X/ .♦^■V. A i BIOGRAPHICAL AND PORTRAIT CYCLOPEDIA OF THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY, COMPRISING >y J" MIDDLESEX, MONMOUTH AND SOMERSET COUNTIES TOGETHER WITH AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF EACH COUNTY. EDITED BY SAMUEL T. WILEY IVTHOR OF HISTORIES OF NIAGARA, WASHINGTON AND WARREN COl'NTIES, NEW YORK; PEESTON AND MONONGALIA COINTIES. WEST VIRGINIA; AND FAYETTE, WESTMORELAND, BLAIR, INDIANA, ARMSTRONG, SCHUYLKILL, CHESTER, DELAWARE AND MONTGOMKRY COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA. PHILADELPHIA: BIOGRAPHICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1896. ^'^STfi f J> PHHSS OP JAS. ». HOUURRS PRINTING COMPANY, 53 A 54 NORTH SIXTH STRBBT, PKlLADKLPHlAt ^A. PREFACE. /rp'/fgy isrOHY AND BIOGRAPHY— tlie life of the nation and the storv of the individual — are inseparably connected, for history is the synthesis of biography, and biography is the analysis of history ; md that department of history most valuable for the intelligent study of national life is biography, as it affords one great means of historical generalization. Biographical history is now popular l)ecause important. It secured national recognition in the Centennial year of the American Republic, when Con- gress recommended to every city, town and connty of the United States the necessity and duty of secnring for pi'eservation and future nse their local history and the biographies of their prominent and worthy citizens. Biography, teaching the highest good by presenting worthy examples, has become an indis- pensable element of all branches of history, and aids largely in the study of tlie philosophy of history. In its earlier stages of growth, biograph}' was only the story of the lives of heroes and great men often but partly and partially told, but in its later development it is the more impartial and satisfactory record of the great, the deserving and the nseful in every walk of life. Biography also preserves the names of thousands remarkable for wisdom, virtue, intelligence, energy and ability, and who only lacked opportunity to have won fame and distinction. History and biography have ceased to be ponderous and pompous ; have ceased to be the story of monarchy and the record of kings, and are now the life of the nation and the chronicles of individual effort. We have in local biographical history a most potent and entertaining method of instructing b}^ precedent, of inciting to enudation, and of preserving the names of those who contributed to the transformation of tlie comities of this State from a primitive condition to their present wonderful state of development. No less important is a just and fitting memorial to those men and women who have impressed themselves upon their respective comuiunities, whether through industrial, politi- 6 Preface. cal, professioiiiil or civic relations. The history of the past is the history of the few ; the history of the present is the history of the many " who by head or hand, force of character or high attainment, have made themselves centres or sources of influence in their respective communities." These biographies, taken together, make a complete history, political, social, commercial and industrial. The Tliird Congressional District of New Jersey, comprising the counties of Middlesex, Monmouth and Somerset, constitutes one of the important districts in the State, and demands the best work on the part of historian, biographer and pul)lisher. Neither time, labor nor expense has been spared in the preparation of this volume, and it is placed before the public with the belief that it will be found equal to any work of similar character published in tliis country. Various authorities have been consulted in the compilation of the intro ductory sketches, as W. Woodward Clayton's history of Middlesex and Union counties, Franklin C. Ellis's history of Monmouth comity, and James P. Snell's history of Somerset county. The work was specially designed to be biographical in its leading feature, giving much less comprehensiveness to the general historical matter, and, while containing some compilated material, the work is almost wholly devoted to new and original information. And in its preparation it would be presuming too much on human vigilance and ability to sa}' that it is absolutely free from errors. The concise account given of political, judicial, medical, militar}^, educa- tional and religious matters, has been compiled from various sources of reliable and accurate information available. Produced l)y ii vast amount of labor, wo believe this cyclopedia supplies a general and i)ermanent want, and contains no information that will become obsolete through the advance of knowledge. It seeks to preserve all valuable in the past, and yet includes the men who are active in the district in every line of progress and development at the present. THE PUBLISHERS. TABLE OF CONTENTS. GENERAL HISTORY CHAPTER I. Introduction — Geography — Topography — South Amboy Heights— Pigeon Swamp —Geology— Indian Occupation .... CHAPTER II. Early Settlements— Land Claims .... CHAPTER III. Proprietary Rule— Provincial Govern- ment — County Formation CHAPTER IV. The Revolutionary War CHAPTER V. Internal Improvements CHAPTER VI. The Civil War OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY. CHAPTER VII. Later Railways— Rutgers College— New Industries — County Progress 26 17 I CHAPTER VIII. 20 Cities and Townships 27 CHAPTER IX. 21 The Bench and Bar 32 I CHAPTER X. 22 The Medical Profession— Early Physi- cians—Later Physicians 35 23 ! CHAPTER XI. 24 Churches 37 GENERAL HISTORY CHAPTER I. Geography — Topography — Geology .... CHAPTER II. Indian Occupation — Dutch Discovery — Monmouth Patent CHAPTER III. County Formation — English Conquest — English, Scotch and Dutch Settle- ments CHAPTER IV. Proprietary and Royal Provincfal Gov- ernment OF MONMOUTH COUNTY. CHAPTER V. „q Commencement of the Revolution— Pro- tection Papers— Battle of Monmouth — Pine Robbers .... 46 I CHAPTER VI. ^. The Civil War 48 41 CHAPTER VII. Townships and Towns 50 CHAPTER VIII. The Bench and Bar 54 43 CHAPTER IX. The Medical Profession 56 CHAPTER X. 45 Religious Denominations 57 Table of Contexts. GENERAL HISTORY OF SOMERSET COUNTY. CHAPTER I. iNTItODlTTION — GEOGRAPHY AND GeOLOGY . 58 CHAPTER II. COMMEXCEMEXT OF THE EeVOLUTIOX— WaSU- I xGTOX's Retreat — Weston — H eights OK iliDDLEBROOK— Militia 60 CHAPTER III. Co.m.mexcemest of the Civil War — Regi- mental Histories and Mortuary Lists 62 CHAPTER IV. Later Railways — Present Industries — County Progress 64 CHAPTER V. Township Histories 65 CHAPTER VI. The Bench and Bar 68 CHAPTER VIL The Medical Profession — Churches — Schools — Bibliography • 71 BIOGRAPHIES ^r>L\CK, Theodore 100 .Vrrowsinitli, Eusebciis W 136 Ac'ken, Thomas N 161 Andei-son, John L. . . 330 Ackerson, Cornelius . . 331 AK\."v!imith, Joseph E 188 Amicss, Wiufield S. . . 221 Ai.plegate, M.D., A. T. 248 Annahle, The Misses . 252 Antouides, Jolin J. 279 Allaire, I'Mward S. . . 281 Ailiiire, George D. . . 284 Adam-, Robert L. . . . 201 .■\|ildegate, Grover T., M D 293 Allslniin, Harold K. . . 323 Anderson, .Andrew . . 884 Andriis, I)r. Cliarles . . (;i3 .■\mcrinan, Jolin . . 49t) Allen, John Traflbrd . 6i)3 Alibolt, George W. . . 5.i8 Anderson, William \V. 821 Antonides, Ten Brook . 836 Ac'kerinan, Jas. Franklin, M.l . 527 -ArroB-smith, S. V .>i2 Applegate, John Stillwell . . 919 Avers, Franklin M 745 Allen, Nathan 770 Armstrong, Henry K 704 Abbott, George AV o'lS Atkinson, Peter A 1U15 Atkinson, C. S 524 gURTT, Edward C 987 Brown, George W. . . . 923 Brill, John C 1022 Byer, Jacob 1024 Borden, Jacob P 1032 Burt, B. L 913 Bird, Millard F 942 Burroughs, William C. . . 934 Buck, Valentine P 932 Brown, Ferdinand 928 Brace, Dr. H. M 907 Burnett, Dr. Charles B. . . 901 Bolton, A. G 900 Brown, Marcus A 894 Bogaard, E. M. Andrew ... 887 Brazo, Paul F 974 Brogger, L. C. N 973 Brown, Capt. Charles H. . . . 963 Brower, Alonzo 313 Bogle, James E 464 Bedman, William, Jr 401 Bennett, Hudson 455 Booth, Ralph W 522 Bedle, T. 1 851 Birmingham, William H. . . 846 Bach, Abraham H 845 Brown, Elwood R., D.D.S. . . 834 Bean, Rev. William Ilausou . 562 Brower, Charles W 561 Buell, Charles E 810 Bollscliweiler, Andrew .... 797 Buchanan, James Henry . . . 786 Bel lis, Lewis A 729 Burns, Patrick ...... 720 Banker, John 715 Brown, Oliver H 686 Burtt, Jacob <) 691 Blew, J. M 773 Ballautine, J. W 947 Bowne, Capt. George J. . . . 765 Brown, James, Jr 758 Bazley, T. D 509 Borden, Dr. Richard F. . . . 503 Blackwell, Dr. L. .S 497 Benbrook, F. C 593 Beale, Fred. A 585 Blaisdell, Edward B 582 Brown, Arthur M 638 Bartine, Hon. John D. . . . 628 Brown, Hon. Albert D. . . . 627 Butcher, Charles H. . . . . . 621 Bonham, David 879 Brogley, Jacob 872 Burns, Thomas 868 Beach, William B 865 Brown, Thomas C 855 Burk, Mrs. M. W 855 Bailey, Capt. George .... 300 Baldwin, Henry R., M. D. . . 294 Briggs, Louis 263 Bevin, Dr. William 260 Benuelt, Charles A 239 Bennett, Charles A., Jr. . . . 237 Bailey, Capt. Foreman O. . . 205 Barr, D. Miller, M.D 202 Burtis, W. S 177 Berry, James E 385 Barnes, Kdwin W 368 Brokaw, Richard H 354 Berry, Albion R 344 Bissett, James 446 Bedle, A. F 433 Brown, Minor 431 Brown, Benjamin F. S. . . . 408 Bergen, James J 40 J Bruck, Joseph 403 Borden, John W 145 Bawden, John 139 Bedle, Elihu B 122 Booream, Mr. Theodore B. . . 115 Burroughs, Geo. Van Wagoner 60S Blodgett, Rufus 431 Bedford, J. 292 Table of Coxtexts. QAEROLL, Edgar, M.D. . 605 Cooley, Dr. Justice H. . 599 Crawford, James G 597 Conklin, Edgar E. .... 574 Corle, Hon. Calvin 515 Curtis, H. A 769 Curley, William E 764 Corle, George S 749 Clark, David 745 Conover, Richard S. . / . . 740 Coates, Charles E 663 Clauson, Andrew 681 Cole, Thomas C 669 Carson, William 704 Codington, Lewis M 701 Clinton, George A 797 Cooper, Dr. J. Howard . . . 793 Cronk, Lyman 567 Conover, Franklin Bruen . y. 551 Cook, Charles E 842 Carson, Garrett D 472 Carson, William H 472 Campion, Patrick 456 Campbell, James 965 Cliven, Joseph 959 Carberry, James 972 Conover, D. Lane ..•'... 971 Cook, Steward, Jr 988 Cantwell, Rev. W. F 986 Cartan, Lawrence 926 Conk, E. M 945 Colby, Rev. Frank C 938 Clark, John 934 Comings, (ieo. T 906 Conover, R. C ■ • l'^ Crego, Milo H 165 CJbrriell, Abner S 154 Crater, David S 114 Con very, Hon. Patrick ... 91 Chase, Hon. Daniel C 89 Cross, Rev. Henry 448 Cook, James E 438 Cuddy, Robert D 388 Carton, James D 387 Clark, Dr. S. V. D 384 Campbell, Peter B 382 Conover, Judge J. Clarence . 361 easier, Kufus T 910 Carson, lion. Robert .... 324 Case, Prof. Richard 232 Cortelyou, Abram A. . . . 223 Clayton, Charles T 207 Crawford, Charles V 310 Cawley, W. H 304 Childs, Henry J 296 Curtis, Henry H 275 Campbell, Prof. William ... 1011 Campbell, Jas. Wall Sehurenian 266 Chandler, E. D 265 Corlies, W. 1 864 Cooper, Thomas W 863 Clinton, William 856 Curtis, Henry H 275 Coriell, Samuel C 523 Chandler, A 660 Cook, Henry B 147 J)ANGLER, Philip .... 871 De Witt, Peter .... 315 Degenring, Jacob 301 Davis, William Henry .... 2.S0 Damerest, David D.,D.D.,LL.D. 276 Dunlop, William A 265 Davis, O. E 243 Deinzer, George H 229 Denise, John Henry . . . 219 De Hart, Stephen H 191 Doughty, Joshua, Jr 372 Dungau, Nelson Young ... 371 Du Bois, Rev. Benjamin . . . 370 Du Bois, Livingston 369 De Graw, Hon. Frank E. . . 349 Drake, Charles 447 Danz, Mrs. Lena H 438 Dalton, Frank 427 Dunn, .Jr., James 415 Donohue, Frank M 156 Daly, Peter Francis 146 De Nise, Hon. David Deiiiorest 96 Denelsbeck, M D , J. G. . . . 903 Davidson, John H 936 Dayton, Edward E 946 Donahue, John A. . . . 959 Dougherty, James 1031 ^ 10 Table of Contexts. Fay, James 933 Forman, John 929 Fisher, F. Williams 970 Francis, Charles Asa .... 969 Farrow, E. F 965 Fay, George DeAVitt, M.I). . 467 Fleidner, Randolph 460 Farry, Edward 835 Fare, A. B 815 Flanagan, John P 8o4 Field, Henry 487 Fields, Houston 1003 Freeman, S. E., M.D '787 Force, Albert L 774 Freeman, M.D., Otis Kussel . 663 Farley, Edgar VV 731 Fisher, Charles 508 Fay, Eugene 632 Fay, Thomas P 633 Fick, Peter W 729 Fisher, Dr. Claudius R. P . . 329 Fee, John, Jr 857 Feihle, Abram 533 Field, Benjamin M 652 Furman, Edwin 848 Q.EURIN, Claude V. ... 642 Grove, Harry B 517 Green, Adam 756 Glenn, James M 803 Gordon, James H 5()0 Green, Col. E. S 486 Griggs, Benjamin K 477 Green, Capt. Geori^e .... 557 Gill, Rev. William 1 397 Gulick, Alctander 702 Greenwald, Charle.s 726 Giles, Howard 793 Giles, Samuel S 781 Gibson, Fred. J .5(i2 Gray, Henry 978 Gray, Alvah 444 Getsinger, Herman 282 Grace, Tobias 363 Gandrum, George 244 Gravatt, Samuel 872 ( iarrettson, Henry S 788 Guire, Jolm 922 Dayton, Spencer 979 Dayton, Herbert 980 Deitche, John J 1012 Denike, Willett 518 Demarest, William H 493 Dealamau, Adam 792 Decker, Dr. Dayton E. . . . 791 De Mott, J. K 782 Davis, Walter W 654 Davis, Rev. T. E 648 Dilts, George A 732 De Groff, Capt. William . . . 636 De Voe, August A 623 Dally, Rev. John W 615 Day, George William .... 754 Duryee, William B 657 Dickson, John 889 Davison, Robert 898 Dahmer, John S 640 ^NGLISH, M.D., David C 507 Ely, Andrew 664 Ellis, John 720 Emmons, E. H 684 Emeiy, Thomas J 547 Eastbum, Lewis D 822 Eckert, Adam 971 Erhart, John 943 Kn=;gn, Samuel E 003 Ellis, Charles 176 Esburg, Isaac B 190 Elkins, Charles E 278 Elmendorf, John E 255 Rlgar, Milton A 858 Errickson, Richard \ 853 Enright, John 313 Euright, James, Jr 992 Edwards, Charles L 580 Klkins, Isaac L. F .580 JpRELINGHUYSEN, Du- mont 316 Forman, Samuel R 206 Flynn, Dr. Thomas H. . . . 377 Farrington, Martin Luther . . 453 Farrington, Southwell Unyce . 102 Griffin, William 8-54 Grant, Hon. William H. . . 1030 Gallagher, Thomas 455 rjARVEY, David, Jr. . . . 352 Hummer, A 382 Hunt, John Ely 398 Hoxsie, Bismarck 179 Hoagland, G. G., M.D. ... 194 Hoskins, Wilmer E 208 HUls, Daniel Henry 247 Higgins, Dr. Archibald Alexan- der 287 Hagerman, Richard R. . . . 254 Hennessey, Garrett 410 Harned, Isaac S 821 ' Hull, Henry Augustus .... 819 Hulse, William C 1028 Hults, A. E., M.D 457 Harris, J. N -WO^ Haynes, Prof. John S 541 Hinds, John S 535 Height, George M 931 Horasby, Capt. Samuel W. . . 891 Hanson, John .548 Hartman, Robert 906 Hardenburg, Warren .... 141 Hall, William 131 Herbert, Hon. Charles Biddle . 215 Herbert, George B 1004 Herbert, John Warreu, Jr. . . 119 Herbert, Dr. Ralph Willis . . 666 Howel, Lewis T 86 Howell, Hon. Beujamin T. . . 1010 Howell, Stephen 750 Hubbard, John V 852 Hulsizer, Sidney 878 Houston, Charles A 495 Hopper, Rulef F 608 Harrison, A. C 566 Hanison, John 548 Hill, Rev. Charles E 480 Harkins, Hon. William F. . . 477 Hart, Rev. John 559 Homnumn, Charles Chaimcey . 802 Herson Brothers 804 Harned, Dr. S. P 784 liegeman, I'cnjamiu .\. . . . 1035 ^>^ CHAPTER III. PROPRIETARY RULE — PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT — COUNTY FORMATION. KING the period of proprie- tary control the settlers were engaged in making roads, and liad two absorbing topics for discussion : land claims, and ^^^^'^V the East and West Jersey partition line. The Dutch were the fn-st road builders in the county, and their main highway, although but a narrow road, was from Elizabethtown, through Woodbridge and Piscataway, to Inian's Ferry, now New Brunswick, and known as the Upper Road. The next road was the Lower Road, leaving the Upper Road west of New Brunswick, but finally running from that city through Cranbury to Bur- lington, on the Delaware. All others, except the Raritan road, from Piscataway to Somerset county, were mere cart-ways. Proyincial Government— The change from the rule of the proprietors to that of the crown brought no blessings to the people, who, with increasing nuudjers, grew more restless luider arbitrary invasions of their liberties. In 1712 two additional roads of importance were laid out, a road along the Minisink Indian path, and the Mid- dlebush road, from New Brunswick to Middlebush, and probably to Millstone, in Somerset county. Numerous local roads were opened and Middlesex county, about 1776, had become one of the wealthiest counties of New Jersey. County Formation. — The territory of the county under the Dutch in l()(il was placed within the jurisdiction ol' the town of Bergen, and in 1675 the legislature declared that " Woodbridge and Piscata- qua be a county," but they failed to give the new county a name. This nameless state of county existence came to an end in 1682, when the general assembly of East Jersey divided their wlu)le province into four counties : Bergen, Essex, Mid- dlesexand Monmouth. Middlesex county was " to begin from the parting line be- tween Es.sex county and Woodliridge line, containing Woodl)ridge and Piscata- way, and all the plantati(jns on botii sides of the Raritan river as far as Chesquake harbor eastward, extending southwest to the division line of the province and northwest to the utmost bounds of the province." In March, 1088, Somerset was set off from Middlesex county, and in 1838 a part of the county was taken to help form Mercer, while in 1800 a part of Woodbridge townshii) was given to the city of Rah way and Union county. Against these losses of territoi-y but one accession is to be recorded, and that was a small portion of Plain field township, Union county, which was given to Pis- cataway township in 1871. Tlie bound- ary lines of the county have been defined and changed b}^ acts of legislature in the years 1710, '13, '90, 1822, '55 and '58. 21 CHAPTER IV. THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. LTHOUGH the Revolution- ary period properly com- meiioed in Middlesex county, upon receipt of the news of the battle of Lexington by the general committee of cor- respondence, appointed by the representative convention, which met at New Brunswick, July 21, 1774, yet for nearly a hundred years the education of the people for that event had been progressing under parliamentary task- masters. The second colonial conven- tion, under the name of the Provincial (Jongress of New Jersey, met at Trenton in 1775, and appointed a committee or council of safety to act during the recess of its sessions. Tlie second Provincial Congress, met at New Brunswick, in Feb., 1770, deposed the royal governor, and formed an independent state govern- ment. Middlesex, from the May days of 1775, had borne well her part in the great struggle, and Washington, after his reverses on Long Island and at New York, retreated, (m Nov. 28, 1770, to New Brunswick, which he was compelled to evacuate, Dec. 2. 1770, just as the IJritish appeared in sigiit of the pl.ace. Tiie Britisii occupied New Brunswick from Dec. 2, 1770, till June 22, 1777, and, during their period of occupation, spoliated si.\ hundred and fifty persons, l)urned one hundred dwellings and mills, and di'stroyed property in Middlesex county to the value of $040,005. The population of the county did not exceed twelve thousand, and the householders, on whom tliis loss fell, did not number over two thousand. A record of these damages is preserved in the state library at Trenton. A bright tribute to the pa- triotism of the county, during tliis period when it was being ravaged and plundered by the British, is recoi'ded in the state- ment that among the names of one thou- sand disaffected New Jerseymen returned to the council of safety, but twenty-six were inhabitants of Middlesex. Soldiers from the county served bravely from Long Island to Yorktown, and we liave record of two generals, Nathaniel Heard and Jolin Neilson ; and four col- onels, Jacob Ilyer, John Taylor, 'Robert Taylor, and John Wetherill, who were from Middlesex county. The county also furnished eight lieutenant-colonels, nine majors, sixty-one captains, seventy- two other odicers, and nine hundred and seventy-four privates. Besides these, there were others who served whose names have not been j)reserved. Of the people of Middlesex county during the Revolutionary war, Charles 1). Deshler says: "In all the qualities which constitute manhood they were rich be^'ond precedent, and they remain at this da}' the best models for our imitation, in all tliose solid and unobtrusive virtues which make a vigorous and great people." CHAPTER Y. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. HE Rovoliitionary war in- terrupted colonial growth in New Jersey, and at that time no count}' in the state was in a more prosperous condition than Middlesex. After the close of that great strug- gle no county in the commonwealth was in worse condition from British ravages than Middlesex, yet her people went to work manfully to retrieve their wrecked farms and shattered fortunes, and in less than ten years were so far successful that old farms were repaii'ed and improved, new ones cleared out, and tlie population had increased nearly five thousand. Old roads were widened and new ones made, and turnpikes were projected about the time that the suliject of a canal was discussed. The Delaware and Raritan canal was completed from Bordentown to New Brunswick in 18-34, and an im- mense tide of travel from Philadelphia set in through the county to reach New York city. The Camden and South Ani- boy railroad, also finished in 1834, helped in transporting passengers and freight, and fiuMiished an outlet to the inliabi- tants of the county and their products. Succeeding the construction of the canal came the building of the early railroads. and the development of the marl beds and clay pits. Tlie count}' was holding well its own in growth and wealth among the other counties of the state, had been but little affected by the war of 1812, although its coast was subject to invasion from British vessels that sought to de- stroy its commerce, but received a tem- porary clieck in the great finiincial panic of 1857. Next came the political agitation of 1860, and the great rising war-storm of the succeeding year checked in Middle- sex, as in every other county of the state, all growth and progress, and shat- tered alike sober calculation and gilded day-dream. The latter part of this pike, canal and railroad period, stretching for nearly three quarters of a century through peaceful times, was now to be succeeded by the civil war pei'iod, whose results were to work wonderful changes in the political and civil institutions of the nation. But the close of the latter period was followed by a renewed spirit of business and commercial activity, and this gave rise to enterprises of various magnitude, especially in the line of manu- facturing and agricultural industries, until the internal improvements developed to the present time, and the material resour- ces so largely augmented since, have made Middlesex second to none of her sister counties. 23 CHAPTER YI, THE Cnil, WAR. EAUREGARD'S circling bat- teries opened fire on the walls ol' Fort Sumter, aroused a storm of indignation through- out the north, and when Lincoln issued his procla- mation for seventj-five thou- sand men, no state responded more heartih' than did New Jersey. Un- der tliis call Middlesex county had no oi-ganized compan\', but many of her sons served in companies from other counties. Under the second call Companies C, E, F, and G, of the First New Jersey infan- try, were from Middlesex county. The First regiment was drilled and trained under the dauntless Kearney, and on a score of liard-lbught battle-fields did credit to that knightly soldier. It fought bril- liantly from Manassas Gap to Appomat- tox and made an imperishable record for bravery. Those of Company C who gave their lives were : Corporals John Faller, John J. Perry, and Henry Ilallman ; pri- vates, Thomas Conover, James Cox, Wil- liam Hamilton, John O'Neil, C. H. Rob- erts, Joseph Stafford, and David B. Tap- pan. The mortuary list of (.'onipany F was: Corporals Miles Garrigan and 13. F. Mof- fett; privates, P. P. Blake, Richard Barr}-, James Burns, Ambrose Boyce, George A. Dunn, Patrick Dunn, Alexan- der Dobson, George W. ilooker, John 24 Morris, D. B. S. Prall, and George Wil- son. The death-roll of Company G was : Privates (Jeorge R. Buzzee, John Buck- ley, William Mesrole, T. F. Phillips, and Peter Rausch. Companies A and B, of the Ninth infantry, were recruited in Middlesex county. The Ninth regiment partici- pated in forty-two battles and engage- ments, and is one of the regiments of which New Jersey will alwajs be proud. The mortuary roll of Company A was : Privates William Clayton, Thomas Du- gan, John Scully, Salter S. Stults, and William H. Silvers. The mortuar\' list of Company B was : Sergeant F. M. Hoyes ; privates, Ferdi- nand Disbrow. and Thomas B. Moore. The Fourteenth regiment was rai.sed largely outside of Middlesex county. The full companies from thiscouiily were C, D, E, I, and K. The Fourteenth fought with great bravery in many bat- tles under Grant and Sheridan, and iielped to save Washington city at the battle of Monocacy. The mortuary list of Company D was: Captains J. W. Con- over and Henry D. Bookstover; Lieu- tenant Henry J. Conine ; privates, William Addison, J. J. Armstrong, Rol> ert Barker, W. H. Bills, Peter Brown, William Church, George H. Camp. An- drew J. Estell, James Estell, William Historical Sketch. 25 Gorman, James Hawkins, Edward Ha- vens, W. H. Lewis, Levi Martin, Robert H. Runyon, W. A. N. Shores, D. P. So- den, and Jeremiah Van Dusen, and Cor- poral Henry Van Kirk. Company E lost Cornelius Bayard, John B. Dunham, and Elmer Noe. The loss of Company I was : Joseph Bruce, Abraham V. Pardun, Jefferson H. Rogers, Samuel B. States, Henry Smith, and Jacob Wilson. The mortuary list of Company K was : Corporals Isaac W. Meyers and David Ryno ; privates, Daniel Carver, William Culver, J. T. Disl)row, Henry Daly, David Calligan, J. M. Hagaman. Luke Stout, A. P. Schenk, Van R. Ten Broeck, John Ten Eick, Stephen Voorhees, William Van Duyn, and James Wesscll. The Twenty-eighth regiment was large- ly recruited in Middlesex county. The following companies — B, C, D, F, I, and K — were entirely raised in the count}'. The Twenty-eighth regiment, although serving but nine months, acquitted itself with honor, fighting bravely at Fred- ericks))urg and Chancellorsville. The regiment was mustered into the service at^Freehold, New Jersey, Sept. 22, 1862. Its field officers were as follows : Colonel, Moses N. Wisewell ; Lieutenant-Colonel, E. A. L. Roberts ; Major, S. K. Wilson ; Adjutant, William A. (Julick; Chajjlain, C. J. Page; Surgeon, William D. Newell; Assistant Surgeon, Benjamin N. Baker. The I'ogiment, nine hundred and forty strong, left Freehold on Oct. 4, 1802, and reaching Washington on the night of the 5tli, encamped on Capitol Hill. On the morning of the loth it crossed into Vir- ginia and was attached to General Aber- crombie's command. On the first of De- ceiuber it again broke camp, and crossing into Maryland, marched to Liverjjool Point, on the lower Potomac, whence, on the 5th, it crossed to Acquia creek, and in the midst of a driving snow storm, went into camp uutil the 8th, when it proceeded to Faliuouth. Here it was at- tached to the First Brigade (General Kim- ball's). Third Division (General French's), Second Army (Jorps. During the whole time that the regi- ment was attached to tlie Army of the Potomac it held a position in the imme- diate front, within a short distance of the Rappahannock, aud was, consequently, at all times exposed to attack l)y raiding parties of the enemy. At the battle of Fredericksburg this regiuient signally distinguished itself by exceptional galhiiitry, aud Colonel Wise- well was severely wounded aud carried from the field. The casualties of the regiment were as follows : — Company B : Corporals W. R. Herron and W. V. P. Davison ; pri- vates E. P. Gavitt, Thomas Jolly, W. H. Rogers, and John Thompson. The mortuary list of Compan\' (" was : Sergeant Henry Brantingham ; (Corporal J. R. Field ; privates George D. Boice, C. D. Green, Aaron H. Lane, J. F. Lang- staff, W. C. Merrell, Martin McCray, Au- gustus Ryno, p. F. Runjon, David S. Smith, and Charles W. Toupet. The loss of Company D was : Benja- min P. Combs, George W. Cunnnins, John French, T. M. Ilolcomb, William Marsh, Francis Oliver, Henry Quinn, John Reed, and C. B. Wilson. Company F lost the following men: Ulrich Brobell, Joseph Cutter, John C. De Witt, Charles D. Oilman, Patrick McGrail, and David G. Welsh. The loss of Company K Avas: Aln'a- ham Arose, Jolm Durham, Thomas Dunn, Isaac McGravv, and Charles Smith. CHAPTER VII. LATER RAILWAYS — RUTGERS COLLEGE — NEW INDUSTRIES — COUNTY PROGRESS. .^. wajf rapid X )N after the war, railroad Imildiiig was resumed with increased activity tliroughout the coun- try, and Middlesex ccnmty was not neg- lected"^. With the build- ing of the later rail- tlic county was placed in easy and communication with all sections of the country. Including the earlier rail- roads, the principal railways now are : the Camden and Amboy, New Jersey. Central of New Jersey, Bound Brook and Eastern, Perth Amboy and Eliza- beth, Rocky Hill, and Freehold Exten- sion. Rutgers College. — Although chartered in 1770, and one of the older colleges of the United States, yet Rutgers College, known as Queen's College up to 1825, did not prosper in the interests of the Dutch Reformed church as was expected by its founders. In 18G5, the State Col- lege of New Jersej' was organized as a department of Rutgers College, and from that J'ear, Rutgers has taken high rank among the colleges of the United States. The college was named for Col. Henry Rutgers and an interesting history of it is given by Dr. T. S. Doolittle in the " History of Union and Middlesex (Joun- ties." 26 New Industries. — Since the late civil war, many old industries have attained a new lease of life, and some new ones iiave come into existence. Of the older industries having a great development, may be named those using the plastic clays, the others manuf\icturing rubber goods, and the marl business. Of later industries, are the many new manufac- tures established within twenty years; cranberry cultivation, and the manufac- tories of electric machinery by the " Wiz- ard of Menlo Park." Among the great manufacturing centres of the state are: New Brunswick, noted for India-rubber goods ; Perth Amboy, celebrated for stone-ware and fire-l)rick ; and South'Am- boy, well known as a leading shipping [)()int ft)r coal. County Progress. — The progress of the county has been slow, but steady and substantial. With great resources not yet fully developed, the future wealth of Middlesex county will come from farm and mine, from shop and factory, and from clay-pit and marl-bed. The educa- tional progress and moral growth of the people have kept pace with the wonder- fid development of material resources, and the ra[)id up-buildiug of manufac- turing industries, and future power and greatness seem assuicil fi'oin present wealth and intelligence. CHAPTER YIII. CITIES AND TOWNSHIPS. fllE city of Perth Amboy, whose Indian name was Onibo, or Onipoye (mean- ing an elbow), and whose eai'ly designations by the colonists were Amboyle and Emboyle, has the honor of being the second seat of govern- ment for East Jersey. It was laid ont in 1683, incorporated as a city in 1718, and has increased in population from 815 in 1810, to over 8,000 in 1896. While not fulfilling the extravagant ex- pectations of its founders in surpassing New York city and becoming the metrop- olis of the new world, yet being healthy, and possessing a fine harbor, it has be- come a leading city and a great railroad centre of the state, with large stoneware and fire-brick industries. Of the early settlers ))ut little account can be found, and of the two hundred Scotch that came over in the " Henry and Francis," in 1685, but few remained in the place. Churches were established at an early day, but the earliest record of a school is in 1765, and it was in con- nection with St. Peter's church. Thomas Johnston taught in the court-house in 1774, and his assistant, a Mr. Garrick, succeeded him. Nearly a hundred years afterwards, in 1870, the board of educa- tion was organized, and since then an excellent system of public schools has grown up, and retlccts credit on the cit^^ The first court-house was burned in 1766. and its successor Avas finally sold, while the first jail was burned and the second torn down when the county seat Avas removed to New Brunswick. The stocks and pillory accompanying the early court- house are gone, but the militar\' barracks built in 1758 were confiscated to the United States in 1783. The post-office was established about 1694, the Middle- sex County State Bank was organized March 14, 1872, and the custom-house dates back to Aug. 14, 1687, while the fire department was not effectively or- ganized until after the Revolution. Tliree great railways give Perth Amboy trans- portation to all the inland cities of the United States and Canada, and it has communication by water with all the ports and markets of the world. New Brunswick City. — The site of the city was originally known as Pridmore's Swamp, where Daniel Cooper, by tradi- tion, was the first settler. John Inian came in 1681, and established a ferry whose name was soon applied to the up- springing hamlet. The name of Inian's Ferry clung to the place after it liad grown to some size, and the first mention of the name of New Brunswick in con- nection with the town was in 1724. Six years later there was a Dutch emigration from Albany, N. Y., of several families, 27 Historical Sketch. who built up Albany street. New Bruns- wick was incorporated as a city in 1784, and in 1801 a new charter was obtained. In 1828 New Brunswick had but 5,000 population, and in 1830 was a great depot for the wholesale grain trade, and since the coming of the first railway train in 1830, lias grown wonderfully in importance antl wealth. New Brunswick has good land and water communications, possesses large manufactories of India-rubber goods, wall paper, machiner}-, buttons and hosier}^ and is the seat of Rutgers College, one of the oldest institutions of higher learn- ing in the United States. The city is well provided with churches. Of its early schools i)efore 1800 hut little is known. The Lancasterian school was established in 1803, and since 1855 the pid>lic schools have advanced rapidly under the management of the" board of education. Rutgers College was estab- lished in 1766, the Theological Semi- nary was projected in 1755, and in later years two young ladies' seminaries, a grammar school and a con.servatory of music were among the educational ad- vantages added to the city. New Bruns- wick has an eflicient fire department, banks, insurance companies, water-works, and all the conveniences of a modern city. Woodbridge Township. — Tiiis township was chartered June 1, 1009, and named after Rev. John Woodbridge, of New- bury, Mass. Sandy, pipe, and laminated clays, and micaceous and laminated sands are found. Clay-pits and feldspar and kaolin mines arc operated. Obadiah Avers, Jonathan Ilaynes, and Ephraim Andrews settled in the township in 1073, and by IGSO cpnte a number of families were settled. In 1G82 a hundred acres of school land were ordered to Ije laid out, but no teacher is mentioned until 1689, when James Fullerton was to be enter- tained as school-master. John Brown and John Backer were next mentioned as teachers. Woodljridge Academy' was built in 1793, and Elm Tree Institute was opened in 1822, while the Barron Library, containing over 3000 books, was dedicated in 1877. The towns and ham- lets are : Woodbridge, Uniontown, Ford's Corners, Houghtonville, East Wood- bridge Edgar, and Leestown, of whose history there is but little mention. Wash- ington visited Woodbridge in 1789, and fiai'ayette passed through in 1824. Piscataway Township. — This township was incorporated in 1798, whileits records date back to 1G95. The name was given by associate purchasers, wdio were natives along the Piscataqua river, in New Eng- land. In course of time the spelling was changed to the present form. Amtnig the early settlers were the Gilmans, in 1605; the Blackshaws, Blackwells, Drakes and Hendricks, in 1077; and the Dotys and Wolfs, in 1G78. The principal villages are : New Market, once called {\ygi county court of Middlesex, was held at Piscataway. The second county court Avas held at W(x)dbridge, Sept. 18, 1(183, and thereafter was held alternately at Pis- cataway and Woodbridge, until June 28, 1G88, when a session was held for the first time at Perth Anilioj', and thereafter until IGUO the courts were held altern- ately at Woodbridge, Piscataway and Amboy. From 1708 and long after, courts were held at Amboy only. The first court-house and jail was built at Perth Amboy between the years 1717 and 1720. The courts were then trans- ferred to New Brunswick in Januar3'. 1778, and mention is made in July ot the same year of a court-house there, which' was the British barrack building. It was a stone structure, si.xty by one hundred and forty feet, and answered as court-hou.se and jail until 17'.tr). when it was burned. A iK)rtion of the stones were taken the next year to build a jxiil on Paterson street. The first record wc have of the names of counsellors being called in the courts of this county was at the General Quar- ter Sessions of the i^eace, held at Perth Amboy, in Sept., 1708. They may have practiced at an earlier date even than this, 32 perhaps, ])eginning soon aftci- the opening of the courts in the reign of Queen Anne, but the recoi'ds being missing from the close of the proprietary government till the year 1708, there are no means of as- certaining whether there were lawyers or not in the courts prior to the latter year. Among those that appeared alter this date, were Francis Sites, John Lofton, Corse Froam (probably Vroom), and An- drew Gordon. From 1741 to the commencement of the Revolution we find the following lawyers practicing in the courts of the county: — Philip Kearney, 1741; John Smyth, 1741; Francis Costigin, Richard Williams, John Price, John Lawrence, and Messrs. Rosevelt and Patrick McEw- ers, 1741-42; Cortland Skinner, Lewis IMorris and David Ogden, 1742; Messrs. Lyne, Lurtin and Anthony White, 1748; Barnardus Lagrange, 1745 ; Klisha Park- er, 174() ; Messrs. Lewis M. Ashlield and Coxe, 1748: Peter Kindjle and Anthony Waters, 1749; Messrs. Kelley, William Pidgeon, R. Lawrence, Jacob De Hart, Al)raham Cottman, from 1750 to 175o ; Thomas Kennedy, 1754 ; Richard Stock- ton, 1755; James llude, Jr., 17()0; Coi'- nelius Low, 17(10; William Thompson, Jonathan De Deare. G. Ross, Klias Hou- dinot, Ravand Kearney, 1702-0o; Ja.s- per Smith. Kphriani Anderson, James Graham. Mr. Wardell, 1703-04. Historical Sketch. 33 Judges of the Common Pleas since 1683. — Samuel Dennis, John Palmer, 1683 ; Samuel Dennis, 1084-87 ; Samuel Win- der, 1688; Andrew Hamilton, 1688-93; John Imians, 1693-97; John Bo3'ce, 1697; Samuel Dennis, 1698-99; Peter Sonmans, 1708-9; Thomas Farmar, 1710; Elisha Parker, 1711-14 ; Adam Hude, 1715-20; Michael Veghte, 1718; Wil- liam Ejer, 1719; Robert Hude, James Thompson, Henry Freeman, Ezekiel Bloomfield, Benjamin Hall, Samuel Nevil, James Hude, John Heard, James Smith, Jeremiah Field, Richard (Jutter, 1741; Pontius Steele, 1742; Stephen Warne, 1743; John Nevill, Nicholas Everson, Runie Runyon, Thomas Gach, 1746 ; William Hutchinson, 1747 ; Wil- liam Cheesman, Jedediah Higgins, 1748; James Nelson, Josiah Davidson, John Batley, 1749 ; Abraham Lane, Jonathan Frazee, 1751; William Heard, 1754; Nehemiah Dunham, William Crawford, 1760; James Parker, Thomas Walker, 1761; Samuel Barren, 1762; Evert Van Wickle, Esq., 1796-1803; Jonathan Combs, 1796-1801; Ercuries Beatty, Jonathan Bloomfield, 1796; Ezekiel Smith, 1797; Elijah Philips, 1798; Henry Marsh, Esq., Thomas Stelle, Sam- uel Randolph, 1799; John Rattoone. Daniel Agnew, John Dey, Ichabod Pot- ter, 1801 ; Benjamin Lindsay, John James, 1803; Samuel Randolph, Na- thaniel Hunt, Thomas Hill, 1804 ; An- drew Rowan, Thomas Hance, Henry Freeman, William Tindell, Asa Runyon, David Durham, 1806 ; Ichabod Potter, John Rattoone, John F. Randolph, John L. Anderson, 1807 ; John Lewis, Robert McChesney, Jacob Van Wickle, 1808 ; John James, Samuel F. Randolph, 1809 ; William Tindell, Asa Runyon, Joseph McChesney, Andrew Rowan, Henry Free- 3 man, Thomas Hanco, Benjamin Mundy, John Anhalt, Ephraim Harriott, 1811 ; John Vhit, George Boice, Jr., Andrew Elston, Nathaniel Hunt, 1812; David Chambers, Jacob Van Wickle, Robert McChesney, John James, 1813; John Fitz Randolph, 1814 ; William Tindell, Robert Arnold, John Smith, 1815; Asa Runj'on, Joseph McChesney, Thoinas Hance, Benjamin Mundy, 1816; George Boice, 1817; Nathaniel Hunt, Robert McChesney, 1818; John N. Simp.son, 1819; John Gillman, John Smith, James Harriott, Joseph McChesney, 1820 ; Ben- jamin Mundy, N. Booream, Ji-., Bedford Jol), Jacob Van Wickle, 1821; Nathaniel Hunt, 1822; R. McChesney, 1823; Sam- uel Stelle, John Gillman, 1824; John M. Cheney, James Harriott, Ichaljod Potter, 1825 ; Jacob Van Wickle, Joseph Ford, N. Booream, Thomas Hance, William B. Manning, 1826; Roln-rt McChesney, 1828; N. Booream, John B. Mount, James Harriott, John S. Van Dyke, 1829; Simeon Mundy, .Toseph McChesney, Wil- liam B. Manning, IchalxMl Potter, 1830; Jo.seph Ford, Thomas Hance, 1831; John Van Wickle, 1832; Peter P. Runyon, Simeon Mundy, M. Mundy, 1833; A. W. Brown, William B. Manning, James Harriott, Samuel C. Johnes, 1834 ; Jared I. Dunn, John S. Van Dyke, Ichabod Potter, Jcseph McChesne}-, 1835; F. Hardenburgh, Joseph Ford, John La Tourrette, C. M. Campbell, John Perrine, Jr., 1837; Jonathan Booream, Jacob Van Wickle, D. W. Vail, 1838; Peter Duncan, John B. Mount, Edgar Free- man, 1837 ; Peter P. Runyon, Simeon Mundy, Peter P. Measserell, 1838 ; Isaac Story, A. D. Titsworth, 1839; Joseph Ford, Ichabod Potter, 1840; Charles Abrahams, 1841 ; Ellis I. Thompson, John La Tourrette, Edgar Freeman, 34 Historical Sketch. Haley Fisk, John Perrine, Jr., Peter Duncan, 1842 ; Jonathan Booream, Thomas Potts, Peter D. Messerell, Sim- eon Mundy, Peter P. Runyon, D. Fitz Randolph, Jacob Van Wickle, Bergan Scott, James Harriott, James Conover, Andrew Agnew, Joseph McChesney, Matthias Brown, Alanson Newton, 1843; John S. Cruser, M. Mundy, F. Stults, Peter Cortelyou, Asher Martin, S. G. Delth, James N. Wam, Francis Huffman, John Van Breeke, 1844 ; John Perrine, 184G; A. D. Titsworth, 1847; Edgar Freeman, 1848; D. Fitz Randolph, 1849; Peter D. Runyon, 1850; Alanson New- ton, 1851 ; A. P. Droast, 1852 ; Bethel Ward, 1853; James C. Goble, 1854; Abram P. Punost, 1857; Joel B. Laing, 1858 ; John Perrine, 1859 ; A. P. Speere, Dayton Decker, 1862 ; Charles T. Cowen- hoven, H. H. Brown, 18G9; Elihu Cook, 1872; A. D. Brown, 1873; Woodbridge Strong, Andrew J. Disbrow, 1874; Charles S. Scott, 1877 ; Charles F. New- ton, 1878; Andrew K. Cogswell, 1879- 82; Chas. T. Cowenhoven, 1885; J. Kear- ney Rice, 1890 ; Woodbridge Strong, 1896. Members of the Bar since 1800. — Joseph Wanvn Scott, 1801-1804 ; Jacob R. llar- denburg, 1805; Cornelius L. Harden- burg, 1812; John S. Nevius, 1819; Lit- tleton Kirkpatrick, 1821 ; John S. Bhiu- velt, 1825; George Richmond, 1825; William H. Leupp, 1827; George P. Mol- leson, 1828; Robert Adrain, Jr., 1830; Benson Milledoler, 1830; George H. Vroom, 1833; Henry V. Speer, 1834: John Van Dyke, 1836 ; John C. Elmdorf. 1837; Edward S. Vail, 1842; Abraliam V. Schenck, 1843; John G. McDowell, 1838; Charles S. Scott, 1844; Warren- burg, 1848; William Hartough, 1849; Alexander ('. Stark, 1850; Benjamin K. W. Strong, 1S52; George C. Ludlow, 1853; George R. Dutton, 1857; J. Elmer Stout, 1857; Charles I.Rutgers, 1866; Charles Morgan Herbert, 1860 ; Charles Morgan, 1860; Joseph J. Ely, 1860; Herbert Stout, 1861 ; Theodore Strong, Jr., 1861 ; J. Randolph Appleby, 1862 ; Henry L. Van Dyke, 1862 ; Samuel M. Schenck, 1862; Jonathan Dixon, Jr., 1862-05; Oliver E. Gordon, 1864-67; Chas. T. Cowenhoven, 1865; Jas. H. Van Cleet', 1867; Beasley Mercer, Jr., 1865; Edward Wood,Wm. Disborough, Alpheus Freman, George W. Atherton, George Berdine, 1875; Daniel B. Boice, 1870- 73; A. K. Cogswell, 1870-75; J. V. DeMott, 1877 ; Silas D. Grimsted, 1872 ; Howard McSherry, James Nielson, 1871- 74 ; William Reiley, Jr., 1869 ; Charles H. Runyon, 1876; J. Kearney Rice, 1876; William Stoddard, 1877 ;' David A. Storer, 1877; Edward W. Strong, 1875; Allen H. Strong, 1877; Willard P. Voorhees, 1874 ; M. Bedell Vail, 1879 ; H. Brewster Willis, 1881 ; J. W. Beek- man, 1875-78; J. M. Chapman, 1846; William Patterson, 1838; Ephraim Cut- ter, 1877; Charles Morgan, 1860; A. S. Cloke, 1862; John S. Voorhees, Theodore Booream, Fred. Weigle, John E. Elmen- dorl', Freeman Woodbridge, Chas. Herbert, Chas. C. Hommann, Adrian L_)on. Henry B. Cook, J. P. Keenahan, Ed. W. Hicks. Surrogates. — J. Phineas Manning, 1804; John Heard, 1806-26 ; Charles Carson, 1826; David Menenan, 1826-31; Little- ton Kirkpatrick, 1831-36; James C. Kabriskle, 1836-41 ; Josiah Ford, 1841- 46; James C. McDowell, 1846-51; Tlu'ophilus M. Holcombs, 1851-64 ; Robert Adrain, 1864-66 ; William Dun- ham, 1866-67; F. Shurerman Holcombs, 1867-72; William Reiley, Jr.. 1872-82; IJeiijamin F. Howell, 1882-92 ; Leonard Freeman, 1892. CHAPTER X. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION — EARLY PHYSICIANS — LATER PHYSICIANS. Dunliaiu, [N the first Tuesday of May, 1 816, the following physicians ' and surgeons of the county met at New Brunswick and organized " The Medical So- ciety of the State of New Jer- sey :" Drs. J. Van Cleve, Lewis Augustus R. Taylor, Jacob Dunham, Enoch Wilson, Nathaniel Man- ning, Ralph P. Lott, Ephraini Smith, James Elmdorf, Charles Pierson, Ferdi- nand Schenck, Joseph Quinby, William D. McKissack, Matthias Freeman, John Reynolds, Samuel Foreman and Wil- liam McKissack. Of this meeting. Dr. John Van Cleve was unanimousl}' elected chairman, and William McKis- sack secretary, and the folhjwing were named as managers : Drs. Augustus R. Taylor, Lewis Dunham, John Van Cleve, Jacob Dunham, Nicholas Belleville, Wil- liam McKissack, Nathaniel Manning, Enoch Wilson, Charles Smith, Peter J. Stryker, Matthias Freeman, Ralph P. Lott, Moses Scott, Cliarles Pierson and Ephraim Smith. It was resolved that county or dis- trict societies be appointed in tlie coun- ties of Middlesex, Somerset, Monmouth, Essex and Morris. The following phy- sicians were appointed : Lewis Dunham, Joseph Dunham, Enoch Wilson, Matthias Freeman, Charles Smith, Nathaniel Man- ning, Ralph P. Lott and John Van Cleve. They were to hold their first meeting on the second Tuesday of June next, at ten o'clock A. M., at New Brunswick. The next at the time and place specified, and organized the first medical society of the county. Dr. Charles Smith was elected president, Matthias Freeman, vice-presi- dent ; Jacob Dunham, treasurer, and John Van Cleve, secretary. A committee appointed for the purpose reported a set of by-laws, which were adopted, and the society was on a firm foundation. Among the fii'st presidents of the society, we note the following: Charles Smith, Mat- thias Freeman, Nathaniel Manning, Ja- cob Dunham, William Van Deursen, Josiah B. Andrews and Charles Smith. Others followed, and the society llouri.shed and did much towards building up the profession of medicine in the county until 1846, when it ceased as an organization. In 1857 it was, however, reorganized. An account of this reorganization, taken from the minutes, is appended : " New Brunswick, Jan. 21, 1857. A meeting of phj'sicians of Middlesex county hav- ing been called for the purpose of organ- izing a medical society. Dr. Augustus F. Taylor was appointed chairman, and Dr. Henry R. Baldwin secretary. It was unanimously resolved that we, the phy- sicians of Middlesex county, ernethy. Later Physicians. — Charleg Smith, Mat- thia- Fneriian, Nathaniel -Manning. .]iicj)\> Dunham, William Van Deursen, Josiali B. Andrews, Charles Smith. Jacob Dunham, U-wis A. Hall, J. T. B. Skill- man, James Clark, F. R. Smith, Charles Smith, I^iwis Drake, F. R. Smith, Samuel Aljernethy, Ellis B. Freeman, John II. Van Deursen, A. D. Newell, Ellis B. P'reeman, Augustus F. Taylor, Henr}' R. Baldwin, ClilJbrd Morrogh, II. M. SU^ne, Ezra M. Hunt, A, Fregemowan, Charles Dunham, Jr., Charles H. Voorhees, S. St. John Smith, D. C. English, Rush Van Dyke, C. M. Slack, W. E. Mattison, Nicholas Williams'jn. T. T. Deven, P. A. Shannon, C. H. Andrew.?, J. W. Rice, John Van Cleve, L. F. Baker, J. S. Mar- tin, S. E. Freeman, George W. Stout, J. W. Meeker, David Stephens, George G. Clark, John A. Poole, Garrett P. Voor- hees, F. R. Smith, Henry M. Stone, J. C. Thompson, Joseph S. Martin, F. S. Bar- barin, Chas. Dunham, Jr., T. T. Deven, .Vjlomon Andrews, George McLean, Lewis Drake, Ellis B. Freeman, William Forman, H. D. B. Lefferty, S. Abernetby, G. J. Janeway, J. 0. Thom[).son, H. M. Stone, J. S. Martin, Ezra M. Hunt, R. I. Benjamin, J. J. Demotte, C. H. Voorhees, J. W. Meeker, John Helrne, A. P. Knap- pen, D. C. English, S. V. D. Clark, R. Vandyke, H. T.^ Pierce, William H. Wil- sfjn, C. M. Slack, T. L. Janeway, II. B. Garner, J. B. Wainwriglit, Clifford Steele, Dr. Rush, J. F. M. Donahoe, John S. Van .Mart<-r, G. T. Applegate, T. V. Meacham, Edgard Carroll, Samuel Long, Henry Baldwin, John ('•. Wil.son.'F. M. Bnu-e, S. D. Blm-kwell, J. E. Riva, R. O. B. Burnett, Caroline Marsh, William Knight, I. T. Spencer, Dayt^jn E. Decker, S. P. Ilarned, J. D. Ten Eyck, J. How- ard Cooper. CHAPTER XI. C H I' R C H E S . E jrivo the toUowing list oC ihuivhos with the name of the city or towiisliip in whii'h they aiv k>oated, and the year ot" their organiza- -^ -• --^ " tion since UU>0 : Presbyterian. — Wood- bridgt\ llHiO: First Xew Brnnswiok. 1720; Fii-st Cranburv. IToO ; Metuchen at Karitan. prior to 1700: Second Cran- bnry, 1S3S ; Jamesbnrg. MonixH\ lSo4 ; Fii-st Sleuth AnilK\v. at South Anibov. 1SC4; Dayton at South Xew Brunswick. 1SG9 : Piscataway at Piscataway. 1870. Baptist. — Stelton at Karitan." 1080: Ilightstown at Cranbnry. 1740 : Fii-st X\nv Brunswick at New Brunswick, prior to 178o : Xew Bivoklyn at Piscata- way. 1702 : Pertlj Anilxn" at Perth Ani- bov, 1818 : Washington at East Bruns- wick, alnnit 1843; Georges Road at North Brunswick. 1843: Independent Bethel at East Brunswick. 1844: Piscataway at Piscataway. 1852 : Fii^st Smith Aniboy at SinitJi Aniboy, 1871 ; S«.voiid New Brunswick at New Brunswick. 1872: New Brunswick (^coUuvd) at New Bruns- wick. 1870. Episcopalian. — St. Peter's. Perth Ani- boy. 1008; Trinity. WvXHlbridgi\ 1711: St. James". Raritan. bet'oiv 1717; Christ. Xew Brunswick, Ivloiv 1744; St. Peters East Brunswick, 1757; Christ, Smith AnilKn-. 1853; St. John's (EvangeHcall, New Brunswick, 1800; Holy Trinity. SayiwiUe, 1800: Doan Memorial Chapel, South Amlx\v, 1800; St. Luke's. Raritan, 1800; Holy Innocent. Piscataw.iy. 1872; Holy Civss. Perth Amboy. 1878.' Friends. — WiKnU^ridge at Woodbridge, 1080-1700; Raritan at Raritan. 1731. Seventh Day Baptist. — Piscataway at Piscataway. 1705. Reformed Dutch. — First New Brunswick, Xew Brunswick, 1717 : Spottswood. East Brunswick. 1821 ; Tliiixi New Bruns- wick, 1851 ; Fii-st Metuchen, Raritan. 1857: St. Pauls, East Brunswick, 1872. Old Church. — Plainslxn-o", Smith Bruns- wick. 1770. Methodist Episcopal. — Shiloh at New Brunswick, 1700; Woinlbridge at Wo<.Ki- bridge, Ivfoiv 1820 ; Bethel. South Bruns- wick, 1812 ; Perth Aniboy at Perth Ani- boy, 1813; Mount Zion ^^colol•ed), New Brunswick, 1827 ; Si^>uth Anibov at South Amln\v. 1832 ; Sayivville at Sayivville, bi't'oiv" 1842; Mil'ltown, North" Bruns- wick. 1844 ; Cranburv at Cranburv. 1847; Madison at Madison, bel'oiv 1850; X"ew Dover, Raritan, liet'oiv 1850; Washing- ton, East New Brunswick, liet'oiv 1800; Raritan, New Brunswick, 1853; Simp- son, East Brunswick, 1800; St. James, New Brunswick, 1800; Centenary. Rari- tan, 1800 ; Newtown, Piscataway, 1800 ; S^iottswotxl. East Xew Brunswick. 1873. 38 Historical Sketch. Catholic. — St. Peter's, New Brunswick, before 1825 ; , Perth Amboy, be- fore 1844 ; St. Mary's, South Amboy, be- fore 1849; St. John the Baptist, New Brunswick, 1865 ; St. James the Minor, Woodbridge, before 1867; St. Francis, Raritan, 1873; St. John the Evangelist, Piscataway, before 1880. Jewish. — Aushe Emet Synagogue, New Brunswick, 1861. Methodist Protestant. — South Amboy at South Amboy, 1866 ; Fresh Ponds, South Brunswick, 1880. Lutheran. — Perth Amboy at Pertli Am- boy, 1869; Emanuel, New Brunswick, 1878. Danish Methodist. — Perth Amboy at Perth Amboy, 1868 ; St. Stephens, Perth Amboy, 1871. HiSTOEiCAL Sketch OF Monmouth County, New Jersey. OHAPTEE I. GEOGRAPHY — TOPOGRAPHY — GEOLOGY. RREGULARin shape and most northern of the sea- board counties of New Jersey is Monmouth coun- ty, which is bounded on the north by Raritau bay; on the east by tlie Athm- tic ocean ; on the soutli by Ocean county ; on the south-west l)v Burlington county, and on the north-west by Mercer and Middlesex counties. It is situated between seventy-three degrees and fifty-five minutes and seventy-four degrees and thirty-five minutes west longitude from Greenwich, England ; and forty degrees and three minutes and forty degrees and thirty minutes north lati- tude. The geographical centre of the county is northeast of Freehold and near the boundary line of Atlantic township, in whose central part it is supposed to be the centre of population. Topography. — The county is marked by a variety of surface ; hills from three to four hundred feet in height occupy tlie northern part, while a high-rolling up- land constitutes the south-western part; a vast area of barren land called the " Pines " region comprises the south- western part. Isolated hills are in vari- ous elevated parts of the county. The drainage of Monmouth county is principally to the east and into the At- lantic ocean by the Navcsink, Shrews- bury, Shark and Manasquan rivers and their tributaries, while in the southwest the Metedeconk river has its headwaters, and in the south-west, west and north are several creeks, that flow respectively into the Delaware river, the Millstone river and Raritau and Sandy Hook baj's. Professor Cook says these rivers •' have no apparent connection with the geologi- cal structure of the couiitry," and are merely channels worn in the surface and " following lines of most rapid descent to the tide-water." Many of these rivers for some distance from their mouths are ' 39 40 Historical Sketch. " broad and lake-like sheets of navigable water. "' Geology. — Muiuuouth county, except- ing a small area in its south-eastern part, lies in the cretaceous formation, which in New Jersey consists of a series of strata having a south-east dip, and " lying smooth and parallel like the leaves of a book." The lowest strata of the creta- ceous formation in Monmouth count}' is the plastic clays that have their out- crop chiefly north-west of the county. The next strata, the clay marls, have their outcrop along the north-western border-line of the county. The lower marl-bed is a stratum of green sand marl, well exposed in Middletown, Marlboro', Holmdel, Freehold and other townships, and its extensive and profitable use in farming has led to its development at many places in the county. The middle marl-bed extends as a belt of varying width from Long Branch to the south corner of Upper Freehold township, the upper marl-bed or highest strata consist- ing of green sand and separated from the middle marl-bed by a layer of yellow sand, and extends in a belt of regular width across the south-eastern part of the county. The extreme south-eastern part of the county is the Tertiary formation. To give a better idea of the geological structure of Monmouth county, we give the following outline of the five geologi- cal a^es : Groups of Rocks. Systems of Strata. IV. Neozoic Cnew life). 2. Quarteruary. 1. Tertiary. III. Mesozoic (middle life). 3. Cretaceous. 2. Jurassic. 1. Triassic. II. Pahezoie (aucieut life). 5. Carbuiiiferuu.s. 4. Devoniau. 3. Upper Silurian. 2. Lower Silurian. 1. Cambrian. I. Archreau (beginning). 2. Huronian. 1. Laurentian. \Yhen used as divisions of time, group names designate eras of time and system names designate geological ages. Pre-historic time has been divided by De Mortillet into three ages: stone, bronze and iron, and the first or stone age em- braces three periods : 1. Etholithic, or fired stone. 2. Pala?olithic, or chipped stone. 3. Neolithic, or polished stone. The archieology of Monmouth county lies wholly within the age of stone as con- fined to the palaeolithic and molithic periods, and the art products of its al> original inhabitants are represented by articles in stone, clay, bone and 'shell, which are mute witnesses of a period of human existence back of the scope of written records, and supply a means of tracing the pre-historic man in his con- quests over nature along the northern New Jersey sea-coast until the time when history takes up the thread of his career in a race with tradition, but no civilization. CHAPTER II. INDIAN OCCITPATION — DUTCH DISCOVERY — MONMOUTH PATENT. F tlie Imliiiu occupation of Moninoiith county, after the coming of the wliite man, but little can be learned at this late date, as the early historians of New Jersey failed to preserve much knowl- edge of camp and trail, and of hunting- ground and village, while tradition has not supplied what histoiy neglected. Monmouth county was occupied by sev- eral tribes of the Turtle and Turkej'^ branches of the Delaware nation. Of these tribes were the Assanpinks, Matas, Shackamaxons, Chichecpiaas, Raritans, Nanticokes, and Tutelos ; but the Rari- tans were by far the most numerous in the county, and their chiefs or leaders were called " the Raritan Kings." South- ern and other Indians from a distance came to the sea-shore to get oysters, clams, sea-fish, fowls, and shells for the manufacture of wampum or Indian money, that was circulated as far Avest as the Rocky Mountains. These tribes, with the remainder of the Delaware nation, were tenants-at-will of the noted Iluron- Iroquois, or Six Nations, of central New York. Scarcity of game had driven the Raritan Indians to the sea-coast at the time when white settlements were com- menced in the county. There were two main Indian paths and quite a number of villages in Mon- mouth county. The Minisink path came from Minisink on tlie upper Delaware? crossed the Raritan three miles above its mouth, and ran by Middletown and Clay Pit creek to the mouth of the Navesink river. The other path was known as the Burlington path. It came by two branches to Crosswicks, passing through the southwestern townships to Freehold, and from thence passed to Middletown, where it united with the Minisink path. A branch left the Burlington path below Freehold and ran to Long Briinch, while several small paths, whose names are not preserved, led to different places on tide- water. There were several small Indian towns or villages in the county, of which the name of one has been preserved, while all other sites remain unknown. Seapeckameck Indian town, the one pre- served in name only from oblivion, was mentioned in county records in 1676, l)ut no reference was given of its location. The New Jersey authorities always re- quired the fair purchase of the Indian title before settlement was made, and by 1758 the Indians had sold all the lands in the county, reserving only some hunt- ing and fishing privileges, which were bought in 183"2 by the New^ Jersey legis- lature for two thousand dollars from forty Indians in Wisconsin, who were the only descendants living of all Rari- tans in Monmouth county. Among the last Indians in the county were Indian Peter and Queen Bathsheba, the latter of whom was here as late aa 1802, when 41 42 Historical Sketch. the New Jersey Indians were removed to New York. Dutch /?/scot'e/'/.— AltliOLigh Cabot sailed along the sea-coast line of Monmouth county in 1497, and Verrazani in the " Dolphin " passed in sight of the shore in 1524, yet it remained for Henry Hud- son in the " Half Moon," on Sept. 5, 1609, to land a boat crew and become the first real discoverer of the county. Three days previous, his underchipper, Robert Juet, on sight of the Navesink highlands, wrote in the log-book : " This is very good land to fall in with, and a pleasant land to see ; " and a day later, John Colman was slain in a fight with Indians, and his remains interred at a place they named Col man's Point, in honor of his memory. By the virtue of Hudson's discovery, the Dutch claimed the territory of New Jersey as a part of New Netherlands, but never made any settlement in Monmouth county, only coming there to trade with the Indians. The right of the Dutch to New Jer- sey was contested by the ilnglish, who made their first attempt to take posses- sion, on June 21, 1634, when the " Pro- vince of New Albion," comprising New Jersey, and parts of New York, Penn- sylvania, Delaware and Maryland, were granted to Sir Edmund Ployden on con- dition that he settled three thousand able trained men in said province. Ployden was made Lord Palatine, with power to grant manors and confer titles, a scheme of government resembling the " Grand Model" of the Carolinas. Ployden, in 1640, came to New Jersey and built a block-house called Fort Erewomee, at the mouth of Salem creek on the Delaware river, but his infant colony, although re- inforced by some New Haven men, was broken up and scattered by the Dutch in 1642. Ployden was unable to efiiect awy settlements, and New Albion met its fate at Fort Erewomee, on the " great manor of Watcessit," the residence of the Lord Palatine. Monmouth Patent. — Before the conquest of New Netherlands, English residents at Gravesend, L. I., and Newport, R. I., in Dec, 1663, had visited the territory of the county, and commenced negotiations with the Indians for the purchase of land. The Dutch interfered, and the matter rested until after the English conquest, when, on April 8, 1665, Gov- ernor Richard Nicolls granted the INIon- mouth patent, embracing all the territory of the present county of Monmouth, ex- cept Upper Freehold and a part of Mill- stone township, besides parts of Ocean and Middlesex counties, to William Goulding, Samuel Spicer, Richard Gib- bons, Richard Stout, James Grover, John Bown, John Tilton, Nathaniel Silvester, William Reape, Walter Clark, Nicholas Davies and Obadiah Holmes, who were English, Quaker and Baptist residents of Long Island and New England. These patentees, by the terms of the patent, were to defend their lands against all enemies, and were to " have free liberty of conscience without any molestation or disturbance whatsoever in their way of worship." The patentees were required to purchase the land from the Indian sachems, and had purchased three necks of land on the sea-coast from Popomora and other Indian sachems, who were brought to the hall of the old State House in New York city, to signify their assent to the purchase before Governor Nicolls would sign the patent. " This patent granting," Salter says, " was a memorable scene, well worthy of the ellbrts of a painter." CHAPTER III. COUNTY FORMATION — ENGLISH CONQUEST — ENGLISH, SCOTCH AND DUTCH SETTLEMENTS. |HE settlements of Middle- town and Shrewsbury had grown to such a size that on Nov. 13, 1875, they were combined and temporarily made a count}^ for judicial pur- poses, and given the | name of Nevasink, although in some instances it was designated as the county of MiddletoAvn. Eight years later, in March, 1783, Monmouth county was erected as one of the four original counties of New Jersey, the other three being Bergen, Essex, and Middlesex. Monmouth county was so named at the request of Col. Lewis Mor- ris, then the most influential citizen within its boundaries, and who had come from Monmouthshire, a rich and beautiful county in the west of England. The boundaries of Monmouth county, as stated in 1783, enclosed a large area of terri- tory, but were very vague. Subsequent acts of the legislature, passed in 1709, 1714, and 1822, contained provisions in connection with the adjustment of the boundary lines. In territory Monmouth coimty has lost largely since 1683. A large part of Mon- roe toAvnship was added to Middlesex count}^ in 1844, given back the next year, and in 1847 a small triangular piece was transferred permanently to Millstone township. After this slight addition the county remained unchanged in boundary lines until 1850, when the southern part, containing more than one-half of the total area, was set off as Ocean county. The creations of townships have been as follows, from the three parent town- ships of Middletown, Shrewsbury, and Freehold, which were erected Oct. 31, 1693 : Upper Freehold was taken from Freehold and Shrewsbury prior to 1730. In 1749 and 1707, Stafford and Dover townships, now a part of Ocean county, were taken from Shrewsbury. Howell township was carved out of Shrewsbury, Feb. 23, 1801 ; Jackson, now in Ocean county, was taken from Freehold, Upper Freehold, and Dover, in 1844 ; and Plum- stead and Union, formed in 1845 and 1846, are now parts of Ocean county. In 1848 Marlborough and Manalapan town- ships were taken from Middletown, and Raritan was set off from Freehold. Three years later, in 1851, AVall township was taken from Howell; and in 1857. Mata- wan and Holmdel were set off from Raritan. The next township erected was Lin- coln, which was formed in 1867, from Ocean, but whose territory was restored in 1868, and Lincoln is the lost township of the county. The youngest townships of Monmouth county are Eatontown and Neptune, which were formed from Ocean 43 44 Historical Sketch. township, respectively, in the years 1873 I and 1879. English Conquest — Aftor the lailuie of Ploj'den and his .self-instituted order of knightliood — " tlie Albion Knights of the Conversion of the Twenty-three Kings " — to settle New Jersey, the English made no further attempt in that direction, and in 1664 won by arms what they had failed to secure by settlement. In Sept., 1664, the Duke of York granted the country between the Hudson and the Delaware to Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret, after which the country Avas named New Jersey, because he had defended the island of Jersey during the civil war in England. Carteret's share of the grant was East Jersey, and in- cluded all the territory of Monmouth county. English, Scotch, and Dutch Settlements. — Prior to 1004 a Diiteh vessel was stranded on Sandy Hook, and a Dutch woman, Pen- elope Princess, stayed with her sick hus- band while tlie other passengers started by land to New Amsterdam. The sick man was killed by the Indians, who left the woman for dead, but she recovered under the hands of a compassionate In- dian, and afterwards became the wife of Richard Stout, one of the patentees and also one of the earliest settlers. The twelve patentees purchased the three necks of Nevasink, Namarumsunk, and Pootapeck from the Indians, and founded English settlements, in 1665, at Middle- town, in Nevasink, and Shrewsbury in Namarumsunk, which in five 3-ears had increased to over one hundred families. The Scotch in 1682 commenced set- tling Freehold township, the northwestern part of the county, and founded Matawan under the name of New Aberdeen. In 1685 these refugee Scotch Quakers and Scotch presbyterians received an acces- sion of persecuted covenanters, and by 1700 the Scottish settlements had in- creased to such an extent in population that the Scotch exercised considerable power in the county. Their early leaders were John Reid, George Keith, Thomas Lawrie, and John Barclay, and came into the county [)rincipally l)y the way of Perth Am boy. The third and last element of popula- tion, of any size, that came into Mon- mouth county, was the Dutch, who came al)out 1090 from the western towns of Long Island, and confined their settle- ments to no particular section. They had splendid farms and large barns, and Ellis says : " They were the descendants of the only people who were free when they colonized New York and New Jer- sey, and were the only original republi- cans and democrats of America." CHAPTER IT. PROPRIETARY AND ROYAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT. 'WNERSHIP of the soil and right of govern- inent were subjects of contention in East Jer- sey from 10 G4 to 1775. The whole trouble arose from the unwise and un- just course pursued by the Duke of York, afterwards James II. The people settled under the NicoUs patent, and paid the Indians for the land. They opposed and resisted Carteret's proprietary claim of government as well as of soil ownership. Monmouth and Essex counties were particularly aggres- sive in this contest. Under the Nicolls patent, a legislature was called and met from 1667 to 1670 or '71, at Portland Point, being composed of mem1)ers from Middletown. Shrewsbury and Portland Point. In 1673 the Dutch captured New York, and held rule over New Jersey for a few months. When the English came into control again James IT. tried to force the proprietors of both West and East Jersey to surrender their provinces to the Crown, and had about succeeded, when the Prince of Orange drove him from the throne of England, and tlie proprietors held on to their authority for some years longer. Monmouth county sent dele- gates to the proprietary assemblies of East Jersey, but they never would take that part of the oath recognizing the pro- prietors as owners of the soil. After Sir George Carteret's death, in 1681, William Peini and eleven others purchased East Jersey. Some years later the new owners sold one-half of their interest to twelve others, and these twenty-four found the government so dif- ficult and unsatisfactory, that in 1702 the}^- resigned all rights to the Crown. East and West Jersey then became New Jerse}', and its succeeding chapter of his- tory is to be told as a royal province. Royal Provincial Government — The first royal governor was Lord Cornbury, whose rule was one of weakness, and he had as one of his principal opponents Col. Lewis Morris, of Monmouth. Lord Cornbury was succeeded in 1708 by Lord John Lovelace, whose successors were : Gen. Robert Hunter (1710), William Burnett (1720), John Montgomerie (1728), Col. Lewis Morris, acting (1731), and Col. William Cosby. In 1738 New Jersey was separated entirely from "New York, and its royal governors were : Col. Lewis Morris, John Hamilton, acting (1746), Jonathan Belcher (1747), Fran- cis Bernard (1758), Thomas Boone (1760), Josiah Hardy (1761), and Wil- liam Franklin, from 1762 until 1776. The royal governors were but little more successful than the proprietary executives in quelling the provincial revolt in Mon- mouth county and eastern New Jersey, I where an additional source of strife was the contest between the English and 1 Scotch settlers for civil supremacy and political power. 45 CHAPTER Y. COMMENCEMENT OF THE REVOLUTION — PROTECTION PAPERS — BATTLE OF MONMOUTH — PINE ROBBERS. 5/ LTHOUGH New Jersey had Ik^V^^ her committee of corre- ■~vl (spondence in regard to parlia- mentary usurpation as early as 1774, yet it required the news of Lexington and Bun- ker Hill to rouse the state into armed opposition. Local patriot committees were formed early in 1775 in all the Monmouth townships except Shrewsbury, where the tory and quaker peace elements prevented an organization for over five months. Monmouth county raised her full quota of militia, under continental and state calls in 1775 and 1776, and when Washington retreated from New York, across the " Jerseys " in 1777, many of the New Jersey troops, whose time had expired, returned home, the state then coming under British control. Protection Papers. — Howe issued pro- tection papers to all I03 al subjects, and those others who would renounce alle- giance to the Continental Congress, but his Hessian mercenaries could not read English, and plundered tory and protec- tioner the same as whig and rebel. By their depredations and atrocities com- mitted in Monmouth, and all other coun- ties of the state, the Hessians and British soldiery caused a second rousing of the spirit of national independence. Wash- 46 ington, after his successful Trenton and Princeton campaign, took position at Morristown, and reclaimed nearly all of the state. He also issued a proclamation for all protectioners to swear allegiance to the United States, or else retire within the British lines ; an excellent measure, which ridded Monmouth count}' of many tories. During Washington's Brandy- wine campaign, and Valley Forge winter of sufiering and privation, the New Jer- sey militia was sufficient to hold the state, and keep in check British and tory raids from Staten Island. Battle of Monmouth.— The battle of Mon- mouth, on June 28, 1778, which was fought on the soil of this county,' was one of the hottest and most closely con- tested battles of the Revolutionary war. The coming of the French fleet and army in 1778 rendered Clinton's evacuation of Philadelphia a necessity, and he retreated leisurely across New Jersey, lying two days at Monmouth, now Freehold, to rest and recruit his troops from fatigue and the excessive heat. Hearing before that Gates was marching to join Washington, Clinton abandoned his contemplated march by New Brunswick, and started for Sandy Hook bay, by the way of Mon- mouth. On the morning of the 28th Clinton started his long baggage trains in advance, and protected them by the fin- Historical Sketch. 47 est troops of" his army. Washington, against the advice of General Charles Lee and a few other officers, proposed to attack the British at some point on their line of retreat, and sent Lee forward to commence an attack at Monmouth. Lee's troops attacked Clinton and threatened his trains, which caused the latter to at- tack the Americans, in order that his baggage might reach a safe distance. Lee, in direct opposition to his orders, fell back before the British advance, until Washington came up and re-formed the retreating American columns, which then repulsed all the British attacks. With the appi'oach of darkness Washington was loth to stop the battle, which was now in favor of the Americans, and pro- posed to renew it at daylight ; but dur- ing the night Clinton and Cornwallis stole of^", and made the heights of Middle- town. General Lee, whom the Indians called •• Boiling Water," deserved the terrible reprimand given him by Washington on the battle-field. If it had not been for Lee's insubordination, either from motives of jealousy or treachery, the battle of Monmouth would have been a decisive victory for the Continental army. Dur- ing his retreat through the county Clin- ton laid waste and ravaged quite a strip of country. Pine Robbers. — While many tories, who fled to the English, took up arms for England, yet there was another body of refugees, who likewise took shelter on Staten Island and Sandy Hook, where they were protected by the guns of the British fleet. This latter body of refugees were outlaws and murderers, known by the name of " Pine Wood Robbers," from hiding in the pine woods and swamps of Monmouth county. When a proper op- portunitj' offered they robbed tor}- as quick as whig. They plundered the whigs, and carried their stolen goods and property to New York, where they were purchased by the English. Among the worst of this terrible gang of desperadoes were : Jacob Fagan, Lewis Fenton, Ezek. Williams, Richard Bird, John Giberson, John Wood, John Farnham, Jonathan and Stephen West, Thomas and Stej^hen Burke, Debou, and Dav- enport, of whom several were killed by the militia. Monmouth Soldiers. — Soldiers from Mon- mouth served in dillerent battles of the Revolution from Long Island to Mon- mouth. The following list of officers from the county is from an official regis- ter : Brigadiei'-general, David Foreman; colonels, David Brearley, Samuel Breeze, John Covenhoven, Richard Poole, Samuel Forman, Daniel llendrickson, Asher Holmes, Elisha Laurence, Nathaniel Scudder, John Smock ; lieutenant-col- onels, Jonathan Foreman, Thomas Hen- derson, Elisha Lawrence, Jr., Joseph Sal- ter, David Rhea, Thomas Seabrook and Auke Wikoff; majors, John Burrowes, John Cook, Dennis Denise, Thomas Hunn, James H. Imlay, William Mont- gomery, James Mott, John Polhemus, Hendrick Van Brunt, Elisha Walton and James Whitlock; captains, David Ander- son, George Anderson, David Baird, BreAver, Andrew Brown, James Bruere, John Buckalew, John Burrowes, John Burrowes, Jr., Sanmel Carhart, Thomas Chadwick, John Colaton. John Conover, Joseph Cowpertliwaite, John Dennis, Samuel Dennis, John Downie, Stephen Fleming, Jacob Cohover, David Gordon, Peter Gordon, James Green, Guisbert Guisbertson, Kennetli Hankin- son, and Daniel Hendrickson. OHAPTEE YI. THE CIVIL WAR. e>:^^^^^K AX oxj^iOUTH county, in the /'■'; oreat war for the Union, bore an honorable and patriotic part, and her sons f'onght and fell on a hundred different bat- tle-fields. Under Lincoln's first call Monmouth men were numerous in Companies A and G, Third New Jersey three months' men, and did g'ood service in covering the retreat from l]ull Run. Under Lincoln's second call, in 18G1, Company K, Fifth New Jersey three years' men, was raised in Monmouth county by Capt. Vincent W. Mount, Charles P. Layton, Peter Layton, David Le Compte, J. H. Llewellyn, Josejih Orr, J. IL Osborn, Charles Parker, T. F. Rey- near, Peter Soden, Willian) Stillwell, Bar- zillai Taylor, Samuel Taylor, White Van Buren, Thomas J. Wilson. The mortuary list of Company D was as follows: Sergeant William Church, Corporal Henry Van Kirk, and privates William Addison, J. L.Armstrong, Robert Barker, W. H. Bills, Peter Brown, (). IL Camp, A. J. Estell, W. H. Estell, David Gorham, William Gorman, James Haw- kins, Edward Havens, W. H. Lewis, Levi Martin, Robert Runyon, W. A. N. Shores, D. P. Soden, Joseph Strickland, and Jere- miah Vandusen. Those who gave their lives in Com- pany G were : corporals J. D. Grifhn, S. 48 R. Jackson ; privates I. L. Anderson, W. H. Airants, John B. Cottrell, Alonzo Emily, Jonathan Erickson, Elliott Fields, George Haley, Josiah Hires, Samuel Hol- loway, D. H. McClain, Asher Pearce, William Reynolds, R. C. Tilton, Benja- min Van Brunt, and John H. White. The Twenty -ninth New Jersey in- fantry, commanded by Cols. Edwin F. Applegate and William R. Tajlor, was raised, excepting Company H, in Mon- mouth count}^ and served from Sept. 20, 1862, to June 30, 1863. It fought gal- lantlj' at Fredericksburg and Chancellors- ville. The mortuar}- list was as follows : Company A : Sidnej^ Sumack, Joseph Tallman, James West, Elliott Wolcott, and John B. Wolcott. Company B : Corporals W. J. Devoe and Andrew J. Wilson. The battle record of tliis compan_y and regiment was the battle record of the army of the Potomac from YorktoAvn to Fort Morton, Nov. 5, 1864, and com- prised a list of over thirty battles and engagements. The loss of the compau}' was heavy. Those who gave their lives were : sergeants, Thomas H. Estell, B. H. Estell, I. G. Dubois, Samuel Shackel- ton ; corporals, Ilenr}^ Stalil, John B. Clayton ; privates, W. W. Applegate, Al- fred Blake, J. H. Brewer, W. J. Button, Alexander Chapman, G. W. Cook, James Dcmaldson, John Easch, Joseph R. Gol- den, G. M. Ileadden, Frederick Inger- Historical Sketch. 49 man, George F. James, John Lockersoii, Lewis McBride, Philip Michael, William Moss, Andrew J. Eemsen, Peter Rey- nolds, and James H. Rhodes. In the Fourteenth New Jersey infantry, commanded by Col. William S. Truex, were three companies, A, D, and G, raised in Monmouth county respectively by Capts. A. H. Patterson, J. W. Conover, and J. V. Alstrom. The regiment was mustered in Aug. 26, 1 862, and served until June 18, 1865, participating in most all of the battles of the army of the Potomac from Mine Run, and in all the hard battles of the army of the Shenan- doah. Major Peter Vredenburgh, a gal- lant officer, and native of Monmouth county, was killed atOpequan. The death-roll of Company A was : sergeants, W. B. Cottrell, D. A. Carhart. C. H. Stokey; corporals, Joseph Lake, C. M. Potter, J. V. Magee; privates, Abijali Applegate, Henry Borden, Brindley Brand, William Brown, Isaac Clayton, John Cowell, Allen Dangler, Isaac H. Gibson, N. W. Hankinson. Company C : J. J. Asay, Elias Brewer, Samuel Cromwell, Ephraini Down and Andrew J. Reynolds. Company D: E. T. Burdge, G. W. Covert, George W. Field, Joseph Marks, John n. Sherman, John E. Tunis and Benjamin F. Udell. Company E : Corporal Adams 1'. Combs and Private Samuel Powelson. Compan}- F : J. L. Atkinson, William Dennis, George Ilankins and George New- man. Company G : Samuel Beers, James II. Kipp and Leonard Sickles. Company I : D. A. Herbert, John H. Chasey, Hugh Coffee, Joseph Morgan and Robert Tice. Company K : James Tilton, Theodore Huft' and Joseph A. Morton. Monmouth men were in the Tenth, Eleventh, Thirteenth, Twenty - third, Twenty -fifth. Twenty -eighth. Thirty- fourth and Thirt\-fifth infantry regi- ments; Second and Third cavalry, and batteries A, B and D of artillery. Also, of the three thousand New Jersey men in the naval service the county con- tributed more than her quota according to population. Of those who served in other states we have but little record. One of that number, never to be forgotten, is Lieut. - Col. George W. Arrowsmith, who fell at Gettysburg while leading- his regiment, the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Nt'vv York volunteers. CHAPTER VII, TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNS. I^REEHOLD township is one of 2^ the three original townships of the county by the legisla- tive act of 1693. Reductions of its territory to form other townships have been as fol- lows : Upper Freehold prior to 1730; Millstone, 1844; Atlantic, 1847; Marlborough and Manalapan, 1848. The pioneer settler of Fi'eehold was George Keith, a quaker, from Scotland, who came prior to 1687. With Keith caiiie a number of Scotch, who were mainly Presbyterians. The villages of the township are : East Freehold, founded about 1839 ; West Freehold, or Mount's Corners, 1800; Smithburg, 1800; Si- loam, 1860; Clayton's Corners, 1858. The earliest mention of a school-house is in 1705, and Henry Perrine advertised in 1778 tliat he would open a Latin school, but of which we have no account. Monmouth battle monument, a splendid piece of costl}' work, was erected in 1884. Middletown Township. — Middletown is one of the " Two towns of Navesink," and one of the three original townships of the county. The first settlement was in 1664, when John Bowne, Richard Stout and three others came with their families. A block-house was built at the site of the village of Middletown, and a " towne '" mill was erected before 1669. 50 The village of Middletown is mentioned prior to 1670, and its churches are Bap- tist, Episcopal, Presb3terian and Re- formed. The first settlement on the east side of the Highlands of Navesink was before 1812 by Nimrod Woodward, who built a hotel, and the fishing village of Parkertown was built at the head of Sandy Hook bay. The first beacon on the Navesink Highlands was put up in 1746, and the twin light-houses were erected by the United States government in 1826. Navesink village, once Rice- ville, is west of the Highlands, was Ibunded in 1820 by Rice Hatsell, and contains a Methodist church, a Baptist church, an All Saints' Memorial chapel. The Atlantic Highland camp-meeting grounds and Navesink park are on Sandy Hook bay. Leonardsville is on the bay. Port Monmouth is on Shoal harbor, and Leedsville is in the southern part of the township. The remaining villages are : New Monmouth or Chanceville, Morris- ville or Scott's Corners and Chapel Hill. " Refugees' town " was on Sandy Hook point during the Revolution, where Tories and robbers were protected by British soldiers and vessels. The oldest light- liouse in the United States was erected in 1762, on the point which was bought by the government in 1790. The east and west beacon lights were established in 1842, the Sandy Hook light-ship lies Historical Sketch. east, and Sandy Hook is used for heavy gun practice by the government. At Middletown village the first English school in New Jersey was tauglit by John Smith, and the old Middletown Academy was built prior to 1851. Shrewsbury Township. — This is one of the " two Xavesink towns," and parts of its territory have been taken to form Staf- ford and Dover townships, Ocean county, and Upper Freehold, Ocean, Atlantic, Eatontown and Howell townships, this county. The early settlers wei'e from Rhode Island, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Samuel Breeze and Dr. Samuel Fmley, of tliis township, were ancestors of Prof S. F. B. Morse, and Theodosia Bartow, daughter of Theodo- sius Bartow and wife of Aaron Burr, was born in Shrewsbury. Tinton Falls is celebrated as the site of the first iron furnace in New Jersey, which was built by James Grover in 1674, and operated by Col. Lewis Morris as late as 1714, but the neighboring bog iron ore was not in sufficient quantities to pay for working. Parkerville was founded about 1845, and Fair Haven came into existence in 1825. The earliest schools of the township were church schools at old Shrewsbury village before 1720. The friends, presbyterians and episcopalians conducted them. Upper Freehold Township. — An assess- ment roll of the township for the year 1731 is still in existence, but the date of the original formation of Upper Free- hold cannot be ascertained. Much of the land was patented in large tracts be- tween 1680 and 1690. AUentown, the largest place in the township, was founded by Nathan Allen, who settled there in 1706, and built a grist-mill the same year. Stores, churches, a tilt-mill and a cotton factory were erected in later years, and AUentown became prosperous, as well as noted for being the birth- place of many prominent political men. The other villages of Upper Freehold are : Arneytown, founded by Friends ; EUisdale, once Gibbstown, founded in 1838; Cream Ridge; Hornerstown, be- fore 1800; Wrightsville, 1738; Imlays- town, before 1800 ; Canton, once Cab- bagetown : and Prospertown, 1881. Schools were opened soon after the first settlements were made. Howell Township. — Howell township was formed Feb. 23, 1801, from territory taken from Shrewsbury, and the hi.story of its early settlements falls in the nar- rative of the first settlements of the lat- ter township. Farmingdale, the princi- pal village, was known as late as 1815 as " Marsh's Bog," and as Upper Squan- kum from 1819 to 1854. The other vil- lages of Howell township are : Lower Squankum, founded in 1820 ; West Farms, or New Bargaintown, 1830 ; Blue Ball, about 1800; Bethel, 1872; and Jerseyville, or Green Grove, before 1840. There is no record obtainable of the first school or teacher. Millstone Township. — Millstone town- ship was erected in 1844 i'rom Freehold and Upper Freehold, and from Monroe township of Middlesex county. The village of Perrineville was founded be- fore 1825 by a man from New England, and in a few years became a place of note. Clarksburg dates back to 1820, and was then spoken of as being near the old Willow Tree tavern. Berksville is named after John Berke, who settled there nearly three-quarters of a century ago. Churches and schools came shortl}' after settlements whose history is inter- woven with that of the Freehold town- ships. 62 Historical Sketch. Atlantic Township. — This, one of the 3'ounger townships, was erected in 1847 from parts of Freehold, Shrewsbury and Middletown, the earliest townships of the county. The principal village is Colt's Neck, the origin of whose name cannot be obtained, although it is spoken of in 1778. The other villages and hamlets are : Scobey ville, founded by Charles Scobey in 1848, and Edinbui'gh, founded in 1882 by the name of Vanderburg post-office. The North American Pha- lanx Society of nearly two hundred people, lived on an experimental farm of 673 acres in this townsliip from 1844 to 1855. This community or colon}-, which prospered for a time, was founded to carr}' out the co-operation ideas of the French philosopher, Fourier. Manalapan Township. — Manalapan, with- in whose borders is the "Old Tennent Clnu'ch " of Revolutionary fauie and as- sociations, was taken from Freehold town- .sliip in 1848. Englishtown, the princii)al village, was founded before the Revolu- tion, and received its name from James English, who owned the village site. The other villages and hamlets in Manalapan are : Black's Mills, founded before 182.3; Manalapanville, about 1825; and Africa, founded prior to 1840, by colored people. In addition to the early grist mills was Preston's woolen factory, that has been remodelled of late years, and Comb's dis- tillery, built in 1805, and now a part ol Perrine's mills. Raritan Township. — This township w:ts taken IVoni Middletown in 1848. Richaid Ilartshorne and John Ilawes were among the early residents, the former being at ^Yahake in 1670. The principal villages are : Union city, founded in 1846, with great expectations which have not ma- terialized ; Granville, with a post-office named Keansburg ; and Hazlett station, which dates back to 1876. There are tile and brick works, and a fertilizer factory in the t sponded to Lincoln's call for troops, and men from Somerset were among the first to volunteer for the preservation of the Union. Regimental Histories and Mortuary Lists. — The Third New Jersey infantry was organized for three years, and mustered into the Federal service in May, 1861, under command of Col. George W. Tay- lor, who afterwards became a brigadier- general and fell mortally wounded at Second Bull Run. The regiment fought with great bravery at Gaines' Mill, where it lost one hundred and seventy killed and wounded, and then muintauied its record in every great battle of tlie Army of the Potomac up to Cold Harbor. After that battle it was mustered out, and disbanded at Trenton on July 7, 1864. Company G, of this regiment, was from Somerset county, whei'e it was x-e- cruited by Capt. Peter F. Roberts, and its mortuary list was as follows : Lieut. W. C. Barnard, killed at Williamsburg ; , 62 Sergeant Theo. McCoy, killed at Cramp- ton's Pass; Sergeant John S. Judd, died of wounds ; Corporal Jacob Crater, died of wounds ; Corporal C. Hoagland, killed at Spottsylvania ; Corporal William Ful- ler, John Burkmeyer (musician), and Martin Blanchard (wagoner), died ; John V. Bennett, died ; John J. Deitz, Adam Job and John Lederman, killed at Gaines' Mill ; John V. Bennett, Joseph Durham, Michael Kaley and David Young, died ; Joseph McNear and William Steinka, killed at Salem Heights ; John Keiser and William Littell, died of wounds ; and Caleb Woodruil" was killed at Manassas. Fifteenth New Jersey Infantry. — This regiuient was mustered into the service Aug. 25, 1862, under command of 'Col. Samuel Fowler. It fought gallantly at Fredericksburg and Cliancellorsville, was at Gettysburg, and saw its most despe- rate fighting in the Wilderness campaign. It served with distinction under Sheri- dan in his battles in the valley of Vir- ginia, was then engaged in the siege of Petersburg, and ended its battle record at Appomattox. " The Fifteenth New Jer- sey was always found where the fire was hottest, the charge most impetuous, the resistance most stubborn, and the carnage most fearful." It was in thirty-five battles and lost three hundred and si.xty- one men by disease and from wounds, besides the larjie number killed in battle. Historical Sketch. 63 Company E, of this regiment, was j raised in Somerset county by Capt. John H. Vanderveer. Sergeant Joseph Vand- erveer died of fever; Sergeants T. D. Johnson and S. W. Nevius, died of wounds ; Sergeants B. 0. Scudder and W. C. E. Gulick, and Corporal Daniel Richardson, were killed at Spottsylvania, while Corporal J. B. Hutchinson fell at Salem. A. M. Cornell, W. S. Cuthbert, j John Garrettson, John Johnson, L. M. Moore, Francis JNlusshea, H. C. Ogborn, J. A. Saums, Robert Sylvester and C. S. Williamson died of disease. Nicholas Conover, Peter Demens, James McKin- sey and W. H. Rose, were killed at Spott- sylvania, while Jonathan Brewster and W. N. Therp fell at Salem, and James Dow went down at Cold Harbor. James Langdon was drowned. W. W. Conk- 1 lin, W. K. Dow, George Hendrickson, J. H. Jones, Christian Koenig, James Nolan and J. W. Priestly, died of wounds. Thirteenth New Jersey Infantry. — This regiment, with ten others, was raised in 1862, to prevent a draft. It w^as raised for a term of nine months, under com- j mand of Col. Alex. E. Donaldson. It i served in the Army of the Potomac, was j held at Falmouth, opposite Fredericks- burg, during that battle and lay under heavy fire at Chancellorsville, although not brought into action. The regiment made a good record for efficiency and bravery. It was mustered into the ser- vice Sept. 17, 1862, and served until July, 1863, when it was discharged at Flem- ington, New Jersey. The five companies of this regiment recruited in Somerset county were as fol- lows : Co. A, recruited in North Branch, Capt. A. S. Ten Eyck ; Co. E, recruited in Somerville, Capt. C. T. Cox ; Co. F, recruited in Neshauic, Capt. 0. A. Kibbe ; Co. I, recruited in Basking Ridge, Capt. J. C. Bloom ; Co. K, recruited in Middle- bush, Capt. B. S. Totten. Company A lost by disease : Sergeant, T. S. Smith; Corporals, J. P. Dunham, G. S. Woodrufl' and David Van Camp, and privates, J. K. Bangham, Jacob Karns, J. P. Krymer, Gideon Linsley, R. J. Runyon, Joseph Van Doren, and P. J. Van Zandt. Company E lost the following by dis- ease : Corporal Dennis Cox, and privates, J. H. Cavaleer, G. V. C. Polhemus, Peter Van Arsdale, and A. G. Van Nest. Company F lost by disease seven men : W. R. Bigley, A. U. D. Brearly, C. A. Crusei', Dennis Hagaman, B. C. Piggott, J.B.Van Dyke, and Stephen Voorhees,Jr. Company I lost by disease three offi- cers and eight men : Corporals, Jacob Bars, Nicholas Blank and E. S. Day, and privates, Abraham Bush, Peter Dough- erty, Stephen Harvey, Louis Linden- berger, Morris Levi, George Opie, Henry Todd, and Isaac Wingert. Company K suffered a loss of one offi- cer and four privates by disease : Lieut. Theodore Strong, Jr., and privates, J. T. B. Cruser, John Dessinger, G. E. Gulick, and James Parker. When Lincoln made his first call for troops in 1861, Somerset county contrib- uted a large number of men to the Third regiment of three months' men, which aided in checking the fleeing troops of McDowell from the Bull Run battle- ground. Many Somerset count}' men served in other regiments of this state besides the ones already named, and also enlisted in the regiments of other states. Difficult to secure the names of those who returned, it is impossible to make up the full roster of the fallen, who gave their lives that the Union might live. CHAPTER IT, LATER RAILWAYS — PRESENT INDUSTRIES — COUNTY PROGRESS. AYS of peace brought with them a business revival, and manufactures and agricul- ture once more went forward in the countj^ as they had I'^^tjfi^ ^ prior to the war. The early railroad was stayed by the war, and the war in turn was succeeded by a development-jDcriod in which canal and old and new railways were leading factors, while the telegraph and other useful inventions came into prominence and use throughout the county. The Central railroad of New Jersey was in- creasing its connections and its train and station service. The South Branch rail- road, from Somerville to Flemington, was completed in 1870, and in the last-named year the Mercer and Somerset, the Mill- stone and New Brunswick, the West Line and the Rocky Hill railways. After a wonderful legal struggle with the Penn- sylvania Railroad Co., Henry M. Hamil- ton, of New York city, was successful, in 1874, in putting under construction the Delaware and Bound Brook railway, or the New York and Philadelphia new line. The Easton and Amboy or Packer road was completed about 1874. Two vears later came the Centennial exhibition 64 at Philadelphia, and hundreds of visitors were there from Somerset county to view the labor-saving machinery collected from all parts of the civilized world, and to become acquainted with the wonderful inventions of Edison, and a hundred other American inventors. Returning home, they were not satisfied with the development then in progress, but intro- duced labor-saving appliances and labor- saving machinery on form, and in shop, and in mine. Present Industries. — While the manu- facturing interests are respectable in number, yet being so near the great jcities of Philadelphia and New York, the great source of wealth should be in the agri- cultural products, embracing farm, dairy and market garden. With a fertile soil and considerable water power, and h'ing on the great sea- board route of commerce and in the great eastern manufacturing district, Somerset county should be noted for the prosperity of her present industries, and her fine facilities for future enterprises. County Progress. — The growth of the count}- has been slow and gradual for over two hundred 3'ears, and its history since actual white settlement commenced, in 1G81, has been almost unprecedented CHAPTER Y, TOWNSHIP HISTORIES. ITH a land area of 25,- 651 acres, and centrally located, Bridgewater is the third in size of the townships of Somerset county. The surface is level in the south, undulating in the cen- or mountainous in the north, where the celebrated " Chimney' Rock" and "Round Top" stand like giant sentinels. The drainage is by the Rari- tan river and a part of its branches. The territory of the township was bought in 1681 from the Indians, in four sepa- rate purchases, or Indian titles, but sales by the proprietors were not made until the succeeding year. Thomas (Jodring- ton and John Royce, in 1681, became the fii'st settlers. The township was formed by letter.s-patent from George II., dated April 4, 1749, and the present poor-larm purchased in 1831. Copper mining, with more or less interruption, was prosecuted on First Mountain from 1769 to 184U. The Raritan Water Power Co. (origin- ally Somerville) was organized in I860 ; the Raritan Woolen Mills Co., in 1869, and the Bound Brook Woolen Mills Co., in 1878. The first school-house was built about 1742, at Bound Brook, where, in 18(10, an academy was built on the site of the present academy there. Somer- ville Academy was opened in 1802, and Somerville Classical Institute went into 5 operation in 1848, succeeding a former seminary. Church organizations have been as follows: First Reformed Church of Raritan, 1699; Second Reformed Church of Raritan, 1834 ; First Baptist Church of Somerville, 1843 ; St. John's Episcopal, 1851 ; Presbyterian Church of Somerset, Middlesex; or Bound Brook, 1725 ; Congregational Church of Bound Brook, 1876 ; Bound Brook Methodist Episcopal, 1849 ; St. Joseph's Catholic, 1863 ; Third Reformed Church of Rari- tan, 1848 ; Raritan Methodist Episcopal Church, 1872; St. Bernard's Catholic Church, 1852; Reformed Churcii of North Branch, 1825, and Somerville Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1832. The principal villages in Bridgewater are: Somerville, Bound Brook. Raritan and Martinsville. Bedminster. — This township lies in the northwestern part of the county, and em- braces a large area. It is generall\- level, excepting in the north, where the Second Mountain crosses. Its di-ainage is toward the south, by the North Branch and its tributaries. Margaret Winder pur- chased the tirst land in 1690, and the first settlers were Scotch, who were followed by the Palatinate Germans. Bedminster township was probaljly organized about 1749. The destruction of the township records by fire in 1845 has left a large blank in the early history of Bedminster. A school was in existence in 1759, an acad- 65 GO. Historical Sketch. eniy is mentioned at Pluckaniin in 1779, and classical schools were in oper- ation before 1818. The township schools arc in good condition. The churches of the town.ship have been organized as fol- lows : St. Paul's Lutheran, 1756; Lam- ington Presbyterian, 1740; Bedniinster Reformed, 1758 ; Peapack Reformed, 18-48 ; Peapack Methodist Episcopal, 1838, and Pluckarain Presbyterian, 1851. The main villages and hamlets of the township ai'e : Pluckamin, Larger Cross Roads, Lesser Cross Roads, Peapack, Lamington and Pottersville. Pluckamin is said to be a corruption of Plaquemine, from Plaqueminier, meaning in French the date-plum or persimmon tree, which was plentiful in that vicinit}'. Bernard. — Bernard township, named , alter Governor Francis Bernard, is in the north-eastern part of the county, and comprises an area of 26,54 1 acres. It is drained by the Passaic and Raritan rivers, and its ridges are of trap forma- tion, while the lesser hills are drift ol' the glacial epoch, and the valleys have an alluvial soil. The soil is productive, and magnetic iron-ore mines have been Oldened in Mine mountain. Settlements were made as early as 1720, and previous to this James Pitney was a squatter resi- dent. The first Indian land-title ac- quired was " Harrison's Neck " of 3,000 acres. Bernard township lost its early records by fire, but is supposed to have been organized about 1759. Farming, the chief occupation, is of two kinds, grain-raising and dairying. The public schools are well supported, Init even tra- dition supplies not the name of the first teacher. The famous Basking Ridge Classical School was conducted for over half a centur}'. The Smith family re- union ill 1870 broui2;ht together over 2500 Smiths from Somerset and Hunter- don counties. The church list of the township is as follows : Basking Ridge Presbyterian, 1720 ; Liberty Corner Pres- byterian, 1837; Millington Bapti.st, 1851; St. Mark's Episcopal, 1850; and St. James' Catholic, 1860. The celebrated George Whitefield visited and preached at Basking Ridge in 1740. The leading villages and hamlets are: Basking Ridge, Bernardsville (once Yealtown), Liberty Corner, and Madisonville. Branchburg. — This township is in the western part of the county, contains 12,- 1)34 acres of land, and has a slightly un- dulated surface. It is drained by the Xorth and South Branches of the Rari- tan. The teri'itory of the township was included in three Indian titles, obtained between 1785 and 1790. Among the early settlers were : John Dobie, and John Campbell (son of Lord Neil Camp- bell). The township was organized April 5, 1845. A school-house, Avhose site is indeterminable now, was built in 1782, but of the teachers at it nothing can be learned. The public schools are few in number, I)ut are progressive. No church nor village was within the township as late as 1885, and up to that time North Branch post-oflice, North Branch depot, and Milltown were not large enough to be counted villages. Hillsborough. — Hillsborough, the largest township in the county, contains 37,894 acres of land, and has no large streams within its territory-. The surface varies from level to mountainous, the .soil is a red sand-stone, and but little timber re- mains. Neshanic mountain is five hun- dred feet high, its top being the only land in the township tliat is not culti- vated. The territory of Hillsborough township was for a long time disputed Historical Sketch. 