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FRANK KOCH
Originally published in 1900 |
FRANK KOCH, of Arlington; was born in Kingsland, N. J., June 7,
1873, his parents being Louis and Amelia Koch, both of German descent.
He first attended school in his native town. At the age of ten he entered
the Thirteenth Street school in New York City, but a few years later went
to Scranton, Pa., and completed his education in the Scranton High School. When he was twenty years old Mr. Koch entered the office of Addison Ely, of Rutherford, N. J., as a student at law, serving a four years' clerkship. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar in February, 1898. He immediately opened an office in Arlington, N. J., where he has since been actively and successfully engaged in the general practice of his profession. Mr. Koch enlisted at Rutherford, in 1894, in Company L, Second Regiment, N. G. N. J., of which Addison Ely was Captain, and when war was declared against Spain he went to the front with his regiment, which was assigned to the Seventh Army Corps under Major-General Fitzhugh Lee, stationed at Jacksonville, Fla. He was Acting Quartermaster and Ordnance Sergeant of his company. He has been Borough Clerk of the Borough of North Arlington, where he resides, and is now (1900) an active and influential member of the Borough Council. In these as well as in other capacities Mr. Koch has displayed marked ability, and as a citizen is highly esteemed for his public spirit, sound judgment, and integrity of character. He is unmarried
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