Lewis Van Blarcom

Lewis Van Blarcom was born in 1883, son of Captain Lewis William Van Blarcom and Mary Thompson Van Blarcom. Lewis grew up and attended public school in Newton and graduated from the Newton Collegiate Institute and the English and Classical School. He later studied law with Martin Rosencrans, and, upon becoming qualified, was duly admitted to practice at the bar of the State of New Jersey.

In January of 1919, Lewis was married to Ethel M. Hart, daughter of Nathan H. and Margaret Cox Hart.

From Myers, William Starr. 1945. Prominent Families of New Jersey. Volume I. New York: Lewis Publishing Company.
After having practiced law in a single location, Newton, for a period of thirty-five years, Lewis Van Blarcom may be said to be familiar with all of the legal problems that come up in the business or private life of the residents here. He has been called upon to apply his legal training to business also, as a director in local corporations, and has been as successful in this advisory work as in his professional practice. He has enjoyed not only a long period of private legal work, but has also been entrusted with the public responsibility which goes with the office of county prosecutor, which he held here for five years.
Devoting himself to the general practice of law, he has offered his services in Newton continuously since his admission to the bar. He is a Republican in politics, and it was on the ticket of that party that he won the position of prosecutor of Sussex County for the period from 1917 to 1922. Serving in another public capacity, he has been a member of the county tax board for many years, and he has consistently interested himself in the non-partisan civic programs of Newton.
He is a member of the Sussex County Bar Association, and the New Jersey State Bar Association. His associations with the business and financial concerns of Newton include the following posts: member of the board of directors of the Sussex Mutual Insurance Company of Newton, and of the S. & M. Building & Loan Association.
During the World War, Mr. Van Blarcom was a captain of Company E, 4th Battalion, New Jersey State Militia. He is a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, and of the Sons of the American Revolution.

Lewis died in 1951 and is buried with his wife in a large Van Blarcom plot in Newton Cemetery in Newton, Sussex, New Jersey.