JAMES HILLHOUSE (1854-1938), B.A. 1875
Born November 19, 1854, in New Haven, Conn.
Died September 17, 1938, in New Haven, Conn.
Father, William Hillhouse (M.D., New York University 1845; M.A. Hon. Yale 1849), a physician in New Haven; son of Thomas and Anne VanSchaick (TenBroeck) Hillhouse of Watertown, N.Y. Mother, Frances Julia (Betts); daughter of Samuel Rossiter Betts, LL.D. (B.A. Williams 1806), and Caroline Abigail (Dewey) Betts of New York City. Yale relatives include: James A. Hillhouse (B.A. 1749) (great-great-uncle); James Hillhouse (B.A. 1773) and William Hillhouse (B.A. 1777) (great-uncles); Francis Betts Hillhouse, '25 (nephew); and John TenBroeck Hillhouse, '69, and Samuel Rossiter Betts, '75 (cousins).
Hopkins Grammar School. Second premium for English composition Sophomore year; philosophical oration appointment Junior and Senior years; Townsend Prize; Commencement speaker; member Class walking club; Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Phi Theta Psi, Psi Upsilon, and Phi Beta Kappa.
Traveled abroad 1875-76; attended Columbia University School of Law 1876-78 (LL.B. 1878); admitted to New York bar as attorney at law 1878 and as counselor at law 1879; in office of Hill [James K.,'54], Wing & Shroudy, New York City, 1878-79; associated with George F. Betts January-September, 1879, with Horatio F. Averill 1879-1880, and with A C. Fransioli 1880-81; managing clerk Chittenden, Townsend [James M., '74] & Chittenden [Horace H., '74] 1881-82 and with Seward, DaCosta & Guthrie 1882-88; engaged in independent practice in New York City 1888-1905; lecturer on parliamentary law and procedure New York University School of Law 1896-97 and professor of law 1897-1899; retired from practice of law in 1905 and had since resided in New Haven; Class secretary for a short time after graduation; member Mayor's Committee on New Haven Tercentenary Celebration and on the Committee for the State of Connecticut; member New York Bar Association, American Bar Association, New Haven Chamber of Commerce, and St. Thomas' Church (Episcopal), New Haven (vestryman since 1919 and member building committee since 1930).
Married October 3, 1894, in New York City, Hildegarde, daughter of Albert and Matilda Livingston (Rogers) Speyers. No children.
Death due to arterial sclerosis of the heart. Buried in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven. Survived by wife and a brother, Francis Hillhouse, '79 S. Another brother, Charles Betts Hillhouse, '78 S., died December 28, 1937.
In 1931 Mr. Hillhouse gave to the Yale Law Library his law library of 2,400 volumes, including many rare and out of print items.
Yale University Obituary Record, 1938-1939. pp. 14-15.
Born November 19, 1854, in New Haven, Conn.
Died September 17, 1938, in New Haven, Conn.
Father, William Hillhouse (M.D., New York University 1845; M.A. Hon. Yale 1849), a physician in New Haven; son of Thomas and Anne VanSchaick (TenBroeck) Hillhouse of Watertown, N.Y. Mother, Frances Julia (Betts); daughter of Samuel Rossiter Betts, LL.D. (B.A. Williams 1806), and Caroline Abigail (Dewey) Betts of New York City. Yale relatives include: James A. Hillhouse (B.A. 1749) (great-great-uncle); James Hillhouse (B.A. 1773) and William Hillhouse (B.A. 1777) (great-uncles); Francis Betts Hillhouse, '25 (nephew); and John TenBroeck Hillhouse, '69, and Samuel Rossiter Betts, '75 (cousins).
Hopkins Grammar School. Second premium for English composition Sophomore year; philosophical oration appointment Junior and Senior years; Townsend Prize; Commencement speaker; member Class walking club; Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Phi Theta Psi, Psi Upsilon, and Phi Beta Kappa.
Traveled abroad 1875-76; attended Columbia University School of Law 1876-78 (LL.B. 1878); admitted to New York bar as attorney at law 1878 and as counselor at law 1879; in office of Hill [James K.,'54], Wing & Shroudy, New York City, 1878-79; associated with George F. Betts January-September, 1879, with Horatio F. Averill 1879-1880, and with A C. Fransioli 1880-81; managing clerk Chittenden, Townsend [James M., '74] & Chittenden [Horace H., '74] 1881-82 and with Seward, DaCosta & Guthrie 1882-88; engaged in independent practice in New York City 1888-1905; lecturer on parliamentary law and procedure New York University School of Law 1896-97 and professor of law 1897-1899; retired from practice of law in 1905 and had since resided in New Haven; Class secretary for a short time after graduation; member Mayor's Committee on New Haven Tercentenary Celebration and on the Committee for the State of Connecticut; member New York Bar Association, American Bar Association, New Haven Chamber of Commerce, and St. Thomas' Church (Episcopal), New Haven (vestryman since 1919 and member building committee since 1930).
Married October 3, 1894, in New York City, Hildegarde, daughter of Albert and Matilda Livingston (Rogers) Speyers. No children.
Death due to arterial sclerosis of the heart. Buried in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven. Survived by wife and a brother, Francis Hillhouse, '79 S. Another brother, Charles Betts Hillhouse, '78 S., died December 28, 1937.
In 1931 Mr. Hillhouse gave to the Yale Law Library his law library of 2,400 volumes, including many rare and out of print items.
Yale University Obituary Record, 1938-1939. pp. 14-15.
