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HORACE ROBERSON
Originally published in 1900 |
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HORACE ROBERSON, a prominent lawyer of Bayonne, Hudson County,
is the son of Samuel Roberson, and was born in Hunterdon County, N.J.,
May 5, 1858. Although the son of a farmer, Mr. Roberson's inclinations
were to educational pursuits. After obtaining a good common school education in the public schools of his own county he entered the New Jersey
State Normal School at Trenton, took a full course, and was graduated in
1881. Following this, for five years he successfully filled the position of
Principal of the public school at Closter in Bergen County, where he made
many friends and was highly esteemed. Having during this time given
his spare time to the study of the law, he took a course in Columbia College
Law School and was admitted to the New Jersey bar in June, 1887.
He was then employed in the office of Counsellor De Witt Van Buskirk at
Bayonne for two years. In 1889 he opened a law office in West Eighth
Street, Bayonne, and has since successfully practiced his profession in the
county and State courts. Having been admitted as a counsellor, he became and is still senior member of the law firm of Roberson & Demarest.
In 1891 Mr. Roberson was elected School Trustee for the one-year term and made a good record on the board. In 1894 he was appointed City Treasurer and served with credit the full term of two years. In 1898 he was elected City Councilman and has served two years. He is solicitor for the Centerville Building and Loan Association. He has always been prominent in the councils of the Republican party, having been a member of the County Committee and Vice-President of the Bayonne City Republican Association. He is devoted to his profession and a zealous worker in everything he undertakes. He is a member of the church and of social societies. In September, 1890, he married Nettie Marcelia, daughter of Abraham J. Demarest and Eliza W. Lozier, of Closter, N. J. Mrs. Roberson was born at Eastwood, N. J., December 25, 1861. He has two daughters: Elinor W., born December 25, 1894, and Jessie K., born November 1, 1898.
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