History of Spring Lake, (Monmouth County) New Jersey United States of America

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Walter L. Bragg, lawyer, was born in Lowndes county, Ala., Feb. 25, 1838. He was educated at Harvard college. He resided at Camden, Ark., where he practised law. When hostilities began between the states in 1861 he entered the Confederate army, and served throughout the war, and at its termination settled in Alabama, and resumed the practice of law. He was chairman of the Democratic state executive committee of Alabama in 1874-'75 and '76. In 1870 he was a delegate to the national Democratic convention and represented Alabama on the national committee. In 1877 he was appointed commissioner to settle the bonded debt of the city of Montgomery. In 1878 he was elected the first president of the Alabama state bar association. In 1880 he was elector-at-large for the state on the Hancock and English ticket. In March, 1881, he was elected president of the Alabama railroad commission by the legislature, to which office he was again elected in 1883, his second term expiring in March, 1885. In January, 1889, Mr. Bragg was appointed an interstate commerce commissioner by President Cleveland. He died at Spring Lake, N.J., Aug. 21, 1891.

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

John King Findlay, jurist, was born in Mercersburg, Pa., May 12, 1803; son of Gov. William and Nancy (Irwin) Findlay. He was graduated at the U.S. military academy in 1824. He was assistant professor of chemistry, mineralogy and geology at the academy in 1824; and of geography, history and ethics, 1825; and was on topographical duty, 1825-28. He resided from the army, May 13, 1828, and devoted himself to the study of the law, gaining admission to the bar in 1831 and practising in Lancaster, Pa. He was captain of militia, 1840-45; recorder of the city, 1841-45; judge of the Philadelphia district court, 1845-51; again captain of militia, 1852-56; and president of the 3d judicial district of the state, 1857-62. He practised law in Philadelphia, 1862-85. He prepared an enlarged edition of Archbold's Law of Nisi Prius (2 vols., 1852). He died at Spring Lake, N.J., Sept. 13, 1885.

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

George Edward Pond, journalist, was born in Boston, Mass., March 11, 1837; son of Moses and Nancy (Adams) Pond; grandson of Moses and Anne (Davis) Pond; and a descendant of Daniel (Dedham, 1652), and Abigail (Shepard) Pond. He was graduated at Harvard, A.B., 1858, LL.B., 1860, was a 1st lieutenant in the Federal army, 1862-64, and an associate on the staff of the New York Army and Navy Journal, 1864-68 and 1878. He was married, May 29, 1866, to Emelie Guerber, who died, Jan. 14, 1880. He was an associate on the New York Times, 1868-70; editor of the Philadelphia Record, 1870-77, and thereafter engaged in general literary work. He wrote the "Driftwood" columns, signed "Philip Quilibet," in the Galaxy, 1868-78, and contributed historical accounts of battles of the civil war to various collections. He is the author of The Shenandoah Valley in 1884 (1883). He died at Spring Lake, N.J., Sept. 22, 1899.

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