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- . James Lawrence Kearney, born 19 Apr, 1846. His mother died in 1849. He was carried for by this tow devoted aunts, Mar E & Louisa Hall at Cottage on High St. Educated at Eagleswood Military Academy on Raritan River. A courtly gentleman of the old school, of literary taste he wrote interesting newspaper articles for the press & sporting magazines, in the NY Evening Post & forest & Stream. He was a generous contributor to St. Peter's church & to all appeals of a charitable nature. He bequeath $2,500 in his will in addition to legacies to several local charitable organizations. For a short period he was in Wall St. ...Perth Amboy Savings Institution, Perth Amboy Gas Light Co., Middlesex Co. Bank, NJ, He gave the city land for the opening of Harrison Place.
Mr. Kearny married, Jan 26, 1881, Margaret Ann Rowlette in Petersburg, Va. No children.
James Lawrence Kearny died at Perth Amboy on December 16, 1921, in the house where he had lived all his life & his father before him. He was the son of Commodore Lawrence Kearny, a distinguished officer of the navy & native of Perth Amboy, of whom & of whose home mention is made in Mrs. Beckman's paper, A Colonial Capital, in the issue of the
proceedings for January 1915. James Lawrence Kearny, the son, was born April 19, 1846, & was educated at Eagleswood Academy, then a mile from Perth Amboy. He showed
an aptitude for the sea but was discouraged by his father, & entered into business life in New York, which later, he was obliged to give up on account of his widowed father's
health. During a life of her 75 years he remained a citizen of Perth Amboy, filing various offices of public & private trust. By nature an ardent sportsman became a skilled fisherman &
an accurate short with rife & fowling piece. Having also the gift of the pen he contributed many articles over a long series of years to sporting papers, especially Forest & Stream, & was also local correspondent of the Evening Post. He was an admirable sailor & a leading spirt in the local Yacht Club until commerce drove yachting away from Perth Amboy. A natural musician, lever with the piano & guitar, with a ready wit & the merriest of laughs, he was the life & soul of any social party.
Jan. 1881 he married Miss Margaret A Roulette, dau. of John Roulette of Petersburg, VA, whose death in 1898 was a blow from which he never recovered. There was no child of the marriage. Of recent years he had been accustomed to spend winders in New Bern, North Carolina.
Mr. Kearny early served many years vestryman & warren of St. Peters'Church, Perth Amboy & lies used in its churchyard with 2 squares of his former home. He was much interested in the NJ Historical Society, of which he became a member Jan 11 191, & was a regular attendant at its meeting until prevented by illness. He made snubber of contributions to its library collections, inc. an oil portrait of his father which hands in the main room. His personal character was above reproach & it is the testimony of one who has known him intimately for half a century that his record was never tarnished by a small or mean action.
Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society
Ref: Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, 1922. - - - [1]
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1846 - 1921 (75 years)