67 territory, between East and West Jersey. Settlements actually commenced in 1690. under the twenty-four proprietors. The township organization can not bo given accurately, for the oldest records in ex- istence bearing on the subject only ex- tend back to 1746. The date of the earliest school is also unknown, being be- yond reliable conjecture, although in 1730 we find William Parish teaching in a school-house on the south bank of the Raritan. The present public schools are prosperous and well instructed. A clas- sical school has been taught in Millstone at different times, and Queen's College was temporarih' removed tliere in 1780. The church list of Hillsborough town- ship is as follows : Millstone Presbyte- rian, 1759; Clover Hill Reformed, 1834; Neshanic Reformed, 1752; Hillsborough Reformed, 1766 ; Branchville Reformed, 1850; Rock Mills Methodi.st Episcopal, about 1840 ; African Methodist Episco- pal, about 1865 ; and Mountain Mission (union), 1876. The villages and hamlets of the township are : Millstone, Neshanic, Flaggtown, Clover Hill, Blackwell's, South Branch or Branchville, Rock Mill, and Roycefield. Franklin. — This township is in the south- eastern part of the county, contains 31,- 610 acres of land, and has a level or j gently undulating surface, except where { Ten-mile mountain crosses in the extreme south. All streams within the township are small, and the soil is well adapted to farming and grazing. Settlement com- menced as early as 1701, and in 1703 we have record of John Van Houten, Tunis Quick, Dollies Hageman, Jacob Bennet, and John Harrison as among the resi- dents of the township. In 1746 the ter- ritorj^ of Franklin was called the East- ern Precinct, and was not formally or- ganized until 1760. The first school- house was at Three Mile Run, where, in 1720, Jacobus Schureman taught. Schureman was probably the first school- master in the county. Among classical schools Kingston Academy soon attained high rank, and the public schools have been well supported. The churches of the township are as follows : Three Mile Run Reformed, 1703-54 ; Kingston Pres- byterian, before 1700; Six Mile Run Re- formed, 1710; Bound Brook Episcopal, about 1800; Middle Bush Reformed, 1834 ; East Millstone Methodist Epi.sco- pal, 1854 ; Griggstown Reformed. 1842 ; South Middlebush Colored Methodist Episcopal. 1876 ; Bound Brook Reformed, 1846; East Millstone Reformed, 1855, and East Millstone Catholic, 1864. The villages and hamlets of the township are : Six Mile Run, East Millstone, Blooming- ton, Weston, Rocky Hill, Middlebush, Griggstown and Kingston. Montgomery. — Montgomery township is in the southern part of Somerset county, contains 19,590 acres, and has a hilly surface and a clay, sand}' loam and red shale soil. The township originality con- tained 36,500 acres, but in 1838, 16,910 acres of it were given to Mercer count}'. The drainage is to the east, and Sour- land Mountain in the south-west contahis the noted " Roaring Rock " caves and the " Devil's Half Acre." As early as 1693 lands in this township were sold by the twenty-four proprietors, and settle- ments commenced not later probably than the year 1700. The township was organized between 1762 and 1772, witii everything in favor of the year 1772. Neither history nor tradition tells of the early schools and teachers, and the pres- ent public schools are ki'pt up with the times. CHAPTEK YI, THE BENCH AND BAR. Hi-i^*^ AVING long been distin- guished for eloquence and legal learning, tlie Bench and Bar of Som- ei'.setj c ount j^ have won the proud distinction of being the peers of any others in the state of New Jersey. Some of those whose names have gilded the legal " roll of honor " of the county and state, representing some of the greatest genius, learning and judi- cial merit and ability in the countrj^, are the following : William Patterson, Peter D. Vroom, Samuel Southard, William Griffith, Andrew Kirkpatrick, George H. Brown, John M. Berrien, James S. Ne- vius, Isaac N. Blackford, Richard Stock- ton, Henry Southard, Frederick and Theodore Frelinghu3-sen, and Abraham (). Zaljriskic. Judges. — The records of the court were liurned when the court-house was de- stroyed by fire in 1779. We give the following list of judges from 1778 to 1896: 1778, Peter Scheiick, Jacob Bergen, Abraham Van Nestc, Enos Kelsey, Jacob Van Nord- strand, Edward Bunn, Chri.sto])lier Iloaglandt, Tobias Van Norden, Ernestus Van Harlingen, Jacob Wyckoff", Andrew Hegenian, Dirk Low, Natlianicl Ayers, Roelof Sebriiig, Thomas Berry, Henry Middleworth, Ebcnezer Tingley, Abra- ham Quick, .lohn Manning, Guisbcrt Sntfin, Cornelius Wvckoif, J.ilui Jolmson ; 17S0, Wib G8 Ham Verbyck, Ale.xander Kii-kjjutrifk ; 1781, Tol)ias Van Xorden, John Jolinston ; 1782, Ivobert Stockton, Peter Diuuont, Juliu Wort- man, Benj. Taylor, George Van Neste, John CJompton, Simon Van Nordwick, Peter Davis, Hugh Gaston, Ichaliod Leigh, Moses Scott, John Sebring; 1783-84, William Verbyck, Thomas Berry, Moses Scott, Robert Stockton, Tobias Van Norden, Henry Van Jliddlcworth, Andrew Hegeman, John Murray, James Kirk- patrick, Jacob Riskey, John Manning, David Kelly, John Sebring, John Wortman, Ichabod Leigh, Nicholas Dubois, Robt. Gaston, Peter Dumont, Ernestus Van Harlingen, John John- son, Jacob Van Nordstrand, Jacob Lewis; 1785, Mathias Baker; 1786, Christopher Hoagland, Aaron Matti.son, Joseph Annin, Jacob Matteson ; 1788, Benjamin Blackford, Peter D. Vroom, John Boylan, Henry Southard, Gilbert Sut- phin, Daniel Blackford; 1789, John Stryker; 1 790, Garret Terhune, Isaac Davis ; 1792, Rob- ert Blair, John Beatty, Jacob Ten Eyck ; 1793, Peter J. Stryker ; 1795, James Van Duyn, Fre^^^/?^»^^.^^ ^/T^^t,^--/'^ Biographical Sketches. received the degree of Master of Arts. Subsequently, in 1842, Mr. Murphy reg- istered as a law student with Hon. Judge Dikeman, of Brooklyn, from whose otRce he wiis admitted to practice in the sev- eral courts of New York state in 1845. He at once established himself in the practice of his profession at Brooklyn, where he remained ten years, during which time, in connection with his prac- tice, he was for two terms a searcher ol' real-estate titles in the county clerk's office of King's county. During a short period he was a commissioner of deeds, in connection with which he was exten- .«ively engaged in conveyancing. In about 1854 Mr. Murphy returned to his place of birth, at Freehold, this county, and in Feb.. 185G, became deputy county clerk under Jehu Patterson, Esq., and upon the death of the latter, served in the same position under his successor, John W. Bartleson, until Nov., 1858, when he himself was elected county clerk by a very large majority. He served in this position until Nov., 1868, having been re-elected without opposition. During this time he served as clerk of the board of chosen freeholders of the comity from May, 1858, to May, 1874. JMr. Murphy was editor of the Monmouth Deinocnif dimng the absence of its veteran editor, Major James S. Yard, who was in the service. Mr. Murph}', by virtue of his jiosition as clerk of the board of freeholders, which position he held from May, 1858, to May, 1874, and the ex- plicit confidence reposed in him, became very active in assisting the authorities in collecting and raising money by the sale of bonds for furnishing its quota of vol- unteers. He also was appointed to pay out the state bounty to the wives and families of the volunteers from Freehold township. Mr. ]\[urphy was enthusiastic in his support of the cause of the Union, and as editor he espoused through numer- ous articles and as editorials, in most vig- orous language, his war sentiments and advocacy of the jirosecution dl'thc strug- gle. From May, LSd'J, the date of incor- poration, to May, 1872, Mr. Murphy served as chief commissioner of Free- hold. Upon this organization virtually followed much needed legislation to carry out the plan of the new incorporation. But in prosecuting this difficult under- taking many o])stacles were met with, many difficulties and vigorous oppositions encountered where they came in contact with contlicting interests, requiring great courage and firmness as well as prudence and good judgment in order to harmon- ize antagonizing interests. At the expira- tion of Mr. Murphy's term as county clerk he became a deputy under his successor until Nov., 187>). In 1871 he was admitted to the l)ar of tliis state and entered into a j)artners]iip witli Ibm. George C. Beeknum in the practice . F., and past district deputy mand uiiislcr of tiic ( Irand Lodge of I. O. ( ). I''., and is also a iiiembei- of the Sons of llic American ivcNohition. 'I'hc (>ri,^iiiiil Aiiicricaii prog('nit()r of the jMurpln l';nniiy was Timothy Mur- j)iiv, wiio \v;is an cniigraiit I'rom Ireland. and came to this country about 17")0, locating near Keyjiort, Monmouth county. New .lersey. He was a school teacher, a justice of the peace, and taught survey- ing and navigation. lie also served as judge of the coui-t of common pleas of Monmoulli cnniits' at one time. He nianird Mar\- (larrison. nnd the\- had eight children, four stms and lour daughters, the youngest of whom was •ludge Joseph, father of subject, who was liorn at liethany, Moninoutli county. New Jersey', Jan. 1, 17U7. When yet a young man, in ISIU, he removed to Freehold and established a tanner}' op})o- site the "Cowart Place," on the Key- port road. On Jan. 1, 1820, he was mar- ried to Alice Holmes, daughter of Stout Holmes, who served in the Continental Army of the Revolution, at that time a citizen of Freehold. They had nine chil- dren, of whom Holmes W. was the second eldest. Judge Murphy subsequently was engaged in the mercantile business at Freehold for several years, and in 18M8 purchased a farm near Freehold, to which after 1850 he gave his entire time and attention, and was rated as one of the most successful and practical farmers in the county. In 18G7, having accumu- lated a competency, he sold his farm and retired from active l)usiness pursuits, and resided at Freehold up to his death. He .served for a time as one of the judges of the court of connnon pleas of Monmouth county with dignity, rare impartiality, and good judgment. He was a man pos- sessed of many sterling (pialities of both heart and head. As ;i judge he was linn and unswerving in his conx ictions of right ; cautious and slow in meting out jnilgment. but stcndl'ast in his decisions. IK' (lied in 1 SS I at th.' ;ige of eighty- scNCU N'ears. HON. ALFKKD W ALlJXCi, .)\i., ex- judge of Monmoutli county, and a distinguished niendu'r of the Monmouth county bar. with ollices at Keyport, is a son of Alfred and Kli'/.abeth Stout Wal- ling, and was born Oct. 20, 1845, at Key- HlOGRAl'HICAI. SkKTCHKS. port. Tlie iiuiiiL' is ol' W^'lsli oi'iiiiii, ;uul tlu' laiiiily has long been a proiiiiiicut one in New Jersey, figuring extensively in agricultural, eoinmereial, and legisla- tive circles. Cornelius Walling, [)aternal grand- fiitlier of our subject, who was a very active nieudn'r oi" the New Jersey Assem- bly in ISlio, was a native of old JNIid- dletown township, and was a, life-long farmer near Keyport, in Middletown township. He was a staunch democrat in politics, and besides his career in the legislature also held a number of local offices in his township. He was an active supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church at Bethany, near Keyport. His wife was Miss Elizabeth Murphy, daugh- ter of Timothy Murphy, of old Middle- town township, who died in 1886, and by whom he had four children: Alfred, Eusebius M., Elizabeth, wife of Thomas V. Arrowsmith, late clerk of Monmouth county, and Amelia, wife of Thomas B. Stout, of Keyport. He died about 1828. Alfred Walling, father of our subject, was also a well-known member of the New Jersey Assembly, serving with dis- tinction in the sessions of 1849 and 1850. He was a native of JMiddletown township, and possessed a good common-school edu- cation. He was clerk in a store at Cen- treville for several years, and was sub- sequently engaged in the business of sur- veying and conveyancing at Keyport. which he conducted successfully until the time of his death in Nov., 1875. He was an active participant in Monmouth county politics, and besides serving in the legislature was, in early life, clerk of Mid- dletown township, and, later, assessor of Raritan township. He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal church at Keyport, and a member of Delta Chap- ter, No. 11. F. and A. M. He married Miss Elizabeth Stout, daughter of John Stout, of old Middletown township, l)y whom he had three children : .Vlfred.our subject; Eusebius, deceased in iSiil.aiid Matilda. Our subjects motlier died in IS 52. Judge Alfred Walling, subject of this sketch, received a conunon-sciiiiol (■ducu- tion at Keyport. In early ynutli lie worked on a farm near Key[)ort, and sub- sequently occupied a position as clerk in a store at New York cit_\- for two years. He then returned to Keyport, and took charge of his intlier's business, which he conducted until 1S71. lie had always been a close student, and he applied him- self to the reading of law, being admitted to the bar in 1S74. He immediately began the practice of this profession at Keyport, and attained such rapid emi- nence that he was appointed judge in the Monmouth county courts in 1879, serv ing until 1890. At the expiration of his judicial career he I'eturned to Keyport, and has since built up a large and lucra tive practice, embracing every branch of the profession. .ludge Walling has always been a staunch democrat, and one of the foremost men in his party in Mon- mouth county. He takes an active in- terest in educational matters, and served as school trustee at Keyport for several years. He was formerly a member of Lodge No. 49, F. and A. U., of Key- port. He was married Jan. 9, 1S()7, to Miss Henrietta Ogden, daughter of Bufiis Ogdeu, of Key[)ort, and they have had three children: Olnetta,, P^lizabcth. de- ceased, and Kufus (). Judge Walling is a man of handsome personality and dis- tinguished appearance, is easy in his bear- ing and courteous in manner. He is widely known and respected, and is one 80 Biographical vSketches. of the most p(>[)nl;ir iiicii in INIoniiioutli county. He is a tireless worker, is thor- ouglily versed in every turn and techni- cality of his profession, and is well in- formed on all subjects of general infor- nintioii. His 2)()sition in the county is an eminent and inlluential one. TTON. HENRY M. NEVIUS, circuit -^-L court judge, ex-president of tlie state senate, and for twenty years one of the most prominent lawyers of the state of New Jersey, was also a gallant officer of the civil war, and at present is an esteemed citizen of Red Bank, where he has resided since May, 1 875, previously in Freehold and vicinity. He is a grandson of David Nevius, a brother of Judge James S. Nevius, jjresident judge for many years of the Monmouth county circuit, and a son of James S., Jr., and Hannah Bowne Nevius, and was born Jan. 30, 1841, in Freehold township, Monmouth county. New Jersey. He received his early educational training in Freehold Institute, and subse((uent]y took acourse in the university at Grand Rapids, Michigan. In April, 18()1, he resolved u|»in the study ol' law. and accordingly registered as a student in the office of E. Smith. Jr.. and General Russell Alger, at Grand Ra[)ids, Michigan, but upon the breaking out of the war of the rebellion cast his fortunes tor the cause of his country, and accordingly, in Jul}- of 18t)l, he eidisted in a company being organized at (irand Rapids, which became known as the "Lincoln Cavalry," Company K, attached to the First New York Lincoln (•a\alry. Having served with distinc- tion in this department of the army, in .Tan., 1863, he was promoted to sec- ond lieutenant of Company I), Seventh Miehigaiu'iivalry. which together with tlie First. Fitth and Si.xth Michigan cavalry, constituted the celebrated brigade, under the leadership of (ieneral George A. Custer, won such brilliant fame in the campaign of the Army of the Potomac. He returned home during the winter of 1863-4, but the following spring re-en- listed in the Twenty-fiftli New York cavalry regiment, and soon alter was pro- moted to first lieutenant. On the 11th of July, 1864, during an engagement in front of Fort Stevens, he lost his left arm, this making the fourth wound he had received in the service. For meritorious conduct in this battle he was promoted to the rank of major. While confuied to the hospital, undergoing treatment for his wounds, he was serving on detached duty, and remained in the service up to July, 1865. Now that the war was over he returned to reside in (piiet and peace at Marlboro, where he established liim- .self in the insurance business, and in connection with which he served as asses- sor of internal revenu" of the district, comprising Monmoutii county, from 1S66- 68, when he resigned to enter u])oii the study of law in the office of General Charles Haight, at Freeholil. with whom he remained until ndmitteil at i-'ebruary term. IS7."'i. lie at once located in prac- tice at Freehold, where he remained up to May, 1875, when he became a law l)artner of Hon. John S. Applegate, at lu'd Bank, with whom he remained four years. 1884-88, when the firm was dis- solved, whereupon Mr. Nevius associated with iiini ]*](lward Wilson, Esq., a former student, which relation has lasted ever since. He was admitted as a counsellor in 1876. In recognition of his legal learning and ability, in 1896, Governor Griggs appointed him circuit court judge Biographical Sketches. SI of Hudson county district, one of the most enviable positions in the judicial department of the state, in which posi- tion he is ably serving at the ])rescnt time. In politics he is an uncompromis- ing republican, but never an aspirant for office; however,after having several times refused the nomination for member of general assembly and once that of sena- tor, in 1887, upon the solicitation of his friends, he was induced to accept the nomination and was elected to the latter office, and in 1890, served as president of that body. He was specially active and useful as a public speaker during the presi- dential campaigns of 1880, 1884, and 1888, having delivered during the latter campaign over sixty speeches, and he bears the enviable reputation of being one of the most eloquent political and Grand Army speakers in the state. He is a member and was one of the chief organizers of Arrowsmith Post, No. 61, G. A. R., in 1881, at Red Bank, and served as its commander up to 1884, when he was elected commander of the department of New Jersey, serving up to 1885, when he was re-elected by accla- mation. He married Dec. 27, 1871, Matilda XL. a daughter of the late Wil- liam W.Herbert, of Marlboro, this county, and they have one daughter, Kate T. Judge Nevius, as asoldier and an officer, was possessed of a cool head and a bold courage which knew no fear, and he bears an enviable record. As a lawyer he is well versed in all the subtleties of the law, is careful in the preparation of his cases, is an eloquent pleader and true to his client. As a statesman, his ability and eloquence as a public speaker anorii in Shrewsbury townshij). Mon- mouth county, April 7, 1804, and died at Jersey City, Jan. 27, 1876. In early life he was a clerk in Corliss & Allen's store at Shrewsbury town for some time, and subsequently removed to Brooklyn, New York, and organized the firm of Lippincott & White, which car- ried on a wholesale grocery business. He afterwards located at Red Bank as a member of the firm of Wooley & White, lumber dealers. They established the first lumber yard in this section of New Jersey, and did an extensive and lucra^ five business. He then removed, in 82 Biographical Skktchks. 187'j, to .ler.scy (Jity, where ho lived qui- iiieiit ot" (lolumhia ('oUeo-o, whence he etly until his death, in ISTii, in his sev- graduiited in May, 1S70. lie then en- enty-second j^ear. In politics he was an tered the law otiice of Wiiliani A. Lewis, old-line whig and republican, and took at Jersey (^ity, where he read law until an active interest in public matters. B}- Feb., 1878. He was admitted to the bar i-eligious faith he was a quaker, but his for general practice in New Jersey, in wife being a presbyterian, he attended Nov., 1872, and as counsellor-at-law. in the church of that denomination and Nov., 1875. He (i])ciie(l an oOlee in Jer- helped to organize the Presbyterian sey City on Felj. !. IS7.'). in co-partner- church of Red Bank. He was an ensign, ship with John Blair, and the firm contin- or third lieutenant, in the New York mi- ued in business until Feb.. 1878. when it litia for many years, and his connnissioii was dissolved upon the ap[>ointnient of is still in his son's possession. He was a Mr. Blair to the judiciary. Since that prominent member of a lodge of 1. 0.0. F. time Mr. White has practiced independ- of Red Bank. His wife was Miss Ada- ently, and has a large and lucrative cli- line Simmons, daughter of Abraham entage. Between 1881 and 1890 he Simmons, Avho was born at Phelps, On- also had an office in New York city, tario county, New Yoik, on Aug. 2(). Among important cases upon which Mr. 1817, and died at Red Bank, May 7. White has been employed, one of the 1884. They had three children : Henry most notal)le, and the one which gave S., Theodore S., who died July 28, 18G"). him greatest prominence, was the suit of and James S., who died April 14, 181)0. the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Henry S. Wiiite, subject of this sketch, llailroad Company against the Hudson received his prt'liminary education in the Tunnel Railway Company. The latter piiltlic schools of Red Bank, and tlien company being organized lor the cdu- prepared for college under private tutors struction of a tunnel under tiie Hudson at home. He took a- course at the Col- river Ijctween New Yoi'k and Jersey lege of Physicians and Surgeons, New City. The former company held -that York city, and graduated in 18(14, lint according to tiie provisions of the gen- did not immediately oI)tain his diploma eral railroad law, no company could be on account of not having reached the legally organized for the construction of required age of twenty-one years. He such a tunutl. and tiiat tiiey further was appointed assistant sui'geon in the could I'xercise no right of emint'iit do- ll. S. Army the last year of the war, and n)ain. After a hard fight, and long and retained tliat [)osition until his discharge tedious litigation lasting .•several years, in .lidy. 18(i"). He then spent some time and |)assing thn)Ugh the court of elian- iu tlie women's hospital and the old .\ew eery, tiie supreme court, the court of York hos])ital. New York city, until the appeals and, lastly, the United States spring of 18(ifi. when he obtained his be Co^' Chase, and was born May 4, 1850, at Hroadalhin. New York. His great-grand lather, .To- seph Cliase, was a native ol" England, from which country Iw emigrated to America and settled at Fall River, Mas- sachusetts, lie married a JNIiss Sowle, a Spanish lad}-. Stephen Chase, son of .losepli. was born in ITS-'") at Fall River. wluTe he followed the oeeupatioH of a farmer and woodsman. In the ])roseeution of thi' latter branch ol' industr}' he was exten- siv'ely and successfully employed in fur- nishing tindjer to contractors engaged in railroad and other constructicm business. lie was an American patriot and a colo- nel in the war of ISl'J. In religion he was a baptist. He married Sarah Philips, by whom he had six sons : Ben- jamin. Holder T.. Charles. Harvey, John li. and William. He die(l in 1S.")(I. his wile surviving him initil iSGli. Holiler T. (/base, father of our subject. Avas born March 16, ISl'i, at Broadalbin, New York. He became a farmer by occupation, in which connection he was also a dealer in timber. He migrated to Michigan in ISCili, and was engaged in agricultural pui-suits at C^iincy for th<' ensuing year, when he died. Politically he was a democrat, and in religion a baptist. He was twice married, and by his first wife, Phoebe Coy, who died in 1853. he was the father of four children: VA'w.-A \.. .\ndrew .1.. Clarinda and Danifl < '.. oiii' sid)ieet. His second wife.Chally Pawling, bore him two sons: Holdei'and Benjamin. Danii'l C. Chase, after attending tlir public schools in his native town until the age of thirteen years, worked on a farm in Cayuga county. New York, for aljout one year. He then went to New York cit}-, where he obtained a position as night watchman for the Delaware and IJaritan Canal steamboats, from which Innnble position he has been gradually [)rom()ted until he obtained his present ri'S[)onsible one of superintendent of the Di'laware and Raritan Canal (Pennsyl- vania Railroad Co.) steam-towing, with oilices at 121) Broad street, New York. He has a thorough knowledge of boat- ing, is well versed in admiralty law. is an engineer and telegraph operator, the originator of the du])lex system of col- lecting towage, also of the smoke-stack signs for distinguishing dilferent lines ot steand)oats. is associated in the patent right of the Practical Rocking (Irate Bars, which are almost universally used on water and to a large extent on land. He has originated various transportation and shipbuilding companies, besides var- ious other business enterprises of minor im|)ortance. lie was for several years president of the South Amboy board of trade, and is also extensively interested in real estate. He is a member of St. Ste- phen's Lodge, No. Ho, F. and A. M., at South Andx)y, Mt. Zion Chapter, R. A. M., of New York, and York Commanderj, Knights Templar. Besides, he is a mem- ber of various social clubs and organiza- tions. He was one of the originators of the South Andjoy First National Bank, chartered in 1 Si)0. and has served as a director ever since. In political texture the senator is a staunch democrat, and lias ae<|uiicd much ])i'ominence as a |)olitical leader in local, county and state |)olitics. .Vmong the numerous jiositions with which his constituents have honored him were the following: Chosen free- biilder for one term. 1884 ; and senator i'lom .Middlesex county, elected in 1885 BlOGRAPHICAI, SkKTCHKS. 91 lor til fee years. As a uu'inlH'r dI' this body he drafted and, al'ter a hard struggle on the senate floor, secured tlie passage of a bill organizing the borough of South Amboy in 1SS7. Mueli op[)osition was encountered in the undertaking, and it was largely due to the })ersonal etlbrts of Mr. Chase that the organization was eflfected. That his purpose was well merited and the results appreciated is evidenced in the fact that upon his re- tirement from the senate he was five times elected to succeed himself as maj'or. In 1888 he was elected connnissioner of pilotage, with offices at Jersey City, in which position, as president of the board, he is serving at the [iresent time. In 1894 he was nominated for Congress from t!ie Third Congressional distric-t, but refused to accept the candidacy. He en- joys a wide range of i)rosperity, regard- less of party faith, and, as a citizen, commands the highest respect of all wiio know him. lie has been especially po- tent in the local, civil and industrial affairs of his town, being always ear- nestly identified with all worthy niovc- ments or enterprises brought forward for the promotion of the interests of the town and conimunit}'. He married, Aug. 2, 1880, Miss Enn^na E., daughter of Stephen II. and Helen C. Thompson Fuller, of liroadalbin. New York, for many years a traveling salesman. Mr. and Mrs. Chase have one child, a daugh- ter. Lulu. TTON. PATRICK CONVERT, a life-long -*—*- democrat, ex-member of the New Jersey legislature and ex-sheriff' of Mid- dlesex county, now residing at Perth Amboy, is also one of the well known men in the political and industrial affairs of the state, having sex'ved in various public positions of honor and trust within the gift of the city and county for over thirty years, and during intervals of the same time and ever since has been promi- nent in business circles of Perth Amboy. He was born in Ireland, on May IG, 1841, his parents being Cornelius and Marj' Con very. His father died when he was but an infant of fifteen months, and at the age of ten years he came to this countrj' with his mother, landing at New York December 8, 1851, and located in Perth Amboy two days later. Here he received a rudimentary education in the public schools, but he was compelled when yet quite young to part from teachers and school-mates and begin the battle of life. After working at various eni[)l()yments from time to time, he bt'came apprenticed to a firm in New York, tiien engaged in the business of marble cutting; abandon- ing later this eni[)loynient, young Convery returned to Perth Ambo^- and assisted his Ijrotlier, then engaged in the hotel and livery business, until 1858. From that time until 18G0 he lived in New Bruns- wick with his sister. On the death of his brother in September of that year, Patrick, then in his nineteenth year, assumed the fulfillment of his brother's contract for carrying the ITnited States mails between Perth Amboy and Railway. He continued in this service until July 1, 18C4, making one trii) daily ; in 1801 the postmaster-general increased the service to two trips dail3\ He faithfully served the public on his eight-mile route through all kinds and conditions of weather, miss- ing but one trip in the entire four years, jogging along on horseback, sometimes carrying one hundred and seventy pounds of mail matter in his sack. During this period, using a carriage part of the time, 92 Biographical Sketches. he had the pleasure of carrying many of the prominent and distinguished men ol" the day, among the numl)er heing Horace Greeley, (iarrott Smith, W. Lloyd Garri- son, and tlie late (Jovcrnor R. S. Green. This, of course, was hefore the advent of the railroad to Perth Amboy. In 1865 he entered upon his political career hy assuming the positions of constable and tax collector, to which he had been elected ; he also filled the position ol' street commissioner and of treasurer of the school fund, and fulfilled those func- tions until 1876. From 1868 to 1S73 his duties were added to by Judge E. W. Scudder, who appointed Mr. Convery court crier of Middlesex county. In 1 STCi he was elected to fill a vacancy on the board of aldermen, and was subsequently re-elected to a full term of three years, serving in that capacity a total of four and a half years. He served the terms of 1878-187!) in the legislature of New Jersey with marked credit to himself and to his constituents. Mr. Convery pur- chased the interest of Mr. Hall in the lirm of W. Hall & Co., grocers and liard- ware dealers. In 1879 he disposed of his interest in the grocery business and en- gaged in the ship chandlery and coal business, in which he is still engaged. Mr. Convery resigned the position of city treasurer of Perth Amboy in 1884, having been appointed by the cit}' council the May previous, to take the office of sheriff of Middlesex county, to which his friends had elected him, and wbich h(> occujiied three years. In 188!) lie maile anotlicr successful political camj)aigii, rt'sulting in his election to an oMice not less honorable and remunerative tlian tliat ol' tlie shriev- alty — the county clerkship of ^liddlesex. which office beheld five years. And during such an active, eventful life, in business and politics, Mr. Convery has found time to devote considerable attention to several business and financial institutions. He has served as a director of the Middlesex County Bankforaperiod of thirteen vears; is second vice-president and a manager of the Perth Ambo}- Savings Institution at the present time, and is president of the Perth Andxty Gaslight Company. He has been a member of the board of health of Perth Amboy for four years, and its presi- dent for two years. The career of Honor- able Patrick Convery from apprentice boy to sheriff, and to a commanding position in commercial, financial and political circles, is a revelation of possibilities for aspiring vouth of this countrv. p S. VAN ANGLEN, of the iirni ol' -*- • Van Anglen & Kent, an exten- sive grocer, and a representative business man of New Biunswick, New Jersey, was born at Karitan Landing, on March 25, 1843, and is a son of Cornelius and Han- nah Van Anglen, his paternal ancestry heing Holland Dutch. His paternal grand- father. Cornelius Van Anglen. w-as an enterprising merchant in New Brunswick, owning what was known as the Bull's Head hotel ; a member of the Dutch Re- formed church, and an old-line whig in politics until the dissolution of that party, when he naturally joined the repuhli- ciins. His children were : John, Suydani. Cornelius, Charles, Cynthia, Sarah and Maria. Father of our subject, Cornelius \ an Anglen, born July 29, 1813, received a connnon school education, and then went to the state of Kentucky, whi-re he secured a clerkship in a general store, and also followed the occupation of a far- mer. After remaining west for some time he returned to New Brunswick, and ^M i^* i- ■'^ f ^%2.^ .p/t^^^o.^^ Biographical Sketches. 95 entered mercantile life, remaining there until his death, which occurred on Maj 19, 1872, his wife's death having preceded his, on April 21, 1860. Eleven children blessed their marriage union, as follows : Sarah, married to John Booraem; Charles, deceased; Jane Maria, deceased ; Cynthia, married to William S. Provost, a gallant soldier in the late war, who served in nu- merous engagements, received several wounds, and at its close was captain, and resided at New Brunswick ; Ed- ward, James, Susan M., Samuel, Peter S., Anna, Charles C. and Julia D. P. S. Van Anglen, after his graduation from the public schools, became a clerk in the grocery store of Martin Nevius, New Brunswick, for a period, and then accepted a similar position with A. F. Randolph, with whom he remained ten years. He then ventured into business for himself in partnership with Nahuin Kent, the firm name being Van Anglen & Kent. This partuersliip continued for one year and a half, when it was dissolved. Mr. Van Anglen associated himself with Mr. Ballard for two years, and then with Isaac Martin, in the same line of business, with whom he remained for seven years. In 1 876 he again established the firm of Van Anglen & Kent, and has continued in the grocery business under that firm name ever since, and at present they have one of the largest trades of its kind in New Brunswick. His former partner, Mr. Kent, recentl}' died, but the business is being continued under the same firm name. Mr. Van Anglen is an active political worker, following the fortunes of the Republican party, and has three times been elected a member of the board of freeholders, and twice to the board of aldermen. He is a member of the board of trade ; of the Merchants' association, of which body he was president for three years. He is a member of the United American Workuien, and of the Baptist church, of which he is, and has been for thirteen j'ears, a trustee. Mr. Van Anglen is an active Christian, foremost in all movements for the benefit of his church and city, a good citizen and a substantial, prosperous business man. He married Lenora Kent, daughter of Phineas and Catherine Kent, Nov. 15, 1865, and they have three children : Cornelius, Louis M., and Effie C. Mr. Van Anglen is an example of a thoroughl}^ self-made man, practical in his views and enterprising. He is of proverbial honesty, fair dealing and abso- lute reliability, while, as a citizen, he is equally steadiast and faithful to all the demands of good citizenship. WILLIA]SI H. Mccormick, a pro- minent citizen and a leading mer- chant of Middlesex county, residing at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, is the son of Patrick and Sarah Es))ey McCornn'ck. His father, Patrick McCormick. came from Tubbamore, Ireland, to this coiuitry about 1821, and landed at Perth Amboy, where he immediately secured employ- ment as a cooper, which trade he had learned in the old country. It was but a short time before Mr. McCormick en- tered the oyster business, and he was a pioneer in shipping oysters inland, as he made the first wooden keg used for that purpose in the state of New Jersey. Although Mr. McCormick never -aspired to political honors, he was an active democrat, and served as school trustee at one time. His first wife. Sarah Es[)ey. who died at Perth Amboy, of cholera, in 96 Biographical Sketches. 1851, bore liim seven children: Esther Guinness, Catharine, Bertram, Marj- Jane, Schenck, Ainia Mallon, wife of Brigadier General James E. Mallon, of Brooklyn, New York; James, who died when fil'teen years of age; Sarah, who died when seven years of age, and William II. His second wife was Mary Brojtliy, ol" New York city. William II., the subject of this sketch, was born at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, March 26, 1847. He attended the pub- lic schools and Woodbridge Hall, but left school at the age of fourteen years, and entei-ed the employ of John Manning, at Perth Amboy, as a clerk, with whom he remained for a short time, when he en- gaged with William Hall and J. B. Ford, in the grocery business. Mr. McCormick remained with this firm for two years, and then accepted a clerkship with Jacob Knapj) and Isaac V. Briggs, of New York city. His employers soon recognized his ability, and at the expiration of a few montlis placed the entire management ol" their l)\isiness in his hands. Two and a half ycais latei- he engaged with K. L. Leggett & Co., wholesale grocers of New York, with whom he remained until 1868, when he returned to Perth Amboy. and entered into partnership with William Hall, under the lirm name of William Hall & Co. After a lapse of five years, in 1S7;5, Mr. Patrick Convery bought Mr. Hall's interest in till' business, and the firm contiiuied to do business under the name of McCor- mick & Co., until the year 187!), when Mr. McCormick purchased Mr. Convery s en- tire interest in all their uumy business ventures, which included two stores and two coal yards. In 1884 he moved from No. 40 U) No. 82 Smith street, where he now conducts the larji-est general mercan- tile business in Perth Amboy, represent- ing a trade of over $100,000 a year, which is without doubt the most extensive mer- cantile business in Middlesex county. Mr. McCormick is a democrat and a member of the Tax-payers' Association. He has been so occupied by his personal business interests that he has never taken anj- active part in politics. On the 28d daj^ of Oct., 1872, Mr. McCormick was married to Miss Katharine, daughter of Mr. Manus McNulty, of New York city, and their happy union has been blessed b}' the birth of thirteen children : William M., deceased ; Edward M., Madeline, Katharine L., Harry, Rose, Anna. Wil- liam H., Jr., Frances Kelley, deceased ; (irace, Francis Leggett, Claire and Helen. Perth Andjoy may well be proud of Mr. McCormicks success in bu.siness. He is a man who has made his own way in the world, one of those citizens to whom Americans proudly refer as self-nnide men. His pluck and perseverance are a practical lesson to all young men, and liis business inspires others with the hope of like attainment. As a business nnm he is industrious, energetic and .-jhrewd; socially he is affable, congenial and justl}" popular. LTON. DAVID DEMOREST DE NISE, -' — ^ cN-iiiciiibcr of the as.'((. i8ol, near Mt. Pleasant. Mattawan townshij), Monmouth county, lie received a com- mon-s('hool education, but left school at the .age of seventeen years to serve an apprenticeship at carriage-making with .(ames Tice. near Ilolmdcll. Monmouth county. After serving a short time liei-e lie worked at Mattawan and afterwards at Keyport under instructions, and, finally, in 18;")1. became foreman for Mr. Timothy Cashart, which jjosition he filled BlOGRAPHICAI. SkETCHKS. 101 lor fivt' years. He next I'orined a co- partnersliip with lion. .1. W. Herbert, ex-laj judge of Monmoutli county, and under the firm name oi' Herbert & Au- mack, conducted the hxrgest carriage factory in the county for ten years, em- ploying twenty-five men, and doing an extensive order business. In 1872 this firm was dissolved, and Mr. Aumack eon- tiinied the business alone up to the time when he was elected to his present posi- tion. He is a staunch democrat, and has always been active in the local councils of that party. He served for two years as a chosen freeholder of Raritan town- ship, for three years as a trustee of the Raritan township graded school, and for several years as a mend>er of the township committee. He was one ol' the commissioners for the l)orough of Key- port for several terms, and in 1884 was elected sheriff of Monmouth county for one term. In 1892 he was appointeil county clerk to fill the vacancy of eleven months' unexpired term caused by the death of John T. Height, and in Nov., 1893, was elected to the office over his o])poiient. Peter Freeman, the candidate of the Citizens' league. Mr. Aumaek is a recognized leader in county politics, having been in the forefront of all party movements during the past thirty years. He is a popular man socially, and is a member of Cassarea Lodge, No. 64, F. and A. M., and of Delta Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He was married in March, 1854, to Catherine E. Stoney, and they have two children. Norma and Giftbrd 15. The Aumack family is of Holland Dutch origin, and the original American ancestors were two brothers who came to this country prior to the Revolution, and settled temporarily on Long Island. All of the name in the United States are de- scendants ol" tliese two brothers. One of them subsequently removed to Monmouth county. New Jersey, and located at Port Monmouth, and many of his descend- ants, of whom our subject is one, still live in that vicinity and at Tom's River. Jacob Aumack, the paternal grand- father of our subject, was a native of Port Monmouth, and was a miller by trade, following this occupation during all the active portion of his life. He operated the Arrowsmith mills a I INut Monmouth for many years, and after- wards the Peacock mills at Mt. Pleasant up to his retirement, many years prior to his death. He was a democrat, and took an active part in the training of the local militia. His wife was Miss Lydia Cole, by whom he had seven children : (Jarrett, Richard. Ste})hen, Joel, John, Catherine Sinnnons, and Lydia. He died at the age of eighty-four years, highly respected and universally esteemed for liis sterling worth as a man and citizen. His wife fol- lowed him at the same age. and the I'auiily generally has been noted for longc\ ity. John Aumack, father of our subject. was born at Port Monmouth, and was a carpenter and builder, folk)wing that trade all his life. Like the other male members of the family, he was a demo- crat in politics, and an active partici[)ant in local jjublic atfairs. Earlj' in life he removed with his father to Mt. Pleasant, and passed the greater part of his cai-eer there. He was married to Eli/.alictli Stillwell, and they had three sons and one daughter : Watson, deceased ; Lydia, wife of William Bailey, a waterman re- siding at Oceanic, New" Jersey; Theo- dore, our subject, and William, deceased. He died at the age of seventy-two years, his wife having preceded him at the age of thirty-five years. 102 Biographical Sketches. SOUTHWELL ROYCE FARRINGTON, a son of David and Mary V. (Many) Fanington, was born on May 23, 184'J, at Dunning. Ulster i-onnty. in the state of New York. Tlie family is of Irish deseenton pater- nal side, and on the maternal side of German origin, the immigrant ancestors having come to thisconntry two hundred and lifty years ago. The paternal side located at Freyburg. in the state of Maine, and maternal side in Ulster county, New York. John Farrington, the paternal great-grandfather, came from Concord, New Hampshire, when a 30ung man. He married Nancy, a daughter of Captain Vere Royce, and by whom he had the following children: John, born Nov. 4, 1794, died Oct. 24, 1822; Vere Royce, born Jan. 4, 1797, died Sept. 8, 18G9: Jonathan, born Jan. 30, 1799, died Nov. 9, 1820; Henry Stevens, born March 10, 1801, died Dec. 29, 1802; Nancy Royce, born March 30, 1803, died Jan. 14, 1886; Henry, born March 5. 1805, died 1828; Southwell, born Fel>. 27, 1807, died Aug. 14, 1872; Samuel Ayer Bradley, born March 26, 181 1. died Oct. o, 1882; Enoch Chandler, born Dec. 11. 1813, died Dec. 13, 1870; Mary Ann Chandler, born Aug. 21. 1818, iind Jonathan Kdward. John Faii-ingtnii liicd on .Ian. 11, 1833, being sur\i\('d by \\\x wife twt'nty years, she living on .Miiicli 21. 1853. They mi'c both buried lit Kail Bridge, ,so called Fiv\1mii-. in the jut dl' Southwell H. Far- lingtoii. their son. The maternal great- grandfather of Southwell 11. Farrington was Captain Yere Boyce. commissioned lii'utenant in the Fortieth regiment. He serxt'il with credit and distinction through- out the war bi'tween England and France in Canada. For services rendered in tliat war. he received the frraut of a tract of land comprising about 2,000 acres on the Saco river, upon which now stands the town of Bartlet, New Hampshire. He was a profound mathematician, and in times of [jcace I'oUowed the profession of civil engineer and surveyor. He was a nnisician of no mean ability, a special talent which the entire tamily seemed to have inherited. He was twice married; his first marriage to an English lady was without i.ssue. He married lor his second wife a Miss Richard, daughter of Captain Richard, a lady of rare beauty and Hue educational attainments. He died on Sept. 23, 1810, and was buried near Frey- burg Centre, Maine. He lel't two child- ren, Yere and Nanc\-. Captain Vere Royce, maternal grand- father, married Miss Wiley and lixed at Augusta, Maine, where he was engaged for some time in the hotel business, but subsequently removed to Mercer, where he became engaged in teaching school. While located here, he was appointed captain of the Mercer militia. He had five children : Henry, Yere, William, Southwell and Mary Ann. From Mer- cer he removed to Ohio, where for .some time he followed the ministry of the Bap- tist church. The daughter, Nancy, mar- ried John Farrington. the ]iaternal great- grandfather of Southwell II. FaniiigloH. the subject of this sketch. Vere Royce Farrington. tiic |iaternal grandfather of Southwell Koyie Fari'ing- ton. was born at Freyburg, Maine, on .Ian. 14. I7'.*7. lie married Miss Hannah .\. Baker, also of Freyburg, who was lH)rn .March 28, 1813, and died April 5, 1880. They lived all their lives at Freyburg, and were zealous supporters of the Con- gregational church, to which denonuna- tion they belonged. lie was a man of line intellectual ability, of genial manner, Biographical vSketches. 105 ;uul miivcrsMllv lovctl ami ('stcenu'd hy all wild knew liim. Their children were Vere Royce, born March 18, 1821, died May 5, 1*828; David Bradley, born Feb. 5, 182:5; Margaret, born March 8, 182i">. died May 28,1872; John, born April I'l. 1828, died Oct., 1828; Sonthwell, born April 11), 18M1; Enoch Chandler, born .hily 28, 1834; Joseph Wilson Barker, liorii Oct. 9, 18o6, died Oct., 1865; and Eliza (iordon, born Sept. 18, 1843. David Bradley Farrington, father of subject, was born Feb. 5, 1823, at Frey- burg, Maine. He received his educational training in the public schools of Freyburg until he attained the age of seventeen 3'ears, when he went with his father to Massachusetts, whei'e he resided until 1844, when he removed to Ulster county. New York. Mere he became at that time one of the pioneers in the settlement and development of the hitherto rich and fertile section about the present site of Denning, and became one of the founders of that thriving and important town. Here he became extensively identified with various industrial enterprises. As- sociated with Mr. J. W. Smith, he was for man}' years extensively engaged in the bnnber business in that county. Sub- sequently, be became travelling agent foi the Metropolitan Manufacturing Com- pany, of New York City, and remained associated with them in that capacity up to 1885. Tn Aug. of 1889, he removed with his family to Pei'th Amboy, New Jersey, where he established the lumber business, so ably conducted at present by his son, who became associated with him in 1889. In 1892, owing to advanced years, he decided to retire from the cares and worries of business life, and accord- ingly removed to Newark, where he en- joys acompetency in well-earned and quiet retirement. lie has licen a life-long democrat until recently, since wben he has advocated the Republican |)arty. During his early life he held many local appointments always with credit and honor, and was at all times a fu-m up- holder of his party. Possessed of consid- erable intelligence, he always kept him- self well-posted in political and social nnitters, and was always keenl\' inter- ested in the welfare of his party. He is a member of the i\Iethodist P]piscopal church, of whicii both himself and wife are staunch su|)porters. Dining the late reljellion he took an active [)art in uphold- ing the constitution, raising recruits, and supporting it largely with time and money. He had four children, three sons and one daughter: Southwell Royce, born May 23, 1849; John Vicary, born Sept. 5, 1854; Emma G., born ^Nlarch 15, 1862, and Ross B., born July 15, 1865. Southwell Royce Farrington received his education in the district schools of Napa- noch, Ulster county. New York, up to the age of sixteen, Avhen he found employ- ment as package boy in a store in New York. He soon, however, gave that up, and determined on learning mechanical engineering. He soon became proficient, possessing genius and great ability. In 1878 he settled at Little Falls, Herkimer county, where he remained practicing his ]n'ofession until 1889, when he came to Perth Amboy to become associated with his father in the lumber business. Upon his father's retirement, George D. Runyon became associated with him, and the firm then became the Farrington & Runyon Company, with Southwell R. Farrington, president; George B. Runyon, treasurer, and Bradley W. Farrington, his son, sec- retary. The com[)any carries all kinds of lumber and building materials, and is 106 Biographical Skktches. a liiglilv pidspcroiis coiiccrii. ciiiploying a iiuinberof men. He is a staunch repub- lican, and has taken a very active part in politics, since 1880, although he lias never sought or held office except locally, where his influence could do the most good. He has twice been elected a mem- ber of the board of aldermen, and is at present president of the board. He has many times been a member of the Re- publican county committee, and in 1896 was elected a member of the board of free- holders of Middlesex county. He is a very prominent member of the Royal Arca- num. He is also a very active member and generoussupporter of the Methodist Epis- copal church. He has always been prom- inent in everything for the good of the (■(iiiiniuiiities in which he has lived, and was the prime mover in the organization of the Perth Amboy board of trade, of which he is the able president. He is an excellent musician, and his mu.sical talents have in no small degree descended upon liis children, who are exceptionally l)rilliant performers instrumentally. In ■ 1S71 he was married to Miss Mary .\.. daughter of Peter P. Mclntire. of Rah- wa}'. New Jersey, and their union has Ix'en blessed with three children: Brad- lev W.: .\ugusta M., highl}- accomplished tin thf piano, and Clara E., who is a stu- dent uikKm' I'rof. (Instav Dainireuther. of New York, an eminent violinist. "pvR. IS.\.\C STOVER LONO, a lead- -*-^ ing physician of Monmouth county, practicing at Freeliold, New Jersey, is a s(m of James M., wliose father was Judgi' AVilliam Long, of Durham, Bucks county. Pennsylvania, and whose mother was Salome Stover, a daughter of Henry Stover of the same county. Dr. Long was born June 28, 1839, at Hughsville, Warren county, New Jei'sey. Received his earlj- education in the pub- lic schools of Hughsville, and later at Easton, Pennsylvania. During intervals he worked upon the farm, and at the age of eighteen took up the occupation of teaching, and fur live years taught the Hughsville school. In 186-3 he regis- tered with Dr. C. Shepherd as a student of medicine, but soon entered the medical department of the LTniversity of Penn- sylvania, from which lie graduated in March. 1S66; the same year located in the practice of his profession at Eng- lishtown. New Jersey, and renuiiued up to the spring of 1872, when he returned to Freehold, where he has continued ever since in the active practice of his profes- sion. He makes no specialty, but does a general practice, in which he has been eminently successful. He has been presi- dent of the Monmouth Medical Society, a member of the State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and coun- ty physician of Monmouth county for ten ^ears. He is a progressive, industrious student of his profession, and has con- tributed various articles (m professional sul)jects to tlie transactions of the Medi- cal Society of New Jersey. He is ex- aminer for the following reputable insur- ance companies : The North Western .Mutual, the New York Mutual Reserve, the Mutual Reserve Fund of New York, the Provident Life and Trust Company of Pliiladelphia, the Manhattan Life, be- sides numerous others of minor import- ance. He is director in the Central Na- tional Bank of Freehold, and is interested in various other civil and industrial enter- prises about the town. He is a trustee of the Young Ladies' Seminary at Free- hold. Politically he is a democrat, and Biographical Sketches. 1(17 religiously he is a member of the Presby- terian church at Freehold, as is also his wife. nV/TA.IOK JAMKS STERLING YARD, -^^ .sou of the late Captain Joseph A. Yard, was born in the city of Trenton, April 20, 1826. He received his pre- liminary education from books at Tren- ton Acadeni}', and left school at the age of fourteen to act as bookkeeper for his father in the auction business. He after- wards entered the True American, office to learn the art of printing, and spent several years in learning the mechanical branch of the trade. He was a skillful compositor and pressman, and at one time worked the entire weekly edition of the Trrie America)), on a hand-press. In 1846 he started the Weeldij Visitor in the city of Trenton, and, after conducting it for three months, sold it. In 1848 he pub- lished for an association in Williams- burgh, L. I., a campaign newspaper, the Kings Cua)ifi/ De))ioc)-at, and in 185U he ])rinted for Benjamin F. Yard, owner and editor, the first thirteen numbers of the Ocea)) Signal (now Ocean C'oiud// Cou)-ie)-). at Tom's River. Subsequently he started the Village Record (now Gazette) at Hightstown. While at that place he was postmaster for a period just before 1854, which position he resigned upon removing to Freehold. He was also post- master of Freehold from Oct. 1, IS-jy, to July 1, 1860, when he resigned. In 18-54 he pur(!hased the Monriiouth fJonoo-at, and has conducted it to the pre.sent time. In 1866 Major Y^ard also established the Long Bra)ir]i Xcns^ which he conducted for several years. He was elected a member of the Monmouth county board of chosen freeholders in the spring of 1863, and re-elected for two succeeding years, when he declined to serve longer. In 1878 he was elected a member of board oi" commissioners of appeals for the town- ship, and was re-elected annually there- after until the spring of 'IK), when he declined a re-election. In the spring of 1888 he was nominated at the annual citizens' meeting for mayor of the town corporation, and was annually re-elected until the spring of 1894, when he declined a re-election. During his administration the water s\stem for sup- plying the town with water and the sewer system were devised and con- structed, and put into successful opera- tion. The suggestion for reconstruction of the water system natunilly met with considerable opposition as an enterprise involving a very much larger expendi- ture than had ever been undertaken by the town. It was also opposed on the ground that a private corporation would be able to construct it at less cost than the town corporation would be able to do, and involve no risk to the taxpa3-ers of the town. Mayor Yard urged the importance of the public ownership of the works, and after a discussion cover- ing a period of over two years it was decided by a vote of the town in favor of public ownership. The result has demon- strated the wisdom of that course, the system having proved successful from the start. He was major of the third regiment of militia in the service of the United States at the outbreak of the late war, in 1861, and afterwards was connected with all the military operations in the county for raising troops until the close of the war. He was appointed by (Jovernor Olden to draft the militia for Monmouth county, and was commander of Camp Vredenburgh, and assisted in raising the 108 Biographical Sketches. T\v(.'iitj-ei,i;litli and Twenty-ninth regi- ments of volunteers. He was also com- missioned as commander of Camp Bajai'd, at Trenton, wliicli he declined. He held several commissions under Governor Par- ker during the war, in connection with New Jersey troops in the field. Major Yard was appointed commis- sioner of railroad taxation by Governor Parker in 1873, which position he filled until 1883. In 1878 he received the appointment of dejjuty quartermaster- general from Governor McClellan, which position he resigned on the death of Quartermaster General Lewis Perrine, and was r-etired with the rank of lieuten- ant-colonel, at which time he had been longer in the service than any other officer on the rolls. While Major Yard has been earnestly- engaged in business matters, and filling responsible military and civil places, and assuming responsible trusts in the inter- ests of his fellow-citizens, he had not been unmindful of other obligations to himself and to the connuunity in which he has resided. While at Hightstown, in 1852, he l)e- came a member of the Methodist Episco- pal church, and has remained in that communion since. He efficiently served there as superintendent of the Sabbath- scliool, and upon his removal to Freehold was appointed to the same position here, which he held for many years, and still maintains as a teacher his connection with the school. In this, and also in church work, he zealously guarded tlie interests of botli morality and religion. For several years Major Yard has licid a license as local preacher in llie church at Freehold. On Sept. 25, 185(i. lie married .Vdaline ("lark, (hiHuhter ol" Daniel I). Swilt. of Lancaster county, Pa., In which union he has had seven children : Emma, wife of Wm. M. Ivins, of New York city; Mary Sterling, wife of A. Harvey Tyson, of Freehold, New Jersey ; Daniel Swift, who graduated at Princeton in the class of 1882, died Nov. 21, 1883 ; Joseph Ash- ton, Adaline Swift, James Sterling, died April 7, 1877, and Thomas Swift, died June 14, 1880. Mrs. Yard, in addition to the usual cares of a large famil}', which slie man- aged discreetl}', has been an active and useful member of the church and of so- ciety, taking a leading part in the affairs of both ; and not only with her hands, but by her counsel and with her pen, has she labored efficiently and contributed her share in the world's work. npvAVID VAN DERVEER PERRINE, -*-^ a graduate of Princ3 he formed a new business relation as a member of the firm of Coward & Perrine, and in 1852, having dissolved this partnership, he embarked in an inde- pendent mercantile enterprise, and laid the foundations of our subject's present fiourishing business. In addition to his commercial interests in Freehold he was engaged in extensive milling operations on the MatchapDuix river, in Middlesex count}-, and was one of the most exten- sive shippers of grain in the county. His private ail'airs did not preclude him from taking an active interest in all projects connected with the public welfare. He was president of the Freehold Gas Cimi- pany and treasurer of the Freehold aud English town Turnpike Company. Al- though a zealous democrat in politics he was not a seeker for office, in spite of which he was the first treasurer of Free- hold. He made a liberal contribution to the Freehold Improvement Company to- wards securing the location of the shirt factory in that town. He was a regular attendant at the Krccliold Presbyterian church, and although not a connnunicant member of the church he was always one of its most generous supporters. He died July 6, 1888, in the seventy-second year of his age, universally regretted by his fellow-citizens by whom he was esteemed as an energetic and useful member of the community. Mr. Per- rine was married on Feb. 5, 1851, to Miss Hannah Matilda Van Derveer, daughter of David 1. and Ttlary Conover Van Derveer, of Freehold. They had five children : David Van Derveer, our subject, born May 25, 1853 ; William Conover, born April Hi, 1855, died May 6, 1850 ; John Rhea, born May 23, 1857, died March 23, I SGI; and Mary Cono- ver, born April 17. 1SG3, died Feb. 5, 1873. David Van Derveer Perrine, subject of this sketch, received his elementary education at Freehold Institute under Cyrus Baldwin and Rev. A. G. Cham- bers, and entered the Sophomore class of Princeton College in Sept., 1873. He graduated from that institution in 1876 with the degree of A. B., and was 114 Biographical Skktches. later iivvarded the degree of A. M. In tlie autumn of 1876 he entered his father's store at Freehold, and devoted himself to assisting in superintending the financial ailairs of tlie establishment. He continued in this position until his fatlier's death, in 1888, when he assumed control of the business and has remained actively identified with it ever since. The establishment is a department store, built in the shape of an " L," with a frontage on Main street of three doors and four stories, and Nos. 10, 12 and 16 in the " L " fronting on South street, carrying a heavy stock of general mer- chandise, and the business is one of the most extensive in the state. The new Perrine building at Main and South streets, adjoining his store, comj)leted in 1896, is one of the handsomest business structures in Freehold. The building is sixty-nine feet front by one hundred and sixty teet deep, three stories in heiglit. the first Hoor being devoted to business places and the upper stories to law offices and dental rooms. Mr. Perrine is also owner of a fine farm in Monroe township, Middlesex county, upon Avhicli is a well- equipped flour mill. He is a large stock- holder in the Freehold Electric Light Com])any and the Freehold Gas Company. lie is a democrat in politics, but liberal in his suiVrages where local affairs are concerned. He is an active member of the A. 0. U. W., the Sons of the Revolu- tion, of New .Terse}', the Holland Society of New York, and the American Insti- tute of Civics of New York. He is a generous supporter of the Freehold Pres- byterian church, of which he is a deacon. Mr. Perrine is a thoroughly progressive Ijusiness man. an was a repuldican in Biographical Sketches. 119 politics, and tor soiiR' time was collector of Middlesex county. He was a faith I'ul member of the Second Reformed church. His wife was Miss Anna Foster, who l)ore him three children : Theodore B.,our subject, Mar- garet, and Harriet, wife of E. V. Rich- ard son. Mr. Booraem, senior, dicil in 1S8-"), at the a"e ot" (iftN-four \ears. TOIIN WARN HERBERT, JR.— Fran- ^ cis Herbert, the first representative of that name in New Jersey, and a grand- son of Philip Herbert, fourth earl of Pem- broke, with thirty associates, came from Long Island in 1G77, and settled in Mid- dletown, Monmouth county. He married Hannah, daughter of the celebrated quaker, John Bowne, Avho located on Long Island in 1659. They had four sons — Thomas, Francis, David and Oba- diah, and three daughters — Elizabeth, Deborah and Mary. ()l)adiah. in IT'J'J, married Hannah, daughter of William Lawrence, Jr., grandson of Sir Henry Lawrence, president of Cromweirscouncil. and son of William Lawrence, Sr. Wil- liam Lawrence, Jr., married Ruth Gib- bons. ( )badiah, one of the nine children of Obadiah Herbert and Hannah Law- rence, married, in 1765, Elizaljeth Warn, granddaughter of Colonel Thomas Warn, one of the ])roprietors of East Jersey, anil settled in Middlesex county. Their chil- dren were three sons — John, William and Obadiah, and two daughters — Sarah and Elizabeth. William Herbert, father of John W., Sr., who was born in 1771. in Middlesex county, New Jersey, married, in 1801, Eleanor, daughter of Benjamin Conover, of Monmouth county, and grand- daughter of Garret Conover and Neeltje Van Mater. They had children, — Oba- diah, Conover, William W., John W., Abby E., Hannah (wife of Garret Cot- trell) and Eleanor. John W. Herbert, Sr.. father of the suly'ect of this sketch, was born on the loth of June, 1820, in Madison township, Middlesex county. New Jersey, and at the age of seven years removed with his father and mother to Wickatunk, Marlboro township, Mon- mouth county. His father, William Her- bert, was actively identitied with the public interests of the counties of Middle- sex and Monmouth. He was an asso- ciate judge t)f the court of common pleas of Monmouth countj'; he was a farmer and builder, and left his children a hand- some patrimony. His son, John W. Her- bert, Sr., was married Feb. 24, 1851, to Agnes D., daughter of Savage and Jane Wright, of Piscataway township, Middle- sex county. Their children were Kate H., John W., Jr. (the subject of this sketch), William H., Richard W., and Jean R. John W. Herbert. Sr.. was one of the leading citizens <^f Monmouth county. He was instrumental in securing the organization of Marlljoro township in 1848; was elected the same year its first freeholder; held the office of superintend- ent of schools from 1850 to 1863, and was associate judge of the inferior couil of common pleas of Monmouth county from 1874 to 1879. He is still living. His son, John W. Herbert, Jr., was born Aug. 3, 1853, at Wickatunk, New Jersey. Received his elementary education at the public school at the Old Brick church, now Bradevelt, Marlboro townshi[). (iar- ret A. llobart, now a candidate on the Republican ticket for vice-president of the United States, taught at this school, and Avas his first school teacher. Mr. Herbert was for four years at the Glen- 120 Biographical Sketches. wood Institute, Matawan. Entered the scientific department of Rutgers College in 1869, and was graduated a B. S. with honors in 1872. In 1873 lie began the study of law in Jersey City with Captain Albert S. Cloke; entered the Columbia College law-school in 1874, and was grad- uated a batchelor of laws in 1870. Was admitted to the bar of New York as an attorney and counsellor in May, 1876, and as an attorney of New Jersey at the June term of the supreme court, 1870. and as a counsellor at the June term, 1879. Was appointed a master in chancery in 1879, and a special master in chancery in 1886. Had a large and lucrative prac- tice in both the civil and criminal branches. He was engaged as counsel in some of the most noted trials ever held in the state of New Jersey. Practiced law in Jersey Cit}^ until the fall of 1889. Was married Nov. 10, 1885, to Olivia Antoinette Helme, daughter of Major- Ceneral Geo. W. Helme and Margaret Appleby, daughter of Leonard Api)lel)y. Geo. W. Helme was the founder of Hel- metta, New Jersey. Died June 13, 1893, and beside building the town, which stands as a monument to his memory, left a princel}' fortune. The name of the town was adopted in honor of Mr. Iler- bcrts wife. Iiy transposition of her ]ict name and surname. They have two chil- dren : John Oliver, born Dec. 26, 1880, and Gertrude Adeline, born Nov. 22, 1892. In 1889 Mr. Herbert was elected the treasurer of The Geo. W. liclinc Company, of Ilelmetta. wiiii li. at that time, was the largest manulacturing in- dustry in Middlesex county, and is at present the vice-president and treasurer of the company. In 1890 he was elected president of the borough commission ol Ilelmetta, and when the form of govern- ment was changed in 1896, was elected its first mayor. Mr. Herbert is a staunch republican. Is known throughout the state as an able stump speaker. Has always taken an active part in politics, but declined to accept any public office excepting the one above named. He was elected a delegate to the National con- vention held at St. Louis in June, 1896. He is a member of St. George's Protestant Episcopal church, of Helmetta, New Jei'- sey ; has been a vestr^'man since its organ- ization and was recently elected a warden. We may add that this church and the rectory wei'e erected in 1895 by Mrs. Geo. W. Helme, Mrs. Chas. G. Strater, Mrs. John W. Herbert, Jr.. and ]Mr. Geo. A. Helme, the widow and children of Mr. Geo. W. Helme. as a memorial to him. /COLONEL JOHN W. NEWELL, one ^ of the brave soldiers from the state of New Jersey, who went to the northern armv to jjrotect its honor during the civil war, is of Irish descent, and his soldierly career illustrates the truth of the oft-repeated saying that the Irish is a fighting race. In our own army during the civil war whole regiments, including officers and ]irivates, were Iiish or of Irish birth, and no better nor braver soldiers ever fought under the stars and stripes than they. Colonel Newell is a son of James H. and Eliza D. Hankinson Newell, and was born at the town of Franklin, War- ren county, Ohio, during a temporary residence of his parents at that place. His paternal grandfather, Hugh Newell, came from h'eland to this country in early manhood — twenty years — in 1764. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and is uicntioned in ■• Lossing's History" as Biographical Sketches. 121 one of the "minute men" of jNIonmouth county, and left a striking example of enei'gy, perseverance, and thrift to his children, of whom there were five sons and three daughters. The father of Colonel Newell, James H. Newell, received an academic educa- tion at Moorestown, N. J., which he sup- plemented after liis graduation by con- tinuous reading and private study, and, being possessed of a more than ordinary lively intelligence, became, in the literal sense of the term, a well-educated man. lie chose the jjrofession of civil engineer- ing early in life, and, becoming verj' pro- ficient in map work, was employed to dratt all the maps of the city of New Brunswick, as are now recognized and adopted. In politics he was an old-line whig. He was an active Christian worker, a deacon and an elder of the Reformed church. He left behind him a high reputation for integrity as a business man, a Christian, and a good citizen. Four children survive him, viz., Azariah D. Newell, M.D., Hon. William A. Newell, M.D., John W. Newell, and William D. Newell, M.D. William A. Newell is an ex-governor of New Jersey and of Washington territorj'. One child died in infanc}'. After graduating from tlie Plaiiifield Academy Colonel John W. Newell fol- lowed the profession of teaching for a short time, and became an instructor in the Plainfield, N. J., academy. He then engaged in connnercial pursuits, in which he continued until the breaking out of the civil war, when his patriotism and sense of duty to his country led him to sacrifice a salaried position of $6,000 a year to enter the army. He was com- missioned a major and paymaster in the United States army Sept. 5, 1861, by President Lincoln, and served three years with the army of the Potomac, and participated in all the; battles of the IVninsula campaign under the gallant McClellan and his successor, (Jeiieral Hooker, and otlicrs. lie was then as- signed to duty as paymaster of the sub- district of New Jersey, at Trenton, ]S. J., and was placed in charge of the mustering-out of soldiers, where lie re- mained until June 7, 18C7, when he was honoraljly discharged from the United States service with the rank of colonel, after nearly six years of service. In March, ISOS, he received and ac- cepted the appointments of superintend- ent, secretary and engineer of the New Brunswick Gaslight Company, which po- sition he has most ably filled and holds at the present time. He is a republican and an interested worker for that party, is an attendant at the Second Reformed church, a member of the Masonic order, the Sons of the Revolution, the Gi'and Army of the Republic, the Loyal Le- gion, and the New Jersey Historical Society. Colonel Newell may point with pride to his higlilj' honorable record as a sol- dier, a business man, and a gentleman, and the knowledge that he is regarded by his fellow-townsmen of New Brunswick as being one of its best citizens should be a source of great gratification to him. Colonel Newell has one .son, Walter, who is regarded as being an exception- ally bright young man. He now holds the ])osition of ivssistant auditor of the Illinois Central Railroad, at Chicago. This sketch would not be complete without reference to the paternal grand- mother of Colonel Newell, Elizabeth Truax NeAvell, who was a daughter of 122 Biographical Sketches. Ciiptaiu Samuel Triiax, of the Continen- tal army. In 1781 she was appointed at Trenton, N. J., one of the members of the Society of Ladies to aid in collect- ing means for the support of the revolu- tionary soldiers. So loyal and Ijrave a woman was she tliJit at the battle of Monmouth, some four miles from her home, she took charge of a six-ox load of provisions, and. in spite of the dangers attending the trip, mounted the wagon and was driven into camp. For this she received the thanks of General Washington. The mother of Colonel Newell was Kliza D. Hankinson Newell, daughter of James, who was son of Ca])tain Kennetli Hankinson, of the Continental army. TpLIHU B. BEDLE, second son and -*-^ third child of Thomas I. and Ilan- nali (Dorsett) Bedle, of Mattawan, for- merly Middletown Point, New .lerse}, was born at the former place June 29. 18o4, and is also a brother of ex-Governor Joseph I). Bedle, who was the first son and second child. Ancestral tradition has it that the name of the family most [)rol)ably had its origin from the ollicial title o( Jicdcl — a title which appertained to an ollicial of the English universities at (lambridgc and Oxionl, whose duties art' somewhat similar to those of a mai'shal ; and it is not at ail unlikely that at some early peri(jd an anci'stoi' may have held the position, and thereby gained the sin name of '■ The Bedel," which, in course ol time, was curtailed by the dro|)|iing of the article — not an unusual tiling in those days. The fust emigrant ancestor came to America from the island of Berumda, and located at Bethany, between Keyport and Mattawan, in the state of New Jersey. Thomas I. Bedle, the father of our sub- ject, was born in the city of New York, however, in 1803, where he resided until the age of nineteen, when he removed to Middletown Point. Here he still resides, is ninety-three years old, hale and heaily. He was very active in politics, and always greatly interested in the welfare of his party. He was at one time a judge of the court of common pleas of Monmouth county, and most successfully filled the position. He had six children, two sons and four daughters, to wit : Emma Camp- bell, ex-Governor Joseph D., Elihu B., Henrietta, Sallie (deceased, wife of Dr. Giran), and Mary (now Mrs. 0. G. Raf- ferty, of Brooklyn, New York). The subject of our sketch received his education at the Mattawan high school, and at the age oi' fourteen he entered a store at Middletown Point as a clerk with (iarrett P. Conover, and remained in that position four years. In 185(i lie removed to Freehold. Here he entered into mer- cantile pursuits, and continueil in Imsi- ness until 1888, when he sold out and retired from further active business. About this time Mr. Bedle organized the Central National Bank of Freehold, of which lie became adirectorand its cashier, and lias so continued ever since. Prior to the organization ol' the Central IkiuU. however, he and his l)rt)ther, the e.x-gov- ernor', were interested in the establish- ment of the First National I'ank of Free- liolil, and he served as a director of that institution until alter the oiganization of the Central Bank. Mr. Bedle is a staunch democrat, and ever active and zealous in the interests of the party. But the most laudable char- acteristic of Mr. Bedle's life is the work S ^ /^.^ Biographical Sketches. 125 he performed and the interest he takes in establishing the best graded school and educational system in the state at Free- hold. He greatly contributed to the pas- sage of a special act making an appro priation for the erection of the new school, and devotes much of his time and ser- vices to the enterprise. He has been a school director for many years, and is at present district clerk of the school district in which he resides. Mr. Bedle is pro- bably the oldest business man in active business in Freehold to-day. He has been prominently identified with all the various measures proposed for the develop- ment and improvement of the town, and is the staunch supporter of any enterprise which promises to accomplish that pur- pose. He has recentl}' purchased a con- trolling interest in the Freehold Electric Light, and the Freehold Gas Light com- panies, and it is expected that under the new ordei- of things, great improvements will be made in these plants, to the mate- rial advantage of the citizens of that place. Mr. Bedle was married Feb. G, 18G0, to Miss Kate E., daughter of Robert E. Craig, a farmer of Manalopen, Monmouth county. New Jersey, and they have had eight cliildren, two sons and six daughters, all living : Jo.sephine, wife of Charles H. Butcher, an attorney of Freehold, New Jersey; Rachel, wife of Peter S. Conover, Jr., merchant of Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey; John Vouglit, who is a carpenter, and resides at Fi-eehold ; Mary, wife of Frederick Parker, attorney, a son of ex- Governor Parker, residing at Freehold ; Harry, a plumber at Freehold ; Julia, and Robert. Mr. Bedle is one of Freeholds most highly-esteemed citizens — esteemed especially for his sterling qualities of mind and heart, his strict integrity and upright- ness of character, as well as his genial temperament and generous nature. As a business man he has not only gained, but has retained, inifalteringly, the public confidence through all the many years he has spent in the business circles of that community, so that to-day the name of E. B. Bedle ranks with the most conserva- tive of the state. JOHN S. VOORHEES, prosecutor of ^ the pleas of Middlesex county, New Jersey, and one of the most prominent lawyers in that state, is a son of the late John S. and Sarah Van Doren Voorhees, and was born Nov. 30, 1855, at Frank- lin Park, New Jersey. He is of Dutch ancestiy, his earliest known progenitor living prior to IGOO, in front of the vil- lage of Hees, near Ruinen, province of Drenthe, Holland, from which fact is de- rived the family name, as the equivalent of the Dutch word " Voor" in English is "in front of" or "before." Mr. Voorhees, after attending the grammar school of Rutgers College for several years, entered upon an academic cour.se in that institution, and was gradu- ated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1876. He subsequently, in 1879, re- ceived from Rutgers College the degree of A. M. In fraternity he was a Phi Beta Kappa. After his graduation he served as seci'etary of the Alumni A.sso- ciation, and for several years has been a member of the standing committee of that association. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Athletic Associa- tion of the college, and evinces a lively interest in all things that conduce to the welfare of his alma mater. He read law for the three years subsequent to his graduation in the office of his uncle, Frederick Voorhees, at Mount Holly, and 126 Biographical Sketches. ill .lime. 1S79, was admitted to the bar as an attorney. In the fall of that year he removed to New BruiLswick, New Jer- sey, where he entered ujjon the practice of law. He subsequently formed a part- nership with Theodore B. Booraem and Edward W. Hicks. The latter gentle- man retired in April, 1895, and the busi- ness since that time has been carried on under the name of Voorhees & Booraem. The firm occupies a suite of three offices, which are stocked with a library of law volumes numbering two thousand. Their business is largely in the line of corjwra- tion law. Mr. Voorhees is counsel for tlie Edison Electric Illuminating Com- pany, the People's National Bank, the National Water Tube Boiler Company, and other prominent corporations of New Brunswick and its vicinit}'. He is a di- rector of the People's National Bank, of the Provident Building and Loan Asso- ciation and of sevei'al other corporations. He is a trustee of the Children's Indus- trial Plome, of the People's Mission and of other eleemosynary institutions of New Brunswick. In religion Mr. Voor- hees is a member and a deacon of the Second Reformed church. He is also an active and efficient member of the New Jersey State Executive Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association. Mr. i Voorhees w.as united in marriage Oct. 21, 1886, to Mary IT. Stcbbins, a daughter of the late John H. Stcbbins, of Rondout, New York. By this union he iiad three children. Politically' Mr. Voorliees is an uncom[)romising repul)lican, but has had little time as yet to devote to practical politics. He has by incessant study and trial reached a conspicuous position in hi.s profession, and he prefers to direct his resources and energies along that line. Covcrnnr (Irii2-f;'s. in recognition of his ability and success as a law\'er, ap- pointed Mr. Voorhees in 1895 to the office of prosecutor for Middlesex county for a term of five years. A perusal of brief sketches of some of Mr. Voorhees' forefathers may prove ofintei'est to the reader. Coert Alberts Van ^^)or Ilees is the name of the ancestor already mentioned. Hees, in IGGC, had not outgrown a sonuio- lent infancy, her population at that time comprising but nine hundred inhabitants. Steven Coert Van A'oor Hees, oldest son of Coert Alberts, was born in 1600, and in his sixtieth 3ear emigrated to this country from Holland. He purchased, November 29, 1660. from Cornells Dirck- son Hoagland, thirty-one morgens of land at Flatlands, Long Island, for which he paid three thousand guilders, a sum equivalent to eleven hundred and forty dollars in our money. Here he. with his wife, whom he had married in Holland, settled down as a farmer. Mrs. Van Voorhees, whose maiden name is un- known, deceased after bearing him several cliildren. He had no children by his second wife, Willempie Roeloflse Senber- ing, to whom he was married on Long Island. His name appears on the assess- ment rolls of Flatlands for the years 1675 and 1683; as a magistrate in 1664, and as the holder of a patent of land dated 1667. He died at Flatlands, Feb. 16, 1684, leaving a will bearing date Aug. 25, 1677. His son, Coert Stevens Van Voorhees, was born in Holland in 16."}7. He mar- ried prior to IGGG Marretje Van Cowen- horen, of Flatlands, Long Island. He was a magistrate and captain of militia. Gerret Coert Van Voorhees, of Flat- lands, his son, was married twice. First to Meiisie Janse. and afterwards, on April Biographical Sketches. 127 20, 1685, to WilU'inpie PietL-rs. He was a member of the Dutch church of Fhit- lands, in 1677, and in 1687 he took the oath of allegiance as a native. His name appears in the census of the town last named for the year 1698. He purchased, Dec. 11, 1693, from Jan Hansen Van Norstrand and Barient Joosten, the tract of land at New Utrecht, Long Island, called Bruynnesburg, and known as the Anthony Jansen Van Sales patent, for which he paid thirty-eight thousand, seven hundred and fifty guilders. He subsequently by deed, in 1(199, conveyed his remaining interest in that pi'operty to his brother, Albert Courtes Van Voor- hees. His will, dated Oct. 1, 1702, and proved Sept. 2-3, 1704, is recorded in the office of the surrogate of New York. He died in 1703. His son, Peter Van Voorhees, was born Dec. 10, 1694, in Brooklyn. He was married to Arenti Nevijius, and re- moved from Long Island to Blawen- burgh. New Jersey-, in 1720, because un- willing to pay tithes to the English church. He died July, 1749. Petrus Van Voorhees was born June 24, 1736, at Blawenburgh. His first wife, whom he married Dec. 1, 1757, was Sarah Nevijius. She subsequently de- ceased, and he united himself in marriage, Oct. 24, 1761, to Lea Nevijius. He re- sided all his life at Blawenburgh, New Jersey. By his will he ordered his slaves to be set free and devised his land to his grandson, Peter. Martin us Voorhees, son of Petrus and Lea Van Voorhees, was born August 28, 1763, at Blawenburgh. He was married May 2, 1786, to Elsie Van Dyke, daughter of John Van Dyke. He re- sided at Bridgeport, Somerset county. New Jersey, where he died July 31, 1825. His wife, Elsie, among other ef- fects, bequeathed to each of her three daughters a negress slave. His son, Peter Voorhees, was born May 27, 1787. He lived in Blanden- berg. New Jersey, on the old homestead possessed by the family for more than a centui'y. He served his country in the New Jersey legislature, 1843-5. He was an active member and one of the organizers of the Dutch Reformed church of Blawenburgh. He married in 1809 Jane Schenck, a daughter of Captain John Schenck, who served in the Conti- nental army in Colonel Chamber's regi- ment, attached to General Dickson's brigade. Eight children were the fruit of this union : Alice, wife of Dr. J. V. D. Joline; John S., father of our subject; Charity, wife of Samuel D. Bergen; Mary, married to Reuben A. Drake ; Ada Jane, wife of Rev. Dr. J. B. Davis ; Peter L., a graduate of Princeton law school, and who married a sister of Hon. William L. Dayton, the first republican candidate for vice-president of the United States; and Frederick. Peter Voorhees deceased July 4, 1853. John Schenck Voorhees, fatiier of our subject, was born March 18. 1812, at Blawenburgh, New Jersc}-. He owned and operated a farm of four hundred acres at Franklin Park, Middlese.v county, where he resided at the time of his death. He was married Dec. 15, 1846, to Sarah Van Doren, a daughter of Peter Van Doren, by whom he had four children. He died June 19, 1877. "DEV. S. M. WOODBRIDGE, the distin- -L*' guished instructor in church his- tory at the theological seminary of New Brunswick, is of English descent, and 128 BiocRAPHicAL Sketches. comes iVom a family eminent for its work in the cause of religion, since lor thirteen generations members of it have been ministers of the gospel. He was born at Greenfield, Massachusetts, April 19, 1819, and is a son of Sylvester and Elizabeth Gould Woodbridge. His pater- nal grandfather, Sylvester "Woodbridge. practiced as a physician at Southampton. Massachusetts, for many years. To his married life were born three children : John, Sylvester and Mindwell. (?) His father, Sylvester Woodbridge, was born at Southampton, and graduated from the theological seminary at Andover, Massa- chusetts. After his graduation he moved to Greenville, Green county, New Yoi-k. and served six years as minister of the gospel. He then removed to New York city, where he spent ten years. Later he removed to the city of New Orleans, where he resided until his death, in 1862, as pastor of the Second Presbyte- rian church. His wife died in 1851. To them were born eight children, as follows: Sylvester, deceased; Jahleel, (?) Elizabeth, deceased; Francis. Samuel M.. John, and Marj-. Rev. S. M. Woodbridge, subject of this sketch, graduated from the New York University in 18.39, and from the theo- logical seminary of New Brunswick in 1842. For eight years after his gradu- ation he was located as a preacher in South Brooklyn, New York, and for two- and-a-half years thereafter at Coxsackie Landing. He then removed to New Brunswick, and was pastor of the Second Reformed church for five years, from 1S.")2 to 1807. Since that time he has lx*en instructor in church history at the theological seminary of New Brunswick, and liis high attainments as a teacher, his prolixind knowled^'e of religious his- tory, and beautiful personal character, have added additional lustre to that dis- tinguished institution of learning. Mr. AYoodbridge was for many years a member of the Historical Society of New Brunswick, but at jiresent is quite una- ble to attend its meetings, held usually m the evenings, owing to the delicate condition of his health. His first wife was Caroline Bergen, and their union was blessed with one daughter. Cai-oline. His second marriage was to Anna W. Dayton, and to them were born two chil- dren : Anna D., and Mary Elizabeth. "pHILIP A. MEYERS, a son of Philip -L and Christina (Crawford) Meyers, is a typical representative of those raan^' sturdy families of German origin which have contributed so much to the solid progress of American institutions and our country's prosperity. He was born at New Brunswick on March 3. 1837. His paternal grandfather, Michael Meyers, was a native of the kingdom of ^Vur- temburg, Germany, where he was born March 17, 1778. While still a boy, in 1790 he made his way to this country alone, but was soon followed by some of his sisters. He located in New Bruns- wick in 1802. and established a business in cigars and cut tobacco, which he con- tinued successfully until 1802. He was a staunch whig in politics, and was a member of Christ church, being noted as an industrious and iiiHuential memljer of the connnunity. In 18(ll he was married to Mary Earner, one of the twelve chil- dren of Michael Earner, who was origi- nally from Burlington, N. J. By this marriage Michael Meyers became the lather of seven children : William. George J. John. Benjamin F.. Philip. Mary Ann Biographical Sketches. 1 1'ft and Michael H. His useful and honor- able career came to an earthly close on Jan. 24, 1852, at the age of seventy-four years. Philip Meyt-rs, son of the foregoing, and father of our subject, was born Oct. 29, ISll. in New Brunswick, in a hou.se that stood opposite the present site of Rutgers College. He received a good common-school education, and early in life ajjplied himself to learning the trade of bricklaying. This, however, he never practiced for au\- length of time, prefer- ring to follow his fathers successful foot- steps in the tobacco business. He en- gaged in the manufi\cture of cigars asso- ciating with him at first his brother Ben- jamin, and afterwards his younger brother Michael; but in ISoT this partnership was dissolved, and Philip conducted the business alone with ability and profit up to the time of his death in 1S72. This establishment was at the corner of Albany and Peace streets. He was a highly re- spected citizen, and although exceedingly quiet in his manner of living, took a deep interest in public affairs. He was a re- publican, and a member of the Union League during the rebellion. He was first lieutenant in the old City Guards ol New Brunswick ; also a member of the Presbyterian church. He was blessed with a tamily of eight children : Philip A. (the subject of this sketch), Charles. Mary Elizabeth. Harry. Christina, John V. Crawford, William Crawford, and Marion H. He died April 2. 