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WILLIAM TELL La ROCHE, D.D.S.
Originally published in 1900 |
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WILLIAM TELL La ROCHE, D.D.S., of Harrington Park, was born
in Frenchtown, N. J., July 30, 1822. He is the son of Louis F. la Roche
and Permelia Hunt, a grandson of John and Anna (Bivens) la Roche and
William and Rebecca (Beavers) Hunt, and a great-grandson of Philip
Bivens and Joseph Beavers. His ancestors came from Switzerland and
France. His grandfather, William Hunt, came from Warren County, N.
.J., and was a Captain in the War of 1812. His great-grandfather, Joseph
Beavers, was Colonel of the Twelfth Regiment of Hunterdon County
Militia in 1776, and held that office during the Revolutionary War accord-
ing to records in the Adjutant-General's office at Trenton. He was of
Scotch descent, and settled in Hunterdon County, N. J., before the war.
For some time he was a Justice of the Peace. He was remarkable for
his love of right doing. His courts were more properly chancery courts
than courts of law. His judgments were seldom appealed from and
usually not with success. He was for some time a Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas for Hunterdon County, carrying out his love of right
in all his decisions. If they agreed with his conceptions of justice it was
good, law or not law. He was a man of stern integrity and favored no
one in doing what he considered to be his duty. Anyone who deserved a
reprimand from him and received it did not soon require another from
the same source. He deprecated law suits generally, and settled many
in a friendly way without costs. He contributed largely to building the
Presbyterian Church at Greenwich, N. J., in 1775, of which he was a member.
One of the pews of the ancient and orthodox style was built by
Judge Beavers. He owned and managed a large farmm equal to two at
the present time. His family consisted of two sons and thirteen daugh-
ters. Joseph, the oldest son, died young. George purchased an estate
and became the proprietor of the Pattenburg Mills near Clinton, N. J.
The remains of the Christian patriot were interred in the cemetery of
Greenwich Church. Dr. La Roche received his education in Eastern Pennsylvania, in John Vanderveer's school, and at the New York College of Dentistry, from which he was graduated. For fifteen years he was a clinical professor and Trustee of the latter institution. He practiced dentistry in New York City for forty-five years with marked success, and since then has lived in retirement at his country home in Harrington Park, N. J., where he settled in 1855. He is a member of the Episcopal Church and a public spirited citizen. In his profession he established a high reputation, becoming one of the best known and ablest practitioners in New York. Dr. La Roche married Elizabeth Quackenbush and has four children: William J. (Senator from the Sixth District of Brooklyn, N. Y.), Anna Forrester, Elizabeth Marie, and Louis F. His second daughter married Baron Howland Roberts. first in command of the Queen's Own Regiment, of England.
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