The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-08-18
ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE
MACKINTOSH FAMILY GONE
Gunnison Empire. Z ~ II n !

ooiiiiooi Empire
The August 9Th issue of the Pat
terson, N. ]. Call contains the follow
ing notice of the death of DIR. James
Hetherington Macintosh, brother of
our own DIR. Norman Macintosh, who
passed away here this spring.
The many friends of DIR. Alex Mac
kintosh, 237 Broadway, are extending
to him their sympathy over the loss
/ of his brother. DIR. James Hethering-
in his late residence, 306 Hackensack
avenue, Westwood, where funeral
services will be held at 2 o'clock this
afternoon. Interment will follow in
Cedar Lawn cemetery. -ss
| This is the second death within
few months in the Macintosh fam
lily, DIR. Norman Macintosh, broth
er of Dr.. Alex Macintosh and the
late DIR. James H. Macintosh, having
died last March in Gunnison, Colo.
To the older generation of Pater-
sonians, DIR. James H. Macintosh
was widely known and we'll beloved.
born in 1887, in Derby, England,
where his parents resided while his
father was employed in government
work. The family later went to
Hamilton, Ontario, from which city
DIR. James H. Macintosh, as a young
man, entered Bellevue Medical col
lege to study. He was graduated
from that institution in 1875.
In Patterson DIR. Macintosh met
and married Sarah Fonda, who later
studied medicine in the New York
Woman's Medical college and who
subsequently, practiced in this city
/ fr,r. H. l.
Macintosh was the first woman ply
sician to become member of the
New Jersey Medical society.
1t was in the old central building
of the present St.. Joseph's hospital,
which was then the homestead of the
Fonda family, that the wedding of
these two young people took place.
Early in DIR. Mackintosh's career
he owned and operated in conjunc-
tion with his practice what was
known as the Sandy Hill pharmacy,
Straight street and Park avenue, the
latter street being then known as
Willis street. The ownership of this
business later passed on to DIR. Alex
Macintosh and was pleasing land
mark of the Sandy Hill district until
wiped out by the big fire of 1908.
The keen and lively stories of old
Patterson as related by DIR. Mackin-
tosh were ever a source of never end
ing delight to his close friends. His
intelligence was of the highest and
his memory minute as to detail. His
writings were prolific. He leaves
much profound data behind him.
The passing away of DIR. Mackin-
tosh will recall to many Patersoniars
a number of his contemporaries in the
medical profession, men of sterling
worth. and character, such as Doctors
Marsh, Blundell, Leal, Quinn and
Balleray, ren whose works left a
beneficent influence behind them.
In the year 1882 the deceased
visited his brothers in Gunnison and
during his stay he was honored and
his name perpetuated by the naming
of one of our splendid mountains.
From the files of the Review-Press
we print the following account of
that event: 'sr
On the Fourth of July Prof. Rich
ardson, Frank A. Root, Duncan Mack
intosh, DIR. James H. Macintosh, Of
Patterson, N. j., and DR.. Norman
Macintosh, left the la.terr Office
| and rode horseback to the summit Of
the high peak northwest of the city.
A mountain which had ever been
nameless was to be christened and
Prof. Richardson was called upon to
perform that impressive act. A
monument was soon raised and DR..
Macintosh unfurled an American
flag which was planted upon it, The
professor then broke bottle of
champagne upon. the monument and
christened it Mt. Mackintosh, in hon
or of DIR. James H. Macintosh. The
party then drank to the perpetuity
Of the name Macintosh. A few sp-
pirate remarks were made by the
professor. Turning to the doctor, he
said: "Tho the name of Macintosh
\ should by any means become erased
from among the names of men, it
will remain with this mountain
which hassbeen named for you. Your
name will ever rest upon this monu-
ment erected by Almighty God, for
ever. AS eternal as is this mountain,
so will be your name. The people of
the proud city nestled in the valley
at its base, when the King of Day
shall rise in the east and gild the
summit of this mountain, will be
heard to say-'the sun is shining un-
on Mt. Macintosh and when the
evening has come and the shadow of
this mountain shall be cast over the
city, they will say-'the sun has dis
appeared behind Mt. Macintosh
This mountain erected in the be-
ginning will stand here for all time.
and the name of Macintosh will
abide and rest upon t."-Gunnison
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