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J. Frederic Kernochan

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In May 1865, he was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of New York County. After a year spent traveling abroad, he joined the law office of Abraham R. Lawrence in New York City working there from 1867 until 1869. In 1869, he formed a partnership with his brother Frank under firm name of F.
212:, Elizabeth Powell Kernochan Garr, John Adams Kernochan, Henry Parish Kernochan, Ann Adams Kernochan, and Frank Edward Kernochan. His father, who was born in Scotland and came to America in 1790 as a baby, was a dry goods merchant and banker that was a founder of the 294:
From 1898 until 1918, he was president of Arminius Chemical Company, which owned valuable mines in Virginia. He was also a member of the board of directors of Astoria Steel Company. From 1909 to 1929, he served as a director of Lawyers' Title Company and of the
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Social Register: Contains the Summer Address where it Differs from the Winter Address of the Residents of New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Cleveland ... [etc.]. summer
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E. & J. F. Kernochan in New York, operating until 1873 when decided to stop practicing law. After that point, he practiced independently focusing on testamentary law, dealing with
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A History of the Class of 1863, Yale College: Being the Fourth of Those Printed by Order of the Class
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Whitney Kernochan (1884–1969), who married Helen (née Gaynor) Bradford (1894–1951), daughter of
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Fleshing Out Skull & Bones: Investigations into America's Most Powerful Secret Society
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Seymour) Kernochan (1804–1845). His siblings included William Seymour Kernochan,
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Kernochan was born on December 8, 1842, in New York City in a house at
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and Harriet (née Suydam) Whitney. For many years, they lived at 11
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The First Four Hundred: Mrs. Astor's New York in the Gilded Age
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His paternal grandparents were William and Esther Kernochan,
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to build a large five story mansion at 862 Park Avenue (and
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Getting Rich: America's New Rich and How They Got That Way
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He prepared for college at the Aaron N. Skinner's (former
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In 1892, Kernochan and his wife Mary were included in
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Mary Stuart Whitney Kernochan (b. 1880), who married
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Memoranda Relating to the McVickar family in America
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He then attended and graduated from 136: 14: 1151: 928: 572: 132: 767:"The J. Frederic Kernochan Residence" 599:McAllister, Ward (16 February 1892). 246:in 1863. At Yale, he was a member of 397:(1876–1937), a Chief Justice of the 24: 25: 1205: 1133: 332:(which was later absorbed by the 330:New York Free Circulating Library 355: 869: 573:Miller, Tom (13 January 2014). 302: 128: 1189:Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery 818:"Deaths | KERNOCHAN--Eweretta" 336:) and was a charter member of 297:Stephen Whitney Estate Company 13: 1: 1194:19th-century American lawyers 1059:. August 22, 1922. p. 23 449: 340:in 1869. He was a warden of 338:New York City Bar Association 191: 18:Mary Stuart Whitney Kernochan 630:Patterson, Jerry E. (2000). 7: 342:All Saint's Memorial Church 214:University Club of New York 10: 1210: 1184:Lawyers from New York City 1179:Columbia Law School alumni 771:www.beyondthegildedage.com 672:Cambridge University Press 221:Scotch-Irish Presbyterians 798:. 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Mary Stuart Whitney Kernochan

New York City
New York
New York City
Yale University
Columbia Law School
James P. Kernochan
socialite
Gilded Age
8th Street
Second Avenue
née
James Powell Kernochan
University Club of New York
Scotch-Irish Presbyterians
Orange County
Presidents pro tempore of the Connecticut Senate
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University
Bachelor of Arts
Alpha Sigma Phi
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Skull and Bones
Phi Beta Kappa
Columbia Law School
Bachelor of Laws
valedictorian
trusts
estates

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