1872, aged sixtv-one vears. His wife (born Oct. 27. 1810) followed him June 2G. 1801. aged seventy-two years. Philip .V. Meyer."*, our suliject. received his education in the select and private schools of New Brunswick, leaving school when fifteen years old to learn the carpen- tertrade. He never followed this,however, but (with the inherited tendency towards tobacco) joined his father in cigar-making. In 1858 he started in business on his own account at the foot of Church street, and has continued to manufacture cigars down to the present time. Since 18(.>8 he has been located at 34 Bayard street, where he handled school supplies and sporting goods in conjunction with cigars until 1888. when his son. Charles V. Meyers, succeeded to the mercantile part of the business. Our subject is a man of in- fluence and standing, and is particularly noted as the possessor of a ripe fund of knowledge about local people and hap- penings, which makes him an authority on the history of New Brunswick. As a local antiquarian, by means of his camera he has made a valuable collection of pic- tures and views of many of New Bruns- wick's historic buildings of interest, many long since torn down, but reproduced from memory by Mr. Meyers, first with pen with remarkable accuracy, and then photographed. But his interest in the local history of his town does not end here, for he has collected an extensive library of I'eference works containing valuable and rich statistical information and facts of local interest, which makes him a boon to the editor and the his- torian. He is a republican, and was a valued member of the board of education. He is a memlxn- of the A. 0. U. W., Ra- ritan Lodge ; of the F. and A. Masons, Union Lodge, No. 19; of the Scott Chaj)- ter, No. 4. and is a manager of the Hu- mane Society of New Bi'unswick, an ac- tive charitable organization. He is a member of the Second Reformed church. Mr. Meyers was married July 18. 1850, to Susan 11. Brokaw. daughter of Bergen Brokaw. an accountant of New Bruns- 130 Biographical Sketches. wick. Tliej^ have one son. Charles V., horn April 13, 1860. who was educated in the local high school, followed book- keeping!,- lor two years, and has since con- ducted the mercantile part of his father's business as above stated. Charles is a republican in politics, and is a member of the New Brunswick dun club. HON. C. F. NEWTON, of Woodbridge, New Jersey, is a son of Alanson and Asenath Phillips Newton, of New York city, where he was born in April, 1825. The Newtons were a family of some note in England, and the ancestral records trace the family pedigree to an eminent Episcopal clergyman of that name, who in his time gained great fame and repute as an eloquent divine and sch(^lar. The great-grandfather, the im- migrant ancestor, was a strong patriot, warnd\' attached to the cause of the colonies against the '• mother country."' He early enlisted in the American army, and was engaged in almost all of tiie great battles fougiit by General Wasli- ington. He was also one of tiiose who wintered with Washington on the bleak hills iif iild Mount Joy or Valley Forge. The paternal grandfather Newton was a farmer the greater part of his life, and owned a fine farm at Washington, Con- necticut, lie raised a family of five sons, all of whom became prominent men. One of these five sons was Alanson Newton, father of our subject. He was educated in the })ublic schools of Con- necticut, and subsefpiently attended And- f)ver College. Leaving college, he tauglit school in New "\'ork city for some time, and then was placed in charge of what was designated at that time as a select school, with which school he remained as its principal for fifteen years. In 1832, when our subject was in his seventh 3ear, his father bought a farm at Woodbridge, Middlesex county, New Jersey, and moved his tainily there. He then devoted the greater part of his life- time to the interests of his farm and sur- veying. He was the only one of the five sons who had received a college educa- tion. He was always a strong democrat, and took an active interest in the affairs of the township. He served as a justice of the peace of W^oodbridge for twenty- live years, and as an associate judge of the court of common pleas for five years. He also filled every one of the township offices, such as committeeman, collector, assessor, etc. He was an e.\emplary and devoted Christian, a member of the Epis- copal churcli at Woodbridge, and for several years a vestryman. He was an active factor in all church-work. He was also a member of the ^Masonic fra- ternity-, affiliating with Lafayette Lodge, of New York city. He was married to Miss A.senath Phillips, daughter of Henry Phillips, of Fishkill. in 1818, and they had born to them the following children: C. F.. Henry, Oscar, (ieorge, and Mary A. The father died in the ninety-sixth year of his age, and the mother deceased in 18li7, at the age of seventy-six years. C. F. Newton, our sul)ject, received a common-school education, and this was shortly afterwards supplemented by the training he received at the hands of his father, who was a skilful teacher. After leaving school he was engaged as clerk in a store in New Y'^ork city lor a time. Subsequently he entered the service of the Gold Pen and Pencil Case Manufac- turing Company, and was a travelling salesman for that concern for some time. Biographical Sketches. 131 Afterwards he was admitted as a partner, and ultimately succeeded to the business. When the war broke out in 1861, he en- listed in the Thirty-eighth regiment. New York vohmteers, served as quartermaster until the end of his term of enlistment, and was mustered out in 1862. After returning from the service he resumed his business as gold pen and pencil-case manufacturer for some time, but finally disposed of his entire interest to part- ners. He then purchased the farm for- merly owned by his father, and conducted the same for some time, when he dis- posed of it. He is a staunch democrat. He succeeded his father as ju.stice of tlie peace, and has also held the office for the like period of twenty-five years. He was for ten years an associate judge of the court of common pleas of Middlesex county, and faithfully duplicated the splendid record made by his honored and much-respected father in the same posi- tion. He was appointed postmaster of Woodbridge, New Jersey, in 1893, by President Cleveland, and this position he now fills. He was chairman of the county committee of his party for four yeai's, and has always been quite active in township affairs. He is a member of the Episcopal church of Woodbridge, and is alike active in all church work. .Iiidge Newton is a member of several fraternal orders also, such as the Masonic frater- nity, holding member.ship in Metropoli- tan Lodge, New York city, of which he is a charter member and a past master. He is a member of Morton (Jommandery, Knights Templar, of New York city, and of New York Consistory, S. P. R. S., thirty-second degree. He is also an Odd Fellow, and is a past grand master of Washington Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., of New York. Judge Newton was married, in 1844, to Miss Anjanette Meryfield, by whom he had (me child, Charles A. The mother died in 1848. Judge Newton was married to his present wife, Miss Josephine Gorisse, of Woodbridge, in 1886. TTTILLIA:\I hall, a wealthy retired ' '^ merchant of Perth Amboy, Mid- dlesex county. New Jersey, and one of the most infiuential and public-spirited men of that city, is a son of Isaac and Elizabeth Strimple Hall, and was born March 10, 1816, at Basking Ridge, Som- erset county, New Jersey. The family name is of English origin, the primitive American ancestors having settled in Massachusetts. John Hall came from New England to New Jersey in ante-revolu- tionary times, and was an extensive farm- er near Basking Ridge, owning over six liundred acres of land, all of which has since passed out of the family's posses- sion. He was one of the first settlers in Somerset county and received his title deeds direct from William Penn. One of his sons, Richard Hall, grandfather of our subject, was a farmer all his life on a portion of the ancestral estate at Basking Ridge ; had been a paymaster-general in the revolutionary army, and was a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church. By his wife, whose maiden name was Whitta- ker, he had several children. He died when eighty 3'ears of age. Isaac Hall, our subject's father, was born at Basking Ridge, and was a well- known farmer there all his life. He was an enthusiastic anti-Jackson man in pol- itics, and a staunch supporter of the Presbyterian church. He married Miss Elizabeth Strimple, b}- whom he had ten children : Samuel, William, Piatt, Isaac, E. W., an artist at Lyons, N. J. ; Jane, 132 BioGRAi'HicAL Sketches. Eliza, Sarah, Kate, and Helen. He died at the age of eighty years. William Hall, our subject, was educa- ted in the public schools at Basking Ridge. When sixteen years of age he became clerk in a store at Liberty Cor- ner, Somerset county, where he remained for six years. In 1840 he removed to Perth Amboy, and purchased a lot of ground on Smith street, upon which hv ex'ected a handsome brick store. Here he conducted an extensive and profitable general mercantile business for forty-live years, retiring in 1891, thus making him one of the oldest merchants in Perth Amboy. He still owns his original store ])roperty, although the business has been transferred by purchase to other hands. Mr. Hall has been identified with the most notable business and municipal im- provements in Perth Amboy for half a century. He was at one time treasurer of the Perth Amboy Savings Institution and subsequently he organized the Middlesex County Baidc, obtained its charter, erect- ed the bank building, and was elected its first president, which position he occu- pied for eight years, resigning in 1881. He was also very active in establishing and ei'ecting the gas-works and water- works of the city, and was a member of the board of trade. He is a democrat in politics, and served as an alderman, city recorder, and in other offices during the period of about sixteen ^ears. He is a member of the First Presbyterian rlim'cli. ami lias always been a lihcial sii[)p()i'tcr of the church, and an active worker in general religious affairs, lie is a member of a lodge of I. O. O. F.. of Milford, Connecticut. Mv. Hall was married to Miss Charlotte Claik. a daugh- ter of Jonathan Clark, of Milford, Con- necticut, bv whom he bail three cliihlren : Ella J., wife of N. J. C. English, a well- known lawyer at Elizabeth, NewJerse}'; Marietta, deceased in childhood, and William II., a prosperous druggist. Al- though no longer engaged in the active aflairs of life, Mr. Hall is widelj- known, [)()pular and respected, and is a man of strong, decided opinions, sound intellect and genial disposition. His name will always be notable as one of the founders of Perth Amboy. DUKi. GEN. STEWART VAN VLIET, ^^ a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars, now on the retired list, and resid- ing at Shrewsbury, New Jersey, is a son of Christian and Rachel Huff Van Vliet, and was born July 21, 1815, in Ferris- burg, Vermont. The name is of Dutch origin, and the ])ranches of the family tree flourished in unbroken succession in Holland until the year ICOO. In that year the founder of the family in this country emigrated hither. The paternal grandfather, John Van N'liel. was a farmer, near Fishkill, Dutchess county, New York, lie was a whig, a member of the Dutch Rel'ornieil church. auiF the father of four children : John. Peti'r, Frederick, and Christian, fathi'r of our subject. Christian Van Vliet was horn at Fish- kill, New York, in IT'.HI. where he re- ceivt'd a common-school education, and subse([uently became a farmer. In reli- gion he was a baptist. lie was twice iiianie(l. His lirst wile, itachel Muff, whom he wedded in ISI I. Inire him one sou and one daughter; Stewart, after- wards the general, and IJacliel. Maria Cromwell, to whoui he was married in I S"Jo, ga\e him one daughter. Hannah Maria, who married llenr\- KooseveUlt. of New York. ^^o4-.y^' Uzabeth Arrowsmith, and was born at Keyport, New Jersey, in IS43. He is of Fimlish descent, his ancestors lia\ lug been anions' tlie \'ery early settlers of Long Island, New York. His grandfather, on the paternal side, was .lose]ih Arrowsmith. who farmeil on a hirge scale in llonesdale township, and was a considerable owner ol' land. He had a particularly successful career, al- though djing at an early age. Thomas V. Arrowsmith. our subjects lather, was born on his lathers I'aiMn in Biographical Sketches. 139 Hoiiesdale township ; waseducatt'd in the common schools, and, after his graduation, entered into a mercantile business at ]\Iatawan in 1875. After some years of business experience, he accepted a clerk- slap on a line of steamboats running from Newport to New York, and after three years of service was advanced to the position of captain of a steamer. Resign- ing from this position, he was elected county clerk on the democratic ticket of Monmouth county, being twice thereafter re-elected, and served a total of fourteen years, finally resigning from office on ac- count of ill health. His son Joseph, now deceased, filled the unexpired term. Upon his resignation he retired from active life, and remained in Freehold until his de- cease, which occurred at the age of sixt\- five years. Although in politics he was a strict party man, he was not a politi- cian. He married Elizabeth Walluig, of Keyport. and to them were born six chil- dren, four sons and two daughters: Jose})!! (deceased), James S., Eusebeus Walling. Alfred W. (deceased). Charlotte, and Annie. Eusebeus Walling Arrowsmith received his earl}' educaticm in the public schools of Keyport, and then engaged in busi- ness with his fother, in which he con- tinued for three years. He then entered mercantile life in New York city, in which he remained for two years, resign- ing therefrom to accept a position with his father as assistant county clerk at Freehold. He read law with William H. Vredenburgh, and after four years, of study, at the age of twenty-eight, com- menced the general practice of law at Freehold. He has achieved an eminent 2)osition in his profession, and is recog- nized as being a particularly clear-headed and painstaking lawyer. While he makes no specialty, his criminal practice has been most brilliant, and as such, he ranks among the foremost of the state. He has alwa^'s been attached to the Demo- cratic party, and although not a politician, is always read}' to serve his part\'. From 1891 to 1894 he was counsel lor the Monmouth county board of freeholders. He was united in marriage to Mary A. Johnston, of Keyport, whose family came from the state of Maine, and their union has been blessed with six children, five sons and one daughter : Thomas V., now practicing law at Long Branch, New Jersey; E. W., Jr., attorney-at-law, and assistant in county clerk's odice at Free- hold ; Leon J., Isabella. .Vlfrcd W.. and James. TOHN BAWDEN.— A splendid exam- 'J pie of the possibilities open to in- dustry and ability has been wrought out in the history of the life and success of the subject of this sketch, John Bawden, the founder and one of the proprietors of the Freehold Foundry and Machine shop at Freehold, New Jersey. He is a son of John and Sallie (Malachi) Bawden, and was born in the town of (iwincar, in the county of Cornwall, England, on the 10th of April, 1827. His mother having died when he was but nine years of age, the care of the children devolved upon the elder sisters. Young Bawden was, even at this tender age, thrown largely upon his own weak resources for earning a livelihood. lie. however, found employment with a gold-l)eater, and after- wards as an errand boy in a shoe store, and as an assistant in a rope-walk, at- tending irregularly the public schools during the intervals. He continued until the age of fifteen years, when he entered for the first time upon the employment of 140 Biographical Sketches. his subsequent life vocation, the foundry business. He accordingly entered the brass foundry of William Buckley, in New York, and after liaving worked in various foundries, and having ver}- pro- ficiently mastered the details of the busi- ness as aj^prentice and as journeyman in the last-named city, lie came, in 1856, to Freehold, New Jersey. Here, in the fall of the same year, he established himself in similiir business on a modest scale, in a structure twenty-four by thirty-six feet, on the site of his present main build- ing. Here for several years, by persever- ing industry and strict economx', he was only able b}' the fruits of his small en- terprise to supply the modest wants of his family. In fact, he was more than once on the verge of abandoning his ven- ture. Subsequently, however, he asso- ciated with liiin in a co-partnership rela- tion Mr. Gilbert Combs, and the business was made to include tlie sale of agricul- tural implements and farm machinery. Being now relieved from a certain portion of the general conduct of the business, Mr. Bawden was enabled to give more attention to the development of its me- chanical side, in which he excelled. The superiority of his work, especially in tlie line of small castings, soon attracted wide attention and favorable comment from the mechanical world, and their trade so increased as to demand increased facili- ties. They have enlarged from time to time to such ample proportions until now they occupy (piite an e.\tensive and com- modious brick plant, consisting of a foun- dry and machine shop, located on the tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad near the Freehold station, employing as many as sixty men at a time. ,'in» m^^ *i y p p. p^' ^^^^^^ '^'y^^w^/^ /Ocryz^U<^ Biographical Sketches. 14r) son, New Hampshire, and graduated from Union College in 1829. Pie entered the ministry of the Reformed church, at Rotterdam, New York. He was the father of eight children, of whom three became ministers. He died May 28, 1801. Samuel T. Searle, his oldest son, was born at Salem, New York, in 1825, and was graduated from Union College in 1845. He then pursued a course of study at the theological seminary at New Brunswick, and was graduated in 1848. Like his father, he entered the ministry, and has had nearly a half century of faithful, efficient service. J. Preston Searle, the subject of this sketch, graduated from Rutgers College in 1875, and completed a course of study at the theological seminary of New Brunswick in 1878. He received a call to the pastorate of the Reformed chui'ch at Griggstown, Somerset county, New Jersey, where he remained two and a half years, and in 1881, he entered upon a broader field of usefulness as pastor of the First Reformed church of Somerville, New Jersey. He was honored by hav- ing the degree of Doctor of Divinity con- ferred upon him, by Rutgers College in 1893, and in the same year accepted the professorship of systematic theology in the theological seminary at hew Brunswick. Dr. Searle is an active mem- ber of the New Brunswick Historical Society. In 1882 he married Miss Susan Bovey. Their union was blessed by the birth of four children: Helen E., Fred. S., deceased; Raymond B., and Robert W. yOHN W. BORDEN, a prominent and ^ progressive real estate and insur- ance man of Manasquan, and an intluen- tial figure in public affairs of that town, is a sou of Aaron and Sarah Ann Em- mons Borden, and was born May IG, 1848, in Howell township, j\[onmouth county. New Jersey. The name is of English origin, and the American line is descended from five brothers who came to this country in colonial times, some of them settling in New York state, and others at Shi'ewsbury and Bordeutown, New Jerse}', giving the latter place its name. The Shrewsbui'y branch were among the most thriving farmers and extensive land owners of Monmouth county. Amos Borden, grandfather of our subject, was a prosperous hatter, and a widely-known citizen of Farmingdale, Howell township, where he died in 1855. Aaron Borden, our subject's father, was a farmer near ]\Iiddletown for many years; subsequently a shoemaker, and finally a conveyancer, and generally a successful man of business at Howell. He was a democrat in i)olitics, and Avas a school trustee of Howell township for man}' years, being noted as a very pro- gressive man in educational matters. He was a baptist in early life, but after- wards joined the Methodist Episcopal church at Howell, and later the Jersey- ville church, where he was a trustee and an active Sunday-scchool worker for years. He was married twice, his first wife being Miss Sarah Emmons, a daugh- ter of David Emmons, of Howell, who died in 1860, after having borne him three children : Daniel Schenck, a farmer in Howell township ; James A., a con- tractor and biiilder at Howell, and John W., our subject. In 1861 he married his second wife, who was Miss Esther Rob- bins, daughter of John Robbins, of How- ell, by whom he had one son, Aaron, a farmer in Howell township. Mr. Borden, Sr., died in Januar}', 1894, at the age of eighty years. 146 Biographical vSketches. John W. Borden, our subject, was ed- i ucated in the district schools of Howell township. When fifteen years of age he became a school teacher at what is now Asbury Park, and remained at this occu- pation for seven years. In 1865 he es- tablished a general mercantile business at Manasquan, on Main street, which he conducted successfully for four years, after which he was a school teacher at Manasquan for three years. In 1874 he laid the tbundation of his present thriv- ing business at INIanasquan. He is an agent for real estate and insurance and for conveyancing ; is a surveyor and civil engineer, an auctioneer, a notary public and commissioner of deeds. Mr. Borden owns considerable real estate in and around Manasquan and elsewhere, and resides at a handsome place outside the town limits in Wall township. He is a democrat in politics and is active in local affairs. He was elected justice of the peace of Manasquan in 1864, when but twenty-one years of age, and served for five years. He has Ijeen a member of the board of education for some time; was clerk of the board for a time, and organized the school districts under the new law in 1893. He was also on the building committee of the new school at Manasquan. He is a member of the board of trade, and is a director of the First National Bank of Manasquan, of which he was one of tbe organizers in 1883. He has been many years an elder in the Presbyterian church of Mana- squan, where for about twenty-five years he served as superintendent of its Sun- day-school, lie has also been a member of the board of committee of his town- ship, and filled many important positions. For twenty years lie has been secretary of the Manasquan village building and loan association. He is a member of Excelsior Lodge, No. 88, I. 0. 0. F. ; Unity Encampment, No. 25 ; and is one of the organizers of the lodge of I. 0. R. M. He is a Knight of Pythias, a K. of G. E., and is a past- officer in all these orders at Manasquan. Mr. Borden has been married twice. In 1868 he wedded Miss Elizabeth Os- born, daughter of Captain John Osborn, of Manasquan, who died in 1871, after the birth of one daughter, Lottie, deceased in infancy. His second wife was Miss Hannah V. Curtis, daughter of Osborn Curtis, whom he wedded in Feb., 1874, and by whom he has had one son, John Curtis. Another member of his family is an adojited daughter. Miss Bertha B. Curtis, a niece of Mrs. Borden. When- ever energy and enterprise are needed to advance public interests in Manasquan, Mr. Borden is among the first to respond. He is both public-spirited and progres- sive, and has attained a popularity in both business and political circles. p)ETER FRANCIS DALY, counsellor- -*- at-law, was born in New York city May 19, 1867, and has lived in New Brunswick, Middlesex county. New Jer- sey, since he was seven years of age. He is of pure Irish extraction, his parents, Timothy E. and Catharine O'Grady Daly, being both born in Ire- land. After receiving a sound, thorougb and practical education, primarily at St. Peter's school and subsequently at the New Brunswick high school, he entered the law office of the Hon. James H. Van Cleef, and after reading four years was, in the twenty-first year of bis age, at Biographical Sketches. 147 the November term, 1888, admitted to the bar. He was a member ot" the law- firm of Van Cleef, Daly & Woodbridge from Jan. 1, 1893, until its termination, Jan. 1, 1890, since then having an office in the Janeway building. Mr. Daly has been deputy and attor- ney of the Hon. Leonard Furinan, surro- gate of Middle.>jex county, since Dec, 1892, and is counsel for the townships of Sayreville, East Brunswick and Pisca- taway, and counsel to the Workingmen's Building and Loan Association and other important business firms and organiza- tions. Mr. Daly has an extensive and general practice. He has been engaged in nearly every criminal case of exceptional im- portance tried in Middlesex county dur- ing the past five years, particularly "The Dabney Murder Case " and " The Barry Arson Trials." Civil practice receives his first consideration, and ho has made a special study of probate law. Mr. Daly was married, Sept. 27, 189^5, to Mary Rose Mansfield, there being one child, Margaret Kosina. HENRY B. COOK, a representative member of the Middlesex county bar, ex-city clerk of Ncav Brunswick, and a respected citizen of that place, is a son of William J. and Julia Rhoades Cook, and was born in New Brunswick, Nov. 7, 1860. He was educated in the common schools of New Brunswick. At the age of eighteen years he engaged in manual labor, at first superintending the con- struction of a bridge near New Bruns- wick, and subsequently working in a shoe factory for a short time. In 1879 he entered the office of J. K. Rice as a law student, and was but a little past his majority when he was admitted to prac- tice in 1882. He was admitted as a counsellor in 1885. He remained with Mr. Rice until that year, when he opened an office of his own, and has retained his independent practice ever since. Mr. Cook has devoted his talents prin- cipally to criminal i)ractice, and many of his cases have become noted in the Mid- dlesex county courts. In 1892 he secured the discharge of a woman from an insane asylum by taking out a writ of habeas corpus through her brother and his friends, a case which excited wide-spread interest at the time, and established an important precedent. Upon another occasion he estaljlished the innocence and secured the discharge of a man who had already been committed in default of heavy bail on the charge of operating in " green goods." He has also participated suc- cessfully in a number of well-known rail- road trials. Mr. Cook is a democrat, and, in 1885, was appointed to the position of city clei'k of New Brunswick, occupying the office for five years. He is a member of the order of Elks, and for fourteen years has j been a member of the Jr. 0. U. A. M. He was happily married, Aug. 14, 1889, to Miss Minnie Florance, daughter of John Florance, a well-known resident of New Brunswick. His wife died Jan. ! 18, 1891, leaving one daughter, Minnie. Mr. Cook has won high standing as a criminal lawyer by his many successes at the bar. He possesses engaging manners, eloquence and clear-cut positiveness in speaking, a high degree of polished cour- tesy, which elements make him a com- manding figure in his profession. Samuel C. (.'ook, patei'ual grandrather of our sub- ject, was a native of New Brunswick, and postmaster of the city under President 148 Biographical Sketches. Harrison. He was a planemaker by trade; was an active whig in politics; served as collector and assessor for a num- ber of years, and was a devoted member of tlie Presbyterian church. He died in 1859, leaving three children: Ann Eliza- beth, William J. and Jehil. William J. Cook, our subject's father, was also born in New Brunswick ; re- ceived a private school education in that city, and was a bookkeeper by occupation. He served faithfully during the civil war in one of the New Jersey regiments. His athliations wei-e witli the Democratic party, and he was an active member of the First Presbjterian church. He was mar- ried in 1853, to Miss Julia Rhoades, of New Brunswick, and died in June, 1888, leaving two children : Jetta, wife of Wil- liam H. Barnes, of Topeka, Kansas, and Henry B., our subject. r^ ILBERT S. VAN PELT, vice-presi- ^-^ dent of the National Bank of New Jersey, and a director of tlie New Bruns- wick Fire Insurance Company, of that place, is a son of the late Gilbert S. and Margaret Chambers V^an Pelt, and was born near Davison's Mills, Middlesex county. New Jersey, on the 11th of April, 1838. His father was a highly respected farmer in Middlesex county, N. J., and prospered to the end of his lili'. He had been an old-line whig, but with the advent of the Republican party he cast his fortunes witii the latter. He was a fiiithful and active member of the Dutch Reformed church at Franklin Park, N. J., and served several times as an elder. He died in 1874 at the age of eighty-two years. His children were: (Jertrude, deceased ; John I)., deceased ; Reuben (I., deceased, and (iilbert S.. our subject. The mother died in 1875, at the age of seventy-two years. Our subject was reared upon the larm in Middlesex county, and attended the public school of his native township until he entered a store at Prospect Plains.- This pt)sition he held for three years. He next found employment with Dayton & Co., in New Brunswick, with whom he remained for seven 3ears. He then clerked for Hagaman & Dunham, of New Brunswick, for a brief time, after which he went to New York city, and entered the establishment of A. T. Stewart & Co., where he was employed for a time. He was subsequently employed by Arnold, Constable & Co., Avith whom he remained until 1864, when he returned to New Brunswick and formed a co-partnership with William C. Stoddard and Kenneth J. Duncan, under the firm name of Stod- dard. Duncan & Van Pelt, to carry on and conduct a dr}^ goods and carpet trade. This firm did a thriving business from the very start, and soon were established upon a sound and prosperous foundation. They continued the business until 1890, a term of twenty-six years, wheii the firm was dissolved by tlie death of the senior partner. William C. Stoddard. Our subject was made one of the executors of the deceased partner's estate. He was elected a director of the National Bank of New Jersey, at New Brunswick, in 1891. and is now tiie vice-president of that in- stitution. He is also a director of the New Brunswick Fire Insurance Com- pany. In 1875 he was elected treasurer of the First Relbrined church of New Brunswick and still holds that ollice. He has long been an active and earnest mendjer of that church, serving as elder and deacon at diiferent times. He was superintendent ol' its Sabbath-school for Biographical Sketches. l.")] eight years ; was a teacher for twenty years and its chorister for the same length of time, and in his earlier years was also a member of the church choir. Ho is not now engaged in active business, liiit is interested in such matters only as [)ertain to the different offices which he holds. He married Cornelia Beekman, daugh- ter of the late Isaac Voorhees, deceased, of New Brunswick, N. J. He is a very domestic man and thoroughly enjoys his home. As a citizen he occupies an hon- orable station in business circles and en- joys the unlimited confidence of the com- nnniity. TAIMES V. MULDOON, a former eivil ^ engineer and railroad contractor of distinction ; until recently an exten- sive coal dealer at Freehold, Monmouth county. New Jersey, and whose memor}" lingers as having been one of the most popular and prominent citizens of that town, deceasing in ISIH), was a son of Patrick C. and Mary McCue Muldoon, and was boi-n Sept. 17, 1845, at Brook- lyn, New York. The name is of Irish origin, and our subject's father, Patrick C. Muldoon, was born and educated in County Athlone, Ireland. He came to the United »States, and located at New York city, where for many years he was a prosperous contractor and builder in mason-work. In 1S58 he retired to a farm near Marlboro, Monmouth county, where he lived a quiet, honored life until his death, in January, 1895, at the age of ninety-one years. He was the father of four sons and one daughter, our sub- ject being the eldest of the fiimily. James V. Muldoon, subject of this sketch, spent the early years of his life at Brooklyn, New York, and received his eai'ly education at the Christian Brothers' school there. He subseipiently attended Cooper Institute, New York city. At the outbreak of the civil war Mr. Muldoon, who was then seventeen years old, enlisted in the Twenty-third New York regiment as a private, and served one hundred days. He then re- enlisted at Keokuk, Iowa, in the Forty- fifth Iowa Infantr}', subsequently .sta- tioned at Memphis, Tennessee. In ISGo lie received a commission as first-lieuten- ant, which he obtained by passing a gov- ernment examination, and was trans- ferred to the Fifty-fifth U. S. Infantry, colored troops, stationed at Vicksburg. At the close of the war in the spring of 1865 he retui'ned to Brooklyn, and was levelman with the jjark engineering corps of that city for two years. He then served two years in Texas as civil engineer in the employ of the Great Northern and International Railroiid Company, during which he was engaged in preliminary surveys and construction work, and was a division engineer in charge of a fifteen-mile section of the road. He subsequently returned to his father's farm near Marlboro, and resided there several years. In 1877 he entered the employ of the Freehold and New York Railroad Company as division en- gineer, in charge of construction between Keyport and Wickatunk, and also as inspector of bridges. Upon the comple- tion of the work he was located at Free- hold until 1879 as station agent for the company. Mr. Muldoon established his retail coal business at Freehold in 1879, and conducted an extensive and success- ful trade until the time of his death. So rapidly did his business develop that in 1893 he was compelled to build a coal 152 Biographical Sketches. jjucki't to I'acilitate the unloiiding of cars and tlic loading of wagons, the first structure of its kind in this section of the country. Mr. Muldoon was a huge real-estate owner, and was an active par- ticipant in all local public matters. He was a republican in politics, a staunch party man, and had served on election boards and in other minor oflices. He was an attendant of the Freehold Baptist church. He was very active in society matters ; was a member and past-com- mander of Conover Post, No. 63, G. A.R. ; a member and past chancellor of Tennent Lodge, No. 49, K. of P.; a member of Monmouth Council, No. 25, Jr.O.U.A.M. ; past workman in the local lodge of A. 0. LI. W., and a member and collector ol' Keith Council, No. 1501, Royal Ar- canum. He was a member of Engine Company No. 2, and had served as presi- dent of tlic Freehold Fire Department. Mr. Muldoon was married INIarch 2 pincott was a public-spirited citizen, and actively engaged in the affairs of the Re- publican party. . His effective work in behalf of bis party raised him to the place of a leader, and these valuable services were rewarded by many offices ; among which were the freeholdership of Mon- mouth county for several years, and a tenn in the assembly. In his church re- lations he wa.s a methodist. On Dec. 9, lf>13. Elisha Lippincott married Ann Wardell. daughter of Samuel and Relx'cca Howe Wardell. of Long Branch, and thev reared a family of six children: Rebecca Ann. deceased ; Harriet, deceased; Mar- garet, deceased; Harriet, James E.. and Lydia, deceased. Mother of subject died May 12, ISoS, and the father April 12. 1870. Both are buried at West Leing the first vice-president : holding that office until Mr. Wni. N. Maps resigned the presidency, and since that time he has held the presidents chair; and Avas one of the incorporators of the Long Branch Banking Co., having Ixen vice-president of it ever since its organization in 1872. Dec. 31. 1857. James F,. Lippincott was united in marriage t*> Mary il. Woolk-y, daughter of Eden and Elizalteth WiMilley, of Poplar. Monmouth <(nuity, New Jer- sev. and this union has Ir-cu blessed hv o c^^^^^f^^^ /OCa/i Biographical Sketches. 173 13 ON. AARON E. JOHNSTON, cx- -' — •- hk'hiIrt (if tin' Ic.uislatiii-c of New Jersey, and one of the most |iidniincnt and snccessl'ul mendxTs oi' the Monnioutli county har, is a son of James E. and Eli/.alietli (Jorlies Johnston, and was horn at West Farms, Howell township, iMon- niouth county, April IS, ISilT. The fanuly name is of English oriiiin, his an- cestors having come to this country over a century ago. They settled in the cen- tral part of New York state. His great- great-grandtather, James Johnston, came to Howell township, where he was a prosperous tiller of the soil. His great- grandfather \yas named James, and lived all his life on thi' homestead fai'm in llowi'U township. His grandfatlu'r, who l)ore the family name of James, owned a general store at West Farms, lie was a whig, and was very active in politics. He was also an active worker in the Methodist (hur(li. He married Mary Mount, and their union was productive of seven children, all of whom are dead, except the lather of the subject of this sketch. The granilfather ilied at the age oi' sixty years. James E. .lohnston, father of .Varon, was horn in Howell township, and ic- ccived a common-school education, l^'oi' some years hq was engaged in farming, and then entered into real-estate specu- lation at Farmingdale, buying and selling lands and property, and made considera- hle money. He retired from aeti\'e busi- ness pursuits in 187;!. and has since con- tinued to reside at Farmingdale. where he has a comiortalde home. He is a democrat in political belief. His marriage with Elizabeth Corlies was blessed with seven children : James J. and Sadie, who died in infancy ; Richard C. and Lizzie C. who died at the respective ages of twenty-one and twenty-thi'ee years; and Sarah, Mary li. and Aaron, still living. He is still living, but his wife died in 1898. Aaron E. received his preliminary education in the schools of Farmingdali', and graduated from the preparatory course of Pennington Seminary in 1875. He entered Princeton ('oUege the same year. In 1S7S he was compelled to abanilon his studies, ha\ing contracti'd ty})hoid fe\'er. After recovering his health he resumed his studies, and dur- ing one year of his collegiate course he taught school. He retained his position as school teticher Ibr a year after he had entered the law ollice of Robbins& Harts- liorne, of Freehold, New Jersey, as a stu- dent of the law. He was admitted to the liar from their office, Feb. 12, 1884, and ^vas niade a counsellor in Nov., 1887. He immediately opened up an office in Freehold, and commenced the general practice of his profession anil rapidly gained a profitable patronage. He has large real-estate interests in various places, and his law practice' extends over Monmouth county, Northern Ocean county and a large part of Middlesex county. His practice has been of a varied, and, in^many instances, of a very important cliaracter. He represented Louis Kearney, who w'as tried for the nuirder of Mrs. Margaret Purcell, at Long Branch, on Feb. 12, 1888, having been appointed for that purpose by Judge Scudder. Kearney was tried in June of the same yeai-, was found guilty and paid the death penalty. He was als. and Mary. Our sulyect's father die(l in IS'.l".!: his mother in 1880. Our sid)ject was educated in Squankuni township, iind jiassed his eaily lil'e on his liither's farm. He then liecinie a nu'- chanie ;ip|irentice. iind spent ti'U years as an iidii niouldei' ;ind journeyuKin in the Pawden foundry, Kreehold. in .March, IS'.I'J, he moved to Manas(|n:in. and e.s- tid)lislK'd his present business, lie began on a small scale, occujning the first floor; hut the business givw so rapidly that he Biographical Sketches. 175 soon took in the second iiinl third Hoors of the buildinsi'. and added another IVont. Mr. Purdy was taken into the Ijusiness, and the present firm tbrined, in Mareh, 1S!)12. Mr. Conover is a very active nieni- Iht (if the Methodist Episcopal clnncli at Maiiasquan, assistant superintendent of the Sunday- school, and president of the Epworth league. He is a nuMuher and past officer of Monmouth Castle, No. 51, Knights of the Golden Eagle, of Freehold. In 1889 he was married to Miss Mary E., daughter of Edwin Bawden, of Freehold, and they have three children : Ada, Ed- win and Stanley. Mr. Conover resides in a handsome property im ("Innrli street. lie is a [)opular and progressive citizen, possesses liusiiiess talents whieli have made him eminently suceessl'ul. and is an ai-deiit sup[iorter of his ehureh. Tj^REEMAX WOODBRIDGE, a compe- -*- tent young meniher of the Middle- sex county bar, at New Brunswick, New Jersey, is a son of Rev. Dr. John and Helen Freeman Woodhridge, and was .l)orn at Saratoga Sprinus, N. Y., June 2, 1866. He traces his anccstiy directly hack to John Woodhridge, a lollower of Wick- lifle, in England, born in the year 1493. His first ancestor in this country was Rev. John Woodhridge, of Andover, Mass., who came to America in 1634, filled with the Puritan spirit, and was a .son of the famous non-contbrmist minister, of Stan- ton, Wiltshire, England, of that name. He is also a lineal descendant ol' Thomas Dudley, deputy governor of the colony ( )f Massachusetts, and a lineal descendant of John Dudley. Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland, a familv distinj-uished in the "wars of the roses." He also traces a direct ancestry to John Eliot, the fonious apostle to the Indians, whose grand-daughter, Jemima Eliot, was mar- ried to John Woodhridge in DV.IS. On his mother's side his ancestors are of revo- lutionary fame, among them ht-ing the Woodruffs, of Albany, N. Y. His great- grandfather, Jonathan Freeman, was a member of the First Congress of the United States from New Hampshire, and his grandfather, Samuel Freennm, a prominent physician of Saratoga Springs. N. Y., well-known through all that part of the state. Rev. John Woodhridge, D.D., is a native of Connecticut, and was horn at Sharon, in that state, in 1824. His wile was born in 1826, at Ballston Spa. N. Y., and after their marriage, in 1861, she became a wise and efficient help-nuite to her husliand in his church and parish work. He is a preshyterian ministei' of great mental and oratorical ability, which ivsources he has u.sed to markeil :id\an- tage during many years in preaching the gospel and saving souls. Alter remain- ing in charge of the First Presbyterian church, at Saratoga Springs, for many years, he removed, in lS72.t() New Bruns- wick, where his long ;ind unintcn iipted pastorate of the Second Preshyteiian church for twenty-four 3 ears is ht'tter than a cloud of witnesses in the testimony of the esteem and devotion of his people. Dr. Woodhridge retired Irom his active jjastorate in the spring of 189-"). Freeman Woodhridge acquired his pre- liminary education at the Rutgers Gram- mar school, in New Brunswick, now known as the preparatory school, and sub.sequently entered the New York Uni- versity, of New York city, where he w as a member of the Zeta Psi fraternit\" and 176 Biographical Sketches. from which university he was graduated uitli Ihiikhs, jilter a four years' course, in 18SD. Alter the acquisition of'his diploma Mr. Woodljridue Ijegan the study oi" liis clioseu profession, the hiw, uuiUm' the ahle (hrection of the hiw firm of Judge Wood- bridjie & Strong, at New Brunswick, and was admitted to the New Jersey har in Nov., IS'.fJ. IK' at once began the practice of hiw, which he carried on for a few weeks in an office of his own, when he associated himself with Hon. James H. Van Cleef and Peter F. Daly, Esq., two prominent lawyers and practical leaders ol' Middlesex county, in a law partnership styled Van Cleef, Daly and Woodhridge. This war* a decisive step in the lil'e of our siihject and one that will doubtless throw a marked iuHuence upon his future cai'eer, iuasuuicli as the firm was in close touidi with tlie people through- out a populous district, and their office was the centre of a l)usy legal industry. On Jan. I. ISDC. the law liiin dissolved partnership, anil since that time Mr. Woodbridge has continued a growing practice of law at New Brun.swick. Mr. Woodbridge, although young in years ami young in law, possesses legal attainments of a superior nature and has alre;i(i\ won some important cases bi'foi'e the courts. In politics he is a democrat, and in religious matters he takes an active and prominent part. lie is a member of the clinrch and snperintciideut of the Suuday-seliool of wliicli lils fatlur was the ])astor. and is a (Ureetor in the V. M. ( -. A., of New I'li'niisw irl\. /mi.\l{LES ELLIS.— The histonof the ^-^ lorefathiTs of Charles I'lliis, a |)ros- pei'ous business man of Kiceliold. New .lersev. is closeh i( lent i fii'd with the liis- tory of the early acquisition and settle- ment of West Jersey. His paternal ancestry was of P]uglish Episcopalian stock, and came to this country with that peaceful, lu'ave pioneer. William Peuu. They settled at Burlington, New Jei- si'v, and here the family resided tin- nuiny generations. Charles Ellis was born in that town, and is a sou of Jacob and Sarah (Erwin) Ellis. His pat<'rnal great-grandfather was Daniel Ellis, and he was one of tlie original proprietors of West Jersey. His grandfather was a merchant in Burlington, and tor many years served as postmaster at that placi'. Jacob Ellis, his fatlu-r, was horn at Bur- lington. For seven yi'ars he was a mer- chant in Philadel])hia, removing at the end oi' that time, in 1855, to Freehold, where hi' became engaged in the lumber business. He Avas a man of line busi- ness capacity, and remained active in mercantile circles until his death on July 4, 1888. He was identified with all of the enterprises of the town, and was looked up to as a leader and a wise counsellor. His family was identilied with the Episcopal church, and he served- as a vestrynniu up to the time of his death. .Vlthougli a stannch republican in [lolitical affiliation, he ne\'er sought after nof would accejit ollice. His re- uuuus ari' at ii'st in Laurel Hill ceme- tery, Philadelphia. Charles Ellis, our subject, receiveil his early edu<'atiou in the schools of Burling- ton. He afterwards attended the Trc- mont seminary at Norristown, Pa., and after leaving that school he went to Phil- adelphia, where he attended the pidtlie .schools of that city. In IS.^C he went with his i'athiT to Freehold. \\ iiere he became a clel'k in the hitters ollice. In Biographical .Sketches. 177 1873 he ivturiK'il to Philiidt'lpliia ;nul was niaclc sccivtarv of tlic Eiic Maim- tacturiii!*; Co., which position he held until 1888, when, owing to the death of his lather, he resigned and returned to Freeliold. He took his father's [)laee in the hunbei' linn, and has carried on that business ever since. Mr. Ellis is a careful, luoad-niindcd man of business, and has been very suc- cessful in all his undertakings. He is a j)rogi'essive citi/.i'u and a ineiiiber ol' the PVeehold board ol' trade, and is also prominent in fraternal circles. He is a member and treasurer of Olive Braiudi Lodge, No. I(j, F. and A. iM.. is a past chancellor of the Knights of IVthias, and enjoys the distinction of being the first charter member of Tennent Lodge, No. 09, of Freehold. He is also a past grand of Moinnouth Lodge, No. 20, I. O. (). F., and past grand master of the Grand liodge of the State of New .Ter- sey. Li political belief he is a republi- can, but not a politician. He is an advocate and attendant of the Episcopal church at Freehold, and is now serving as a vestrvman. He was married in March, 1894, his wife being Lydia M., daughter of James Lloyd, a prominent business man of Freehold, New Jersey. W8. RURTIS, an extensive dealer • in })ianos, bicycles and sporting goods at Freehold, and well known through his association in business with A. A. Zinniierinann, of bicycle renown, is a son of Benjamin S. and Rachel A. (Nutt) Burtis, and was born Dec. 4, 1857, at Wrightstown, New Jersey. He was edu- cated in the public schools of his native town, and subsequently worked on his father's farm near that place until he was eighteen years old. In ISSO be be- came engaged in t\iv piano and organ business in connection with his brother, II. J. Burtis, at Mount Holly. New . Jer- sey, where he reiuaiiu'., to whii'li he admitted OliviT (Sandy, of Gloucester county, New Jersey, and Hon. W. T. Parker,"of Little Silver. In 18!)4 this corporation was dissolved, and the |)r('S('nt corporation. The Jjovi'tt Cii.. formed, of wliicii Mr. Lovett is |)resident. Tiie plant covers an area of two hundred and Wl'iy acres, on which an average force of one hundred and t \\(nty-fi\e workmen is enq)lo\ed. The annual sales aggregate $00,000 per an- RiOGRAI'HICAL SKETCHES. 181 mini, and the c'!ted .Masons, both of Long Branch ; a mcnd)er of Adelphi l Biographical Sketches. 185 Tiu'key, and of Ashland Counril, No. 28, Jr. O. U. A. M. at Sea Bright. Mr. Irwin is ono of the foremost of Sea Bright's citizens, pul^lic-spirited, progres- sive, and popnhir. In business he is capable and honorable, and in office he has ever been clean-handed and cour- teons. He is a man of generous disposi- tion, equal )le temperament and liberal mind. The union of these qualities in his person has brought to him success in business and many warm and genial friends. 'yHOMAS A. WARD, cashier of the -*- Freehold Banking Co., one of the most public-spirited citizens of Freehold, Monmouth county, New Jersey, is a son of Thomas R. "and Elizabeth Worth Ward, and was born Sept. 25, 1851, at Freehold. The name is of English origin. Lieutenant William Ward, pa- ternal grandfather of the subject, was by occupation a lieutenant, in I'ank, of a company of the Queen's Regulars, of the English army, and, after many years of faithful service, was retired on a pension for the remainder of his life, and re- sided, up to his death, near Eatoii Col- lege. He was the father of a large fam- ily of children, most of wdiom came to this country and settled in various parts of the United States. One of his sons, Thomas R., father of the subject, was one of the middle children, and was born May 21, 1825, near Plymouth, Devon- shire, England. He received a common- school education, and at the early age of sixteen years became a cabin-boy on a sailing vessel -which visited Ainericau ports, and while on his first trip to this country resolved upon making it his fu- ture home. Upon his marriage he set- tled at Freehold, where he has resided ever since. At the age of twenty-seven years he became a captain, and, altogether, spent forty-four years in seafaring life. It is noteworthy that in all his life at sea he met with but one accident in merchant marine service, and this one — the foun- dering of his vessel, "The Pizarro," seven hundred miles from land — was due to a leak, Avliich caused it to sink tw^o days after, one hour subsequent to the rescue of her crew by a passing steamer. In 1886 he abandoned the water, and became interested in his pre- sent business, that of carpets and oil- cloths, with Mr. William A. Thompson, in the firm of Ward & Thompson, where he has continued in successful business ever since. He is now one of the oldest re- sidents of the town, is highly esteemed as a citizen and a business man, and stands deservedly high in his communit}-. He is a democrat and an attendant of the Presbyterian church. He was married December 23, 1849, to Elizabeth Worth, at New York. They have three children : Thomas A., the subject ; Mary, wife of Charles Golden, a merchant; and Eliza- beth, wife of William E. Frick, a mer- chant at Pittsburg. Thomas A. Wai'd received his earlier training in the public schools of Free- hold, and subsequently attended the Freehold Institute, where he finished his education. • He left school at the age of eighteen years, and entered upon a clerk- ship in the general mercantile business, conducted by Brown & Clark at Free- hold. At the end of three years in the service of this firm, Mr. Ward became an office boy or messenger in the banking house of the Freehold Banking Co., and was afterwards promoted to the position 186 Biographical vSketches. of corresponding clerk. Eiglit \'ears later he was elected cashier ot" the bank, a rapid stride in assuming a position of recognized inlluence in a conununity. His services, since that time to tiie pre- sent, have been faithfully and elHcienth' given to tiie directors ami stockholders of the l)ank, and have been as faithfully rewarded by them in re-electing him from year to year. During this time he has served as president ol' the Freeiiold Im- provement Co. ; is at present a director and treasurer of the Freehold Mutual Building and Ivoan Association ; a di- rector in the bank of which he is cashier ; a director and vice-president of the Stokes Bros.' Manufacturing Co. at Free- hold; was a director in the Monmouth County Fair Ass(jciation during its exist- ence; organized the Atlantic Highlands Bank at Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, and was a director until he resigned; and was a director in the Co-operative Build- ing Association and its treasin-er. He was also one of the originators and in- corporators of the Freehold lire depart- ment, of which he is now an exempt membei-. Mr. W;U(1 lias, din-ing this busy life, doubtless built more liouses in Freehold than any other man witliin her borders, and has certainly done more for the in- dustrial development of the town than any other one man. He has always been in the front raidvs of various enterprises inaugiH'ated for bringing new- industries into Freehold and for her gener il build- ing up and improvement. Since his ad- vent into business life the town has as- sumed a new garb, its beauty an evolu- tion from liis busy brain, and its textile strength develo|)ed by his nerveful hands. Mr. Ward has always been very actively identihed with the Freehold Board of Trade, and is an inlluential factor in the materialization of all its plans and niove- uicuts looking to increased immigration, augmented commerce, additional manu- factures and better trade facilities for the town. In all his unS. WHITE, justice of the peace ^ at Freehold, and one of the most infiuential men in local politics of that town, is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth C. Smith White, and was born March 29, 1858, at New York city. His father and grandfather were both natives of Washington, D. C, where his father was interested in the patent medicine busi- ness, but lost most of his 2)roperty during the civil war, subsequently removing to New York city and then to Freehold. 194 Biographical Sketches. Mr. White wa.s I'diiciitod in the piihlie schools ol' Freehold, and at Freehold Institute. After leaving school he en- tered the employ of David C. Perrine, the well-known dry goods merchant of Freehold, remaining with him from April 1, 1875, to Sept. 12, 1886. He then went west, and for a year was clerk to the Government Indian Agent at Fort Peck, Poplar river, Montana. In Dec, 1887, he returned to Fi-eehold and en- tered the office of Joseph McDermott as a law student. In May, 1894, he was elected justice of the peace for a term of five years, which he is now serving. Mr. White is a democrat in politics, and is actively identified with all political move- ments in Monmouth county. He is tax collector of tlie borough of Freehold, and collector of the sewer and w^ater rents. During 1892 he spent seven months in Europe with A. A. Zimmermann, the famous champion bicycle rider, and was one of his advisers during all the import- ant events in which he was entered across the water. He is also a prominent mem- ber of Olive Branch Lodge, No. IG. F. and A. M.. of Freehold. Of Mr. White's family- there is l)ut one sister living, Nellie W., widow of George A. Chamljers. of Chicago, who is at pres- ent residing in the hitter city. On .\pril 15, 189G. Mr. White was mairied to Miss Nettie B., a daughter ol' (Icorgc Dickin- son, of Philadelphia. Mr. White is widely pnpidar in Free- h(jld and vicinity, and pos.sesses an open genial disposition which gains him many frii'iids. lie is actively interested in all the athletic sports, is decided in his political opinions, and is generally re- garded as one of the strongest supporters of the Democratic party in Monmouth county. G^ G. HOAGLAND, M.D., an active and ^« successful physician for many years at Franklin Park, Middlesex county. New Jersey, now located in Keyport, Mon- mouth county, same state, is a son of John S. and Rachael Garretson Hoag- land, and was born Feb. IG, 1857, at Griggstown, in Somerset county. Ik' springs from old Holland Dutch stock and is tlie descendant of one of four brothers who emigrated to this country in the year 1638. The paternal grandfather. Lucas Hoag- land, w^as born at Griggstown, and after receiving a common-school education en- gaged in and remained at farming all his life in Hillsborough township. In poli- tics he was an old-line whig, subseijuently a republican, and in religion, he was a member of the Reformed church. His marriage with Phoebe Staats, resulted in the birth of three sous : Christopher and Peter, both deceased ; and John S., father of subject. John S. Hoagland was born and reared at Griggstown, where he attended the common schools until he was old enough to go to work. He then farimil lor several years with his father on the old homestead. In the meantime he devel- oped business (jualifications of a suju'rior order, and his services were in frc(|ueut demand for settling estates of I'armers art)und the country who hail deceased. He was a lepublicau and an active and successful politician. He served in var- ious township ollices; was justice of the peace for many years, and represented his county, Somer.set, in the assembly of New Jersey for three successive terms. In religious faith he was a member of the Peformcd churi'h at (ii'iggstown. and was one of its founders. He deceased June 12. 1870. He was the father of *^, ^, J^ o-^^-y ^^^^--^C^ Biographical Sketches. 197 three daughters and two sons: Cynthia, deceased ; Phoebe, deceased wife of Au- gustus Iloagland; John, who succeeded to the farm; Dr. G. G., the subject; and JMaggie, deceased. Dr. G. (!. Hoaghand received his prim- ary education in the common schools of Griggstown. His collegiate education was acquired at Voorhees Institute at Middlebush, New Jersey, from which he was graduated in 1876. He clerked for a short time in a drug store at New Brunswick, New Jersey, owned by Wil- liam Rust, meanwhile pursuing a course of reading in medicine. In 1881 he en- tered the Jetferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, and was graduated there- from in 1884. He entered upon the ac- tive practice of his profession that same year at Franklin Park, New Jersey, and for ten years he enjoyed a veiy comforta- ble patronage. On Nov. 1, 1894, he re- moved to Keyport, and since that time he has devoted himself to building up a new practice. In this he has been emi- nently successful. His twenty months of residence here have been very prosperous ones, and his patronage and popularity are steadily growing. Dr. Hoagland is a republican in his political faith, but hitherto has taken no especial interest in party affairs. He is a member of Sir Walling Lodge, No. 109, Knights of Pythias, and occupies an exalted position in the respect and esteem of his fellow- knights, by reason of his eminent social qualities and amiable nature. Dr. Hoagland formed a matrimonial alliance, June 9, 1886, with Mary Beek- man, a daughter of Theodore Beekman, of Middlebush, New Jersey. They have five children: Marjorie, Kathline, Gar- denia, Barbara, and Frederick. IV /T S. KIRBY, for many \ears harbor- -'--*-• master of South Amboy, New Jersey, and an e.\-soldier, of many vicis- situdes, in the northern army during the civil war, is a son of Patrick and Cecilia Kirby, and was born Dec. 25, 184o, at Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland. His paternal grandfather, Dennis Kirb}', was a native of the land of the sham- rock, and he took to the sea at an early age. He rose by regular gradation until he became a master of vessels. He con- tinued in that avocation until the end of his life. He was a member of the Roman Catholic church. His wife. Margaret Kirby, gave him eight children, six sons and two daughters: Dennis, Jeremiah, Patrick, Thomas, John, Michael, Marga- ret, and Mary. She deceased in 1868, and he was interred by her side two years later. Patrick Kirl)y, father of subject, was also born at Dungarvan, and he inherited his father's predilection for maritime pursuits. He was in command of trans- Atlantic ships for several years. He re- sided successively at Boston, New York and lastly at New Brunswick, New Jersey, closing his career at the latter place. His occupation after quitting the sea was that of a rigger and outfitter of vessels. He was a democrat in politics, and in religion a catholic. He died in 1869, surviving his wife four years. They had six children : Michael S., Den- nis, Patrick, Jeremiah. Margaret, and Mary. Michael S. Kirl)y was brought to this country by his parents in 1846. when but an infant twelve months old. He received his education in the public schools of New Brunswick, New Jersey, and before he was seventeen years of age he volunteered his services in the Union 198 BlOC.KAPHICAL SkF.TCIIES. aniiy. He ciilistLHl Sept. 5, ISGl, in (\)in[)aii_v G, Eighty-First PcMiiisjlvaiiia Infantry, at Mauch Clumk. Colonel James Miller was in ooniniand of the regiment, and the ranking odieer of Com- pany G was Captain Amos Stroh. j\lr. Kirby remained in the inlantrj' service nntil after the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1802, when lie was transferred to Bat- tery C, Fonrth Linited States Artillery, under the command of Lieut. Lorenzo Thomas. Previous to his transfer lie was for some time stationed at Harper's Ferry with tlie Army of the Potomac. He was subsequentl}' sent into the thick of the fray, and was engaged in many of the battles in Virginia. He took part in the following engagements : Fair Oaks, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Charles (jity Cross Roads, >Lilvern Hill, Cold Harbor (1S64). Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Spott- sylvania, Gettysburg, Weldon Station, Antietam, Chantilly, South Mountain, Ream's Station, Manassas, Stony Creek Station and Mine Run. He was cap- tui-neil June 29,1861, by the confederate forces, luider Gens. Lee and Hampton, at the battle of Ream's Station, Va , and was dispatched to Andersouville July 2, 1804. He joined one of the many conspiracies formed by the prison- ers to escape l)y digging a tunnel umler I he prisdu walls. His (irst ell'ort was temporarily successful, but he Ibuml him- self at liberty only to be pursued, over- taken and recaptured. He was disci- plined by being compelled to serve on the chain-gang, with a ball and chain attached to his ankle. .\ snbsecpient attempt to escape, nnule by himself and others, through a second tunnel whit'h they had constructed, was frustrated by a breach of confidence on the part of some of his eouH'ades. Alter private Kirb\" had been in prison eight months a report became widely circulated about Andersouville that a wholesale exchange ol" prisoners had l)een decided upon, and was soon to be consunnnated by the re- spective governments of the North and South. The roll was called, and jNL'. Kirby answered to his name in the fifth hundred oi" names called. For some reasons, however, the exchange of these prisoners was not effected, although they had been forwarded to Charleston, S. C. They were subsequently sent to Florence Prison, S. C. From this prison Mr. Kiiln' and a few others succeeded in finally making their escape. On April 8, 1865, he received an hon- oral)le discharge from the service at Annapolis, Md. He went to New Bruns- wick, N. J., and there he learned for the first time that his mother had deceased during his long absence from home. He drove on the tow-paths of the Schuylkill, the Lehigh and the Delaware and Hari- tan canals, and subsequently had charge of many vessels and steamboats.^ and has been connected with the ti-ansportation business all his life. In 1SS2 he was a])pointed agent for the Peinisylvania Railroad Co.'s steam tows at South Amboy under 1). (". Chase, and now is superintenilent of that (lei)artnient. He has charge of all the ttigs, ami is harbor- master. Mr. Kirliy in politics is an active dem- ocrat, and in religion he is a Itonian calhiilic. lie is a nienilier of St. Marys church, the Catholic Hi'nevolent Li'giou and St. Patrick's lienelicial Society. No. 2, all of South AndH)y. He Ixdongs to Post 21, G. A. R., wliose hall is at the corner of Thirty-ninth and Market streets, West Philadelphia, as well as a Biographical Sketches. 191) member of the New Jersey Association Union Ex-prisoners of War. He was iiuirriod at New Brunswick, New Jersey, ill 186-"), to Ann Martin, a daughter of Patrick and Mary Martin. They have had four children : Cecilia, Francis P., MicliiieL and Tiionias. TAMES BEDLE WAINRKIHT, M. D., of ^^ ^lanasquan, Monmoutli county. New Jersey, is a son of Halsted and Elizabeth Wainright, of Farming-dale, New Jersey, where he was born Feb. 14, 1856. He was educated primarily in the public schools of Farmingdale and at the Free- hold Institute, New Jer.sey, and later he entered Columbia College in the city of New York, where he graduated in the class of 1877. He located at Milltown, in Middlesex county, New Jersey, where he continued the practice of his profes- sion from Sept., 1877, until June, 1884, when he removed to Manasquan. He has been actively engaged in the pursuit of his profession since, his skill l)eing specially devoted to the treatment of the eye, ear, nose and throat, in which as a specialist he has attained considerable re- pute and an extensive practice. Dr. Wainright is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Manas- quan, and occupies the position of a trus- tee therein. He is also greatly interested in the schools of Manascpum, and his iiilluence is constantly directed towards tlie attainment of better facilities and greater educational advantages. He is also strong!}- devoted to several fraternal, charitable, and social organizations, in which he holds membership, and he mani- fests not only the desire to see improve- ment made, but actively strives to lielp his I'ellow associates to bring iibout such results. He is a meiidjcr of Excelsior Lodge, No. 88, Indei)endent Order of Odd Fellows; of Clyde Castle, No. 34, Knights of tlie (lolden Eagle ; is a past otHcer of tliat castle, and grand liigii priest of its grand lodge ; ol" Defender Council, No. '219, Junior Order of Ameri- can Mechanics, and a past officer; and of Manasquan Lodge, No. 60, Ancient Order of United Workmen. He became an ac- tive fireman from the organization of the Manasquan fire department in 1888, and is now a member of the Exempt Fire- men's Association by virtue of his eight years of active service. He is at present at the head of the department, being its highly honored and nuich esteemed chief Dr. Wainright was married to Miss Fannie A. Cordery, daughter of John T. Cordery, May 19, 1878, and they have had l)orn to them the following children : Frank C, John Evans. Bessie M., and Mildred L. 'T^IIEODORE F. WHITE, a prominent ^ and successful business man of Red Bank, is a son of Lewis and Eliza (Lippincott) White, and was born near Red Bank, in Shrewsbury township, Mon- mouth county. New Jersey, August 19, 1843. His grandfather, Timothy White, was of English stock, born near Red Bank, and resided there his entire life, engaged in the arts of husbandr\- and oyster-fishing. He possessed only a com- mon-school education, but being an exten- sive general reader he acipiired a good knowledge of modern and current events. He was a democrat of the Jelfersonian type, but never was active in politics. He nuirried and became the father of five children : Lewis, William. TiuKitliy, Alice, and Elizabeth. Lewis White, fatiier, was Ijorii near 200 Biographical Sketches. Red Bank, July 7, 1811, and in early lifo engaged in farming in a small wny, be- giiniing upon a farm of twenty acres. This he cultivated a few years, carefully husbanding hi.s earnings, and then began purchasing snuill adjoining tracts, and continued until his farm now contains one hundred and fifty acres in one body. He is a careful and practical farmer, and his farm, situated in Shrewsbury township, is under a good state of culti- vation, fertile and well improved. lie also owns other valuable lands situated in adjoining townships. He is not an active politician, but he is a staunch re- publican, and heartily endorses the pro- tective and financial principles of his partj^, believing that upon their fulfill- ment the prosperity of the nation de- pends. His marriage with Eliza Lippin- cott resulted in the birth of seven children : Anuxnda, William A., Joseph, Theodore F., Henry C, Winfield and Timothy, all of whom reside in Shrewsbury, their native township, except the subject. Theodore F. White obtained his edu- cation in the connnon schools, and afterwards engaged in contracting and building. He does an extensive bus- iness, having built twenty-nine houses in Red Bank, besides a number in other places. In addition to this he is largely engaged in the real estate and insurance l)usiness. In 187G he engaged in tlic wholesiile grocery business, and continued successfidly for a period of six years. An active and loyal repid)lican in politics. Mr. White has ever kept a watchful eye upon the nniiKeuvering of his party, con- tributing liberally, both of his time and means, to its advancement and success. In 1885 he was elected mayor ol lu d I?aidv. and served one year, and during this time he hiborcd i'anicsti\ to uct the Red Bank, Long Branch, and Atlantic Highlands trolley line extended through Red Baidv. In 188G he was elected jus- tice of the peace, which office he has since filled by re-election, and during the same year was elected city treasurer for a term (if one year. On Deceudjer G. 1870, the marriage of Mr. White and Miss Mary Terhune was celebrated. Mr. White is not a member of any church, but is a regular attendant and libt-ral contributor to the Presbyterian church, of which Mrs. White is a zealous and consistent member, and takes a lively in- terest in all Christian and philanthropic work. Mr. White takes a commendable interest in the improvement of the city and its institutions, and is now .serving as a director of the Second National Bank of Red Bank. TXT E. MOUNT, proprietor of one of ' ' • the largest wholesale and retail general stores in Monmouth county, at Knglishtown, and a progressive citizen of that place, is a son of Joseph B. and Elizabeth Applegate Mount, and was born Jan. 24, 18Go, in ^lonroe township, Middlesex county. His ancestry is of English origin. His father, Joseph B. Mount, was a I'aruu'r in .MiiliUcse.x county throughout his life-time, and was not only thriving in agricultural affairs, but also a promi- nent participant in public matters in Monroe township. He is still living on the iild iinuu'stead, but his wife, the niothfi' of our sulject, died in 187G. Tiieir children were: John, a merchant, at Prospect Plains, New Jersey, at one time jiartncr of our s,d>je'C't; Daniel A , a resident ssful and lucrative trade. lie is now living in re- tirement in a Ijcautiliil home in the town which witnessed his prosperous career, where he passes his time in cultivating a small truck garden. Mr. Johnston is an earnest Christian, and is in coiinnuniou with the church of the Second Adveutists of Eatontown. In [)olitics, he is an active and enthusiastic nieml)er of tlu' Repub- lican party, and. from ISSl to IS'.lj. he was a town committeeman. He is, and has been for several years, a director in the Shrewsbury Mutual Life Insurance Co. Mr. Johnston was married Oct. 13. ISfi.S, to Ph. .-be A. Wilcott. a daughter of Edniond \VMicott, ol" Eatontown. Tbeii' only daughter, Addie B., is nuirried to James H. Hathaway, of Katon town. T~\ ^[ILLER BARR, M. D., a skilled -*-^« surgeon and physician and the founder of the Long Branch surgical sanitarium, is a son of Martin and Susan (Miller) Rarr, and was born. Nov. 12, 1836, in Lancaster county. l*a. The family is of German origin, members of which a few generations back had their abiding places in Holland. The earliest emigrant of the tViniily to this country was Martin Barr. the great-grandlather of our subject, who settled at Strasburg in Lancaster county. On the maternal side our subject traces his ancestry to the Brackbills, and is a descendant of the Rev. Uhlric Brackbill, born in I^ancaster county, Pa., July 4, 1703. Martin Barr, the paternal grandfather, was a native of Lancaster, Pa., where he was born June 11, 17o(), received a com- mon .school education and was an agri- culturist all his life. Politically he gave in bis Miliiesion to the Democratic party, and in religion he w as a mennonite. His death, June 20, 1844, at Lancaster, was followed by that of his wife four years and four days later, in the same month and city. Her maiden name was Pannie Neff, and the issue of her marriage was six children: John. Benjamin. Martin. Elizabeth, married to Francis Kendig. of [jancaster county; Fainiie, decea.sed, and xVnnie, first and second wives, respect- ively of .lacob Nell'. ;t resident of Stras- burg, Pa. Martin I'.arr. Hither. w;is Imrn . I nne II. 1795, in Lancaster, Pa., where he ;it- tended the common schools and remained during his entire life engaged in the till- age of his hinds. Ill politirnl laith he was a denioerat. and in religious cree.l was a mennonite. lie was married .Ian. 13, 1819, to Su.san Miller, who.se death occurred March 8, 1838, while our sul> Biographical Sketches. 205 ject was yet an infant. To their marriage were born eight children : Eliza Ann, born Oct. 4, 1819, deceased Dec. 25, 1820; Fannie, born April 3, 1821 ; Hetty, born March 10, 1823 ; John jNI., born April 20, 1825; Martin W., born Oct. 31, 1827 ; Ann C, born May 7, 1830 ; Samuel, born Oct. 24, 1833, and our subject, the date of whose birth is given in the beginning of this sketch. The grandfather of these children lived to the ripe old age of eighty-eight years, six months and nine davs. The father seventy-four years, and died Dec. 20, 1869. Dr. D. Miller Barr received his primary education at the public school in Lancas- ter, and subsequently founded The Eureka Select School. Baltimore county, Md. He entered Jeflerson Medical College. Philadelphia, in IStil, from which he was graduated in 1864. and then enlisted as a soldier in the Union army, in which he served as surgeon-in-charge of the Cath- arine street branch of the ('hristian street hospital U. S. A. In 1875 Dr. Barr en- tered into the regular practice of medi- cine at Philiidelphia. where his success was immediate and achieving prominence as a physician and surgeon. In 1879 he was elected to the post of surgeon in the Home for Inebriate Women in that city. In 1886 he was appointed surgeon-in- cliarge of the Orphans' asylum of the Methodist Episcopal church. In 1885 he established the II vgienic Institute at Ocean (5 rove. Monmouth county. New Jersey, where he remained until his transfer, in 1892, to the position of medical director of the Long Branch Surgical Sanitarium. This noted sanitarium, over Avhose affairs Dr. Barr presides and in which he exercises such assured skill, amounting to absolute genius, is supplied with Turkish and Russian baths, as well as other appliances for the use of water-treatment, nuissage and electricity" as adjuncts to medicine in healing other diseases. Dr. Barr's sjje- cialty in this work is surgical ti'eatment of diseases of women and nervous disor- ders. In politics Dr. Barr is a prohi- l)itionist, was born a democrat and so voted until the onset of the reI)ellion ; thereafter voted with the republicans. In religious affairs he is quite an active mendjer of the Methodist Episcopal church and is a thorough-going Christian worker. In fraternal society relations he is a member of Vaux Lodge, No. 393, F. and A. M., of Philadelphia, and of the J. B. Morris Post, No. 47, G. A. R., at Long Branch. He is a member in socie- ties auxiliary to his profession as follows : Peimsylvania State Medical Society, the Philadeli)hia County Medical Society, the Obstetrical Society of Philadelphia, and the Northern Medical Society of Phila- delphia. Dr. Barr has been twice mar- ried. His first wife, Susan L. Dixon, a daughter of Isaac and Mary J. Dixon, of Reisterstown, Md., whom he married July 28, 1864, and who deceased August 31, 1890, bore unto him eight children : Samuel D., born July 28, 1865, and mar- ried to Julia Hughes, April 23, 1889 ; John, born Dec. 28, 1866 ; Anna Eliza- beth, born Sept. 2, 1870; Ambrose, born Jan. 26. 1873; Minnie S., born Oct. 5, 1875 ; Susan, born Oct. 26, 1880 ; Maud, born Oct. 20, 1882, and Lavinia, born Jan. 13, 1 886. Dr. Barr was subsequently mar- ried Jan. 22, 1891, to Emma Schenck, a daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Bar- bara Schenck, residing at Lancaster city. /CAPTAIN FOREMAN O. BAILEY, a ^ prominent retired sea-captain, an extensive vessel owner, and a widely- known citizen of Manasquan, is a son of 206 BlOORAPHICAL SkKTCHES. William H. and Mary Grooii Bailoy, and was born Aug. 10, 1843, at Manasquan. He was educated in the district schools of Wall township. When twelve years of age he went to sea with his father, and worked his way uj) in the service so rap- idly- that he was but twenty years of age when he commanded his first vessel. For thirty years he was engaged in the coast trade, plying between the northern ports and Georgia, and retired from active sea life in 1804. At the present time he is owner in four four-niasted schooners and six three-masted schooners, of seven hun- di'ed to eighteen hundred tons burden each, engaged in the coal and lumber- carrying trade, and also in the transporta- tion of ice from Kennebec, Me. At pre- sent he resides in a handsome cottage at Manasquan. He is a democrat in poli- tics, but does not take any active part in party afViiirs. Mis religious alKliations are with the Manasquan Presbyterian church, in which he has been an elder for twenty years, ('aptain Bailey was one of the first stockholders and promot- ers of the First National Bank of Manas- quan, and has retained an interest in the bank ever since. He owns considerable real estate in Manasquan and vicinity, and is possessed of a sul)stantial fortune. On Feb. 27, iSliS, be was married to Miss Mary Hunsingcr, a daughter of David Ilunsinger, 'who was for nniny years a [jrominent hotel-keeper at Maiiascpuvn. They have live children: John J., H(Mir\ L., Orrin, Mary Lavina. and Frederick F. Captain Bailey's name stands higli in the Miinals of Manas(|nan ns tliMt of one lit tlic iiH'ii who ba\c coiilnbutcd l,u';:vl\- to the adviince and prosperity of the town. He lias iuvai-iably been in the lead in niatt<'rs of public pi'ogri'ss, and is distinguished ibr his activity and energy in promoting public welfare. He is a thorough, practical navigator, and his long career on the water was attended by unvarying success, of which his present affluence is the natural outcome. He is a man of broad views, generous hospi- tality and wide popularity. He is a bro- ther of Captain George Bailey, of Manas- quan, whose sketch contains an account of the familv ancestral record. SAMUEL R. FORMAX.one of the best known dealers in horses in Mon- mouth county, was born in Jamesburg, Middlesex county. May 15, 1851. He is a son of Samuel R. and Gertrude Ap- plegate Forman, and is of English ances- try. His father located near Jamesburg at the age of twenty, and during his life- time followed the occupation of a farmer and operator in real estate. He had a successl'ul business career and accumu- lated a handsome competency. In poli- tics he was a democrat. He died in 1877, at the age of seventy-seven years, leaving a wile, three daughters and three sons, two of whom, Dudley and Willard, now reside witii tiieir mother at the homestead farm, near Jamesburg. Samuel R. Forman. father of subject, came to Freehold in 1870, and o[)ened a sale and exchange stable on South street. He was successful in this business from the very beginning, and its constant in- crease necessitated an enlargement of his premises, from time to time, until he now lias the largest establishment ibr the sale and exchange of horses of any in the county of Monmouth. For soiiic yciirs be dealt in live stock of nil kinds. ImiI in recent years he has confined bis attention to the sale and exchange of horses exclu- sivel\', his stables having a capacity for one hundred horses. BiocRAPHicAL Sketches. 207 WIk'h Mr. Fornian lirst eiigiigcd in his InisiiR'ss lit' Ibrnic'd a co-partiiorship witli Edgar Vaiideveer, which contimied tor fight jcars, when lie purchast'd the inte- rest of his jjartner, and since then he lias continued the business alone. Mr, For- iiiaii enjoys a high reputation as a repre- sentative business man. He has had a very successful business career, has accu- mulated a handsome fortune, and is now owner of considerable real estate. In politics he is a democrat, and although not an aspirant for office, is an active party man. He is actively interested in the Freeholil tire department, and is also a director in the Central National Bank of that town. He married Hax-riet J. Reid, of Newark, New Jersey, who be- longs to one of the oldest families of the state. 'yHEODORE SICKLES, a prominent -*- carriage builder and well-known citizen of Freehold, is a son of Robert and Sarah Hagenman Sickles, and was born Feb. 8, 184 6, at Vanderburg, Atlan- tic township, Monmouth county. His family was of Holland Dutch descent, and numbered amongst them some of the earliest settlers of this section of New Jersey. His father, Robert Sickles, was born and educated in Atlantic township, and although he learned the blacksmith's trade in his youth, he sj^ent nearl3' all his life on the paternal farm at Vanderburg, where he died in 1881, aged sixty-four. Mr. Sickles was educated in the dis- trict schools of Atlantic township. While still a boj' he learned carriage making with William Cooper, of Freehold, but at the outbreak of the civil war, though still in his teens, he enlisted as a private in the Twenty-ninth New Jersey infan- try, and saw nine months' service at the front. After being mustered out in 1803, he completed his education. In 1873 he established a carriage bazaar in Freehold in co-partnership with William II. Thomp- son, at No. 23 South street. He bought out his partner's interest in 1879, and has continued to conduct the business under his own name with great success ever since. He is not only a carriage builder and repairer, but is also agent tor a num- ber of Avell-known carriages and wagons, and in 1895 he added a line of bicycles to his already complete stock. Mr. Sick- les is a staunch repuldican in politics. He was elected a member of the town commissioners in 1891, his term expii-ing in 1896. In 1860, he was married to Miss Lydia Lakerson, daughter of Sarah Lakeison, of Freehold, b}' whom he has had two sons : William H., and Frank. Mr. Sickles is well known and re- spected in Monmouth county, and is regarded as one of Freehold's most enter- prising business men He has done much to advance the interests of his town, and has aided very materially in elevating its business tone in the estimation of the surrounding country. His own affairs have prospered through his inherent qualities of energy, application and enter- prise, and he enjoys a trade extending throughout the county. /CHARLES T. CL.AYTOX, postmaster ^-^ at Belmar, Monmouth county, and [)roprietor of a tiourishing express busi- ness in that town, is a son of Job T. and Julia (MeCabe) Clayton, and was born Jan. 20, 1845, at Freehold. The name is of English origin. John Clayton, the subject's grandfixther, was a well-known farmer and prosperous citizen of Freehold for many years. 208 Biographical Sketches. Job T. Clayton, the subject's father, was mail agent and stage-driver between Freehold and surrounding towns during early life, but became better known sub- sequently as a successful hotel-keeper. He was suct-i'ssively proprietor of the village inn at Englishtown, New Jersey, for three yi-ars, the Osbt)rne House at Manasquan lor three years, and the New Bedford Hotel, at New Bedford, for thir- teen years. He then retired from the hotel business, and purchased a fann in Wall township, near New Bedford, where he remained until his death in 1881. His wife was Miss Julia McCabe, daugh- ter of Elisha and Elizabeth McCabe, of Freehold, New Jersey, by whom he had six children: Charles T., the subject; Hattie, wife of Henry Pickwell, of Irving- ton, New Jerse\ ; George, of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Mary, wife of Charles Gaskill", of Philadelphia, Pa., and two decea.sed in infancy. Charles T. Clayton, subject of this sketch, was educated in the district schools of Freehold, and accompanied his father to Englishtown, Manasquan, and New Bedford, New Jersey. In the autumn of 1802, when seventeen years of age, he enlisted for nine months in the Twenty-ninth i-egiment. New Jersey in- fantry, and departed for the front, but was disabled at Tenallytown, D. C, Mild obliged to return to New liedford. He then became a sailor, and spent eight years in the coast trade between Maine and Florida. In 187(1 he removed to Philadelphia, where hi' was em])loyed iu a pulp works for three years, at the end of which time he again went to sea on a vessel trading with (ialvestou, Texas. In 1878 he located at Belmar, and was for three \ears employed by H. II. Yard as a carpenter, etc. In the spring of 1881 Mr. Clayton purchased the I)usiness, which he conducted successfully until the au- tumn of 1893, when he sold it. In 1890 he established himself in the local ex- press business, and now has a good traflie, employing four men and running three teams. Mr. Clayton has always been a staunch democrat in politics. He was appointed postmaster at Belmar by Pre- sident Cleveland in 1893, his term run- ning until 1897. The office is a iourth- class one, Avith two employees. Mi'. Clayton has also served as judge of elec- tions, and in other local offices. He re- sides in a handsome cottage at Twelfth avenue and F street, is a small real-estate OAvner, and was one of the pioneer ex- ploiters of Ocean Beach, at Belmar. He is a member and ex-trustee of the Belmar Presbyterian church, and of Ocean Lodge, No. 89, F. and A. M. He was married in 1876 to Miss Deborah E. Shilba, daughter of John Shilba, of New Bed- ford. Mr. Clayton is well known and esteemed along this part of the coast. He is energetic and industrious, unosten- tatious in his manner of life, genial in dis})osition. and staunch in his citizenship. Wir.MER E. HOSKINS, the well- known journalist and newspaper publisher of Manas(juan, is the youngest son of William and Lucy E. Iloskins, and was born in Philadelphia, Aug. 3, 1850. He is one of the few who can to-day look back with pride upon the fact that his paternal ancestors embarked for America with William Penn, and t(K)k [tart in the fiiiiious compact with the Indians under tiie historical treaty tree in Kensiiiiitoii. now a part of Philadelphia. William Hoskins, the paternal great-grandfather, was engaged in shipping and mercantile O'C^^-^^-^ — C^ q/\ / ■ ir ^— '/Cl-^''^'^ Biographical Sketches. 211 pursuits in the colonial days, and two oi' his vessels fell a pre}- to the French privateers, as did many American nier- cliant ships at that period. These losses, together with a large nuiuher of others, constitute what has long been known as the "French Spoliation Claims." The United States has since assumed the pay- ment for the same, but up to date Con- gress has never provided for a reimhursc- ment of these losses. Graiiam Hoskins, tiie i)aternal grand- father, carried on an extensive husiness in the wholesale and retail drug line, and was located on Second street, in the old " Southwark " district, Philadelphia. He was intimately associated with Stephen Girard, both as a friend and in a business way. After many years of active busi- ness lili' he retired in 1856, and twenty years later died at the age of eighty-six. There was no one better known in the old Southwark district than William S. Hoskins, the i'ather of our subject. Here he carried on one of the most extensive house and sign painting businesses at that time in the United States, but wa.s com- pelled to relinquish his business on ac- count of ill health in 1864, and finally succund)ed to the disease four years later. William S. Hoskins married Lucy E. Darrali, the latter being descended from Hollanders, who first settled at I'atersnn, New Jersey. The maternal and [)aternal ancestors of our subject were connnuni- cants of the old St. Peter's Episcopal church. Third and Pine streets, Philadel- phia. Several years of the early life nf our subject were spent in Ijower Merion, Montgomery county. Pa. His education was begun in the Fairview public scliool, and liiter he was graduated from the Merion acadeim-. Following this he ap- prenticed himself to George Fitzgerald, a nuiinii'acturer of chemical apparatus and mathematical instruments and also a gold and silver refiner, No. 5I'J Cherry street, Philadelphia. The close of this appren- ticeship told heavily upon yoinig Hos- kins' physical resouices. and broken in health lie turnt'd his attention to the trade of his father, and engaged in the painting business, but was again oldiged to relinquish this new occupation ibr the same rea.son as above. Then his energies began to seek other fields of employment, and he became a meiidj(>r of the report- ing staff of the We.sf I'hiUuJelplua Tele- phone and wrote up the political news of theTwenty-fourtli ward, and in connec- tion with this contributed regularly to Taggart's Suudaij Times. In 1879 he left Philadelphia and settled in Manas- quan, with which place he has been iden- tified ever since. For eight j'cars he was assistant editor of the Mauusqaan Sea- side. Later he started the Spring Lake Mirror, at Spring Lake. This journal has since been merged into the Seaside Oazette. In 1889, through the tireless energies of this enterprising journalist, the Manasquan, Star, a weekly journal, was first published June 20th, and for some time its power was felt in that vicinity on the side of the Republican party; but in 1891, the political convic- tions of the editor having changed, the Star became no less felt in its efforts to further the interests of democracy in that .secticni. In 1892 lie [jurchased the (Joast Democrat, a sheet started in 1880 by Rev. James W. Langhlen, and con- solidated the two papers under the name of the Coast Star Deiuocrat. As before stated, our subject is a staunch democrat, and his paper having a circulation of a thousand copies weekly is the official 212 Biographical Sketches. organ of the party in the district. While this popuhir sheet, which is an eiglit- cohnnn-per-page paper, can easily be recognized as being purely partisan in national, state and county issues, yet it always maintains an independent atti- tude in regard to local all'airs. In Sept.. 1896, he started the Enyle Kitl(jht, which has been made the official organ of the Knights of the Golden Eagle for the state of New Jerse}'. In 18.S0 Wilnier E. Hoskins married Martha Morton, daughter of Thomas and Mary Morton. Three sons and one daughter constitute the number of chil- dren resulting from this union : Percy, j Tracy, Edward S., and Gertrude S. Al- though I'eared an Episcopalian, our sub- , ject embraced the faith and doctrines of the Baptist church, in which he has held official positions. Among other import- ant positions Mr. Hoskins perl'orms the various functions of a police justice of his borough. He is a member in high stand- ing of the K. of F., and Junior 0. U. A. M., in both of which he is a ch.arter mem- ber and a past officer. He is a member of the K. G. E., the Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1, Manasquan lire depart- ment, and the Borough Relief Corps. Wilmer E. Hoskins stands deservedly high in the estimation of all who know him, both as an enterprising journalist and a useful citizen, and has always been one of the first to endorse and j)ush any movement for the good and advancement of his community. T3KV. rilEODORE 8HAFER, pastor ol' -*- ** the Reformed church of Millstone, Somerset county, and for eight years an active Christian worker in this vicinity, is a son of Francis J. and Rebecca Secor Sliafer, and was born March 16, 1855, at Cedar Hill, Albany county, N. Y. From early boyhood he was of a studious dispo- sition, and after acquiring such element- ary education as the common schools of his native county alforded, lie liegan to prepare himself for the serious duties of the ministry. He entered Rutgers College in 1875, and was noted as one oi' the most persevering students of bis year. During the term of his studies he won several envied prizes, and graduated in 1879 with honors. He immediately went to the theological seminary at New Brunswick, Xew Jersey, w^here for three years more he continued his studious labor, gradu- ating in 1882. No sooner was college life ended than the activities of pulpit work began. His first call was to New- ark, where he preached lor two years in the Trinity Reformed chui-ch. He then became pastor of tlu' Relbrmed church at Greenwich, N. Y., served for two years, and subsequently occupied the l)ulpit of the Reformed church at Rey- nolds, N. Y. In 1889 he was summoned to take charge of the Reformed church at Millstone, where he has continued to labor in the cause of the Master ever since. He still maintains a pleasant relationship with his alma mater, and is a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity of Rutgers Colh'ge. He was happily married t)ii May 14, 1884, to Mrs. Kath- arine B. Stout, widow of George H. Stout, and daughter of David P. Woodrufl', a well-known banker of Newark, New Jer- sey, and their home is lighted with two children ; Mary Sherman, and Katli- i'rine II. Mr. Sliafer is an energetic worker, both in and out of the church. His per- suasive pulpit eloipience, his ready tact and sympathy in dealing with sorrow Biographical Sketches. 213 and distress, liis prai-tical chanty and his sincere phihmthropy, which depends npon good deeds as well as g(jlden words, have made him loved, not only hy his own congregation, but by all who come in contact with him. He is a man of no inconsiderable learning, and is an intel- lectual as well as a moral force in Mill- stone. He is also a prominent and active member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. The Shafer family comes from New York state, so far as the history of the American branch is concerned, although the original ancestry goes back to Ger- many. Francis Shafer, paternal great- grandfather of our subject, was born in German}', about 1761, and came with his mother to America in 1770, and obtained pos.session of a large farm at his mother's death, situated in the fertile region of New York state known as the Schoharie valley, where he spent all his active life. He, like all the family, was a member of the Reformed church, and occupied the honored position of elder. He died ripe in years, having been the father of three chiUlren: Mary, John F., and Jacob Francis. John F. Shafer, the subject's grand- father, born in Schoharie county, in 1786, was also a successful farmer and a devout member of the Reformed church. He married, in 1804, Miss Elizabeth Losee, by whom he had seven children : Thomas L., Sarah, John J., Francis J., Mary, Charles, and Eli. He passed away in 1862. Francis J. Shafer, father of subject, was born on May 5, 1817, in the town of Berne, Albany county, N. Y. He re- ceived his education in the public schools of Berne, and during early life was a farmer, like his immediate predecessors. He left the farm, however, to go into a mercantile business at Cedar Hill. Sub- sequently, he became interested in trans- portation on the Hudson river, and for ii numl)er of years was captain of one of the largest barges carrying freight be- tween Albany, Cedar Hill and New York. During this period he became widely known, and had hundreds of friends all along the river. He was a democrat in politics, and was a prominent member of the Reformed church at Bethlehem, being an elder and treasurer of the church organization. His wife was Miss Rebecca Van Zandt Secor, by whom he had six sons and two daughters: Benjamin McElroy, Gilbert Vanzant, John F., Benjamin M. E., Theodore, our subject, Francis E. ; Hes- ter S., and Elizabeth. He died in 1869, leaving behind him a stainless record, and the example of an upright, God-fear- ing life well spent. Francis Shafer, great-grandfather of the subject, married Catharine Egrement of an aristocratic English family, who lived in the town of New Scotland. She never worked and always had her slaves to wait on her. Mary, only daughter of Francis and Catharine, married, on Aug. 30, 1794, Col. Cornelius Secor, brother of the subject's grandfather on his mother's side. The Shafer and Secor families were neighbors and friends for man}' years, long before they were united by closer, more lasting ties. The Secors come in direct descent from the famous Huguenots of Fi-ance. FR.