Caroline Hamilton Pier
Caroline Hamilton Pier | |
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| Born | September 18, 1870 |
| Died | April 28, 1938 (aged 67) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Wisconsin University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Spouse | John Henry Roehmer (m. 1897; died 1935) |
Caroline Hamilton Pier Roehmer (September 18, 1870 – April 28, 1938) was an American lawyer.[1]
Early life
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Caroline Hamilton Pier was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on September 18, 1870.[2] She was the second daughter of Colwert Kendall Pier and Kate Pier.
She was educated in the public schools of Fond du Lac and was graduated in the classical course of the high school, after studying music and other womanly subjects, until ready to enter the law school of the Wisconsin University. She enrolled in 1889, finishing the course in 1891 and receiving the degree of LL.B.[2][3]
After law school, she briefly studied elocution at Northwestern University.
Career
[edit]She was admitted to the Wisconsin Bar in 1891 and joined the firm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, of which her mother, Kate Pier, and two sisters, Kate Hamilton Pier and Harriet Hamilton Pier, were the other members.[2]
She paid special attention to admiralty and maritime law and made it a specialty.[2] In 1897, she was admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court.[1]
Personal life
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On November 17, 1897, Caroline Hamilton Pier married John Henry Roehmer (1865-1935), a lawyer and Yale graduate. The wedding was celebrated by her mother, Kate Pier, in her capacity of Court Commissioner. She had four children: Kate Pier Roehmer French (1898-1984), John Pier Roehmer (1901-1971), Dr. Edward Pier Roehmer (1908-1999) and James McIntosh Roehmer (1907-1908).[4][3] John H. Roehmer taught at the University of Wisconsin and at Yale University and was instrumental in organizing the Wisconsin's street railway commission. He served on the State's Railroad Rate Commission and was general counsel for H.M. Byllesby & Co.[5][6]
She and her husband lived in Milwaukee and Fond du Lac, but moved to Elmhurst, New York, after he retired in 1931. She died on April 28, 1938, in Madison, Wisconsin.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Committee., State Bar of Wisconsin. Pioneers in the Law (1998). Pioneers in the law: the first 150 women. State Bar of Wisconsin, Pioneers in the Law Committee. OCLC 40327530.
- ^ a b c d Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, eds. (1893). A woman of the century: fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life. Buffalo, NY: Charles Wells Moulton. p. 571. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ^ a b "All Lawyers". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 18, 1897. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "John H. Roemer / Caroline Hamilton Pier". Simonds Geneology. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2022.[unreliable source?]
- ^ "Funeral Today in New York for John H. Roehmer". Chicago Tribune. July 9, 1935. p. 21. Retrieved September 18, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Roemer, Former Chairman of State Commission, Dies". The Sheboygan Press. July 9, 1935. p. 15. Retrieved September 18, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Caroline Pier Roemer". Bulletin of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin. Vol. 13, 14. 1940. p. 18. Retrieved October 7, 2022 – via Google Books.