JAMES HILLHOUSE (1854-1938), B.A. 1875
Born November 19, 1854, in New Haven, Conn.
Died September 17, 1938, in New Haven, Conn.
Father, William Hillhouse (M.D., New York University 1845; M.A. Hon. Yale 1849), a physician in New Haven; son of Thomas and Anne VanSchaick (TenBroeck) Hillhouse of Watertown, N.Y. Mother, Frances Julia (Betts); daughter of Samuel Rossiter Betts, LL.D. (B.A. Williams 1806), and Caroline Abigail (Dewey) Betts of New York City. Yale relatives include: James A. Hillhouse (B.A. 1749) (great-great-uncle); James Hillhouse (B.A. 1773) and William Hillhouse (B.A. 1777) (great-uncles); Francis Betts Hillhouse, '25 (nephew); and John TenBroeck Hillhouse, '69, and Samuel Rossiter Betts, '75 (cousins).
Hopkins Grammar School. Second premium for English composition Sophomore year; philosophical oration appointment Junior and Senior years; Townsend Prize; Commencement speaker; member Class walking club; Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Phi Theta Psi, Psi Upsilon, and Phi Beta Kappa.
Traveled abroad 1875-76; attended Columbia University School of Law 1876-78 (LL.B. 1878); admitted to New York bar as attorney at law 1878 and as counselor at law 1879; in office of Hill [James K.,'54], Wing & Shroudy, New York City, 1878-79; associated with George F. Betts January-September, 1879, with Horatio F. Averill 1879-1880, and with A C. Fransioli 1880-81; managing clerk Chittenden, Townsend [James M., '74] & Chittenden [Horace H., '74] 1881-82 and with Seward, DaCosta & Guthrie 1882-88; engaged in independent practice in New York City 1888-1905; lecturer on parliamentary law and procedure New York University School of Law 1896-97 and professor of law 1897-1899; retired from practice of law in 1905 and had since resided in New Haven; Class secretary for a short time after graduation; member Mayor's Committee on New Haven Tercentenary Celebration and on the Committee for the State of Connecticut; member New York Bar Association, American Bar Association, New Haven Chamber of Commerce, and St. Thomas' Church (Episcopal), New Haven (vestryman since 1919 and member building committee since 1930).
Married October 3, 1894, in New York City, Hildegarde, daughter of Albert and Matilda Livingston (Rogers) Speyers. No children.
Death due to arterial sclerosis of the heart. Buried in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven. Survived by wife and a brother, Francis Hillhouse, '79 S. Another brother, Charles Betts Hillhouse, '78 S., died December 28, 1937.
In 1931 Mr. Hillhouse gave to the Yale Law Library his law library of 2,400 volumes, including many rare and out of print items.
Yale University Obituary Record, 1938-1939. pp. 14-15.
Born November 19, 1854, in New Haven, Conn.
Died September 17, 1938, in New Haven, Conn.
Father, William Hillhouse (M.D., New York University 1845; M.A. Hon. Yale 1849), a physician in New Haven; son of Thomas and Anne VanSchaick (TenBroeck) Hillhouse of Watertown, N.Y. Mother, Frances Julia (Betts); daughter of Samuel Rossiter Betts, LL.D. (B.A. Williams 1806), and Caroline Abigail (Dewey) Betts of New York City. Yale relatives include: James A. Hillhouse (B.A. 1749) (great-great-uncle); James Hillhouse (B.A. 1773) and William Hillhouse (B.A. 1777) (great-uncles); Francis Betts Hillhouse, '25 (nephew); and John TenBroeck Hillhouse, '69, and Samuel Rossiter Betts, '75 (cousins).
Hopkins Grammar School. Second premium for English composition Sophomore year; philosophical oration appointment Junior and Senior years; Townsend Prize; Commencement speaker; member Class walking club; Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Phi Theta Psi, Psi Upsilon, and Phi Beta Kappa.
Traveled abroad 1875-76; attended Columbia University School of Law 1876-78 (LL.B. 1878); admitted to New York bar as attorney at law 1878 and as counselor at law 1879; in office of Hill [James K.,'54], Wing & Shroudy, New York City, 1878-79; associated with George F. Betts January-September, 1879, with Horatio F. Averill 1879-1880, and with A C. Fransioli 1880-81; managing clerk Chittenden, Townsend [James M., '74] & Chittenden [Horace H., '74] 1881-82 and with Seward, DaCosta & Guthrie 1882-88; engaged in independent practice in New York City 1888-1905; lecturer on parliamentary law and procedure New York University School of Law 1896-97 and professor of law 1897-1899; retired from practice of law in 1905 and had since resided in New Haven; Class secretary for a short time after graduation; member Mayor's Committee on New Haven Tercentenary Celebration and on the Committee for the State of Connecticut; member New York Bar Association, American Bar Association, New Haven Chamber of Commerce, and St. Thomas' Church (Episcopal), New Haven (vestryman since 1919 and member building committee since 1930).
Married October 3, 1894, in New York City, Hildegarde, daughter of Albert and Matilda Livingston (Rogers) Speyers. No children.
Death due to arterial sclerosis of the heart. Buried in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven. Survived by wife and a brother, Francis Hillhouse, '79 S. Another brother, Charles Betts Hillhouse, '78 S., died December 28, 1937.
In 1931 Mr. Hillhouse gave to the Yale Law Library his law library of 2,400 volumes, including many rare and out of print items.
Yale University Obituary Record, 1938-1939. pp. 14-15.
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