Egbert Rosecrans

Background

Rosecrans, Egbert was born on October 7, 1891 in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. Son of Doctor James Hankinson and Maja (Lowell) Rosecrans.

Education

Educated Hoboken public schools, Blair Academy, Blairstown, New Jersey, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, and New York Law School.

Career

Married second, Aileen Rittenhouse, February 15, 1931 (divorced July 24, 1936);Rittenhouse. Married 3d, Marian East. Willcox, October 10, 1941;Admitted to bars of New Jersey, 1913, California, 1923, Nevada, 1923, Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1923. Began practice in Blairstown, New Jersey.

County counsel Warren County, New Jersey 1917, 1921-1923.

Municipal accountant for New Jersey, 1918-1921. Counsel and special counsel for various municipal and county goverments.

Counsel for New Jersey commissioner of banking and insurance, 1931-1936. President judge Court of Common Pleas, Warren County, New Jersey, 1938-1943.

Special master in chancery and New Jersey Supreme Court commissioner.

Associate counsel in defense of Hauptman in Lindbergh Kidnaping trial, 1935, and leading counsel upon the appeals. Member of law faculty, John Marshall College, New Jersey, 1938. Chairman Selective Service Advisory Board, Warren County, New Jersey, since 1940.

Chairman communications of State Judges designated by Chancellor which prepared the 1941 Revision of the Rules of the Probate Courts of Trustee New Jersey Institute for Practicing Lawyers since 1941.

Member Judicial Council, New Jersey, since 1941.

Achievements

• Egbert Rosecrans has been listed as a reputable judge. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of law faculty, John Marshall College, New Jersey, 1938. Chairman Selective Service Advisory Board, Warren County, New Jersey, since 1940. Chairman communications of State Judges designated by Chancellor which prepared the 1941 Revision of the Rules of the Probate Courts of Trustee New Jersey Institute for Practicing Lawyers since 1941.

Member Judicial Council, New Jersey, since 1941.

Member American Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association (director), Warren County Bar Association (president 1935, trustee), Nevada and California State bars, Society Sons of Revolution.

Connections

Married Edith Wilson, June 4, 1914 (died July 27, 1926). Married second, Aileen Rittenhouse, February 15, 1931 (divorced July 24, 1936). Married 3d, Marian East. Willcox, October 10, 1941.

Father:

Doctor James Hankinson Rosecrans

Mother:

Maja (Lowell) Rosecrans

Spouse:

Aileen Rittenhouse

Spouse:

Edith Wilson

Spouse:

Marian East. Willcox