History of Trenton, (Mercer County) New Jersey United States of America

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Thomas Cadwalader, physician, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1708; son of John and Martha (Jones) Cadwalader. His father emigrated from Pembrokeshire, Wales, to Philadelphia, towards the close of the seventeenth century. He was educated at the Friends' public school, in Philadelphia, and began the study of medicine with his uncle, Evan Jones. He then went to London, England, where he studied for his profession, returning in 1731. During the winter of 1736-37 he inoculated for small-pox. In 1745 he published his essay on the "West Indies Dry Gripes," one of the first medical essays published in America. On June 18, 1738, he was married to Hannah, daughter of Thomas Lambert of New Jersey, and settled at Trenton, N. J. In 1746 he was chosen first burgess of the new city of Trenton. He returned to Philadelphia in 1751, was elected a member of the common council, and served until 1774, also serving from 1755 in the provincial council. He subscribed to the capital stock of the Pennsylvania hospital in 1751, and was one of the original physicians of the institution. He was one of the founders of the Philadelphia library company, and a director periodically from 1731 to 1774; a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania from 1751 to 1779, and a member of the philosophical society and the society for promoting useful knowledge. He gave a course of lectures in the medical college of Philadelphia, of which institution he was elected a trustee in 1765. He was a signer of the non-importation articles. In July, 1776, he was appointed by the committee of safety to examine candidates for positions as surgeons in the navy, at the same time was made a medical director of the army hospitals, and in 1778 succeeded the elder Dr. William Shippen, as surgeon of the Pennsylvania hospital. He died at his farm, "Greenwood," near Trenton, N. J., Nov. 14, 1799.

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

George Burrowes, educator, was born in Trenton, N. J., April 3, 1811. He was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1832 and in theology at Princeton in 1835. He was tutor at the College of New Jersey, 1834-35; was ordained by the presbytery of New Castle, Dec. 13, 1836, and was pastor at West Nottingham, Md., 1836-50. He was professor of Latin and Greek languages at Lafayette, 1850-55; and pastor at Newtown, Pa., 1857-59. In 1859 he connected himself with the Presbyterian board of education and removed to the Pacific slope where he determined upon San Francisco as the seat of the first Presbyterian institution of learning on the coast and founded City college, commencing the school with four pupils and an empty treasury. He resigned the presidency of the college in 1865, leaving two hundred pupils, two teachers and property valued at $200,000. He returned east and was professor of Biblical instruction at Lafayette, 1865-69, founder and principal of University Mound school, 1869-73; and professor of Hebrew and Old Testament literature, San Francisco Presbyterian theological seminary, 1872-94. He received the degree of D.D. from Washington college, Pa, in 1853. He read the Greek testament through over three hundred times. He is the author of: Commentary on the Songs of Solomon (1853); Octorara (1855): and Advanced Growth in Grace (1885). He died in San Francisco, Cal., April 19, 1894.

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

Thomas Cadwalader, soldier, was born at Greenwood, near Trenton, N. J., Sept. 11, 1795; son of Lambert and Mary (McCall) Cadwalader. He was graduated at Princeton in 1815, and studied law but did not practise. He was appointed, June 2, 1830, deputy adjutant-general in a brigade of the New Jersey militia, and on April 10, 1833, lieutenant-colonel and aid-de-camp to Governor Seeley. On July 30, 1842, he was commissioned brigadier-general and made adjutant-general of New Jersey. In 1856 he was sent by the governor to Europe, to report on the firearms in use in the European countries. In March, 1858, he was brevetted major-general by the legislature. He was married, Dec. 27, 1831, to Maria C., daughter of Nicholas Gouverneur. He died at Greenwood, N. J., Oct. 22, 1873.

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

Peter McCall, law instructor, was born in Trenton, N.J., Aug. 31, 1809; son of Peter and Sarah (Gibson) McCall, and grandson of Archibald and Judith (Kemble) McCall. He was graduated from the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1826, A.M., 1829. He studied law under J. R. Ingersoll; and practised in Philadelphia, 1831-80. He was a member of the city council for several years and mayor of the city, 1844-45. He was a vice-provost of the Law Academy of Philadelphia for thirty years; professor of pleading and practice in the law department of the University of Pennsylvania and a trustee of the university, 1861-80. He delivered many addresses, including Progress and Influence of the Society of Friends in Philadelphia (1832); Rise and Progress of Civil Society (1836); History of Pennsylvania Law and Equity (1838). He died in Philadelphia, Oct. 30, 1880.

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