\XK P. McDERMOTT, a prominent lawyer of the Freehold, Monmouth county, bar, and recently estal)lished in Jersey Cit}-, is a son of William and 214 Biographical Sketches. Fjjdia E. McDennott, and was born Oct. 23, 1854, on the historic ground ol' the l)attle oi" Monmouth. William AJcDermott, his great-grand- I'ather, took part in the war of the Revo- lution, and settled in Monmouth count}. For a century the name of McDermott has been closely identified with that of Monmouth. William McDermott, lather of the sub- ject, is a prominent real-estate broker of Freehold. A sketch of his life appears elsewhere in this volume. Frank P. McDermott received his ele- mentary education in the public schools, and was subsequently prepared for college i at the Freehold Institute. Finding it necessary to forego a college course, he entered the law office of Acton C. Ilarts- hornc, with whom and his partner, (Jhilion Kobbins, an able advocate and counselor, he pursued a course of legal studies. In Nov., 1875, shortly after attaining his majority, he was admitted to the bar. His abilities as an advocate, his accurate knowh.'dge of the law, and his devotion to the profession, soon achieved for him a place among the lead- ing lawyers of Monmouth. The law and equity reports of New Jersey contain many cases of importance argued by him, not a few of them .settling important legal principles. Altluiugh practicing at the Freehold bar, the sphere of his legal work has not been contined to his native county. Ijike so many of the able linv- yiTS oi' Hudson county. New Jersey, who liail from Monmouth, Mr. McDermott sought Mild louiid in Jerse}' City a more central point mid a wider field for the practice of the liiw. and in the fall of 1894 lie opened offices in tlie Davidson build- ing in Jersey (.'it\ . Mr. McDermott is a staunch democrat, and has always been greatly interested in things political, although he has never sought nor held office. In religious mat- ters he is a presbyterian and connected with the church of that denomination at Freehold. He is a member of Olive Branch Lodge, No. 16, F. and A. M.; Keith Council, Hoyal Arcanum, and other societies. Mr. McDermott was united in mar- riage, March 11, 1880. with Anna Eliza- beth Thompson, a daughter of Dr. Joseph C. Thomp.son, who i-e.sided on the Mon- mouth battle ground. To this union have been born three sons and a daugh- ter: Frank P. Jr. ; William, Jose[)h. and Mary Scudder. JOHN T. ROSELL, a promiiu'nt hiwyer ^ and e.\-postmaster of Freehold, is a son of Joseph II. and Elizabeth (iV)wring) Rosell, and was born Jan. 21, 185.'], at Freehold. His elementary education was obtained in the Freehold Institute, and after graduating from here he adopted the law as his profession. He first studied with General Charles ' Haight, and afterwards with Robbins & Harts- horne, at Freehold. He was admitted to the bar Nov. 6, 1879, and has been en- gaged in practice ever since. With his public business, in addition to which he liandles real estate and has a fire and life insurance agency, he has built up a wide clientage. He is an entliusiiistic repiilt- lican, a leader in all local affairs of the party, and served for several years as the secretary of the republican county com- mittee. He resigned the latter position April 9, 1891, when he was first ap- pointed postmaster of Kiceliold. He was re-appointed .Ian. G. 1892, and sei'ved continuously up to Feb. 15, 1896. Biographical Sketchks. 215 Mr. Rosell is a ^jopiilar and influential man, with a wide circle of iViends. and is known as one of the leading men of Free- hold. He is a member and recorder of Freehold Lodge, No, 41, A. 0. U. W.; of Keith Council, No. 1501 of the Royal Arcanum, and is also a member of the Grand Fraternity of Philadelphia. Joseph H. Rosell, father of the subject, was born near Hightstown, New Jersey, and was a harnessmaker by trade, fol- lowing this occu[)ation all his life ; first at Middletown and afterwards at Freehold. Like his son, he was an ardent republi- can, and was postmaster of Freehold for nine years, having been first appointed by Lincoln and re-appointed b\- Grant. He was one of the commissioners of Free- hold for fifteen years. He was a promi- nent member of St. Peter's Episcopal church, and a vestryman for many years. Many years ago he was a member of a liome troop of cavalry and took an active part in the drilling and trainiug of the organization. He was a member of 01i\e Branch Lodge, No. IG, F. and A. M., and of Lodge No. 40, I. 0. 0. F. His wife was Elizabeth Bowring, who bore him eight children, five of whom are living. TTON. CHARLES BIDDLE HEIIBERT, -L-^ state senator from Middlesex county, New Jersey, an able, accomplished law- yer of New Brunswick, is a son of Robert S. and Elizabeth Brown Herbert, and was born June 4, 1857, at Old Bridge. Mid- dlesex county. The family has been in- timately associated with Old Bridge for more than a century and descends in un- broken succession from a line of Herberts who flourished in England during the dynasty of the Stuarts, and wln)se ante- cedents at the period of the '• war of the roses'" were ardent adherents ol' tlie House of Lancaster. General Obadiah Her'oert, the paternal grandl'ather, was a native of Middlesex county, where he was born in 1775. He became a successful speculator in real estate, in which business he was engaged for a lifetime, and in its prosecution he I'ealized a competency and lived in easy circumstances. In his day and genera- tion there dwelt no man in Middlesex county more prominent in social, mili- tary, or political life than General Her- bert, and his reputation as an able com- mander and a patriotic and sagacious party leader was not circumscribed within the bounds of New Jersey. The position of brigadier-general of the state militia, to which he was appointed by Gov. Peter D. Vroom in 1832, aftbrded him a good field for the exercise of his marked talents in organization and discipline, and he de- veloped the military service of the state to a giade ol' excellence liitliertii un- known. He was first appointed to the military service as lieutenant l)y (!ov. Jos. Bloomfield Oct. 22, 180G ; ((.niniis- sioned as major, Feb. 3, 1812; as col- onel, by (iov. Isaac H. Williamson, Fel). 7. 1817, and remained in the service until his death. He was a member ol' the old- line whig party in New Jersey, and bis political acumen contributed in no snuill maimer to its growth and success. Al- though a tireless worker for his party, a liberal contributor, an invaluable and an ever-willing counselor in its all'airs, he invariable declined to undertake the cares and responsibilities of public office. He was married in 1830 to Catharine Stout, iiy whom he had five children : Robert Stevens. Celeste, Matilda, John Biddle and Obadiah. General Herbert died in 185G in the eighty-first year of his age, 216 Biographical Sketches. 3nd his widow is still living at the age of niuety-seveu years. Robert S. Herbert, father, was borii June 4, ISol. at Old Bridge. After the completion of his education, which was acquired at Old Bridge and New Bruns- wick, he entered business life as a trader and merchant in Old Bridge. He was a man of quiet and unassuming manners, who won and retained a wide friendship among the people of Middlesex county. In politics he was a republican, and was closely identified with the interests of that party from its formation down to the time of his death, which occurred in 1S70. He was married in 1855 to Elizabeth Brown, and to their union were born five childn'u: Charles Biddle. Robert Stevens. Francis Henry, Sarah C. and John Bur- lew. Charles Biddle Herbert, the subject, received his early education in a select school at Old Bridge. He subsequently attendeil the Peddie Institute at Hights- town, New Jersey, and there acquired that intellectual force and vigor which have carried him, while yet a young man, to prominence. After leavine college, at the age of eighteen years, he remained at his home, which at that time was what it since continues to be. New Brunswick. where for three years he applied himself by close study to a preparation for his future career. Li June. IS IS, he com- menced reading law with Prof. George W. Atherton, who held the chair of con- stitutional law and political economy at Rutgers College, and was admitted to the bar in 1882. at the June tei-m of the su- preme court, alter receiving compliment- ary mention upon the thoroughness of his legal knowledge. Immediately after his admissiKU as a lawyer Senator Herbert associated himself in practice with his former instructor. Professor Atherton. at New Brunswick, remaining with that distinguished jurist two years. Senator Herbert became prominent in republican politics in early manhtx)d. His first public position was that of alder- man of the fourth ward of New Bruns- wick, to which he was elected in 1880. He served four terms in the common coimcil and was president of the board in 1882 and 1883. In 1882 he received the appointment of deputy surrogate, and his efficiency in that position is attested by the records of the office which he occu- pied ten years. At this same period he was also made secretary of the Middlesex county republican executive committee, to whose work he contributed valuable service. In the tall of 1SS7 he was nom- inated for the assembly in the old third district, find his unoppunt\ , and Mr. Herbert was the first republican elected to any county office in ten years. His term will expire January 1. 1898. ^^-^ ~M W Biographical vSketches. 21 !i Senator Herbert is nii nhle lawyer, a fluent, ready speaker and a Ibrceful de- bater. His course while in the assem})ly won the approbation of his constituents, and in the senate he is gaining fresh lau- rels. In the lower house he served upon several important connnittees: Municipal corporations, revision of laws, and station- ery, and he is a member of the following committees of the senate : Revision of laws, railroads and canals, and joint com- mittee on state prison. He has made the science of political economy and its ap- plication to present conditions, an espe- cial study, and he is a fearless champion of republican principles, of a broader, more liberal character than prevailed for many years subsequent to the civil war. JOHN HENRY DENISE, ex-president ^ of Monnioutli county board of agri- culture and fair association, is also cme of the most scientific and successful tarmers in the state. He is a son of John S. and Catherine Thompson Denise, and was born December 18, 1833, near Freehold, in Freehold township, on the old home- stead farm. He received his education in the public schools of his native town- slii|) and Freehold Institute, a popular j)lace of learning at that time. Upon leaving school he remained with his father on the farm until alter marriage, wlu'u his father removed to Freehold, leaving bim in charge of the farm. Am- bitious to increase his facilities for farm- ing, he purchased Job Emmons' farm, one of tlie iiaiidsomest farms in the state, and he now owns 180 acres of land of unsurpassed fertility and productiveness. He has taken a special pride in this, a garden spot of the state, and has spared no expense in making it signally attractive from an aesthetic standi)oint. His l)uild- ings and improvements are of the most modern design and style of architecture, fitted up with all the latest conveniences and appurtenances so necessary for carrx- ing out Mr. Denise's advanced ideas of progressive and intelligent farming. Mr. Denise has been a life-long student of the numerous Ijranches of agriculture and the strictly scientific principles of chemistry as applied to plant life and vegetable growth. In recognition of his extensive knowledge of the subject ho has been called upon to perform a great deal of work for the experimental station of agriculture at New Brunswick ; also for the county board of agriculture, which is auxiliary tti the state board. He has confined his experimental work largely toward the improvement of grass, fruit and potato-growing, with reference to in- creasing the product in quantity, ami improving it in quality, at the least cost to the producer, and the improvement of fruit by the proper ajoplication of plant foods. His numerous articles to various agricultural journals have attracted wide attention, and called forth vigorous com- ment throughout the country. Mr. Denise has devoted his life most assiduously to farming, with the view of promoting more intelligent and scientific methods, and such as shall give the greatest profit and prosperity to the future of agriculture and the farmer. Truly pro- gressive, he would keep abreast with the wonderful advancement ol' the age, and knows no grander or purer vocation tlian the pursuit of farming. He serxcil as president of the Monmouth county board of agriculture, and for a numl)er of years was vice-president ol' the Moiunouth < V)unty Fair Association. In 1893 Mr. Denise removeil I'roia the 220 BioGKAPHitAi. Sketches. iMriii to Frec'liold, where ho lias .siiico been interested in preparing, tVoni long experience, balanced plant4'ood rations, and placing the same upon the market for agricultural jjurposes, but he still retains an interest in the conduct of the farm which he owns. While thus active in the interests of agriculture, he has been prominently identified with various other business enterprises. He is president of the Freeliold and Howell Turnpike Co.; a director in the Freehold and Coltsneck Turnpike Co.; and a director in Maple- wood Cemetery Co. He is a director in the Patrons" Mutual F^ire Insurance Co., and master of Patrons of Husbandrv, at Freehold, for twenty years, in which he has been specially active and useful. In political faith and suffrage he adheres to the principles of the Republican party and protection to the farmer and Ameri- can industries, the consumers of the fanner's product. He is a member of the t, 1816. He comes from English ancestry, his pater- nal great-grandfather. Joseph Thomp.-^on, having come from England, and .settled near Bergen's Mills, in F'reehold town- ship, Monmouth county, New Jersey. He was a large owner of land, and car- ried on fiirming on an extensive scale. His grandfather, also named Joseph, was born on his father's farm. Dec. 11, 1743, Biographical Sketches. 221 and followed farming all his life. His children were : Thomas. Peter, John, El- lis, William I.. Lewis, Cornelius, Charles, and Jose[)h. William I. Thompson, father of the subject of this sketch, was born March in, 1770, at Bergen's Mills. He received his early education in the district schools and by private tuition at home. He then became a farmer and a large land- owner, and achieved a prominent posi- tion as a successful agriculturist. He was an active christian of the Presbyte- rian faith, and an elder in its church. To his marriage were born five sons and two daughters : Katie, married to John S. Denise, now a fai'raer; Joseph C, a physician, and located at Toms River; Cornelia, married to David Buck Denise, deceased ; Sidney, deceased in 181>5 ; one boy who died in infancy, and William AV. William W. Thompson received his education in the district schools of Fi-ee- hold township, supplemented by a cour.se of stud^- at the Tennent school, near the old Tennent church, under Pi'ofessor Cox. At the age of seventeen he graduated from that school, and remained with his father on the farm until he engaged in faruiing on his own account on the old parsonage farm, which constitutes a part of the Monmouth battlefield. Subse- quently he purchased the old Conover farm from Sheriff Conover, and cultivated it till ISOCi. Since then he has resided in Freehold, where he owns considerable real estate. In Dec, 1886, he sold the Conover farm, and active business since. Mr. Thompson has been an active and zealous member of the Dutch Reformed church since 1850, a deacon for two years, and now holds the office of elder. He has served as a town committee mem- ber of Freehold township over twenty 3'ears, and was chairman of that conunit^ tee. He takes no interest in politics, but is an ardent agriculturist, and was one of the original members of the Monmouth County Agricultural Society, and for fif- teen years one of its directors. He has been closely identified with the Smith- ville turnpike company for thirty-three years, and has always been one of its directors ; was at one time its superin- tendent, and is now its president. Mr. Thompson married, Nov. 21, 187-3, Jane Conover, who is a descendant of the early settlers of this section. They re- side in the beautiful mansion on East Main street. Freehold, which was erected by ex-Governor Bedle. To their mar- riage have been born two daughters : Sarah Roy, deceased, and Jennie, who is maiTied to O.scar Robinson, a prominent business man of Freehold. TT7 INFIELDS. ANXP:S,S, a prominent * ' feed and flour merchant of Wood- bridge, New Jersey, is a son of Charles and Adeline G. (Stagg) Anness, and was born in Stamford, Conn., Nov. 25, 1861. He is of English ancestry, his paternal great-grand fiither, Samuel Anness. having been a decorator to his Majesty George the Fourth, and a lineal descendant of the celebrated Lord Lovell. His paternal grandfatlier, Samuel Anness, emigrated from England totheUnitt'd States in 1813, and first settled in Philadelphia. After- ward he traveled extensively through the southern states following his profes- sion, that of an engraver on steel and copper, d^^ing at the early age of fort}', at Philadelphia. To his marriage were born six children : Samuel, Frederick, William, Charles, Adelaide, and John. Biographical Sketches. Charles Aniiess, father of" the subject, was prohibited by circumstances from obtaining any education other than what he could obtain by desultor}- studies in winter evenings, for at the early age of seven he Avas compelled to earn his own living, and entered the employ of a pot- tery establishment at Jersey City. Here he succeeded in learning the trade of a potter, and b}^ perseverance and energy was en- abled, in 1846, to estaljlish himself in the fire-brick business in Stamford, Conn.. on his own account. After seventeen years' residence in that city he removed to Boston, Mass., and there established a fire-ln-ick manufactory. Later he built and owned the plant now owned and oc- cupied by the Staten Island Terra Cotta and Lumber Co., at Spa Spring. Eesid- ing at Woodbridge, New Jersey, he was largely instrumental in the building of the Methodist Episcopal church there, of whicli ln' is a member. He was origi- nally a member of the old-line whig party, but has been a staunch republican for many years. He is also a member of the masonic order. To his marriage were born nine children, as follows: Charles W., late of Aiken, South Caro- lina, and engaged in the business of man- ufacturing fire-bricks, now deceased; Sanuiel L, deceased in 1884 ; Sarah Ade- line, married to J. Ross Valentine, and deceased in 1881 ; Dudley S., a graduate of Princeton College, and now residing in Brooklyn ; Isabella C, married to Dr. A. M. Ilaight, and residing at White Plains. N. v.; Frederick F., engaged in the drug business in New York city, and re- siding in Woodbridge, jSew Jerse}' ; Win- (ield S. ; J]mily S., married to deorge H. Bancroft, who is connected with Fred- erick F. Anness in tlie drug busines. and residing in New York city ; and John K., who resides in Aiken. South Carolina, and engaged in business with his father. Winfield S. Anness first attended the common-schools of Perth x\inboy. He then became a student in the High school of Woodbridge, from which he graduated in 1876. For two years thereafter he was in the emploj' of Burket & Pattison, in the grocery, dry-goods, boot and shoe business at Woodbridge. Relinquishing business for a time he pursued a course of study at the Biyant & Stratton Business College, at Newark, New Jersey, under Prof. Coleman, and then engaged in the hardware and house- furnishing business at Jersey City, under the firm name of his father. In August, 188o, this establish- ment was burned. In Oct., 1891, Mr. Anness leased the property in AVood- bridge where he is now located, and en- tered into the wholesale and retail flour and feed business, with a limited capital, but by the exercise of energy and shrewd- ness he has been enabled to gradually in- crease his trade until at the present time he carries one of the largest stocks in that section. Mr. Anness is a republican and takes an active interest in politics. In 1894 he was nominated for town com- mitteeman, but was defeated In- a small majority. In March, 1895. he was again nominated for the same ofiice against C. B. Smith, and was elected, although the township is strongly demo- cratic. Subsequently he was elected treasurer of the connnittee. He is an attendant of the Methodist Episcopal church, a director of the Wuodl)ridge Athletic club, and a member of the Royal Arcanum. ?»[r. Anness has been twice married. His first marriage on Oct. 2, 1884, was Avith Mary M. Valentine, daughter of Benjamin Valentine. E.sq., of Woodbridii'e. and to their union was born Biographical Sketches. 223 one son, Harold Winfield. Mrs. Anness died Sept. 18, 1885. His second mar- riage, with Mary M. Martin, daughter of Moses Martin, of Stapleton, Staten Island, formerly of Perth Amb()\ , New Jersey, occuiTed Jan. 14, 1891. Their marriage has been blessed with one daughter, Alvira W., born Oct. IM, ISDo. A BRAM A. CORTELYOU, a prosper- -^-*- ous coal, lumber, grain, and feed merchant, of Neshanic, New Jersey, and one of the best-known and influential citizens of that town, is a son of Abram and Martha (Stryker) Corteljou, and was born Oct. 7, 1847, at Ten Mile Run, New Jersey. Botli his parents died when he was but five years old, and he was thrown upon his own resources. He was educated at Cross Roads, at what is now known as the Hillsboro school, and subsequently at Eastman's Business Col- lege, Poughkeepsie, New York. He then engaged at farming in Hillsborough town- ship, near Frankfort, New Jersey, and was a successful tiller of the soil for five years. In 1875 he removed to Neshanic and laid the foundation of his present business. Mr. Cortelyou is an extensive dealer in lumber, grain, coal, lime, and feed, and also does a large business as a baler of hay and straw, his patronage extending to points throughout the county and for many miles around. He also owns and operates a large and fertile farm near Frankfort, which is stocked with one of the finest herds of Holstein Friesian cat^ tie in this country. Mr. Cortelj'ou is a faithful member of the Reformed church of Neshanic, and has occupied the posi- tion of deacon and elder. In politics he is a republican, and although he has never occupied' public office his influence in local affairs is always considerable. He is a member of Neshanic Lodge, No. 145, Knights of Pythias. On Nov. 3, 18G9, he was married to Miss Kate M. Staats, daughter of John R. Staats, a well-known farmer near Millstone, and they have four daughters : Bertha M., Lillian, Mary B., and Augusta S., the eldest of whom was married June 17, 1896, to J. Bradford Opie, of Neshanic. Mr. Cortelyou is widely known as the most prominent citizen of Neshanic. He is loved and respected, and exercises an extensive influence over the hearts and minds of his fellow-citizens. He is ener- getic in his business, active and devoted in the work of his church, progressive in his ideas on the local affairs of Neshanic, and is justly proud of his self-acquired success in life. Owing to his early age when his parents died Mr. Cortelyou has retained but little knowledge of his ancestral record. WARD C. PERRINE, who is a promi- nent retired general merchant of South Amboy, New Jersey, where he conducted a general store for over thirty years, has also been identified with many other lines of life, having at various times been a carpenter, a farmer, a clay miner and a brick manufacturer. He is a son of Peter E. and Lydia Ward Per- rine, and was born Nov. 14, 1824, near Hightstown, Mercer county, New Jersey. The name is of French origin. The sub- ject's paternal grandf\ither, Elijah Per- rine, was born and educated at Ci'anbury, Middlesex county, and was a pi'osperous carpenter throughout his life. He Avas an active whig in politics, and a rigid adherent of the Presbvterian church. 224 BlOGRAI'IIICAI. vSkETCHES. His oliildivu were: Peter E.. Henry. William, John, Nancy, wife ol" Aaron Tyndale, of Middlesex connty ; Helen, wife of William Rue, of Middlesex county; Marguerite, wife of ("onielius Suydam, of Middlesex county ; and Sallie, wife of (larret D. Snedeker, of Middle- sex county. He died early in 1800. The subject's grandmother died in 1853. Peter E. Perrine, the subject's father, was also born and educated at Cranbury, and was a carpenter and a successful con- tractor and builder, in addition to Avhich he operated a fine farm near Hightstown. By his first wife, Anna Rue, daughter of John Rue, of Middlesex county, he had one son — Alfred ; and by liis second wife, Lydia Ward, daughter of On. Ward, of Hightstown, the issue were : Ward (J., anil Mary Elizabeth, wife of Abijah C. Mount, of Hunterdon county (deceased). Mr. Perrine, Sr., died in 1829; the sub- ject's mother died in 1849. Ward C. Perrine, subject of this sketch, received a connnon-school education nt Hightstown. He then learned the car- [)eiiter trade at Philadelphia, and worked at that calling at Philadelphia and New York city for over five years. In 184 7 he engaged in a general mercantile busi- ness at Hightstown, and subsequently- operated a grocery store at South Brook- lyn, N. Y., for several years. In July, 1852, he located at South Amboy, and established a grocery and general store, which he continued to operate success- fully for over thirty years, during which time he built up one of the most exten- sive trades in this vicinity. He became engaged in mining clay at South Aud)oy in 1871, and conducted a profitable traffic for fifteen years. During this tinu' he also owned ;ind operated a thriving farm ami peach orchards at South Amboy and Sayresville. For some years Mr. Perrine was also a successful brick manu- facturer at Sayresville. All these various interests prospered under his nninage- ment, and when he retired from active business in 1890 he had amassed a con- siderable fortune. He now resides in a handsome house at No. 118 Broadway, South Amboy, and is the owner of a large amount of real estate in and around South Amboy. He is a democrat in politics, and was activeh- identified with public afliiiirs in hisj-ounger days, having been a member of the borough council of South Ambo}' for six years, and a mem- ber of the board of chosen freeholders for twelve years, serving three dillerent terms. He was on the bridge connnittee of the latter board when the county bought the Albany street bridge at New Brunswick, and also was a niend)er of the jail committee. Mr. Perrine possesses shrewd business tact and a high degree of eiiergx and enterprise, which cpialities induced suc- cess in the multiplicity of interests with which he Avas connected during his active career. He is one of South Aml)oy's best known and most respected citizens. JOHN HOPPING VAN MATi:i{. M. D., ^ a popular physician and surgeon at Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth county. New Jersey, is a son of Garrett and Har- riet Hopping Van Mater, and was born May 27, 1858. The Old World abiding place of tlie Van Mater family was Hol- land, from which country tiie original emigrants of that mime came to Amcriea about the year 17G0, and settled in New . Jersey and Long Island. There were three l)rothers of the Van Mater family who came from Holland; two settled in New Jersey, and one on Long Island. Biographical Sketches. 225 (iarri'tt Van Mater, father, resided for a great many years in Hoboken, where he became a leading citizen and an active politician. He was a democrat nntil the year 1S65, when he changed his political views, and became a republican He was a member of the Itoard of aldermen of Hoboken. and at one time was a candi- date for the mayoralt}' of that city, but withdrew before election. In 18(33 he retired to a farm at Chapel Hill, Mon- mouth county, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1879. He was a member of the masonic fraternity at Hoboken. Mr. Van Mater was married about 1851, to Harriet Hopping, a daugii- ter of Captain John Hopping, of Middle- town township, Monmoutli county. The}^ had two children : Dr. John Hopping and Mary, wife of Dr. Wm. F. Patterson. Dr. J. H. Van Mater passed the first five years of his life in Hoboken, and then, with his father, removed to Chapel Hill, where he attended the district schools, and acquired his rudimentary education. After a course of instruction at the Freehold Institute, he entered the University of Pennsylvania in Philadel- phia, from which he was graduated with the medical class of 1880. He studied with Drs. James H. Patterson and Ed- ward A. Taylor, of Middletown. He subsequently took a post-graduate course in medicine, after which he located as a general practitioner at Hoboken, where he remained one year. In 1882 he re- moved to Atlantic Highlands as the pioneer physician of that town, and he soon acquired and maintained a reputa- tion as an able pln'sician and skillful surgeon. Dr. Van ^^ater is a republican in politics, and is one of the e.x-commis- sioners of Atlantic Highlands. He is ex- president and ex-treasurer of the town- ship committee, and president of the board of health, and was one of the pro- moters of the exceedingly efficient water and sewage systems of that town. He is a ineml)er of the Monmouth County Medical Society. The doctor is an en- rolled meml)erof Monmouth troop, Second troop of New Jersey, and he holds the position of assistant surgeon, with the rank of second lieutenant, in the New Jersey National Guard. He has always been deeply interested in educational matters, and in everything tending to the speedy development of his town. He is an active member of the Casino company, an institution devoted to all manner of legitimate amusements, and he is also a member of sundry other organi- zations: Free and Accepted Masons at Red Bank ; Mystic Brotherhood Lodge, No. 21, Knights of Pythias, of which he is a past chancellor; and the Pavonia Yacht Club, of whicli he is an ex-fleet surgeon. Dr. Van Mater was twice married. His first wife, Martha T. Field, a daugh- ter of the late Thomas Field, of Middle- town, whom he married Jan. 19, 1881, deceased in 1884, after bearing him two children : Belle and Harry. He was subsequently, in 189G, married to Annie Delaney, a daughter of Mrs. B. Delaney, of New York city. The doctor is chief of the fire deparl^ ment of his town, and is deeply inter- ested in obtaining a high order of efficiency in that oi'ganization. Aside from his pro- fession, in which he has been very suc- cessful, he has made considerable money in real-estate speculations in and about Atlantic Highlands. Political positions have been offered him by township and count}', but he has retired from political life to his practice solely. 226 Biographical Sketches. WILLIAM E. WARN, a popular and suecossi'iil pharinacist of Keyport, Monmouth county. New Jersey, and tlie present treasurer of the board of com- missioners of that town, is a son of Nichohis E. and Lydia E. (Lamhertson) Warn, and was born Feb. 5, 1853, at South Amboy, New Jersey. The Warn fiimily is of German extraction, and was founded in this country at an early date, prol)ably in pre-Revolutionary times. James M. Warn, tlie paternal grand- father of the subject, was born in New York state, received a common school education, and subsequently became a farmer near South Aml)oy. He after- wards removed to Jacksonville, New Jersey, where he also cultivated the soil and for a time conducted the Jackson hotel. lie was a democrat and became an active party worker. For this he was rewarded by being twice elected collector of Amboy township, which has since been subdivided into a number of town- shijjs. He left the following five chil- dren : James I\L, Nicholas E., Mrs. Margaret LangstafT, Mrs. Sarah Scher- merhorn, and Mrs. Mary Tice. late ol' Jamesville, Wis., deceased. Nicholas E. Warn, father of the sub- ject, was born April 19, 18125, cm a farm near South Amboy. He also received a common-school educjition and afterwards learned the trade of a mason, which vo- cation he pursued successfully until 1S7S, wiien he retired and went to live with his son, William E. Warn, of Keyport. Politically he was a democrat, and fra- ternally a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of South Amboy. lie (licil .Iimc (1, 1893, and is survived b\ his widow, who resides with the sub- ject at Keyport. They had two children, a son and a daughter, William E. and Margaret, the consort oi' Elgin E. Kline, of Keyport. William E. Warn acquired a good ele- mentary education in the schools ol' Key- port, and subsecjuentl}' learned the drug business under the tutelage of Dr. W. Hodgson, of Keyport. He then passed a highly creditable examination before the New Jersey state board of pharmacy, and on June 12, 1872, opened a drug store in Keyport on his own account. He has been in the drug business ever since, and connnands a large and profitable trade. Mr. Warn has been a director in the People's National Bank of Keyport ever since its organization, in 1889. He is a democrat in politics, has been a meml)er of the board of commissioners of Keyport for the past five years, and is the present treasurer of that body. He is connected with all the orders representing tiie dif- ferent branches of Odd Fellowsiiip in Keyport. He is a ineiiihcr of Freling- huysen Council, No. (18. Jr. 0. U. A. M.; Council No. 1456 Royal Arcanum, and, aprojios of his business, is a mend)er of the American and the New Jersey Phar- maceutical Associations. Mr. Warn was married Jan. 18, 1888, to Mary Crocher- .son. a daughter of John C. Crocherson, of Keyport. He cherishes the warmest feel- ings of regard for the people of Keyport, his foster home, and he is much gratified with the reception they gave him at first, and with the generous support they have accorded him ever since As a business man Mr. Warn is wide-awake and pro- gressive, and keeps himself abreast of the wonderful advancement of his pro- fession. Careful, painstaking, and con- scientious in ail his business ri'lations, aflable and congenial socially, and faith- ful to all the demands of good citizenship, he is widely known and justly po|)ular. 7>-^^>>'>.^7— l^ Biographical Sketciiks. 229 GEORGE H. DEINZER, the loading butcher of New Briiiiswick, New Jersey, was born in said city Sept. 30, 18G8. His father was John G. Deiiizer, and his mutlier Elizabeth B. Heller, both being of German descent. Mr. Deinzer, Sr., settled near Hazleton, Pa., forty years ago, and engaged in the lumber business, coming to New Brunswick, how- ever, in 1866 to enter the butchering business as an employee of his brother, George Deinzer. For twenty j'ears he remained with this brother in the store on Neilson street; but in 1886 he estab- lished a similar business on Dennis street, of which he was the sole propi'ietor, and in which he enjoyed a most successful career up to the time of his decease, which occurred in Feb., 1893. In poli- tics he was a democrat, although he took no active participation in political affairs. He enjoyed in an eminent degi'ee the confidence of his fellow-citizens, being an active worker in the St. John's Roman Catliolic church, and chairman of its board of trustees. He was also a mem- ber of the Catliolic Union of St. John's parish. Two children survive him : Susan, now Mrs. Martin Alberts, and George H., whose maternal ancestors were among the very earliest settlers of Bucks count}', in the state of Pennsyl- vania. George H. Deinzer was educated at the German parochial school, New Bruns- wick, and at the age of seventeen was a[)prenticed to learn the Ijutchering busi- ness with his father, and in 1886 such was his industry and aptitude for busi- ness affairs that he soon became the manager of the concern, and finally, in 1892, succeeded to the entire business of his father. He carries on an extensive butcherinn' business, havinii' a slaushter house on Mile Run brook, and handles western beef in large (juantities as Avell as produce. His business requires three delivery wagons and the services of a corps of eight employees. He is regarded as one of the leading business men of the city, is a URMuber of the Democratic party, and although not a politician, is an active worker for his party. His social activities and prominence can be understood when it is known that he is one of the charter members and treasurer of Elks Lodge, No. 324, of New Bruns- wick ; a member of the Catholic club, of the Aurora Singing society, and of the Washington Social club, of which be has been treasurer for IV)ur years. Mr. Deinzer is a lover of horse Hesh and owns a fine team of trotting horses, of which he is justly proud. WILLIAM M. VAN NUIS, a promi- nent wholesale dealer and impor- ter of wines and liquors, in New Bruns- wick, New Jersey, and the descendant of an ancient and well-known family of East Jersey, is a son of Lyle and Sarah Mundy Van Nuis, and was born April 20, 1854, in New Brunswick. His earl- iest education was obtained in the local public schools, after which he attended boarding school for a short time and took a course in a business college at Newark. His first business position was in the Ninth National Bank, of New York city, where he remained for three years. In 1875 he went into the Produce Bank, in the same city, became receiving teller for four years and paying teller for about four years. He removed to New Bruns- wick, in 1884, with his father-in-law, George E. Strong, and took charge of the latter's wine and liquor business. The Ibllowing year he Ijought out the entire 230 Biographical Sketches. business, although it continued under the firm name of Strong & Van Nuis until July, 1891, when Mr. Strong's name was dropped. Mr. Van Xuis is a well-known and popular man. In political matters he is a democrat. He is connected with the various building and loan associations, and has aided materially in developing those useful organizations. He is a mem- ber of the Order of Elks, and of the Raritan Boat Club. He was married on June 14, 1S82. to Miss Emma A. Strong, daughter of George E. Strong, and the}' have three children : William M., Jr., Irene Elizabeth, and Leon Lyle. The himily is of German origin. John Van Nuis, the paternal grandfather of subject, was a carriage-builder by trade, a prominent republican of his da}', and a member of the First Reformed church. His children were: Lyle, James. Robert, John, and Catherine, wife of John Van Cleef. Lyle Van Nuis, subjects father, was a native of New Brunswick. He received a common-school education, and then learned his fathers trade — carriage building. This he followed all his life with the e.xception of a number of years when he was engaged in the manufacture of oilr of the board of trustees, and was at one time superintendent of the Sun- da3'-schooL He is a member and past officer of Excelsior Lodge, I. ( >. O. F. ; a member and national representative of the Jr. O. U. A. M. ; also of the K. C. E. Mr. Wainwright married Miss Isabella Nesbit, daughter of William H. Ncsbit. a well-known miller ol' New Market, Middlesex county, by whom he has liad Biographical Sketches. 237 seven children : Arthur, Chira, Walter, Frances, Lucinda, and Ilalsted, the latter deceased when six yeai's of age. /-^IIARLES A. BENNETT, ex-judge of ^ the common pleas court of Mon- iiuiuth county, a senior member of the bar and a leading citizen of Freehold, is a son of William 11. and Jane Leffertson Bennett, and was horn June 4, 1820, in Freehold, Monmouth county, New Jer- sey. Judge Bennett is of a mixed ex- traction — English and Dutch. Sir John Bennett, an English knight and a resident of London, who emigrated to this country and settled at Middletown, New Jersey, about 1714, was probably the paternal ancestor on this side of the Atlantic. The common maternal ancestor of the Lefll'rtson family of Kings county, N. Y., and Monmouth county. New Jersey, from whicli descends the mother of the subject, was Leilbrt Pieterse Van Hough- wort, or llauwert. lie emigrated to America in KUiO, settled at Flatbush, Long Island, and married Abigail, daugh- ter of Auke Janse Van Nuys. lie died Dec. 8, 1704, and was the father of thir- ivvn children. His second son, Auke Lelfertson, born April 4, 1678, settled in Mcjuniouth county, and was married to Maria Ten Eyck. One of their sons, Lellertson Lcll'ert, born in 1711. married Jeanette, daugliter of Art. Williamson, who bore him five children. The young- est son, Oakey Lellertson, born Nov. 8, 1747, was married Aug. 21, 1774, to Sarah Schanck, a daughter of Garret and Nelly Voorhees Schanck, by whom he had nine children. One of these chil- dren, Jane Lefi'ertson, born April IG, 1782, married William H. Bennett, the subject's father, Dec. 29, 1800, and with him settled at Freehold, New Jersey. The paternal grandfather, Ilendrick B. Bennett, was born Oct. 15, 17-32, and lived at a place known at that time as Sandy New, Monmouth county, New Jersey, now Leedsville. He subsequently removed to Fi-eehold, where he died July 28, 1833. His wife, Elizabeth Now- lan, whom he married Oct. 16, 1774, bore him four children : William II., born Aug. 1, 1775, died April 20, 1848 ; John, born March 27, 1778, died Nov. 30, 1812; Elizabeth, born March 11, 1780, died Aug. 10, 1849; and Nancy, born March 24, 1783, died Jan., 1784. William H. Bennett, father of Chas. A. Bennett, was born Aug. 1, 1775, at Sandy New, Monmouth county. He was a farmer by occupation, and was the owner of all that portion of the present town of Freehold, reaching from the court-house on East Main street to Mur- phy's tan-yard, a tract equal to one-([uar- ter of the dimensions of the town. He also owned land to the extent of one hundred and fifty acres, on the south side of Main street, extending for a half mile from the "Monmouth House" in the direction of Colt's Neck. He sold a large number of building lots from these holdings during his lifetime, from which, and other real estate speculations, he amassed considerable wealth. After his death his heirs marketed many of these town lots, but there is a goodly number yet remaining in the family. In religious matters Mr. Bennett was a presbyterian, and a member of that church in Free- hold until his death, which occurred April 20, 1848, in his seventy-third year. Politically he was a democrat, and at one time was appointed deputy sheriff to fill a vacancy caused by the death of the sherift". At the outbreak of the war with Great Britain in 1812, he was 238 Biographical Sketches. drafted for service in the American army, but upon furnishing a substitute he was exempted. His wife, Jane Leftl-rtson Bennett, deceased May 28, 18GG. They were the parents of eleven children : Sarah, Ijin-n Oct. 11, 1801, married Wal- ter W. Hart, died Oct. 24, 1881 ; John, born Oct. 10, 1803, a tanner, died March 2-1, 18(U ; Elizabeth Ann, born Jan. 22, 1806, died Aug. 10, 1813; William, born Aug. 13, 1808, died Aug. 1, 1832 ; Henry, born March 17, 1811, died Aug. 26, 1892; Garret 8., born May 13, 1813, died Sept. 27, 1800 ; Gilbert, born June 18, 1815, died Oct. 28, 1843 ; Eliza Ann, born Ai)ril 17, 1818, married John L. Doty, of New York city, and died Nov. 13, 1886 ; Judge Charles A., the subject, born June 4, 18-0; David V., born April 22, 1822, died Sept. 1, 1842; and Hudson. lK)rn May 1, 1825, now living at Freehold. Judge Charles A. Bennett, .si.'vth son of William II.. received his elemeiitiiry educatidii in the l^'reeliold public schools. He entered Princeton College in 1841 and was graduated with the degree of A. B. in 1844. He subsequently also received from tiiat college the degree of A.M. He studied law with Judge Ben- inngton F. Randolph at Freehold, from whose oflice he was admitted to the bar as an attorney in July. 1847, and was a counselor in .Inly. Is51. Opening an office in the town of his birth, he settled down to an active practice of the law, in which he won distinction. I)esides holding many important public [H)sitions. In 1850, he removed from bis own law oflice to tliat of the surrogate, where, for a period of eighteen years, he was the act- ing surrogate of Monmouth county. in April. 1882, Mr. Bennett was ap- pointed judge of the court of common pleas of Monmouth county bj' Governor Ludlow, and he occupied the Ijencli for ten years. At the expiration of his term he resumed and still continues his prac- tice as a lawyer. From March, 1848, to March, 1874, Judge Bennett held the office of clerk of Freehold township, and he w'as the secretary of the Freehold Mutual Loan Association from 1853 to 1869. In 1859 he was elected secretary of the Monmouth Count\' Mutual Fire Insurance Co., which position he still holds. He was treasurer of the Mon- mouth County Agricultural Association from 1866 to 18S3, and he has been sec- retary and treasurer of the Freehold Gaslight Co. ever since its organization in 1860. He is also secretary and treasurer of the Freehold Electric Light Co., and an incorporator and a director of the First National Bank of Freehold. Judge Bennett is a staunch and true democrat, and has always evinced an active interest in the policy of his party. He is a member of Olive Branch Lodge, No. 16, F. and A. M., in which he has occupied a nundjer of official _ stations. He was married, Sept. 28, 1854. to Elea- nor B. Clayton, a daughter of Elias C. and Louisa M. Clayton, the former a merchant for many years, and a farmer of Millstone. New Jersey. They had three children : Charles A., Jr., an attoi^ ney-at-law, general manager of the gas and electric light companies, and assistant secretary of the Monmouth County .Mu- tual Fire Insurance Co., married to Clara Ikdl James, and deceased July 24. 1895; Mary Louisa, born Jan. 4, 1858, died Nov. 17, 1883 ; and Frederick D.. a prom- inent merchant in Freehold, an active and zealous member of Olive Branch Lodge, No. 16, F. and A. .M.. and a thirty -second degree Mason. Biographical Sketches. 289 /CHARLES A. BENXETT, JR., deceased, ^-^ was a son of Judge Charles A. and Eleanor B. Clayton Bennett, and was ■ born May 8, 1856, at Freehold, Mon- mouth county. New Jersey. He obtained his earlier education at the Freehold In- stitute, and finished his course there in 187>). In the same year he entered Princeton College. After leaving Prince- ton he took a complete course at the Eastman Business College at Poughkeep- sie, N. Y. He then returned to Free- hold, where lie was engaged in assisting his father in the management of the Freehold Gaslight Co., and at the same time reading law in his father's otfice. In 1878 he was admitted to the bar as an attorney, and to practice as a counselor in 1881. He continued in the service of the gas company of which he ultimately became the general manager. He subse- quently was elected general manager of the Freehold Electric Light Co. These two corporations engrossed his time and received his care and attention up to the time of his death. He was a thorough and competent business man, as well as a lawyer, and the affairs of these companies |)rospered under his able direction. He was also for several years prior to his death the assistant secretary of the Mon- mouth County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of New Jersey. Mr. Bennett was a member of Olive Branch Lodge, No. 16, Free and Accepted Masons, and a member of the Good Will Hook and Ladder Co., of the Freehold lire department. He was also a mem- ber of the American Gaslight Association and of the Lotos Club, located on Fifth avenue. New York city. In the masonic work and ritual he was a proficient, was greatly interested and passed through several chairs in his lodiie at Freehold. Mr. Bennett was married Sej)teniber 1^6, 1877, to Clara Bell James, of New York, by whom he was survived. He deceased July 24, 1895, at the age of thirty-nine years, and thus removed in the prime of his manhood and when his life was at its brightest and best, it is not only the mem- bership of his family that suffer a sense ol' irreparable loss, but the citizens of Freehold feel the)- have lost a man who bade fair to become prominent in her historv. /CHARLES R. SNYDER, a member of ^-^ the bar of Monmouth county-, was born March 19, 1869, at New Monmouth, New Jersey. His parents were Rutsen S. Snyder and Elizabeth Roberts. His paternal ancestors were of German de- scent, and his maternal ancestors, Welsh. His maternal great-grandfather, Rev. Thomas Roberts, was a noted baptist divine (locally known as Father Roberts), and a missionary to the Cherokee nation, who also served as pastor in Monmouth county, and was chaplain in the Con- tinental army. George Snyder, the pa- ternal grandfather, lived at Rhinebeck. N. Y., where he was an extensive farmer and large land-owner. He, too, was a baptist and a whig. Rutsen S. Snyder (father), pas.sed the earlier years of his life at Rhinebeck, his place of Ijirth. He obtained his education first at the Rhinebeck Academj', and later graduated from Brown Academy. He removed, in 1858, to Monmouth county. New Jersey, where he spent four years at teaching. He married Elizabeth Roberts, daughter of Deacon Thomas Roberts, and settled down as a farmer at New Monmouth. He was successful in his new pursuit. l)ut soon added other branches, for which his early study and profession had ([uali- 240 Biographical Sketches. fied liiiii. These were land-survejing, aud the real-estate and insurance busi- ness. These interests, added to an ap- pointment as commissioner of deeds, soon so engaged his time that he was com- pelled to relinquish his farming pursuits, although not parting with tlie farm itself until 1895. He led an active, ener- getic life, and soon amassed considerable wealth. lie was one of the pioneers of Atlantic Highlands, and the original sur- veyor. He was clerk of the New Mon- mouth Baptist church, and for over twenty years a trustee and district clerk of the Chanceville district. Mr. Snyder removed with his family to Atlantii' Highlands in Jan., 1892. He was one of the organizers of the Port Monmouth Steamboat Co., in which he is still a di- rector. He made the preliminary sur- vey of the Freehold and Atlantic High- lands railroad, the Atlantic Highlands branch, from Keyport to the Highlands, for Supt. Justus E. Ralph. He also assisted in the organization of the new Central Baptist church at Atlantic High- lands, of which he is a deacon, and is especially active in church, Sunday school and educational work. He has been trustee of the public schools at Atlantic Highlands, an incorporator and director of the National bank there, and was for nine years assessor of Middletown town- ship, being the first republican elected to that office there. He is president of the E. B. Cutten Electrical and Manufac- turing Co., makers of telephones iind electrical devices, and a director in the Atlantic Highlands Saving Fund and Building and Loan Association. Mr. Snyder was married Jan. 15, 1802, to Elizabeth Roberts, of New Moinnouth. Their children, three in number, are all living. They are : Miss Evelyn K., Charles R., the subject of this skotch, and Mary Louise. Chcarles Roberts Snyder was reared on his father's farm at New Monmouth, attended the district school, and gradua- ted from the Keyport gnuled school, after which he registered with Marcus B. Tay- lor, at Keyport, as a law student, with whom he remained two years, and then entered the office of ex-Senator John S. Applegate, of Applegate & Hope, at Red Bank. He was admitted as an attoruey in June, 1892, and appointed a muster in chancery and notary public. In .liinc 1890, he was admitted as a counsellor. Immediately after his admission as an attoiaiey, he opened an office at Atlantic Highlands, where he has carried on quite an extensive .and constantlv growing practice. From 1890 to 1892 Mr. Sii}-- der was receiver tor the MoiniwutJi Press newspaper and publishing plant, and, during the two years he was in charge, brought the business back to a profitable' footing, and nearly doubled the cinula- tion of the paper. This assisted in giving him an innnediate footing in his profes- sion when he began the practice of biw. He is solicitor for several building nnd loan associations, aud secretary of Tlie Atlantic Highlands Saving Fund ;nid Building and Loan Association, one ol' the most profitable associations in llie state, and secretary and solicitor of the E. B. Cutten Electrical and Manufactur- ing Co. Mr. Snyder is a baptist, and clerk of the ('entral Ba])tist elinrch of .\tlantic Highlands. In politics, he is a firm believer in the |)rinci[)les of the IJe- [)ublican party, and has served as a dele- gate to several county and congressional conventions. In the 1890 presidential eanipaiuMi he was president of the Hepuli- lican Club of Atlantic lliti'hlands, Nave- (S^ » Ch . ^^/Zt^-t^-iJs^ Biographical Sketches. 243 sink and Leonardville. He is a member and past regent of Monmouth Council, No. 1378, Royal Arcanum, and past coun- cillor of Portland Council, No. 105, Jr. O. U. A. M., both of which councils he helped to organize. Mr. Snyder was married June 6, 1894, to Earline D. Spa- der, a daughter of the late Capt. J. V. Spader, of company I, Twent\--ninth regi- ment, New Jersey volunteers, and grand- daughter of ex-Judge William Spader, of Matawan. Two children have blessed their marriage, a son, Earle Spader Sny- der, born June 11, 1895, and a daughter. Elizabeth Roberts, born August 26, 189('.. OE. DAVIS, the leading contractor • and builder of Monmouth county. New Jersey, who by straightforward and correct business method.s has thoroughly established himself in the confidence of the people of his count}', is a man of un- questioned force of mind and probity of character. He was born at Navesink, Monmouth county, New Jersey, Nov. 20, 1850. His ancestors were of English origin, and John Davis, his paternal grandfather, was an extensive land-owner and leading citizen of Monmouth county, this state. He married and reared a large family, one of whom, 0. S. Davis, was the father of the subject of this sketch. He was born at Navesink in 1811, and after obtaining a fair common- school education engaged in contracting and Iniilding, which he followed for many years, up to the time he retired from all active business jiursuits. He also was engaged in manufacturing sash, doors, blinds, etc., at Red Bank. He died at Navesink in 1880, having been an active and successful business man, and a useful and respected citizen. He was a Jack- sonian democrat until the breaking out of the civil war in 18G1, when he be- came a republican and a loyal and earnest supporter of the Union. lie was identi- fied with the Ba[)tist church, in which organization he was an earnest worker, a devout and zealous christian. He mar- ried Mary, a daughter of Robert and Charlotta Morris, on May 16, 1833, and they were the parents of eight children, two boys and six girls. 0. E., the next to the youngest, is the subject of this biography. O. E. Davis and Lizzie Baker, a daugh- ter of Rev. J. J. Baker, were united in marriage March 19, 1879, and to their union have been born six children : Perc), Grace, Herbert, Ethel, Kddie, and Lizzie. Mr. Davis learned the planing-mill busi- ness with Davis & Co()[)er, the firm ol' which his father was a member, and after thoroughly learning the business, he was made foreman of the concern, continuing in that position until 1876. Soon afterwards he engaged in the pla- ning-mill business on his own account at Red Bank. He contiinied until 1886, doing an extensive business, but owing to declining health he was forced to re- linquish that business and seek another less confining avocation. This he found in contracting and building, which his previous business experience enabled him to readily comprehend. He makes his headquarters at Red Bank, and does an extensive business there, and in New York and Connecticut. He is regarded as a safe and conservative business man, and is now serving as a director of the Navesink Bank of Red Bank. He is a republican, and takes an intelligent in- terest in local, state, and national poli- tics. He was elected mayor of Red Bank in 1895, and has served a number of 244 BioGKAriiicAL Sketches. years on the board of education of that city. He is a warm iriend of education. is pul)lic-spirited, and takes a connnend- able interest iu everything wlneli tends tu the iniprovenient of his city and eounty. GEORGE GUNDRUM, a successful dealer in meats and produce, and a prominent secret-society man at South Andjoy, Middlesex county, New Jersey, is a son of George and Bei'nedine Bruni- mer Gundrum, and was born Nov. S. 1859, in New York city. He is of Ger- man parentage, his father having come to this country at the age of four years. Mr. Gundrum attended the public schools in New York city until he reached the age of thirteen years. He spent the succeeding year at the Glen- wood Institute, Matawan, New Jersey, and then engaged himself with John Gundrum, his uncle, in New York, to learn the business of the abattoir. After acquii-ing a thorough knowledge of the slaughter and dressing of cattle he came to South Andjoy, and became an assist- ant to Christ. Straub, a well-known butcher, with- whom he remained si.\ years. At the end of this engagement, which ]ir()vcd satisfactory alike to em- ployer and employee, Mr. Gundrum opened a meat and })rovision business of his own, at No. 148 Broadway, in South Amljo}', where he still reununs. He com- mands a large trade witii the best people of the town, and is enjoying a high de- gree of prosperity. lie, with character- istic enterprise, runs three delivery wagons, from which he supplies his pa- trons with high-grade meats. pre])ared by his fiwn hand, and also willi IVcsh fruits and vegetables in (heir season. Mr. Gundrum is as active in politics as he is in business, and he has devoted a great deal of his time to hard and effective work for the Democratic party. He is a member of Christ Episcopal church of South Amboy, and in its welfare takes a deep interest. He holds mend)ership in a number of secret societies : General Morgan Lodge, No. 96, I. O. 0. F., of which he is past district deputy grand master; Monmouth Encami)nient. No. 51, of Keyport, New Jersey ; Canton At- lantic, No. 7, Asbury Park, New Jersey ; Seneca Tribe, No. 2-3, I. 0. R. M., South Amboy, New Jersey ; Sterling Castle, No. 59, K. of G. E., South Andjoy, New Jersey, and Lady Grace I.iodge, No. 27, Rebecca Degree, South Andjoy. New Jersey. Socially he is a member of the Crescent Club, of South Amboy, and in municipal affairs he occupied the post of first foreman of Independent Engine and Hose Company, No. 1, of Soutli Amboy, and is a life member of the New Jersey State Firemen's Association. He was married Nov. 15, 1887, to Julia Mc- Adams, a daughter of John Kildun. of Trenton, New Jersey. They have two children : Etta and George, both attend- ing school at South Amboy. George Gundrum, Sr., was educated in the public schools of New York city. After learning the trade of a butcher he engaged in the meat business on his own account on Broome street, in the latter city, and for twenty-four years, in laet until his death, he enjoyed a large and constantly increasing trade. He was a good business man and a very successful one. He furnisiied employment to thir- teen men, with whom he always main- tained the kindliest relations. He was an active democrat ami a devoted laitheian. lie was a life-long mason and an odd fellow, and deeply interested Biographical Sketches. 245 in and a practical observer of their re- spective rituals. He took pleasure in military matters, and at one time was en- rolled among the Sixty-ninth New York Hussars. He died March 28, 1866, and is survi\ed by his widow, who is residinn' with their son, George, at South Amboy. 'yYLEE COXOVER MORFORD, pro- -*- prietor of one of the finest general stores in the state of New Jersey, and a director of the Long Branch Banking Co. for the past twenty years, is one of the most successful and substantial business men of Long Branch, New Jer.sey. He is the son of John A. and Sarah Ann Mcjrford, and was born at Long Branch Feb. 16, 1840. The Mortbrd family trace their ancestry back to a reputable English line, and were originally of the quaker persuasion. The paternal grandfather, George Mor- ford, was born in Shrewsbury, New Jer- sey, and by the time he had reached young manhood had prepared himself for the profession of teaching, which en- gaged his attention for some time. Later he learned the carpenter trade, and made that the occupation of his life. His ideas upon political questions and government led him to cast his vote for the support of the Democratic party, while in reli- gious matters he practiced the creed of the quakers. He married Maria Wardell, and to them were born eight children : Thomas, Joseph W., Jarrett, John A., Julia, wife of Corlies Parker; Jane, mar- ried to Robert W. Parker; Caroline (Mrs. John Githens), and Charlotte (Mrs. George Klots). Of the above children all are dead, except Julia. Grandfather and grandmother Morford both died and are buried at Shrewsbury, New Jersey. John A. Morford, the father, was born at Red Bank, New Jersey, Nov. 5, 1810. After leaving the public schools of his town he went to New York city, where he clerked one year in the store of Mc- Coon & Sherman, grocers. Li 1835 he came to Long Branch and formed a part- nership with his cousin, Mr. Harry War- dell, for the purpose of doing a general store business. This hrm traded under the style of Wardell & Morford, and their custom soon became large and the enter- prise very successful. Mr. Morford was an aggressive democrat and a leader in his party. His hard work and personal merits brought him to the front, and his fellow-citizens honored him with a seat in the state senate of New Jersey, from 1848 to 1851. He also held many local offices, and was postmaster at Long Branch from 1853 to 18C2. Active in business aftairs, energetic and aggressive in politics, Mr. Morford, Sr., carried the same live spirit into his share of the work of the Reformed church, to which he belonged, and in which he held many offices. Fraternally he was a member oi the Order of Masonry, Washington Lodge No. 9, of Long Branch. On Jan. 6, 1836, he married Sarah Ann Conover, daughter of Tylee and Maria Conover, of Middle- town, New Jersey, and this union resulted in the birth of four children : Maria (Mrs. Abraham T. Vandeveer) ; Tylee C. ; Elizabeth (Mrs. Jos. E. Hance) ; and Georgiana, deceased. John A. Morford died at Long Branch, May 4, 1882, but his wife still resides there. Tylee Conover Morford attended the public schools of Long Branch until he became thirteen years of age, when he entered his father's store, and applied himself closely to a study of tlie business. Here he laid the foundation of and ac- 246 Biographical Sketches. qiiirt'il that training and pnictical liiiowl- edge that have made him so eminentlj successful ill his long business career. Under the present management the busi- ness started and developed by the old firm of Wardell & Morford has grown, and it is with pleasure tliat one views to-day, in this enterprise, one of the most complete and superior establishments of the kind in the state. In connection with his mercantile interests he is a potent factor in other Long Branch en- terprises. He was cashier of the Long Branch Banking Co. for nine years, and has been a director of the same for the past twenty years. In politics Mr. Mor- ford lights in the ranks of the Democratic party, and is an active member of the Reformed church, having filled the offices of deacon, etc. In his fraternal relations he was secretary of Washington Lodge, No. 9, F. and A. M., for ten years, and belongs to the Crescent Lodge, No. 2764. Knights of Honor, of Long Branch. Feb. 20, 1S07, he married Annie E. Harring- ton, daughter of John and Lucy Har- rington, of Cumberland, R. 1. This mar- riage has been blessed by the birth of three children : Lucy, wife of Charles Blakfley, cashier of the American Bank of Beatrice, Neb.; Sarah, and Harold. TOIIN .1. LVXSOX, a wdl-known loco- '-' iiKitive engineer in tlir employ of the Central Railroad company (jf New Jersey, was Ikhii Nov. G, 1852, at Plain- field. New Jersey, and is a son of Charles and Kmiline lanson. His paternal grand- father, Miles lanson, was a respected and successful dealer in live-stock during his life, a democrat, and possessed of con siderable intluence in his section. He was born at Dover, New Jerse3\ He K'I't one son, Charles. Charles lanson, the fatluT ol' subject, was born at Dover, New Jersey, and le- ceived a common-school education, al't'T which he learned the trade of a carpen- ter. He steadily fallowed this occupa- tion until the year 1885, when he retired from active life. He and his wife now live in the comfort of a well-earned rest at Plainfield, New Jersey. He belongs to the Democratic party, and is an ac- tive member of the Methodist Episcopal church. To his married life were born seven children : Robert, deceased ; George W., John J., Edwena, Charles, deceased ; Clinton, and Frank. John J. lanson. subject, was educated at the public schools of Plainfield, New Jersey, and at the age of sixteen o])tained a posititm of brakennin on the Central railroad. This occupation he I'ollowed for some months, when he entered a machine shop to learn the trade of a machinist. He relincjuished this occu- pation after a brief ex])erience, however, and in 1873 obtained a position as loco- motive engineer in the employ of the Central railroad of New Jersey. Three years later he changed to the em[)lov of the Manhattan Elevated Railroad Co., of New York, and reniiiined with that company until 1870, when he re-entered the service of the Central railroad of New Jersey, and remov(>d to Somerville. With tliis comi)aiiy he has since re- mained, doing his duty carefully and conscientiously and gaining the reputa- tion of being one of the ablest and safest engineers in its employ. Mr. lanson is a democrat, and as far as his duties will permit takes an active part in politics, especially in respect to local issues. He is a member of the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Engineers, and an attendant of the First Reformed church at Somerville. Biographical Sketches. 247 He married Sarah Kelle}", dauglitei- of Richard Kelley, Esq., and their marriage has been blessed with three children : Ma3se. deceased; Harry, and Ruth. IPjANIEL IIEXRY HILLS, a successiul -^-^ pharmacist and druggist at Spring Lake, Munniouth county, New Jersey, is a son of George E. and Mercy M. (Fox) Hills, and was born Feb. 23, 18G5, at Foxburg, Forest county. Pa. The paternal grandfather, Daniel Hills, was a native of Massachusetts, emigrated to western New York and settled at Pape Hollow, where he became the owner and operator of stone quarries. This busi- ness was carried on extensively and xery profitaldy by him until his death. The maternal grandfather was Cliarles J. Fox, founder of the town of Foxburg, Pa. He owned large tracts of timber and coal lands, also oil territory, and was a pioneer I)usiness man in that section of the coun- try. His possessions as they developed, and his business as it grew, made him ultimately one of the wealthiest and most prominent citizens of his town and county. He was largely interested also in western nuning operations. His death occurred in 1871, and his remains are resting in the cemetery at Jamestown, N. Y. (Jeorge E. Hills, the father, was born in Massachusetts, where he received his education in the public schools. He re- moved to western NeAV York, in his early manhood, where he engaged in stone quarrying with his father and Daniel M., his brother. He remained at this business tor many years, and, at a late period in life, became a farmer near Jamestown, N. Y., and a dealer in, and shipper of, western-bred horses to eastern markets. He has now retired from active life, and is living in very comfortable circumstances at Jamestown, N. Y. His marriage to Mercy M. Fox resulted in the birth of two children : Daniel H.. subject, and Jeanette. Daniel H. Hills obtained his prelimin- ary education in the public schools at Jamestown, N. Y. From 1882 to 1887 he was employed in a drug store, in the same town, and later he went to Omaha, Neb., remaining about a year. In the autumn of 1889 he entered the College of Pharmac}-, Philadeli)hia, from which he was graduated with the degree of Ph. G., in the class of 1890. He located in that year at Spring Lake, New Jersey, where he became jjrescription clerk at C. A. Bye's drug store, and also at Lake- wood, Ocean county. New Jersey. In 1895 Mr. Hills purchased the pharmac}' of Chas. A. Bye at Spring Lake, estab- lished in 1891, which he is now conduct- ing most successfully. He established an innovation on one of the customs of his predecessors in the drug business at Spring Lake by keeping his store open during all the year, and is the only one in the borough doing so. He also man- ages the financial affairs of the borough h\ serving as its collector and treasurer, a position to which he was elected in March, 1895. He is a member of the lire department of Spring Lake, and is connected with the Methodist Episcopal church of the same town. Mr. Hills was married Sept. 1'), 1894, to Alma Kusche, a daughter of William and Harriet Kusche, of New Yoi'k city. Mr. Kusche was one of the " Argonauts of '49," at- tracted to California, in that 3ear, l)y the gold fever, then epidemic in this country. Later he became a contractor and Iniilder. but now lives retired in New York city. 248 Biographical .Sketches. AT. APPLEGATE, M. I)., tlu- present • efficient collector of Monmouth county and a prominent and success- ful physician of Englishtown, in said county, is a son of James and Dena Dey Applegato, and was born Sept. 17, 184G. in Middlesex county, near the Monmouth county line. He was educated under a private tutor at home, and also in the common schools of New Brunswick. He entered Princeton College in the class of 1868, but left in his sophomore year. He then began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. T. J. Thomison, at Penns- ville, Monmouth county, and subse- quently took a three years' cour.se in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1869. He located in practice for a year at Hamilton Square, and removed to Englishtown in the spring of 1871, where he has followed his profession suc- cessfully ever since. He has a large and lucrative jiractice not only in English- town, but throughout tiie surrounding country. He is a member of the Mon- m(Kitb county and the State Medical so- cieties. Hi' is a staunch democrat in politics, but is not an office-seeker, al- though he is at present collector of Mon- mouth county, to which position he was appointed by the board of freeholders in the spring of 1894. He is usually elected a delegate from his county to state and congressional conventions, and is at pre- sent mayor of Englishtown. Dr. A[)plegate is a trustee of the Eng- lishtown Presbyterian church, and one ol" its staunchest supporters. He is a mem- ber of Tennent [.odge, .Ir. (). U. A. M. ; a past chancellor and diarter member of Columbia Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Englishtown, and of Olive Brandi Lodge, F. and A. M., of Freehold. On Oct. 22, 187;^, he was married to Miss Jennie C. Wilson, daughter of Kobert K. Wil.sim, a prosperous farmer and land-ow'ner of Monmouth county, by whom he had two children : James Thomison. a student at Pennington Seminary, auil Kenneth Pomeroy. Dr. Applegate is a skillful practitioner and is widely known and re- spected. He is popular in public life. and as a private citizen he commands the confidence and respect of the com- munity at large. Stephen Applegate, the paternal grand- father, was a prominent merchant and highly successful l)usiness man in New Brunswick, where he died in 1861. His children were: John. James. Marin, Kli/.- abeth, and Catherine. James Apjjlegate, the father, was born and educated at New Brunswick, and in his early life was an extensive merchant at New York city, where his store and stock were entii'ely destroyed in the great fire of 1836. He tlifii moved to bis father-in-law's farm, known as the " Dcy Homestead," on the line be- tween Monmouth and Middlesex coun- ties, where lie became wi'll-know^i and prosperous, not only as a iarmer but also as a conveyancer, trustee of estates, etc. He was a democrat in politics, and was so l)o[)ular personally that he was elected sheriff of Monmouth county, serving from 1859 to 1862, inclusive. He was also a member of the state assembly and held various township oflici's during his life-time. His wife was Miss Dena Dey, daughter of John Dey, a wealthy farmer of Monmouth county, by whom he li;id three cliildren : .\. T., the suliject ; .Vmc- lia, wile of J. E. Van Doren, of New York, antl Hannah, wife of John J. Ely, of Freehold, New Jersey. The father died in 1874. and the mother in 1893. 61 y a^./m-^' Biographical Sketches. 251 JAMES STEEN, Esq., of Eatontowii, New Jorsi'y, is a man whose aggres- sive public spirit, energy, and business ability have placed him second to none ol' his fellow-citizens. lie is the son of John and Rose A. MacCrosson Steen, and was born at Trenton, New Jersej'^, March 27, 1852. His paternal ancestors are of that sturdy Scotch race, whose intelli- gence and strict adherence to principle, integrity, and perseverence have gained for them place, honor, and competence both at home and in the land of their adoption. David Steen, the paternal great-grandfather, was born in Scotland, as was also James Steen, the grandfather, who was a man of liberal education. He followed school-teaching as a profession all his life. To him and his wife were born twelve children, one of whom was John, the fother of the subject of this sketch. John Steen (father) was born at Cole- raine, Ireland, in 1828, and received a common-school education. He came to America in 1849, and located at Trenton, New Jersey, where he engaged in tann- ing with the Rev. Eli Cooley for a period of four years. Leaving his family at Trenton, he went to Springfield, Illinois, where he again engaged in farming. One year later, in 1854, he returned to Tren- ton, and, in 1855, became associated with the Belyidere and Delaware railroad, with which he remained until his death, due to a fatal disaster on the said road. Mr. Steen's father was a democrat in politics, took an active part in the public affairs of his town, and served as a mem- ber of the town council for three years, having been elected from the seventh ward. In 1850 Mr. Steen was united in marriage to Miss R. A. MacCrosson, daughter of James MacCrosson, and be- came the father of six children, three of whom died in iniancy: James, the sub- ject ; William, also deceased ; and John. Mother Steen is still living at Trenton, New Jersey, while the lather of the sub- ject passed away Dec. 13, 1894, at the age of sixty-six. James Steen received his early educa- tion at the acadeiu}- at Trenton, and graduated from Princeton University with the class of 1871. He then taught school, and in coimection with the same, read law with Charles E. Green, Esq., of Trenton ; was admitted to the bar at the November term, 1874, and began the practice of his profession at Eatontown, New Jersey, where he has since con- tinued, and with much success. From the first Mr. Steen has made a study of the future welfare ol' EatontoAvn, and how to further its progress and material development. In 1877 he started the Eatontown Advertiser, a paper used as an instrument for the advancement of the town. In 1881 he organized the Eaton- town fire department, and served as chief of the same for seven years. When the town was incorporated as a Ijorough in Oct., 1883, he was honored by an election to the first mayorship. In 1881, through his influence and energy, a hat factory was established in the town, giving addi- tional business enterprise and opening opportunities for capital and employ- ment. In 1883 the Eatontown Budding and Improvement Co. was organized, in which project he has been a leading spirit, and is still president of that corporation. For two years Mr. Steen ^vas also register of the board of proprietors of East Jer- sey, with offices at Perth Aniboy, a cor- poration which furnishes the records of all land titles in Eastern New Jersey. Another important enterprise to be 252 Biographical Sketches. credited to liis public services was the or- ganization of the Eatontown Law and Order Society in 1885, which in the first year of its existence Ijrouiilit to justice forty-seven gamblers, nil of whom were convicted ; among them the notorious Peter Delacy, the [xjol-room keeper of New York city. Ami likewise in 1881). the race-track magnates, of Elizabeth and Monmouth Park, were arrested and brought to justice, both in Union and Monmouth counties, and although others have assumed the credit, the fact is that all the arrests were made under the di- rection of Mr. Steen; and the evidence secured by him which resulted in the final overthrow of race-track gambling in New Jersey. In 1886 he was also associated in the prosecution of the Mingo Jack lynchers. To Mr. Steen belongs also the credit I'or securing the right of way for the con- struction of the Long Branch, lied Rank, and Asbury Park Klectric Railroad, a line opening up much territory to the facilities of cheaper and more convenient means of rapid transit. He is an ener- getic and substantial member of the Presbyterian church of Monmoutii. and has been a trustee for seven years. He is a member of the historical committee of the sj'iiod of New Jersey, and has twice been a member of the general as- send)y of that ciuirch. Notwithstanding the innumerai)le calls and duties conse- quent on a busy life, Mr. Steen has found time to indulge his taste along a literary line. He is a devoted student of histor}', and ranks as an authority on the history of his own state. On June G, 18'J5, he delivered an able address Ix'Ibre the Boyd Tennent PresJjyterian [)ilgrimage, at Tcn- nent, N. J., upon the Scotch, Irish, and Huifuenot settlers of Monmouth count v. New Jeisey. In liis political aililiations he is a democrat; has always been an active and influential member of his party, and for a time served as attorne\- lor the district of Eatontown township. Dec. 1, 1875, he married Merriam Sea- brooke Holmes, daughter of Abraham and Grace Holmes, of Shrewslnny, New Jersey. Mr. Steen posses.ses, in an I'Uii- nent degree, a combination of mental (puUities that assure success in any line of business in which he may embark. He has achieved an cn\ i;ible success, not only as a professional and business man, but what is more, a warm place in the hearts of his fellow-citizens for who.se in- terests, as well as his own, he has devoted the best years and elforts of his life. ''pHE MISSES AXAHLE, well known in ■L the educational cii-cU's of Philadel- phiii in connection with Miss Amible's school in that city, are now proprietresses of the W'cll-known and i)oi)ular school at New Brun.swick, which bears their name. These highh' cultured and estimable ladies trace their lineage to blue puritan blood ami the pilgrim fathers. Their American antecedents have figured prom- inently in New England history for al- most three centuries. The original pro- genitor, Anthony Anable, who was born in the county of Kent, England, about 1G22, c;inK' to tiiis country with his wife Ann, and Jane, a daughter born in Eng- land, in the old siiip "Ann," in 1623, and landed at Plymouth only three years after the founding of the coh)ny. During his fifty-one gears' residence in the colony lie Ix'came conspicuously identified with the public and religious life of tlu' colony. during its struggle for exisistence. Eor tiiirteen years successively lie represented BiocRAPHicAL Sketches. 253 his iiiitive township, Barnstabk', in the ffi'iicral court. In IGoi he removed I'roni Plymouth to the town of Scituute, where he became a pioneer settler and was prominent in effecting an organization of the colony under a system of governnn'nt. He filled numerous important puldic trusts, being a member of the gt-neral court for two years, and in 1636 was ap- pointed with Cudworth to assist in revis- ing the laws of the colony. On January 8, 1635, he helped to organize the first church of the colony. In 1639, in com- pany with his minister, Rev. John Loth- rop, he removed to Barnstable, Mass., where he resided to the end of his life. While residing there he was a member of the general court for twelve years, from 1646 to 1658. In 1648, while a member of the court, he was appointed a member of a committee to provide plans for defence against the encroachments of the Indians, and in 1655 was appointed to propose laws for securing redress for present wrongs and secure immunity from future attacks. In 1656 he represented his township on a committee, consisting of one member from each township in the colony, who were appointed to devise means for defraj-ing the expenses of the colony. His farm was situated in Barn- stable, and remained in the family until 1861, when it was sold. He married ibr his second wife Ann Clark, Mai'ch 3, 1645. Samuel Anable, a son of Anthony Anable, was born at Barnstable, Mass., January 22, 1646, where he resided uj) to his death in 1678. In 1676-77 he served as a member of the general court of the colony. On June 1, 1667, he mar- ried Mehitable Al]3ne, a daughter of Thomas and Winifred Allyne, of the same place. One of his sons was John Anable, who was born at that place July 19, 1673, married June 16. 1692, Experience Merks Taylor, daughter of Edward and Mary Merks Taylor. One of his sons was Cor- nelius Anable, who was born at Barn- stable, November, 1704, and married in 1728. John Anable, who was a son of Cornelius Anable, was born at East Had- dara. Conn., A[)ril 18, 1744, married Han- nah Stuart, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Stuart, of Millington, C(mn., and until his deatli lived at Millington. Joseph Anable, a son of John Anable and grandfather of the Misses Anable, was born at East Haddam, Conn., July 18, 1773. About this time the family began to spell their name "Anable." He married for his second wife Alnui Shel- don, a daughter of Asa and Isabella Low Sheldon, who was a grand-daughter of Capt. Samuel Low, of Revolutionary fame, and a lineal descendant of Roger Wil- liams, John (ireen and Thomas Staflbrd, well-known characters of early New Eng- land history, and members of the Rhode Island colon}. Maj. Samuel Low Anable, a veteran of the late great American conflict, and at present a real-estate dealer of Chicago, is a son of Joseph Anable, and was born at Bethlehem, Albany county, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1821. He was senior major of the Seventh regiment. New York heavy artillery in the civil war, and served from 1861 until the suri'ender at Appomottox in 1865. He rendered valiant service in the campaigns of the Army of the Poto- mac, and took part in all the battles of the memoraljle campaign of 1864, having participated in the battles of the Wil- derness, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, at which latter engagement he was severely wounded, and during convalescence was appointed by Secretary Edwin M. Stan- ton as '' Inspector of Artillery," in the 254 Biographical Sketches. defences of Washington, I). C. He was mustered out of service in command of his regiment, at Albany. N. Y., in July, 1805. lie is now engaged in the real- estate business at Chicago. He married Sarah Roxcina Babcock, a daughter of Joseph llubhell and Fiurinda (Chaiiin) Babcock. The well-known and popular Misses Anable's school, founded and so ably con- ducted by the estimable ladies whose name it bears, is the result and outgrowth of Miss Anable's school so well-known in Philadelphia. Little need be said of the position it occupies as a leading educa- tional institution, as its popularity is well known. The liigh standard of work maintained, the extensive curriculum of- fered, and the efficiency of its faculty entitle it to a foremost rank among the leading schools of the country. The fact that their graduates are admitted without examination to the leading colleges fully attest the high grade of thorough work they accomplish. They also provide ad- vanced literary and scientific courses, ar- ranged especially- for the benefit of those not desiring to enter college, in which departments diplomas are issued upon completing the course and a sufficient de- gree of proficiency shown. The social and moral influences of the school are the best, and lend a special feature of attract- iveness. E ICHARI) K. MACKRMAN, street com- missi(jner of New Brunswick, and Delaware and Baritiin (Janal Co., is a son of Richard and Maria (Ileaviland) Hager- man, and was born Oct. 5, 1837, at (jreen Grove, Monniduth cdunty, New Jersey, where he rcccixcd ;i conimon-school edu- cation, worked on his t';itlier"s I'ann until Nov., 1862, when he went to Brooklyn, N. Y., and worked upon the street cars. In 1863 he became overseer of David Sanderson's farm in Hunterdon county, N. Y., and sul)sequently worked in a bullet factory in New York city, making li\dlets for the Union armies during the c'lvW war. He i-eturned to New Bruns- wick in 1864, and was made agent of the Canal Team Towing Co., a corporation controlling the motive power of the Del- aware and Raritan Canal Co. This posi- tion he has retained ever since. At one time he had about seven hundred mules under his care, but now has only about one hundred. Mr, Ilagerman has always lii'i'u a staunch democrat in politics. In 1884 he was elected a member oi the board of street and sewer commissioners, and served for four years, when the board was abolished. In 1888 he was appointed to his present position of street commis- sioner. He is a member of the First Baptist church of New Brunswick. On Jan. 5, 1860, he was marrieil to Miss Henrietta, daughter of John C. and Lu- cetta Strickland Clayton, of Monmouth county. Mr. Hagennan is one of tiie most energetic and influential men in public life in New Brunswick. His official position entails supervision over all the highways of the city, and he has given his fellow-citizens a vigorous. di.>atii. He was a carpen- ter by trade, and was the father of an ex- tensive family. Two of his sons served gallantly in the Avar of 1812, Avere taken prisoners at Gibraltar, and died Avhile on their way home. Frederick Bevin, the father of Dr. Bevin, was also a native of Connecticut, and Avas a cotton manufacturer for many years. Later in life, hoAvever, he entered the employ of Charles Goodyear, the Avell- kiiowii rubber manufacturer, and stood high in his confidence, traA-eling through Europe in his interests and conducting many experiments for him. He Avas a mail of vei'y great nicchaiiical genius, and invented a flax cutter, Avhich received first prize at the Crystal Palace Exposi- tion ill New York. He Avas a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Biographical Sketches. 261 successively filled all the offices in the congregation. He was a whig in politics and was a meniher of the Masonic order and the Sons of Temperance. He died in Cambridge, Mass., in his fifty-fifth year. His wife was a Miss Almira Robin- son, and bore him six children : Francis Mcdonagle, Sarah M., Joseph L., Wil- liam, and two who died in infancy. SAMUEL LUCKEY, a retired manu- fticturer of Dunellen, New Jei'sej', is of Scotch descent, and was born in New York city, April 20, 1824. He is a son of Theophilus and Jane (Rutlege) Lucke}'. His paternal grandfather, Rob- ert Luckey, emigated to Ireland from Scotland, and for many years kept a hotel in that country. He was a mem- ber of the Scotch Presbyterian church, and died at the age of sixty-two. He was the father of the following children : Hugh, John, and Theophilus. Theoi)hi- lus Luckey, father, was born Dec. 9, 1777, at Balobay, Ireland, and emigrated from there to Canada in 1810. Although he had received l)ut a counnon-school education in his early life, he was enabled through private study to remedy its de- ficiencies and become a school teacher. This protession he followed for many years in Canada. He died Nov. 20, 1853, at the age of seventy-six years. His wife's death occurred June 10, 1831, at the age of forty-two. Mr. Luckey was a member of the Scotch Presby- terian church. To his marriage were l)ora nine children, namely : Robert B., born July 2"), 1811, and died in infimcy; Hugh, born July 25, 1813, died in New Orleans, in 1852; John, born Sept. ■i, 1815, died Dec. 10, 1847; Margaret, born Feb. 12, 1818, and died Oct. 18, 1893; Robert, born July 24, 1820, died in California about 1851 ; James B., born March 18, 1822, died Feb. 25, 1874; Samuel, born April 20, 1824; William, born Dec. 17, 1825, died Sept. 16, 1864, and Mary Jane, born Aug. 26, 1827, died at the early age of three. Mr. Luckey i-eceived early training in the public schools of New York city; Ijut the death of his mother, which occurred when he was eleven \-ears of age, com- pelled him to abandon his studies, where- upon he entered upon form work at Hackensack, New Jerse}'. Remaining at this occupation a few years, he re- turned to New York and learned the trade of cigar making. Having mastered this trade he engaged in the business of manufacturing and speculating in leaf toljacco on his own account, and con- tinued therein until he had arrived at the age of forty-four years, when he was in so satisfactory a financial condition as to permit him to retire from active business. In addition to his manufac- tor}", which was situated on Bleeker street, New York city, he had a ware- house on the corner of Washington and Barclay streets. Mr. Luckey has always been a member of the Democratic party, and for three times was elected justice of the peace at Dunellen, to Avhich town he removed in 1877. He is a mend:)er of the Univei'salist chunli. In 1847 Mr. Luckey was married to his first wife, Caroline Matilda Newcomb. She died Nov. 15, 1890. To their marriage were born eight children, as follows : Edna Jane, born Dec. 2, 1847, died March 4, 1889 ; Eliza M., born Jan. 10, 1850, died Feb. 15, 1853 ; George W., born Oct. 26, 1851; Benjamin F., born Aug. 10, 1853; Lucia S., born Aug. 20, 1856, died Aug. 24, 1857 ; Carolina A., born Oct. 26, 262 Biographical Sketches. 1859, died July 2, 1860; Samuel H., born Oct. 26, 1859, died August 1, 1860, aiul Charles M., born May 2, 1867, and now residing in Wisconsin. Mr. Luckey was married a second time, on June 21, 1892, his wife being I\Iatilda Winter, daughter of Isaac Winter, Esq. As a bushiess man Mr. Luckey is enterprising and sagacious, and as a citizen pul)lic- si)irited and wide-awake, and is invari- ably found in .support of every worthy improvement which has for its purpose the welfare of his community. T GUIS D. WALKER, a thrifty and -'— ^ prosperous farmer of South Plain- field, Piscataway township, Middlesex county. New Jersey, is a scm of Pauiyon and Lavenia (StcUe) Walker, and was born in the old homestead, on April 7, 1839. The Walker family traces its de- scent from an English source, the emi- grant ancestor coming to America at an early period and locating in the colony of Pennsylvania, on the banks of the Delaware. From this ancestor the family dis[)C'rsod and located in man}' sections of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Robert Walker, the paternal grandfather, had learned the trade of a shoemaker, and after following this pursuit for a number of years, turned hisattention to farming. lie lo(!ated upon a farm in Piscataway township, Middlesex county. New Jersey, now known as the old homestead of the family, where he resided for the rest of his Hie. He was in his time an active democrat in politics, and a consistent number of the Stelt^m Baptist church, at Stelton. lie married Jane Runycm, of Piscataway, and his immediate descend- ants were the following ten children: Firman, Simeon, Emeliue, liunyon, Jep- tha, Ruth, Sarah, Ann Runyon, Louis, and Ephraim. The last six named were children of Jane and Lewis Runyon, she being a widow when Robert married her. The paternal grandftither died in 1855, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. Runyon Walker, the father, Avas born on the old homestead, Oct. 25, 1807, and I'eceived his education in the conunon schools of Piscataway town.ship until he attained the age of fourteen. He was api)renticed to the carpentering trade and served three years. He then actively engaged in the pursuit of a carpenter and builder, and continued therein for a period of over sixty years, when he retired. He was a strong Jackson democrat, and alwaj^s took a prominent part in the politics of the day. He has been a mem- ber of the town connnittee for about six years, and a trustee of the school for twenty-four years. He has been a life- l(mg christian, holding membership in the Stelton Baptist church for the jjast fifty-five years, and of which he has been a trustee also for the past twenty 3ears. He was married April 3, 1836, to Lavenia Stelle, daughter of Drake and Elsie Stelle, of Piscataway, and succeeding to the old homestead, he took up his residence there. From that time forward he resided on the farm continuously up to 1877, when he was succeeded by his son Louis D., the sub- ject. Their children are: Jane Maria, married to John Ross, of Plainfield, New Jensey; Louis D., married to Mercie Run- yon; Emeline, married to Calvin Drake; Elsie, married to Simeon R. Dayton; Finnan, married to Mercie Drake; Sarah, married to Isaai; Giles, and Julia A., married to Dr. William Nelson, of New Market, New Jersey. The niotln'r died on March 16, 1886, in her sixty -eighth year. Biographical Sketches. 