1881.
soon after the shooting Of President Gar
| field, he originated a subscription for the
| family, which after the death of the Pres
| ident amounted to S350,0OO In later
! years Mr.. Field has been enioyino his
! honOrs and his wealth in the bosom of
! his family.
Henry Martyr Field, the fourth
! brother, was born at Stockbridge, Mass,
April 3, 1922. At the age of II he entered
| Williams College and was graduated IN
1888, and after four years study of theol-
ogy at East Windsor, Conn, and one
year at New Haven, he became pastor of
q Presbyterian Church at st. Louis, Mo,
| where he resided from 1912 to 1917. At
the. end of 1917 he resigned his charge
and travelled the following year in Eu-
rope, and was in Paris during the revolu-
ton III l648, of which he wrote a full and
| interesting account, and also of the Ital-
! ian revolution, which he witnessed a few
weeks later. He has travelled all over the
| world, and has written "Tbe Good and
Bad in the Roman Catholic Church. -
/ The Irish Contederates," ''The Re
! bellion of l79S,' summer Pictures from
| Copenhagen 70 Venice" From the
Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn"
From Egypt TO Japan" "On the Desert
and Among the Holy Hills and other
! works. In 1854 he removed to New York
TO become one of the editors of the IEUdn-
| gctfSt, a religious journal, with which he
has been connected for thirty-tive years,
| and OF which he became the sole proprie-
tor.-Chicago Herald.