History of Burlington County New Jersey United States of America

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Charles Ewing, jurist, was born in Burlington county, N.J., July 8, 1780; son of James Ewing, a commissioner of loans for New Jersey and an active Revolutionary patriot. He was graduated with honors from the College of New Jersey in 1798, was admitted to the bar in 1802 and practised at Trenton. He was made a counsellor in 1812 and was chief-justice of the state, 1824-32. He was a trustee of the College of New Jersey, 1820-32. He received the honorary degree of LL. D. from Jefferson college in 1830. He died in Trenton, N.J., Aug. 5, 1832.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Joshua Allan Lippincott, educator, was born in Burlington county, N.J., Jan. 31, 1835; son of Crispin and Elizabeth Ann (Garwood) Lippincott; grandson of Joshua and Ann (Crispin) Lippincott, and of Samuel and Ann (Crockford) Garwood, and a descendant of Richard and Abigail Lippincott, who came from Devonshire, England, to Boston, Massachusetts Bay colony, in 1639, but being Quakers, returned and resided at Plymouth, England, until 1663, when they came back to America, making their home in Rhode Island until 1669, and after that time in Shrewsbury, N.J. Joshua Allan Lippincott was graduated at Dickinson college, Carlisle, Pa., in 1858. He was an instructor in mathematics in Pennington seminary, N.J., 1858-62; principal of the high school, Scranton, Pa., and superintendent of the Scranton public schools, 1862-65. He was married, Dec. 24, 1862, to Harriet, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Barlow of Scranton, Pa. He was professor of mathematics in Dickinson college, 1874-83; chancellor of the University of Kansas, 1883-89; pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church in Topeka, Kan., 1889-92, and of the Arch Street church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1892-96, and in 1896 became corresponding secretary of the M.E. hospital in Philadelphia. He received the degree of D.D. from Franklin and Marshall college in 1882, and that of LL.D. from the University of Michigan in 1887.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Isaac Newton, agriculturist, was born in Burlington county, N.J., March 31, 1800. He attended the common schools and engaged in farming in Delaware county, Pa., where he was recognized as a model farmer. He was a member of various agricultural associations and was frequently a delegate to the meetings of the U.S. Agricultural society. He proposed the establishment of a national department of agriculture to each recurring administration from Harrison, 1841, to Lincoln, 1861, finally succeeding in inducing President Lincoln to adopt the measure in 1862, and served as U.S. commissioner of agriculture, 1862-67. He died in Washington, D.C., June 19, 1867.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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