263 Mr. Walker attended the common- school and the high school of PiscataAvay township until he was sixteen years of age, after which he engaged in the usual labor in(;i(k'iit to a farm, on the old home- stead. Me manifested a deep interest in agricultural affairs and ileveloped rapidly into a thoroughly practical farmer. In 18G7 he married, and bought a farm in Piscataway township, and ten years later, in 1877, he also bought the old homestead farm. He has one hundred and twelve acres all told, of excellent land, well cul- tivated and devoted t(j general forming purposes. He is a prominent democrat in politics, was elected and faithfully served as a freeholder for one year in 1886, and has also served as a road overseer of the township. He is a communicant of the New Market Baptist church, and a re- spected trustee and deacon of the church. He and his wife reside upon the old homestead in the enjoyment of that ease and comfort so welcome to declining years. T OULS BREIG.S, one of the leading ^^ merchant tailors of the state of New Jersey, and a pnjminent and intln- ential citizen of high standing at Perth Amboy, is a son of Carl Frederick and Theresa Ingber Breigs, and was born Nov. 29, 1849, at Rostenberg, Saxe-Weimar, Germany. Mr. Breigs comes from that sturdy race proverbial for its industry and thrift — the race that has contributed more to the industriid development and material wealth of our oWn great country than the sons of her mother country. Carl Frederick Breigs, father of Louis Breigs, is a successful merchant tailor and quiet l)ut prosperous citizen and still a resident of our suliject's natal town. the place of his birth, Rostenberg, Saxe- Weimar. Here hi' has pursued assidu- ously his chosen vocation all his life. Mr. Breigs was twice nnirried; by liis first wife, mother of subject, there were born three cliildren : Barnhardt, Louis, sub- ject, and Ida Sutor. His first wife died, 18(33, at the age of fiftjxsix years. Mr. Breigs has won a success in life well worthy the emulation of his children. He received his educational nurturing in the common schools of German}^ At the age of sixteen years, ambitious to increase his opportunities, he courageously re- solved to try the fortunes of America, and setting sail, landed at Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1866. Having already acquired some knowledge of the tailor trade with his father, he succeeded in securing employ- ment at Brooklyn, where he remained four years. Subsequently, he followed the cutting trade two years in New York, \ and afterwards went to Keyport, Mon- mouth county, New Jersey, where he be- came associated with E. II. Conover, trading under the caption of Breigs & Conover. This relation continued Irom 1874 up to 1880, when Mr. Breigs sold bis interest to his partner and went to Perth AmliO}' and established himself in tlie merchant tailoring business on Smith street. There he continued up to 1SS8, when he purchased the site and built the large place he occupies at present, at the corner of Smith and King streets. This structure is 25 feet front and 130 feet deep, constructed of brick, and consti- tutes one of the most attractive business ' places in Perth Ambo}'. Mr. Breigs em- ploys in the various departments oi' his business twenty skilled tailors and cut- ters. He probably does the largest mer- chant tailoring l)usiness in the state of New Jersey, not including Jersey City. 264 Biographical Sketches. Being a practical cuttei' and fitter him- self", he gives that department of the business much of his personal attention. Mr. Breigs has established the custom- made clothing business, and has intro- duced gents' furnishing in connection with the tailoring business. He is a liberal repuljlican in political faith, not being bound by party ti'ammels, Ijut in his suflVage supports men and principles rather than party or party-men. Mr. Breigs is a memljer of Raritan Lodge, No. Gl, F. and A. M. ; Independent Order of Odd Fellow.s, and the Knights of Pythias. He is also a member of the Exempt Firemen's Association, of Perth Amboy. He was happily married in Au- gust, 1882, to Miss Rosa Hauser, of a well-known Jersey City family, and they have one child, Frederick. His wife's father, Frederick Hauser, is one of the most influential men in Jersey City poli- tics, besides being a very successful and shrewd business man. He is an exten- sive hardware, tinware, and plumbing merchant at that place. A staunch re- publican in politics, he has twice been elected alderman from his ward, repre- senting the interests of his constituents in the municipal legislative body with in- tegrity and honor, and was at one time honored with the nomination for mayor of Jer.sej' City. He has a family of five children, of wliom Mrs. Breigs is the eldest. "p A. SJIANNON, M. D., city physician -*- • of New Brunswick, is perhaps the most prominent and successful member of the medical profession in New Bruns- wick, and enjoys the most extensive prac- tice of any in that city. He is a son of Pierce A. and Jane Morrogh Shannon, and was born at Limerick, Lvland, March ?), 1852. His paternal grandfather, Pierce Shannon, was an extensive iron mer- chant in Dublin, and accumulated a hand- some fortune in that business, leaving it at his death to his son, fiither of the sub- ject of this sketch, which enal)led him to live the life of a country gentleman. Of a character l)e}"ond reproach, liberal, hos- pitable, with a stable full of horses and kennels full of hounds, and fond of hunt- ing, he was the friend of all who knew him, and his house was open to all who came to partake of its hospitality. He died in 18G0, to the sincere regret of all who had knowledge of him. His wife was a member of a distinguished family, the Morroghs, and since liis decease has resided in London. To them were Ixirn the subject of this sketch, Edward C, James, who is also a physician, Martha and Mary, who reside in London with their nu)ther. Dr. P. A. Shannon received his pre- paratory education at Clongowes, county Kildare, Ireland, graduating afterward at St. John's College, Liverpool. He then studied medicine for several years, and finally graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons, Kings and Queens College of Physicians, Rotundo Lying-in Hospital, at Dublin, with distinguished honors. After a short term of practice in Dub- lin he came to the United States as fur- nishing a broader field for his talents, and .settled in New Brunswick, where he went into partnership with Dr. i\. Morrogh, which partnership ctmtinued for six years, when he l)egan practicing indi- vidually. Since then, although his prac- tice is a general one, he has paid special attention to diseases of women and chil- dren, and such is the confidence which his special knowledge in this field has inspired that his patients are not alone Biographical Sketches. 265 numbered among the inhabitants of New Brunswick, but extend into the country for many miles around. Di'. Shannon is a democrat, a member of the Catholic church, and of the Brother- hood of Elks. His wife was Caroline E. Carroll, daughter of William Carroll, the mayor of Rochester, and to them have been born one child, Mignon Morrogh Shaunon. Dr. Shannon has been deco- rated with the order of chevalier ])y the Italian government. TXTILLIAM A. DUNLOP, for many ' ' years identified with the stone and earthen-ware industry of Matawan, New Jersey, is the son of Joseph W. and Margaret Combs Dunlop, and was born at Matawan, New Jer,sey, Sept. 10, 1833. Joseph W. Dunlop, father, was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in 1706, and after being given a common-school education fitted himself for the profession of teaching, to which he devoted his en- tire life. In political opinion Mr. Dunlop was a follower of Jefrers(jn and Jackson, and his interest in public questions and concerns led him to take a very active and prominent part in the poUtical events of his district. In church doctrines he was a presbyterian, and among other things formed a local military company at Middletown Point, now Matawan. Joseph W. Dunlop was wedded to Marga- ret, daughter of James Combs, and widow of Robert Little. As a result of this union are the following five children : Ilermione (wife of Mr. Ezra A. Dunn); William, Alfred, and John W. (now de- ceased). William A. Dunlop, subject, attended the public schools of Matawan until he reached the age of sixteen years. Upon leaving school he secured a position as clerk with Messrs. Reid & Craig, dealers in dry doods and groceries, and with whom he remained in constant service for twenty-one years. Leaving the em- ploy of the above-named firm Mr. Dunlop began business in the Washington market, Avhere he continued for the three ensuing years. Seeing a favorable opportunity of making a safe and profitable business venture, Mr. Dunlop bought a one-third interest of Van Schaich & Dunn in the stone and earthenwai-e business, the firm afterwards being known as Dunn, Dunlop & Co. Politicall}^ Mr. Dunlop is a demo- crat, always alert and ready to subserve the course and welfare of his party. He has been a freeholder for twelve years, and has been elected to vai-ious local offices in Matawan. He is an attendant of the Presbyterian church, and a mem- ber of Knickerbocker Lodge, No. 52, 1. 0. 0. F., of Matawan. On Dec. 4, 1858, Mr. Dunlop was united in marriage with Eliza, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Cook. 13 D. CHANDLER, a prominent archi- -L^'* tect of Red Bank, is of English descent, one of his paternal ancestors, a presbyterian preacher, in company with two brothers, having emigrated from England and settled in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in the year IGOO. He is a son of John H. and Margaret (Doughty) Chan- dler, and was born March 29, 1S4G, at Fairhaven, Monuiouth county. New Jer- sey. His paternal grandfather, Jeremiah ('handler, was a highl}' prosperous ship- ping merchant and ship-owner, as well as the possessor of two extensive farms at Fairhaven, New Jersey. He was a democrat in jwhtics, but not an office- holder nor office-seeker. He was an 266 Biographical Sketches. active member of the Methodist Episco- pal church. He died Aug. 22, 1857, aged sixty-eight years, and his wife died about sixteen years hater. Their children were: John H., Lauretta, married to John W. Murphy; Jeremiah, deceased ; Elizabeth, and Charles. John H. Chandler, lather, after finish- ing his education at the public schools, entered his lather's employ as a sailor on one of his vessels, and in due course of time rose to the position of captain. He followed this profession for many years, retiring in 1865 with a competence, and made Fairhaven, New Jersey, his perma- nent home thereafter. He took but little interest in i)olitics, but always voted with the Democratic party. He was a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church. He died Aug. 22, 18S9, aged seventy- seven years. His wifesurviveshim. Their married life was blessed with seven chil- dren : William, Benjamin, Lewis, R. D. ; Louisa, deceased ; Charles, and Christo- pher. The subject of this sketch, R. D. Chandler, received a connnon-school edu- cation at Fairliaven, and at the age of twent^'-one moved to Brooklyn, New York, where he learned the trade of a carpenter and took drawing lessons in the Washington Institute. This occupa- tion he followed for ten years, when he removed to Red Bank, New Jersej^, and entered into the building business on his own account. To this he shortly after- wards added the jirofession of architect. finally relincpiishing entirely the l)uild- ing portion ol" his business, since which time he has devoted himself solely to the architectural, in which he has been most successful. As specimens of his most no- tal)le work may be mentioned the public- school building at Oceanic, New Jersey, and the township hall at Red Bank, the plans of both buildings having been drawn by him. Mr. Chandler's first po- litical faith was that of a democrat ; but upon the second nomination of General Grant for the presidential office he voted the republican ticket, and has since con- tinued with that party. He is a member of the Junior Older (i. U. A. M., No. 141, having been through all its chairs ; of the Royal Arcanum ; of the Shrewsbury Ice Yacht club ; of the Red Bank Wheel- men, and the Red Bank board of trade. He married Mary G., daughter of Thomas and Sarah Smith, of Inwood, L. I., March 9, 1872, and to their union have been born four children : Anna, Marion, Wil- liam^ and Benjamin, deceased. TAMES WALL SCHUREM.IX CA^IP- ^J BELL, cashier of the First National Bank of Freehold, New Jersey, was lioiii in Freehold township, Monmouth comity, April 2.3, 1854, and is the eldest child of Peter Bowne Camp])ell. a well-known farmer, now living at Sin-fw shury. New Jersey. The American ])rogi'nitor of the name, .lohn Campbell, came from Scotland, and settled at Freehold. He was one of the twelve loving subjects to whom the charter oi' St. Peter's Epi.^copal church of Freehold was granted, in 17oG, by King George 111., and was appointed b}^ said charter a member of the first vestry. Four of his sons served at the same time in the Continental army, during tiie struggle for independence. The subject of this sketch traces, on both the i)aternal and maternal sides, descent by direct line lidui the same re- mote ancestor. James Bowne, of the cele- brated Mt)innouth Patent, and has in his Biographical Sketches. 267 possession a Bible published in London in 16C1, once the property of Margaret Newbold, wife of James Bowne, 2d. His mother, Mary E. Schurenian, is a niece of Garret D. Wall, a United States sena- tor, and a laAvyer eminent in his day, and her grandfather, James Schureman, a merchant of New Brunswick, New Jer- sey, Avas a soldier, patriot and statesman of the revolutionary period. Mr. Camp- bell also owns the silver tankard handed down in the Schureman family, lienring date Sept. 19, 1559. Mr. Campbell received his education in the private school at Shrewsbury, and Avorkecl hard on his father's farm during vacations, and until he was eighteen years of age. In 1872 he entered the employ of the Long Branch Banking Co. as general utility boy. In June, 1875, he was invited to a position as clerk in the First National Bank of Freehold; was appointed assistant cashier in 1881; cash- ier in 1SS4, and a director in 1894. Re- ceiving his education and training in this profession under such careful bankers as Henry W. Johnson, Jacob B. Rue and Joseph T. Laird, it is but natural that he should emulate their example. To his untiring industry, conservative manage- ment, and liberal policy this Ijank owes somewhat of its present high standing in the tinancial world, and its popularity with, and the confidence of, its many patrons. While he has devoted his time and energies to his banking business almost exclusivel}', he has been identified with some of the prosperous enterprises of the town, and has served his community in a representative capacity in various ways. He was an active fireman for seven years ; vice-president 1878-1879, and president 1880, of the fire department; he has been a vestryman, and secretary of the vestry, since 1881, of St. Peter's church, of which his great-great^grandlather was a vestryman one hundred and fifty years before ; was a member and the treasurer of the board of trade, 1892; member of the board of education, 1894, and has been president of that board since 1895, and it is largely due to his pei'sistent ef- forts that Freehold has to-day one of the handsomest and most conunodious school buildings in tlie state ; he is a past mas- ter of Freehold Lodge, No. 41, of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, a beneficial order that numbers over 360,000 memljers, and representative to its Grand Lodge of New Jersey, 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896. He is an hereditary member of the old and honoralilc military order, the Society of the Cincinnati, and was assistant treasurer of the New Jersey State Society, 1891, 1892, and has been treasurer since 1893. He seems to have been destined to be the custodian of other people's money ; in boyhood it was the ball clubs, debating clubs, and the differ- ent young people's societies ; in maturer ^^ears. larger interests. In appearance he is tall, slender and erect, of light com- plexion, has dark grey eyes, brown hair and mustache, long face, high forehead, and is neat and particular in his dress. His dominant characteristic is indefati- gable perseverance. He is slow to as- sume new responsibilities ; but once en- listed, anything to which he lends his name is sure to receive his attention. Possessing the coiifiiU'nce of the people, his advice is constantly sought, and is cheerfully but cai'efull\ gi\'eii. He wastes neither words nor time in business talks, and acts direct and to the point ; quick to detect the schemes and falsehoods of the designing, he is ever alert in the in- 268 Biographical Sketches. terest of his bauk ; reserved in manner with strangers, he is frank and gracious with his friends ; always mindful of the rights and feelings of others, he is strong in his likes and dislikes, and knows what he wants. Devoted to his family, do- mestic in his tastes, he finds his greatest pleasure in his home life. On Nov. 27, 1878, Mr. Cauiplicll was happily married to Mary, oidy child of Dennis Valentine, a prosperous farmer, residing near Tintou Falls, New Jersey. Their children are : Harry Valentine, Edmund Schureman, Marion and Ellen. Of Mr. Camphell's ))rothers only one is living, Harry, teller of the First National Bank of Ked Bank, New Jersey. Another brother, William Denise, was a memljer of the New Jersey legislature two terms, and a young lawyer, rising rapidly in his professicm at the time of his death ; a sis- ter and a brother died in childhood. "pvAVID AUGUSTUS VANDERVEER, ^-^ a prominent retired farmer and horticulturist of Monmouth county, one of the founders (jf the Grange in that county, and an influential citizen of Free- hold/is a son of Thomas M. and Margaret D. li. Smock Vanderveer, and was born Dec. 14, ISoo, at Moorestown, Burlington county. New Jersey. He was educated in the district schools of Monmouth county, having left Moorestown at the early age of five years. During early boyhood he worked on iiis father's farm, and when sev- enteen years old went to Freehold, where he was clerk in a store for tliree years. 1 le then removed to New York city, where for six years he occupied a position witli Wil- son G. Hunt & (Ji). When twenty-live years old, Mr. Vanderveer estiiblislied a mercantile business on his own account at Freehold, in u |)artnership relation, and conducted it for five years, after which he spent a year with the well- known dry-goods firm of Lord & Taylor, New York city. In 18G8, he abandoned business life, and devoted himself assidu- ously to agriculture and horticulture. He operated his uncle's farm, known as the Schank farm, on the site of the battle of Moinnouth, near Freehold, for six years, and then operated a part of his wife's family homestead, known as the Hunt farm, near Manalapan, for twenty 3ears. Mr. Vanderveer had a reputation as a fruit grower, and possessed large orch- ards ; and was an extensive breeder of Jersey cattle and fancy poultry. In the spring of 1894 he retired from active life, and has since resided at Freehold, where he still retains the most active interest in everything relating to the progress and improvement of agriculture. The Hunt homestead still remains in the familj', a part of the same being at pres- ent operated by Mr. Vanderveer. Mr. Vanderveer was the first charter meml)er of the Monmouth Grange, No. 92, at Freehold, and was its secretary for seve- ral years, at different times, and is at present. He was also one of the original members, and has been secretary of tlie Monmouth county board of agriculture for several years; is a member of the state board of agriculture, and tlie New Jersey Horticultural Society. In politi- cal affiliations he is a republican, an active party man, and a staunch protec- tionist. He was appointed postmaster at Manalapan by President Garfield, in 1881, and served until 1884. He was district clerk and school trustee at Mana^ lapan for a number of years. In 18111, lie enlisted in tin- Freehold rifle corps. New .Jersey militia, in which he served (:^^<^--<^ ^^€-if Red Bank, of Corson Com- mandery. No. 15, Knights Templar, of Asbury Park and of the A. A. 0. of NoIjIcs of the Mystic Shrine. He is also an active member of the vol- unteer lire department of Freehold, having served as president, vice-presi- dent, treasurer, member of the finance committee and foreman of the truck com- pany. He is especiallv deserving of credit for meritorious services rendered in the interest of this organization. He is also a member and at one time served as a director of the Freehold board of trade. TpDWARD S. ALLAIRE, a leading real- ^-^ estate and insurance man of Red Bank, Monmouth county', is a son of An- thony M. and Margaret Clu-istie Allaire, and was born Aug. 28, 1834, at New York city. The name \s of French Hu- guenot origin, and the American branch of the family is descended from Alexander Allaire, who came from Rochelle, J" ranee, in IGU'J, and settled in Westcliester county, N. Y. Details of the family record will be found in the sketch of George D. Allaire. Anthony M. Allaire (father), was born in New York city in 1810, and in early life learned trunk-making, which trade he followed in New York city for several years. He subsequently became a butcher and conducted a successful business both in New Y'^ork city and at Red Bank, whither he removed in 18G0. He retired from active life in 1880, and died in 1881, when seventy years of age. He was a re- publican in politics, and an active mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church at Red Bank. During his residence in New York he was a prominent member of the fire department of that city. His wife was Margaret Christie, daughter of Wil- liam Christie, of New Y'ork, who died in 188G, having born him these children : Matilda D., wife of Gilbert L. Crowell, of Arlington, New Jersey; Edward S.. sub- ject; William C, deceased; Jemima, de- ceased ; and Anthony, Jr. Edward S. Allaire received a common- school and college preparatorj' education in New York city, and subsequently' read law for fifteen months in the office of Wightman & Clark, of that city. He then spent four years in an insurance office there, and afterwards became asso- ciated with his father in the butchering business, which he followed thereaiter for twenty years. In 1872 Mr. Allaire I'e- moved to Red Bank and established him- self in the insurance business, in which he has been eminently succes.sful ever since. His son, Edward S.. Allaire, Jr., is associated with him, the firm name being Allaire & Son, and in addition to repre- senting several of the leading insurance companies of the United States, they also conduct the largest real-estate business in Red Bank. Mr. Allaire is a republican in politics, but in local nuitters casts his vote for the best candidate, regardless of party. He was commissioner of Red Bank for four years. He is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Red Bank, 282 Biographical Sketches. of which he has been trustee for several 3-ears. On Sept. 28, 1859, he was mar- ried to Miss Sarah C. Parkes, daughter of L. W. and Julia S. Parkes, of New York, and they had nine children : Ed- ward P., deceased; Julia S., deceased; Margaret C, deceased ; Sarah C, Emma Louise, Edward S., Jr., Margaret C, Julia Spencer, and Josephine Bonaparte. Mr. Allaire is widely known and respected. He is energetic and industrious in his business, qualities which liave brought him a full measure of success. TTERMAN GETSINGER, a leading gro- -L- L cer of Spring Lake, Monmouth county, New Jersey, and a citizen promi- nently identified Avith its development and progress, is a son of Francis and Mar- garet Matthias Getsinger, and was born Nov. 14, 1849, in Trenton, New Jersey. His paternal ancestry is Teutonic, and on his mother's side is of French origin. His father was born at Baden, Germany, in 1818, and lived there until his twen- tieth year, when he emigrated to the United States, and located in New York city. He subsequently removed to Tren- ton, and later, in 1852, settled in Allen- town, New^ Jersey. His business was that of a manufacturer of and dealer in boots and shoes, which lie carried on suc- cessfully in the places named. He was a member of the Presl)yterian denomi- nation, and was especially active in the work of that church in Allentown. Po- litically, he was a democrat, but found no particular zest in party labor. He was for a time vice-president of the Allentown I)urial as.sociation. In 1844 he married Margaret JNIatthias, Iw whom he had seven cliildren: Frank, William, Herman. Elizabeth (Mrs. Arthur Borden) ; Marga- ret, deceased; Mary (Mrs. Austin Curtis), and Henrj', deceased. He died May, 1891. The first three years of Hi'riuan Getsinger's life were spent in Treutmi. He then moved with his parents to x-Vllen- tOAvn, where he subsequently entered the district schools and acquired a common- school education. At the age of eighteen he returned to Trenton, and was appren- ticed to Snedeker & Jarvis, masons and contractors, for three years. He became a journeyman mason, and worked suc- cessfully at his trade for ten years, three years in Philadelphia, three in Chicago, and four in Allentown. In 1881 Mr. Getsinger located at Spring Lake, his pre- sent home, as a pioneer builder, contrac- tor and business man of that town. He cmljarked in 1884 in the grocery business at Spring Lake with such success as en- abled him to move in two years from a small rented store, 16x18 feet in size, to his own building, 35 feet wide, 30 teet high and 51 feet in depth. Here he has been since 1886, in Third avenue, Spring Lake, a leading importer and joltber of staple and fancy groceries. Mr. Getsinger is a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal church, and has been a steward of that church in Spring Lake for two years. He is conservative and independent in his political views, but adheres to the Democratic part}'. He is a member of council of the borough of Spring Lake, having received four suc- cessive elections, and during those eight years he has served on important com- mittees. He is an incorporator and stock- holder of the North Spring Lake Water Co. He was married to Miss Carrie Lud- low, an old-time resident of Spring Lake, and they have one daughter, Jessie. Mr. Getsing<'r devotes much time to the study of ways and means looking to the devel- Biographical Sketches. 283 opmeiit of Spring Lake. Progressive himself, lie is foremost in every work of internal improvement; intelligent and enlightened, he demands perfection in the educational system of his town. JOHN GARRETSON SCHANCK, presi- ^ dent of the board of commissioners and a thriving coal, wood and ice dealer of Keyport, Monmouth county, New Jer- sey, is a son of Gordon and Catherine (Garretson) Schanck, and was born Jan. 18, 1860, at Freehold, in the county above named. He, originally, is of Hol- land-Dutch extraction, but his grand- fiither and father are native-born Ameri- cans. The former, John Schanck, was born at Marlboro, but a few miles from Freehold. He received a common-school education, and later w^orked upon a farm. He subsequently became the owner of a tract of good farming land near Marl- boro, which he improved and brought to a high state of cultivation. In politics he was a democrat. He was twice mar- ried. His first wife, a Miss Hendrickson, bore him two children : Elizabeth, mar- ried to Daniel Conover, of Holmdel, and Gordon, father of subject. By his second wife, Mrs. AVilber, he had six children, four sons and two daughters: John, Robert, Morris, Charles, Henrietta, w^ife of J. B. Crawford, of Holmdel ; and Chris- tine, who married John Longstreet, of Keyport. He died about the year 18G8, at the age of sixty-five years. Gordon Schanck. father, was born near Marlboro Dec. 15, 1828. He conducted a farm there until 1886, when he moved to Asbury Park and went into the coal business. He was a large dealer in that place, and carried on a very successful business to the day ol' his death, Jan. 2-S, 1894. He was a democrat politically, but he never engaged in any active work for the party. His widow still survives him and is living at Newark, New Jei'sey. They were the parents of three children: William G., John Garretson, and Katha- rine, who married Charles W. Jewett, of New York city. Mr. Schanck received his primary edu- cation in the common schools of Marl- boro, and later took a four years' course at the Glenwood Institute at Matawan. After remaining with his father on the farm for five years he went to Spring- Lake, and there engaged with his brother William in the coal business. He sub- sequently, after two years, went to Marl- boro and resumed the occupation of a farmer. In 1886 he removed to Asbury Park and jomed his father in the coal trade. He continued in this connection four years, and then came to Keyport, his present home, and opened up a large yard for the sale of coal, wood and ice. He has every reason to be satisfied with the results of this enterprise, for ever since its establisment he has done an extensive and remunerative business. Mr. Schanck is a director and the treasurer of the Holmdel and Keyport Turnpike Co., re- puted to be one of the best highways in the state, and he is one of the stock- holders of the People's National Bank of Keyport. In politics he is a democrat and is well-known as an active party worker. In 1891 he was elected presi- dent of the board of commissioners of Keyport, and is still the incumbent ot that office ; the length of his service in that honorable position exceeding that of any of his predecessors. Mr. Schanck was married Nov. 26, 1885, to Martha W. Seabrook, a daughter of Henry H. Sea- brook, of Keyport. They are rearing a 284 Biographical Sketches. family of five interesting children : The- rese W., Hilda, Gordon, H. Seabrook, and John Leon. IV /TORGAN D. L. MAGEE, cashier of the -^^ First National Bank of I\Ianas- qiian, Monmouth county, and one of the most progressive and influential citizens of that town, is a son of James and Catherine Warne Magee, and was born Sept. 17, 1858, at Matawan, Monmouth county. His early life was spent at Matawan, where he received an excel- lent education at the famous Glenwood Institute. From the age of fifteen he has been continuously connected -with bankinu' affairs, having become a junior clerk in the State Bank, Matawan, at that age, where he I'cinained until 188-3. He then removed to Manasquan upon the organization of the F'irst National Bank of that town, and became a book- keeper; retaining that position until 188G, when, upon the resignation of Mr. John Terhune, the first cashier, Mr. Magee was elected cashier by the board of directors. lie has remained in that responsible position ever since, and by his zeal and energy has been largely instrumental in bringing about the pres- ent prosperous condition of the institu- tion. The bank is one of the most sub- stantial in the state, and during 1895 declared a 12 per cent, dividend, the sur- plus and profits being |G8,000. The stock, which is $1.00 at par, now sells at a premium of $1.50. In addition to the officers the institution employs four clerks and is run on the strictest business ])rin- ciples. Mr. Magee has devoted his career entirely to business affairs, and takes no active part in [)olitics. He is a member of Wall Lodge, No. 73, F.and A. M. In 18S1 he was married to Miss Marie Louise Maggs, a daughter of J. Wm. Maggs, of Matawan, and they have had three chil- dren: Margaret T., Gladys Louise, and Roger ]\Iortiuier. Mr. Magee is wrapped up heart and soul in his business, and has displayed constant energy and enterpinse in building up the aftairs of the bank. He possesses the full confidence and es- teem of his fellow-citizens, and is regarded as one of the most influential men in the progress of Manasquan. r^ EORGE D. ALLAIRE, a prominent ^^ retired merchant, of Red Bank, Monmouth county, and one of the best known citizens of that town, is a son of John Uytendale and Julia Van Tassel Allaire, and was born Sept. 5, 1822, at Sleepy Hollow, Westchester county, N. Y. The name is of French Huguenot origin, and the family is an old historic one. The earliest known ancestor was Pierre Allaire, of Rochelle, France, whose son, Alexander, came to America in 1G99, and settled in Westchester county, N. Y. His son, Alexander, Avas the great-grand- father of the subject of this sketch, and was twice manned; his first wife being Esther Clothworthy.and his second, Mary Lispenard. He had two son.s, Anthony and Uytendale; the latter, the subject's grandfather. Uytendale Allaire was a prosperous and widely-known farmer in Westcliestx^M" county, N. Y. His wife was Sarah Seaman, l)y whom lie hail thirteen children: Elizabeth, Catlierine, Anna, Jane, Susan, Seaman, Alexander, Henrietta, Sarah U., John U., Samuel, Uytendale, and Edwin. He died about 1825. John U. Allaire, latlicr. was born in Westchester county, N. Y., in 17S9, and taught school there during his early life. r* M-r arah. and Jacob. Thonnis. the eldest sou. was born in 180'J, in Northampton coiiiity. Pa.; re- ceived a I'ommoii-school education, and then learned the trade of a shoemaker. which he followed up to his death in 1859. He was a republican, and an ac- tive member of the Christian church, in which he held at dilferent times all the lay offices. He married Mary A. Smith, a daughter of James Smith, who passed away Nov. 5, 1888, .aged seventy-five years. Their children were : Thomas F., James S., and Sarah, who are .all dead ; and W. H., subject; Jennie and Atarah. W. H. Cawley received a common- school educati(m, and left the farm at six- teen years of age to enter the CJnion army, in wiiicli he served as a corporal, sergeant and regimental commissary, until Lee surrendered. Returning from the ami}', he engaged for a short time in the spoke- turning business, and then embarked in the wholes.ale and retail restaurant busi- ness, owning two restaurants. He est.al> lislied a bottling business at Somerville, which lie has successfully operated lor four years, beside being interested in a similar establishment .at Dover, New Jer- sey. Mr. (-awley owns a good farm, has been a director lor some time of the Sec- ond National Bank, of Someryille, New Jersey, and is interested in various other financial and business enterprises. He is a staunch and active republican in poli- tics; is a member of Gen. Wadsworth Post, No. 75, G. A. P.; Lodge of the Castle, No. 82, K. of P. ; Solomon Lodge, No. 46, F. and A. M., .and Magnolia Lodge, I. O. 0. F., in which last-named organiza- tion he passed through the chairs. On July •", 1867, Mr. Cawley married ^lary A. Gilbert, a daughter of Joseph ster A., at home. /^^^^^t.^ Biographical Sketches. 307 William H. Cawley has a war record of which he may be justly proud. On June 28, 1862, lie enlisted in Company G., Fifteenth Regiment New Jersey vol- unteers, and participated in the following battles : Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fred- ericksburg, Salem Heights, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Peterslnirg, and Cedar Creek. He was at the taking of Petersl)urg, the pursuit and capture of Lee, and then went to North Carolina, where he was engaged in a skirmish with some of Johnson's troops. He was pro- moted from private to corpm'al, to sergeant- to regimental commissai-y, for meritorious service, and received five Avounds at Get- ty.sburg and in other battles. J H. VAN BUSKIRK, the well-known ^ • real-estate dealer and surveyor, late of Ba_yonne city, New Jersey, but now a resident of Eatontown, traces his ancestry to tlu! Hollanders, whose names for cen- turies have been sj^nonymous with thrift, industry, and intelligence. He is the son of Nicholas C. and Elizabeth (Vree- land) Van Buskirk, and was born at Bayonne cit}', Hudson county, New Jer- sey, Sept. 28, 1849. James C. Van Buskirk (grandfather) was born at Saddle, Jan. 25, 1787. He was educated in the common schools and settled down to farming, which occupa- tion he followed during his entire life. In politics he was a whig, and upon the lapse of that party became a republican. He was a member of the Dutch Reformed church at Bayonne, then called Bergen Neck, and his earnest devotion to church work, both as an official and as a mend)er of the congregation, made him virtually one of the pillars of the church. He married Ann, daughter of James Van Buskirk, and to whom were born nine childi'en : Sarah, Mrs. Abram Sinmions; Cornelius, James B., Jeane Ann, Han- nah, Mrs. Cadmus; Nicholas C, Maria, Abram J., and Lavinia. Nicholas C. Van Buskirk (father) was born and educated at Bei'gen Neck, Hud- son connt}^ New Jersey, and began his present profitable business as a truck farmer near Bayonne. He is a republi- can and an active member of the Re- formed church at Bayonne, and in con- nection with his christian Avork has held all the offices within reach of laymen. On March IG, 1843, he married Miss Elizabeth Vreeland, daughter of Peter and Ann Vreeland, and to this happy alliance were born four cliildren, three sons and one daughter : Peter V., Ann Maria, Mrs. E. C. Earle ; John H., and De Witt. Father and Mother Van Bus- kirk are still living in quiet contentment at their home in Bayonne. J. H. Van Buskirk received his ele- mentary instruction in the common schools of Bayonne, and later entered the University of New York, where he took a course in civil engineering. On the completion of the course he was graduated with the degree of Batchelor of Sciences and Civil Engineer in the class of 1871. Upon leaving college he en- gaged in the Avork of his profession, and later became the surveyor of the city of Bayonne for tAvo years. With shrewd foresight he saAv a Avide and remunerati\'e field of operation in the deA'elopment of Bayonne real estate, and at once de- voted his time to that business. During the ten years that followed he Avas the most enterprising and successful man in real-estate interests of this thriving toAvn, and built two hundred new houses, be- sides dealing in and handling many other 308 Biographical Sketches. properties. At the close of this most active husiness career Mr. Van Buskirk removed to Eatoiitown, although he has still many interests and is a heavy real- estate owner at Bavonne. lie is a re- pnl)lican, and as a pnblic-spirited business man is deeply interested in political af- fairs. While at Bayonne he was assessor for years. On Nov. 15, 1877, Mr. Van Buskirk was united in marriage to Re- becca Louise Bdrgess, daughter of Ed- ward (i. Burgess, of Jersey City, and they have the following surviving chil- dren : Edward B., Grace B., and Russell. pi EORliE TAYLOR, a retired fiirmer of ^^ Freeholil, New Jersey, was l)orn in Ilolmdcl, Middletown township, now called Atlantic township, Sept. 27, LS18. He is a son of John G. and Mary Cono- ver Taylor. His mother was the daugh- ter of Tunis Conover, of Matawan, New Jersey. The fiimily is of Scotch de- scent on the paternal and English on the maternal side. George Taylor (grand- lather) was born in Scotland, came to this country, and settled in what is now known as Montrose, in Monmouth county, but which was then called Barren-town. He was a cooper by trade, and a farmer. He was an attendant of the Holmdel Baptist church. His children were as follows: James, George, John G., Ed- ward. Hannah, married to John Smith ; Rachel, married to James Andcixni, and Betsy. John (!. 'I'aylor (father) received his educjition at the district school, and for a time thereafter was employed on his father's farm. He learned the c()()[)er trade, whieii he followed to some extent during liis enrly life, iiater he paid especial attention to farming and milling, and became one of the proprietors of a grist-mill known as " Taylor's Mill," in Atlantic township, the place being then known by the name of Baptist-town. He was successful as a farmer and grain- dealer, and accumulated considerable wealth. He was a whig in politics and held the offices of townsliip conunissioner and overseer of roads at Middletown. He was three times married ; his tirst wife being Eliza Conover, and the second her sister, Mary. His third wife was Lydia Morford. There were three children by his first wife, and eight by the last. The issue by the first marriage were : John, George, the subject, and Martha, since deceased. Mr. Taylor was a member of the Baptist church, and died at the age of seventy-eight. George Taylor, subject, passed the early part of his life near Holmdel, and re- ceived his education at private schools in that vicinit}'. He entered the employ of his father, working in his mill, and re- nnuned witli him until the age of twen- ty-seven. He then cultivated a farm 1k'- longing to his father, and at the end of three years purchased the same. This farm he retained and cultivated until 1S71, when he disposed of it to his son. William W. He then bought a farm near Freehold, on which he moved and is now living. Mr. Taylor's career has been that of a successful agriculturalist, and he is a man of great influence among farmers. For twenty years he has been a mcml)er, and is now the treasurer, of Monmoutii Grange, at Freehold. He is also a mem- ber of tile M(mmouth County Agricul- tural Society. Though not a politician he gives his allegiance to the Re|)ublican party, and has liecn iionorcil with the ollices of overseer of roads luid connnis- Biographical Sketches. 309 sioiicr of appeals. He is a lueniber of the Baptist cliurcli at Freeliold, occupies the honoral)le position of deacon, and for some years was one of its trustees. Mr. Ta}dor married Margaret Conover on Feb. 11, 1844, and tlieir union has been blessed with three children : Mary Jane, married to George b'chanck ; William AY., married to Sarah H. Schanck. and Ellie C, married to William II. I)u Bois. .Tr. ^V/TATTHIAS WOOI.LEY, present iiigli -^^ shei'iif of Monmouth county. New Jersey, is the son of Moiitilion and Cor- nelia (Maps) WooUey, and w\as born at Long Branch, New Jersey, Dec. 10, 18-37. He received his education in the public schools of Ocean township, New Jersey, and at Charlottesville Seminar}', New York state. He is of English extraction. His grandfatiier w'as an old settler at Long Branch, and his maternal grand- father fought in this country under the English Hag daring the Revolution, as an officer of rank. Montilion Woolley (father), was born at Long Branch, New Jersey, July 15, 1810. He was a carpenter by trade, but owned and operated a farm at Oakhurst, south of Long Branch, where he resided up to his death, in 1880. He was for- merly a whig in politics, but latterly be- came a republican, and in religious matters he was a mendjer of the official board of the Methodist Episcopal church at Long Branch. His marriage to Cor- nelia Maps resulted in eight children : Matthias, the subject; Hannah E. Smock, Mary A. Morris, Lavinia Conrow, Wil- liam E. Woolley, w^ho is proprietor of the L'oquois hotel at Buft'alo, and the Grand Union hotel at Saratoga Springs ; Mar- garet Emma, who died in infancy ; Cor- nelia, and James R., a mason and con- tractor at Long Branch. In 1851 he was bereaved by death of his wife, Cor- nelia, who passed away at the age of thirty-five years. Matthias Woolley, the subject, at the age of nineteen years accepted the position of teacher of public schools, which he held until 1864, when he retired from professional work, and opened a grocery- store at Long Branch. While engaged in the grocery business, he was elected secretary of the Long Branch Building and Loan Association, in Dec., ISliO, and served as such up to 1893, when he resigned. He continued his grocery busi- ness, in association with a number of partners, until Dec. 10, 1874, when he was appointed postmaster of Long Branch by Postmaster-Cieneral Marshall Jewell. He at once assumed the duties of the office, and served until some time after- Mr. Cleveland's inauguration in 1885. During his long term as postmaster, he be- came widely known throughout the state. He was a member of the Republican state committee and an active worker in the party. On Dec. 6, 1859, he married Han- nah Truax, daughter of Anthony Truax, a farmer at Poplar, Monmouth county, the marriage resulting in three children: Cornelia W. Stewart, widow; Anthony Truax, a partner in the insui'ance busi- ness with his father, a member and treas- urer of the board of education at Long Branch, and an active member of the Royal Arcanum and the A. 0. U.W. ; and Alida W^., wife of J. Harrison Davis, Jr., clerk of the First National Bank of Long Branch. Matthias Woolley, the subject, became a partner in the firm of C. D. Warner & Co., a fire, life and accident insurance agency, after resigning as postmaster, and 310 Biographical Sketches. remained in said rmii, (l(jing business at Red Banli and at Long Branch, until the spring of 1895. He then withdrew from said firm and associated liimself in the same business at Long Brancli with his son, Anthony T. WooUey, under the firm name of Mattliias Woolley & Son. In IS".);! Mr. Woolley was elected sheriff of Monmouth county, aud enjoys the dis- tinction of being the first republican sheriff of the county. He consequently removed to Freehold and entered upon the duties of his office, appointing Mr. Houston Fields his deputy and Mr. John A. Howland his confidential clerk. His efficient nuinagement of this office has given him many frieuds in both parties. During his life at Long Branch he served as a member of the board of education for sixteen years and was its treasurer for six years. He became a member of the M. E. church in 1850, and was on the board of trustees tiiat built Simpson church. In 1892 he was elected a lay delegate, and has since been re-elected, to represent the church at the ncjxt con- ference, to be held at IJridgeton, New Jersey, this year ( 1890). He is a steward of the M. E. church at Freehold, and is a memljer ol' four lodges at Long Branch : Arioch lodge. No. 77, I. O. 0. F. ; Ocean Lodge, No. 183, K. of P.; 1. (). (). F. Encampment; and Long Branch (Jouncil, No. 429, Royal Arcanum. At the ex- piration of Mr. Woolley's present term of office he will return to his home at Louy; Brauch. / iIIAlIIJvS V. CRAWFOUl), a retired ^-^ hardware manufacturer of Keyport, Monuiouth county, and owner of a pros- perous fai'iii in llolnidcl tnw iiship. is a son of William II. and Leah Conover Crawford, and was born Nov. 17, 18-12, at Ilolmdel. His father, William 11. Crawlbrd, was a well-known and thriving farmer in Holmdel township throughout his life, and upon his death in 187-i divided his extensive farm among his children. He was a staunch democrat in politics, but never sought office. His children were nine in number : Holmes C, William H., Jr., John B., Albro B., Charles V., Mary J., James, Anmi L., Sarah E., wife of Daniel T. Polhemus, of Holmdel ; and Katherine B., wife of Horace A. Field, of Wellsboro, Pa. Charles V. Crawford received his ele- mentary education in the district schools of Ilolmdel township and Matawan In- stitute. His first start in life was in mercantile ])usiness at Red Bank, carried on for two years; and subsecpiently at Freehold for another two years. In 1862 he removed to New York city and engaged in the manufacture of tools and hardware, wliich business he con- ducted with notable success for eighteen years, during which time he iimassed a considerable fortune. He then returned to his birth-place, and was overseer of his late lathers estate until June, 1895, when he removed to Keyport. He occu- pies a liand.some residence in the latter town, and lives a quiet, retired life, although still continuing to operate his share of the fiither's farm in Holmdel township. He is a repuljlican in poli- tics ; is a member of Lodge No. 14, F. and A. M., of Freehold, and a director in the Keyport Banking Co. at Keyport. Mr. Crawford's success in life has been due to his inherent cpialities of ent'rg}', industry and perseverance, lie is person- ally of a kind, genial nature, and is most highly esteemed in all circles. Biographical Sketches. 313 A LONZO B ROWER, an extensive -^^ buildei' and contractor, and a re- spected citizen of Freehold, is a son of Gilbert V. and Amelia (Ilasketli) Brewer, and was born Sept. 29, 1851, on his father's farm in Freehold township, near Freehold. He was edncated in the dis- tric;t schools of that townshii), and spent his boyhood on the farm. When fifteen years old he was apprenticed to a car- penter at Freehold, where he snljsequently spent three years as a journeyman at his trade. In 1872 he formed a partnership with William JMcDermott, Jr., and, as carpenters and builders, they remained associated for one year, aftei- which Mr. Brower entered into a business relation- ship witli E. T. Conover, ol' Tennent, Manalapan township, and they conducted a prosperous business for ten years. In the spring of 1883 Mr. Brower established liis present independent business at Free- hold, and continued alone until the spring of 1805, when he associated with him his son. Frederick A. Brower, under the firm name of A. Brower & Son. They are contractors, carpenters and builders, and are the leading firm of the kind in Free- hold, having erected most of the large buildings put up in that vicinity for several jears. During twenty years' ex- perience Mr. Brower has erected over one hundred residences and tenement houses in Freehold and vicinity. In l)olitics. Ml'. Brower is independent, and although not a seeker for office he was elected a town commissioner of Freehold in 18'.)2, serving until May 1, 189G, when he resigned on account of the growing demands of his Ijusiness. He is vice- president of the Freehold branch of the New Jersey Building, Loan and Insurance (!i>.. of Trenton. His religious affiliations are with the Freehold Dutch Reformed churcli, of which he has been a member for twenty-three j'ears. He was elected a deacon in 1887, serving for two years, and became an elder in 1 889, serving for two years. He was one of the organizers, and at one time president, of the Christian j Endeavor Society of Freehold, and has been prominent in the conventions of that organization ; at New York, in 1892; at Montreal, in 1893; at Cleveland, in 1894, and at Boston, in 1895. Mr. Brower was married in 1872 to Miss Isabella Handley, of Brookl}^, N. Y., and they have three children : Fred- erick A., Jennie A., and McLaiii F. Mr. Brower is one of the most successful and widelv-known business men of Monmouth county, is especially prominent in cluuch work, and always in evidence in cdiarita- !)'" oruanizatioiis. TORN ENRIGHT, county superinten- ^ dent of schools, is a son oi" John and Margaret (Geary) Enright, and was born at Colt's Neck, April 28, 1852. His l>oy- hood was spent on his father's i'arm, where he was taught those hal)its of in- dustry and frugality which are so import- ant in the training for useful and success- ful enterprise. He had two brothers and five sisters : James, Thomas, Elizabeth, Ellen, Mary, Julia, and Margaret. It was the great care of the elder Enright that his children should have the best educa- tion that the village school could aflbrd. An intelligent and well-informed man himself, he saw the value of a good edu- cation. The home training was both by precept and example, a powerful aid to the training in the village school. In that farm-house could be found magazines and newspapers and books at a time when the cost made them a lu.\ur\' indeed. 314 Biographical Sketches. John Eiirijilit received his preliininarj education in the public .school at Colt's iXeck. While still young he evinced an unusual aptitude for books, and was espe- cially noted even when a small boy for his knowledge of mathematics. It was this early tendency that first pointed to him the teacher's prolession as one that would enable him to gratify his thirst for knowledge. Although, like most larin boys, Mr. Enright could not attend school after his ninth year, except during the winter months, yet he had made suflicieut progress in his studies to enable him to enter the state normal school at Trenton in 1869, at the age of seventeen, and take a high standing in a large class from the very beginning. The prescri))ed cour.se at the school at that time was two years. It was finished l)y Mr. Enright in one year and a half He graduated in 1871. In August of the same year he was engaged to take what was then known as the Orchard school in the town of Freehold. This was a mixed school rccpiiriug teach- ing in all the grades. At that time the condition of public-school education in the town of Freehold was at a low ebb. It was only those who could not allord to pay tuition in the excellent private schools of the town who .sent their chil- dren to the public school. Mr. Enright was I'rom the beginning a successful teacher. He first introduced into Freehold normal methods in teach- ing. Although another jjiiblie scIidoI, more favorably located, was kept in the town, yet in a short time there was a de- mand from pupils all over the toAvn to I'liter the Orchard .school. The overfiow had to be provided for in an adjoining- private hon.se, where Mr. Enright was fvu'uishcd an assistant teacher. In 1875, imbued with the new spirit of education that had been so successfully awakened, the trustees of the .schools saw that more advanced educational facilities were required. Hence a movement for a new school building which should accom- modate all of the children was made. This building, costing |2U,000, was com- pleted and ready for occupancy in Feb., 1875. Mr. Enright was the unanimous choice of the board of trustees I'or princi- pal. He organized the school, established a course of study, and thus started one of the first graded schools in Monmouth county. Since that time the school has grown in attendance from two hundred and twenty-five scholars and five teachers to an enrollment at present of more than six hundred, employing fourteen com- petent and wide-awake teachers. Under Mr. Enright's regime the school has be- come exceptionally popular, as evinced by the remarkable attendance and patron- age from non-resident pupils. The course of study has been extended, and the .standard raised until now Freehold boasts of having one of the best schools in all its departments in the state. Mr. Enright ranks professionally as one of the most popiilai' educators of New Jersey. He served as president of the State Teachers' Assoiiation for two terms, from lS'.tl-2. In 18U4, upon the death of Dr. Sanniel Lockwood, who had been county superint<:'ndent of schools in Monmouth county for twenty-seven years, Mr. Enright was appointed to fill the vacancy, by the state superintendent of schools, and at the expiration of the term he was, in September of the same yeai-. permanently appointed by the state board to the same position, in which capacity he is serving at the present time. From 187^ to the time of his appointment as county superintendent Biographical Sketches. 315 he served continuously on the examining board of teachers for Monmouth county, a position in which he served longer than any other teacher in the state. His first year as county superinten- dent was one that was full of difficulties in the educational work all over the state. The new township act weut into effect in July following his appointment. Mr. Enright, with his accustomed zeal, plunged into the work, reorganized and directed the new boanls of education, instructed them in their new duties and overcame opposition to the new law so eflectually that Monmouth county be- came conspicuous among the counties of the state for the smoothness with which the change from tlu' old to the new was made. He is at present vice-presidi'iit of the New Jersey Association of High School Principals, and is a member of the state council of education, the highest educa- tional body in the state. Notwithstand- ing his varied and absorbing duties by reason of the numerous positions that he occupies along the lines of his educa- tional work, he yet finds some tune for civil and industrial enterprises. He is a dii'ector in the Central National Bank, and a member and secretary of the board of water commissioners. As a mendjer of this board he commands the credit of being one of the projectors and chief pro- moters of the present efficient system of water-works of Freehold. Mr. Enright's recognized knowledge of the get)logy and water supply of this section eminently recommended him to the position of water connnissioner. The successful lo- cation of the artesian wells, the source of water supply, was largely due to his efforts. He became very closely identi- fied with the work in every detail, and his exhaustive report of the expense of plans and total cost of construction was copied through various reports and jour- nals of the country. The report has been regarded as a complete guide for the construction of water-works in small towns. He still retains his connection with the board as its secretary, and main- taius an active interest in its success. While thus potent and active, educa- tionallj- and civilly, as well as industri- ally, he has been equally conspicuous fraternally. He is a member of Olive Branch Lodge, F. and A. M., and a past grand master of A. O. U. W., of the state of New Jei'sey, an order comprising in this state a membership of more than five thousand. He has served as repre- sentative to the supreme council of the order, and attended its meeting lield in Chicago in June, 18U5. On Aug. 17, 1875, he was married to Emma Multbrd, daughter of William Mulford, of (Jundjerland county. New Jersey. He has four children : John Mulford, a student in the New York Law School; James Geary, a medical student in the University of Pennsylvania ; Emma Mulford and Mildred Lamont, undergraduates in the Freehold High School. T3ETER DE WITT, the -well-known president of the First National Bank of Somerville, New Jersey, comes from a sturdy Holland-Dutch stock, his maternal great-grandmother. Diuaii Von- burg, having euiigrati'd from Holland. She married Theodore Frelinghuysen for licr first husband, and Jacob R. Harden- burgh for her second. The maternal grand- nu)ther was Rachel W^-nkoop. Mr. De Witt was born in Sussex county, New Jersey, March 1, 1815, and is a son of 316 Biographical Sketches. .Tt)liii II. iiiid Conu'lia Wyiikoop Dc Witt, both natives of Ulster county, N. Y. John II. Dl' Witt was born in 1787 and dii'd May 24, 1827, at the ago of forty \'ears. Ho was a prosporous farnior, and the father of four sons: Henry, Evart W., Peter, and Cornelius W. Peter Do Witt attended the public schools in his native county, and for one year sul)sequently was a student at a school in iSonierville. At the age of twenty-one he engaged in the occupation of farming in Sussex county, and con- tinued in this until the year 1855, when he moved to Millibrd, Pa., and engaged in the milling and linnber business. Here he remaini'd for a period of five years when he dispo.sed of his mill property and farm in Sussex county, moved to Somerville and bought a farm in Somer- set county, which he successfully con- ducted until 1866, when he retired i'rom active business. In 1888 he was called from his retired life to assume the presi- dency of the First National Bank of Souu-rvillo, one of the oldest institutions of its kind in the state, it having boon organized in 1866, with a paid-in capital of one hundred thousand dollars, and of which he has been for some years a director. He has been continuousl}- elected president each year since his first election, and is now one of the oldest, if not the oldest, bank-ofiicer in the state. He is also one of the trustees of the Somerville Savings Bank. Mr. Do Witt has never aspired to pul)lic oHico; but during his farming career in Susses: county he held numerous township of- fices, lie was nnirried Nov. oO, 1841. to Sarah Broadhead. daughter of William Broadhoad. of I'ikc county. Pa., and to their union was born one daughter, Mary B.. mariied to the lute George W. San- born, of Somerset, deceased in Sept., ISlh-). Mr. Do Witt is an active churchman, has been a member of the First Ke- forined church of Somerville for more than twenty-five years, and during a greater portion of that time has served as deacon and elder. At the present time he occupies the latter office. He takes especial interest in Sunday-school work, has given much time to educa- tional uuitters, and has served sixteen years as a member and throe years as president of the school board, having been first elected in 1868. In 1889 he resigned and has since declined re-elec- tion. Ho had the misfortune to lose his life's companion in 1885 from a stroke of apo|)lexy, received during a visit she was making to her brother, John (J. Broad- bead, at Shelbyville, Ky. Her remains wore interred in Somerville. Mr. Ue Witt has long been recognized as one of the leading citizens of Somerset county, an able business man, and one ol' tiie most reliable financiers in tlu' state. TAUMONT FRELINiniUYSEN, one of -'-^ the oldest and most successiiil lawyers of Somerset county, residing in Somerville, New .lersey. is a son of Frederick and .Tane Dumont Freling- huysen, aiui was born Feb. 8, 1816, at Millstone, in said lounty. Both parents were among the early settlers of Somerset county. Frederick Frolinghuy.sen ( father) was regarded as one of the nu)st brilliant moml)ers of this highly-gifted family, and is said to have been the brightest lawyer that Now Jersey has produced. From 1S14 to 18-0 ho was j)ublic prose- cutor of the counties ol' Somor.set, iMid- dle.sex and Hunterdon. His two bro- Biographical Sketches. 317 thers, John and Theodore Freliiighiiysen, likewise became men of national reputa- tion. Theodore was attorney-general and senator from New Jersey in congress, president of the University of New York, and subsequently of Rutgers College in New Jersey. He was also a candidate on the Avhig ticket for vice-president with Henry Clay. Frederick Frelinghuysen was a member of the Dutch Retbrnied church for nuxny years, and found time in the midst of his busy professional and political life to labor earnestly in the Master's vineyard. His wife was Jane Dumont, a daughter of Peter B. Dumont, a fanner, of Somerset county. They were the parents of five children : Susan, wife of William D. Watterman, of New York city ; Gertrude, married to William T. Mercer, of Newark, New Jersey ; Louise, who married John C. Elmendorf, of New Brunswick, New Jersey; Dumont, who married Martina Vanderveer, of Somerset county, New Jersey ; and Fred- erick, who wedded Matilda (Jriswold. of New York city. Dumont Frelinghuysen, the subject of this sketch, received his preliminary edu- cation in the Somerville Academy, and subsequently entered Rutgers College, New Bnuiswick, from which he was graduated in the class of 1835. He at once began studying law with the late ex-Governor Peter D. Vroom, at Somer- ville, and was admitted to the bar in I808. He practiced before the courts of Somerset county until 1840, when he was elected clerk of the county court for a term of five years. Retiring from office at the expiration of his term he returned to his profession, and has been engaged ever since that time in the practice of the law, and doing an extensive business in the .settlement of estates, some of them notably large ones. He has been uni- formly successful in his legal as well as his business alfairs, and has accum\dated a substantial competence. His practice thus far covers a period of fitty-one years, and he is the onh' surviving member of his immediate family, his brothers and sisters all having deceased. Mr. Freling- huysen was originally a whig in politics, but since then he has been a consistent republican. He always took the deepest interest in the welfare of his party, and in the preservation of its principles. This was especially so during the late civil war ; but his activities and his sym- patiiies were compelled to take other forms than that of personal service in the army, as he had reached the age pre- cluding him from enlistment. In former days his face was seen and his voice heard at many recurring conventions, whither he was sent as a delegate to I'epresent his township and his county. Having now reached the venerable age of four-score years, he is well contented to retire from the political arena and leave its diversions to younger men. Mr. Frelinghuysen was united in mar- riage, Dec. 23, 1845, to Martina, a daughter of Ferdinand and Maria Elmen- dorf Vanderveer, who were members of another old and prominent family of Somerset county. Mrs. Frelinghuysen is still living, at the age closely approxi- mating that of her consort, who is her senior by six days, and is likewise the sole survivor oi' her own family. Mr. Frelinghuysen has been a member of the Dutch Reformed church, at Somerville, for more than forty years, and almost constantly during that time has been in official connection therewith. He was once a deacon, several times an elder, and for twenty years was superintendent 318 Biographical Sketches. of the Suiulay-scliool, at wliioli time he deceased. .Tdlni Frelingliuysen, the fifth was doubtless the oldest man in New son, was also a minister, lie received a Jersey directing the affairs of a religious call to Somerville, and after preaching school. He has been and is yet a wel- three years to various congregations there coined and entertaining speaker before and in the surrounding country he too church meetings, Sunday-schools and died. He left one son, the sole survivor, other religious associations. In this con- to perpetuate the family name, who be- nection he has frequently declared that came a lawyer at Millstone, Somerset delivering addresses bi'lbre such gather- county, and was later heard from during ino-s was infinitely more congenial to his the Revolutionary war as the celebrated mind than was the practice of the law. General Frederick Frelinghuysen, partici- ple was for several years vice-president pating in the battles of Trenton, Prince- of the Young Men's Christian Associa- ton and Monmoutli, and at a later period tion of Somerville, on which he has left was ass'igned by Washington to suppress the durable impress of his cultivated the •' Whiskey Insurrection " in Pennsyl- christian mind and his active, devoted vania. Me represented New Jersey in labor. He is justly proud of his many the senate of the United States from old-time successes in the forum, where 1775 to 1777. and liis subsequent re- intellectual fire was born of friction sumption of law practice was terminated between mental steel and mental Hint; l»y death in the filtj-first year of his age. he is proud of his line of patriotic and He was the father of six children : John, statesmen-like ancestors who form an Theodore, Frederick (father of subject), integral part of the history of this Maria, Catharine, and Flizaix'th. t-ountrv, and in his heart there is a _____^ i'celiug of satisfaction that he has won jewels for his crown in the hereafter. IT ENKY C. WIXSOR, president ol' the Theodore Jacobus Frelinghuyseu. the ^^ Asbury Park and Ocean Crove founder of the family in this country. Bank, and one of Asbury Park's most was a native of Lingen, Hanover, Ger- progressive citizens, is a son of Thomas many, and after acquiring a theological an'Vonsliir(>. England, and Ix'came .seven children ; two daughters aiiurg town- ship, and was educated in the public schools. In 1855 he removed to Somer- ville, and there laid, in a modest way, the foundation for his present extensive grocery business. During the Rebellion he gratuitously furnished pi'ovisions to the wives and families of" hundreds of the absent soldiers, relieved their distresses Biographical Sketches. 329 in every possible way, and deferred all expectation of payment until its conclu- clusion. Mr. Tunison is a republican, but while strongly alive at all times to the best interests of the community, is not a seeker after public office. He is a staunch supporter of the Second Re- formed church at Somerville, and has held all the offices in the church. lie was married on Felj. 22, 1854, to Miss Angelina Naylor, a daughter of Samuel R. Nayloi', of Somerville, and they have two daughters : Annie, Avife of II. F. Gal- pin, of Somerville ; and Elizabeth, widow of J. W. Ruhl. Mr. Tunison enjoys the esteem and respect of his fellow-citizens, and has long borne the reputation of being one of Somerville's best and worthiest citizens. y\R. CLAUDIUS R. P. FISHER, a Jead- -L^ ing medical practitioner of Bound Brook, and surgeon of the Lehigh Valley railroad at that place, is a son of James S. and Catherine L. (Stout) Fisher, and was born in Hunterdon county, New Jersey, on Aug. 12, 1857. His l)oyhood education was obtained in the high school or seminary at Ringoes, Hunterdon county, after leaving which he entered the Jefferson Medical College, Philadel- phia, and graduated from there on ]\Iarch 10, 1877, before reaching the legal age for graduation. The same year he loca- ted in practice at Neshanic, Somerset county, New Jersey, remaining there until 1883. He then removed to Bound Brook, where he has resided ever since. He has built up a large and lucrative practice, and is well known all over the northern part of New Jersey. He is a member and second vice-president of the New Jersey State Medical Society, and is also a member of the Somerset County Medical Society. He is a member of the organization formed by the surgeons of the Lehigh Valley railroad, as also of the National Railway Surgeons' Association. Being a man ol' wide popularity and of rare social instincts, he is also promi- nently identified with a number of other well-known organizations, including East- ern Star Lodge, No. 105, F. and A. M., at Plainfield ; Keystone Chapter, No. 25, R. A. M., and Trinity Connnaudery, K. T. He is health officer of the Bound Brook board of health, and active in all affairs tending to promote the sanitary betterment of the town. Dr. Fisher was married on March 15, 1881, to Miss Mary L. Stryker, daughter of Thomas C. Stryker, a well-known farmer of Frankfort, New Jersey. They have two sons : William A. and Robert S. Dr. Fisher is a hard-working, conscientious practitioner, constantly abreast of the times in all mattei's relating to his pro- fession, and possessed of ready tact and sympathy. The family name is of Geruian origin. William Fisher (grandfather), was a prosperous farmer of Hunterdon county, a staunch whig, and a well-known man in his day. His wife was a Miss Lucre- tia Slack. James S. Fisher (father) was born in 1800 on the Hunterdon county farm, which he operated during his life. He had a common-school education, was a man of proverbial honesty, and one who commanded the respect of all who knew him. He was a whig and a republican, held several local offices, and was a stead- fast mason in the early daj's of the order at Bound Brook. His wife was Miss Catherine L. Stout, daughter of William Stout, descendant of a Avell-known colo- 330 Biographical Sketches. nial raniily. and tliev luul ten cliildren, sfveii of whom are livinji'. William Stout (maternal gr indfather) was a resident of Arnwell township, Hunterdon county, and a magistrate and prominent public man ol' that locality. One of his brothers, Nathan, was a cap- fain in the ('ontinental army during the Revolution, and another served through the war of 1812. The origin of the lamily in this country was a romantic one. A little colony of Dutch immi- grants who had settled in the wilds of New Amsterdam (now New York) were set upon by Indians, and all were killed exce|)t one — Penelope Van Princess, from Holland. She was partially disemboweled and Icl't lying upon the ground for dead, but revived and dragged herself into a hollow log, where for many hours pieces of decaying wood were her only suste- nance. Finally' driven out by hunger, she was immediately captured by the Indians, who, after a dispute, took her across the river in a canoe; but she was rescued aiul taken back to New Amster- dam. Sub.sequently, in her twenty- second year, she was married to Richard Stout, a native of England, and a l)ache- lor of forty years, who had settled in the young colony. The couple located in Moiunouth county. New Jersey, and had a family of seven sons and three daugh- ters. The seventh son, David Stout, was the direct maternal ancestor of Dr. Fisher. One of his sons. James, had a son John, who had a son Nathan, who had a son William, and the latter was the father of Mrs. James S. Fishci-. the ninthcr of Dr. Fisher. TOIIN L. A XDKK.SOX, the county super- '' intcndciit of the schools of Somerset county, New Jersey, was born at Ber- nardsvillc. in that county, Dec. 25,1854. He is a son of John II. and Susan O. Anderson. His great-grandhither lived on the old homestead, now owned aiul occupied hy his mother. His father was a well-known and prosperous business man and prominent in state and county politics, having served as surrogate, judge and member of the state senate and as- sembly. Mr. Anderson I'eceived his early educa- tion in the public schools of Bernards- ville, and a private school at Mendham. He then entered Princeton College and graduated therefrom in 1879, with the degree of B. A. While at Princeton College he was an active member of Clio Hall, and graduated from it, an honor not taken by all Princeton men. Re- turning to Bernardsville Mr. Anderson engaged in business for some months, chiefly in connection with lumber opera- tions and contracting. He also spent one year in Ceorgia. In 1891 he moved to Somerville and became a local editor of the Sonteraet MesseiKjcr, which position he has since satisfactorily fdled. .Before going to college Mr. Anderson had been a school-teacher, and on account of his marked educational qualifications he was appointed county superintendent of schools of Somerset county, and on the 1st of September, 1893, took possession of his olTiie. When the new law went into effect in New Jersey giving free text I)ooks and making other radical changes, Somerset county was one of the foremost in making the required changes, and the numl)er ol" pupils in that county who have IVee text books is stated as about ten per cent, higher than in any other county, and Mr. Anderson is credited with liaviui; wurkeil /ealously in bring- iuiT about the cluume. He has made an Biographical Skktches. 331 active and efficient superintendent, de- votes almost his entire time to the duties of his office, and is constantly on the alert to raise the standard among the teachers and increase the efficiency ol" tlieir ser- vice. There are now in Somerset county about one hundred and twenty teachers and five thousand two hundred pupils. Mr. Anderson was united in marriage June 25, 1884, to Maria 11., daughter of .John V. and Hannah Breece Stevens, one oi' the oldest and most respected families in Morris county, and to this union have been born two children : Susan S. and Margaret II. Politically, Mr. Anderscm affiliates with the democrats, and takes a general interest in political matters. lie is a member of the Knights of Honor and its linancial reporter, as also of a number of other social oruanizations. W INFIELD WHITE, a leading horti- culturist of Little Silver, Shrews- bury township, JNIonmouth county. New Jersey, was born Jan. 6, 1850, near his present home and place of business. He is a brother of Theodore F. White, a prominent real-estate and insurance man of Red Bank, whose sketch contains the ancestral history. Winfield White was educated in tl'e common schools of his native township, and at an early age was employed by his father upon the farm, witli whom he re- mained until 1881. Upon that date he purchased land at Little Silver and en- gaged in trucking and growing vege- tables, which he has since continued successfully. He is a progressive and energetic ^oung man, possessed of good judgment and a thoroughly practical knowledge of his business. He was probably the first man to grow plants and vegetables under glass in that sec- tion of the county. He connnenced upon a tract of eight acres of land and subse([uently purchased twenty-two acres more, and also rented another tract, in order to supply the increasing demands of his increasing trade. He employs fif- teen men in his business and has seven hot-houses covering a space of l'J,250 square feet. Politically Mr. White is a staunch republican, as are all the mem- bers of the family. And while he takes an intelligent interest in the political issues of the country, he has never yet aspired to office. On Dec. 15, 1880, he married Adaline Sherman, a daughter of William Sherman, now deceased. Mrs. White, who died Oct. 9, 1892, gave birth to one child, a daughter, chi'istened Elizabeth White, who was born April 5, 1882. Mr. White is careful and pains- taking in his business, economic in his habits, and carefully and judiciously in- vests the profits of his business. He owns realty in Red Bank, Asbury Park, and Macedonia. /'10KNELIU8 ACKERSON, assistant ^-^ cashier of the People's National Bank of Keyport, Monmouth county, New Jersey, is a son of Henry E. Acker- son, and was born Sept. 11, 1852, in Holmdel township, near Hazlet, Mon- mouth county. The name Ackerson is of Dutch origin. For details and ances- tral history see sketch of ('apt. Hemy E. Acker.son in " History of Monmouth Countv." Cornelius Ackerson attended the dis- trict schools of his native place until he was seventeen years of age. He then entered Packard's Business College at 332 Biographical Sketches. New York City,, and received a thorough training in that institution. He .subse- quently became a farmer in Holmdel township, and for sixteen years he suc- cesslully pursued that avocation. He still owns two fine farms in that town- ship, but. having retired from that branch of industry, he leases them to others. On April 1, 1890, he removed to Key- port, where he became interested in the People's National Bank, then organizing, and he was elected one of its directors. He was subsecjuently offeivd the position of assistant cashier of the bank, which he accepted after resigning from the board of directors. Mr. Ackerson is a member and treasurer (jf the board of water commissioners of Keyport. He is also a member of the Royal Arcanum, Coronal Council, No. 1456, of that town, and politically is a democrat. He was united in marriage, Feb. 3, 1875, to Anna B. Stilwell, a daughter of John S. Stil- well, of Hazlet. To this union have been born two sons, Henrv E.. .Jr.. and Cecil S. Mr. Ackerson is a man of e.xact and methodical habits, and is a careful and conservative banker. He is of pleasant address, and is never provoked to acer- bit}^ a failing common to so many men behind bank counters. "T.VCOB SHlJiT.s, one of the oldest and ^ most trusted engineers on the Cen- tral railroad of New Jersey, and a well- known citizen of Somerville, is a son of (ieorge F. and .Mary Ann Snyder Shurts, and was born Jan. Ill, 1818, at Hamp- ton Junction. Hunterdon county, New Jer- sey', where he received a common-school education. He learned the llouring trade and lollowed it for five \ears at New Hampton. He entered the employ of the Central railroad in 1809, and was a brakeman and conductor for a year and a half He then moved to Somer\ille and was baggage master for the company for a year, after which he was a fu'eman, and later in 187o was prouKjted to engi- neer, which position he has retained ever since. Mr. Shurts is an active member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, is a staunch democrat and takes a deep in- terest in politics. On Feb. 29, 1888, he was married to Miss Catherine Sheridan, ' daughter of the lati' P. C. and Mary Sheri- dan, of Somerville. Mr. Shurts is one of themost skillful and experienced engineers in the employ of the Central railroad, and his career of nearly twenty years in the position has been unbroken by an\- seri- ous mishap. He is cool-headed, careful and trustworthy. In Somerville where lie resides he is well-known and respected, and is re- garded as one of the most progressive citizens of that town. Peter Shurts, his brother, is postmaster of Junation. N. J., and a prominent merchant, being propri- etor of the largest general store in the town. He likewise owns and operates a fine fertile farm on the outskirts of As- bury Park, New Jersey. He is a demo- crat and an active leader in local politics, is a meml)er of the Presbyterian church, and a faithful memberof the nia.>i^t^u,^:^^ /^^^^.^^^ Biographical Sketches. 341 Pulaski Legion, served in the Conti- nental army, during the American Revo- lution, at the battle of Monmouth. Frederick Parker received his element- arv education at Freehold Institute, i'rom which he was graduated in 1873. In September ol' the. same year he entered the sopliomore class of Princeton College, and was graduated from that noted seat of learning in 187G with the degree of A. B. Three years later the faculty of Princeton invested him with the degree ol" Master of Arts. lie prosecuted his law studies in the office of his father for aljout two years, and subsequently took a course of one year at Columbia Law School in New York. He was admitted as an attorney in June, 1879, and as a counsellor in* 1882. In 1880, after a pi-actice of a few months in his father's ollice, he formed a law partnership with William H, Vredenburgh, under the firm name of Vredenburgh & Parker. He was associated with that gentleman until 1889, when the connection was severed, and Mr. Parker thenceforth to the pres- ent time has continued practice alone, confining himself strictly to civil busi- ness. Mr. Parker in 1888 was appointed examiner of candidates for admission to the Ijar. He has ever been an enthusias- tic democrat, and has always evinced a livel}- interest in the principles and in the campaigns of that partly. His first experience at stump-speaking was in the presidential campaign of 1880, when he traveled the length and breadth of Mon- mouth county in the interest of the hero of Gettysburg. He has also taken part in each subsequent national and state campaign, either as a public speaker or as a delegate to conventions. He has never sought office, and has repeatedly declined the candidacy for the legisla- ture. He is a member of the Freehold board of town commissioners (being the chief commissioner), and he was president of the board of trade for two years. He is a member and vice-president, for sev- eral years, of the New Jersey Society of Sons of the American Revolution. He is a member of the Lawyers' Club of New York, and he is a director and attorney for the Central National Bank of Free- hold. He is a trustee and deacon in the First Presbjterian church at Freehold. In masonry he is especially pi-ominent. He is past master of Olive Branch Lodge, No. 16, at Freehold, and served one year, 1894, as district deputy grand master for the Fourth Masonic district of New Jer- sey. He is a member of Excelsior Con- sistt)ry (jf Camden, New Jersey; a mem- ber of Corson Commandery, No. 15, Knights Templar, at Asbury Park ; and a member of Mecca Temjjle, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of New York city. He has taken thirty-two degrees in masonry, and is well versed in its ritual and deeply interested in its precepts. He is a mem- ber of the American Whig Society of Princeton College, and a stockholder, trustee and treasurer of the Freehold Ladies' Seminary. Mr. Parker was united in marriage, April 30, 1890, to Mary II. Bedle, a daughter of Elihu B. Bedle. cashier of the Central National Bank of Freehold. Thev have one son. JOHN S. STEWART, vice-president of ^ the Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of New Brunswick, Middlesex county, New Jersey, and a prosperous merchant of that city, is a son of Otis D. and Lydia Ann (Vansickle) Stewart, and was born June 20, 1824, in the above-named city. The 342 Biographical Sketches. paternal grandfather, Stephen Stewart, was of Scotch extraction, and was born in 1778 in New England. His trade was that of a machinist, and he was en- gaged in that occupation all his life at Philadelphia. In politics he was a whig. His wife, Annie W., who he married in 1797, deceased in 1863. He deceased Jan. 12, 1862, aged eightj^-four yeans. They were the parents of five children : Stephen, Otis D., fotlier of the suljject; Rensselaer, Joiin, and Mary Ann. Otis D. Stewart, after receiving a com- mon-school education, learned the trade of a hatter at Wallpole, N. H., where he was born July 14, 1799. In 1821 he migrated southward to New Brunswick, wliere he opened a hat store, and con- tinued in that business until 1861, when he retired and devoti'd himself thence- forward, until his death in 1875, to deal- ing in stocks and other securities. Po- litically, he was formerly a whig, and during the last twenty years of his life he was found in the ranks of the Repul)- lican party. He was a member of the artillery, a military company at New Brunswick, and in religious affairs he was a member of the Keformed church in the same city. His marriage, Sept. 20, 182;-), to Lydia Ann Vansickle, who deceased July, 1804, resulted in the birth of eight children : John S., the subject ; Edwin, Charles, deceased ; Amanda L., who married Ed. G. Acker- man, of Spring Valley, N. Y. ; Wm. Dexter, Thomas J., Rensselaer S., and Anna, deceased. J. S. Stewart quitted the graiiniiiir schools of New Brunswick at the age of sixteen years, and learned the hatter trade. This avocation he followed un- varvingl>' at New Brunswick initil 1861. In tliat vear lie took the l)nsiness at New Brunswick, from which his father had retired, and associated himself in partnershij) with his brother Edwin, under the firm name of J. S. & E. Stew- art. This partnership remained intact until 1888, when Edwin retired, and since that time Mr. Stewart has been conducting alone an extremely success- ful business as a dealer in hats, furs and gentlemen's furnishings, in what is now known as tlie oldest established hat store in New Brunswick. In addition to his extensive mercantile business, Mr. Stew- art has interests in various other enter- prises of the town, among which is the Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of which he has been the vice-president tor the last two years. In his 3ounger days he was a member of the City (aiards, a military organization. He was a republican in politics ; for two years served as a mem- ber of the board of aldermen, and was also a mendjer of board of education for ten years. In religious matters he is a member of the Reformed church at New Brunswick, and he is esteemed as an active christian man, a nierriiant of the highest proI)ity, and the friend of every person in his connuunitv. He is a mem- ber of the following named secret socie- ties : Union Lodge, No. 19, F. and A. M. ; Scott Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M. ; Cceur de Lion Commandery, No. 8 ; Scott Council, R. and S. M. ; New Brunswick Loilge, No. 6, I. O. 0. F., and Friend.ship Lodge, No. 30, Knights of Pythias, all of New Brunswick. Mr. Stewart was united in marriage Sept. 13, 1853, to lu'vina N,. a. daughter of Stephen De Hart, of New Brunswick. To their union have been born t\vo children : Lydia Ann. married to P. J. Fuller, of New York, and Franlv A., born Jan. 24, 1856. Biographical Sketches. 343 HON. A. S. WILLIAMSON, ex-judgo of the court of cominon pleas of Somerset county, New Jersey, was born at Millstone, in said count3', May .31, 1819, and is a son of Peter N. and Maria (Nevius) Williamson. The immigrant ancestor came from Holland and located on Staten Island. His paternal grand- father was a life-long farmer in llills- horo township, Somerset count}'. His children were Anna, William, and Pe- ter N. The father of subject, Peter N. Wil- liamson, was born in Ilillsboi'o township, Somerset count}-, Aug. 19, 1780, and re- ceived a common-school education, after which he learned the trade of a carpen- ter, and followed it for some years, but the most of his life was passed in pursu- ing the avocation of a farmer. He was a member of the Democi-atic party, a zeal- ous christian, and for many years an el- der and deacon of the Reformed church. He was married in 1807, and his chil- dren were : Phoebe, wife of H. V. Hoag- land ; John B., William, Peter S., Nicho- las, A. S., Anna Maria, Matilda, married to John Hummer; Jacob, and Cornelius who died in infancy. The father's death occurred Feb. 25, 18G5, at the age of eighty-four years. Hon. A. S. Williamson was educated at the public schools of Millstone, and afterwards entered Rutgers College, at New Brunswick, where lie remained one year. He then obtained emploj'uient on a farm, and for twenty-five years followed the life of a farmer. In Novendjer, 1802, he was elected to the office of surrogate of Somerset county, without even the I'oi'- mality of a nomination, by the largest majority ever given to any one previously elected to that office, a tribute to his high character and a mark of the esteem in which he was held b}- his fellow-citi- zens of the most flattering kind. Subse- quently he was appointed judge of the court of common pleas of Somerset county, and held that office for five years. He also held the office of assessor for three yeai's, and was a freeholder. Judge Williamson has alwaj's taken and still takes an active interest in politics, and for many years has Ijeen one of the most prominent meml)ers of the Demo- cratic party in Somerset county. He is a zealous mendjer of the Reformed church of Somerville, where he resides, takes an active interest in cluuxdi work, and for a number of years was a teacher in tlie Sunday school. He was married Feb. 21, 1842, to Adaline Stryker, daughter of D. M. Stryker, Esq., of Millstone, Somerset county, and to their marriage have been born four children : William, married to Blanche Veighte ; Ainia M., married to Henry J. Brokaw ; Mary Elizal)eth, married to Abraham Vantyce; and Theodore, married to Mary Stein. Up to the present time Judge Williamson has been so fortunate as never to have had a death in the family. He is now living a retired life, free from all business cares except those incidental to the set- tlement of a few estates of which he has charge, and enjoys the univei'sal respect and esteem of all who know him. nnvR. A. L. STILL WELL, a prominent ^-^ medical practitioner of Somerville, Somerset county, is a son of Rev. Aaron L. and Rosina Johnson Stillwell, and was born December 14, 1864, at North Branch, Somerset county. The name is of Holland-Dutch origin, and the early American members of the family were among the pioneer settlers of New Jersey. 344 Biographical Sketches. Rev. Aaron L. Stillwell, his father, was a noted Reformed Dutch minister at Bayonne for many years, and died about thirty years ago, leaving three sons : Dr. A. L., John L., a Reformed minister located at Bloomsburg, N. Y., and Robert J., a merchant at Irvington, New Jersey. Dr. Stillwell was educated in the ele- mentary and grammar schools of Somer- ville, and suljsequently entered Rutgers College, New Brunswick, where he gradu- ated in 188G. He then began the study of medicine with Dr. II. G. Wagoner, at Somerville, and afterwards took the regu- lar course at the College of Phj'sicians and Surgeons, New York city, receiving his degree of M. D. in June, 1889. He entered upon the practice of his profes- sion the same year at Bayonne, New Jer- sey, with Dr. Alexander Dallas. In Feb., 1890, he located at Somerville, where he has since built up a large and lucrative practice. Dr. Stillwell is a member of the Somerset County District Medical Society, and has been reporter for that body for the past three years. He is also delegate to the New Jersey State Medi- cal Society, and is president of the board of he.alth of Somerville and one of the coroners of Somerset county. He is a member of Solomon Lodge, No. 46, F. and A. M. ; the Knights of Pythias, and the Jr. 0. U. A. M. His religious affiliations are with the Second Reformed church of Somerville. lu April, 1895, he was married to Miss Adaliue W. Voor- iiees, daughter of Abraham Voorliecs, of Middlel)ush, New .Jersey. Dr. Stillwell is an ambitious and pro- gressive member of his profes.sion, and possesses the confidence and esteem of his fellow-townsmen to a high degree. He is a skillful practitioner, is careful, clear-headed and conscientious, and keeps himself fully informed upon every mod- ern advance in the theory and practice of the healin"; art. A LBION R. BERRY, a leading real- ^^^-*^ estate and insurance broker of Woodbridge, New Jersey, was born in said town September 17, 1854, and is a son of Williaui Henry and Margaret Coddington Berry. He came from dis- tinguished ancestors, his paternal great grandfather, Captain Nathaniel Berry, having served with distinctit)n in the Revolutionary war, as a member of General Washington's life guard, and participated with him in the terrible hardships of the winter at Valley Forge. He was born at Bath, Me., Dec. 22, 1755. The paternal grandfather, John Berry, was born Feb. 17, 1783, and followed the occuj^ation of a farmer. The paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Ro1)inson, was born Oct. 26, 1784. To their union were born seven children : William Henry, born Sept. 18, 1805; Albert, born Feb. 12, 1808; Elbridge, born July-23, 1811 ; John J., born Oct. 26, 1814; Mary J., born March 24, 1818; Arthur, born Jan. 8, 1820, and Harriet, born Jan. 20, 1823. William Henry Berry (father) was born in Litchfield, Me., and was educated { at the public schools of Gardener, in the sanie state. At the age of nineteen he ' shipped as a sailor and followed the sea for six j-ears, eventually advancing to the rank of first officer of a vessel. In 1830 he settled in Jersey City aud l)ecame a dealer in hay ; removed to Woodbridge I two years later and continued the same i business. In 1845 he commenced fire- I brick manufacturing at that place, and ! was connected for more tliau forty-five Biographical Sketches. 345 years with the business he c'stiil)lishecl. During this time he was associated with Messrs. Brown and Valentine I'or thirty- eight years. At the time of his death, March 5, 1891, he was, without doubt, the oldest clay miner and fire-brick manu- facturer in the countr\', having been dii-ectly interested in the latter industry since 1845. He was an energetic and public-spirited citizen, and it was largely through his efforts that the public schools of Woodbridge were consolidated. He was a democrat originally, but later became a republican, and held .several important local offices. For many years he was an active meml)er of the Metho- dist Episcopal church, and one of its trustees. He was married to Margaret Coddington, April 28, 1835, and to their union were born five children : William C, who was killed at the l)attle of Wil- liamsburg, Va., in 1862, and after whom the G. A. R. Post at Woodbridge is named ; James E., Albion R., Elizabeth. and Arthur. Albion R. Berry attended the [)tiblic schools at Woodbridge, and then [)ursued a course of study at Jr'ennington Semi- nary, Pennington, N. J., after which he graduated from the Peddie Institute at Mightstown. He graduated in 1874 from the Business College of Newark, N. J., of which William C. Whitney was the president. Having finished his studies he entered the employ of his father in his brick manufacturing works at Wood- bridge, and remained with him six years. At the expiration of this time he engaged in the real-estate and insurance business, with offices at No. 719 Broad street, Newark, N. J., and a branch office in Woodbridge. This business he has ener- getically pursued since. In politics Mr. Berry is staiuichly republican, and a very active and energetic worker for liis party. He was elected town clerk in 1879, again in 1880, and for three years was assessor of Woodbridge township. In the spring of 1890 he was elected a member of the board of education for the term of three years, and has recently been elected district clerk. The only secret society to which Mr. Berry belongs is the Royal Arcaiuuii. T^flANK McMAHOX, a successful flor- -*- ist at Sea Bright, Monmouth coun- ty, New Jersey-, is a son of Matthew and Ann Graney McMahon. and was born April 20, 18G1, at Fair Haven, in the above named county. His father was a native of County Clai-e, Ireland, along whose southern banks How the waters of the Shannon, celebrated both in history and in song. Matthew McMahon emigrated to tlie United States during early manhood, set- tling first at Red Bank and subsequently removing to Fair Haven, where he spent by far the greater part of his life, and deceased August 7, 1881, at the age of sixty-six years. His occupation was that of a nursery-man, and he was engaged in the employ of Asher Ilance & Son until the fii'm ceased its existence in 1879. His wife, who he married in 185G, was born in County Galway, north of County Clare, and south of the county of Maj'o, on Irish soil. She is still living at Fair Haven, and is the mother of two children, one of whom is Frank, the subject ; the other being Anna, who is married to Daniel Dean, residing at Fair Haven. Frank McMahon attended the com- mon school suntil he was fifteen years of age when he entered into service with 346 Biographical Sketches. A. Hance & Son, nursery-men and flor- ists, and remained with them initil tlieir failure. lie was occupied during the following two years as an assistant book- keeper in the First National Bank of New York city, a position he was obliged to relinquish on account of his health. In 1885 he resumed horticultural pur- suits ; this time for himself, by purchas- ing at sheriff's sale his present establish- ment at Sea Hright, formerly owned by John Curtin. Here he cultivates and supplies in season, to a large local as well as a very extensive New York city trade, all manner of hardy trees, flower- ing slu'ubs, and climbing vines, together with hedges and plants adapted to the sea-shore, which form his specialty in that direction. He is the largest pro- ducer for New York city, except one, of cut flowers for winter trade, and is one of the leading spirits and a director in the New York Cut Flower Association, a co-operative connnission house at New York city established in 1895, which practically controls the trade. His con- servatories are large, requiring 80,000 square feet of glass to roof them, and furnish employment to fifteen men throughout each year. Mr. McMahon personally supervises this extensive es- tablishment, and his success is thorough and complete. In politics he is a repub- lican, Init takes no especial interest in party or local affairs except the interest of a public-si)irited citizen, devoted to the welfare of his town. He is a mem- ber of the Mystic Brotherhood, No. 21, Free and Accepted Masons, whose lodge- room is iit lied Bank ; Seaside Lodge, No. 47, Knights of Pythias of Sea Bright, and Red Bank Council, No. 984, Royal Arcanum. Mr. McMahon was married April 20, 1887, to Josephine Butterfass, a daughter of John H. But- terfass, a resident of Lambertville, New Jersey. r^ EORGE SCHENCK, the popular and ^-^ well-known proprietor of the Ten Eyck House, the leading hotel in Somer- ville, New Jersey, is a son of Aslier and Mary Howel Schenck, and was born at Kingston, Somerset county. New Jersey, Jan. 11, 1852. The paternal grandfather engaged in farming in Somerset count}', and made that his one life-long occupation. He was a democrat in political opinion, and a consistent christian in religion.