The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-27
NOBLE WOMAN GONE
MRS. THOMAS T. KINNEY EX-
IPIRES. AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS

PRES. AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Mrs. Estelle Condit Kinney, widow
of Thomas T. Kinney, who was owner
and editor of the Newark Daily Ad-
vertiser, died at 11:20 o'clock last
night in her home. 1862 Broad street,
of pneumonia. She contracted a severe
cold two weeks ago and grip ensued.
She was treated by her physician, DR..
Herman H. @. Herold, and she was so
well last Saturday that she went out
in her carriage in the afternoon.
She returned home in good spirits.
That night she became i'll again, and
or Sunday there were symptoms of
pneumonia, and on Monday the dis
ease was fully developed. DR.. Edward
J. I'll and DR.. Charles 1. III were called
in to assist DR.. Herold. They called
at the house frequently, for Mrs. Kin
ney was seriously i'll. There were
hopes of her recovery until yesterday,
when she became very weak and her
children were notified. They were at
her bedside when she expired.
Mrs. Kinney is survived by one son,
William B. Kinney. and three daugh-
tiers. They are Mrs. w. Campbell
Clark, Mrs. Carroll Phi. Bassett and Mrs.
Frederick Fr~elinghuysen. A son,
Thomas T. Kinney. jr, died in 1886.
Mrs. Kinney's parents were Joel w.
Condit and Margaret Harrison Condit.
They owned and lived in the house in
Park place now the home of the Essex
Club. Mrs. Kinney and her three sis
ters were born in that house.. They
were all educated in the Seminary for
Young Women at Burlington, N. j..
which was then in charge of Bishop
George Washington Doane, father IF
Bishop William Cresswell Doane and
the late M%onsignor George Hobart
Doane.
The sisters of Mrs. Kinney were Mrs.
Katherine Condit Doane, wife of Bishop
William Cresswell Doane; Mrs. Mary
Harrison Bishop, who was he wife IF
the late Rev. DIR. Bishop, Of cast Or
ange; Mrs. Alice Condit Kirkpatrick,
who was the first wife of the late Judge
Andrew Kirkpatrick, of the United
States Circuit Court, and Miss Mar
garet Condit. The latter died Deem
Der / and Mrs. Doane. her sister, with
whom she lived, died on November 9.
Mrs. Kinney is the last of her family.
No arrangements for the funeral have
been made, but the funeral services
will probably be held Monday in Trim
ity Episcopal Church, of which Mrs.
Kinney became a member about twenty
years ago. Grace Church is called the
family church of the Kidneys, because
Mrs. Kinney's father was one of the
founders of that church. The inter-
,aar4 ry4II - -a15o ~ %Ao farafiU vault
in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Mrs. Kinney was married to Thomas
T. Kinney. who died in 1900, in the
home. She had a large ac-
~quaintance among literary people, who
we're always welcome guests at her
well-appointed home and at her beau
tiful place at Elberon, one of the show
places of the Atlantic coast. Among
Mrs. Kinney's cherished friends was
the ate Monsignor George H. Doane,
who was a familiar visitor until his
death.
In society Mrs. Kinney was a recog-
nized leader. She was at the head of
all important society engagements and
one, of the principals in local charitable
organizations. Every large society
1LtiCLlOh AtO NAO
name, n her name also vas of
necessity associated with entertain
ments gotten up for charitable pur-
poses.
Mrs. Kinney was kindly and gentle
and full Of womanly sympafhies. She
took an unusual interest in public af-
fairs, was an excellent business woman,
and gave great aid to her husband dur
ing his life by her good Judgment.
After his death she admirably admins
tered her business matters. Mrs. Kin
ney's son, William B., was married to
a daughter of former Governor Frank
lin Murphy.
The house in which Mrs. Kinney died
is rich in art and furnished with the
taste for which Its mistress was cele-
brated. Here and at her charming re-
treat at Elberon she dispensed hos
pitality and performed the many duties
which were the habit of her life. Per-
haps the death of no other in
New Jersey would be more sincerely
deplored.
Mrs. Kinney was president of the New
ark Exchange for Woman's Work since
its organization, and also president of the
board Of managers OF the Babies Hospital.
In the middle eighties she organized u
company Of young society men and women
to produce the opera, '"The Chimes Of
Normandy for charity. The rehearsals
were held in her residence. The first per-
Torrance was given In the Newark The
atre and it WINS such a success that it was
repeated, by request, in New York, Orange
netted for the Woman's Exchange and st.
Barnabas's Hospital. in which Mrs. Kin
ney took an active interest.
A special meeting of the board OF man
ayers of the Babies Hospital will be held
at the residence of Mrs. Abraham Roths-
child, 1861 BROAD street. tomorrow at $3.50
q. m. to take action upon the death of
Mrs. Kinney, their president.