Edward P. Meany (1854-1938)
General E.P. Meany, Judge Advocate of New Jersey, & Counsel to AT&T etc.
He was born at Louisville, Kentucky, while all four of his grandparents were born in Ireland. Soon after his birth, his family moved to St. Louis and he graduated from St. Louis University before being admitted to the Bar of Missouri in 1878. He quickly gained a reputation for his corporate mind and he was soon described by his contemporaries as, "one of the most distinguished of American lawyers". Moving to New York, he became a counsel to, and director of, numerous important companies.
He was one of the founding directors and counsel to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T); one of the five incorporators of the New Jersey Telephone Company; and, Vice-President and director of the Trust Company of New Jersey. He was a director of the Colonial Life Insurance Company of America; National Iron Bank of Morristown, New Jersey; the Carteret Trust Company; the Laurel Coal & Land Company; the Pond Fork Coal & Land Company; and, the Land Company of West Virginia.
In 1884, he was appointed Vice-President of the New Mexico Central & Southern Railway Company, representing the company in Mexico and Europe, particularly in connection with its affairs with the government of Mexico. In 1893, he was appointed Judge Advocate of New Jersey, with the rank of Brigadier-General. In the following year, he was appointed one of the Palisades commissioners of the State of New Jersey, and was a trustee and treasurer of the Newark Free Public Library. He was a delegate from New Jersey to the National Democratic conventions of 1896 and 1900, supporting the principles of the Old Line Democracy. He was Chairman of the Morris County Democratic Party in 1914.
His first wife, Rosalie, was the daughter of Peter Behr, of St. Louis, and they had two children - one of whom survived them. They lived at Alnwick Hall, New Jersey, where their parties were quite famous. In the same year Rosalie died (1923), he remarried Andrée Chesnel of London. In 1935, they moved to Santa Barbara, California, where he died.
He was one of the founding directors and counsel to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T); one of the five incorporators of the New Jersey Telephone Company; and, Vice-President and director of the Trust Company of New Jersey. He was a director of the Colonial Life Insurance Company of America; National Iron Bank of Morristown, New Jersey; the Carteret Trust Company; the Laurel Coal & Land Company; the Pond Fork Coal & Land Company; and, the Land Company of West Virginia.
In 1884, he was appointed Vice-President of the New Mexico Central & Southern Railway Company, representing the company in Mexico and Europe, particularly in connection with its affairs with the government of Mexico. In 1893, he was appointed Judge Advocate of New Jersey, with the rank of Brigadier-General. In the following year, he was appointed one of the Palisades commissioners of the State of New Jersey, and was a trustee and treasurer of the Newark Free Public Library. He was a delegate from New Jersey to the National Democratic conventions of 1896 and 1900, supporting the principles of the Old Line Democracy. He was Chairman of the Morris County Democratic Party in 1914.
His first wife, Rosalie, was the daughter of Peter Behr, of St. Louis, and they had two children - one of whom survived them. They lived at Alnwick Hall, New Jersey, where their parties were quite famous. In the same year Rosalie died (1923), he remarried Andrée Chesnel of London. In 1935, they moved to Santa Barbara, California, where he died.
