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Preston Meeker Harrington (1871-1942)

  • Born in Cambridge, lived in Mount Vernon, NY and South Nyack, NY
  • See also Bishop Paper for information on his career.
  • Earlier he was employed in some capacity at Seabury & Johnson, "Manufacturers of Medicinal, Surgical, and Antiseptic Specialties" in New York.
    • A letter from Seabury and Johnson dated July 1 1893 reads "Dear Sir, I should be pleased to have you take a position as soon as possible"
    • The Johnson of Seabury & Johnson was Robert Wood Johnson, better known as one half of Johnson & Johnson.

Preston Sr. is sitting on the right in this family photo from Cambridge around 1885:

Newspaper mentions

  • August 27, 1910 (RocklandCountyJournal_19100827_0005, col 2), "PERSONAL". "Mr. Preston M. Harrington and son, Daniel, have been visiting Mr. Harrington's parents at Cambridge, N. Y."
  • May 9, 1919 (rcj_19190509_01_001, col 2). "$1,555 RAISED FOR SOLDIERS' WELCOME" lists contrbutors for a welcome reception The donor list includes Preston Harrington's $5.
  • November 19, 1919 (rcj_19191119_01_001, col. 2), "JURORS DRAWN FOR [Rockland County] SUPREME COURT", including Preston Harrington for Orangetown.
  • January 18, 1913 (RocklandCountyJournal_19130118_0004, col. 3), "PROGRESSIVE DINNER" "Political dinners seem to have become an established factor in politics. The Progressive Party, working through a committee composed of... Preston Harrington... have made arrangements to give a dinner at the Tappan Zee Inn on Tuesday Evening, Feb. 4" This was probably the Progressive Party started by Theodore Roosevelt.

  • January 23, 1931 (rcj_19310123_01_002, col. 2), "Preston M. Harrington Receives $10,000 Bequest"
    > NEW YORK, Jan. 23 – Preston M. Harrington, of Nyack, is the receipient of $10,000 and a share of the residuary estate left by his aunt, the late Nettie S. Clement, according to the terms of her will filed for probate in Surrogate's Court here yesterday. Three other nephews get similar bequests.
    >
    > Mrs. Clement died December 22, leaving an estate estimated at more than $10,000 in real property and more than $10,000 in personal property. It has not yet been appraised.

    Nettie Clement would be Nettie Starr Clement, who married Duane Clement. Duane Clement was part of Clement & Stockwell paper. The $10k bequest would equal about $183,000 in 2022.

  • December 26, 1931 (rcj_19311226_01_004, col. 3), "Included among the holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Preston M. Harrington, of South Nyack, were Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sandt and son, of Easton, Pa., and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Harrington, of Morristown, N.J."

  • January 28, 1933 (rcj_19330128_01_003, col 3), "PASTOR GETS SECOND CALL". At a meeting of St. Paul's M.E. church, Preston Harrington Sr. is listed as a trustee and a steward of the church. Also, Carrie Best Harrington, Preston Harrington Jr and Daniel Harrington are listed as stewards.
  • August 14, 1940 (rcj_19400814_01_003, col. 4), Clement Daniel Harrington (1867-1940) obituary
    > CLEMENT D. HARRINGTON
    >
    > Clement D. Harrington, brother of Preston M. Harrington of South Nyack, died Monday in Park Ridge. He leaves his wife, Annie E. Harrington; a daugter, Helen, of Richmond Hill; two brothers, Preston and Edwin D. Harrington of Mechanicsville; and two sisters, Mrs. J. C. Reynolds of Mechanicville and Mrs. Alice Winslow of Cambridge.
    >
    > Funeral services are being held at three o'clock this afternoon at the White Funeral Home, 43 South Broadway, Nyack, to be followed by burinal in Evergreen Cemetery, Salem.

Obituaries

Obituary (in my archives, from NY Times):

NYACK, N. Y., Aug. 20--Preston M. Harrington, for many years president of the Bishop Paper Company at 7-11 Laight Street, Manhattan, died last night at his home in South Nyack after a long Illness. He was 72 years old.

Mr. Harrington was born in Cambridge, N. Y., the son of the late Daniel and Rachel Harrington, both members of old colonial families. He came to New York while a young man and became associated with an old New York paper firm, Clement & Stockwell, owned by relatives. This firm later became the Bishop Paper Company. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Caroline Best Harrington; a daughter, Mrs. Ruth B. Sandt of Cresskill, N. J.; two sons, Daniel W. Harrington of Demarest, N.J., and Preston M. Harrington Jr. of Tenafly, N. J., and two sisters, Mrs. Alice Winslow of Cambridge, N. Y., and Mrs. J. C. Reynolds of Mechanicsville, and a brother, Edwin D. Harrington, also of Mechanicsville.

The Rockland County Journal also carried an obituary (rcj_19420820_01_003.pdf, col 2):

Preston M Harrington of South Nyack died yesterday at his home, 48 Washington Avenue, leaving his wife, Caroline Best Harrington; a daughter, Mrs. Ruth B. Sandt of Cresskill; two sons, Daniel W. Harrington of Demarest and Preston M. Harrington, Jr, of Tenafly; five grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Winslow of Cambridge, N. Y. and Mrs. J. C. Reynolds of Mechanicville, and a brother, Edwin D. Harrington of Mechanicville.

The funeral service will be at the White Funeral Home, 43 South Broadway, at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, followed by burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack.

The Rockland Ledger carried this (trl_19420827_01_0004, col. 2):

Preston M. Harrington

Preston M. Harrington, president, treasurer, manager, and director of the Bishop Paper Company, of 7 Laight Street, New York, died last Wednesday at his home, 48 Washington avenue, South Nyack. He was 72 years old.

Mr. Harrington was born in Cambridge, N. Y., the son of the late Daniel and Rachel Harrington, and his entire business career was devoted to the company of which he was president at his death. It was the firm of Clement and Stockwell when he first entered its employ. He was a member of the Merchant's Association of New York City, and a trustee of St. Paul's Methodist Church, of Nyack. His wife, Mrs. Caroline Best Harrington; a daughter, Mrs. Ruth B. Sandt; two sone, Daniel W. and Preston M. Harrington, Jr.; two sister, Mrs. Alice Winslow and Mrs. J. C. Reynolds, and a brother, Edwin D. Harrington, survive.

Later that year the Rockland County Journal described provisions of his will (rcj_19421008_01_001, col. 6, "South Nyack Estate")

Under the will of Preston M. Harrington of South Nyack, who died August 19, leaving an estate estimated as in excess of $5,000 personal property and the same amount in real property, the estate is left to his wife, Caroline E. Harrington and two sons, Daniel W. and Preston M. Harrington, Jr. The three are named as trustees and executors of the will.

It is ordered that Mrs. Harrington be allowed to live in the home all her life if she so desires. The trustees are ordered to enter into a contract for the sale of any or all real estate and to invest the corpus of a trust fund in good interest bearing securities and pay the income to Mrs. Harrington. On the death of the wife, the surviving trustees are instructed to divide the corpus of the trust fund between the two sons and a daughter, Ruth B. Sandt, in equal shares.

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