Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-29

ago in recognition of his services as
class historian.
Mr. rLambcrton had not been in good
health following an operation two
years ago, but was able to attend Ia
ms duties until few months ago
when he began to decline rapidly. He
was unmarried and lived with his
mother, Mrs. Robert ~ Lamberton
who, with 4 sister. Mrs. Rollin II. Viii
bur, of Wayne, Pa, are the only close
surviving relatives.
Funeral services will be held from
the residence Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock, the Rt. Rev. James Henry
Darlington. bishop of Harrisburg, and
the Rev. Rollin a. Sawyer, rector OF
st. Stephens Episcopal Church, OFF,
clating. Burial will be made in the
Harrisburg Cemetery.
James Mccormick Lamberton was
born in Harrisburg May 21. 1856, the
son OF the late Robert Alexander
Lamberton, Ii. D.. and Annie Bueh-
Ter Lamberton. The family, on the
fathers side. was Scotch-Irish some
of the ancestors having served in the
French and Indian wars. and the Rev
olution. His mother, who was the
daughter of the late William Buehler
of this city, was of German descent,
an ancestor having come from Prus-
STA in 1897 and settled at Warwick,
now LititZ, Pa.
Educated at Yale
Mr.. LamEerton was educated at pri-
Nate schools and at the Harrisburg
Academy end prepared for college at
St Pauls School. Concord, n. II. He
entered Yale in 1874, and was gradu-
ated in 1878. Until 1881 he was a
master at the st. Paul's School, Con-
cord, and at the same time studied
law under his father
lie was admitted to the bar of Dau-
phin county August 1880. and ad-
mitted TO practice before the Supreme
Court Of Pennsylvania, June. 1884, on
motion made by Judge John II. Weiss.
He was also admitted to practice be-
fore the federal court of Central
pennsylvania when organized 1901.
lie practiced law in Harrisburg in
with the late William Il.
Lam herton from 1881 to 1887, when
he again became master at st. Paul's
school. Concord, remaining there until
1899, when he resumed the practice
OF law in this city.
Designed City Flag
Among his legal activities he was
instrumental in securing the passage
of the Legislative resolution for the
display of the state flag on the Capitol
and in the assembly chambers He
was chairman of the committee that
designed the present city flag in 1907.
Mr.. Lamberton was a speaker of
reputation on academic and political
subjects, and was especially in de-
mand for Masonic functions. Among
his published writings were: History
of Perseverance lodge No. 21. +. *
y. NJ, of Harrisburg" He edited a
of Masonic memorial volumes
and contributed articles to the Phila-
delphia Keystone; also compiled "a
List of Special Acts of Assembly Re-
lating to Harrisburg" and edited the
Digest Of Ordinances of the City of
lie also wrote. '-An Ac-
count of St Paurs School,"
As secretary of the class of rs he
prepared the Nicennial Record of his
class at Yale in 1898. and the Quarter
Centennial Record in 1904. In 1909
he issued q triennial supplement. lie
vas elected president of the Yale AS
Sociation of class secretaries in 1905
and was reelected annually until
l911 when he declined further SER
vice.
Active Church Worker
lie was tor many years vestryman
and for IL years treasurer of st.
Protestant Episcopal
Church. He was sent as delegate to
many Episcopal conventions and was
active in the organization of the Dio-
,eSe OF lidTElSDuIS.
He was n member of the American
bar association, and of its local
council OF Pennsylvania. a charter
member Of the Pennsylvania Bar AS
ISOLATION and chairman of it's eXecu-
i've committee. and vice-president of
.he Dauphin County Bar Association;
4 member of the Society of Colonial
wars in the Commonwealth of Penn
'ylvania, the Pennsylvania Society of
der OF Foreign Wars. Military order of
the Loyal Legion of the United
States, Pennsylvania Scotch-Trish So
ciety, Pennsylvania German society
md the Pennsylvania Society OF New
orh; the National Municipal league.
American Civic Association. Harris
lurg Board of Trade. Municipal
League of Harrisburg. Taxpayers
League Of Dauphin county, Civic club.
civil Service Reform Association OF
American Historical!
Association, the Historical Society of
Pennsylvania, for some years a men,
Der and secretary of the board of
of the Harrisburg hospital,
secretary of the Training School for
Nurses, a director of the Harrisburg
Association, and of the
Harrisburg Bridge company.
Member of Clubs
He was a charter member OF the
club and it's secretary
rom its organization in 1884 to 1887;
| member of the Inglenook club and
IF the Country Club of Harrisburg;
Club of New York. Univer-
iity Club of Philadelphia. Yale Alum
ii Association of Central Pennsylva-
liza, and of the standing committee of
he Alumni Association of st. Paul's
chool, Concord.
In Masonic affairs he was a past
master of the Perseverance Lodge, No.
Il, Free and Accepted Masons, and
# the Perseverance Chapter, No. 21.
Royal Arch Masons; member of the
Circles of the Eng
ish Literary Lodges, Quatuor Coro-
lati Lodge, No. 2067, of London, Eng
and. and the lodge of Research, No.
429, of leicester. England. He was
representative of Perseverance
lodge of the Masonic home of Penn |
ylvania, and senior grand deacon of
he Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania.
hartman of the committee on Cor
and a life trustee of the |
'homas r. Baton Memorial Charity |
'und. In 1895 he took a leading part
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