| Notes | FREDERICK WARD VAN BLARCOM, of Paterson, lawyer and member of the Assembly, was born in Paterson, August 3, 1874, son of Cornelius Henry and Fannie J. (Ward) Van Blarcom, Mr. Van Blarcom received his early education in private schools, and in the public schools of Middletown, N. Y. He was graduated from the Montgomery Academy, of Montgomery, N. Y., in 1890, and from the Paterson High School in 1892. He then engaged in the study of the law in the office of Hon. Eugene Emly (now prosecutor of the pleas of Passaic County), with whom he continued until June, 1896. Being admitted to the bar of New Jersey as attorney at the June term of the Supreme Court in 1896, he at once embarked in professional practice
for himself. He was admitted as counsellor at the June term of 1900. Throughout his professional career he has pursued an active practice, with constantly increasing reputation and success, and he is now one of the leading practitioners of the younger generation.
Mr. Van Blarcom occupies a prominent position in the Republican party, and is regarded as one of the
representative men of that organization in Passaic County. He was elected to the Assembly in 1901, 1902, and 1903, serving in that body during the sessions of 1902, 1903, and 1904. In 1902 and 1903 he was a member of the Judiciary Committee of the Assembly, and in 1904 a member of the Municipal Corporations and other committees. During his first two terms he took a prominent part in opposing the passage of the proposed Passaic Valley Trunk
Sewer law, accomplishing the defeat of the measure in the first year and its amendment in important features in the second year.
He is a member of the Mecca Club of Paterson; the North Jersey Country Club of Paterson; Paterson Lodge No. 60, B. P. O. E.; Benevolent Lodge No. 45, F. and A. M.; Mecca Temple of the Mystic Shrine, and Blackstone Lodge, L O. O. F.
He is one of the directors of the Hancock Coal and Coke Company, of West Virginia.New Jersey as a colony and as a state, one of the original thirteen, 1904 |
