Essex County NJ Archives Obituaries.....STOCKTON, Dr. Charles S. September 9, 1912 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nj/njfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cyndie Enfinger cyndiee@tampabay.rr.com December 29, 2007, 8:56 pm Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, Vol. 1, New Series, 1916, Pages 101-102. DR. CHARLES S. STOCKTON, at the time of his death the dean of the dental profession in New Jersey, died on September 9, 1912. He was born in Springfield township, Burlington County, on December 17, 1836, the son of Stacy and Elizabeth (Rossell) Stockton. He attended Pennington Seminary and at the time of his graduation was valedictorian of his class. He studied dentistry with Dr. George C. Brown, at Mt. Holly, and in the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, graduating from this institution in 1868. He succeeded Dr. Brown in Mt. Holly; in 1873 he removed to Newark, where he remained up to the time of his death. He was a descendant of Richard Stockton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. On September 23, 1857, he married Miss Martha Ann Smith, and she survived him with two children : Dr. Frank O. Stockton and Mrs. Robert W. Elliot. He was elected a life member of this society on January 20, 1876. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/njfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb This file is located at http://files.usgwarchives.net/nj/essex/obits/stockton-cs.txt