John Joseph Todd

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John Joseph Todd

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

John Joseph TODD, at present 1913, mayor of Morristown, was born in Brooklyn, New York, April 16, 1874, and is the son of William Rogers TODD, the president of the Quincy Mining Company of New York, which owns and operates extensive copper mines in Michigan.

William R. TODD was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 16, 1837, and married, October 2, 1865, in Brooklyn, New York, Margaret L. OWENS, a native of New York. They have had four children, but one,

Mary Ellen, died in early childhood.

The three still living are:

John Joseph, with whom this biography is concerned;
William Parsons, of Morristown;
James Madison, of Cleveland, Ohio.

The famous Dolly PAYNE, or Dolly MADISON, who was such a toast in the early years of the republic, married (first) John TODD, of Philadelphia, a great-great-uncle of John Joseph TODD. Her son, Payne TODD, danced at a ball in St. Petersburg with the daughter of the Czar, and forthwith became a distinguished figure in the higher circles of European society. Dolly TODD married (second) President James MADISON, thus becoming Dolly MADISON, the name under which she is a historic character.

When John Joseph TODD was eight years old his parents came to Morristown and became residents of the city. Here the boy was put to school in the Morris Academy, where he was prepared for Columbia College. He attended this institution for one year in 1893. He early evinced a great interest in political questions, his political convictions supporting the tenets of the Democratic Party. In November, 1912, he was elected mayor of the town on the Democratic ticket. In his religious beliefs Mr. TODD is a member of the Roman Catholic Church. He is unmarried.

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