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Brooklyn Standard Union 18November 1906 Obituaries
James W. MARS - James W. MARS, a colored man, who was a personal friend of President Lincoln and prominent in the agitation for the freedom of the slaves, died on Friday night at his home, 182 Penn street, in his 86th year.
He was born in York, Pa., on April 10, 1820, and was the son of James MARS said to have been the first man to start the agitation in 1818 for the emancipation of the slaves, which terminated in the Civil War. When the elder
MARS died, Mr. MARS kept up the work of his father and became one of the foremost abolitionists in the country. He came to New York in 1840 and kept up his work for the freedom of the colored people. For forty-seven years he
was the superintendent of the Continental National Bank Building, 7 Nassau street, Manhattan, and when that bank merged with the Hanover National he was retained in the position and held it to within twenty-four hours of his
death. He was active in Republican politics during his long residence in Brooklyn, and in 1889 was a Republican candidaate for Assembly being defeated by a small majority. He spent a fortune in the abolition movement. In 1850 he
became connected with St. Philip's Episcopal Church, in Manhattan, and was the senior warden up to the time of his death. In 1850, he married Henrietta A. MATTHEWS, who survives him, and three sons, one of whom is Dr. Esteves
MARS, and a daughter, Mrs. James M. BAXTER, the wife of Prof. BAXTER, who is the principal of a colored school in Newark, N. J. Mr. MARS death was sudden. The funeral will take place to-morrow from St. Philip's Church. Interment
will be made at Cypress Hills Cemetery. Black. African American. The birth date and agitation date do not match up. However a Very cool obit! I am not related & have no other info.
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