-* faith. To him and his estimable wife were born four sons : John, Henry, Asher, and Wil- liam. Grandfather and grandmother Schenck are both buried at Somerville, New Jersey, having died respectively in 1823 and 1825. Asher Schenck (father) was born and reared on his father's farm, in Somerset county. New Jersey, coming upon the stage of life in 1811. He was sent to the district schools near his home,- and there received his sum of text knowledge. Young Schenck then turned his atten- tion to the milling business, and after learning the same managed a mill and also farmed at several places ; at Kings- ton a number of years, but in the latter part of his life was engaged exclusively in agricultural pursuits. He was a man of rare good judgment and considered an excellent farmer. Mr. Schenck, Sr., w.as a democrat, but took no leading part in political work. Asher Schenck married Mrs. Mary Matilda Beldon, daughter of Timothy and Anna Howel, of Trenton, and they had one son, George. Both parents died in New Jer^sey, the father at Annandale, the mother at Flemington. Biographical Sketches. 349 George Schenck as a boy played along the old mill race that turned the great wheel of his father's busy mill, and roamed over the fields of the homestead farm. When at a proper age he attended the district school near his home, and finally completed his school days at the Trenton Business College, of Trenton, New Jersey, and from nineteen to twen- ty-one years of age was employed on the farm. He then engaged in the milling business, which two years later he re- linquished for a hotel lousiness at Plucka- min, Somerset county. New Jersey, where he was located two years. Mr. Schenck has been in the same business at the fol- lowing places : Two years at Annandale, New Jersey ; Bloomsbury, New Jersey, six years ; Raritan, New Jersey, one years ; was proprietor of the Commercial House at Somerville, New Jerse}^, for two year; and finally, in 1890, returned to Somerville, and has since had charge of the Ten Eyck House, the best hotel in the town and one of the leading establish- ments of that kind in this part of the state. In politics Mr. Schenck is a demo- crat, Ijut does not find time to take an aggressive part in the active work of the party. He is an active member of the Somerville fire department, has held all of the lower offices, and is now chief of the department. Mr. Schenck's record in this organization has been credital)le, and much of the late progress made in the department has been due to his un- tiring efibrts. He is a fine-looking and congenial man, and as a host is one of the most popular men in the state of New Jersey. He has evidently discovered the ti'ue art of his particular business, for it is a notorious fact that no man can ex- ceed his hos})itality and al)ility to make his guests perfectly at home. The Ten Eyck House enjoys a heavy commercial trade and has a large cii'cle of friends. Mr. Schenck married on March 13, 1872, Miss Louisa Coe Van Dervoort, who in a great measure is responsiljle for whatever credit is due him as proprietor of the hotel. TTON. FRANK E. DE GRAW, ex-mayor -'— L of South Amljoy, ex-merchant, and at present the general shipping foreman of the Pennsylvania railroad at its wharves in that city, is a son of Peter Voorhees and Elizabeth (Thompson) De Graw, and was born Sept. 17, 1844, at Princeton, New Jersey. The generic name of the family was De Grasse, and is French. Col- lateral descendants from the present stock have altered this historic name from time to time until it has been nearly oblit- erated by the names of De Graw, De Grauw, De Gro, and De Grew. The De Graws trace one line of their ancestry to Francis Joseph Paul, Comte Grasse-Tilly, better known as Count De Grasse, who, with Lafayette and Rochambeau, loaned his sword to this country and witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis in 1781. The paternal ancestor of another branch was a Huguenot, who settled at St. Augus- tine, Fla., early in the year IGOO. Mr. De Graw attended the public schools of South Amboy until he was seventeen years of age. Li 1861 he en- tered the service of the Camden and Amboy Railroad Co. as a telegraph ope- rator. In 1864 he was promoted to the position of train-dispatcher for the same company at Boi'dentown. He shortly resigned and became an operator for the United States Telegraph Co. at New York. He returned to South Amboy in 1867, and took charge of the telegraph and cable systems of the C. & A. rail- 350 Biographical Sketches. road and the Western Union Telegraph Co. In 1SG9 he resigned and accepted a po.«itiou with E. A. Packer & Co.. coal shippers, and remained with that firm three years. He became a wholesale and retail coal dealer in 1872, and in the same year formed a partnership with Leonard Furnian, under the firm name of De Graw & Furman, lumber dealers. These enterprises proved very successful, and Mr. De Graw at this period provided himself with the beautiful home on Main street, South Ambo3% in which he still resides. He sold his business interests in 1875, and moved to Norfolk, Ya., where he became a farmer and a trucker. He remained there about a year, and then returned to South Amlx>y, where he resumed mercantile business by be- coming a wholesale and retail dealer in coal, hay, and brick. Since 1877 he has been general foreman at South Amboy of all shipping and shipping wharves of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. Mr. De Graw is a republican and served as a member of council in 1888, the first council elected after the organization of South Amboy, and was elected maj-or in the following year. He was a member of the Middle- sex county republican committee during the years 1880 to 1885, and has been a delegate to various conventions of his party. He has served as a member of the board of ey ten con.secutive years and was made president of that body in 1895, still liolding that position. He is treasurer and a warden of the Episcopal church at South Amboy, and has been one of its vestrymen for tliirty jears. He belongs to St. Stephen's Lodge, No. 63, F. and A. M. ; Goodwin Chapter. No. 36, R. A. M.. and Gojd Samaritan Lodge, No. 52, Knights of Pythias, of South Amljeth. who died in iutancv. T^R. WILLIAM P. KEASBEY, of the -'-^ finu of Keasbey & Bamekov. lead- ing druggists at Perth Amlx)y. Middle- sex county. New Jersey, is a son of Ed- ward and Louise Pothier Keasbey, and was born March 6. IS 65. at Irvington, New Jersey. Dr. Keasbey received his education in the public schools of Perth Amboy and the Coleman Business College at New- ark. New Jersey. He then engaged with his father, who conducted the Raritan Hollow .<;: Porous Brick Co., lo- cated on the Karitan river, about two miles from Perth AuiVn-. He was ap- ptnnted assistant siuperinteudent of that company and remained in its employ for four years. At the end of that time he entered the medical department of the University of New York, from which he was graduated in 1SS8. He located for the practice of medicine at Perth Amboy. but discontinued his pn\ctice after ab<^>ut eighteen moutlis. In the summer of 1SS9 he established his present drug business, located at 203 State street, which he continued to manage alone until Feb. 27, 1S92, when he admitted Charles W. Bamekov into partnership, under the firm name and style of Keasbey & Co. The name of the firm remained unchanged until April 1. 1S96. when it was transformed to KeasJjey & Barnekov, and by the latter name the firm is still known. The house carries a large stock of drugs, chemicals, oils, and pamts. and Oct. 9, 1S96, the firm opened a branch store at 242 Smith street, buying out the •• Perth Amboy Pharmacy." Dr. Keasbey has been very successful, due to strict business principles and integrity. He enjoys a large measure . of popularity among the people of Perth Amboy. He is a republican m politics, but not an ofiice-holder nor an office- seeker, and in religious afi'airs he is an attendant of the Baptist chun?h. He was married March 14, 1SS5. to Alice Maude Hubbard, a daughter of Dr. W. W. Hubbard, of Perth Amboy. They have one son, Edward. 73 EY. PERCY PERINCHIEF, the pop- -L»- ular and talented pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, of Manas- quan, is a son of Josephus and Sarah (Yates) Perinchief. and was bom on the Bermuda Islands. Oct. 27. 1S60. The name Perinchief indicates Welsh ances- try, and the parents of Josephus Perin- chief ^ lather) were natives of Wales. Early in the present century they emi- gi-ated to the Bermuda Islands, where Josephus was born and reared. For many vears he was eng;\ged in the English shipping service, as captain of a vessel. sailing between London and the West In- dies. He then located in Bermuda, where 352 Biographical Sketches. he entered the service of the English goveniniont as superintendent of the weather bureau and lighthouse. Mr. Perinehief died November 5, 1892, after a residence of sixty-five ^years on these islands, and was succeeded in his position by his son, Walter S. Perinchief. On November 22, 1855, Josephus Perinchief married Miss Sarah Yates Dickinson, daughter of" Richard and Dorothy Dickin- son, of Bel muda. They reared a family of three cliiidi-en : Walter S., Percy, and Octavia (Mrs. James A. Williams). Percy Perinchief (suljject) was early in life placed under the care of a private tutor in Bernmda, and in this manner received the preparation that fitted him for entering college. After a four years' course at Mount Allison University, Sack- ville, Canada, he entered Drew Seminary, at Madison, New Jersey, and three years later graduated with the class of 1895. He then received an a[)pointment as pas- tor of the Methodist Episcopal church, at Falmouth, Mass., and his second charge was at Hamilton Square, New Jersey. He lalwred earnestly in this field, and then was called to Englishtown, New Jersey ; he served this congregation two years, and at Little Silver, New Jersey, three years. Dr. Perinchief now began to reap the fruits of consecrated work, and was called to become pastor of the Broad Street M. E. Church, of Trenton, where lie remained until March, 1895, when he came to Manasquan. In this new field of pastoral duties. Dr. Perincliief has met with unqualified success, and his rehitions with his pe()|)Ie and fellow-citizens have been unironiily pl(>asaiit and congenial. BeiiiLi' 111! energetic worker, and an en- thusiastic and talented prorlainier of the great good will ol' tiie Great Father of mankind, Dr. Perinchief has gained a fast hold upon the hearts and affections of his congregation, as well as the general public, and has greatly increa.sed the membership of his church, which now numbers two hundred and forty com- municants, and has the great satisfaction of seeing in the midst of his spiritual family a flourishing chapter of the Ep- worth League, and a live and healthy Sunday-school. On Oct. 7, 1895, Percy Perinchief married Miss Laura B. Keeler, daughter of Morris II. Keeler, of Mount Holly, New Jersey, and to this marriage have been born a family of six children : Anna Lucille, Morris Keeler, Nita V'an- sant, Percy J., William Taylor, and Mil- dred D., twins. Dr. Perinchief is a man of high christian character, genial dispo- sition, with considerable literary talent, and is highly esteemed and popular with all who know him. DAVID HARVEY, JR., a leading mem- l)er of the Monnu)uth county bar, with offices at Asbiiry Park, and an in- fiuential citizen of that town,, is a son of Samuel and Lydia E. (Van Note) Harvey, and was boi'ii July G, 1853, at Oceanic, Shrewsbury township, in said county. The name is of Scotch origin, although Mr. Harvey's immediate ancestors have been prominent in eastern New Jersey for several generations. His grandfather, David Harvey, was a well-known farmer at Shark Kiver, near Farmingdale, Dowell townshij), for many years. Samuel Harvey (lather) was born at Shark Kiver, and educated in the district schools there, but in alter life he removed to Port Washington, now Oceanic, where he conducted a general store for twenty years. He .was an active and progres- sive citizen, and although a democrat in Biographical Sketches. 353 politics was appointed hy President Grant as postmaster at Port Washington, and served two terms. He was also commis- sioner oi' appeals, a member of the town- ship committee, and a school trustee for a number of years, taking an active interest in educational matters. He was a devout member of the Preslnterian church at Port Washington, of which he was a trustee and elder to the time of his death in 1879. His wife was Miss Lvdia E. Van Note, a daughter of Cornelius Van Note, of Farmingdale, Monmouth county, by whom he had nine children : Thomas A., deceased ; Emma, wife of John C. Bull, of Oceanic ; David, Jr., Charles, an attorney-at-law at Atlantic Highlands ; Catherine A., wife of Prof. Charles S. Newhall, of Hot Springs, N. C. ; Harry F., of Sea Bright; and Jesse, Alexander C, and Cornelia, of Oceanic, where their mother is still living. David Harvey, Jr., received his pre- liminary education in the district schools of Bed Bank, and suljsequently attended a private school there until seventeen years of age. In 1870 he began to read law in the office of Hon. Wm. Q. Lewis, Jersey City, where he studied four years, and was admitted to the bar in Novem- ber, 1874. He then returned to Red Bank and spent three years in the office of Robert Allen, Jr., a well-known lawyer of that place. In the autumn of 1877 Mr. Harvey removed to Asbury Park and began practice. His first office was hi the Steinbach building. Lake avenue and Main street, then in the Cook build- ing, (Jookman avenue and Main street, whence in 1890 he removed to the First National Bank building, his present loca- tion. He has a large and growing general practice, and makes a specialty of chan- cery suits and commercial law. He was admitted as counsellor in 1890, and was appointed special master in chancery of New Jersey. He was also a supreme court commissioner. Mr. Harvey is an active democrat in politics, and lias IVe- quently been honored by election to im- portant local offices. He was a member of the township committee, and president of that bodv in 1887, has been a member of the board of education since 1892, and of common council since 1893, serving as president of the board, and as chair- man of the street committee. He is also counsel for Neptune City and Bay Head. He is a member of the masonic order, be- ing one of the early members of Standard Chapter, R. A. M., and Carson Connnan- dery, K. T. ; also Mecca Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at New York. He is also identified with the Order of Hepta- soplis and the Roval Arcanum. He wiis married Sept. 3, 1879, to Miss Marie Des Anges, daughter of Henry S. Des Anges, of Asbury Park, and they have had four children : Louise Marie, who died at the age of eight years ; Elsie, David, and Charles B. Mr. Harve}- resides with his wife and family in a handsome house at No. 516 First avenue, Asbury Park He is well known and popular, and has always taken a foremost part in the progress of the town. He was chairman of the recep- tion committee which cared for the big national educational association meeting in the sunnner of 1894, and was a promi- nent participant in the twenty-filth anni- versary celebration of Asbury Park on July 4, 1896. He is energetic and enter- prising, is a thort)ughly read and capable law3er, possesses elegant courtesy and ease of mar.ner, and is marked as one of the rising men in public affiiirs in this section of the state. 354 Biographical Sketches. TTENRY J. TICK, tlie k-ading Horist of -*— ^ New Brunswick, and a lughlv respected citizen of tliat place, is a son of Matthias and Katharine (Brill) Tice, and was born in New York city July 17, ISoi. His father was a cabinet- maker in New York, and followed that trade during all his life. He is still liv- ing in Hoboken and enjoys that universal esteem which an honest and upright life commands. His wife passed away in Oct., 1890, having born a family of nine children : Henry J., John, Amy and Kate, all of whom are living ; and Irena, Julia, Frederick, Lily and Lizzie, all de- ceased. Mr. Tice's education was acquired in the pul)lic schools of New York city. He then learned the butchering trade. He removed to New Brunswick in 1871, and was engaged in the butchering busi- ness in that city for fifteen years. Li 1889 he established his present florist business, which has since developed into the largest of the kind in the city. His establishment is a handsome one on George street near the opera house, and is well-known not only to all the resi- dents of New Brunswick, but to the city's many visitors. Mr. Tice is a republican in politics, but finds the demands of his business t&/h.^^^u/^,^^~^ Biographical Sketches. 357 interested in tlie advancoment of Bound Brook, and devotes much ot" his time to public ufl'airs. ^ He is president of the borough council, treasurer and director of the Bound Brook Electric Light, Heat and Power Co., secretary and treasurer of the Bound Brook Building and Loan Association, and treasurer of the board of trade, in which he is an enthusiastic worker. He was collector of Bridge- water township for four years, served as street commissioner of Bound Brook for a number of years, and was treasurer of the corporation for six ^'cars. Mr. Brokaw is well known in Masonic circles through- out New Jersey, New York and Penn- sylvania, and is a past nuister of Eastern Star Lodge, No. 105, F. and A. M., at Bound Brook. He is a member and offi- cer of Keystone Chapter, R. A. M., of Sonierville, and a knight templar, be- h)nging to Trinity Commandery, No. 17, of Plainfield, New Jersey ; a thirty-two di'gree Scottish Rite Mason, and also a '' shriner," belonging to Mecca Temple at New York city. He is a member of the Berkley Club, an exclusive social organi- zation of Bound Brook, and of the Refoi-m Club of New York. He is a democrat in politics, and is treasurer of the Democratic Club, of Bound Bi'ook. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and an elder at Bound Brook in that society. On Nov. 24, 1880, he married Estelle P. Shurtz, daughter of Jacob Shurtz, a miller and owner of Ijoats at Bound Brook, where he deals in hay and grain, which he ships to New York, Philadeli)hia and the south. Mr. Brokaw's ancestral history is re- plete with romance and historic interest. Bourgon Broucard and his wife Catherine were French Huguenots, who were driven from France by persecution in the year 1674, and fled to Manlieini in the Pnlati- nate of the Rhine, whence they emi- grated to Florida, and sul)sequently to New York, arriving there in 1G7G. In 1684, Bourgon Bi'oucard bought a farm in Brooklyn, N. Y., and their names are recorded in the Dutch Reformed church in Brooklyn. He lived on the farm until 1688, when he movc^d to Trenton, L. 1., and remained there tor a number of years. He then removed to Flatbush, L. I., whei'e their names are also recorded in the church records. Bourgon Brou- card was born in 1G45, and was married to Catherine La Ferber in 1665. They had eight children — five sons and three daughters. Five were born in this coun- try. Isaac, the fourth son, was born in 1676, and settled at Duckbill. L. I. He seems to have changed his name to Bozarts. The other sons were : Jolm, born 1678; Jacob, boiMi 1680; Petei-, born 1682; and Al)raham, born 1684. They all moved to Franklin township, Somerset county. New Jersey, about the year 1700. In 1702, John Brocaw, (according to the spelling) bought two thousand acres of land on the banks of the Raritan and Millstone rivers. In 1735, the records show John Brokaw (change of name again) owning three hundred and ninet}' acres of the land, and Pester Brokaw, the other brother, owning four hundred acres. The lineal descent of Richard H. Brokaw is traced from the branch of Abraham. Abraham had a son Isaac ; Isaac had lour sons — Abraham, Caleb, Isaac and David. The third son, Isaac (great-grandfather), was born Nov., 1759, and died in 1838. He married Mary Van Nortwick, and they had eleven children : Isaac, Christine, Abraham, 358 Biographical Sketches. Henry, Caleb, Simeon, Maria, Samuel, Susan, John and Catherine. j Isaac Brokaw, the 3rd, and eldest son of Abraham, the 1st (grandfather), was born in 1783. He married Mary Field, and they had eleven children, one of Avhom was Henry C. (father of subject), born in 1809. Isaac, the 2nd, lived in Piscataway township, Middlesex county. New Jer- sey, where lie owned and opei'ated a large farm. He was a democrat and a member of the Presbyterian church, which he served as elder and trustee for many years. He died Feb. 19, 1866, and Mai-y, his wife, died June 22, 1832. Henry C. Bi'okaw (father) was born at Piscataway township, Middlesex county, in 1809, and received his education in the public schools of that township. He ^ was a manufacturer of harness and sad- dlery prior to the Rebellion. He sup- plied the southern trade until incapaci- tated for business from ill-health, when he retired and removed to a farm near New Brunswick, Now Jersey. In his early life he was one of the members of the militia and of the cavalry company. He was an enthusiastic horse-back rider. He was a democrat in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian church. He married Phoebe M. Field on June 13, 1833, and they had six children, who were : Mary J., wife of Abram Smalley ; Elizabeth, wife of Geo. Mt-Donald ; Cath- erine, wife of Alexander Manning; Ra- ch.ael, wife of Rev. A. E. Baldwin ; Ricliard II. ; Isaac N., deceased, wlio was a direc- tor in the bank with subject. Henry C. (father) died Nov. 29, 1872, at the age of sixty-two years ; the mother, Phoebe, died March 8, 1889, at the age of seven- ty-eight years. A DOLPH STEENGRAFE, JR., a -^^ farmer of Piscataway township, near South Plainfield, New Jersey, is a son of Adolph and Johanna Wehman Steengrafe, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Avas born in that city on May 14, 18G5. He is of German descent, his grandl'ather, Herman Steengrafe, being a native of Bremen. He married Addie Bunje, daughter of F. Bunje, of Bremen, in 1820, and they had born to them the following children : Herman, who is now an in- spector in the city of Bremen ; Henry, since deceased ; Bernhard, also deceased ; and Adolph. The grandfather died in the fiftieth year of his age, greatly es- teemed for his sterling traits of character and worth as a man and a citizen. Adolph Steengrafe (father) was born at Bremen in 1838, and was educated in the common schools of his native country. He came to America shortly before the late civil war, and located in the city of Brooklyn, N. Y. He is by occupation a ship-carpenter, shipwright, and calker, and is engaged in business, on South street. New York city. He has been highly successful, the business devel()[)ing to large proportions. He has had for weeks as many as five hinidred men in his employ. lie is not an alfiliant of either political party, but generally votes tlic rc[iul)lican ticket. He is a communi- cant and an active supporter of the Evangelical Lutheran church of Brook- lyn. He was married to Miss Johanna Wehman, daughter of Captain H. Weh- man, of Bremen, on Sept. 17, 1802, and they have had born to them the Ibliow- ing children: Lillie M. ; Gustave Oscar ; Bernhard, George, Elsa, and Adol})li. Adolph Steengrafe received his educa- tion in the public schools of Brooklyn. dU^Ciu^-^ Clyv^ Biographical Sketches. 361 At an early age he went west, following the advice of the late Horace Greeley, and engaged in fanning. He traveled extensively and has visited nearly every section of the great west. In the spring of 1895 he came to South Plainfield and pnrchased the farm of one hundred and twenty-six acres, whereon he now resides. It is one of the finest farms in Piscataway township, is well improved and under excellent cultivation. He is a republican in politics, but does not manifest any ac- tive interest. He was married November 25, ISUo, to Miss Louise Foerster, daugh- ter of Matliilde Foerster, of Summit, New Jersey. JUDGE J. CLARENCE CONOVER, pre- *-* siding judge of Monmouth county courts, residing at Freehold, New Jersey, is a son of William H., Sr., and Mary Otterson Conover, and was born August 12,1850, at Marlboro, Monmouth county. New Jersey. During the three centuries and a half since the advent of the Con- over family in this country, few names have ligured more conspicuously and be- come so interwoven into the political and civil history of the state of New Jersey than theirs. The immigrant ancestor and original American progenitor was Wolfert Garrettson Van Covenhoven (according to the original orthography of the name), who came to this country from Amoors- fort, Holland, with his three sons, Garret, Peter and Jacob, in 1630. By direct line Judge Conover is a descendant of Garret, who was engaged in agricultural pursuits at Flatlands, Long Island, and married Aeltye Cool, now spelled "Cole." Of their children, three in number, Wil- liam was born 1636 at Flathinds, and married Meltie Brinkerhoft' in 1660, and they had four children. One of the sons 19 was Peter, born 1671, married Patience Daws, and one of their sons, Elias, born 1700 and died 1751, was an ensign in the British arnij- under George III. One of his sons was John, born 1734, married Eleanor Wycoflf in 1753. One of their sons. Colonel Elias, served in Revolution- ary war as colonel, married Anna Fish, and one of their sons, John E., born 1785, was the grandfother of Judge Con- over. John E. Conover married Mariana Haight in 1815 and died April 18, 1833. He graduated from Princeton College in 1806, studied law under John Wells, of New York, but owing to ill health never entered upon practice. He formerly re- sided in Middletown township, but sub- seqiiently purchased and retired to reside upon what became known as the " Ter- race Hill," or the old Conover homestead at Marlboro village, Monmouth county. Here he owned three hundred acres of land, but lived as one who is commonly referred to as a gentleman farmer. Being a man of considerable wealth and liter- ary tastes he spent much of his time in study and reading, and became possessed of a highly cultured and richly stored mind. Politically he was a federalist, and religiouslj- an attendant of the Dutch Reformed church at Marlboro village. AVilliam H. Conover, Sr., son of Col. John E. Conover, was born in Marlboro, Oct. 19, 1816, at the old Conover home- stead, where he received his education in select schools and later under the train- ing of a private tutor from Princeton College. In his private lelations to in- dustrial and business life he was an agri- culturist; a director in the Freehold Banking Co.; a director in the Freehold and Jamesburg Railroad Co.; and, as a prominent resident of Freehold during the period from 1851 to 1877, was ideu- 362 Biographical Sketches. tified Avitli various other indiif^tries. He was a trustee of the Freeliold Institute, and an attendant and generous contribu- tor to the Presbyterian church at Free- hold. He was a democratic leader, and in public life served as county collector of Monmouth county, and represented his district in the assembly two terms. His marriage^ October 10, 1838, to Mary Otterson, a daughter of Rev. James Otterson, resulted in the birtli of five children : William H., Jr., who was state senator and prosecutor of the pleas of Monmouth county, and deceased in 1878; ; Henry, deceased when a child ; Judge J. Clarence, Julia, now residing in Phila- , delphia, and Dr. Charles II., a prominent I physician in Pliiladelphia. Both father and mother have deceased, the former in ; 1877, aged sixty years, the latter in 1894 after completing her seventy-fifth year. . Judge Conover acquired his elementary education in the Freehold Institute, tak- ' iiig a complete course in preparation for college. In September, 1870, he entei-ed Princeton College, fr(_)m which he gradu- ated in June, 1873, with the degree of A. B. This degree was supplemented in 1876 by the more distinctive A. M. de- gree which Princeton conferred upon him. After leaving college his studies in law were continued for one year under Hon. Charles Ilaight, ex-member of con- gress, and for the succeeding two years with Hon. Chillion Robbins, ex-judge of the common pleas Court. During this period ol" prol'essional preparation, he did considerable literary and reportoi'ial work for the New York city and local county press, and in June, 1870, he was admitted to the bar. He at once opened an ofiice in Freehold, where he continued in an active legal practice until 1890, in which year he was appointed by Governor Leon Abbett, presiding judge of the connnon pleas court of Monmouth county. In its acceptance he resigned Irom the office of counsel for the board of chosen free- holders of Monmouth county, which he had continuously occupied since 1881. Judge Conover served his full term of five years on the Monmouth bench, and in March, 1895, was re-appointed for a second term by Govei'nor George T. Werts. In politics he is a democrat, and though always active in the service of his party he has never sought office nor held any public or political position up to the time of his elevation to the bench. In religion he is a member and one of the vestrymen of St. Peter's Episcopal church at Freehold. He is a member of the Holland Society of New York; the Sons of the American Revolution ; Olive Branch Lodge, No. 16, F. and A. M., of Freehold, New Jersey ; Keith Coun- cil, No. 1501, Royal Arcanum, and the New Jersey State Rifie Association. Judge Conover was united in nuirriage. February 7, 1877, to Josephine Bleakley, a' daughter of ex-Sherill Willi.am Bleak- ley of Westchester county, N. Y. To their union was born, February 5, 1879, Rosalie Bleakley, their only child. The appointment oi' Mr. Conover to a judgeship) wlien but thirty-nine years of age is a notable instance of executive recognition of legal talent of a superior order. During his years at school and in college the future Judge Conover was a diligent and painstaking student, and his three years t)f law study were marked by close and steady application. He gave early evidence of pronounced ability to grapple with the manifold '-^^.^^>^'ir-'^^^-rn-nyi Biographical Sketches. 367 in the firm of Ilildebnind & Perry at Port Cokk'ii, but, alttT two years, sold out to his partner and returned to his former empfojer, Mr. Chipp. Subse- quently he became associated with B. Altman & Co., New York, being a sales- man in the dry-goods department for six years, and afterwards, bu3'er. His next connection wiis with Le Boutillier Bros., on Fourteenth street, Avhere he remained for. twelve years as general buyer for the house. On May 1, 1895, he associated himself with Heath & Drake, of New- ark, New Jersey. Both members having died, the business was incorporated, a stock company formed, and Mr. Perry engaged as general manager. This house was established in 1841, and is not only the oldest, )jut has the reputation of be- ing the finest dry-goods store in the state. It is known as the Arnold & Constable's of New Jersey, and emplojs one hun- dred and seventeen clerks during the dull season, and as many as one hundred and sixty-five during the holiday seas(jn. At the Waverly state fiiir this firm re- ceived first premiums on all of its eleven exhibits, and a silver medal for the best general exhibit. Mr. Perry was elected mayor of Bound Brook in 1892, on the Taxpayers' ticket, and served three successive terms. He gave the town a vigorous administration, and, althougli he met with bitter old- fogy opposition, he succeeded in carrying through a number of progressive meas- ures. Indeed it is to his wisdom that the town owes its pi'esent position in the van of well-lighted, well-paved and healthful communities of the state. During his term he united Bound Brciok to East Bound Brook by opening up East Main street, which is the connect- ing Unk. He also built the bridge over Green Brook, which is the chief pride of his administration, and secured the con- struction of the Thompson bridge. AVhile maj'or, he organized the Ijoard of health, of which he was president for three years, and after a severe fight he suc- ceeded in having sewers built. He was one of the organizers, and is now one of the most active members of the board of trade of Bound Brook, and has held the chairmanship of the committees on rail- roads, telephones, telegraphs, etc. He is vice-president of the Washington Camp- ground Association, an organization for the preservation of the old camping- place of Washington's army on an emi- nence near Bound Brook, a spot of deep historical interest to the whole country-. Among the various business positions which Mr. Perry occupies, are the fol- lowing : President of the Shaen Manu- facturing Co., with offices in New York, and a plant at Philadelphia, for the man- ufacture of plain and fancy di'css-goods ; vice-president ol" the Elizabeth Nursery Co., which owns sixty acres at Elizabeth, New Jersey ; and vice-president of the Republic Savings and Loan Association of Newark, New Jersey. He is a mem- ber of various organizations, including Eastern Star Lodge, F. and A. M. ; Mansfield Lodge, No. oG, I. 0.0. F.; the Royal Arcanum, and Knights of Honor. Mr. Perry was married on Jan. 30, 1873, to Miss Sarah McCloughan, daugh- ter of David McCloughan, a well-known farmer of Hampden,' Hunterdon county. New Jersey. They have one son, David M. Perry, who was educated at the Bor- dentown Military Academy, left school to stud\- law, but abandoned it, and for four years past has been connected with 0. M. Farrand, No. 3 Maiden Lane, New York, as a diamond expert. 368 Biographical Sketches. Mr. Perry is one of the most popular men in Bound Brook in spite of the bit- terness witli which liis progressive ideas were once fought by the conservative ekMiient. He has the courage of his con- victions, and his experience in dealing with people, combined with his courteous manner and affable bearing, amply fit him for the responsible duties he has to perform. He resides at Oak Lawn, in one of the handsomest residences in Bound Brook. William Perry (father) was a native of Little York, New Jersey. He was a miller and millwright l)y trade, ]nit spent the latter part of his life in the con- tracting and building business. He first lived in Little York, New Jersey, from which place he moved to Easton, Pa., and subsequently to New Brooklyn, New Jersey, where he operated Dunn's mill, and did an extensive business. He after- wards operated Stewart's mill in Warren county, and the mill at Brass Castle. He then retired from the milling busi- ness and removed to Washington, New Jersey, where he was a successful con- tractor and builder to the time of his death. He was a ])rominent whig, and was often tendered office, I)ut refused the nominations. During the civil war he was sergeant of a company of emer- gency men, but was never nnistered into service. His wife, Mary Creveling, was a resident of Washington. They had three children : C. Howard, Laura Petit and Martha, who died in infancy. TpDWARD \V. 15AU\K.S, ex-mayor of -*— ' Perth Araboy, and one of the most influential and resj)ected men of aH'airs in that thriving city, is a sou of J. Edward and Elizabeth G. (Woodbridge) Barnes. He was born February 2, 1848, at Summit Hill, Carbon count}', Pa. ; but the early portion of his life was spent in Tamaqua, Pa., where his father was superintendent of the Little Schuylkill railroad. Edward received the founda- tion of his education in the public schools of Tamaqua, but left school at the age of twelve years, and subsequently pur- sued more advanced studies under a private tutor. Coming from a l^imil}- of industrious, persevering and self-made people he very early evinced a strong aptitude for business, and while still a boy entered a book-store in Tamaqua. During the alarms and anxieties of the Rebellion he was a newsboj', and aided in disseminating through the coal regions the earliest intelligence of the great battles of that national crisis. In Dec, 1864, he accompanied his widowed mother and two brothers to Perth Am- boy, where he settled for life. He first ent(M-ed a baidiing house in New York city, and during seven years worked hard and conscientiously in acquiring and cul- tivating that business acumen and saga- city which in after life stood iiini in such good stead. His clerkship in the bank was a valuable training, which excel- lently fitted him for the responsible posi- tion he next attained. He was private secretary and confidential clerk to Fred- erick H. Cossitt, of New York, with whom he remained uj) to the time of the hitter's death in 1887. Since that time he has had the charge and management of Mr. Cossitt's estate, acting as trustee, caring for a large portion of it that re- nniins undivided, and bearing all the re- sponsibility of the endless details w hidi such a charge involves. Mr. Barnes is a strong repul)lican, and was elected by that pai-ty mayor of Perth Amboy in Biographical Sketches. 369 1894. He has always evinced an active interest in public aflairs, discharging his official duties with the same finesse and unswerving fidelity to high principle that have charactei'ized his business relations. He has served three years as one of the school commissioners of Perth Amboy, being president of the board for one year. He is a member of the Presljyterian church, and is well-known as one of the most ardent workers and iuHueiitial sup- jjorters of that denomination in New Jersey. He is an elder of the church, and has been for many years clerk of the session. He has been especially active in Sunday-school work, has successfully filled all the positions, and lias been superintendent for about fifteen Aears. Mr. Barnes was married August 1 8, 1880, to Miss Idelette L. Hall, daughter of Beach Hall, a well-known carpenter and builder of Metuchen. Their chil- dren, besides one who died in infancy, have been : Edward Harold, Bessie Louise, Walter Carl, Earnest Winfred, William Gerald and Frederick Homer. Mr. Barnes' family ie of English origin, his great-grandfather having come to this country during the Revolution. He was a student at college at the outl)reak of that war, l)ut was taken away from his studies and forced into the British army. Being taken prisoner by the Continental troops, he refused to be ex- changed, left the British army, and set- tled in Connecticut. He subsequently removed to Saratoga county, N. Y., where he lived until his death. One of his sons, James Barnes, grandfather of Mr. Barnes, lived during most of his life in Wyoming county. Pa. He was a thor- oughly selt-made man. dealt in real estate and coal lands, and became pos- sessed of considerable means. He was a meml)er of the Society of the Orthodox Friends. He died at the age of eighty- seven years, and his wife, who had been Miss Eliza Woodljridge, at the age of about seventy years. Their children were: James Woodbridge, R. Henry. Mal- vina F., Wheeler, and J. Edward. J. Edward Barnes (father) was born Oct. 2, 1818, at Kingston, Wyoming county, Pa. Early in life he was in the employ of the Lehigh Canal Co., and afterwards in charge of transportation on the Switchback railroad. He resided in Summit Hill, Pa., for a number of years, during which he was interested in mer- cantile pursuits, but afterwards removed to Tamaqua, Pa., and was superintendent of the Little Schuylkill railroad. He was a whig, an enthusiastic party man, and one of the early supporters of the new Republican party in- that section. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, always greatly esteemed as a man of high standing, strong, honest convic- tions, and as an irreproachable citizen. He was also a prominent member of the L 0. 0. F. He died at Tamaqua on Feb. 15, 1858, at the age of fort}- years. His wife died in 1885 at the age of sixty-seven. Their children were : Ed- ward W., Rev. Stephen G., a clergyman of the Congregational church at Long Meadow, Mass., and formerly' professor of Anglo-Saxon and English literature in Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa; James W., who is in the insurance business at New- ark, New Jersey ; and one who died in infancy. T IVINGSTON DU BO IS, a retired Ihr- ^-^ mer of Freehold, New Jersey, comes from distinguished Holland-Dutch ances- try, founded upon Huguenot stock, his family being originally of French origin, 370 Biographical Sketches. the troublous times of Louis XIII. The Bativitv of the Du Bois fiiuiilj- in France was Wicres, near LiHe, its records show- ing a complete genealogical account since the year 1600. Isaac Du Bois, a son of Louis and a grandson of Chretin Du Bois, Wicres, first settled in this country at Kingston, New Jersey, at the age of eighteen years, removing thence to New Paltz, Ulster county, New York, in 1677. Livingston Du Bois is a son of Tunis D. and Sarah (Smock) Du Bois, and was born April 18, 1827, in Freehold town- ship, Monmouth county. New Jersey. His mother was a daughter of Aaron Smock, of Middletown. His grandfather, the Eev. Benjamin Du Bois, Avas pastor of the Brick church at Marlboro (then Middletown) for sixty-three years. His father, Tunis D. Du Bois, was born in Freehold township, Avhere he was edu- cated in the connnon schools. He then learned the trade of a silversmith and became an expert artisan, his skill being silently attested by ^luidry pieces of his beautiful handiwork, still in the posses- sion of the family, and highly regarded by them as heirlooms. He afterward pursued the occupation of a farmer suc- cessfully, and at the time of his death resided upon a fine farm which he had owned for a number of years. He was a member, elder, and deacon of the Dutch Reformed church, in whose afl'airs he always took the deepest interest, and in politics he was a democrat and a strict party man. He was first married to Sarah Vanderveer, to which marriage were born four children : Plioebe, Ellen, Catherine, and David, the latter of whom also followed the occupation of a farmer. The second wife ol' Tunis 1). Du Bois was Sarah Smock, and to this union were born six children : Henry, Benjamin, Sarah, John, Tunis V., and Livingston. Mr. Livingston Du Bois received his education at the district schools in Marl- boro township, and then worked upon his father's farm for twenty-five years. He then purchased the Hunt homestead farm from his father-in-law, and operated the same until April 1, 1891, when he moved to Freehold and retired from ac- tive life. The farm is now occupied by his son, Frank B. Mr. Du Bois had an exceptionally prosperous career as a far- mer, being a progressive man, thoroughly modern in his methods and alive to all improvements, and is an active member of the agricultural society. He is a mem- ber and the treasurer of the Freehold Bap- tist church and active in church work. He also takes great interest in school work, and was one of the pioneer trustees of the district schools in Manalapan dis- trict. Mr. Du Bois married Mary T. Hunt, a daughter of George Hunt, and to them have been born seven children : William, John Henry, George L., Jo.seph E., Wil- son G., deceased; Anna Hunt, and Frank B. TDEV. BENJAMIN DU BOIS, a son of -LV the third Louis, and grandson of Jacob, was born in Pittsgrove, New Jer- sey, March 30, 1739. When a youth he inclined to the ministry, and received [lis education at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He became pastor of the Reformed Dutch churches of Freehold .and Middletown, Monmouth county, New Jersey, about the year 1701. He had his full share of ministerial difficulties. One arose from his desire _^to lay aside the Dutch lan- guage in preaching, which was resisted ; another, from the tory inlbicnce during Biographical Sketches. 371 the Revolutionary war ; another, from the opposition of his predecessor, who had been expelled for intemperance ; and another, the climax of a bitter con- troversy' that had been raging for nine- teen years' in the congregation, and now shed its fruit. Yet such was the meek- ness and prudence of the good pastor, that he rose above all of these, retained the warm affection of his people to the last, and closed amongst them his useful life in 1827, at the age of eighty-eight years. His ministry was faithful and success- ful ; his sermons sound, evangelical and practical ; his zeal for the work so ardent tliat he kept on in very advanced life, although he sometimes would faint away in the pulpit, and his people often feared that he would die facing his congrega- tion. In the war of the Revolution he took part actively with the patriots, com- mended the cause in his sermons and his prayers, and sometimes shouldered his musket and knapsack, and took his place in the ranks, despite the pleadings of some of his tory people and the indignation of the British soldiery. His wife was Phemertje (Pha?be) De- nise, a woman of intelligence and ac- tivity, sprightly, prudent and pious. She remained behind in this world until 1839, when she was almost ninety-six years old. They were very careful in the moral and religious instruction of their children, and had the pleasure of seeing them all following their good example in the service of their Saviour, and trans- mittiug even to the next generation the wholesome lessons of virtue, morality, and religion which they themselves had received. They realized that the full mea- sure of a good life had borne rich fruit. "VTELSON YOUNG DUNGAN, prosecu- -'-^ tor of the pleas of Somerset county. New Jersey, judge advocate and captain in the New Jersey National Guard, and a leading lawyer ol' Somerville, Somerset county. New Jersey, is a son of Edmund B. and Martha M. (Young) Dungan, and was born May 3, 18G7, in Lambertville, New Jersey. His fiither was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother was born in New Jersey, and they came from old families in their respective states. Ed- mund B. Dungan (father) was formerly employed in the construction department of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., and subsequently became one of the com- pany's agents, serving from 1874 to 1880. He resided in Montgomery town- ship, in which he held office as its collec- tor for several years, and where he reared a fiimily of five children with the excep- tion of Charles M., who died at the age of two years and six months. The others were : Nelson Young, Alice H., Avife of Arthur S. Dixon; Jesse R., and Temper- ance A., all of whom, as well as their parents, were members of the Reformed Dutch church at Harlingen. Nelson Young Dungan, after attending the public schools at Harlingen, New Jersey, became a school-teacher at the age of sixteen years, following that pro- fession from 1883 to 1889 continuously, two years at Weston, Somerset county. New Jersey, and the latter four years at Somerville. On April 20, 1885, he took up the study of law in the offices of Bartine & Griggs, with whom he re- mained until the dissolution of that firm several months later, and continued his study with James L. Griggs, tlie junior member of the firm. He Avas admitted to the bar as an attorney Nov. 6, 1890, and as a counselor Nov. 9, 1893. He 372 Biographical Sketches. began active practice in 1891, which has steadily increased from year to year. He is the present prosecutor of the pleas of Somerset county, having been appointed Feb. 19, 1895, by Governor George T. Werts. Among the imjiortant cases he has tried during his term of office are those of Commonwealth vs. Jacob S. Johnson, a colored preacher, for strang- ling to death a young colored woman, Annie Rogers, and CommonAvealth vs. Elmer Clawson, for shooting Harry Hod- getts, his former employer, in both of which cases the juries rendered verdicts of guilty of murder in the first degree, and both were sentenced to be hanged. Mr. Dungan was counsel for the advt)- catcs of good roads in their suits to com- pel the board of chosen freeholders of Somerset county to macadamize certain public roads, in which suits writs of mandamus were ordered by the supreme court, requiring their improvement; and when completed these will be the first roads constructed by the county. He is also counsel for the Citizens' Building and Loan Association ol' Somerville, the local branches of the New Jersey State Mutual Building and Loan, the National Building and Loan, and the Provident associations. In secret societies he is quite prominent, and is connected by membership as follows : Solomon's Lodge, No. 40, F. & A. M. ; Keystone Chap- ter, No. 25, R. A. M. ; Trinity Com- mandery. No. 17, K. T. ; Jersey City Lodge of Perfei'tion ; Jersey City Coun- cil, Princes of Jerusalem ; Jersey City Chapter of Rose-Croix, and New Jersey Sovereign Consistory, 32°, at Jersey City, Ancient Scottish Rite; Mecca Tem- ple, A. A. 0. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at New York city ; and (Jastle No. 82, K. of P. lie has always taken a sreat interest in musical affairs, and for several years served as director of the choir in the Reformed Dutch church at Harlin- gen. In military matters he is very enthusiastic. He joined the New Jersey National Guard, July 26, 1888, as a private, and was very soon warranted corporal. He was made a sergeant of Company H., Third regiment, July 5, 1889, and promoted to first sergeant Oct. 6, 1893. On Feb. 21, 1894, he was war- ranted battalion sergeant-major of his regiment, and was commissioned captain and judge advocate, Dec. 25, 1894. Cap- tain Dungan is also a member of the New Jersey State Rifle Association, and takes a lively interest in rifle practice. He enjoys a large measure of popularity, and has many friends throughout his county and state, not only on account of his record as a successful lawyer and his masonic, militar}^ and other affilia- tions, but due as well to his genial per- sonality. TOSHlL\ DOUGHTY, JR., for many '"^ years town surveyor of Somerville, Somerset county. New Jersey, is a son of Joshua, Sr., and Susan M. (Southard) Doughty, and was born Feb. 28, 1844, in that town. He received his priniar\' education in the pul)lic schools of Stnnerville, and sub- sequently entered Rutgers College, taking a scientific course and graduatiug in 1809. Since then he has devoted him- self to his chosen profession of a civil en- gineer and surveyor. His experience in this line has been long and varied. He has occupied the position of town sur- veyor for more than twenty-five years, and all public improvements in his town during that time have been iniule under his direction. Q^ militia. He was born Sept. 26, 1772, at Doughty's Mills, three miles from Basking Ridge, in Somerset county, where for many years he operated a grist and saw mill. This property he exchanged for a farm in New Providence, New Jersey, upon which he resided up to his death, Dec. 20, 1827. He was a civil engineer and surveyor, and for many years did most of that work in Morris and Essex counties. General Doughty, on March 9, 1796, mar- ried Mary, a daughter of Jonathan Pier- son, and gi'and-daughter on her mother's side of Col. Benjamin Ludlow, of Long Hill. She was born April 3, 1775, and died July 6, 1856. They had the fol- lowing children : Agnes, Joshua, Eliza- beth Pierson, Sineus Pierson, Eugene Solomon, and Sarah Maria. Joshua Doughty, Sr. (father) was born February 25, 1799, in Morris county. New Jersey. At the age of eighteen years he went to New Yoi'k, and for three years was employed in a wholesale dry-goods house. At the age of twenty- one he went to Mobile, Ala., where he remained one year, when lie located at Apalachicola, Fla., where he launched his first mercantile venture on his own account, and sold the first goods offered in that town. He continued in success- ful business at that place for three years, when he became engaged in a general mercantile business at Franklin, Ala., where he remained until 1836, when he closed out his interests in the south and returned to his native county and state. He located at Somerville, where he con- ducted a general store from 1838 to 1866. He was extensively interested in real estate, and his old mansion, ])uilt in 1751 with bricks imported from Holland, is still standing. He was for twenty-five 3'ears president of the Somerset County Bank, and secured the charter for its 376 Biographical Sketches. organization in 1848. He was for many years president of tlie Raritau Water- power Company, and a stockholder in tlie New Jerse}- Central Railroad. He was one of the founders and for many years a vestryman ot the Episcopal church at Somerville, and a libei'al contributor to all its financial needs. He was a demo- crat, and in 1860 was one of the dele- gates to the National Democratic conven- tion which convened at Chark'ston. In 186.3 he was elected by an overwhelming majority to the state senate, and served as chairman of the committee on treas- urer's accounts. Mr. Doughty in his private life and as a citizen was highly esteemed for his many noble traits of mind and heart. A man of rare business ability and good judgment; while as a banker and finan- cier he was conservative, careful and of the utmost reliability. He was popular even among his political opponents, and stood deservedly high as a publicist and as a citizen. He married in 1835 Susan M., a daughter of Col. Isaac Southard and a niece of the late Senator Samuel L. Southard. Their children are : Louisa, who was the wife of Walter Cammann, de- ceased; Sarah Elizabeth, Mary Pierson, wife of A. C. Dunham, of Jersey City, New Jersey; John R., Joshua, Susan, wife of Frederick Van Liew ; Agnes Jackson, wife of C. Van Derbeek, and Laura R. Ty .\. McMUIlTRY, ex-sheriH" of Som- ' ' • erset county, a well-known shoe- dealer at Somerville, and a highly re- spected citizen of tliat town, is a son of Sauniel and Margaret (Andenson) Mc- Murtry, and was born July 23, 1S24, near Bernardsville, Somerset county. 1 1 is education was obtained in the public schools, near Bernardsville. He studied surveying for a short time after leaving •school, and then worked on a farm in Bernards township until he was twenty- eight years old ; subsequentlv operating the same farm on shares until he was able to purchase it, in 1859. After work- ing it successfully for ten years he sold out, and established a general store at Bernardsville, which he conducted for twelve years, subsequently spending a short time in traveling in California. In 1887 he was elected sheriff of Som- erset county on the democratic ticket, and served for three years. He was also collector of Bernards township for two years, and assessor of the same township for fifteen years. Upon retiring from office he established his present shoe bus- iness at Somerville. He is a member and was an elder in the Presbyterian church, at ^Nlendham, for six years, at Basking Ridge for five years, and for five years in the second Reformed church of Somer- ville. On November 3, 1850, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Day, daughter of Calvin aud Mary Day, of Bernards, and they have four children : Logan, a resi- dent of New York city : Ida, wife of George II. Taylor, of Glad.stone ; Calvin aud Anna, who reside with their parents at Somerville. Mr. McMurtry has the enviable repu- tation of having been the best sherilf Souu^rset county ever had, and his ad- ministration was noted for its active vigor and (idelity to public interests. He is an enterprising business nuin, and an earnest worker in his church. Thomas McMurtry, his great-grand- father, was a well-known farmer in Pea- pack. New Jersey. Robert McMurtry, iiis sou. and grandfather of Mr. McMur- tr\, was horn in Somerset county, was a Biographical Sketches. 377 farmer all his life, and a staunch Jack- sonian democrat. He died in 1820, hav- ing been the father of nine children : Elizabeth, wife of Peter Gardbrent, of Bernards; Joseph, John, Roljcrt, William, Mary, wife of John Geran, of Bernards; James, Samuel, and Daniel. Samuel McMurtry, father of Mr. Mc- Murtry, was born in 1798, at Peapack. He was a surveyor l)y occupation, but during the active portion of his life oper- ated a blacksmith shop and saw-mill at Franklin, Bernards township, and specu- lated successfully in timber tracts and lumber. He was a democrat, inHuential in local pcjlitics, and a trustee and elder in the Presbyterian church at Basking Ridge. His wife was Miss Margaret An- derson, daughter of George Anderson, of Bernards, by whom he was the father of seven children : W. A., Adnah, JNIary Ann, wife of Isaac Nutt, of Somerset county ; George, John, Elizabeth, wife of Samuel S. Voorhees, of Bernards ; and Oscar. Samuel McMuiiry died in 1866. ~pvlt. THOMAS H. FLYNN, a promi- -^-^ nent physician of Somerville, New Jersey, was born July 22, 1859, at Albany-, N. Y., and is a son of Cornelius A. and Mary Donohue Flynn. His pa- ternal grandfather was for many years a surveyor and draughtsman of exceptional a))ility and celebrity, and resided in New York city. His father has also followed surveying all his lite, and now resides at Albany. He is a quiet, unassuming man of most exemplary character, and is a member of St. Mary's Catholic church of Albany. To his married life were born six children, as follows : Kate, married to John A. Tracey,of Albany ; James, who entered the Union army while but a boy. as a member of the Tiiirteenth regiment New York cavalry, was captured by M(jsby's guerrillas and sent to Anderson- ville prison, where he died ; Michael, Cornelius, Thomas II. and Jane. Dr. Flynn first attended the public schools of Albany and the Christian Brothers Academy. He subsequently entered Rutgers College, and took a special course in chemistry. He then read medicine lor five years with Dr. Frank M. Donohue, of New Brunswick, and subsequently entei'ed the Albany Medical College, from which he gradu- ated with honors in the class of 1890, re- ceiving the degree of M. D. At the latter college his record for scholarship was ex- ceptionally ci'editable, and he won several prizes, as well as the hospital appoint- ment, but declined the latter, and located at New Brunswick in the practice of his profession immediately after his gradua- tion. He remained in New Brunswick but a short time, however, when he re- moved to Somerville, where he has built up an extensive practice. Dr. Flynn is a member of both the State and Somerset County Medical Societies, and of the Independent Order of Forresters, Lodge No. 988, of Somerset county, of which order he is also exam- ining physician. He is also medical ex- aminer for the Fidelity Life Insurance Co. of Philadelphia. He is a member of the Catholic church, and a stockholder in the second National Bank of Somerville. Dr. Flynn was married April 27, 1892, to Magdalene R., a daughter of William and Cecelia Dooley, of New Brunswick, and their union has been blessed with three children : Cornelius, Dorothy and Agnes. Dr. Flynn enjoys an extensive practice, and is greatly esteemed for his rare professional skill. 378 Biographical Sketches. TAMES J. MEEHAX, :i Ijrilliant young ^ nieiuber of the Somerset county bar, and a prominent citizen of Somerville, is a son of John and Isabel Meehan, and was born Oct. 12, 18G5, at Somerville. Tlie name is of Irish origin. John Mee- han, the paternal grandfather, was a prosperous farmer in Ireland, and a well- known man. He raised a family of six children : James, Thomas, Rose, John, Katherine, and Patrick. John Meehan (father) became widely known throughout Somerset county as a successful dealer in real-estate. He was an active and staunch democrat in politics and pi-oininent in local public affairs. He died in 188(1. His children, five in numbei-, were: Katherine, Emma, wife of John K. Smith, of Texas ; James J., Agnes, and William J. James J. Meehan acquired his early education in the common schools of Som- erville. At the age oi' fifteen years he left his studies, and taught .school for one year at Peapack. He began the study of law with Gaston & Bergen, at Somer- ville, and subsequently completed his studies in the office of A. A. Clark, at that place. In July, 188'.J. he was ad- mitted to the bar. and immediately en- tered upon the practice of his profession in copartnership with Wm. V. Steele, under the firm name of Steele & Meehan. Mr. Median was elected jirosecuting at- torney of Somerset county in 1894, but resigned the office in the Ibllowing year in order to devote his entire time to his rapidly growing private practice. He has made himself particularly conspicu- ous by his brilliant handling of a numl)er of criminal cases, and has attained a wide reputation in that line of practice. In politics he is a democrat, and has always displayed an active interest in county aflairs, being a recognized leader. His religious afliliations are with the Ro- man Catholic church. Mr. Meehan is bright, aggressive, and clear-headed ; is a ready speaker, decided in his opinions and convincing in his arguments, cour- teous in tone and bearing, and of keen, ready wit. He is popular and much re- spected among his fellow-citizens, and is^ regarded as one of Somerset county's most promising lawyers. TTTILLIAM H. l^EARSALIv, lor many ' ' years a contractor and builder, and since 1892 a member of the extensive firm of Pearsall & Bogle, of Oceanic, Monmouth county. New Jersey, is the son of William and Marian M. Pearsall, and was born Aug. 23, 1849, in New York city. William Pearsall (father) was a native of Pearsall's Corner, Lcmg Island. He was born in 1818, and decea.sed on March 23, 1893, at Brooklyn, New York. He was a wheelwright, and continued in the successful pursuit of that ctUling all his life at New York city. He was the in- ventor of the " fifth wheel " to a wagon. He also built and exploited the first two- wheeled cart ever drawn in California. He was a deeply religious man, and for upwards of forty j-ears was a member of the First Methodist Epi.scopal church ol" East Brooklyn, N. Y., and was president of the official board and suj)enntendent ol' the Sunday school. He was a constant Bible reader and a well-versed nuin in the great book of books, lie was a strong alxilitionist in principle. His father dying I'rom cholera in 1832, he was deprived of .school advantages; hence is a self-taught man. He was married Oct. 4, 1844, to Marian Mitchell dagger, his very esti- '^dJi:^/^(^2c^^ Biographical Sketches. 381 mable and intelliiicnt wife, by wliom he roared it fainilj-, growing to maturity, of four sons and two daughters : Emily A., Latham D., William H., Alonzo, Lillie J., and George W. Willinm H. Pearsall acquired his edu- cation in the public schools of New York city. At the age of thirteen years he became an errand boy in the law offices of Barnly, Butler & Parson, at New York, where he remained three years. He was subsequently employed in the gold room of the New York stock ex- change as a messenger, where he was a witness of the thrilling scenes on that nu'inorabk' " Black Friday," which cul- minated in a tlood-tide of commercial dis- trust and panic, reaching to centre and circumference of the civilized world. In this position he remained until the stock indicator was introduced, when his ser- vices were no longer in requisition. He then for a period of two j'ears was engaged learning the carpenters trade. In 18G9, when twenty years old, he engaged with Robert Ferguson, of Brooklyn, New York, to finish his trade, after a thor- ough acquirement of which he was made foreman of his employer's shops, and thus remained until the memorable Chi- cago holocaust, in 1871, calling skilled laljor from all the country to aid in rebuilding the stricken city. After five years spent in working at his trade at Cliicago and other points in Illinois, in Ohio, Indiana, California, and the south, he returned to his home, from which he shortly thereafter, in 1870, removed to Oceanic, New Jersey, where he con- tinued his vocation as a carpenter until 1885, when he entered into business for himself as a contractor and builder. In 1802 he formed a partnership with James E. Bogle, operating under the name of Peai'sall & Bogle. Their plant is a large one, employing si.xty hands ; their bi- weekly pay-rolls range from six hundred to eighteen hundred dollars, and their ledger shows annual transactions from a minimum of fifty thousand dollars to a maximum of one hundred and fifty thou- sand dollars. The offices are handsomely furnished and conveniently arranged for the facile dispatch of their business. They have recently pui'chased a tract of land which they are improving. They have some of the handsomest cottages in Monmouth county, and their business is rapidly extending. In religion Mr. Pear- sall is a member and a liberal supporter of the Presbyterian church at Oceanic, New Jersey, and in educational matters he takes the liveliest interest. His creed is that schools and churches are the na- tion's strongest bulwarks. He is an interested member of several secret so- cieties : Lafayette Council, No. 49,* Sr. 0. U. A. M., of Brooklyn; Navesink Tribe, No. 148, I. 0. R. M.; Haymakers' Association, No 148J, and Degree of Pocahontas, No. 23, all of Oceanic, New Jersey. Mr. Pearsall was united in marriage Dec. 23, 1879, to Susan J. Jeffery, a daughter of John Jeftbry, of Long Branch, New Jei'sey. To their marriage have been born three children : Emily, vale- dictorian of her class in the j^ublic scIukjIs at Oceanic in 1896, and now at the state normal school in Trenton, New Jersey, was born Aug. 27, 1880; Elmer, born May 10, 1885, and Latham, born Dec. 12, 1886. He is the possessor of sterling business qualities that have elevated him from the position of errand bo}" to the joint and highly successful propi-ietorship of a large industrial establishment. He is a cultivated gentleman, of obliging. 382 Biographical Sketches. refined, and approaclial)le manners. Snc- cess lias rendered to him an unusual con- sideration for the personality of his kind, and it is this quality that especially en- dears him to the employees of the firm. A HUMMER, a representative busi- ■^-^' ness man and a deputy collector of internal revenue, has resided at Mill- town, New Jersey, since his return from active duty as a soldier during the civil war. He is a son of Philip and Eleanor (Gulick) Hummer, and was born at Pea- pack, New Jersey, Nov. 11, 1842. Adam Hununer, his grandfather, followed the pursuit of agriculture all his life, as did likewise his father. Of his father little can be told beyond the I'act that he en- joyed the advantages of a common school education, was a farmer, a democrat, a member of the Bajitist church, and an active christian. Ho died January, 1888. To him were born five children, three sons and two daughters ; Henry G., A. (subject) ; James, deceased ; Sarah, mar- ried to Warren Smalley ; and Ida, who is now successfully engaged in the occu- pation of teaching. Mr. Huinmer enjoyed all tiic ('(hica- tional advantages which the public schools of his native town could alford, graduat- ing therefrom at the age of fifteen, and taking employment with his father on the farm. Upon the breaking out of the civil war, shortly alterwards. he showed the manliness and patriotism ol' his char- acter by entering as a private and going to the front, where he remained with his regiment during its entire term of ser- vice, a period of nine months. Return- ing home he immediately engaged in the hay business, in which he has been suc- cessful ; his business being an extensive and profitable one. Mr. Huinmer is an active democrat, has served as postmaster at Milltown under the first administration of Presi- dent Cleveland, and is now the deputy collector of internal revenue for his dis- ti'ict. He is a member of the S. A. R. and I. 0. U. A. M. In addition to his other offices he has also held that of township assessor. Mr. Huinmer mar- ried Kate Hoagland, a daughter of Judge Hoagland, residinii- at p]ast Millstone. "DETER B. CAMPBELL, a farmer re- -*- siding at Shrewsbury, Moinnouth county. New Jersey, is a son of William and Hannah Bowne Campbell, and was Ijorn Jan. 20, 1830, at Freehold in said county. As the nauu' implies Mr. Camp- bell is of Scotch origin. His forefathers for generations back owned land along the banks of " Bonnie Doon " in Ayr- shire, Scotland. John Campbell, paternal great-grand- sire, was one of seven brothers who came to this country befi)re the Revolutionary war and fought on the side of the colon- ists tor American independence. Their names were Duncan, John, William. F,eiijamiii, Henry, (Jeorge and Thomas. When the war closed the Campbell lirotli- ers settled as follows : Duncan, at Vernon, Sussex count}' ; Benjamin, near Perth Amboy, Middlesex county; Henry, at Mi'tuchen, Middlesex county ; William, John, and Thomas, at Freehold ; and (ieorge, second, from whom ex-CJovernor James E. Campbell of Ohio is descended, settled in Cleveland, 0. William Campbell, son of .loliii, was born at Freehold, and served, while but a lad, as a drummer in the Revolutionary war and wim wounded at the battle of Monmouth, a musket ball carrying off Biographical Sketches. 383 his shoulder cap. In politics he was a strong whig and an enthusiastic admirer of Heurv Clay, speaker of the house of representatives during the Xllth, Xllltli, XlVth, XVIth and XVII Ith congresses and a thrice-defeated candidate for the presidency of the United States. He was a member of the Protestant Episco- pal church at Freehold, for the estab- lishment of which his father with others secured a charter from the English crown. He died in 1850 in Middletown township, aged eighty-two years. His marriage to Margaret, a daughter of Thomas Cook, resulted in the birth of eight children : John, George, Nancy, William, Maria, Thonuis, Caroline and Rue. William Campbell, son oi" William and father of Peter B., was born at Freehold, Monmouth county. New Jersey, and died Fel) , I8C9, at Freehold, in his seventy- second 3'ear. He worked at a compensa- tion of eight dollars a month at the time of his marriage, but by frugality and thrift he was possessed of several farms before he died and successfully reared and educated a family of nine children. He was not a member of any church, l)ut was one of the supporters of the Presbyterian church at Freehold which he and his family regularly attended. He was frequently called in to arbiti'ate differences between his neighbors. For this reason he received the good-natured- ly bestowed cognomen of •' Boss Camp- bell." In disposition he was generous aiul liberal and cheerfully gave of his substance to aid the indigent. Like Lo- gan the Indian warrior, he was never ap- pealed to in vain for food or shelter. In political matters he took but little inter- est although he voted the whig ticket so long as there was one in the field, and 20 afterwards the republican. He was mar- ried to Hannah Bowne, who survived his death about thirteen years. The children of this marriage were named as folknvs : Margaret A., married Edward Conover of Freehold township ; Jane T., married William T. Denise, of Free- hold ; Henry, a successful agriculturist and fruit grower near Freehold ; Peter B., the subject ; Amelia, who married Jacob W. Buck, of Ocean Beach ; John T., of Marlboro, a farmer ; William, pro- prietor of a hotel at Paterson, New Jer- sey ; Maria, wife of John Buck, a farmer at Freehold ; and Caroline, married to James Buck, residing in Jersey City. Mr. Cam-pbell was educated in sub- scription schools at Freehold, and for some time subsequent to leaving school he was engaged in farming for his father. In Oct., 1857, he removed to Shrews- bury, where he has since resided. He is a great lover of horses, a ruling passion with him, and proljablj- has no superior as a judge of their mei'its, fine points and breeding. He has owned and han- dled many hundreds of them in his time. His farm at Shrewsbury is a model one and has been made one of the most pro- ductive in that section. He is a demo- crat, and during his earlier life took an active interest in party afiixirs. Mr. Campbell was united in marriage June 15, 1852, to Mary Schureman, a daughter of James Schureman of Shrews- bury, and to their union were born four children : James W. S., cashier of the First National Bank of Freehold ; Han- nah M., who died at the age of five years ; William Denise, deceased in 1891, a rising young lawyer, a graduate of Columbia Law School, New York city, corporation counsel at Long Branch, where he practiced eight years, and a 384 Biographical Sketches. member of the New Jersey legislature at the time of his death. His other surviv- ing son. Harry, is a resident of Eaton- town, and is teller of the First National Bank of Red Bank. Mrs. Campbell is a grand-daughter of Hon. James Schureman, long since de- ceased, one of the first members of the American congress and a senator of the United States, representing New Jersey, and residing at New Brunswick. He it was who built the first steamboat run- ning out of that town. James Schure- man, a deceased frother of Mrs. Camp- bell, was graduated from the West Point military academy, served in the Mexican war under General Taylor, and died in 1850 at San Francisco, Cal. Their mother was a sister of Hon. Garrett D. Wall, United States senator from New Jersey, and who enjoyed the exceedingly rare distinction of declining to serve after being elected governt)r of New Jersey. T^R. S. Y. D. CLARK, ex-city physician -*-^ of New Brunswick, and a widely- known practitioner of that city, is a son of Ira C. and Joanna Van Deursen Clark, and was born in New Brunswick. lie was educated in the public schools ol" New Brunswick, and at the Peekskill Military Academy, Peekskill, N. Y., where he graduated with honors in 18G5. Subsequently he took a course at Strat- ton's lousiness College in New York city. In 18G7 he took up the study of medi- cine with Dr. Henry B. Baldwin, of New Brunswick, but sul)sequently entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York city, where he obtained his degree of M. D. in 187(1. He innncdi- ately began the practice of his profession at Perth Amboy, where he remained until 1875, when he removed to New Brunswick. In 1878, he was elected city physician of New Brunswick, in which position he served seven years continuously. At the present time he is attending physician at the Wells Memorial Hospital, New Brunswick, hav- ing served in that capacity most credi- tably since the organization of the insti- tution. Dr. Clark is a staunch republican, and was a member of the board of free- holders for several years. On June 14, 1870, he was married to Mi.ss Anna Morgan Tanner, daughter of Frederick C. and Almira Tanner, of South River, New Jersej'. by whom he has two sons : Arthur Morgan, born Nov. 11, 1873, and William Parker, born Oct. 21, 1876. Dr. Clark enjoys a large and lucrative prac- tice, and is both popular and respected. He is thoroughly' read in everj- branch of his profession, keeps fully al)reast with the times, and is always ready to adopt new and progressive ideas. George Clark (paternal grandfather) was a successful iron merchant of New Brunswick, New Jersey, and a well- known citizen of that place. He was the father of six children : George, John, David, Ira ('., James and Staats. Ira C. Clark (fatlier) was born Nov. 17, 1797. at New Brunswick, where he was edu- cated and resided up to his death, lie was a lumber dealer all his life, and a prominent republican in politics. He was married to jNIiss .Joanna Van Deur- sen, daughter of Staats Van Deursen, ol" New Brunswick, New Jersey, and they had three children : Ellen S., wile of James II. Van Cleef, of New Brunswick, New Jersey ; S. V. D., who is the sul>- ject of this sketch; and Ira C, .Jr., de- ceased. Biographical Sketches. 386 JAMES E. BERRY, a prominent manu- facturei" oi' Woodbridge, New Jersey, was born in tbat town Sept. 4, 1845, and is a son of William Henry and Margaret (Coddington) Berry. He comes from a distinguished ancestry, his great-grand- father having been Captain Nathaniel Berry, who served with distinction in the Revolutionary war, as a member of General Washington's fiimous life guard, and was with him during the terrible winter at Valley Forge. He was born Dec. 22, 1755, at Bat'h, Me., and died Aug. 20, 1850. John Berry, his grand- father, was born at Gardiner, Me., Feb. 17, 1783, and was a farmer; he married Elizabeth Robinson, who was born Oct. 26, 1784. They had seven children: William Henry,^born Sept. 18, 1805, be- ing the oldest. William Henry Berry (father) was born in Litchfield, Me., and obtained his education at the puljlic schools of Gardiner, in the same state. At the age of nineteen he shipped as a sailoi', and followed the sea for six years, eventually becoming first officer of the vessel. In 18-30 he settled in Jersey City, and became a dealer in hay, removing two years later to Woodbridge and con- tinuing in the same business. In 1845 he began the manufacture of fire-brick in that town in partnership with Park H. Lane, of New York. Mr. W. H. Berry was connected for more than forty-five years with the business he established, and was associated with Messrs. Brown and Valentine for thirty-eight yeai's, and with Mr. Jacques Viend for forty years. At tlie time of his death, March 5, 1891, he was without doubt the oldest fire- brick manulacturer in this county, as well as the senior clay miner, having l)een directly interested in the latter industry since 1845. He was an ener- getic and public-spirited citizen. Origin- ally a democrat in politics he eventually joined the Republican party, and held several important local offices. For many years he was a leading member and trus- tee of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was married to Mai'garet (Joddington, April 28, 1835, and to their nuirriage were born eleven children; those who lived beyond childhood being : William C, James E., Albion R., and Elizabeth, married to Lewis F. Browning, of Wood- bridge, and Arthur E. The oldest son. Lieutenant William C, was killed at the battle of Williamsburg, Va., in 1862, and the G. A. R. Post at Woodbridge has been named after him. JMargaret Cod- dington, wife of Wm. H. Berr}-, and mother of James E. Berry, was born in Woodbridge, New Jersey, and died Jan. 5, 1893. She was a member of the Methodist church, a devout christian and a true woman in all the relations of life. Her father, Wm. Inslie Codding- ton, married Christiana Crowell, a de- scendant of Edward Crowell, who came to this country on the ship " Caledonia." Wm. I. Coddington was a farmer and a mai'iner. He carried supplies to the American troops at Sandy Hook during the war of 1812. Robert Coddington, the grandfather of Mrs. Wm. II. Berry, was in the Revolutionary army with Washington for seven years. He was wounded twice, and was a cripple ibr the remainder of his life. He was con- nected with many important events of the Revolutionary war. In 1777, then being sixteen years old, he acted as guide for the American troops at the battle of Ash Swamp, then within the limits of Woodbridge township:). The name of Coddington appears in the records of Woodbridge in the year 386 Biographical Sketches. 1687, but there is no question that it antedates that period. Robert Coddiiig- ton married Mary Inslie (foraierly Ilslay). The first mentioned of the Inslie family in local records is 1G69. There is a tra- dition that the family came from Scot- land on the ship " Caledonia." The descendants of Edward Crowell and the Inslie famih" took an active part in the war ol" 177G, on the patriots' side. Capt. Randolph Coddinjrter of the board of free- holders of Middlesex for several years. James E. Berry attended the public school and also Elm Tree Institute at Woodbridge, and afterwards attended the Fort Edward Cc^llegiate Institute at Fort Edward. N. Y. He then returned to'Woodbridge, and fur a time assisted his father on a farm owned by him. He then I>ecame a journalist, and for two Aears conducted the WfKjdbridge (ntzette. In 1870 he joined his father in his manu- facturing business, and wa.< closely identi- fied with that interest until the death of the latter. Since then, as senior partner, he has conducted the business of W. H. Berry & Co. They manufacture fire- brick only, and their plant covers aljout two acres of ground. Mr. Berry is a ineml>er oi' the Republican party, and takes special interest in local politics. He held the office of township collector and treasurer from 1872 to 1876; was a school trustee liom 1889 Ui 18'J4, and ])resident of the Ixjard for two terms, as well {IS its clerk. He was married P'eb. 13, 1868, t eni Star Lodge, No. 105, F. and A. M., at Bound Brook. He died Dec. 5, 1887, having been the father of six children : John E., Frank T., deceased ; Frank W., George C, Sarah C, wife of T. H. Apgar of Bound Brook ; and Charles L. Frank W. Somers acquired his early education in the common schools of Boinid Brook. He early became a news- boy on trains, after which he was suc- cessively clerk in a bakery and a grocerj- store at Bound Brook for a short while. In 1888 he entered the hardware store of C. E. Dunham, and has remained with that house up to the time he assumed his present official duties, rising through vari- ous degrees of service until he had at- tained the position of head clerk and manager. Mr. Somers has always l)een active and prominent in local republican politics, and he ha-t never been defeated upon any occcasion when he ran for office. In 1894 he was elected a member of the general assembly from Somerset county, and served two years. In Nov., 1895, he was elected county clerk of Somerset county, which position he now holds. He is a member of Eastern Star Lodge, No. 105, F. and A. M.; Lodge No. 1305, Royal Arcanum, and Lodge No. 58, Jr. 0. U. A. M. He is a devout supporter of the Bound Brook Rel'oruu'd church, where he has l)ecn leader of the choir for a number of years. On March 5, 1894, he was married to Mrs. Ella R. Cawlej', widow of .lames S. Cawley, of Bound Brook, and daughter of Mrs. Rachel A. Anderson, of Pennsylvania. Mr. Somers is a popular and progressive citizen, un- tiring in both his l)usiness and jiolitical work, iiud en joys a wide (flrcleof fi-ieiids. /CHARLES L. VOORHEES is the enter- ^-^ prising proprietor of a thriving bottling establishment in Somerville, New Jersey. He is a son of Andrew J. and Esther Eliza Voorhees, and was born at Lamington, Somerset county. New Jer- sey, Nov. 9, 1852. Mr. Voorhees conn's of the substantial Holland-Dutch stock. Jeremiah Voorhees (grandfather) fol- lowed farming as an occupation all his life, and was a sturdy and solid democrat in politics. His family consist<.'d of one son, Andrew J., and a daughter, Ruth, who married Peter Apgar. Andrew J. Voorhees (father) was edu- cated in the public schools of his native place, and for some years followed agri- cultural pursuits, and bought and sold horses. Some years later he discon- tinued both of the above occupations, and removed to North Branch, New Jersey, where he took the mamigement of a hotel. Mr. Voorhees was a linn believer in the doctrines of the Democratic party, and worked earnestly for the success of the same. Three children — Andrew E., Charles L., and Maggie, deceasbd 1863 — were born to Mr. Voorhees and his de- voted wife. If the assertion that •' cireuinstaiices make the man," is true, surely has it been verified in the case of Mr. Voor- hees, wdio, after receiving but a common- school education, and but two years' business tr.aining in a general store, at the age of nineteen years, assumed the responsibility of managing his father's business, after the hitter's decease, and continued satisfactorily in the same capa- city for ten jears. After the experience of a decade in managing for his mother at North Branch, Mr. Voorhees assumed charge of the Ten Kyck House, a famous hostelry of Somerville, New Jersey. Biographical Sketches. 395 Here lie remained for nine years, after which he went to Bound Brook to be- come ''mine host" of the Berkley House for a period of eight months. Desiring to engage in purely mercantile Ijusiness, Mr. Voorhees returned to Somerville in 1893, and purchased the bottling estab- lishment of William Cawley. Under tke present ownership and management this plant is doing a very large business. Beside this extensive concern, Mr. Voor- hees is also a partner in the Dover bottling works, doing business under the caption of W. H. Cawley & Co. Besides these interests, Mr. Voorhees owns a snug block of bank stock in one of the leading I)anks of his community, and is a stock- holder of the Citizens' and People's Build- ing and Loan Associations of Somerville. He is also actively engaged in the affairs of the People's County Pair, of Somerset county, of which association he is at the present time treasurer. A democrat in politics, Mr. Voorhees is »ne of the hard workers of his party in his town, and, as part recognition for his services, he has been elected to the office of assessor and overseer of the poor. Mr. Voorhees' fra- ternal and social relations are numerous. He is a member of the order of the K. of P., No. 82, of Somerville ; Royal Ar- canum, No. 1375, Bridgewater Council ; Somerville Engine Co., No. 1 ; honorary member of the N. G., N. J. ; member of the Union Social Club ; the Germania Club, and the Berkley Club, of Bound Brook, New Jersey. Charles L. Voorhees married Anna M., daughter of John C. and Kate Post, June 16, 1876. Mr. Voorhees, as a host, was always affable and congenial, and made it a point to have his guests feel at home. The same rare tact and courtesy has en- abled him to enlarge the growine; trade of his present business ; and being thor- oughly alive to the interests of his bor- ough, he is always found in the front rank in support of enterprise and progress. JOHN W. KEOUGH, a substantial gro- ^ cer of Keyport, Monmouth county, New Jersey, and president of the Key- port Banking Co., is a son of Christopher and Leah (PuUeli) Keough, and was born May 15, 1851, at Ilightstown, New Jer- sey. His paternal ancestors, extending to a remote period, have been natives of County Kildare, Ireland. His maternal ancestors were natives of historic New Jerse}'. His fiither was born in County Kil- dare, Ireland, in the year 1819. He never attended school, and his educa- tional attainments consisted solely in learning to read and write. His avoca- tion in Ireland was that of a farmer, which he continued successfully up to the year of his emigration to this coun- try. He settled at Hightstown about 1846, where he resumed farming. He was the owner of good farms in Middle- sex county, New Jersey, when he re- tired from business in 1890. He is a democrat in politics, but he has never been at all active in tlie work or in the councils of his party. He and his wife are now living in Keyport. They are the parents of live children : John W., the subject; Maggie, married to Frank Perrine, of Jamesburg; Mary James, wife of William II. Martin, of James- burg; Emerson, deceased; and William Moore Smith. John W. Keough received a contmon education in the district schools and Brainard Institute of Middlesex county. These he attended during the winter, 390 RiOdKAl'HICAL SkKTCHRS. iiiiil ill lln- Kiniiiiicr iiiiiiilli,s lit'ljitil IiIh liitlK-r on till! riiiiii. Al tlif iigc ol' Hcvfii- tiM'ii liy J. J{. JiiU'kalew. flc rciiiaiiicil hcvmi yoarH witli that gcnllfiiimi. In Is?;") he came t<( Kcyjiort ami cslnhli.slifil liiiiiHt-U' ill tlif ^I'occn hii.siiicH.s. llmliT liiw carc- I'lil iiiaiia|i(!iii<'iit tli(! Ijiiwiiit'HM Hti'adily grew and pruHpercd, until now In; Ih if- garilcd a,s one (if Kcypurt'n hcnt and iiumt Hiil)Htantial ImMiiicHH iir'Ii. Mr. Kooii^li Im II dfinni-rat in politicH, hut docs not favor the IVof-Hilvcr plank in I he plat- I'urin iidoplcd h\ iiin party, aHHcnihk'd at Cliica;j;o in .lnl\, ISDIJ. Wo Horvi'd Hi-veii yt'tU'H on the townwhip coininittoc of Key- port, and linn het-n township collcclnr in Kiii'itaii, and I'haii'iiiaii of the Ikhii'iI <>I (•oiiiiniHsioiicrH. Mr. Kfoiijjli occupies a proniiiient position in linancial circles. lie iH president of tin: Key[)ort Banking ('<)., lirnt ele<'ted in iSlKi; and a director in the Keyport Hiiilding and Loan Asso- ciation. In secret societies he is a inein- her of Hayside Lodge, No. IK.;, I. (>. (). F. ; Cawircu Lodge, No. 61, F. and A. M.; Delta Chapter, No. 14, K. A. M. ; all of Keyport; and of St. Jolin's Coin- niandery. No. li, Kniuiils 'I'ciii|ilar, of Kli/aheth, New .lerst-y. lie is treasurer of the masonic, societies in Keyport. Mr. Keongh was married, .Nov. 'Itt, IBTTi, to Kli/.a I'larr, a ilan^htfidl" .lames and Jane IJarr, of New Hriniswick, New Jersey. Ihey have tlirt'c children; Maggie M., Bessie 11., and John C. For- tiiiK! holds many gifts in her hand for those who iuiow how to coax them from her. Mr. Keongh, though not \ct lifty years of age, has secured .several of those gifts: a |niying husiiu'ss, a competency of means, a place in finance, and the es- teem of his leliow -tow nsincii. 7^'^JiANK P. lMllJ,j;i;l< i^, I'll. <;., a promiiunit retired druggist, of Jiel- miir. New Jersey, is a son of iloraiu- K. and Jiehecca Hogg IMiilhrick, and was horn at ManchesU'r, N. IL, Nov. 8, ISM. His mother was a daughter of Ahiier Hogg, of New Boston, N. H. Mr. Phil- hrick's ancestry is English, his first American progenitor having hei-n Thomas IMiilhrick, or I'hillirook, as the name was then spelled, a sea captain hy [tnd'essioii, who came from Linwhisshire, in Fng- land, in lIKU), and s<'ttled in Watertown, Mass. A ni'iir relative of .Mr. IMiilhiick was the Lite lion. John I), riiilhriek, the well-known new .sp;i|)er editor and lec- turer, at one time the Mlpelinlellileiit of schools litr the stale of Massachusetts ami eoininissioner from that state to the \ ienna l'].\ posit ion. Horace Philltrick (lather), was horn Aug. ;il, ISIO, at Derry, N. 11., and was a very prominent surveyor and luinher dealer, as well as an owner and manager of luniher mills. Me died in Sept., IS;")!. He was prominently idi-nlilied wilii the Democratic party, was a meiirher of the New llainpshire legislature, and tilled \'arions local ollices from time to lime. He took an especial interest in educa- tional matters, and in his early lite was prominent as u teacher in the distri(;t school of his native town. Mr. Philhriidi was educated at the puli- lie schools, and at the age of fourteen re- moved from Manchester, N. II., to Law- rence, Mass., and ohliiiiied eiiiplo\meiit in a pharmaey lor four \eais. Having thoroughly ipialilied him.self as a phar- macist he left this employ, anil pas.sed the ne\t lour \ ears in the employ of ditleront druggists in \arions cities. In the spring of lS7t) he removed to Ui-lmar, New .Icr- sey, thiMi called Ocean Beach, and he- Biographical Sketches. 397 came one of its pioneer settlers. He opened a small drug store on the corner ol" Eighth avenue and F street, which was destroyed with all its contents tliirt}' days afterwards. He then established himself in a store on the corner of Tenth avenue and F street. In 1885 he erected the building on the corner of Ninth ave- nue and F street, now known as Jack- son's store, and which he sold to William S. Jackson in 1895. He now resides in the upper part of the Iniilding and has retired from active business. In politics Mr. Philbrick is a democrat, and takes an active interest in all matters which affect till' town. In 1885 he was elected bor- ough collector and retained that office until 1895. He was township commit- teeman of Wall township for three years^ and at present holds the office of coun- cilman. In educational matters he has always proved himself intelligent and progressive. He fs a memljer of Asbury Park Masonic Lodge, of Goodwin Chap- ter, Corson Commandery, and Mecca Temple. Mr. Philljrick married Marj' Mower, of Philadelphia, and their union has been blessed with two children ; William F., and Sarali Rebecca. T3KV. WILLIAM L GILL, a retired -^^ minister of the Methodist Episco- pal church and an author ol' philosophi- cal and theological works I'esiding at Asbury Park, Monmouth county, New Jersey, is a son of John and Hannah Rliodes Gill, and was born March 10, 18o6, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. He descends from a numerous family of that name whose members for many years have owned large landed estates in various parts of England. His earlier education was acquired in the common scliools of Yorkshire which he quitted at the age of twelve years and emigrated with an elder brother to America, locat- ing at Sing Sing, Westchester county. New York, where lie became appi'enticed to learn the trade of file manufacturer. After a few years Mr. Gill had saved sufficient money wherewith to realize his cherished dreams of a collegiate educa- tion. He attended Madison University, state of New York, for two years, and in 1853 he entered the University of Rochester, N. Y., from which he was gradu- ated in 1858. In the same ^ear Mr. Gill was regularly ordained to the min- istry of the Baptist church, and was as- signed to a charge at Rhinebeck, on the Hudson, where he remained one year. He subsequently occupied other pastor- ates, namely : in St. Joseph, Mo., one year; in Moi'risania, N. Y., two years; in Port Jervis, same state, three years ; and in Essex, Conn., three years. At the expiration of his term of service in Essex, Rev. Gill visited Europe, his tour occupying four months ; and after his return he left the Baptist church and entered into ministerial relations with the Methodist Episcopal church. After fill- ing various puljjits in New York city, Newark, Jersey City, Dover and Matti- son, iif New Jersey, as well as Lawrence, Mass., he started an independent church in the last-named city, whence he sub- sequently removed to Boston, preaching to an independent society in that city. In 1872 Mr. Gill purchased property at Asbury Park, where during sixteen years he spent his summers, engaged in literary work. In 1878 he made that town his permanent residence and organized and built a Methodist church in West Park, whose jjulpit he occupied during a period 398 Biographical Sketches. of four years, at the end of which time he resigned liis charge, retired from the ministry and ever since has been en- gaged in authorship. He has written and puljlished, "Analytical Processes," "Philosophical Realism," "Evolution and Progress," "Christian Pneumatopathy," and " Christian Conception and Experi- ence," besides having a number of other works in course of preparation. Mr. Gill is also a pleasing platform lecturer and political speaker, and is at present employing his talent as a logical, forceful orator, in behalf of the candidacy of Bryan and Sewall for President and Vice- President of the United States, and of the free-silver platform on which they stand. Rev. Gill was united in marriage Sept. 22, 1858, to Catharine A. Banker, a daughter of Mr. John Banker of Sing Sinjr, N. Y. "TOIIN ELY HUNT, a wealthy retired ^ farmer of Manalapan township, Mon- mouth countj^ ex-postmaster at English- town, and an active participant in county politics, is a son of George and Ann Ely Hunt, and was born Aug. 25, 1826, in Manalapan township. His paternal an- cestors came from Hopewell, Hunterdon county, where they were pioneer settlers. His father George Hunt, received his education at Hopewell and spent his earl}' life on his father's farm near that place. He then removed to Manalapan township, Monmouth county, and oper- ated the Sc'udder farm of six hundred acres for fifty years, during which time he became wealthy, and was known all over the county as a most prosperous farmer. He retired to Freehold, since whicdi time the farm has been operated by his son-in-law, Lorenzo Uu Bois. Mr. Hunt was an active old-line whig in pol- itics, and was for many years a school trustee in Manalapan township. He died at Freehold. His wife was Miss Ann Ely, daughter of ex-Sherifl" John J. Ely, of F'reehold. By her he had seven children : Wilson, deceased ; John E., the subject; Elijah, deceased in infancy ; Mary T., wife of Lorenzo Du Bois ; Wil- liam E., deceased ; Ellen D., residing in New York city ; and Georgianna, wife of D. August Vanderveer, of Freehold. Johu Ely Hunt received a common- school education in Manalapan township, a)id at the age of seventeen went to New York city, where he was engaged in mer- cantile business, and sul)sequently in a clothing house for four j'ears. In 1847 he retui'ned to his father's farm, but soon afterwards estal)lished a general store ;it Manalapan village, which he conducted successfully for six years. He then i)ur- chased a portion of his father's farm, and was a tiller of the soil until 1872, when he removed to Englishtown and estab- lished a coal and lime business, which he conducted for several years and up to 1882, when he retired. He .rapidly be- came one of the leading men in that town, and entered activel}- into local politics; his adlliations being with the republican party. In 1888 he was ap- pointed postmaster at Englishtown by President Harrison, and served in that capacity until 1892. He was a member of the board of freeholders from 1894 to 1890. He was a member of the Repub- lican County Executive Committee for thirty-five years, but has now resigned; and has been a delegate to numerous state, county, and congressional conven- tions. He is a member and past-chancel- lor of Columl)ia Lodge, No. 88, K. of P. ; and a member of Fidelity Lodge, No. 141, L 0. 