Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . r at Morristown, wherehe remained for fourteen years; removed to Newark,N. J., 1867; died 1898. SAMUEL WICKHAM CORWIN, , Mer-chant, was born in Middletown, Orange county,New York, May 13, 1824, the son of Nathan How-ell and Olive Belknap (Case) Corwin. At the ageof twelve he was sent to the Hill Top School atMendhani, New Jersey, which was under the direc-tion of the Fairchilds, remaining under their in-structi
Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . r at Morristown, wherehe remained for fourteen years; removed to Newark,N. J., 1867; died 1898. SAMUEL WICKHAM CORWIN, , Mer-chant, was born in Middletown, Orange county,New York, May 13, 1824, the son of Nathan How-ell and Olive Belknap (Case) Corwin. At the ageof twelve he was sent to the Hill Top School atMendhani, New Jersey, which was under the direc-tion of the Fairchilds, remaining under their in-struction as the school was removed to ProspectHill at Madison, and later went to Green Brookin Plainfield. He was graduated from Princeton inthe Class of 1843. ihe year after graduation heassisted Mr. Fairchild, who had opened a prepara-tory school at Flushing, Long Island. He alsobegan the study of law, but did not seek admissionto the Bar, as his father, whose health was failing,needed the assistance of his son. Some time after-wards he became associated with Mr. Broadwell, hisfather-in-law, in the grocery business, first in York, and for fourteen years in -SAMUEL W. CORWIN In 1867 Mr. Corwin made his home in Newark,New Jersey, and his summers, for the last nineyears of his life, were spent in Asbury Park. contributed most generously to charity, and 35^ UNIFERSTTIES JND THEIR SONS his life having been one of steady prosperity hepossessed the means to carry out the impulses ofa kind and sympathetic heart. In politics he wasa Republican. While in College he was a memberof the Cliosophic Society. He was married toSarah Frances Broadwell, December 9, 1850, andhad three children : Charles Broadwell, Carrie andWilliam Sherman Corwin. Mr. Corwin died atAsbury Park, New Jersey, April 14, 1898. of the Military Order of Foreign Wars of the UnitedStates, and also holds membership in the LuzerneCounty, Lehigh Valley and State Medical Societies. MINER, Charles
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