He came of Revolutionary stock, his great-great-grandfather, Jonathan Condit, being a captain in one of the regiments in the War for Independence. Mr. Condit married, Oct. 16, 1878, Elizabeth R, Mulford (of Timothy W., East Orange), who was born Dec. 25, 1854, and died April 26, 1913. One never met Mrs. Condit without being impressed by her strong, true character, her sweetness of temper and Christian fortitude, her cheery, sunny disposition, her faithfulness to duty and her intellectual strength. A most gracious and loving simplicity was hers; devoted to home and family she yet found time to be greatly interested in both church and club work. Their children, Mrs. Helen L. Hood, Albert E. Condit and T. Mulford Condit, are all residents of East Orange. Mr. Condit, with his brother, William E. Condit, succeeded his father in the wholesale beef business in East Orange, which they carried on successfully for many years. He was also a founder and director in the East Orange National Bank and continued his directorship when it was changed to the Essex County Trust Company. He was a member of the New England Society, a charter member of the Orange Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, and its first treasurer. He was greatly interested in the Condit Family Association, one of the Executive Committee from its organization, and an earnest supporter of the revision work. For many years Mr. Condit was a member of Brick Presbyterian Church, East Orange, and served the church faithfully as trustee and elder, holding the latter office at the time of his death. In his active life, both domestic and public, Mr. Condit was emphatically a Christian; lovable, genial and happy in personal life, so that those who knew him felt drawn to him and were ready to place confidence in him. They observed his sterling qualities as a man of affairs and a church officer, and his willingness always to be helpful to others, his loving sincerity and generosity in all human relations and his fidelity to known duty.8
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