0. F., of Jamesburg. Mr. .J -J \ 6^ ^zi-c^>7<'z^ Biographical Sketches. 401 fliiiit l)iiilt up a profitable business, and through an uncle, Wilson G. Hunt, he received a verv handsome bequest, which lias made him very comfortably well oft'. He has lived in retirement at English- town since 1892, and is one oi' the town's most progressive citizens. / ^APT. LEWIS RAINEAR, a veteran ^-^ of '61 and the valued superintend- ent of the Ocean Grove Association, Ocean Grove, Monmouth county, New Jersey, is a son of Isaac and Mar}- A. (Malsbury) Rainear, and was born Oct. 12, 1842, near Bordentown, Burlington county, New Jersey. Isaac Rainear, son of Samuel Rainear, who was of French lineage, was born Oct. 10, 1809, near Fieldsboro, Burling- ton county. New Jersey, and resided in that vicinity all his life. He was an extensive fiirmer and fruit-grower, and shipped his produce to Philadelphia, via the Delaware river, on his own vessels. His business career was a successful one, and he became an influential member of his community. He deceased in 1849, leaving three children : Samuel, Capt. Lewis, and Annie, as the result of his union with Mary A. Malsbury, a native of Burlington county, Ncav Jersey, born at Three Tons, Burlington county. New Jersey, 1820; married 18.38, and de- ceased Oct. 12, 1885. Lewis Rainear spent his early life upon his fother's farm, in Burlington county. He was educated at the puljlic schools, after which he was engaged as a farmer boy up to the age of eighteen years. In 1801 young Rainear enlisted for the three months' service in company A, Fourth regiment, New Jersey in- fantry, wherein he served his term as a private ; Avas mustered out and returned to his home. Thirty days later he re- enlisted by joining Company F, First New Jersey cavalry, witli the rank of first sergeant. He was on active duty during the entire campaign in Virginia under the command of Colonel Ilalstead, whose regiment was attached to the Army of the Potomac until after the battle of Gettysburg. At this battle Sergeant Rainear served conspicuously and with distinction as the sergeant-ma- jor of his regiment. He was subse- quently detached from his old regiment and was invested with the rank of first- lieutenant of Company E, Second New Jersey cavalry. He went through the southwestern campaign in a gallant man- ner, and was under General Sherman at the time of his famous forced march to the sea. Lieutenant Rainear was cap- tured June 12, 1864, by the confederate forces while serving in General Sturgis' connnand at the battle of Brice's Cross Roads, Mississippi, guarding the rear and holding the bridge spanning Tishininga creek, in order to allow the Union army to escape under cover of the darkness. He was held a prisoner of war during nine months, and was finally paroled March 3, 1865, from Ch;vrlotte, N. C. At the siege of Morris Island, which oc- curred during his captivity, he was one of six hundred Union officers whom the confederates used in front of their lines as a shield from further bombardment. In recognition of his dauntless courage and meritorious services he was raised to the rank of captain at the close of the war. Upon his return Captain Rainear came to Monmouth county, and for three years was engaged on a farm in Howell townshij), owned by his stepfather, Geo. Franklin, and during three winters was 402 Biographical Sketches. superintendent of cranberry bogs in Ocean county. In the summer of 18G9 he re- moved to Ocean Grove and received the appointment of assistant superintendent of the Ocean Grove Association, from which position he was promoted to be superintendent on Dec. 22, 1871. For twenty-five years he has thus been em- ployed, and it may almost be said is founder of the town. He graded the first streets there and had charge of con- struction of its sewage system and water- works. His office is not a sinecure, for his duties are numerous and cover a wide range, inasmuch as he supervises the drainage, grading, lighting, water-works, and ice-supply of the place ; has charge of all outside work, as well as of the tents and summer encampments. Not- withstanding this busy life Captain Rai- near finds time for other business, as well lis public aflairs. He is a director in tlie Ocean Grove and Asbury Park Bank, serving since 1893, and has been director in the Asbury Park Building and Loan Association for the last twenty- three years. In politics he is an ardent republican, prominent in the local aftairs of his party, and rarely fails to attend as a delegate the various county and state conventions. He has served several years on the town- siiip executive committee, and has lield various offices in Neptune townshi[). He has been a member of the school board for fourteen years, serving four years as president, and has always taken the keenest interest in educational matters. In frateriKxl matters Captain Rainear is affiliated as follows : C. K. Hall Post, No. 41, (!. A. 11. ; member and ex-treasurer of Monmouth Lodge, No. 107, K. of P.; Masonic Lodge, No. 142, F. and A. M. ; Standard Chapter, R. A. M.; Carson Com- maudery. No. 15, Knights Templar ; and Mecca Temple No. 1, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at New York city. In the several masonic bodies we have named. Captain Rainear has filled the various chairs. Captain Lewis Rainear was married Jan. 28, 1869, to Eliza Barton, a native of Burlington county. New Jersey. She deceased May 11, 187G, after bearing two children : George and Henrietta. He was subsequently married, Dec. 25, 1877, to Mary A. Hulshart, of Ocean county. New Jersey. To this marriage have been born Lyda, Lulu, and Joseph. The vet- eran of 1861 and the pioneer of Ocean Grove resides with his family in a com- fortable home at No. 118 Main avenue. Ocean Grove. OTEWART A. KENNEY, of the firm of ^ Terriberry & Kenney, extensive dr}- goods dealers at Somerville, New Jersey, is a son of William J. and Eleanor Ken- ney, and was born at Asbury, Wairen county. May 10, 1801. Michael Kenne^' (grandfather) was a highly respet'ti'd farmer, living near Budd's Lake, Morris county, New Jersey, and was in his day and time a man of considerable prominence in that section of the state. He was an active democrat in politics, and a methodist in religious convictions. He married Elsie Frace, daughter of Isaac Frace, of Morris county, and tliev had five children: William J.. John, Andrew, Theodore, and Isaac F. He died at Branford, Canada. William .1. Ken- ney (father) was educated in the common schools of Morris county. New Jersey, and at an earl}' age was apprenticed to the tailoring trade. He followed the business of a taik)r all his life, with the exception of one year, which he devoti'd Bioc.KAPiucAL Skktchks. 403 to rariiiiiig. He was a strong democrat ill politics, and manifested an active in- terest in his party at all times. lie was also an earnest member of the Mi'thodist Episco[)al chiircii at Flanders, and a con- sistent and faitlilnl christian. lie mar- ried Miss Eleanor Queen, a daughter of Allen Queen, Esc{., of Mount Pleasant. Hunterdon county, New Jersey, on Oct. 5, 185o, and they had two children : Mary, married to Andrew M. Terriberr^', and Stewart A. His death occurred at German Valley, on .Tuly 21, 1873, in his forty-eighth year. Stewart A, Kenney was educated in the common schools of Hunterdon county, and at the age of sixteen he entered the store of Mr. Joseph Gardner, at Glen Gardner, as ck'rk, where he spent twt) yi'ars. Subsequently he became a clerk in Busli & Bulls dry goods house in P]ast()n, Pa., where ln' spent the following I'our years, at the expiration of which time he went to Asbury, New Jersey, where he ojieued a general merchandise store with his brother-in-law, A. M. Terri- berry, and continued in successful busi- ness the next four years; at the end ol' wliiih time they sold out, and he went to .lersey City and entered a dry goods house there as a salesman. After re- luaiuing one year he came to Somerville ill 1877, and, in partnership with Andrew M. Terriberry, under the firm name oi' Terri berry & Kenney, established the present extensive dry -goods business, now so successfully conducted by these gen- tlemen. The business was launched on a strictly cash basis, and it has steadily grown with each year since, until now its proportions demand the erei'tion of an additional building ibr increased facili- ties, which is contemplated during the present summer. They have one of the handsomest and best-littedestablisliinents in Somerville, and occupy a most accept- able and convenient locality in the busi- ness centre of the town. Mr. Kenney is an active and energetic business man, in industry and ability, and ranks among the more successful and popular young business men of Somer- ville. JOSEPH BRUCK, an ciiteri. rising grocer '-' at Perth Ainboy, Middlesex county, New Jersey, is a son of Morris S. and Mary Yeineberger Bruck, and was l)orn, Jan. 1, 18G3, at Ungwar, in the Kingdom of Hungary, Austria. He comes from a very old family of Hungarian Jews, which lor many generations carried on the trade of goldsmiths. Aaron Biuck (grandfather) resided in Hungary all his life, w'here he was a successful jeweler, an accomplished artist in portraiture and sketching, and a manu- facturer of crosses and other s\nibolic designs for churches. He was a promi- nent member of the Jeweler's Union, hiter. the master of that organization in his section, and for purposes of re- ligious worship he attended the Jewish synagogue. He died in 180G, and his wife in 1873. They were the parents of live children : Adolph ; Morris S., Sarah, who married Ilerzel Benedek ; Rachael, subseciuently the wife of Simon Rosen, and Lena, who was wedded to Lazarus Weiss. Morris S. Bruck (father) acquired a thorough education in the schools at Ungwar, Hungary, where he was born in 1821, and under the father's super- vision he learned the trade of a gold- smith. This business he carried on for himself at a later period in a very pros- perous manner. He also became a Ijuild- 404 Biographical Sketches. iiigcontiactdr. in the prosecution ot'wliich line of work lie planned and erected .sub- stantial public and private edifices. For the transaction of the business of a governnuMit salt dealer, in which he also became engaged, he was required, according to Austrian form and custom, to obtain a special permit. At another pt'riod of his life he was appointed ap- praiser of all the banking institutions in his district, and he was an extensive speculator in grain. From these various undertakings he derived an abundant revenue, and he was regarded as an im- portant and a prosperous personage in his community and in the Jewish syna- gogue. The fruits of his marriage to Mary Veineberger, who was i)orn in 1820, nnuTied in 1844, and died in 1892, surviving her husband sixteen 3'ears. were ten children : Johanna, Siguuind, Gilbert, l^osalie. Antonio, (■ecilia, Theo- dori', Joseph, the sulijcct ; Lewis and Sanuiel. Joseph Brack attended the Latin gym- nasium at Ungwar until his .seventeenth year. In 1880 he emigrated to America, and settled in New York city, where he acquired an English education in the pul)lic schools, and sub.sequently, for a |M riod of five ^ears, worked for various estaiilishments as a pocket nniker. In 1880 he engaged for him.self in the busi- ness of decorating, which he conducted lor seven jears, and thereatter until 181K) he was a retail merchant in inerchandi.se. In that year Mr. Bruck removed to Perth .\inboy. wlicic he embarked in a good and constantly increasing grocery trade at ll.'.'.l State street. In religions faith he is a niend)er of the Jowisii church. He was married March 7, 1893, to Stella Kisner, a daugiiter of Kmanuel and Bar- bara Kisner, and they have two children. TAMES J. BERGEN, was born in Soni- ^ erville, New Jersey, Oct. 1, 1847. He was educated in the public schools and at the private academy of Mr. But- ler, at Somerville. He was admitted to the bar as an attorney in 1868, and as a counsellor in the year 1871. On the 1st day of January, 1870, he entered into a partnership with Mr. H. M. Gaston, witli whom he had studied; this partner- ship lasted until 1890, since which time he has continued the practice of law alone in Somerville. He was elected and served as a mem- ber of tlie general assembly of the state of New Jersey, during the years 1876 and 1877 ; and during the last year was appointed by Governor Bedle as prose- cutor of the pleas of the county of Som- erset, which position he filled for six years. He held no other political ofiice until 1891. iiaving been elected to the general assembly of the state ol" New Jer.sey in the lall of 1890. At the meet- ing of the legislature in January, 1891, he was elected speaker of the house of assembly, and, being returned to the legis- lature for the year 1892, he was again selected ;is its presiding officer. Notwithstanding his attention to his l)usiness and to state politics, he finds time to devote considerable of his energy to local matters. The town of Somer- ville has been governed since I8O0 by a board of counnissioners ; of this board Mr. Bergen has been a member, and its |)resident. for the past six years. He is also a director of the First National jiank. having served in that capacity since 1878, and since 1893 has served as [)resident of the Somerville Dime Sav- ings Baid<. Fraternally he is a member of the Royal Arch Masons, Odd Fellows, and Biographical Sketches. 407 the Kiiiglits ol' Pythias ; all ot" which as- sociations have lodoes in Soinerville. JOSEPH RAWSON PALMER, at one ^ time president of the board ol' educa- tion ot" New Brunswick and a well-known and influential citizen there, has a long and interesting record as a newspaper man and publisher in New England and in the south during ante-bellum days. He is a son of George and Catherine Raw- son Palmer, and w\t,s born Jan. 11, 1814, at East Iladdam, Conn. He is a de- scendant in the eighth generation on his father's side from Walter Palmer, of Stonington, Conn., and the eighth genera- tion on his maternal side from Edward Rawson, at one time secretary of the colony of Massachusetts. George Palmer (father) was a promi- nent citizen of East Haddam, Conn., and a vigorous whig in politics. He was mar- ried three times. By his first wife, Rox- ana Brainard, he had three children : (Tcorge, Edmund and Ann ; by his sec- ond wife, Catherine Rawson, he had two sons: Joseph R., the subject, and Henry II. ; by his third wife, Louisa C. Brooks, he had two daughters : Jane and Ellen, lie died in 1844, aged sixty-three years. Joseph Rawson Palmer was educated in the grammar schools of Plainfield, Conn., and subsequently fitted himself for college by an academic course at that place. He, however, learned printing at Middlesex, Conn., and published the Mid- dlesex Gazette, at Miildletown, Conn., in 1833. He then removed to Boston, where from 1834 to 1839 he was engaged in a prosperous business as a dealer in type and stereotyping materials. In 1839 he removed to New Orleans and published the Evening Post in that city for three or four yeai's. He subsequently removed to Corpus Christi, Tex., which was at that time under Mexican domination, and founded The American Flaij, the first newspaper published in Matamoras, Mex- ico. Mr. Palmer accom})anied the Ameri- can army into the Mexican donuiins, and was correspondent for several Louisiaiui papers, during which time he partici[)ated in many stirring scenes. At the conclu- sion of the Mexican war in 1848 he ic- mained in Texas, and was publisher of a newspaper at Brownsville at the out- break of the civil war in 18G0. As Mr. Palmer was an ardent Union nuin he ran his paper under great difficulties, and at one time his press was stolen. In 1865 when the Union army captured Browns- ville Mr. Palmer seized the opportunity of sending his fiimily to the north, and they settled at New Brunswick, New Jersey. Shortly afterwards the con- federates again occupied the place and Mr. Palmer's office was thoroughly ran- sacked, everything being destroyed or taken from him. He then decided to follow his family northward. During his residence in Texas Mr. Palmer was an exceedingly active man in public affairs, and successively held the offices of county treasurer, city treasurer, justice of the peace and United States commissioner in Cameron county, that state. At the close of the civil war he re- joined his family at New Brunswick, New Jersey, and has resided in that citj- ever since. He made extensive invest- ments in a number of business enter- ])rises. He luas been treasurer and direc- tor of the New Brunswick Gas Company, and has been president of the board of education and of the Fredonian Associa- tion. He is also a large stockholder in the Monmouth Milling Company and in 408 HiocxRAPHicAL Sketches. sevrnil land coinpanios. He is a repub- lican in politics and a member of the Masonic and the Knights Templar fra- ternities. In 185-1 Mr. Palmer was married to Miss Emily Godfrey, daughter of Capt. Benjamin Godfrey, of (Godfrey, 111., by whom he lias nine children : Joseph C<.. Julia, Ednunid, tleeeased ; Harriet Coop- er, Henry Holmes, a lawyer in San Diego, Cal. ; Oliver Munsell, a banker in New York city, and George, Emily, and Theron Baldwin, deceased in infancy. Mr. Palmer is a shrewd, calculating and successful business man. His wide and varied experience has endoweil him with the rare faculty of sound judgment in estimating; men and atfairs. TDENJAMIN F. S. BROWN was born '—' in Keyport, New Jer.sey, Nov. 1. 185G. lie is tlie eldest son of Cornelius H. Brown, a contractor and builder of that place. His niotlier was Kmeline Frances, the eldest daughter of the late Charles I). Strong, who in early life was a noted Boston book publisher, an- of law with Da\t(m & Taylor, at Matawan. This not being altogether to his liking he re- turned to the " case," securing a position in New York city, where he remained for several years. In 188-1 Mr. Brown was married to Miss Jennie S. Silleck, of Keyport, New Jersey, and five children have blessed that union, three sons and two? daughters. Mr. Brown continued to reside in New York and Brooklyn until Feb., 181)0, when he came to Mata- wan and bought the JohduiJ from Daviil A. Bell, and has been its editor and pub- lisher ever since. Mr. Brown changed the political character of the paper, which now supi)orts the re|)ublican cau,st>. The Journal in IS'.Hl had a ciiculation of a few U'ss than se\en hundred copies weekly, hut I'or the last six months in is;)") the average weekly edition was one thousand two hundred and forty copies. Mr. Brown's establishment contains four anil one cylinder press. Mr. Brown was largely instrumeidal in securing the graded school at .Mata- wan in 18U4, and was one of the first members of the new board of education. He is connecti'd with several secret .soci- eties, being a past-grand of Knicker- i)ocker Lodge, No. 52, I. 0. O. F. ; pa.st- regent of Glenwood Council. No. 14!)7, lloyal Arcanum; past-councillor of Col- umbia Council. No. 77. Jr. O. U. A. M. ; past-councillor of Pride Cohnnbia Coun- cil, No. ;i7. Daughters of Liberty ; nuister of exchequer of Matawan Lodge, No. 142, Knightsof Pythias, of Matawan; a member of tiie Loval Additional Benefit Biographical .Skktchks. 4U!) Association, a hraiicli of the Arcamun ; and a nitMiibcr of tiic IJaritan Grand Vet- eran A.-sociatinn. of Keyport. MYRON J. \VIirrF()RD,M.D.,of New Market, Middlesex conuty, New Jersey, is a son of Asa M. and Catharine Coon Whitford, who lived at the time of his birth in the town of Adams, Jefl'erson county, N. Y. He was born Aug. 31, 1858. The inmiiurant ancestor of the family came from ^Vales, and his descend- ants are numerous. The branch from which Dr. \Vhitford descends located on the shores of New England, and later moved to New York. The paternal grandfather, Edward Whitford, was a pi'ominent and much-respected fiirmer of Rensselaer county, N. Y"., and during the war of 181'J with (Jreat Britain, served as a niiiJDr. lie was a democrat in poli- tics, and in religion was an adherent of the Seventh Day IJaptist society. He married Polly Maxson and they had the following children born to them : Ed- ward, Albert, Lois, Asa M., Prudence, Polly, Plnebe, Margaret and Betsy. The grandtather died on Sept. 2, 1862, at the age of eighty-four years, four months, and the grandmother on July 27, 18G2, in the eighty-second year of her age. Asa M. Whitford (father) received his education in the village of Berlin. In 1868 he removed to Farina, Fayette county'. 111., and there resided on a farm until "his death. Aug. 28, 1886. He was a democrat and was township supervisor for eight years. He was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist church, and an active spirit in all church work. He was married to Miss Catharine Coon, daughter of Asa Coon, of Berlin, N. Y., on Jan. 17, 1836, and soon after re- moved to Adams. Jefferson county, N. Y., where he lived for thirty years or until lie removed to Illinois, and they had the loUowing children born to them : Ann .Maria, Edward, Adelbert, Stillnian, Clarence, and Myron J. The father was seventy-four 3ears of age when lie died, and the mother sixty-four at her death in 1877. Dr. Whitford attended the common schools in Adams, N. Y., and Farina, 111. In 1876 he entered the pie[)aratory department of Milton College, Wis., from which institution he graduated, after taking a full classical course, in 1881, with the honors and degree of A. B. He then studied medicine with Dr. J. S. Maxon at Walworth, Wis., and attended the Homoeopathic Medical College of Chi- cago, from which he graduated in 1883, receiving valuable prizes in anatomy, practice of medicine, and pathology. Al- terwards he practiced his profession for four years at Walworth and Milton, Wis. In 1884 the degree of A. M., was con- ferred (m him by his alnni mater. In 1887 he came east and located at New Market, New Jersey, where he has won a large and widely extended practice. He has also an office at Dunellen. The doctor is a staunch republican, and is a member of the board of education of Piscataway township and the secretary of the board. He has frequently been chosen as repre- sentative of his part\- to various conven- tions, county, state, etc., and will un- doubtedly receive other and higher polit- ical honors in the near future. He is a member of the Seventh Day Baptist church of New Market, and has been a trustee for eight years. He is a member of the Friendship Lodge, No. 81, of the Junior Order United American Mechan- ics; of the auxiliary order, Daughters of 410 Biographical Sketches. Liberty ; of Central Lodge, No. 48, A. 0. U. W., of Phiiiifield, New Jersej' ; and is treasurer of Friendship Council, No. 81, Jr. 0. U. A. M. He was the first councillor of the council of this order, organized at New Market. Dr. Whitford was married to Miss Myrta Larkin, of Milton Junction, Wis., on July 14, 1883, by whom he had one child, Clarence. His tirst wife died in Jan., 1888. He was married the second time to Miss Minnie Drake, of New Market, on April 10, 188i), and to them have been born the following children : Raymond, Mabel, Paul and Dorothy. JOHN WHITEHEAD, a man of marked ^ ability, and who, from a very modest beginning, has won his wa}' to the front rank in the business life of the state of New Jersey, and especially of the town of South River, is a son of Samuel and Charlotte Whitehead, and was born near South River, July 10, 18o0. He came from a prominent and highly reputable family, whose history will be found in the biography of Charles Whitehead, which appears elsewhere in this volinne. John Whitehead's scholastic training was limited to but a tew months in the district schools. At an early age he was emplctyed with his father, who was en- gaged extensively in the mining of sand clay. On Feb. 13, 1873, his father died, and the business descended to Whitehead Brothers, of which firm Mr. John White- head was manager of one of the iiii port- ant departments until 1S8S. wIumi lie rflircd froiii the iicti\e maiiagemcnt of the i)usiiiess. Simultaneously with his ri'- tirenient, he purchased a clay bi'd of eigiity-live acres, u[)on which he erected a uiiignilicent brick [)lant. The business employs one hundred men, has an annual output of 9,000,000 bricks, which find a ready market in New York city and Newark, New Jersey, and requires four .schooners in their transportation. In addition to this. Mr. Whitehead is an extensive dealer in real estate, farms, town lots and clay I)eds. He has always been identified with the Republican party. Active and influential in the councils of his party, he contributes liber- ally, both of his time and means, to its success. Not associated with any church organization, but broad and liberal in his religious views, he contrilnites liberally to all deuoniiiuitions, regardless of sect or creed. Mr. Whitehead has been twice mar- ried. His first marital union, with Le- nora Yates, was celebrated in 1852. They became the parents of seven chil- dren, three of whom died in inftmcy. Those living are : Alvin, Vevener. Jane Maria, the consort of James Ogden, of Elizabeth, New Jersey; and Stella, the wife of Silas Butter, of Meriden, Conn. Mrs. Whitehead died in Sept.,. 188G, and Mr. Whitehead wedded for his second and ])resent consort, Sarah E. Yates, a sister of his first wife. ^1 ARRETT HENNESSEY, a .successful ^^ contractor and builder, and exten- sive dealer in pound fishing at Long [{ranch, Monmouth county, New Jersey, is a son of John and Elizabeth (White) Hennessey, and was born, July 1, 1841, on a farm about three miles west of Ocean (irove. New Jersey. The family origi- nated in France, from which country the ancestors of Mr. Hennessey went to Ire- land about lOOO; the paternal grand- father, James Ilennessev, was a native Biographical vSketches. 413 of Erin, where he lived to a good old age and died on his own land. He had three sons : John, Hugh, and Michael ; and two daughters : Puiny and Mary. Tliey all lived with their hither, and at- tended pay schools until they were eigh- teen years of age, except John, who left home at sixteen years of age and went to England, and found employnient hoating on the River Thames. After one year he took passage on a vessel for the United States. Upon arriving in New York he found eini)loyment on Long Island, superintending a farm for a year or more. He then came to Monmouth county, where he married Elizaheth \Vhite. There he purchased ahout eigh- teen acres of land and built a house, where he lived with his family for twelve years. He then sold out and bought a few acres of land, at Long Branch, of (Jordon Woolley, and there built another house, where he lived and died in his seventy-sixth year. In politics he was a democrat; he was elected yearly for nine years as overseer of the public higliways in the district that he lived in. In relig- ion he was a methodist, and joined the {■hurch in 1842, and died in the same faith. His wife, Elizabeth White, daugh- ter of Garrett White and Charlotte Yoe- mans, is still living, and is in her seventy- first year. She bore unto him eleven children: Garrett, James, John, Annie, Michael, Elizabeth, Edward, George Washington, Walter, and Maggie. Garrett Hennessey, after the acquisi- tion of a common-school education, con- tinued with his father until sixteen years of age, and then entered into the net- fishing business for about four years ; at this time he decided to learn the car[)cn- ter trade, upon completing which he found employment at his trade in New York city ; at the same time applying himself to the study of architecture and uiechanical draughting and preparing himself for contracting and building, and began business for himself in Brooklyn. After continuing for several years he re- turned to Long Branch and continued the same business; alsi) lor the last three years has been engaged in [louud lisliing. A P. SUTPHEN is one of the most -'-^* active business men of Somer- ville, and has pressed his way upward to position and success most worthily. He is a son of Peter and Sarah Smith Sut- phen, and was born in Bedminster town- ship, Somerset county. New Jersey, (K't. 3, 1841. One of the oldest and most re- spectable families in New Jersey is that whose surname is recorded at the head of this sketch. The record of its emigra- tion is that of D. Sutphen, wlio, imbued with a hope for greater liberty than was enjoyed in continental Europe, crossed the Atlantic in 1651 and settled at Flat- bush, on Long Island, where he purchased and tilled a good farm until his death, in the year 1707. He married Elizabeth Jacobson, of New York, and their chil- dren were : Jacob, Jan, Dirk, Guys1)ert, Abner, Isaac, Elsie, Hendrick and Eliza- Ijeth. The fourth son, Guysbert, was born Oct. 16, 1693, and in his youth removed to Monmouth county, whi'iv he married and resided up to his death. His third child, Guysbert, Jr., was born August 28, 1720, and died Nov. 16, 1796. This Guysbert, the younger, although a trades- man and unpretentious farmer, wjis yet a man of parts and judgment, and held the connnission of justice of the peace under his Britannic Majesty, George III. He 414 BlOGRAI-HICAl. SkKTCHES. aided largely in building Bt'diuinstcr church, in whose graveyard hi.s remains still rest. He married, and reari'd a I'ani- ily of eight children : Gertie, Catherine. Ehzabeth, John, Nellie, Peggy, Guyshert and Captain Peter. The youngest cliiUl, Captain Peter, was the grandfather oi" the subject of this sketch. Captain Peter Sutphen was born August 17, 1762, at Bedniinster, Somenset county. and lived to reach his seventy-si.xth year, dying Feb. 4, 18o9. He was a farmer b}' occupation, a democrat in politics. and served as justice of tlie peace for ten years. He was also active in religious afhiirs, and held the oflice of deacon and elder in the Bedniinster church. He served lor some time as town clerk, com- manded a militia company, and ranked high ;is a man in evei-y walk of life w liicb he pursued. Captain Sutphen married Catherine Hunt, a daughter of Colonel Stephen Hunt, an active Revolutionary soldier, and the children born to them were : Margaret, Stephen, Arthur V. P., Gilbert, Peter and William J. Of these children. I'et.'r. the father of Mr. Sut- piien, was born Dec. 5, 18o0. His occu- pation was farming, except ten years spent in the general mercantile business: and while active as a whig in pDhtir;!! all'airs wonhl not accept any oilice, and when at one time elected as justice of tin' peace immediately resigned. He was an active member of the Bedniinster church. a very line historian, and departed {ins life Jan. 30, 1870. He was twice married, and by his lirst wife, Mary Melick Sutphen, who di'd in 1833, he had two children : I'heodnrc. deceased, and William P. lie afterwiirds wedded Mary Smith, who was a daiiL:h- ter of Captain Wilham Smith, a rexoiu- tinn!ir\' soldier, and alsu cnlislcd in JSJi;. who died in 1838, aged seventy-si.x \ears. Bv his second marriage he had five chil- .lieii : Mary, Joseph S., A. P.. David M. anil Sarah. Of these children, only Joseph S. and A. V. are living. A. P. Sutphen was reared on the pa- ternal acres, and received a connnon- school education, which he has largely sup|)lemented by reading and observation initil he is a man of extensive informa- tion, and ranks as authority on matters of ancient history. Leaving the farm in 1868, he came to Somerville as a clerk in the county clerk's oflice. Five years later he was elected as justice of the peace, and sini'e the close of his term (if oilice has served actively and contiiuiously in \arious positions of honor, trust and re- sponsibility. He has served as connnis- sioner of deeds, notai-y public, township clei'k. assistant clerk of the i)oard of commissioners and coroner. He is secre- tary of the Somerset Count\- Fair .Asso- ciation, director of the People's Building and Loan Association and secretary and treasurer of the Citizens' Building and r.oan .\ssociation of SonierviUe. He is also secretary of the Somerset County liibk'. llistorieai and Agricultural socie- ties, tlu' Somerville board of trade, and has sei'veil as clerk of the Somer.^et countv board of lii'eholders for twenty years, lie was formerly secretary and superintendent of Larger Cross Roads Sundav School and president of the Re- foi'mcd Club. He is still pension agent, represents several leading tire insurance eonipanies and serves as justice ol the peace. ( »n Dec. 5. 1865, Mr. Sutphen married Hannah V. Potts, a daughter ol Samuel i'otts. of Bednnnster. To their union were liorn six ehildreii : Gertrude and .Mary, who arc deceased; William I!., assisting his father; Jennie P., Sadie Biographical Sketches. 415 L. and Samuel P. lii politics Mr. Siit- plifii is iii(lepeii(leiit, and in ivligidu lie has served as a trustee, elder and deacon of the First Rel'ornied chureh of" Sonier- viile. He is a member of the Sons ol' Temperance, has held all the state chairs in his division, and is an honored mem- ber of the National Grand Body of the iii'der. lie has been a member of the Holland Society since 189.3, and since be- came a member of the Sons of the llevolu- tion, and recently joined the Eevohition- arj Memorial Society. Strictly a i)usiness man, yet public-spirited, and ever earnest, zealous and active in any movement foi' ii'ood, Mr. Sut})heii is one wiio hlis uji a lari;'e space in the ci\il. material and I'e- ligious life of Soinerville and Somerset county. T.VMES DUNN, JR., a pronnnent busi- ^ iiess man of West Long Branch, nud one of the largest retail tish mer- chants in the state, is of Irish descent, and was born to James and Mary (Woods) Dunn, at Brooklyn, N. Y.. April liD, 1855. Andri'w Dunn (grandfather) was a. lesident of the city of Dublin, Ireland, where he was given a common school education, and subsequently learned the plastering and slating business, lie was an active member of tlie Roman Catholic church, in whicli he held many ofKces. His wife's maiden name was Miss Mary Woods, and they reared a family of four children : James, Catharine. Elizabeth, and Mary. Grandfather and grand- mother Dunn died in New York city, and were buried at Holy Cross cemetery', Brooklyn, the former on Feb. 1(3, 1890, and the latter on March 13, 1888. (irand- father later was buried in Glassoren cemetery, Dublin, Ireland. James Dunn (father) was alst) a native ol' Dublin, and was born May 27, 1835. He spent some time in the common schools, and wdiile yet a boy decided to come to America. So, without money enough to pay for his passage, he em- barked for this country and earned his transportation by working on board the vessel. Y'^oung Dunn, full of that rare courage and perseverance, for which the Irish are famous, finally landed at New York and located in Brooklyn, where he afterwards learned the trade of a mason, and in 1857 removed to Cornwall, N. Y., where he became a successful business man, and was engaged in masonry and building all the rest of his days. Politi- cally he was an upholder of democratic principles, and for lil'tei'u years was a member of the board of education at Cornwall, and wns actively engaged in party affairs. By industry and good judgment Mr. Dunn realized the dreams of his boyhood and became a man of property, and was a trustee of the Corn- wall Savings bank. He was a member and an attendant of the Catholic church at Cornwall, and later at Long Branch, and by his marriage with Miss Mary Woods, daughter of John Woods, of County Monaghan, Ireland, became the father of nine children : Elizabeth, de- ceased ; James, Mary (Mrs. T. J. Sulli- van); Margaret (Mrs. Edward McGinnis) ; Andrew, Catharine, deceased ; John, Isa- bella, deceased ; and Letitia. James Dunn, Sr., died Jan. 3, 1890, and Mary, his wife, passed away in Nov., 1889 ; both sleep in the cemetery at Cornwall, N. Y. James Dunn, Jr., was given the advan- tages of the New York city schools until he became twentj' years of age, and is a man of liberal education and of broad and comprehensive ideas. Leaving school he engaged in masonry and building with 416 Biographical Sketches. his father for ton ^-ears, and in 1889 established a i-etail fish market at West End, Long Branch, which has grown to large proportions. Mr. Dunn is a public- spirited member of his communitj', an active democrat, and has been a mem- ber of the fire department for ten years. He is also a comnuinicant of St. IMichaers Catholic church, and is one of the ollicial members ; at present filling the position of trustee. On Jan. 6, 187'J, James Dunn was united in marriage to Miss Mary C. Ferus, daughter of Daniel and Margaret Ferus. They have had one child, a daughter, Margaret, who has since died. Mr. Dunn has taken a most active interest in the aflairs of the Catholic Benevolent Legion ever since he Ijecauie one of its members, having filled all the chairs in Legion No. o03, and for three years was one of the state trustees of the order. TTENRY M. OLESEN, a well-known -• — L business man and proprietor of an extensive meat market at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, is a son of Peter and Ro.s- mena (Matusen) Olesen, and was born at Aalborg, Denmark. April 2G, 1864. When yet only a boy he made two trips to this country, and finally, on a tliird, resolved to make it his future home, and located at Perth Amljoy, where he resided with liis uncle. Christian Crougli. lie attended the public schools of that city, and afterwards learned the butcher trade under his uncle, for whom he worked seven years. For the ensuing few years he followed various industrial pursuits, but finally located in the nu'at business on his own account at I'ci'th Amboy. in- augurating a cash basis system. He has been successful in business, and at present is enjoying a large and constantly in- creasing trade. Politically he is a demo- crat, and religiously a memiber of the Presbyterian church. He is a member in good standing of Raritan Lodge. No. 61, F. and A. M., and Wasliington Hose company. No. 2, of Perth Amboy. His marriage with Maria Thresa Farroat, a (laughter of Thomas G. Farroat, of Perth Amljoy, on Novendjer 211, 1886, has re- sulted in the following children : Su.'iie B. ; Iva, deceased ; Harry B., deceased ; Ada R. ; Willie, deceased ; and Guy E. Mr. Olesen has enjoyed uninterrupted prosperity in his business, and by fair dealing and uprightness of character has won a substantial standing as a I'iti- zen of the comnuuiity in which he re- sides. Peter Olesen (father) was born at Aal- borg, Denmark, December 3, 1840. His father was a sea captain, and was lost at •sea. IV'ter Olesen, Sr., was the elder of two cliililrcu; his brother Ludwig was engaged in the butchering and meat bus- iness at Aalborg, Denmark, where he continued until failing health forced his retiveinent. He was a veter-an of the war of 1864, against Germany, and mar- ried Miss Rosmena Matusen of Aalborg, who bore him two childi'cn. [Matilda and Henry M. / 1 EORGE D. RUNYON, a prosperous ^^ merchant and member of the Far- rington & Runyon Co., lumber dealers, at Perth Andjoy, Middlesex county. New Jersey, is the son of John and Amelia (Oram) Runyon, and was born Feb. 7, 1854, at New Brunswick, in said county and statt'. TIm' family naiiu'. Runyon, is derived from the French Kognion. accord- ing to which orthography it was borne by V^incent Rognion. the i()under of the line in this country, who tjuitted France in Biographical Sketches. 4\: IG60, and settled at Elizalu'tlitown. I'liioii coiuitv. Now Jersey. The graudrather. Vincent Rnnyon. was a native of New Brunswick, bi)rn in 17114, married to Aseneth Burlew in ISIU, and deceased June 13, 1872. By occupation he was a ship-carpenter and a farmer, hut ho abandoned the former avocation alter prosecuting it very suc- cossfully ibr twenty years, and accumu- lating c(msiderable estate in lands and houses. In politics he was a democrat of the good old Jeffersonian type. He held oflicos at various times under the nuuiici- pal government of New Brunswick, and was widely known throughout Middlesex and adjoining counties. His wife, who w!is born in 1798, and who deceased in 1870. bore him nine children : Catharine, married to David Marsh; Reuben, and John, both deceased ; JMary, niarrii'd to Isaac Suydam ; Elizabeth, wife of Samuel L. Dunham ; Sarah, deceased, wife ol" J. Caswell V\)orhees, Amanda, Theodore, and Lucy, married to John II. Philli[)s. John Runyon (lather) attended a pri- vate school in New Brunswick until ho was fourteen 3'ears of age, after which he learned the ship-carpenter's trade with Johnson Oram, whose daughter Amelia he subsequently married. Shortly after his marriage he entered into partnership with N'inceiit, liis father, and Reuben, his brother, under the firm name and style of Vincent Runyon & Sons, ship- wrights. They transacted an extensive business during many years, which was continued by the sous after the father's death. John Runyon remained with the establishment until he reached the age of fifty years, when he retired after having ac- quired a handsome competence in money, houses, and cleared and wooded lands. In politics he was an influential leader in local party afiairs, and served on the board of aldermen as well as on ' the board of water commissioners for several 3'ears. In religion he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal (•liurch at Now Brunswick, and was a niombor of the syndicate of Methodists that purchased for camp-meeting purposes the property devoted to those uses at Ocean Grove, New Jersey. He was born March 20, 1824, and was married Dec. 6, 1848, to Amelia A. Oram, who deceased in 1854, after bearing him three children : Cor- nelia and John, both deceased, and Geo. D., the subject. He was sul)sequently married April 29, 1857, to Anna Beck, who survives him, his death occurring July 1-3, 1891. To their marriage were born six children : Amelia, married to George W. Outcalt; W. Parker, Frank K., John B., Mary F., and Theodore V. George D. Runyon acquired his educa- tion at the public schools of New Bruns- wick, which he attended until he arrived at the age of eighteen years. In 1S73 ho entered Bryant's Business College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he took a year's course in practical business lines, and was graduated in 1874. Succeeding to his father's interest in the ship-yard, after the retirement of the latter, he con- tinued in the business at New Brunswick until 1880, when he removed to Perth Am- boy and incorporated the Perth Amboy Dry-dock Co., with ample capital for the successful prosecution of ship-building. After remaining in the management of the company for ten years Mr. Run^ on purchased the one-half interest in the lumber business of D. B. Farrington & Co., at Nos. 126 and 128 Fayette street, Perth Amboy, changing the firm's name to Farrington & Runyon Co., and to its affaii's he devotes his entire time and at- 418 Biographical vSkktches. U'lition. Till' Farriiigton & Kiinyou Co. is a complete succesw. Their transactions arc very large, and the volume of their busi- ness swells to many (inures duiini;' the course of a year. Mr. Rnnyon is a cai'eful, shrewd, and far-si'cing man of business, and along with other interests he has accumulated con- siderable real estate. The talent he has inherited and the talent and experience he has acquired have combined to lead him on to a degree of success not usually attained in so short a time. In politics he is a democrat, and has rendered ex- cellent service to his town as a member of the board of education. In leiiiiinus matters he honors the memory of his christian lather by an active mendK'rship in the Methodist E|)iscopal church at Perth Amboy, of which he is treasurer and trustee. He is a member of (Jood- will Council, No. 32, Jr. O. U. A. M., ol' New Brunswick, and a member of Mid- dlesex Council, No. 1100, Royal Arca- num. Mr. Runyon was united in marriage April 29, 1879, to Mclvina Lewis, a daughter of William W. Lewis. To tliis union have been born five ciiildren : L. Parker, born March 3, 1880; Cornelia, born May 11, 1881, died Nov. 29, 1880; Harry 11., born March 2, 1885; Helen M.,born .lune 22, 1893, and Anna Rutii, born Aug. 13, 1895. CI.ARKNCK Ml'LF()K])yi>.\('K, iM.D, one of the leading physicians of New Pirunswick, New Jersey, is a son ol' Peter Baird and Abigail .Schenck (Appli- get) Slack, and was born Jan. 23, I SI 1 . in Mercer county. New Jersey, lie is descended from William Slack, who came from Enjifland to Massachusetts in the openini: years of the sevi'iiteenth century, and was a prominent baptist — a de- nominational connection which the fam- ily, in large majin'ity, have alwaj's main- tained. Dr. Slack's great-grandfather came to New Jersey in the last century, and there his grandfather, Thomas Slack, was born and lived a farmer within the limits of what is now Middlesex county, having luanied Rachael Swaim, the daughter of a prominent New Jersey family. Dr' Slack's father, Peter Baird Slack, was also born in tlie same locality, and was married in the year 1828 to Abigail Schenck Ap[)lij;et, a dauiihter of Thomas Appliget and Sarah Baird. She was a descendant of Anthony .\p|iliget, who was a large landed j)ro[)rietor in Kast Jersey, and of Sir John Baird, one of Cromwell's " Ironsides." The father, a farmer, died at the age of thirty-seven, lea\iMi: his widow and six children, of whom Dr. Slack was the youngest and is now the only survivor. The doctor spent his boyhood and youth in 1 liuhtstown. New Jersey, and receixcd the education aflbrded b\ the [lublic .M'hools at that time. In the course of a i'cw years he was prejiared for and entered the Jellerson Medical (,'ol- leue, of Philadeli)hia, from which institu- tion \io was graduated with the class of iSt'il. Having passed a very rigid ex- amination for the navy he was appointed surgeon to the United States Steamship " Pembina." and servcil until the close of the war ill tlic Cull' and at .\ew Orleans and ( ialv^. ^^'-y^a. ^^. Biographical Sketches. 423 Benjamin H. Yard was educated in the ' public schools, as well as the " Model School" of Trenton Normal. He also attended private schools in Jersey Citv and the Freehold Institute of Freehold, New Jersey. In 1S57 he became a drug clerk in the employ of his brother in New York city. He subsequently en- tered the U. S. navy as an apothecary, and afterwards acted as assistant-paj- master's clerk. At the time of the in- vasion of Penns3dvania, by General Robert E. Lee, Mr. Yard enlisted in Company I, New Jersey militia, Penn- sylvania Emergency corps, July 3, 1863, and was made second sergeant under his father, who was captain of the compau}-. The regiments proceeded to the scene of action, and after their discharge was voted a[)probation by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, through Governor Cur- tin. During the prevalence of cholera in the south in 1866 he was engaged in I service as a volunteer nurse in Southern Mississippi. Prior to 1870 he was en- gaged lor a time as a broker on Wall street, New York city, commencing as a clerk and subsequently operating on his own account. He was one of the first men to engage in wood-pulp fibre manu- facture, and in 1871 he associated him- self with certain capitalists operating mills, under the Woodbury patent, at Chatham village, near Albany, N. Y. The enterprise was successfully handled until 1873, when the memorable panic of that year ch)sed its doors. Since then Mr. Yard has been variously employed. He has served four years as Ijond clerk in the office of the sheriff of New York city. In 1875 he turned his attention to the development of Sea Girt and Spring Lake Beach, New Jersey, where he es- tal)lished a real-estate and general insur- ance agency. In 1882 he became asso- ciated with James H. Buchanan in the same business, and also in the fancy gro- cery and general merchandising business. During the past twenty years Mr. Yard has been variously engaged in developing shore properties in New Jersey, and, at the same time, has been the successful manager of a number of hotels. He con- ducted the Beacli House, at Sea Girt, for eight years; opened, in 1884, and man- aged Avon Inn, at Avon, formerly Ke^^ East Beach ; and represented L. U. Maltby, dui'ing the seasons of 1886 and 1887, in the management of the Mon- mouth House, at Spring Lake Beach. He was the lessee tand successful proprie- tor of Indian Harbor Hotel, Greenwich, Conn., for seven jears. In the spring of 1895 Mr. Yard 'eased and opei-ated the Ht)tel Arverne, on Long Island ; and in 1896 became proprietor of the Monmouth House, at Spring Lake Beach. He has just completed his term of service as the seventeenth president of the Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association of the United States and Canada. He served from 1877 to 1884 as postmaster of Spring Lake Beach, and has held other local offices in the town. In religious affairs he is a trustee of the Spring Lake Beach Methodist Episcopal church, which he helped to organize, and to which he has always been a liberal contributor. He is a freemason and a member of Mercer Lodge, No. 50, F. and A. M., at Trenton, and has been a Scottish Rite Mason since 1864. He is a member of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and is a member of Larchmont Yacht Club, at Larchmont, N. Y. He was married, November 7, 1883, to Mrs. Mary E. Murphy, widow of the late Charles F. Murphy, formerly a Pliiladel- 424 Biographical Sketch ks. phia manufacturer, and a daughter of ] Roger F. and Eliza A. Horton, of the same place. Mr. Yard at one time I'e- sided at Farmingdale, Monmouth countv, but during the past sixteen years he has resided at Spring Lake Beach. He owns considerable real-estate in and around the town; a portion of which is the build- ing and ground occupied by the post- office. He has been unifoi'mly successful in his real-estate transactions, and has contributed in the highest measure to the progress and development of Mon- mouth county, aiul his reputation as a ••Boniface" is uuexcelled. His warm hospitality and his genial, whole-souled ilisposition have endeared him to thou- sands. TTTILLIAM V. STEELE, of Somer- ^ ' ville, New Jersey, ex-prosecuting attoriiej^, and a prominent nunnber of the bar of Somerset county, is a son of the late ex-congressman William G. and Marj- E. Steele (nee Henry), and was born Feb. 14, 1854, at Somerville, New Jersej'. He comes from good ancestrw He is a grandson on the maternal side of Major (general Peter I. Stryker, a gallaut officer of the United States army duriug the Revolutionary war. His ])a- ternal grandl'ather, Xehemiah V. Steele. was a farmer, and resided at Somcr\ illc during his entire life. He was a democrat in politics and represented Somerset county in the legislature of New Jersey for sevei-al sessions, lie was a member and au elder of the First Reformed ( liunli, of Somerville, for many ^-ears, and was an active and earnest christian. He was the father of live children : Wil- liam (1., Eliza J.. John. Mary A., and (Jarrett ('.. William G. Steele (lather! alter reach- ing manhood became a banker. Hesul> sequentlv, in 18G7, engaged in the life insurance busiuess, and was appointed general agent of the Equitable liife, and conducted a successful business in that line for a number ol" years. He was a democrat in politics, and was always an active worker for the success of that party. In 1800, the memorable jear of the quadrilateral political struggle be- tween Lincoln, Douglas, Breckinridge, and Bell, he received the democratic nom- ination for congress in the then Fourth New Jersey district, and was triumph- antly elected. He served two terms in the national House of Representatives during that troublous period, 18(5l-()0. He was an ardent sup[)orterof his fellow- countryman, (leii. Cieorge B. McClellan. diu'ing his candidacy in 18()4 lor the of- fice of President of the United States. He died April 22, 1892, and is yet sur- vived by his widow, a daughter of John Henry, formerly a lawyer ol Somerville, who bore him two children. Marv M., and William V. William V. Steele received his primary education at a private school in Somer- ville, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Badger, and from his tenth to his (ifteenth year he devoted his time exclusively to the study of Latin and Greek. He then at- tended a grannnar-school lor two yrars. This was followed by an academic course of four years at Hope College, Mich., from whic;h he was graduated with the degree of A. B. in June, 187"). lie was invited in 1878. upon receiving the de- gree of A. M., to deliver the masters ora- tion in the college before the class of that year. He read law in the office of Hon. A. A. Clark, at Somerville, for three years, and akso attended the Columbia Law School at New York. He was Biographical Sketches. 425 j!i-iuluated t'roiu that school, and ad- iiiitted to the 1)ar m 1878. He conthiued ill the ueiieral practice of law in Somerset county for three years. In 1884 he was appointed prosecuting attorney for that count}- for a terin of five years, and was re-appointed to the office in 1889 for a like term. He represented the coninion- wealtli in four murder trials during his incumhency as public prosecutor. In one of these he obtained a signal victory by securing a conviction against Maurice Nolan, and sending him to the peniten- tiai'v, at the third trial of tlie case. Mr. Steele retired from public office two years ago, and resumed his general practice. In 1895 he as.sociated himself with James J. Meehan, Esq.. in a law partnership, under the name of Steele & Meehan. Mr. Steele has the reputation of being a good criminal lawyer. He is at present en- gaged in the defence of Jacob S. John- ston, who is charged with the murder of Anna Rogers, and of Elmer Clawson, who is charged with the murder oi' Harry Hodgett. He is a democrat in politics, and is extremely popular with the younger element of that party. He has been an active member of the National (hiard of New Jersey, and was appointed adjutant of the Second Battalion, Tliiitl Regiment, in 1898. (s^HEPARD KOLLOCK, gentleman, liv- ^ ing in retirement at Red Bank, Mon- mouth county. New Jersey, is a son of Isaac Arnett and Elizabeth Cox Kollock, and was born Aug. 19, 1813, in Burling- ton, Burlington county, New Jersey. The Kollock family originally flourished in France, where the name was known as CoUoque for many generations prior to the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes 22 in 1G85. After that event the family, being Huguenots, fled to The Hague, whence later they came with a band of other refugees to America and settled in Baltimore, Md., where the head of the fiimily engaged in mercantile business, finally removing to Dover, Del. Shepard Kollock (grandfather) was born in 1750, at Lewes, and subsequently removed to New York city, becoming a printer by trade and a publisher l)y occu- pation. In this capacity he will never l)e forgotten so long as tlie city of New York exists, inasmuch as he was printer of the first director}- of that city ever published, in 1785. He espoused in vigorous terms the cause of the colonies during the Revolution, for which he was obliged to leave the city when occupied by the British. He repaired to General Washington's headquarters on Long Island, where he received a captain's commission, and served in the army for three and a half years, when he resigned. He then started a newspaper at Chatham. New Jersey, called the New Jersey ./o»/- iiiiJ. now published as a dail_y at Eliza- beth, in the columns ol' which he took a strong position in l)ehalf of the colonists. He thus rendei-ed himself .so odious that the tories oft'ered a large reward lor his capture and delivery within their lines. This obliged the drastic writer to seek seclusion amidst the swamps for a time, 1int did not suspend the regular ap- pearance of the periodical. In 1820 he sold out his printing establishments, and on April 8, 1822. he was appointed post- master of Elizabeth. From this position he was finally removed April 13. 1829. by Andrew Jackson, because of his strong partisanship, his successor being Thomas B. C. Dayton. Upon the application of his friends Congress passed a special act 426 Biographical Sketches. authorizing the payment to him of a pen- sion ot" tour hundred doUars per annum, in wljich matter he was efficiently and laithlully represented by Peter Vreden- Ijurgh. of Freehold, and Bennington Ran- dolph, of Essex, two lawyers of distinc- tion, lie was one of the original charter members of the Cincinnati, and was for many years a judge of the circuit court of Essex county. He deceased July 25, 1839, in Philadelphia, at the age of eighty-eight jears. His marriage, Sept. 30, 175G, to Susan Arnett. likewise of Huguenot stock, resulted in a famil}- of ten children, some of whom we name and describe : Henry Kollock, D. D., born Dec. 14, 1778, died December 29, ISl'.). He was one of the most eloquent preachers of the day, and was called the '■ Whitfield of America." Mary God- dard Kollock m.arried Chief Justice Fred- erick Nash, of North Carolina. Sally H. Kollock, married first to Judge Samuel King, and then to Judge Harris, both of Newberne, N. C. Henrietta B. Kollock. Avho married Rev. John McDowell, for many years pastor of the First Presby- terian church at Elizabeth, New Jersey. Isanc Arnett Kollock died at Fortress Monroe. Jane Hay Kollock married Rev. Wm. A. McDowell, D. D. Susan Davis Kollock married Rev. John Witherspoon, a son of John W. Witherspoon, one of the signers of the Declaration of Inde- pendence ; Rev. Shepard Kosciusko Kol- lock, and Lydia Austin Kollock. The Kollock lamily divided on the (juestion of the war of 177G, .some of Capt. Kol- Inck's brothers favoring the struggle, otiicrs opposing it. Simon Kdilock. ;i l)ri)thei- of tin- captain, was a tory. He was born at Lewes, Delaware, in 1745, joined the British nrmy wherein he like- wise rose ti the r:ink nt' ia[it;iin : his property' was ccmfi.scated, and when the British surrendered he fled to Nova Scotia, where he died an exile from his kin, in 1832, alter receiving, during man}' years, a pension from the English government. Capt. Shepard Kollock at one time was a courier for General Washington, ht-ar- ing important dispatches from him to Benedict Arnold, and to the Continental Congress. Shepard Kollock removed in the year 1832 from Burlington county to the county of Monmouth, and settled at Red Bank, where he has resided ever since. He spent his earlier life as a farmer, and subsequentl}' was engaged in a general merchandise business on the dock lor a period of ten years. He then returneil to the farm and continued in successful agriculture for twelve years, after wliicli he entered into the emplo}' of Parker & Chadwick, lumber dealers, and remained with that house for twenty-one years. After leaving Parker & Chadwick Mr. Kollocks services were engaged by J. Trallbrd Allen, a lumber merchant, to wliom he devoted the succeeding three years. In 1884 he discontinued all l)usi- ness, and is spending his declining years in quiet retirement at Red Bank. In politics he was a whig in former days, and a warm admirer of General Harrison, who he vigorously supported Ini the presidency. At the present time lie is a prohibitionist. Mr. Kollock served five years as overseer of the poor, and was twice elected a justice of the peace. Be- fore his marriage he was a preslnterian, hut a meml)er of the f^piscopal chinvh ever since. He has been a mason for thirty-five 3ears, and is now the venera- al)le chaplain of Mystic Brotherhood. Xo. 21. F. and A. M.. at Red Bank. Mr. I\iilln(k was married Novemlier '.'. IS:):!. Biographical Sketches. to Ilamuili Piiitard Tilton, by whom he had a raniily of nine children. His wife deceased in 1853, at the age of thirty- eight years, and he subsequently married Elizabeth C. Tilton. a sister of his former Avife, to which marriage were also born five children. They were daughters of Sanuiel Tilton, a son of Clayton Tilton, who was the leader of a band of royalists which greatly terrorized the pati'iotic peo- ple of New Jersey during the Revolution. FRANK DALTON, the genial proprie- tor of the Dalton House on Third avenue, at Long Branch, New Jersey, is a son of Robert J. and Rosamond A. Sparks Dalton and was born on Feb. 12, 1853, in Jersey City. The family is of French origin, and the name has under- gone in this country a modification from the primordial one, De Alton. The grand- father, Robert Dalton, was a merchant at Black Heath, England, inherited the business from his father and conducted the same for many years. Robert J. Dalton (father) was born April 6, 1827, at Black Heath, county of Kent, England, and was sent at a suitaljle age to Rugby College for the ac- (piirement of his education. Before com- pleting his course he ran away from col- lege, and shipped as a seaman on a ves- sel of the Cunard line and remained in that occupation for a few years. He sub- sequently married and settled in Jersey City, where for a time he managed the Atlantic Hotel for its owner, John B. Ray. Later he went into the real-estate business, which he conducted with much profit until his death, that occurred Jan. 10, 1881, and was also engaged in specu- lating on Wall street. His wife's maiden name was Rosamond Ann Sparks, and she was born Jan. 24, 1832,atChatham in the county of Kent, England. Their marriage occurred in Jersey City, Hud- son count}', and she deceased Dec. 30, 1873, in the same city, after bearing eight children : Frank, the subject, born Feb. 12, 1853, as heretofore stated; Edwin R., born Jan. 31, 1855 ; Leon, born June 17, 1857 ; William Henry, born Jan. 6, 1860; Arthur, born Jan. 4, 1862; Rosa- mond, born July 3, 1864 ; Adaline, twin sister of Rosamond, died in infancy ; and May Ella, born Dec. 22, 1869, married to James Beatty of Brooklyn, N. Y. Frank Dalton received a common- school education after which, at the in- stance of his mother, he was sent to learn the carpenter trade with George Throckmorton, which he followed for twelve ^ears. Subsequently, after a period of four years spent at home and assisting his father in a general way, he opened a summer hotel on a tract of land ten acres in extent at Goose Neck, on the Shrewsbury river. Here he was married Jan. 7, 1877, to Maretta Hamp- ton, a daughter of James Hampton, l)y whom he had two children : Hattie Ros- well, born July 22, 1879; and Arthur, deceased, aged five months. In 1892 Mr. Dalton became proprit'tor of tlie Third avenue, or Dalton House, at Long Branch, his present business and location, and since that time has conducted a suc- cessful and well-appointed hotel. He is a democrat in full sympathy and accord with his party, but not especially active in its affairs nor is he an aspirant for pul)lic office. He is a member and the secretary of the Liquor Dealers' Associa- tion of Monmouth county ; a member of Long Branch Lodge, No. 78, F'ree and Accepted Masons ; and a member of Takanassee Tribe. No. 158, L (). R. xM. 428 Biographical Sketches. In the ordor of Rod Men he has been in- vested with the •■ Side degree," other- wise known as "■ Havmakers." Mr. Dal- ton was fbrmerl}' a Knight of Pythias ; Ijut he left that order on account of a misunderstanding with the lodge. Ilis wife deceased March 10, 1881, and on Jan. 2(), 1886, he married again, his jires- cnt wife being Isabella C. B^-ers, a daughter of Robert Bjers, a resident ol Cornwall-on-the-Hudson. To this mar- riage have been born five children : Robert, born Jan. 7, 1887 ; David, born May 3, 1889; an un-named infant, de- ceased; Jessie Isabel, born March IS, 1891 ; and John Palmer Bloomer, born May 12, 1895. Mr. Dalton is an ex- tremely popular hotel-man and a gentle- man of pleasing address, obliging man- ners and of l)road-gauged, generous ideas. His patronage is a large and profitable one, and his affairs are in a deservedly nourishing condition. TT»D\VAKD KEASBEY, president of tlie J-^ Rai'itan Hollow and Porous Brick Co., and an old and highly-esteemed citi- zen residing at Perth Amboy, New Jer- sey, is a son of Edward, 2d, and Mary Parry Keasbey, and was born Aug., 1827. at Salem, New Jersey. He received his education in the public schools of Salem county. At the age of sixteen years he took charge of one of his father's farms in that comity lor the ensuing twelve vears. He subseciuently for one yeai- was in tin' employ of the Panama rail- road on llie Istlinnis of Panama. He ai'terwards returned to New Jersey, and for five years was superiniendont of a horse-car line between irximiton and Newark. In ISC'.) be came to Pertii Ambov, wliere lie became interested in clay mining and brick manufacturing, and in 1882 organized the present Kari- tan Hollow and Porous Brick Co., of which he has been president ever since. Politically he is a republican, and an earnest advocate of all its principles. Religiously, he is a member and president of the board of trustees of the First Baptist church at Perth Amboy. He has been three times married. By his first wife, Maiy Ann Griffith, who he mar- ried in May, 1848, were born three chil- dren : Henry Griffith, Mary Parry, who married F. A. Hard}-, of Chicago; and Robert A. His first wife deceased in March, 1860. For his second wife he married Louise Pothier, March, 1863. who deceased in July, 1893, having born one child, Dr. William P., whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. In Aug.. 1895, he was united in marriage with Mrs. Sarah Steele, of Somerville, New^ Jersey. Mr. Keasbc}- has been a successful business man, a good citizen, and eommands the entire respect of the eomnnuiity in which he resides. As the originator of the extensive enterprise of which he is the president, in the extent of employment and labor which he has thus provided, he deserves to ]je ranked among the leading bene- factors of his town. Anthony Keasbe\' (grandfather), ot whom but little authentic tradition is known, was a son of Edward Keasbe}', and at one time served as surrogate of Salem county, New Jersey, where b\- (iccupation he was a farmer. His chil- dren were : Matthew, Edward. 2d : Wil- liam, Prudence, Rebecca, llannali and .'\nnie. ivlwitrd Keasbc}', 2d (latlier). alter ae(piiring a connnon-school education, took a medical course at the medical col- Biographical Sketches. 431 lege at Pliiladeljjliia, entered upon a suc- cessful practice as a physician in Salem county, and deceased in the harness in 184G. He became the owner of con- siderable land in and around his neigh- borhood. In politics he was an old-line whig, and in religious matters he wor- shiped with the Baptists. His wife's maiden name was Mary Parry Aertsen, to whom he was married in 1818; she de- ceased in 1872. They were the parents of six children : Helen A., Annie, who married Wheeler H. Peckham, of New York city; Anthony, Quinton Edward, Mary, and Maria Louise, both deceased. "INOR BROWX, an active young farmer of llolmdel, Monmouth county, New Jerse}^, is a son of William and Harriet Skilton Brown, and was born March 17, 1874, at Holmdel. He is of English descent, his grandfather being a native of England, and his father a native of Canada. William Brown (father) was born Feb. 22, 1825, at Toronto, Canada. He ac- quired a connnon-school education, and his avocation was that of a horse-dealer and trainer of thoroughbred horses. In 1SG-") lie came to this country, settled at Holmdel, and carried on the business above mentioned up to within three years of his death. During those three years that ensued he lived in retirement. Religiously he was a member of the Dutch Reformed church, and in politics he embraced the Republican faith. His wife, Harriet Skilton, who he wedded in 1864, is still living at Holmdel, having survived her consort since 1881. They were the parents of two children : Wil- liam, deceased ; and Mint)r. Minor Brown received his earlier edu- cation in the common schools of Holmdel township. This was followed by a course of three years at the Freehold Institute, Freehold, New Jersey, and later by six months' training in Stewart's Business College, at Trenton. He chose the occu- pation of an agriculturist, and is now engaged in that business on a productive farm of one hundred and twenty-three acres, which he owns, near Holmdel, and which he has brought to a high state of perfection. Politically Mr. Brown is a republican ; in religion he is a member of the Dutch Reformed church of Holm- del ; and in fraternal afl'airs he is a mem- ber of Holmdel Council., No. 132, Jr. 0. U. A. M. Mr. Brown was wedded Jarniary 1, 1896, to Dora Tilton, a daughter of Syl- vester and Cornelia Tilton, of Holmdel, New Jersey, and commenced life's duties under most favorable auspices. Although a young man he is shrewd and careful in the conduct of his affairs, and his educa- tion and business training have peculiarly qualified him to grasp in an able and in- telligent manner all the details involved in successful auriculture. TDUFUS BLODGETT, of Long Branch, -^*'' New Jersey, was born at Dorches- ter, N. H., on Oct. 9, 1834. His parents were Jeremiah and Amanda Johnson Blodgett. Mr. Blodgett's educational advantages were only such as he obtained at the conuiion schools and at the Wentworth (N. H.) Academy. At an early age he engaged with the Amoskeag Locomotive Works, at Manchester, N. H., to learn loco- motive building. After completing his trade he followed it for several 3'ears in his native state and at New Haven. Conn. 432 Biographical Sketches. Ill 186G he was appointed master iiieclianic of" the New Jersey Soutliern raih'oad, and in 1874 became its superintendent, remaining in that capacity until 1884, when he was made superintendent of the New York and Long Branch railroad, wliich position he still holds. Mr. Blodgett took an active part in political aflairs. He was director of the hoard of chosen freeholders for Ocean count}'. New Jersey, and was elected a member of the New Jersey assembly for the years 1877, '78 and '79. In the lat- ler year he was the candidate of his party for speaker. He was a district delegate to the National Democratic convention of 1880, and a delegate-at-large to the recent convention which nominated Bryan and Sew all. Mr. Blodgett served as chairman ol" the Democratic state committee during the contest of 1884. lie was a candi- date for the gubernatorial nomination of the Democratic party in 1886, and, after a bitter contest, was defeated by Robert S. Green on a close vote. In 1887 Mr. Blodgett was elected United States senti- tor, serving his full term of six years. He assisted in organizing the First Na- tional Bank of Long Branch, and became its president, and still holds that ollice. lie is also a director of the First National Bank of Princeton, New Jersey, and of the Long Branch Water-Supply Co. He was elected mayor of Long Branch in 1893, and was re-elected in 1894 and "9.'). Jeremiah Blodgett (father) was born at Hudson, N. H. (formerly called "Not- tingham West "), on Maivh 1 0. 1 800, and died at New Haven, Conn., mi August '1. 1S81. He was a man of prominence in his native state, having been many times a member of the legislature; a nienibcr of two constitutional conventions wliich amended the constitution of that state, and also a member of the governor's council for the years 1873 and 1875. Ashael Blodgett (grandfather) was born at Hudson, N. H., Jan. 19, 1756, and died at Dorchester, N. H., June 2, 1842. He served in the war of the Revolution during the years 1777 and 1778. On the maternal side, Mr. Blodgett's great- grandfather, Samuel Johnson, was born at Sutton, N. IL. in 1755. and died at Wentworth, N. II., July 25, 1847. He served with distinction in the war of the Revolution, for which he received a pen- sion of eight dollars per month until the time of his death. William Brown, a great-grandfather als(j on the maternal side, liorn in Eng- land, on the river Trent, about 1753, came to this country in 1772. At the breaking out of hostilities lietween the colonies and the mother-country, he en- listed on board the frigate " Boston " and sailed from Moonhead, now called Mar- blehead, under Captain Samuel Tucker. During the term of his enlistment that vessel was used to transport John Adams, the elder, as minister to France. Mr. Adams was accompanied by his .son. .lohii (Juincy Adams, then a lad twelve years of age. For Mr. Brown's service to his adopted country he also received a pen- sion up to the time of his death. JWEFJ) XAFEW. a proniiiu'iit and suc- • ce.'isful druggist of Eatontown. Mon- mouth county, New Jersey, is a son of John and Mary Nafew, and was liorii at Albany, N. Y., July 25, 1851. His pa- ternal ancestors were of worthy French Ilngiienot stock, and suffered persecution I'or conscience sake. Hunted from their homes they came to America in the early Biographical Sketches. 433 part i)f the seventeenth century, and Ibiinil a niyal welcome in the state of New York, where their descendants liuve borne an honorable part in the establish- ment of our republic. His maternal an- cestors were of Enjilish descent, and set- tled in New York state at an early date, tiguring in the piimeer life of this country. Francis Nafew (grandfather) was born at Saratoga, N. Y., and lived and died at that place. He was a miller by trade and followed that craft all his life. He Tuarried Marj' Jones, and they became the parents of four children : William, Samuel. John, and David. John Nafew (father) was born at Troj', N. Y., in 1817, and acquired a good com- mon-school education. Leaving school he learned the trade of a compositor with Cliarles Hooper. He followed this trade until about 1847, when he entered poli- tics, in which he attained considerable prominence. He was a democrat and served as clerk of the New Y'^ork state as- sembly in 1853. During this time he was ollered the nomination for state sen- ator of his district, but declined to accept the honor. In 1865 he removed to New Y'^ork city, where he spent the remainder of his life in happy retirement, dying in 187*2. He married Mary Weaver, by whom he had seven children : John, Henr}-, Mary, Charles, J. Weed, David, and Jane. Mr. Nafew's education was obtained in the public schools of Brooklyn, N. Y., and in 1866 he began learning the drug Ijusiness in New Y^'ork city and Brook- lyn. Having learned the business, he continued it there until 1873, when he removed to Springfield, 111. He remained there, however, but one year, when he acce])ted a clerkship at North port, N. Y''. In 1876 he returned to SpringQeld, and in 1881 removed to Eatontown, where he has since resided, engaged in the drug trade. He is a carel'ul business man, and has established a large and rennuierative patronage. In ]iolitics he is a staunch and loyal republican, and has served as trustee of the Eatontown schijols, and was postmaster of that town during Harri- son's administration. In 1875 Mr. Nafew and Miss Ada Byron Mclntire, a daugh- ter of B. L. Meliitire, of Springfield, 111., were married, and to them have been born one child, a daughter, Archie ("a Rue Nafew. \ F. BEDLE, proprietor of the largest -^-^' undertaking establishment in Mon- mouth county. New Jersey, at Kev[)ort. is a son of William and Jane (Morrell) Bedle, and was born Nov. 15, 1853, at Keyport, wdiere he has always resided. The paternal grandfather, Thomas Bedle, was born at Rock Brook, near Keyport, in 1777. He learned the carpenter trade, but for some reason he never followed it as an occupation, and made the business of milling his life employment, in which he was engaged at Keyport. Politically he was a democrat, and in religion a meni- Ijer of the Methodist Episcopal church at Bethanv. He was married to Elizabeth Auniack. The former died June 9, 1847, the latter March 14, 1850. They were the parents of eleven children : Sarah, married to Samuel Carhart, of Keyport ; Mary, wife of Leonard Hofl", of Keyport ; Ann, now Mrs. Stephen Van Brakle, of Holmdel ; William, Richard, Susan, wife of G. S. Wharton, of Philadelphia ; Eliza- beth, married to William Van Dine, of Keyport ; Leonard B., Almira, widow of Daniel W. Holmes, and subsequently married to George H. Barton, of Holm- del ; and James. Two children died in in- 434 Biographical Skktches. faiio\'. Thomas Bedle. Sr. (great-grand- father) was a native of New Jersej'. By occu[)ation he Avas a tanner, and in poli- tics a democrat. Ilis wife, whose maiden name was Lucrotia lloff, bore him twelve children : Joel, Thomas, Richard, Joseph. James, Martha, who married John Stout, of near Kejport; Mary, Lydia, who be- came the wife of Archibald Burrowes ; Elizabeth, Sarah, Katharine, and Nan- nie. William Bedle (lather) was l)orn near Key port. Monmouth county. New Jersey, in 1808. lie received a common-school education, learned the trade of a wheel- wright, and followed that avocation for twelve years. In 1845 he opened an undertaking establishment at Keyport, to which he afterwards ladmitted his son William in partnership. He is a pro- hibitionist and a member of the Metho- dist Episcopal church at Keyport. A large family of children was gatlu-rcd about his hearthstone : Henrietta, de- ceased at an early age ; Albert F., James H., William, Jr., Septimus, Thomas, Mel- ville C, Mary Elizal)eth, Margaret J.. Sarah, and Vienna. A. K. Bedle derived his education from tile public schools of Keyport. After leaving school he engaged with his father to learn tlie undertaking business. He succeeded so rapidly and l)ecame such a complete master of the business in all its details that his father gave him an inter- est ill the establishnieiit, which thenci'- fnrtli. to the present time, has been known as William Hedle & Son. In politics he is a republican. lie was elected assessor ol' Keyport in ISS."). and to meml)erslii|) on the board of coiuniissioners of tliat town in 1879. He is a member of sev- eral secret societies in Keyport: Ca^sarea Lodge, No. 64, F. and A. M.; Bay Side Lodge, No. 193, I. 0. 0. F., and Chiiiga- wea Tribe, No. IIG, I. 0. R. M. Mr. Bedle was nninied April 9, 1873, to May A. Griffith, daughter of Robert and Margaret (iriffith, of Matawan. They are the parents of live children : Lillian B., Norman L., Robert G., Hai'- vey S., and Flora A. Mr. Bedle is a good business man as well as a very prosperous one, and he lias secured the respect of all his fellow-citizens of Kev- port and of its environs by the probity of his character. T NEAFIE JOHNSON, postmaster and '^ • an active business man of Freehold, was born in Howell township, Monmouth county. New Jersey, on Feb. Id, 1802, and is the fifth son of J. K. and Charity A. (Taylor) Johnson. .1. K. .lolinsoii (fatiieri owned and operated a faiiii of seventy acres in How- ell towiislii[). and also owned marl-pits ill Lower S(|iiankum township, Mon- inoiitb county, lie married Charity A. Taylor, and their children, six in num- Ijer — all of them l)orn in Howell town- ship — were : William L.. Austin P.. at lirescnt the town niaislial ol Freeholii and court crier of Monmouth county ; Elizabeth, wife ol" Joseph Taylor, grocer, at Ocean Grove ; Graudeu V., deceased, who was a merchant at Freehold ; J. Xeafie, and Emma, who died in infanc}-. In lS(i2 he bought a farm near Turkey, Monmouth county, upon which he re- sided until his death seven years later. He was survived by his wife, Charity, wiio is \('t iiviiiL;. lie was a staunch (K'liiociat. and a zealous nieiiiber of the Methodist church at Bethesda. J. Neafie Johnson, at the age of twelve years, was placed upon liis own resources Biographical Sketches. 435 for making his way in lill' and earning a livelihood. He followed various employ- ments, at ditlerent places during the summer, and resided with an unele, John Xeafie, a prominent citizen of Freehold, during the winter, where he pursued ir- regularly the acquisition of a rudimen- tary education. At the age of sixteen he entered the employ of his hrother, Austin P.. then a butcher at Freehold, with whom he remained up to the age of twenty years, at which time by untiring industry and strict economy he had suc- ceeded in saving sufficient nuxrgin of his small earnings to enable him to purchase an interest in his brother's business. He remained associated with his brother in this business relation under the caption of Johnson Brothers, located at 2-3 East Main street, until 1879, when he pui'- chased his brother's interest, became the sole proprietor, and has continued to o[)erate the business alone ever since. His business so pi'ospered that he soon was enabled to purchase a one-half inter- est in the old '• Briar Hill " farm, which is notorious for having been tiie ground upon which Lee overhauled tlie British army during the Revolution, and which would have been the battle-lield of the battle of Monmouth had Lee stood his ground. Oni' of the numerous tablets that have been erected at various points of the battle-ground in coininemoration of this the scene of the state's greatest conflict, is erected on this farm. On Dec. 6, 1884, he was united in marriage with Miss Jenny, a daughter of John H. Buck, of Freehold, which union has been blessed witli two children : Emma N., and John B. He is a member of the Second Reformed church, for which he served in the capacity of clerk for two years. He was one of the board of commissioners of Freehold for two terms, but was ol)liged to resign at the expiration of the second term to accept the appointment of postmaster at Free- hold, which position he occupies at the [iresent time. He served on the board of education for two years, but resigned at the expiration of that time, when he was elected as monitor for both parties. In 1893 he removed from the '' Briar Hill " farm back to Freehold, and in 1895 purchased the site and built the hand- some cottage which is his present resi- dence. He is a prominent member of the Freehold board of trade, and deeply interested in the advancement of the prosperity and general welfare of the town. He is a staunch democrat, and always active in the best interests of his party. In 1896 he was offered by his friends the postmastership of Freehold, and his petition was signed by four hun- dred and eighty-nine voters, among whose names are found all of the county officials and the best citizens of Freehold, highly attesting Mr. Johnson's popularity as a citizen. Among those who pressed his appointment were ex-Congressman Geisenheimer and Senator James Smith, and on Feb. 5, 1896, Mr. Johnson was duly commissioned. He is a member of Olive Branch Lodge, No. 16 F. and A. M. ; Alpine Lodge, No. 69, Knights of Pythias; and Keith Council, Royal Ar- canum. n^HOMASREDHING, one of the most ^ energetic and successful ])usiness men of Perth Amboy, is an Englislunan by birth, having been born at Northamp- tonshire, England, Sept. 23, 1849. His parents were John and Anna Barret Redhing. His paternal grandfather left four children : Michael, March, John, 436 Biographical Sketches. and Daniel. John Redliing (father) was possessed of a good common-.sch()ol educa- tion, and learned the trade of a .shoe- maker, which he abandoned to aceept a position as private coachman to a prominent fixmily of wealth at Oun- dle. He remained with this family for thirty-three years. He was a very strict member of the Episcopal church, as also was his wife. To them were born thirteen children, of which tlie subject of this sketch was the fourth, some of the others being : Rosanna, Michael, David, Eliza, Emilicent, Charles, George, and Martha, deceased. Thomas Redhing was so unfortunately circumstanced during his early years that, after having been able to secure but three weeks' schooling, he was compelled to enter a mill and work for his daily sus- tenance. After passing several years in this mill he determined to better himself iind, therefore, emigrated to this country. This was in 1871, and he was then twen- ty-one years of age. Previous to this he liad come to the realization ol' how im- portant a factor in his life education might be made to be, and set himself zealously to the task of learning to read and write. Couiing to I'lTtli Auilioy he embarlved in the contracting business : grading, digging, paving, etc., and making a specialty of house-moving. Tliis business has continued to grow and expand under his energetic and intelligent management, and it is now so extensive that it re- (piircs tlic aid of eighty-three men and twent_\-eiglit horses. Mr. Redhing has had many vicissitudes during his business career, but as his motto has always been to "keep moving," he has never allowed an}' misfortune to wither his courage or cause him to lessen his efl'ort. Burneil out at one time with a loss of everything he had in the world, a total of not less than ten thousand dollars, he made this misfortune a stimulant to his energy and re-commenced the battle of life with re- newed vigor. Mr. Redhing is essentially, and in the l)est sense of the word, a selt-made man. Beginning life's struggle hamperetl by poverty and complete lack of education, he has by sheer force of character, in- domitable will, and the possession of a sterling integrity, his word being accepted by ever}' one who knows him as his bond, succeeded in becoming a man of practical intelligence in current afiairs, a successful man of business, and a highly respected and esteemed citizen. Mr. Redhing's political affiliations are with the Republicans, but he has never taken any active [)art in political affairs, lie was a freeholder for one term ; has ijeen a member of the 1.0.0. F. since 1874 ; is a member of the Knights of Pythias; a member of the fire department; was Ibreman of the Washington Hose Com- pany, and is a member of the Exempt Firemen's Association. On Nov. 25, 1874, he was united in marriage to Mary Ann Munn, and their union has been blessed with seven children : George, Karnest, deceased ; Albert Stephen. Mary Knnna, Earl 1)., Eva H., Bertha L. and Cora deceased, Aug. 12, ISlH), at the age of seven years. ^KANZ ROl'XSLKR, vice-president and i-eneral manai!;er of the Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Co., whose prin- cipal odices are in New York city, and wliosi- factories are located at Perth Am- l)oy. New Jersey, is a son of Frederick and Marie (Andreiv) Roessler, and was Biographical Sketches. 437 born, December 6, 1856, at Fraiikfort-on- the-Maiii, in Prussia. His lather was a native of Frankfort- on-thc-Main, and resided in that city dur- ing his entire life. He became a metal- hirgist by occupation, and occupied the responsible position of assay-master in the Frankfort mint until within ten years of his death, which occurred in 1883. He was tlie father of a large family. Franz Roessler received his rudimental education in the free schools of Frank- fort ; afterwartis supplemented by a lib- eral training in the college at Zurich, Switzerland. He subsequently attended tiie School of Mining at Freiberg, in the Kingdom of Saxony, where he obtained a thorough course in mining, metallurgy, and general cliemistry. He completed his education in 1879, and settled in Berlin, then a city of nearly 800,000 inhabitants, where he opened a laboratory for assay- ing metals. He developed unusual abil- ity in this profession, and soon became recognized as a competent authority on all metallurgical subjects. He also attained an excellent reputation in Prussia's cap- ital as an expert chemist. He emigrated to this country in 1882, on a prospecting tour, and for two years was engaged in Brooklyn as a manufacturer of liquid colors for ceramic decoration. He be- came satisfied that in this country lay the opportunity for the successful em- ployment of large capital in the chemi- cal business, and decided to make his stay in America permanent. In 1884 he founded the present extensive establish- ment at Pertli Auiboy, known as the Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Co. ; a corporation formed under the laws of New Jerse}^ for the purpose of carrying on a chemical business with a wide range of purpose : the manufacture of ai'ctone, chloroform, cyanide of potassium, metal oxides, ceramic colors, and a large line of general chemicals. Mr. Roessler person- ally superintended the construction of the company's large plant, which com- prises four separate factories, and which are known, respectively, as " The Chlor- oform Building," " The Cyanide of Potas- sium Building," "The Acetone Building," and " The Dye and Liquid Colors Build- ing." In the last named building are manufactured all colors used in decorat- ing china- and glass-ware. It is the most complete establishment of its kind in the country, and rests upon a solid financial liasis. Its capital stock, $250,- 000, is carefully and successfully man- aged by the following officers : Jacob Hasslacher, of New York city, president ; Franz Roessler, of Perth Ambo}^, vice- president and general manager; Alex- ander Schneider, of Frankfort-on-the- Main, and John K. Creevj^, of New York city, directors ; and William A. Hamann, of New York city, secretary. The company's principal office is at No. 73 Pine street. New York ; and it has a branch office at No. 56 Fifth avenue, Chicago, under the management of F. C. Schapper. It has also branch offices in Berlin, Vienna, and other European cities. In addition to manufacturing the company does a commission business in acids, ammonias, various oils, textile and aniline colors, and a variety of other chemicals and chemical preparations used in pharmacy and in the arts. Mr. Roess- ler's company is the owner of the cele- brated gold and silver brand sulphate of quinine, and is a representative of the " Quinine Factory Auerbach," of Berlin. It also represents the German Gold and Silver Refinery (late Roessler), and the 438 Biographical Sketches. Grieslieiiii Chemical Works, botli at Franktbrt-on-the-Main ; and the Ahiiiiiii- ium Co., limited, of London and Old- bury, Worcestershire, England. Mr. Roessler, in his capacity as manager of the chemical works, gives emi)loyment to forty-two men of Perth Anihoy. lie is president of the Niagara Electro-Cheiii- ioal Co., organized at New York cit}' in 189('.. with a capital of i^lOO,!)!)!). for the manufacture of sodium and its pero.xyd on an extensive scale. The plant at this writing is nearly completed and ready for business. Mr. Roessler was united in marriage. May 11, 1890, to Elizabeth Kuechler, a daughter of George J. Kuechler. They are the parents of three children : Maria, Hans, and Fritz. Mr. Roessler was tor a time a member of the Ta.x-Payers' As.'^o- ciation of Pertii Amboy. lie is an inde- pendent in politics, and a lilieral-minded and progressive citizen; has never sought nor held oflice, but has devoted his every energy to his business, which he has made a success, and to his art, of which he is a master. MRS. LENA H. DAXZ, proprietress of the Lake hotel at New Market, New Jersey, was born in Sweden, Oct. 14, 1848, and in 1872 left her native land to seek a home and new associatiims in America. She resided in Brooklyn, N. Y., until after her marriage, and then n- moved to Plain field, thence to New Mar- ket, this state, her present place of abode. Her late husl)and, Herman Danz, was a native of the German empire, born June 25, 1849, and at tlie age of twenty- four, in 1873, emigrated to the Unitrd States. He resided most of the time, after coming to this country, at Plain- field, but died at New Market, June 7. 1895. The nuptials which made Mr. and Mrs. Danz {nee Johnson) husband and wife were celebrated August 19. 1881 ; and they became the parents of four children : Hannah L., Edward, who died in infancy ; Emma F., and Herman W. In 1886 Mr. and Mrs. Danz pur- chased the Lake hotel at New Market, and conducted it until the demise of Mr. Danz, since which time Mrs. Danz has assumed the responsibilit>- of its manage- ment herself Being a thoroughly ])rac- tical woman of good business qualities, she is amply qualified for the conduct of her hotel business. She is also enter- prising and pi'ogressive, having com- pletely remodeled and refitted her hotel with all the modern equipments and ap- [)urtenant conveniences so highly appre- ciated by hotel patrons. Mrs. Danz is an iiospital)le entertainer and a genial host- ess, and as such her popularity is co-ex- tensive with that of Lake hotel and sunnner resort. T.IMES E. COOK, one of the proprie- '-' tors and the manager of the Man- asquan Coal and Spring Lake L-e Co., is a son of David and Margaret Noble Cook, of Brick township, Ocean county. New Jersey, and was born in that township, Oct. 27, 1845. The early ancestors of the Cook family came from England, and were among those settlers who located on Long Island, and subsequently spread inland into New York state and the state of New Jerse3^ David Cook (father) was a son of Dr. David Cook, and was born and reared in wiiat is now Ocean, but at that time was Monmouth i-ounty, New Jer.sey, and lived there for some years on a farm. He also kept a ^^^-a/t- Biographical Sketches. 441 store in Brick township, said county, for some time, and in 1852 moved to Lower Squankum, Howell township, Avliere he was engaged in farming until 18G0. He was a democrat in politics, and served as a constal)le, an overseer of the poor and a school trustee. