George Griswold Frelinghuysen

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Source: History Morris County New Jersey, Volume II, Lewis Publishing Co., 1914

George G. FRELINGHUYSEN, a leading patent lawyer, honored and respected, and serving in the capacity of president of P. Ballantine & Sons Company, was born in Newark, New Jersey, May 9, 1851, son of Hon. Frederick and Matilda E. (GRISWOLD) FRELINGHUYSEN, and a representative of a family that has been identified with the history of this country for almost two generations.

He attended the public schools of his native city, the Newark Academy, from which he was graduated in 1866, Rutgers College, having been a member of the class of 1870, and Columbian University Law School, which in 1872 conferred on him the degree of Bachelor of Laws. His training in the latter named institution was augmented by a course of study in the office of KELLER & BLAKE. He was admitted as an attorney at the New Jersey bar in 1873, and to that of New York in 1876. He was one of the United States patent office examiners at Washington, D. C., from 1873 until 1876, and in the latter year established himself in independent practice in New York City, and made a specialty of patent cases, in course of time winning a foremost place along this line, becoming widely known for his legal ability and high personal characteristics. From 1898 to 1905 he was vice-president of P. Ballantine & Sons Company, and from the latter named year until the present time (1913) has acted as president of the concern. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Alliance Investment Company, the Rail Joint Company, The Saranac Realty Company, Howard Savings Institution and the Morristown Trust Company, Howard Savings Institution and the Morristown Trust Company, in all of which his services have been of inestimable value. He is a Republican in politics, but has never sought or held public office. He holds membership in the Essex Club, Morris County Golf Club, Metropolitan Club of Washington, D. C., and the Union Club of New York.

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN married, April 26, 1881, Sara L., daughter of Peter H. and Isabelle (LINEN) BALLANTINE, of Newark, New Jersey. Children:

Peter H. Ballantine, born September 15, 1882;
Matilda E., November 25, 1887.

The family resides in Morristown, New Jersey.

This biography was transcribed by John Cresseveur (1949-2003).