The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-05
4. Q. KEASBEY DEAD.
The Prominent Lawyer Passes
Away at Rome-Aetive
at Seventy -one.
Speefal to the Jersep CITY Ne,rs.

NEWARK, April 5, 1894 cablegram
from Rome, Italy, announcing the death
of Anthony Q. Keasbey, the we'll known
! lawyer, was received by his sons yester-
day morning. The message simply says
that Mr.. Keasbey was a victim of peri
tonitis, and that he succumbed yesterday
morning. The particulars of his illness
cannot be learned at present.
On February IS Mr.. Keasbey. accom-
panied by his two daughters, left on a
European trip. He was in the enjoyment
of good health. as Were the Misses keas-
hey. The lawyer, although seventy-one
years of age, appeared to be as vigor-
Gus as ever. Up to the day of his depart
ure for a trip that was intended TO De
purely one of recreation and pleasure.
he was the active energetic and nustllng
worker whose vigor had been a subject
for favorable comment for years.
HIS CAREER.
State, on March ]. 1924. After receiving
a preliminary tutoring he was entered
at Yale, whence he graduated in 1873;
Upon leaving college he returned to Salem
and became a student in the ONCE OF
Francis L.. Mccullough, a counsellor OF
that place. Mr. Keasbeyss ambitions leo a
studies under Cortlandt Parker. Having
been admitted in 1916. he went to Salem
and began practice, but In l802 he returned
to Newark and became associated with
In 1851 President Lincoln selected Mr..
Keasbey as United States District Attor,
in April. 1865, he was reappointed. It was
learned, however. after the death or Presi-
dent LINCOLN, that the latter naa not
however, was r~eappointed by President
Johnson until the next session of the Sen
ate, when in 1855 ne was regularly arr com
President Grant ~reappointed him in 1870:
and again in 1874. In 1873 he was continued
In the office and he held It thereafter I'M
alton.
The partnership existing between A. @.
Keasbey and cor.landt Parker 5:a 7 a, for many many n
sons, Edward q. n George NJ, under
the firm c eans < Il s. Ksoiesy q sons.
A. @. Keasbey represented the Consol-
dated Traction Company in all its i'm
portant legal matters Warsos HIS T FIRM was c aigo
pany, the Baltimore and New York Rail
way Company, Lake Superior Consoli.
eonsolI tTon M mines: N E b 5aa a0s MiiIs
ing Association, United Light Company,
National Rice Milling Company and nu-
time he was a heavy s~toekhoider in the
now extinct Newark Times" and was
counsel for that publication.
In his professional capacity Mr.. Keas-
hey figured in many law suits of i'm
portance, and in every one he displayed
marked skill and ability. He represented
the Government IN the case OF the Me-
chanics' National Bank.
His management of the Lewis will case
attracted special attention because of his
success in ferreting out facts that usu-
ally call for the employment of detective
qualities.
Mr.. Keasbey was married early in life
to a Miss Peckham, sister of Wheeler n.
Peckham, whom President Cleveland re-
Gently nominated for a Supreme Court
at Richfeld Springs, where she had gone
for her health. Since his wife's death,
Mr.. Keasbey resided part of the time at
the home of his eldest son, Edward O.,
at Morristown, and the balance at the
family residence ON Stratford place and
Clinton avenue, this city.
Mr.. Keasbey leavet six sons and two
daughters-Edward O., George NJ, Henry
NJ, Rowland p, Lindley NJ. and Fred w.
The girls. who were with their father at
Francis H. Keasbey.