Ogdensburg Journal - August 6, 1900
Charles R. Westbrook, of New York, died at his summer residence on Elizabeth street in this city, Saturday morning at 1:30 o'clock. His heart was affected and he had been seriously ill for about four weeks. He came to Ogdensburg about two weeks ago.
Mr. Westbrook was born at Fishkill in 1827. His father was pastor of the Dutch Reform church at that place. He received instruction of Prof. Beauvelt in his school in Kingston and later attended the Dr. Diller school in Brooklyn from which he was graduated. He studied law, passing his examinations for admittance to the bar at the age of 20 and being obliged to wait a year tto attain his majority and he admitted to practice. He formed a law partnership with his brother, Judge T. R. Westbrook, at Kingston, which he continued several years and then he came to Ogdensburg and formed a partnership with Charles G. Myers, with whom he remained until 1881. In 1885 he removed to New York, where he later formed a law firm known as Westbrook, Conway & Co at 11 Broadway, where he remained until his death. For several years Mr. Westbrook was president of the Sterling mines in Rockland county; also the Caledonia and Keene mines, St. Lawrence county.
Mr. Westbrook was a member of the New York Bar Association and ranked high in his profession. He was recognized by his associates as a strong and able lawyer. In 1851 Mr. Westbrook married Sarah Seymour, daughter of a New York banker. His wife. three sons, Charles S., president of the Ogdensburg Wholesale Grocery Company; James G, president of the Rutland Transit Company of Ogdensburg, and Edward, President of the Westbrook Grain Company of Omaha, and one daughter, Mrs. J. C. Churchill Jr of Oswego, survive him. He was a kind and thoughtful father and an affectionate husband.
Charles R. Westbrook, of New York, died at his summer residence on Elizabeth street in this city, Saturday morning at 1:30 o'clock. His heart was affected and he had been seriously ill for about four weeks. He came to Ogdensburg about two weeks ago.
Mr. Westbrook was born at Fishkill in 1827. His father was pastor of the Dutch Reform church at that place. He received instruction of Prof. Beauvelt in his school in Kingston and later attended the Dr. Diller school in Brooklyn from which he was graduated. He studied law, passing his examinations for admittance to the bar at the age of 20 and being obliged to wait a year tto attain his majority and he admitted to practice. He formed a law partnership with his brother, Judge T. R. Westbrook, at Kingston, which he continued several years and then he came to Ogdensburg and formed a partnership with Charles G. Myers, with whom he remained until 1881. In 1885 he removed to New York, where he later formed a law firm known as Westbrook, Conway & Co at 11 Broadway, where he remained until his death. For several years Mr. Westbrook was president of the Sterling mines in Rockland county; also the Caledonia and Keene mines, St. Lawrence county.
Mr. Westbrook was a member of the New York Bar Association and ranked high in his profession. He was recognized by his associates as a strong and able lawyer. In 1851 Mr. Westbrook married Sarah Seymour, daughter of a New York banker. His wife. three sons, Charles S., president of the Ogdensburg Wholesale Grocery Company; James G, president of the Rutland Transit Company of Ogdensburg, and Edward, President of the Westbrook Grain Company of Omaha, and one daughter, Mrs. J. C. Churchill Jr of Oswego, survive him. He was a kind and thoughtful father and an affectionate husband.
Ogdensburg Journal - August 6, 1900
Charles R. Westbrook, of New York, died at his summer residence on Elizabeth street in this city, Saturday morning at 1:30 o'clock. His heart was affected and he had been seriously ill for about four weeks. He came to Ogdensburg about two weeks ago.
Mr. Westbrook was born at Fishkill in 1827. His father was pastor of the Dutch Reform church at that place. He received instruction of Prof. Beauvelt in his school in Kingston and later attended the Dr. Diller school in Brooklyn from which he was graduated. He studied law, passing his examinations for admittance to the bar at the age of 20 and being obliged to wait a year tto attain his majority and he admitted to practice. He formed a law partnership with his brother, Judge T. R. Westbrook, at Kingston, which he continued several years and then he came to Ogdensburg and formed a partnership with Charles G. Myers, with whom he remained until 1881. In 1885 he removed to New York, where he later formed a law firm known as Westbrook, Conway & Co at 11 Broadway, where he remained until his death. For several years Mr. Westbrook was president of the Sterling mines in Rockland county; also the Caledonia and Keene mines, St. Lawrence county.
Mr. Westbrook was a member of the New York Bar Association and ranked high in his profession. He was recognized by his associates as a strong and able lawyer. In 1851 Mr. Westbrook married Sarah Seymour, daughter of a New York banker. His wife. three sons, Charles S., president of the Ogdensburg Wholesale Grocery Company; James G, president of the Rutland Transit Company of Ogdensburg, and Edward, President of the Westbrook Grain Company of Omaha, and one daughter, Mrs. J. C. Churchill Jr of Oswego, survive him. He was a kind and thoughtful father and an affectionate husband.
Charles R. Westbrook, of New York, died at his summer residence on Elizabeth street in this city, Saturday morning at 1:30 o'clock. His heart was affected and he had been seriously ill for about four weeks. He came to Ogdensburg about two weeks ago.
Mr. Westbrook was born at Fishkill in 1827. His father was pastor of the Dutch Reform church at that place. He received instruction of Prof. Beauvelt in his school in Kingston and later attended the Dr. Diller school in Brooklyn from which he was graduated. He studied law, passing his examinations for admittance to the bar at the age of 20 and being obliged to wait a year tto attain his majority and he admitted to practice. He formed a law partnership with his brother, Judge T. R. Westbrook, at Kingston, which he continued several years and then he came to Ogdensburg and formed a partnership with Charles G. Myers, with whom he remained until 1881. In 1885 he removed to New York, where he later formed a law firm known as Westbrook, Conway & Co at 11 Broadway, where he remained until his death. For several years Mr. Westbrook was president of the Sterling mines in Rockland county; also the Caledonia and Keene mines, St. Lawrence county.
Mr. Westbrook was a member of the New York Bar Association and ranked high in his profession. He was recognized by his associates as a strong and able lawyer. In 1851 Mr. Westbrook married Sarah Seymour, daughter of a New York banker. His wife. three sons, Charles S., president of the Ogdensburg Wholesale Grocery Company; James G, president of the Rutland Transit Company of Ogdensburg, and Edward, President of the Westbrook Grain Company of Omaha, and one daughter, Mrs. J. C. Churchill Jr of Oswego, survive him. He was a kind and thoughtful father and an affectionate husband.
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