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/ Judge CT the court of common pleas
for Somerset county. He was one OF
the founders Of the Princeton Theo-
illogical Seminary and was an unsuc-
cessful candidate for Congress upon
the federalism ticket in 1914.
Is. b. Caldwell Number Three
The third clerk Of the court was
Elias B. Caldwell. named after Elias
Bcudinot, who among his many claims
to distinction was the first to be ad,
mftted to the bar of the supreme court
I Of the United States. Mr. Caldwell
!, was born the Sd Of April, 1776. His
! Jbothef was murdered By a. British
5oldier when he was but 2 years old,
and three years later his father, the
Rev James Caldwell. was murdered
in cold blood by an Irish soldier He
wac then adopted BY the celebrated
man for whom he was named After
q grammar school education he enter
| ed Princeton College and graduated In
I1796. He was appointed clerk Of the
court August 5. 1900, serving until
his death in 1926.
VIM. Griffith Number F0nr
William Griffith, the fourth clerk,
was the son Of a physician of Bound
Brock. Somerset county, N. j., and
was born in the year 1766. He studied
law in the office of Elias Boudinot at
Newark, licensed as an attorney In
ITS, and in time became a learned
lawyer. In 1886 he published treatise
on the jurisdiction and proceedings of
Justices OF the peace, with an appen-
dix containing advice to executors and
administrators and an outline of the
law OF landlord and tenant. Later he
published series of essays exposing
the defects Of the constitution of his
natice state and urging popular con-
vention to revise it, He held the Of
fice OF surrogate and in 1901 was APP
pointed one Of the judges Of the Uni
ted States circuit court for the third
circuit, his associates being William
Tilghman, afterward chief justice of
pennsylvania. and Richard Bassett,
the chief justice of Delaware. Upon
the death of Mr.. Caldwell he was APP
pointed clerk Of the court, but served
only q short time. dying a few months
later.
w. 7. Carroll Number Five
William Thomas Carroll. fifth clerk
of the court, was born at Bellevue,
Md. the I'd Of March. 1902 After
receiving an ordinary English educa.
tion he went TO Enimitsburg, from
which college he graduated at the
early age OF 90 years. He studied
law at Litchfield. Conn; was admitted
to the bar, and shortly afterward was
appointed lecturer at the law depart
ment OF Columbia College, in the Dis.
trict CT Columbia He was appointed
clerk CT the supreme court Of the Uni
ted States January %, 1927, and he
continued to discharge the duties of
this office until his death, which oc-
Cured the 18th of July, 1863.
Chief Justice fancy said: When
we are appointing successor to Mr.. !
Carroll it is but Justice to his memory
to say that he was an ACCOMPLISHED
and faithful officer, prompt and exact
In business and courteous in manner,
and during the whole period of his iu-
dicial life discharged the duties of his
office with justice to the public and
the suitors and to the entire satisfac-
ton of every member of the court
e. W. Middleton Number Six
The sixth clerk, Daniel Wesley
Middleton, who for more than SO
years was closely connected with the
work of the court, was born May /,
1905. At he time of Mr.. Carroll's
appointment, in 1927, Mr.. Middleton,
at the age of %, was acting as an as
sistant to the clerk, and he was i'm.
mediately promoted 20 the position of
deputy. Upon Mr. Carrolls death be
was appointed his successor by the
unanimous vote of the court and
served in that capacity until his
death. April q, 1880 Discreet, cour-
teous and painstaking, the benevo-
lence and gentleness of his charac-
ter endeared him to both bench and
bar. /
]. H. MekennPy Number Seven
The late James Hall Mckinney,
seventh clerk of the court, was born
in Hartford county, Mr., July IL, 1887.
He received his education at the Bel
Air academy. Nd. and at Rugby acad-
emy in this city. lie became a resi-.
lent of this city in December, 1916,