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Charles W. Field, the lawyer, died at 7 o'clock last evening from pleurisy at Union Protestant Infirmary after an illness of four weeks. He was 59 years old.
For many years Mr. Field was identified with legal and political circles in Baltimore, He was a member of the Maryland Legislature in 1892 and 1894, was one of the counsel to the Board of Liquor License Commissioners in 1893 and first assistant City Solicitor in 1903.
He was born near Fredericksburg, Va. His father, the late Maj.-Gen. George W. Field, was an officer in the United States Army and later was in the Confederate Army. After the Civil War, General Field went to Egypt, where he was employed by the Egyptian Government for some time. Mr. Field's mother was Miss Monimia Mason of Virginia. He was educated at private schools in Washington and at the University of Virginia, coming here to take up the practice of law shortly after finishing his courses at Charlottesville.
In 1897, Mr. Field married Miss Alberta L. Von Lingen, daughter of the late George L. Von Lingen, former German Consul at Baltimore and head of the firm of A. Schumacher & Co. Mrs. Field died December 8 of last year. Mr. Field was counsel for the North German Lloyd Steamship Company and for the Eastern Forwarding Company, American consignees for the submarine Deutschland.
Surviving is a brother, Capt. Mason Field, U. S. A. (retired), who has been recalled to active duty at League Island. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at the Cathedral and burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery.
The Sun, Baltimore, MD, Monday, May 21, 1917, P 10 (GenealogyBank.com)
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Charles W. Field, the lawyer, died at 7 o'clock last evening from pleurisy at Union Protestant Infirmary after an illness of four weeks. He was 59 years old.
For many years Mr. Field was identified with legal and political circles in Baltimore, He was a member of the Maryland Legislature in 1892 and 1894, was one of the counsel to the Board of Liquor License Commissioners in 1893 and first assistant City Solicitor in 1903.
He was born near Fredericksburg, Va. His father, the late Maj.-Gen. George W. Field, was an officer in the United States Army and later was in the Confederate Army. After the Civil War, General Field went to Egypt, where he was employed by the Egyptian Government for some time. Mr. Field's mother was Miss Monimia Mason of Virginia. He was educated at private schools in Washington and at the University of Virginia, coming here to take up the practice of law shortly after finishing his courses at Charlottesville.
In 1897, Mr. Field married Miss Alberta L. Von Lingen, daughter of the late George L. Von Lingen, former German Consul at Baltimore and head of the firm of A. Schumacher & Co. Mrs. Field died December 8 of last year. Mr. Field was counsel for the North German Lloyd Steamship Company and for the Eastern Forwarding Company, American consignees for the submarine Deutschland.
Surviving is a brother, Capt. Mason Field, U. S. A. (retired), who has been recalled to active duty at League Island. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at the Cathedral and burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery.
The Sun, Baltimore, MD, Monday, May 21, 1917, P 10 (GenealogyBank.com)
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Charles W. Field, the lawyer, died at 7 o'clock last evening from pleurisy at Union Protestant Infirmary after an illness of four weeks. He was 59 years old.
For many years Mr. Field was identified with legal and political circles in Baltimore, He was a member of the Maryland Legislature in 1892 and 1894, was one of the counsel to the Board of Liquor License Commissioners in 1893 and first assistant City Solicitor in 1903.
He was born near Fredericksburg, Va. His father, the late Maj.-Gen. George W. Field, was an officer in the United States Army and later was in the Confederate Army. After the Civil War, General Field went to Egypt, where he was employed by the Egyptian Government for some time. Mr. Field's mother was Miss Monimia Mason of Virginia. He was educated at private schools in Washington and at the University of Virginia, coming here to take up the practice of law shortly after finishing his courses at Charlottesville.
In 1897, Mr. Field married Miss Alberta L. Von Lingen, daughter of the late George L. Von Lingen, former German Consul at Baltimore and head of the firm of A. Schumacher & Co. Mrs. Field died December 8 of last year. Mr. Field was counsel for the North German Lloyd Steamship Company and for the Eastern Forwarding Company, American consignees for the submarine Deutschland.
Surviving is a brother, Capt. Mason Field, U. S. A. (retired), who has been recalled to active duty at League Island. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at the Cathedral and burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery.
The Sun, Baltimore, MD, Monday, May 21, 1917, P 10 (GenealogyBank.com)
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Charles W. Field, the lawyer, died at 7 o'clock last evening from pleurisy at Union Protestant Infirmary after an illness of four weeks. He was 59 years old.
For many years Mr. Field was identified with legal and political circles in Baltimore, He was a member of the Maryland Legislature in 1892 and 1894, was one of the counsel to the Board of Liquor License Commissioners in 1893 and first assistant City Solicitor in 1903.
He was born near Fredericksburg, Va. His father, the late Maj.-Gen. George W. Field, was an officer in the United States Army and later was in the Confederate Army. After the Civil War, General Field went to Egypt, where he was employed by the Egyptian Government for some time. Mr. Field's mother was Miss Monimia Mason of Virginia. He was educated at private schools in Washington and at the University of Virginia, coming here to take up the practice of law shortly after finishing his courses at Charlottesville.
In 1897, Mr. Field married Miss Alberta L. Von Lingen, daughter of the late George L. Von Lingen, former German Consul at Baltimore and head of the firm of A. Schumacher & Co. Mrs. Field died December 8 of last year. Mr. Field was counsel for the North German Lloyd Steamship Company and for the Eastern Forwarding Company, American consignees for the submarine Deutschland.
Surviving is a brother, Capt. Mason Field, U. S. A. (retired), who has been recalled to active duty at League Island. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at the Cathedral and burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery.
The Sun, Baltimore, MD, Monday, May 21, 1917, P 10 (GenealogyBank.com)
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