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WILLIAM CRANSTOUN
Originally published in 1900 |
WILLIAM CRANSTOUN, of Hoboken and Summit, is the son of William
and Marion (Paterson) Cranstoun, natives of Scotland, who settled in
Canada in 1832, moved to New York City, and thence removed to Princeton,
N. J., in 1837. They removed to Bordentown, N. J., in 1842, and in February, 1843, came to Hoboken, where the mother died April 28, 1882, and
the father December 6, 1885. Mr. Cranstoun was born in Hoboken, September 1, 1843, and finished his education at the parochial school of the Scotch Presbyterian Church in Fourteenth Street, New York. He read law with J. Harvey Lyons (his brother-in-law) and Hon. Abel I. Smith, both of Hoboken, and was admitted to the bar of New Jersey in February, 1875. Since then he has resided in Summit, N. J., and has successfully practiced his profession in that place and in Hoboken. His business has been confined principally to office work and in chancery, and largely involves real estate.
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