Alfred Rider Page (1859-1931): lawyer, served in the New York State legislature, 1905-1908, and was justice of the New York Supreme Court, 1909-1923.
Alfred Rider Page, the son of Charles and Angeline Rider Page, was born in Carlinville, Illinois on October 7, 1859. He graduated from Burr and Burton Seminary in Manchester, Vermont in 1877 and New York University Law School in 1880, was admitted to the New York bar in December 1880, and entered private practice. Long active in Republican Party politics, Page was a member of the New York County Republican Committee 1894-1910, delegate to all Republican State Conventions 1894-1908, delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1908, and State Senator from the 19th Senatorial District in Manhattan 1905-1908, where he was known as a progressive champion of the people's rights. He was elected a justice of the New York Supreme Court in 1909, was elevated to the Appellate Division of the First Department in 1916, and resigned in 1923. Judge Page returned to private practice, but in March 1930 was appointed official referee for the court on which he had served. He died on February 3, 1931 of pneumonia after an illness of two days. Alfred Rider Page married Elizabeth Merwin Roe on April 27, 1886. The couple had three children: Helen Wickham Page (1888-1897), Elizabeth Merwin Page Harris (1889-1969), and Marjorie Page Schauffler (1897-1983).
Elizabeth Merwin Roe Page was born on September 8, 1861 and died on September 10, 1943 in Sierra Madre, California, where she moved after her husband's death. She was the daughter of Alfred Cox and Emma Wickham Roe and sister of Mary Wickham Roe. From about 1903 to 1913 she served as Field Secretary for the Women's Board of Domestic Missions of the Reformed Church in America. Elizabeth Page was the author of In Camp and Tepee published in 1915, a book that described the Indian mission activities supported by the Women's Board. In November 1932 she joined her author daughter Elizabeth in California and remained there for most of the rest of her life. Her health was poor and glaucoma eventually caused blindness.
From the guide to the Page family papers, 1828-1948, 1876-1943, (Manuscripts and Archives)
