This Day in History: 1929-12-18

Sir Oliver Cromwell Field, 60, died at his estate “The Elms”, in Mahwah. He collapsed, while out for a walk on his grounds. He was a direct descendant of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, during the Civil War, of the Seventeenth Century. He was born in Calcutta, India of missionary parents. He had returned several years before, from the Real Estate business. He was survived by his wife Lady Isabella L. Fitzsimmons Field, who had served as the President of the American relief Legion, during the First World War. (Bristow)