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JOSEPH FRANKLIN CROWELL
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JOSEPH FRANKLIN CROWELL, for several years Corporation Counsel of the Town of Kearny, N. J., where he resides, was born in New York
City on the 17th of October, 1855, his parents being Gilbert Lafayette
Crowell and Matilda Du Rie Allaire, both natives of New York City. On
his mother's side he is connected with the Du Ries and Christies, two old
families of Bergen County. He is also, on the maternal side, a lineal descendant
of Alexander Allaire, the Huguenot, of Rochelle, France, who
came to New York in 1680 and founded the Town of New Rochelle in Westchester County. The Crowells were among the very earliest settlers of this
State. They came originally from England and settled in Cape Cod, Mass.,
whence they removed to New Jersey and settled in Woodbridge, Middlesex
County, about 167.5. They have been prominently identified with the
development of the State and its history ever since. Mr. Crowell's
paternal great-grandfathers, Edward Crowell and Asher Fitz Randolph, were Revolutionary soldiers, both serving in the New Jersey
State troops throughout the War for Independence. He is the possessor
of an interesting Revolutionary relic – a gold ring, presented to his
ancestor, Captain Asher Fitz Randolph, for a special personal service, by
General Lafayette, upon whose staff Captain Fitz Randolph served during
removed from New Jersey to New York in 1808, was a veteran of the the Revolution. Mr. Crowell's grandfather, Joseph Crowell, who
War of 1813, and for many years lived in old "Greenwich village" in the
corporate limits of New York City. Here in the old ninth ward, as it was
afterward known, Mr. Crowell, the subject of this sketch, was born. His
parents moved to Arlington, N. J., in 1878.
Having received a thorough preparatory education at Mount Washington Collegiate Institute in his native city, Mr. Crowell entered Columbia College and was graduated with high honors in 1878, standing sixth in his class, and with membership in the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. He then entered the law office of John Clinton Gray, of New York City, now a Justice of the New York Court of Appeals, and was graduated LL.B. from Columbia College Law School in 1880, being admitted to the bar of New York as an attorney and counselor in May of the same year. In February, 1886, he was admitted to the bar of New Jersey, and since then he has successfully practiced his profession in Hudson County, residing in Arlington. Mr. Crowell has taken an active part in the affairs of his adopted town, and for a number of years has been one of its leading citizens. He was Town Clerk of Kearny in 1888 and 1889 and Corporation Counsel in 1890 and from 1896 to 1899 inclusive. In these and various other capacities he has distinguished himself as a man of ability, integrity, and great force of character. He has achieved marked success in his profession and stands high as a lawyer and advocate. He has been a member of the Democratic County Committee of Hudson County since 1889 and one of its Executive Committee since 1896, and is also a member of the Robert Davis Association of Hudson Count, of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and the Delta Kappa Epsilon Club of New York City, and of the Columbia College Alumni Association. February 7, 1882, Mr. Crowell was married in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Miss Ida MacArthur, daughter of Heman Mac Arthur, of Ripon, Wis. They have four children: Mima, Gilbert Lafayette! Joseph Franklin, and Matilda Du Rie.
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