Person:Charles Capron (1)

Charles Alexander Capron is listed in Who Was Who in America, Vol. III,1951-1960. Capron, Charles Alexander, lawyer; b. Walden, NY, Dec. 7, 1886; son CyrusKemper and Frances Alvira (Littlefield) C.; LL.B., NY Law School, 1910;married Margaret Eleanor Mosher, Aug. 24 , 1915 (dec. June 17, 1946);children - William Mosher, Frances Margaret (Mrs. Gilbert Irvin e Smith).Admitted to NY bar, 1910, since practiced in NYC; asso. Turner, Rolston & Horan, mem . successor firms Geller, Rolston & Blanc, 1918-27, Taylor,Blanc, Capron & Marsh, 1927-32, Mitchell, Capron, Marsh, Angulo & Cooney since 1932. [Marsh was vice-president of the United States at one time.]Mem. Montclair Housing Authority, 1938-40; mem. planning bd., Montclair,since 1940, chmn. since 1944; mem. development bd., Montclair, since 1945. Mem. bd. trustees Montclair Community Chest, 1930-41; mem. bd. NJ Symphony Orchestra, 1945-52. Mem. Montclair Assn . (exec. com. 1937-44),Montclair Art Assn. (bd. trustees 1932-35), League Nations Assn. NJ(pr es. 1930-34), Am. Assn. U.N. (bd. trustees NJ br. since 1943), Am. BarAssn. (mem. council real property, probate trust law div 1950-52; v.p.trust law 1951-52), NY State Bar Assn., Assn . Bar City NY, NY County Lawyers Assn (dir. 1939-45, mem. jud. com. since 1939, chmn com.surrogates ct. 1940-52). Episcopalian (warden, St. James, Upper Montclair; mem. standing com. Diocese of Newark; bd. trustees since founding 1941, pres. 1948-49, Laymen's Movement for a Christian World;trustee Wainwright House, Inc.). Clubs: Down Town Assn. (NYC); Upper Montclair (NJ ) Country. Home: 41 Bradford Av. Upper Montclair, NJ.Office: 20 Exchange Pl., NYC 5. Died Feb . 3, 1955.[CousinS.FTW]