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a progressive, active christian. He mar- ried Miss Margaret Noble, daughter of Daniel Noble, of Staten Island, N. Y., and thev had born to them the follow- ing children : Ellen, married to Abraham J. Jones, of Ocean county; Sarah, mar- ried to Captain John Stiles, of Mana^ squan ; Abram N., Jas. E., John, a paint- er at Manasquan ; Randolph, deceased ; and two boys who died in infanc}'. James Cook attended the public schools of Brick township. Ocean coun- ty, until the age of thirteen years, after which he worked on his father's farm for a short time. He then obtained em- ployment on coasting vessels, and was thus engaged for about seven years, after which he entered into the lake trade of | Canada and Chicago, in which he spent j three years. He subse([uently learned ; the trade of a painter at Chicago, and trav- i eled through the greater portion of the west and south working at his trade as a journeyman. After spending about seven years in travel and western adven- ture, he returned east in 1874 and located at Manasquan, wliere he started the : painting business in his own interest, secured large contract work, and carried on extensively. His brother, Abram N., had established the ice Inisiness at Man- asquan, and in 1875 he became associated with him in that enterprise and continued i up to his brothers death, latterly as manager, when he succeeded to the en- tire business, and has since continued the same with greatly increased trade. He employs as man}' as fifteen men and four or five supply wagons to carry on this immense operation which is conducted under the title of the Manasquan Coal and Spring Lake Ice Co. He is an ex- cellent business manager and is thor- oughly active in all his movements. Since 1891 Mr. William G. Sclianck, of Spring Lake, New Jersey, has Ijeen his partner in business, and they are both well qualified to handle the interests of an enterprise which has reached such vast proportions. Mr. Cook's business interests are lo- cated at Manasquan, Spring Lake, North Spring Lake, Como and Birch, and in every line prosperity has followed him. In fact, few men have had more success- ful business careers. He is a member of the Presbyterian church at Manasquan, and has been one of its trustees for the past three years. He has been a mem- ber of the board of education, also, for four years. In politics he is a republican and has been a member of the executive committee of his party for seventeen years. In 1896 he was elected a free- holder from Wall township, Monmouth county, overcoming two hundred of a democratic majorit}', and is the recog- nized leader of his party in Wall town- ship. He is also deeply interested in a number of fraternal organizations, such as the Free and Accepted Masons, the Odd Fellows, in which he is a past-offi- cer; and the Red Men. He is an ex- empt fireman, having served eight years as an active, with Hook and Ladder Co., No. 1, of Manasquan. Mr. Cook married Miss Jennie Burge, daughter of Samuel Burge, of Mana- squan. Dec. 19, 1875, and thej' have had the foUnwin": children : David R.. James 442 Biographical Sketches. E.. Wilber H., John Borden, and Helen M. Three others died in infancy. TD EN J AM IX F. OSBURN, dealer in -•-^ general merchandise at Dayton, Middlese.x: county. New Jersej', is a son of John W. and Harriet Stiles Osborn, of Essex comity, New Jerse}-, and was horn at Milburn, in said county, on Novem- ber 8, 1840. Hand Osborn, his paternal grandfather, was a highly resjjected farmer in Essex county, New Jersey. John W. Osborn (father) was born in ^Yestfield, Essex county', New Jersey-, in 1809, and received his early education in the common schools of his native village. He spent his early life on the farm of his father, but later on he learned the trade of a hatter at Railway, New Jersey, and this occupation he fol- lowed up to the day of his death. He worked at the business at Milburn and other places in New Jerse}- for upwards oi' twenty-five years. He was an aftiliant of the Republican party, but never was an active partisan. He was an attendant of the Presbyterian church at Milburn, and ever actively interested in church work. In his earlier years he had also exhibited much interest in military allhirs, and was a member of the state militia. He mar- ried Miss Harriet Stiles, daughter of Ben- jamin L. and Mary Stiles, of Westfield t(iwnslii[), Essex county. New Jersey, on .luur 10, 1833, and they had born to tiicin the Ibllowing children: Hannah, -Mary, married to Sidney S. Ward, ol' Newark, New Jer.sey, and Benjaniiu F. Mr. Osborn died iu the scvcuty-tliird year of his age. HenjaMiiu F. Osborn was reared at Milljurn. Ksst-x couuty. New Jersev. and received his educatinu iu the pulilic schools of his native village. On leaving school, he entered a general merchandise store at Milburn as a clerk, where he spent two years. He afterward went to New York city, where he was employed in a mercantile establishment for the en- suing three years. Sulisequentl}-, in May, 1801, he I'eturned home and engaged iu farming on his mother's homestead l"arm in Westfield township. Here he remained until April, 1875, when he removed to Dayton, New Jersey, and thei-e continued to farm until 1880. He then abandoned farm life and accepted a clerkship in the general store of Thomas W. Schenck, at Dayton. In 1886 he [)urcliased the busi- ness from Mr. Schenck, and since then has conducted it in his own interest. He also served as acting postmaster of Dayton, from 1887 until March, 1895, when he was succeeded by Mr. Ely. He is a republican in politics, served one term as township clerk in Union county, formerly Essex county, and in 1895 was elected a commissioner of appeals for one year. He is a member of the Preslnte- rian church, of Dayton, and holds the exalted position of deacon therein. He married, January 23, 1SC7, Mi.ss Maiy E. Geerj', daughter of William J. and Susanna Geery, of Rahway, Ni w Jersey, and they have had boi-n to them the following children : John W., who is with his fiither in the store, at Da3'ton ; David W., who died in his fifth year; Benjamin F., Jr., who died in his iu- iancy ; Henrietta M., Susie G. and 11 at tie S. T^AVID SEUVISS, county collector of J-^ Miildle.sex county, and one of the leading insurance men of the county, with offices at South River, is a son of Richard and Esther (Messier) Serviss, Biographical Sketches. 443 and was born June 2, 1851, nour South River, New Jersey. He was educated in the Dunham's Corner common schools, and at Claverack College, Claverack, New York. Five years of his life were spent in teaching school at Carteret and other schools, and in 1875 he engaged in the business of land surveying, which lie still carries on. In 1884, he established his present business of insurance in that section of the county known as Soutli River, near New Brunswick, where he still resides. Mr. Serviss is the South River repre- sentative of some of the most substantial insurance companies of the world, in- cluding the Home Insurance Co., and the Continental Fire Insurance Co., of New York ; the Insurance Company of North America, of Philadelphia ; and the Stand- ard Fire Insurance Co., of Trenton. He handles all the local business of these companies, and has been highly success- ful in placing risks to the extent of many thousands of dollars on valuable proper- ties throughout Middlesex county. Mr. Serviss is a democrat in politics. In 1893 he was appointed county collector of Middlesex count\% to fill out an unex- pired term, and in May, 1894, Avas elected for a full term of three years. He has also occupied the position of township clerk of East Brunswick town- ship, since 1877. He was justice of the peace at South River for the five j-ears ending in 1883. He is a prominent member of the order of Masons. In Oct., 1886, he was married to Miss Mary Throckmorton, daughter of Charles and Rebecca Throckmorton, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and they have had two children : Charles R., deceased, and Esther R. Mr. Serviss is regarded as one of the intluential men of South River. He is a clear-headed, active worker in politics; is a shrewd, enterprising business man, and is zealous and faithful in the discharge of his official duties. While justice of the peace, he exercised the power of that trying office with impartiality and rigid adherence to his convictions, and his entire public record is clear and credi- table. (See sketch of Richard Serviss for Mr. Serviss' ancestral record.) TTOWARD WESNER, an active and -^-*- prominent politician of New Bruns- wick, is the son of Andrew and Catherine Wesner, and was born Nov. 19, 1850, in that city. His paternal grandfather Avas a progressive and well-to-do farmer resid- ing in Bucks county, Pa., and had four children : John, William, Charles, and Andrew. Andrew Wesner (father), after complet- ing his education at the public schools, learned the carriage-making ti-ade at Lambertville, New Jersey, came to New Brunswick in 1835 to make this his per- manent home and to establish his busi- ness on a firmer and broader foundation. This he was successful in doing, for many years carrying on an extensive business, and accumulated a handsome competency. During the war he was deputy United States marshal, and for twenty years after that he filled the duties of a watchman in a bank. He is now retired from all active participation in business, and resides in New Bruns- wick. In his younger days he took an active part in politics, always joining his fortunes to those of the Republican party. He is a member of St. James church. To his wife, who died in 1894, and himself were born five children : William, who died at an early age ; Howard, Sarah, 444 Biographical Sketches. deceased ; James, deceased ; Willie, de- ceased, and George. Howard Wesner left the public schools at the age of sixteen, having become pro- tlcient in all the knowledge obtainable there and went into the book and station- ery business, in which he remained twelve years. In the meantime he had become an active political worker, and having made himself very popular with his fel- low-citizens Avas rewarded, on his giving up mercantile business, with the appoint- ment of deputy slierift' under Sherifl' Ed- ward F. Roberts. He has also been clerk of tlie courts for two years. Mr. Wesner is a member of the masonic order, be- ing a past master as well as a knight templar. A LVAH GRAY, a prominent dealer in -^-^ coal, lime and fertilizers, at Dun- ellen, Middlesex county, and a well- known citizen of that town, is a son of Ransom and Elizabeth CJra}', and was born Nov. 18, 1850, at German Valley, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, where he received a common-school education. At the age of sixteen years he went to work on his father's l';i nn in Lebanon township, Hunterdon coiiiity, and for twelve years was engaged altei'uatcly in farming and in the butcher business at German Valley. In April, 1882, he re- moved to Dunellen and establislied liis present business in co-partnershiii with W. II. Cole. The firm dissolved after four year.s, Mr. Gray taking the business alone. Mr. Gray has an extensive trade in coal, lumljcr, Hour, feed and fertilizers, his patronage extending throughout the township. He is a repuljlican in ])olitics, and takes an active part in local nfl'airs, having been a member of the townshi]) connnittee of Piscataway township tor seven years. He has been treasurer of the Dunellen Building and Loan Associa^ tion since 1892, and is a respected mem- ber and a trustee of the Presbyterian church at German Valley. In 1870 he was married to Miss Mary Bonnell, daughter of Joseph Bonnell of Lebanon township, and they have one daughter, Sarah Louise. Mr. Gray is an energetic business man and a progressive citizen. His influence is unvariably exerted for good in town- ship affairs, and he has added materially to the building up of Dunellen. He is sincere in church work, decided in his political connections, and is regarded with respect and esteem by all who know him. Ransom Gray (his lather) was a widely- known tanner near (Jernian Valley, where he was born and where he resided continuously for sixty-two years. He owned three farms in Lebanon townshiji, covering an aggregate area ol' three iiun- di-ed and sixty-one acres. He was a re- publican in politics, and was justice of the peace at German Valley for about fort}' years. His religious alliliations were with the Lutheran church. The latter years of his life were spent at German Valley, Morris county, where he died in 1880. His children wei'e six in immber : Joiin, now a resident of Newark, New Jersey ; Willard, residing in New York state; Elizabeth Gray, Emma, wife ol A ndrew Naughright ; Mary, wife of John ilniiil, all of (ierinan Valley, and Alvah (iray, of Dunellen, New Jersej-. G1 OTTLOB STRAUB, a prosperous meat ^ dealer of South Andjoy. Middlesex county. New Jersc)', is a son of Krederick and Christiami (Bechtel) Straub, and Biographical Sketches. 445 was born Jan. 22, 1844, at Wittenberg Houser, Germany. His forefathers were natives of the fatherhiml, l)iit as the family records are lacking, it is impossible to furnish even an epitome of their lives prior to his father's time, except the meagre fact that the maternal grand- father was a minister of the Lutheran church. Frederick Straub (father) acquired a modest education in the public schools of Germany, and afterward learned the trade of a shoemaker in that country. He emigrated to the United States in 1846, and for eight years carried on his trade in New York city. In 1859 he re- moved to Matawan, Monmouth count}', where he established himself in the hotel business for a period of four years, and subse([uently engaged in farming. He finally retired from all forms of business and lived the remainder of his days with his daughter. In his politioal views he was a strong democrat, and in religious precept and practice was a member of the German Lutheran church. He was mar- ried to Christiana Bechtel, and had born to him seven children : Frederick and Christiana, both deceased; Charlotte, mar- ried to Jacob Batzel, now residing at Philadelphia; Christian, a butcher in South Amboy ; Katharine, married to Frederick Scliock, in the cigar business at Matawan ; Gottlob and Rose. Gottlob Straub attended the public schools of Twentieth street. New York city, until he was ten years of age, and for two years thereaiter studied the Ger- man language under a private tutor at New York. In 1859 he removed to Matawan with his father, who he assisted in conducting his hot*^l business. At the age of twenty years he went into the butchering business with his brother 23 Christian at that place, which was con- ducted under the name of Straub Broth- ers. At the end of three years this partnership was dissolved, and Gottlob removed in the year 18G9 to South Amboy where for three months he conducted a business for himself in the same line. He then associated with him Sydney Smith, in a partnership known as Smith & Straub, and conducted a very success- ful meat business on Broadway, South Amboy, until 1873. Another partner- ship was formed with his brother on Nov. 23, 1873, which lasted about nine months. In the summer of 1874 he opened a business of his own at No. 228 Hroadway, where he has been enjoying a good trade and a prosperous business ever since. At the present time he con- ducts two markets, and is also engaged at fiirming in Madison township, about one mile from South Amboy. The farm is managed under his personal super- vision, and is a source of additional revenue to Mr. Straub. In polities he has attached himself to the Republican party, and in religious belief he clings to the doctrines of the Pi-esbyterian church. He is a mendjer of several secret socie- ties : St. Stephens Lodge, No. 63, F. and A. M. ; General Morgan Lodge, No. 96, I. 0. 0. F., and Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 52, K. of P. In financial matters he was president and treasurer of the South Amboy Building and Loan Association, ! and vice-president of the Star Building and Loan Association for several years. I He is also commissioner of the sinking fund of South Amboy, elected for three years. In municipal ailairs he is fore- man and engineer of the Protection En- gine Company of South Amljoy. Mr. Straub was married to Antoinette Miller, a daughter of John Miller, of 446 Biographical Sketches. vSoutli Ain1)()v. Thev arc the parents of of" two children : Carrie, married to Alfred T. Kerr, of South Aniboy, and Antoi- nette, residing at honie with her parents. Mr. Stranb mnst have in his posses- sion the [)hilosopher's stone, or else lias felt the tonch of Midas, for he has been eminentl}' snocessful in all his nnder- takings. TAMES BISSETT, oneof the most pronii- ^ nent and enterprising mannfacturers of South River, New Jersey, Avas born in that town Oct. 14, 1833. Pie is a son of Asher Bissett, who was sheriff' of Mid- dlesex county from 1842 to 1845. His patei'nal grandfather, John Bissett, came from Scotland and settled at Old Bridge, New Jersey, prior to the Revolution. His father, Asher Bissett, was born at Old Bridge, New Jerse}-. He receiveil his education in the common schools of his native township, engaged in farming, and in time gained considerable prominence politically, Ijecoming sheriff in 1842. .lames Bissett received his early educa- tion at the ])ublic schools ol" South Kixcr, and afterwards atteuiled the well-known seminary of Professor Co.\e,at Old Bridge. ll|inn his graduation he adopted the oc- (•ii|iali(in of farming, and successfully ful- loued tills for a number of years. in 1870 lie decidi'il upon ]iiirsuiiig a more active life, and purchasing a very exten- sive clay-l)ed on what is known as the Homestead farm, at South River, with wharves and docks at South River, lie ciitcrcil upon IIk' nianufacturc of l)i-icks. .\t the time of his [)urchase of tiiis plant its annual production was limited to thive million bricks, but notwithstanding his lack of business experience Mr. Bissett has developed so great a ca])acity for af- fairs, supplemented by an nntiiingeuergy. that since his proprietorship its annual output has been increased to over eight million bricks at the present time. These are shipped to Newark and New York city, and require for their water trans- portation four schooners and one Ijarge. The value of the property- has increased materially under the ownership and ad- ministration of Mr. Bissett, and he is re- garded as one of the most prosperous manufacturers of South River, as well as one of its foremost citizens. Mr. Bi-ssett is a member of the Democratic party and an active political worker. In 18G9 he was elected a freeholder and gave his town eight years of faithful and intelli- gent service. While James Bissett was a member ol' the board of freeholders he was director of the board the greater part of the time. While he was director the Albany street bridge at New Brunswick, the bridge at Washington (South River), and the one at Cheeserpuvkee, which were all toll bridges, were each nuule free through the especial efforts of Mr. Bissett. ^VIleu the town of Washiiigton (South liiver) was incorporated Jamt-s Bissett was tlie chairman of the first iioard of coiuinissiouers. lie is a mendier of the New York Ibiilding Material Exchange. In religi- ous matters he is very zealous, is an ac- tive member of the Ba])tist church, at Soutii River, anil one of its trustees. Mr. Uissett married .Maria Brown. ilauuliter of A. W. Brown, who was slierill .)f .Middlesex C(unity from IS.IO to 18MU, and is a sister of Judge Ilendrick II. Brown, of Hrowutown, New Jersey. The issue of their marriage has been four chil- dren : .\braham W., Lillie i;.. Maria 1?. (now the wife of T. (!. Thorn p.sou. formerly of West field, Mass.), and Margaretta. Biographical Sketches. /^^IIARLES DUAKE, the lending phar- ^-^ lu.icist and druggist, and treasurer ot" the Dime Savings Bank, of Wood- bridge, Middlesex connt\'< New Jersc}', is a son of Ellis and Jane R. Thompson Drake, and was born Septeml)er 2U, 1S4G, in Woodbridge. Tracing the ancestral history of the Drake family many gener- ations back has developed the tact that the subject of this sketch is in line of direct descent from that celebrated navi- gator and explorer. Sir Francis Drake. Mr. Drake received his primary educa- tion in the public school oi" his native town, and subsequently attended the Elm Tree Institute, at Woodbridge, conducted by Professor T. H. Morris. Completing his studies in 18G0, he commenced his first start in business life the same year by becoming a clerk in the drug store of Dr. E. B. Freeman, at Woodbridge, and was thus employed for five years, after which he attended a course of lectures at the New York College of Pharmacy, by which means he united pharmaceutical theory with his practice. He subse- (juently removed to the city of Brook- lyn, and spent two y-ears in the drug business with Darius G. Farwell. In ISCi'J he came to Woodbridge and opened a phnrmacy on Main street. Two years later he purchased some property situated directly opposite his former location, and there established his present store, which at the very beginning sprang into promi- nence as the leading headquarters within a large radius for everj^thing in the line of drugs, chemicals, hygienic supi)iies and stationery. He enjoys, besides, the largest prescription trade in the town of Wood- bridge. Mr. Drake is a member of the Pharmaceutical Societ\' of New Jersey, his connection with that organization dating from 1887. He is an ardent re- publican in politics, Ijiit has ne\er been Mil oflice-holder or an office seeker. He was elected, however, to a very responsi- ble liusiness position in 1874, becoming the treasurer of the Dime Savings Bank, of Woodbridge, wliicli office he still holds while the institution is making- final payments. Aaron Drake, the pa- ternal grandfather, was a farmer and tlie owner of a large tract of land in Wood- bridge township. He was a meml)er of the Methodist church in that plact', and his political views and opinions coincided with those of the Democratic party^ He died in 1857, at a ripe old age. His wife, Nanc}' Harned, survived until 1871. They had eight children : Benja- min, Jonathan, John, Charles, Ellis, Mat- thias, Josiah, and Elizabeth A. Ellis Drake had an ordinary conunon- school education in Woodbridge. At the age of si.xteen years he left school and took up the sterner studies of life as an apprentice to Reuben Harned, engaged in the coach and carriage building at Rahway. At the expiration of his period of probation he went into that Imsiness for himself at Woodbridge, which he con- ducted very successfull}' to and during the year 1857. He also succeeded to tiie business of his brother, J(matlian, :is un- dertaker, who died in that jear. Mr. Drake conducted that business at Wood- bridge for thirty years, and budt up an extremely large and profitable trade. He was strong in the faith of tlie Kepublican party doctrines, but never evinced any desire to hold office. He was a member and trustee of the Presbyterian church at Woodbridge, serving in the latter capacity for nniny years. He died in 1887, at the age of sixty-nine years, and was survived by his wife until March 2. 1895, on wliicli day she too ])ass((l away. 448 Biographical Sketches. Her age was seventy-seven years. They liad seven children : Edward T., Ellis, ( 'liarles, the sulyect, Ilowanl. Bciijainiii. Martha J., and Thompson. T3EY. HENRY CROSS, the popular pas- -*- ** tor of the First Baptist church, of Manasquan, New Jerse}-, was born at Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, Dec. 12, 184G. Having sprung from ardent Baptist parentage, it was but natural that Mr. Cross should have inherited strong religious proclivities for the family church, and in the course of time having made ample preparation, he entered upon a course of study at the Baptist College, Nottingham. Upon the completion oi' his college and seminary course, he was ordained and given a charge at Coventry, England, remaining at that place several years, when, at the age of twenty-five he came to America by special call in 187o, and was installed as pastor of the First Baptist church at St. Paul, Minn., continuing that pastorate for a ])eriod of five years. Here he I'ouud a large field in which to labor, and throwing into the work his yontiil'ul energies and soul, in tliis tim(\ completed the building and furnishing of the house of w(n\ship in which he preached. Tlien there came a call from the Pilgrim Baptist church. Thirty-third street, New York city, and the Rev. Cross removed to the east and served the al)ove congregation for several years. In New York he had the mis- fortune to lose his wife b}' death ; a most estimable lady and cxenntlarv cliristian. lie was left with ciglit children, the youngest just born, 'i'lic loss (if liis wife. was to him, for the time being, most crushing, and necessitated his removal Irom New York to a field not so exacting. His resignation was accepted with led- ings of the deepest regret. In 1882 he became pastor of the Germain Street Baptist church, St. John's, N. B. In 1884 he married his [)resent wife, who was the widow of Loi'enzo Wilson, E.sq., of that city. In 188G, Mr. Cross was called to Manasquan, and labored diligently six years. In 1892 he left Manasquan for the Wasliington Street Baptist church. Orange, New Jersey. After serving the Orange church nearly four years, the church in Manasquan prevailed upon him to return to them — a sure evidence of appreciation on their part. Mr. Cross commenced his second jjastorate of the same church in Manasquan on April 1. 18U6. He interests him.self in every- thing that tends to the moral and spirit- ual welfare of the community. Mr. Cross lias been very successful in his laboi's, and ministers to a growing ciiurch, having a mendjership of one hundred and filty mend)ers, and a live, healthy Sunday-school with one hundred miMuber.s, of which Henry Reynolds is superintendent. Tiie mend)ers of his congregation who now are serving on the oflicial boards are: .Mai'k l?rowu. Clar- ence I'lilanil. .lames \\ New ni;in, .lolni P. Hnlsliarl and John Davison, deacons ; Captain Poland, Hein'v Reynolds, J. P. Ilnlshart. Dr. R. W. Herbert and Benja- min Bui'ge, trustees. Mr. Cross has a family of eight chil- dren : William C, now residing in St. John'.s, N. B. ; Henry S., of New York city; Ernest J., who lives in Chicago; Xoel. whose home is in New York city; Hannah. Ciiarles V.. ol" New York city; Paul B., and Francis E. The Rev. Henry Cross is an earnest church worker, a highly-esteemed citizen, an interesting and eflective speaker, and is ind)ue(l with true christian charitx. Biographical Sketches. 449 TTENRY WALCOT, a widely-known -'--'- and prosperous grocer at Etitoii- town, Moniiioiith county, is a son of Eseck and S;irah Haynes Walcot, and was horn Nov. 20, 1856, at Oceanport, Monmouth county. Tlie name is ol" English origin, and an account ol' JNIr. Walcot's ancestral record will he lound in the sketch of his latiier, which also appears in this volume. Mr.' Walcot was educated in tiie pub- lic schools of Oceanport, later at tiie Keyport Academy, and at the age ol' thirteen years he entered the grocery business at Keyport, where he remained for two years. He then went to Warren county, 0., but after a short experience there returned home and became clerk in a grocery store at Eatontown. In 1881 he established a grocery store of his own, but shortly became interested in race-track operations at Brooklyn, and devoted himself successfully to that busi- ness for five years. In 1886 he removed to Brooklyn, New York, and again es- tablished a grocery trade, which in April, IS'Jl, he transferred to Eatontown, where he has since remained located. He has a finely stocked store, and conducts a ver}' extensive trade in and around Eatontown. Mr. Walcot is a republican in politics, is a prominent member of the Second Advent church of Eatontown, and an active christian. He is also a member of Crescent Council, No. 93, Ju- nior Order of American Mechanics, of Eatontown. On Ma}' 31, 1878, he was married to ]\Iiss Sarah A. Brant, adaughter of Jotham Brant, of Allaire, N. J. Mr. Walcot is an energetic and successful business man, a iiopnlar and progressive citizen, and an iuHuential member of the community in which he lives. JOSEPH M. MAIER, proprietor of the 'J Park Hotel, at Dunellen, Middlesex county. New Jersey, and a well-known citiy.en of that town, is a .son of Joscpii and Catharine (Eder) Maier, and was born, June 7, 1873, at Dunellen, where be received a common-school education. Upon leaving school he became associated with his father in the management of the I'ark Hotel, and during twelve years he bad a good, practical experience in all (Irtails of the business. Upon his lather's death, iu 1892, he succeeded to the own- ership of the hotel, and has conducted it successfully ever since, nniking it one of the best-known hostelries in Middlesex countj', outside of New Brunswick. He has a large trade among the inlluential people of the county, and runs the hou.se on high-class principles. He is a demo- crat in politics, and takes a leading part in local allairs ; his hotel being the place of assembly for many of the caucuses and conventions of Piscataway township. Although young in years Mr. IMaier has become well-known throughout Mid- dlesex county. He is energetic in his business and decided in his opinions, and has already done much to advance the interests of Dunellen. He is a genial host and a jjublic-spirited citizen. Mr. .Maier's family is of sturdy German origin. His paternal grandfather, Joseph Maier, was a prominent citizen of Wur- teinberg, Germany, and was the father of three children: Joseph, Casper, and Gott- fried. Joseph Maier (father) was born in 1831, at Empinger, Germany, and came to the United States in 1857. lie was a shoemaker by trade, but first turned his attention to farming, near Martinville, New Jersey. Subsequently be woi'ked at shoemaking at Bound Brook for two vears, and at Martinville 450 Biographical Sketches. for c'i^lit years. In 1867 he bought property at Dunellen, and establislieil the Park Hotel, which he continued to manage, in connection with a prosperous boot and shoe business, to the timeofliis deatli in 1892. He was a staunch Jack- sonian democrat in jjolitics, and was at one time delegate to the assendjly from Middlesex county. His surviving chil- dren are : Joseph M., Katharine, Annie, and Lena. Their mother is also surviving. TTTILLIAM H. IXGLING, a prominent ' ' merchant and successful business man of Freehold, and the proprietor of one of the largest and best known gen- end stores in Monmouth county, is a son of Samuel and Ann (Shearman) Ingling, and was born Nov. 1, 1846, at Jobs- town, Burlington county, near Mount Holly, New Jersey. Mr. Ingling is of (Jerman descent, his family having set- tled here Avhile the American colonies were in their infancy. His father was a carpenter, but he decided that his son should have a wider scope in life, and so from Ijoyhood began to lit him for a Inisi- ness career. His early education was acquired in the public district schools of Burlington county. Subsequently he took a thorough course at the People's Business College, Reading, I'a. After leaving college, as no opportunity {)re- sented itself immediately, he worked a short time with his father at carpen- tering, but he .soon secured a position with his uncle w ho was [)r()prietor ol" a store at Perriiie\ iUe. ^roiimouth county. During the time lie was at I'eninex ille he also taught the male (k'partmeut ol the village .school, having previously- taught in a local school at Brown's Mill, Bin-ling- tmi ('(iinity, New Jersey, with great suc- cess. On March 3,1 868, lie moved from Per- rineville to Freehold and entered the em- [)loy of Davis & Burtis as book-keeper. He occupied this position for a year, and re- mained for another year with James T. IJurtis, who continued the business alone after the dissolution of the firm. His next position was that of messenger for the New Jersej' Express Co., a corpora- tion that was afterAvards absorbed by the Adams Express Co. He eiitered their employ, March 5, 1870, and for nearly si.xteen years served in the ca- [)acity of special messenger, with ever\' attention to the companj-'s interests and with honor to himself After serving the corporation in various capacities he was finally made their agent at Freelidld, which position of trust he held until April 1, 1893, when, owing to the pres- sure of liis other business interests, he relinquished the position. On March 1, 1891, he had established a grocery busi- ness on South street, and this was now in such a thriving condition that he de- voted all his time and energies to it. On Jan. 9, 1892, he, in conjunction with ^Ir. Jacob 0. Burtt, bought out the well- known general store of Neafie & John- son, and assumed control of the business under the firm name of Burtt & Ingling. His firm continued to pro.sper until Jan. I. '5, IS'.Mi. when it was dissolved, Mr. Ingling buying out his partner's interest and since that time has continued the business alone, having consolidated his grocery business with the general store in Feb., 189G. He occu})ies two hand- some two-story houses at Nos. 19 and 21 Fast Main street. At No. 19 he carries hooks, stationery and fancv goods, and at No. 21 a full line of toys, crocl«'ry, gla.ssware. house-furnishing goods, wall paper and groeeric's. The former is ^^i^X!^V^2^^t^-<^I^ BlOGRAPHICAI, vSkETCHF.S. 453 eighty feet deep by sixteen feet front; the hitter, one hundred and sixty feet deep by twenty-eight feet fi'ont. He emph)ys three clerks continually, besides which he is always personally at hand, giving every attention to his business. He is a man of deep and earnest convictions in both political and religious matters. He is a prohibitionist iu politics, and has taken a very active part in the councils of that party for many years. During the [)eriod "from 1890* to 1S;)4 he was chairman of the county prohibition com- mittee and rendered very material assist- ance in willing out tlu' " Race Course King" in ISU-S. There is no more dili- gent and conscientious member of the Freehold Methodist Episcopal church than Mr. Ingling. He has been trustee lor twelve years ; steward for twenty-six years ; and superintendent of the Sun- day-school for fifteen years, and was re- elected in 1896. All the charitable and missionary work of the church finds in him a zealous supporter. He is a mem- ber of the Royal Arcanum, the Jr. 0. U. A. M., the I. 0. R. M., and for several vears was a member of Fi'eehold Lodge, I. 0. 0. F. Mr. Ingling was married July 15, 1869, to J:iizabeth C, daughter ot" Wil- liam H. Weeks, of Freehold, and their union has Ijeen blessed with three chil- dren : Adeline Y., born Sept. 17,1870, died Aug. 28, 1871 ; George C, born April 12, 1874, who is now on the repor- torial staff" of the New Brunswick Daily Times; Harry W., born Oct. 20, 1877, who is a student of the class of " 99 " at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York city, standing third in his class for the first year studies. As has already been stated, the Ingling family is of German origin. Content Ingling, the paternal grandfathi'i', was born Aug. 23, 1778, and lived during the latter part of his life near Jobstown, Curlington county, New Jersey, was a [)unip-maker by trade, and in politics a prouiiuent I'edcralist. His children were : -John, Sanuiel, Brazilla, .luseph, Thomas, Content, Mary, and Susan. Sanuu^l Ingling (father) was a native of .lobst(jwn and was a carpenter by trade; I'oUowing this occu})atioii durinii the greater pait of his life. Latterly he removed to Freehold, where, like his son, he was in the employ of the Adams Ex- press Co. In politics he was a strong whig, alterwards joining the Repul)lican [)arty. He was a mendjer of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows and faith- fully observed the ritual of his lodge. His wife was a Miss Ann Shearman, and all their children, except William H., died in childhood. They were Catherine, Thomas, iVmor A., who was drowned in Hartshorn's pond near Freehold, June 28, 1876, and William H. Mr. Ingling died May 25, 1894, in his seventy-eighth year, respected by a wide circle of friends. His laithful wife died on Christmas dav, 1859. A rAllTIN LUTHEll FARRINGTON, -^'J- long and favorably known as a railroad man, was born at Derby, Vt., iu 1844. He is a son of Zenas G. and Cor- nelia Ann (Paul) Farrington, and belongs to a good old New England stock. His ancestors Avere among the pioneers of that section of the country, having settled in or near Boston in the seventeenth cen- tury. Peacham, in the southern part of the state of Vermont, was afterwards the location of the family for many years. Zenas (!. Farrington (father) was a 454 BiOGRAi'uicAL Sketches. fanner all his life and a large owner of laiiil. lie had a family of eleven chil- dren, six sons and live daughters, tlu' siil)ject of this sketch being the ninth child. Martin L. Farrington obtained his early education in the district schools in his native state, and in 18G1 learned the trade of a printer, and followed that oc- cupation near his home for seven years, after which he was for a short time em- ployed as a compositor on the Staiisk'ad .htitntnl. published on the Canadian bor- di'r. On March 'i, 1868, he went to the town ol' Palmer, Mass., which was the home of his mother's family, and re- nniined there six months, emploj'ed at his trade. He then entered into the employ of the New London & Northern railroad, and after two years' service was promoted to the position of conductor. When Superintendent Bentley assumed charge of the New Jersey Southern rail- road, in 1872, Mr. Farrington was ottered a position as conductor, which he ac- cepted, and located himself at Long Branch, New Jersey, until 1877, when he removed to Freehold, since his home. During the vvi-ll-reinembered strike on the New Jersey Southern railroad in 1873-74, Mr. Farrington was one of a connnittee of its employees delegated to go to Trenton and push a bill through tiie state assembly for the benefit of tiie employeesof the road. Tiirougli the actis e and syin[)athetic assistance of (lovernor Parker, since deceased, the bill was passed, and the road, being tied up and not operated for forty-eight consecutive iiours, iK'cauii' the pro[)erty of the state. Anotiier bill was also passed, through the energy of Mr. Farrington and his associate delegates, which was most important in its effect upon the employees of the rail- road company, since it gave them the right to have their claims against the company, for wages due, entered and lilcd as a lien on the road. By reason of tiie strike referred to, one iiundred and forty-three miles of road were tied up for two months. Mr. Farrington has also ser\ed as a conductor on the New York & Freehold railroad, which was bought by the " New Jersey Central" in 1889, and since that time has been in the employ of the lat- ter c(Mnpaiiy. Mr. Farrington was the originator of the employees' annual excur- sions to Asbury Park which, for eighteen years, have been under his successful management, and have been tiie means of furnishing a pleasant and healthy yearly recreation to thousands, hi poli- tics Mr. Farrington is a straight repul)li- eaii, and during the incumbency of the presidential chair by Chester A. Arthur was appointed postinastei" at Freehold. He gave to this office a strictly business administration, which was indorsed in terms of high praise by the local press and the citizens of Freehold generally without respect to party. The compli- ment of this position lay especially in the fact that he did not seek the ap]H)intnieiit, but it was conferred upon liini without solicitation. Mr. Farrington is an activ(> meinher of the Presbyterian church and of the Sunday school, and is also interested in the work of the Christian Endeavor So- ciety, having attended as a ilelegate several state conventions as well as the National convention held at New York in 18!)3. He is also a member of the masonic order, and is interested in the Freeholders' Building and Loan Associa- tion. Mr. Farrington married Adelaide S. Squier. of Monson, Mass. Biographical Sketches. 455 rpHOMAS GALLAGHER, a popular and J- \vell-knuw<» cuiidiictor un tlie Now Jersey Kailroad and Transportation Co., now tlie Fcnn.sylvania railroad, and a re- spected citizen of New Brunswick, was l)()rn in Ireland in 1830, and is a son of .lames and Marv Dorton (iallagher. His paternal grandfather, Thomas (lallagher, was a farmer in Ireland iill his lil'c. and a mendjer of the Roman Catholic church. Three children were born to him : James, Thomas, and Patrick. James Gallagher (father) was educated at the pul)lic .schools in Ireland, after leaving which he took up the occupation of farming, which he followed until the year 1852, when he came to the United States, and locating at Jersej' City, lived a retired life. lie was a member of the Roman (.'atholic church. He died in 1854, hav- ing had his married life blessed with three children, of whom Thomas was the eldest, the others being two daughters: Mary, married to John Terney, and Kate. Thomas Gallagher received a sound pub- lic school education, in the public schools of Jersey City, after which he secured a position as errand boy in the offices of the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation (Jo., where by his politeness and close at- tention to his duties he won the con- fidence and respect of his employers, and step by step climbed the ladder of pro- motion until in 1866 he reached the jMsition of conductor on the road, run- ning between Jersey City and Millstone. This position he has retained ever since, and has so pierformed the oft-times oner- ous duties of it that in 1890 he won the diamond studded gold watch oflered to the most popular conductor on the road, the largest niunber of votes being cast for him. He belongs to the Democratic party, is a member of the Roman Catho- lic Benevolent Legion, and of the L. 0. R. C. He resides in New Brunswick. He was united in marriage with Kate Colton, daughter of Thomas Colton, Esq., July 18, 1851, and to their union have been born five daughtei's and two sons : Kate, Mar}', married to James Woods ; James, Lizzie, Louise, Thomas, and Fann\, married to Wm. Mastersoii. TTUDSON BENNETT, a prominent re- -*— *- tired citizen of Freehold, is the youngest son of William H. and Jane (Leftertson) Bennett, and was born, May 1, 1825, at Freehold, New Jersey. He acquired his education in jjrivate schools of the town of his birth, but was taken from school to assist his father in the management of the farm, upon which he has resided all his life down to the present time. He has been more or less engaged in farming all his life, but since his father's death he has turned his at- tention to developing that portion ot Freehold by cutting his farm up into building lots, improving them, and lay- ing out streets. It may be truly said that all the southeastern portion of the present limits of the town has been built up on the site of his farm, and the greater portion of this improvement was made by Mr. Bennett personally, and about all of which has been accomplished within the past six years. He has already laid out the following streets : Elm, Mechanic, Bennett, Bitumen, and Main on the west side of the New York and Atlantic Highlands railroad ; the greater portion of these streets are built up and well improved. Beyond this rail- road he has laid out the following streets : Center, Factory, Broad, Libert}-, Fir.st, Second, Third, and Fourth. The prop- 456 Biographical Sketches. erty on these streets being chiefly owned and occupied by employees of the Roth- ehild Shirt Factory, which is also located upon his farm. Mr. Bennett, partly by virtue of iiis extensive real-estate interests and cvci' out-reaching enteri)rise, hasprobaldy con- tril)uted more to the industrial wealth and material development of Freehold than any other one citizen of the town. Mr. Bennett has always been found in the foremost rank in support of every wortiiy movement or enterprise inaugurated for the welfare of the town and community. He was one of the active members of the Freehold Improvement Co.; is a memlier of the Freehold board of trade, as a mendier of which he rendered valuable assistance towards securing the locating of new enterprises at Freehold. He was one of the first to subscribe for stock, and lend his encouragement to securing the construction of the Freehold and James- burg railroad ; also one of the first stock- holders in the First Niitional Bank at Freehold. In politics he is a democrat, but lias never sought or held olTice, and would never accept any political position. For seven years he was an active mem- ber of the Freehold iuAmtry militia, under Major Yard. Mr. Bennett enjo\s tlic distinction of being one of the three oldi'st citizens ol Freehold. He was married on Jan. 5, 1854, to Cornelia, a daughter of Hen- drick Sickles, a farmer of Hohiidel, Mon- mouth ccmnty. New Jersey, and has had two children : Anna, I)orn Oct. 19, 18-54, married to William H. Forman, an at- torney and ex-mayor of Freehold, and now residing at Freehold; and Henry Hudson, born March -'2, 1857, who is now practicing medicine in New York. For ancestral history i*efer to sketch of ' Judge Charles S. Bennett, foinid el.se- where in this volume. ^ OATHICK CAMPrOX, e.\-city collector *- of South Aud)oy, Middlesi'X county. New Jersey, and now foreiiiaii for dohn Scully in the hard-coal department of hi.s extensive coal business, is a son of Mich- ael and Juliii Campion, and was born in ISIL', at .b)hiistowu. County Kilkenny, Irehiud. His paternal grandfather, David Campion, and Michael Campion, his father, were also natives and successful farmers of Erin. The latter emigrated to this country in 1858, and settled origi- nally near Syracu.se, N. Y., where at fu'st lor a time he followed the pinw. lie subsequently came to South Am hoy. and for man}'^ years was a laborer on the freight docks of the Camden and Am- boy Railroad Co. He lived a retired life for several years prior to his death, in 1890. He had been saving and frugal in habits, and he had happily accumu- lated a sufficiency of this world's goods to keep him very comibrtnbly. In politics lie was a democrat, and in religion a mem- ber of the Roman Catholic church. He was an active worker in the cause of Christianity, and was esteenu'd a good man. lie was an old-time member of St. Patrick's Society, No. 1, South Amboy, New Jersey. Julia, his wife, died in 1891, one year subsequent to his own death. They were the parents of four children : Patrick, John, deceased ; Bridget, de- ceased; and Maggie, who subsequently became the wife of Richard Burden, of S(nith Amboy. Patrick Campion attended school in Ireland about six years: live of those years were spent in the jiarochial .school, and the remaining year in a private BioGRAPHicAi, Sketches. 457 school of his native town. He then joined ' his hither in America, and attended the public scliools of South Aniboy until he reaclu'd the age of seventeen yt-ars. He had meanwhile attracted the notice of ('aptain De draw, superintendent of the Camden and South Ainhu}' Railroad Co., who odcred him employment on the docks, lie accepted, and for a year he was employed in stowing freight of all kinds on the company's boats. He was tlicn appointed boss stevedore, and held that position for two years. Hewassub- sciiuently engaged in the same capacity and for a similar period by the Union Freight Co. He remained with that company until the removal of their ot- fices to New York. He spent the ensu- iug seven years in the service of the Cam- den and Andwy ; two years as a brake- man on the road and five years on tlie watci' in tlie capacity of stevedore. He retired from that company's employ in 1869, when he was appointed by John Scully, of South Amboy foreman of his department of soft coals. He success- fully conducted that branch of Mr. Scully's extensive business during eigh- teen years when he was transferred by Mr. Scully to his hard-coal department. In this position Mr. Campion still re- mains, and he has acquitted himself to the complete satisfaction of his employer, who regards him as a good and faithful servant. He prides himself upon these facts that he never was discharged from a position, and never was obliged to solicit one. In politics his democracy has never been questioned, nor his activity ever been relaxed. He has given good service in the township committee, of which body he has been a member for eight years. He was elected to a seat in the town council of South Amboy for a five-years' term, and about a year prior to its expiration his friends elected Flim to the responsible office of borough collector for a term of three years. He is a Rouuin Catholic in religion, and he was a inendter of St. Patrick's Society, No. I, of South Amboy. He was also one of the charter members of St. Patrick's Society, No. 2, at a later period, and was elected to, and has served in the treasurership of that society for twenty-seven consecutive years. He has never in all that time been a beneficiary of the society. He is a mendjer of the Order of Foresters and of the x\ncient Order of Hibernians, of which latter organization he is treasurer. Mr. ('ampion was married Oct. 31, 18(39, to Sarah Ann Conlough, a daughter of Bernard and Catherine Conlough. They have five children, all living: Katie, James, a clerk to Howell & Gordon, grocers, of South Amboy ; William, JuH- etta, and David, all attending the paro- chial school. Xn A. HULTS, M.D., a prominent phy- -'-^* sician of Middlesex county, and a leading practitioner of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, is a son of John and Leah (Howell) Hulls, of Plainsboro, Middlesex county, New Jersey, at which place he was born, August 20, ISCl. The name Hults indicates its Teutonic origin, and is unquestionably the original name of the family, coming down to us unchanged, either through interpretation or abbrevia- tion, as has been too frequently the case. James Hults, the grandfather of Dr. Hults, was a native of Plainsboro, New Jersey, and a well-known and prosperous farmer. He was an old-line whig in politics, but never the subject of political preferment. He was married at an early age, and as the result of such marriage 458 Biographical Sketches. the following progeny are inscribed upon the family record : Ellen, wife of S. Davidson; Eva Ann, wife of John Maple, deceased ; Alary, Alfred, deceased ; and John. John llult.s, the father vi' Dr. Hulls, was the youngest, and was born atPlains- boro, Middlesex county. He has been a farmer all his life, highly respected and esteemed as a citizen and a man. He is an active and zealous republican in poli- tics, and is a devout christian and com- municant of the Baptist church. He also married at an early age, and he and his wife are still living in the peaceful enjoy- ment of a. happy and healthy age. There are three children : Carrie, Jacoli M.. and Eugene A., the doctor. Dr. Hults received the benefit afforded by the common school of his native place, until he reached the age of sixteen years, when he entered a store as a clerk. After spending a year in this store, at the age of eighteen years, he Ijegan teaching school and taught for a brief period, when he entered the normal school at Trenton. Upon leaving the normal school he resumed his avocation as a teacher, and taught school for the next four years. He taught school during the winter months, and during the summer months devoted himself to the study of medicine. He first studied with Dr. Skillman, of New Brunswick, and then taught school again for a while. He next studied medicine under Dr. G. M. Skill- man, of Bound Brook, New Jersey, for two years. Alter teaching a school in AVashington Valley for another year, he entered the Ilahnemann Medical College of Philadeli)liia, Pa., from which institu- tion he graduated in ISSG. He began the practice of his profession at Perth Amboy, and by dint of close application and skill in his profession, has succeeded in l)uilding up a very large and lucrative business. He is president of the local Building and Loan Association of Perth Aniltoy, a branch of the Mercantile Co- operative Bank ; was a member of the board of health ; now health inspector; is a member of the Junior Order U. A. M.; the Royal Arcanum, and of the exam- ining board for teachers. He is also medical examiner for the American Life Insurance Co., the Home Life Lisurance Co., the United States Industrial Life Insurance Co., and the Ro^al Arcanum. Dr. Hults is an earnest and devoted christian gentleman ; he is a deacon and trustee of the Baptist church, and is highly esteemed by the brethren for his devout and exemplary piety. He married, on June 16, 18SG, Miss Lucy Voorhees, daughter of Mr. Charles Voor- hees, by which union they have been blessed with three children, all of them sons : E. Arthur, Sidney E., and Chas. V. A DRIAN LYOX, a successful .and prom- -'-*- ising meml)er of the junior bar of Middlesex county, residing at Perth Am- boy. is a representative of one of the oldest and best-known families of East Jerse}'. He is a son of William L. and Ursula (Sebring) Lyon, and was born July 25, 18G9, at Pluckamin, Somerset county. New Jersey. His elementary education was obtained in the common schools of Somerset county. He after- wards, for a short time, atten ing in 1850, he took the honors of his class in mathematics. He iifterwards attended the Bloomfield Institute three years, and then took a clerkship for two years under his father, who was then county clerk. In 1856 he entered the law office of Lewis C. Grover, of Newark, under whose preceptorship he read four years, having at the same time full charge of Mr. Grover's office work. In 1861, when the cruel civil war burst ujjon the country, Mr. Terhune was among the first to enlist in defence of the nation's honor. He served as adjutant of the Twenty-sixth regiment, New Jersey volunteers, until June 10, 1863, when he was honorably discharged at Newark. He was a soldier always found at his post of duty, is now promi- nent and active in the work of the G. A. R., has been connnander of Post No. 61, at Red Bank, and adjutant-general of the department of New Jersey. Re- turning from the war Mr. Terhune en- gaged in the banking business, first as receiving teller of the Marine Bank of New York city, next as cashier for the banking house of Northrup & Chick, of New York city, and later became cashier Biographical Sketches. 471 of the First National Bank of Dennison, Texas. In 188-3 he came to Red Bank a.s diseount clerk of the Second National Bank, and continned in that position until 1892, when he resigned to help or- ganize the Nave.sink Bank of Red Banlv. Upon its organization lie was made its assistant cashier, anil has since heen contin- ued in that position. He is a careful and methodical official, noted for the rapidity and accuracy of his work. He is secre- tary of the board of trade of Red Bank, and in politics he is a republican. Lib- eral and generous in his views, he sup- ports the men who are best qualified to fill the office. His tastes are for intelli- gent and refined society, and his chosen friends are persons of ability and culture. He is an earnest, fluent and foi'cil)le speaker, and certain to command the at- tention of those wdiom he addresses. TAMES G. SERVISS, superintendent of '^ Van Liew cemetery, North Bruns- wick township, and well known through his untiring work in connection with church and charitable affairs in that township, is a son of Richard and Ann (Norman) Serviss, and was born Dec. 16, 1828, at South River. He was educated in tlie district schools at Dunham's Cor- ner. Wiien fifteen years old lie entered a blacksmith shop at George's Road, learned the trade thoroughly, and fol- lowed it for forty years, his shop being located on the road leading from New Brunswick to Milltown. He was elected superintendent of Van Liew cemetery in 1879, and has filled that position ever since. His duties comprise attention to all l)usiness matters connected with the cemeteiy, and he has taken extraordinary interest in beautifying and adorning the grounds, turning them into a veritable garden spot. Mr. Serviss has always been a staunch republican in politics, and served as town- ship collector and treasurer of North Brunswick for seven years. He is a member of the Livingston Avenue Bap- tist church of New Brunswick, and has always been prominent in the conduct and advancement of church affairs. Mr. Serviss is widel}- known and respected throughout Middlesex county. He is especially prominent by his practical in- terest in charitable matters, and it is well known that he never refuses a helping hand to any deserving fellow-man in dis- tress and never withholds aid from any philanthropic plan which promises to bear good fruit. He is a brother of Richard Serviss, sheriff of Middlesex county, and an uncle of David Serviss, collector of Middlesex county, and the reader is referred to the sketch of the former in this volume for an account of the family's ancestry. JOHN MOY, merchant and deputy postmaster of Stelton, New Jerse}-, and a man of vai'ied business experience, and an extensive traveler, is a son of William and Mary Moy, and was born at Epsom, County of Surrey, England, July 13, 1824. His ancestry, eminently respectable and industrious, originated in the city of Norwich, Norfolk, England, and belonged to the yeoman class, which constitutes the real strength of any country. Young Moy attended the com- mon schools until the age of ten years, and was reared in the public house (the Royal Standard) at No. 32 Stock Bridge Terrace, Pimlico, London ; of which his uncle, John Moy, was proprietor. He 472 Biographical Sketches. then became a steward on the first mail steamer, the '" Australian," that sailed to Sydney, Australia, and back to England; leaving Blackwall, London, June 1, 1852, and returning, arrived at Plymouth, Eng- land, Jan. 11, 1853. This steamer, on her return trip, had on board eleven tons of gold, and the largest specimen found up to that time; weighing twenty-eight pounds, four ounces. The same year he left his native land and landed in New York city, wheix- he immediately ac- cepted a position with a book firm. He filled this position Ijut a short time; and, after occupying several other positions, he became associated with the Singer Manufacturing Co., in whose employ he continued for thirteen years. At the ex- l)iration of this time he removed to Mid- dletown, Monmouth county. New Jersey, and embarked in the grocery business. Subsequently he came to New Bruns- wick. Here he was elected constable, and served during the years 1882, '83, '84, and '85, and at the same time was engaged in the kerosine oil business. In 1889 he engaged in merchandising at Stelton, New Jersey ; and, in the same year, he was appointed deputy-postmas- ter of that town by President Cleveland. Politically Mr. Moy is an active and loyal republican, and cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln ; religiously, an earnest and devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Frater- nally he is a member of Palestine Lodge, No. Ill, F. and A. M., New Brunswick; and the Union League of Brooklyn, N. Y. In 1855 he was also a member of the volunteer fire department. New York Hook and Ladder Company, No. 11. To his marriage union have been born six children : Elizabeth Bertha, born Oct. 27, 185H, married Samuel Tolman, and re- sides in Brooklyn; Sarah Adelia, born May 1, 1859, and died in infancy; Pliti'be Augusta, born June 5, 1861, and also died in infancy ; John Lincoln, born May 4, 1863, married, and i-esides in Brooklj'n ; George Washington, born August 29, 1865, married, and lives in Brooklyn ; William, born Nov. 15, 1868, and died in infancy. Mr. Moy is a man of wide and varied experience with men and afl'airs. Li business he is found careful and methodi- cal, and of proverbial honest}' and up- rightness in all his business and social relations. TTTILLIAM H. CARSON and GARRETT '^' D. CARSON, comprising the firm of Carson Brothers, extensive wholesale and retail butchers and dealers in live stock at Freehold, are sons of John V. and Adelia Carson. Their grandfather, Disbrow A. Carson, was a prosperous farmer and large land- owner in Marlboro township, where lie was a school trustee and an elder in the Marlboro Dutch Reformed church. One of his sons, William Carson, was at one time revenue collector at Holmdel, and another, D. A. Carson, was deputy-sheriff of Monmouth county in 1878. John V. Carson (father) was educated in the Marlboro district schools, and was widely prominent, not only as a iarmer, but more particularly as proprietor of the Hotel Belmont at Freehold, from 1861 to 1864. He is an active democrat in politics, and was a large land-owner in Monmouth count3^ He is the father of two sons and tlu'ce daught^'rs : Garrett D., William H., Jennie, Lizzie, and Siirah. Garrett D. Carson, elder of the two brothers, and senior member of the firm, was born Oct. 2, 1859, at Pleasant Val- Biographical Sketches. 475 ley, New Jersey, and was educated at Freehold, graduating from the Freehold Institute in 1874. His early life was spent with his father on his farm in Marlboro township, but after completing his education he became book-keeper for C. B. Ellis, a butcher doing business at the place now occupied by him and his brother. In 1885 Mr. Carson purchased the business, and entered into partner- ship with Job E. Emmons, and they re- mained together until 1889 under the firm name of Carson & Emmons. The present co-partnei'ship of the two brothers was founded Jan. 1, 1890. Mr. Carson is a member of Lodge No. 16, F. and A. M. ; K. of P. ; Jr. 0. U. A. M., and the local lodge of I. 0. 0. F., of which he was treasurer for six years. In 1890 he was married to Miss Lillian K. Johnson, daughter of P. R. Johnson, of Philadel- phia. He is a staunch, industrious busi- ness man, a popular and progressive citizen, and one of the most active sup- porters of the First Presb3'terian church, of which he is a leading member. William H. Carson, junior member of the firm, was born March 25, 1862, at Freeliold, and graduated from Freehold Institute in 1881. He assisted his brotljer Garrett in his business until 1890, when he became a member of the firm. In 1890 he was married to Miss Annie D. Rue, daughter of Matthew Rue, of Red Bank. He is a popular and respected citizen of Freehold, and an energetic busi- ness man. Carson Brothers are the lead- ing buyers and sellers of cattle, sheej) and other live stock in Monmouth county, in addition to conducting an extensive wholesale and retail butcher trade. They receive and ship cattle in car-load lots, and buy from all the surrounding country. They own considerable property, includ- ing large slaughter houses at Freehold, where they have six emplo3'ees, and from whence they run both local and country delivery wagons. Both of the brothers are noted horse-fanciers, and were proTiii- nent in the organization of the Freehold Driving Association. The firm has a wide reputation as a prosperous and en- terprising one. r\ B. REYNOLDS, president of the ^-^* Bound Brook Water Company, the Bound Brook Electric Light, Heat and Power CVmipany, and vice-president of the First National Bank of Bound Brook, a retired railway contractor of unusual experience, is a son of William and Eliza- beth Bowen Reynolds, and was born Feb. 13, 1823, at North Kingston, R. I. The family is of English origin. The paternal grandfather, Jabez Reynolds, was a native of North Kingston, R. I. He was a farmer all his days and reared but one son, William, father of the sub- ject of this sketch. William Reynolds (father) was born and raised at North Kingston, R. I., where he received a good education, and later became a surveyor of lands. He became a man of considerable prominence in the state, and a man who possessed the entire confidence of the people. His services were in frequent demand in set- tling of estates. He owned a farm of four hundred acres near Kingston, the old homestead farm, and he operated for many years in Warwick township, R. I., one of the first cotton mills established in Rhode Island. From 1840 to 60 he Avas president of the East Greenwich National Bank. He was an ardent advocate of the cause of tempei'ance, and he organ- ized one of the earliest temperance socie- 476 Biographical Sketches. ties in his state. He was a whig and an abolitionist in politics, and an admirer of the late Horace Greeley. He was a mem- ber of the Society of Friends, liicewise his fii'st wife, Sarah Bowen. They had eight children : Jabez, deceased, at Cincinnati ; James, deceased, at Providence, R. I. ; William K., also deceased, at Cincinnati ; Thomas A., an ex-senator from Rhode Island ; Richard, deceased in Michigan ; O. B., and Lydia B. 0. B. Reynolds attended the district schools at North Kingston, but owing to an attack of lung-fever, which he suftered in early boyhood and from which he did not entirely recover for seven years, his education was quite limited. He quit school and entered the service of Sewall Belknap, a railroad contractor and builder, whose foreman he soon became and with whom he remained until the death of that gentleman. He assisted Mr. Belknap in the construction of the Fitchburg railroad, and subsequently was appointed road master. After two years he entered upon an extensive career as a railroad contractor and builder. He built tlie Marietta and Cincinnati rail- road, between those two Ohio cities. He was superintendent of construction of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern from Erie to Pennsville, at Girard, and of the filling of Boston ba}-, Boston. He car- ried out a successful contract with the Union Pacific which extended from the Summit, thirty-six miles from Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Ogden, Utah. From there he retiu'iied to the East and secured a con- tract at Danbury, Conn., and built what is now the New England road. He went thence to New Orleans and entered upon the construction of the New Or- leans, Mobile and Texas I'ailroad, to DonaldsonviUe, whiih he finished in 1870. He subsequently built fourteen miles of the Lehigh Valley road from Bound Brook, west, completed the New Eng- land railroad, and built the Delaware and Lackawanna extension from Bing- hamt(m to Buflalo. After he completed this last undertaking he sold out his en- tire outfit of apparatus and machinery with a view of retiring from that busi- ness. He subsequently, however, was engaged in work for a time on the rail- road between Halifax and Montreal. He retired from business in 1883 and settled permanently at Bound Brook, where he is interested in some of its most suljstan- tial institutions. He is president of the Bound Brook Water Company, vice-presi- dent of the First National Bank, and president of the Bound Brook Electric Light and Heat Company. Mr. Reynolds is a republican in poli- tics, and was lor many years one of the commissioners of Bound Brook. He was married in 1845 to C^ynthia White. She died three weeks after the marriage cere- mony was performed. For his second wife Mr. Reynolds married Mary J. Lampman, a daughter of John Lamp- man, in 1852. She also has passed to the other world. Her death occurred in 1888, at the age of sixty-two years. She was the mother of two children, both of whom died in infancy. Mr. Reynolds has reached and passed the scriptural seventy years allotted to human life, and on his scroll there is traced during the greater number of those years the record of a busy, eventful and prosperous life. He has without doubt contributed more time and a greater experience to the cause of successful railroad building in this country than any other one man, for the field of his operations cover every state in the Union. Biographical Sketches. 477 "pENJAMIN E. GRIGGS, a successful J-^ grocer of Matawiui, Monmouth county, New Jersey, is a son of Benja- min and Mary (Stillwell) Griggs, and was born Sept. 15, 1847, in tiiat town. Tiie family is originally of Scotch descent. The paternal grandfather, also named Benjamin, was a successful farmer and resided near Freehold, New Jersey, all his life. His political faith was that of a democrat, and in religious creed he was a baptist. He was married to Mary Wliitlock, and he deceased in 1816. His wife died in 1858, after bearing him six children : John, William, Benjamin E., Edmund, Lydia, and Mary. Benjamin E. Griggs (father) was born near Freehold in 1810. He there I'e- ceived a common-school education, and later removed to Matawan, then JNlid- dletown Point, where, after clerking sev- eral years in a store, he entered into busi- ness for himself by forming a partnership with Conover Wliitlock, under the lirm name and style of Griggs & Wliitlock, dealers in general merchandise. He car- ried on a prosperous business in that line for a number of years, and at a later period he engaged in the business of milling at Matawan. He was subse- quently employed in the custom house at New York city for a time, and still later was engaged in the grocery busi- ness with his son at Matawan. In this latter occupation he remained until his death, which occurred in 1887. He was an active democrat in politics, was an efficient toiler in the party ranks, and was assessor for his township for a period of twenty years. In the Presbyterian church at Matawan, of which he was an earnest and devoted member, he occupied the position of elder for many years. He was the father of six children : Sarah, married to Garret Hendrickson, of Mat- awan; William, in business with the sub- ject ; John, in mercantile business at New Haven, Conn.; Louisa, deceased in 1876; Benjamin E., the subject, and Elizabeth, living with her brother, Benja- min E. Benjamin E. Griggs (subject) received his earlier education in tlie public schot)ls of Matawan, but subsequently he at- tended the Glenwood Institute, from which he was graduated. After a series of clerkships in various stores at Mata- wan he opened a gi'ocery business of his own on Main street, in the same town, in 1876. In this enterprise, to which he added the business of dealing in hay and feed, he soon built up a very successful and profitable trade, and one that is con- stantly increasing. Mr. Griggs is a demo- crat politically ; in religious matters is an active member and a trustee of the Matawan Presbyterian church, and is interested in the Sunday school. He is a member of three secret societies, the Royal Arcanum, the I. 0. 0. F., and the Jr.^0. U. A. M. TTON. WILLIAM F. HARKINS, ex- -L-L member of the New Jersey state legislature, a prominent figure and leader in the political aflairs of New Brunswick and Middlesex county, New Jei'sey, now the assistant postmaster of that city, is a son of James and Catharine (Lannon) Harkins, and was born at New Bruns- wick, Middlesex county, Sept. 22, I860. John Harkins (grandfather) was a na- tive of New Brunswick, and was con- nected with a distillery at that place. He was a democrat, and a member of the Roman Catholic church. John Harkins and his estimable wife, formerly Miss 478 Biographical Sketches. ]\Iargiiret Lynch, had a family of seven children: Mrs. Mary Trainor, Cliarles, James, Elizahcth (Mrs. Elizabeth Lynch), John, Edward, and Robert. Grandlather and grandmother Ilarkins died respec- tively in 18G5 and 1894, and ai'e both buried in the St. Peter's Roman Catholic cemetery, New Brunswick, New Jersey. James Harkins (father) was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he received his education in the common schools, learned the trade of a mason, and sustained a high reputation as a bricklayer. Mr. Harkins, Sr., followed his chosen calling for many years, and finally relinquished it, and became a trav- eling representative for a Philadelphia company, in whose employ he remained until his death, which occurred Dec. 24, 1893. He was an unfaltering believer in the principles of the Democratic party, and in church doctrine and holdings was a catholic. On Nov. 2o, 185(5, James Harkins married Miss Katharine Lan- non, daughter of Catherine and James Lannon, and their family of children are as follows: Margaret, John J., Mary (Mrs. James Maher), William F., James and Charles, deceased ; Anna S., died young; Teresa Anglca, Charles, and Loretta. William F. Harkins (subject) obtained his preliminary instruction in the pa- rochial schools, and then attended the Rutgers College Grannnar School. He read law for one year in the ollice of Messrs. Riley & Stone, but being obliged to give up the prospect of completing a law course Mr. Ilarkins connected iiimself with the New Brunswick button factory, where he remained eight years. In the meantime he learned telegrai)hy, and for eight years was employed by the Penn- sylvania Railroad Co. at Metuchen, New Jersey, and held some responsible posi- tions in the service of that corporation. In the spring of 1890 Mr. Ilarkins was nominated by the Democratic party for the office of city recorder, and was elected by a majority of one hundred and eighty-nine votes. In 1893 he was again a candidate for the same office, and received seven hundred and sixty-four majority over his opponent. In 1893 he became the recipient of still higher honors, this time being elected to a seat in the assembly of his state. He served his term, but was defeated at the next election in 1894. Mr. Harkins has also been justice of the peace in the Sixth ward of his city, and also commissioner of deeds. His political and public life has been one of great activity and de- votion to the interests of the general public and to a well-satisfied constitu- ency, and he has gained an enviable reputation as an able, courteous, and pop- ular official. He is a member of the St. Peter's Roman Catholic church of New Brunswick, and actively supports the same. He is also connected with a brass band, organized in 1888, and at one time was leader of that organization. On Sept. 25, 189G, William F. Ilarkins married Miss Mary A. Norton, daughter of John and Catherine Norton, of New Brunswick, New Jer.sey ; and this happy union has resulted in a family of three children : Katharine, James, and John. Mr. Harkins was appointed, April 1, 189G, to the position of assistant post- master of New Brunswick, which office he continues to occupy and discharges its duties in a manner extremely gratifying to the people of that city. In his social and domestic relations Mr. Ilarkins occu- pies a happy medium, and is regarded with the highest esteem and affection. Biographical Sketches. 479 A BONIS NELSON, M. D., an eminent -^^ pi-actitioner of Neshanic Station, New Jersey, is a son of Alexander and Abigail Thorp Nelson, of Middletown township, Bucks county. Pa., and was horn at Washington Crossing, Pa., June 4, 1850. His father, during the early part of his life, was engaged in the shoe business at Bristol, Pa. Subsequently he entered the hotel business and was proprietor of the Washington House, Washington Crossing, New Jersey. The last forty years of his life he passed at Washington Crossing, New Jersey, where he died July 22, 1893, at' the age of eighty-one. He was a republican in poli- tics, and a member of the masonic order. The mother of Dr. Nelson died June 1, 1889, at the age of seventy-five. Their children wei'e : Ada B., married to W. H. Fisher, of St. Paul, Minn. ; Anna C, married to John Farley, of Sioux Falls, Dak. ; Alonzo, now in the insurance business at Chicago; Alexowna, Abby L., Achilles, Alice and Adonis. Dr. Nelson received his early educa- tion at the public schools of his native town, and then attended the Model School of Trenton Normal, and after- wards took the normal course, graduating in 1874. He then taught school for two years at Cedarville, and Point Pleasant, New Jersey, and in 1876 entered the University of Pennsylvania. Here he took the regular three years' course, and graduated in 1879, with degrees in both medicine and surgery. He first entered upon the practice of his profession at Baptisttown, Hunterdon county. New Jersey, where he remained about one year, and from thence removed to Tren- ton Junction, where he remained two years. He then removed to Neshanic Station, where he now resides. Here he has built up a large and lucrative prac- tice, and enjoys a high reputation as an exceptionally skillful physician and sur- geon. He belongs to the Republican party, is one of the Somerset county coroners, and a member of the Somerset County Medical Societ3% He married Retta Polhemus, daughter of Peter Pol- henius, Esq., of Hunterdon county, New Jersey, June 7, 1882, and two children have been born to them, Ada Byron, born May 4, 1883, and Don A., born Dec. 22, 1886. TTENRY L. ZOBEL, who is a prosper- -*—'- ous and successful dealer in shoes and gents' furnishings at Sea Bright, Monmouth county. New Jersey, is the youngest son of Henry and Anna Hassel Zobel, and was born at Oceanport, this county. May 15, TSOO. His father, Henry Zobel, is a native of Germany, born at Frankfort-on-the-Main, June 3, 1831, but emigrated to America in 1851, when he was between the age of twenty and twenty-one years. He had learned the trade of a shoemaker in his native country, and soon found employ- ment at his trade after landing in the city of New York. He worked at his trade there four years, and then migi'ated to Monmouth county. New Jersey. Since then he has resided in various parts of the county, and, finally, in 1892, came to Sea Bright, where he has since resided, engaged in his trade. Loyal to the flag of his adopted country, and in perfect sympathy with the Union, he volunteered his services to maintain the honor of that flag and the preserva- tion of the Union. He accordingly en- listed on Aug. 28, 1863, at Freehold, in Company H, Thirty-fifth regiment, New 480 Biographical Sketches. Jersey Volunteer infantry, and served until the close of that conflict, having been honorably discharged at Trenton, June 6, 1865. Ilis regiment was connected with the Army of the Tennessee, under the command of Gen. William T. Sher- man. He participated in a number of regular battles, some skirmishes, and with Sherman in the celebrated march to the sea. On July 12, 1857, Mr. Zobel and Miss Anna Hassel were united in marriage, and to their union six children were born : John, deceased ; William, de- ceased ; Euima, the wife of Daniel Cran- mer, of Railway, Union county, New Jersey ; Mary, at home with her parents ; one that died in infancy, and Henry L., the subject of this biograph3^ Henry L. Zobel obtained his education in the public schools of Monmouth county, and at the early age of thirteen entered the general mercantile establish- ment of J. Goldstein, of Long Branch, in the capacity of a clerk. He occupied this position for years, and then took charge of the shoe department of Stein- bach Brothers, general merchants of Long Branch. He managed this depart- ment successfully until 1891. Carefully husbanding his earnings during this time, he ojiened, in October of that yeai", a shoe and gents' furnishing store at Lake- wood; which, however, he operated there but a short time, transferring his busi- ness to Sea Bright in June, 1892. Here he has, by careful and conscientious deal- ing, built up a good and profitable trade. Politically he is a democrat, and takes a lively interest in local politics, but has never sought political preferment. Fra- ternally he is a member of Ashland Lodge,' No. 28, Jr. O. U. A. M., ol' Sea Bright. Mr. Zobel is an energetic and progressive young business man, and from the energy and ability already dis- placed, we predict that he will become a prominent and potent factor in the busi- ness circles of Monmouth county. "DEV. CHARLES E. HILL, an eloquent -'- ^ and popular minister of the Metho- dist Episcopal church, who for nearly a half century lias labored faithfully in the cau.se of Christianity and for the spiri- tual welfare of humanity, is a son of Hon. Charles and Jeane Hill, and was born at Georgetown, Sept. 7, 1824, the year Marquis De La Fayette visited America. Hon. Charles Hill, a reiined gentle- man, scholar and statesman, was of En- glish birth and parentage ; possessed of a college training, and close studious habits, he was a man of superior educa- tion and intellectual attainments, and spoke with ease and fluency seven dif- ferent languages. He was a democrat ill political texture, and served a term in the United States Congress. Rev. Hill attended in early life the common schools and Lewistowii Acad- em}'; but the greater part of his educa- tion was obtained, however, hy self study, and association with people of reflnement and culture. Naturally of a religious bent of mind, he early in life was con- verted, studied for the ministry, and was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal church, in the New Jersey Conlerence. Since then he has traveled many times over the state of New Jersey, preaching in every city, town and hamlet of the state. In 1862 he enlisted in the civil war as chaplain of the One Hundred and Eighteenth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, but owing to declining health he was soon obliged to resign. He is Biographical Sketches. 481 now serving for the eighth year as de- ])artinent chaplain of the New Jersey G. A. R. He is also treasurer of the Camdey State Mutual Loan Association. He is a republican in politics, and takes an intelligent interest in local, state and national iM)litics, but never sought politi- cal preferment. Rev. Hill is a niiin of strong intellec- tual parts, an eloquent and powerful speaker, a man of marked individuality, deep religious convictions, and leads the masses by his personality as well as by ins teachings. The blending of such Ibrces under the guidance of an uncom- mon generosity and humanity has en- deared him to the people of his state, and especially to the people of Red Bank, who are proud to claim him as their fellow-citiy.en. TOSEPH NEW, a successful grocer, and ^ an old resident of New Brunswick, Middlesex county. New Jersey, is a son of Joseph and Sarah Dillon New. He was l)orn Feb. 19, 1818, in the County Wicklow, Ireland. The family is originally of German descent. The paternal great-great-grand- father was a native of Germany, whence he emigrated to England and settled in Manchester. Here was born William New, great-grandfather of Mr. New. William, after marrying, carried his family to Dublin, Ireland, and there lo- cated. His son, also William (born in England), was educated at a boarding school in the County Wicklow, near the town of Bra}-, and at a later period con- nected himself in business with his father, who was a manutacturer of hats in Dublin. William (grandfather of Mr. New) subsecpiently removed to, and resided on. Myrtle Hill, near Dungans- town chui'ch, his home being known as "The Fly." His hall-brothens, mean- while, had immigrated to this country, and settled at New Castle on the Delar ware. Joseph New, son of the preceding and father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Ireland, probably at " The Fly." He was a farmer and dairyman. One of his daughters having lived in America, and returned to Ireland, in- duced her family to turn their eyes toward these shores. This was the more easily done, as the neighboring mill own- ers, who were the family bankers, failed about this time. Joseph New (father) came to America about 1844. He died Jan. 10, 1847, in his seventy-eighth year. His wife survived till Jan. 10, 1856, she, too, dy- ing in her seventy-eighth year. Their children were : Garret, John, William, Margery, Margaret, and Joseph. Joseph New, the last named and the subject of this sketch, came to America al)out 1835 or 1836, bringing his mother and two sisters, and settled at Newark, New Jersey. They embarked at Liver- pool on the " Rothschild," a sailing vessel of about five hundred tons, which was considered a large sliip in those days. The voyage lasted sixtj'-six days. As a boy in Ireland, Mr. New attended a pa}'- school conducted by Daniel Dojle. Sub-- sequently he went to work on a farm during the planting and reaping seasons, attending school during the winter months. On reaching Newark, he Ibund employment on the street car line, after which he became a brakeman on the New Jersey railroad. He continued in this position seven years, and then moved to New Brunswick, some time in the 482 Biographical Sketches. '40s, and then opened a grocery store on the corner of Eastern avenue and Somer- set sti'cet. He was evidently a pioneer in that localit\-, inasniucli as tliere were but few buildings west of him at that time whei'e now is a large portion of the city. About 1846 he was employed by the New Jersey Railroad Co., and as- sumed charge of the baggage department at its New Brunswick depot, where he remained thirty-four years. About 1853 he bought the site now occupied by his present store. Politically Mr. New is an independent. He votes for men whom he considers the best, and advo- cates and supports those principles that appeal to his best judgment, regardless of party. He was a staunch Unionist during the Civil War, and evinced his faith in the stability of the existing gov- ernment by parting with his cash hoard of gold and accepting United States bonds in lieu thereof. He was an ardent admirer of Ulysses S. Grant, and faithfully supported that chieftain during his successive and suc- cessful candidacies for the presidency. Several of Mr. New's nephews served in the northern army during the Civil War, and one, his sister's son, was killed on the battle-field. In religion, Mr. New is a Catholic and a member of St. Peter's church. New Brunswick. He is also one of its lay •trustees. He was married Feb. 17, 1844, to Kosanna Haggert}- of New Brunswick, New Jer.sey. Tlieir si.x surviving chil- dren are : Joseph, Jr., James G., William A., Harriet (1, Mary A., and Francis 1). TTON. WILLIAM SCOTT JACKSON, a -L-L leading pharmacist, and the pres- ent mayor of Belmar, Monmouth county, New Jersey, is a son of J. Morris and Eleanor J. (Scott) Jackson, and was l)orn Nov. 13, 1845, in Fulton township, Lan- caster county. Pa. He comes of Eng- lish ancestors of the quaker persuasion, which he traces lor two hundred and fifty years. Anthony Jackson, born at Eccleston, Lancashire, England, moved to Lurgan, County Cavan, Armagh, Ireland, in 1649, for better privileges of civil and religious liberty; but even here, in 1681, and prior thereto, suffered imprisonment on account of his religious principles. He was a devout Friend, and with his brother organized, in 1654, the first Friend's meeting in Ireland. Isaac Jackson, son of Anthony, was born in 1665; married Feb. 29, 1696, to Ann Evans, daughter of Rowland Evans, of county Wicklow, Ireland, and resided at Ballitore. Isaac and Ann, with their surviving cliildren, emigrated to the United States in 1725, settled at London Grove, Chester county. Pa., and became members of New Garden month- ly meeting. Isaac deceased in 1732. William Jackson, son of . Isaac, was born Feb. 24, 1705; married Sept. 9, 1733, to Katherine, a daughter of James and Katherine Miller, devout quakers, and deceased Nov. 24, 1785. John Jackson, son of William, was born Nov. 9, 1748; man-ied Mary, a daughter of Joel and Hannah Harlan, aiid deceased Dec. 20, 1821, leaving seven cliildren. He was a scientific man and a l)otanist of prominence. He resided in liondon Grove township, Chester eonntv. Pa. Joel Jackson, son of John, was born Oct. 20, 1776 ; married Alice, a daughter of Dr. Jonathan and Alice Morris, of Delaware county, on Sept. 8, 1802, and had ei^ht children. Joel Jackson in- Biographical Sketches. 485 herited his fathei-'s love of nature, was a j mail of liighest intellectual endowments, and noted for probity and correctness in all business transactions. He lived at Little Britain, now Fulton, Lancaster county. Pa., locating there in 1812, and there deceased Sept. 21, 1857. lie was a farmer during life and owned '• Home- stead farm," a domain of five hundred and thirt\-two acres ; was a literary man of local distinction, and prominent in all affairs of the society of Friends. Jonathan Morris Jackson, son of Joel and father of the subject, was born Sept. lo, 1810, on the homestead fann ; mar- ried Nov. 23, 1834, to Eleanor Jane Scott, who deceased Sept. 20, 1853, after Ijearing si.x children : Alice Mary, who married Thomas Grubb ; Hannah R., who wedded Albert Haines ; Joel, Avho deceased in 1862 ; William Scott, our subject; John M., and Walter Davis, who deceased in infancy, 1853. Jona- than was again married in 1858, to Mar- garet Wright, by whom he became the father of three children : Ida Ma}', Henry E., and Eva E. He was educated in the Friends' school ; was a devout member of the Friends' meeting, and owner of the Jackson homestead farm. William S. Jackson passed the early years of his life on his father's farm, and after attending the public schools entered Millersville Normal school at the open- ing of the rebellion. He threw down his books in July, 1862, when scarcely seven- teen years of age ; joined Company B, First Maryland Light artillery, under command of Captain Alonzo Snow, and was attached to the Sixth corps, army of the Potomac; in the spring of 18G4 the battery was sent into the Shenandoah valley of Virginia, taking part in " Hun- ter's raid," during which he was cap- tured near Salem, Va., June 21, 1864, and sent to Andersonville. He remained as prisoner of war for ten months, five days, during which time his weight was reduced from one hundred and fifty pounds to seventy-four pounds, and he received disabilities from which he has never recovered. At the close of the war private Jackson returned to his home, and resumed his studies at the Millers- ville Normal school, from which he was graduated in the class of 1868. He sold out his interest in the Lancaster county fiirm, upon which he was engaged in farming, and lived in retirement until 1885, when he removed to Belinar, New Jersey. He subsequently became en- gaged by H. H. Yard, Esq., as superin- tendent of all outside work in the con- duct of his real-estate improvements, and remained in such service until the winter of 1894. On June 26, 1895, Mr. Jack- son purchased the pharmacy of F. P. Philbrick, at the corner of Ninth avenue and F. street, Belmar, which he there conducts during the whole year, operat- ing another store during the summer season at the Hotel Columbia. In re- ligious matters he is a member of the Penn Hill Friends' meeting of Lancas- ter county, Pa., and in politics an ardent republican, and an active, influential worker for his party. He has served during the past seven years on the board of education of the borough of Belmar, and has been district clerk of the board during that time. He was assessor of Fulton township, Lancaster county. Pa., for seven years, was one of the incorpo- rators of Belmar, served as borough com- missioner from 1890 to 1895, and in the latter year Avas elected mayor of Belmar, without opposition, for a term of two years. In this position Mayor Jackson is 486 Biographical Sketches. serving his townsmen with efficiency and well-directed intelligence and zeal, and is always interested in matters of borough improvement. In iraternal fellowship he is a member of the following societies : Captain Snow Post, No. 461, G. A. R., at Pleasant Grove, Lancaster county, Pa.; Washington Lodge, No. 156, F. and A. M., at Quarryville, Pa. ; Chapter No. 43, R. A. M. ; Comraandery No. 13, Knights Templar, Lancaster, Pa., and Silver Lake Council No. 92, Jr. O. U. A. M., of Bel- mar. Mr. Jackson was married Nov. 13, 1877, to Hannah R., a daughter of An- drew Stewart, of Christiana, Lancaster county. Pa. COLONEL E. S. GREEN, a prominent and successful real-estate dealer of Long Branch, New Jersey, is a descend- ant of one of the oldest and most illus- trious families in American history. He is a son of James and Elizabeth (Murphj) Green, and was born in 1834, together with his five brothei-s and sisters, in the same room in which his father was born, at the old mansion house of the old Green estate, adjoining Hollywood, New Jersey, which place was a part of the original Green property, and belonged to Maj.-Gen. James Green (grandfather). In 1812 Gen. Green was driven from his property by the British Ijlockade of the forts at Sandy Hook. Gen. Green and his brother William came to New Jersey from Rhode Island, which, as far as can be learned, was the original home of all the American branch oi" this distinguished family. His grandfather was engaged in managing his large landed estate, and was deepl3' interested in agricultural af- fairs. He was a member of the episcopal church, and reared a family of three chil- dren : William, Emeline, and James. James Green (father) was engaged chietiy in farming at Long Branch. In 1834 he was appointed and served for a number of years as a wreck commissioner for the district. At the time the ship "Garreck" was wrecked Mr. E. K. Col- lins appointed Mr. Green, Sr., agent of the New York board of underwriters. Leaving his farm in 1840, Mr. Green ran the Bath Hotel at Long Branch up to the time of his decease in 1862. He was a staunch democrat, and was for eight years township collector. James Green married Elizabeth Murpln- Oct. 24, 1892. She was born Dec. 9," 1807, and died July 12, 1840. To this nuir- riage were born the following children : Charles H., on whose property the life- saving station was built, and who became its keeper up to the time of his death, in 1872; E. S., Louis E., and Walter, who took charge of the above station after the death of Charles Green, and was keeper until his death. Both these brothers were famous Inr their great courage and skill in manipulating both the motor boats and the life-lines, and Charles was presented with a gold medal by the life- saving association of New York for the heroic work in rescuing the crew of the ship " Adonis." The entire family was educated under the direction of a private tutor at Freehold, New Jersey, where they were prepared to enter the sopho- more class of Princeton College. But owing to the return of a part of the old estate to the heirs the eldest brother re- turned to take charge of that interest, while E. S. Green took charge of the Bath Hotel. Mr. E. S. Green (subject) continued as manager t)f the hotel up to 1807, when it was destroyed by fire, a memorable con- fiagration, incurring a heavy loss of prop- Biographical Sketches. 487 erty and $57,000 woi'th of improvements. Mr. Green then went to St. Augustine, Fla., and there opened the Maiiiiolia House, which he conducted until 1871, when he returned to Long Branch, and has since been engaged in extensive real- estate operations. He is a democrat in political faith, takes an active part in local affairs, and is a member of the Pres- l)yterian church. Mr. Green is a mem- ber in good standing of the Lodge of Masons, and is past high priest of Stand- ard Chapter. Mr. Green has also for a number of years past lieen conuected with the New Jersey state militia, and finally reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel, having enlisted as a private in Company A, Twenty-ninth regiment. In 1862, at the earnest solicitation of Gen. Haight, Col. Green went to Freehold and assumed charge of the commissai-y department of Camp Freehold until the regiment moved south. On June 15, 1860, E. S. Green married Miss Jane Ann Thompson, daughter of William S. and Maria Thompson, of New York city, and this union has resulted in the birth of six children, three of whom are living. TTENRY FIELD, a prominent farmer, -■— ^ surveyor, and owner of a marble and granite works at Red Bank, was born in Middletown township, near Mid- dletown. New Jersey, August 2, 1844, and belongs to one of the old and re- spected families in that section. He is a son of Thomas S. and Martha Taylor Field. Ills grandfather, Thomas Field, was a native of the same township and passed all his life there; following the occupation of a farmer. He was an old- line whig in politics, and of Quaker des- cent. To his marriage wei'e born five children, as follows : Joseph, who is now living at the age of one hundred and lour years ; Mary, who married Daniel West, and died at the age of ninety- two ; Rebecca, married to Elnathan Field, and deceased ; Caroline, who mar- ried James Wilson, and Tiiomas S., father of the subject of this sketch. Thomas S. Field was born on the old homestead in Middletown township, and after receiving a common-school educa- tion entered uj^on the occupation of a farmer, which he followed successfully all his life, acquiring the reputation of being one of the most intelligent and thrifty formers in the county. In his later life he also cai'ried on extensive marble and granite works at Red Bank. He was an old-line whig, and took an ac- tive interest in politics. He was not a professor of Christianity, but attended the Baptist church for many years, and was always a liberal contributor to its necessities. He died Feb. 13, 1891. His wife, who was Martha Taylor, died March 23, 1895. To their married life were born seven children, as follows ; Eleanor, deceavsed ; Thomas, deceased ; Joseph, Henry, Susan, Edwin, now a practicing physician and surgeon at Red Bank, and Martha, married to Dr. Van Marter, and since deceased. Henry Field, after his graduation from the public schools, attended the Free- hold Institute for three and one-half years, and then pursued a course of study in Eastman's Business College at Pough- keepsie, from which he graduated in 1866. He then carried on the manage- ment of his father's farming interest, and in connection carried on the practice of civil engineering and surveying until the year 1886, when he became a partner in his father's monumental business, and 488 Biographical Sketches. continued as such until his father's death, Feb. 13, 1891, when he bought from the other heirs their interest, and still carries on the same successfully, to- gether with the farming interest, and owns the homestead farm aforesaid. Mr. Field is a republican, but has never taken any special interest in politics and has never sought for office. He is a member of no church. He married Ada Brook, daughter of Peter Brook, Esq., of New York city, and tlieir marriage has been blessed with six children : Edwin, Frank, deceased ; Thomas and Joseph, deceased, twins; Henry and Chester Arthur. WE. OSBORNE, a well-known and • successful well-driller, of Perth Amboy, is a son of Samuel and Adaline (Sourbeck) Osborne, and was born, May 24, 1854, at New Brighton, Beaver county, Pa. His grandfather, Joseph Osborne, was a shoemaker in Perry county. Pa., where he died in 1859. His father, Sanniel Os])orne, was a school teacher in early life, at New Brighton, and was subsequently a successful mer- chant at New Brighton. For eight years, during the height of the oil excitement in Western Virginia and Pennsylvania, he was a contractor lor drilling wells, and attained great success in striking oil. For some ^ears before railroads were in- troduced he ran a packet-boat between New Brigliton and New Castle, Pa., and afterwards between New Castle, Pa., and Youngstown, O. ; and he had charge of the packet that made the last trip jje- twccn those points, raih'oads destroying canal business. He is at present a well- kiinwii citizen ot Fort Worth, Texas, where he is engaged in the plinnljing business. He is a staunch republican in politics. His children are : John R., Winnie, wife of William Pittenger, one of the surviving meml)ers of the famous Andrews railroad raiders during the war; David, Elizabeth, wife of Henry Brooks, of Columbus, 0. ; William R., Louise, wife of Quinton Anderson, of White Hall, 111. ; Joseph, George, and Carrie, deceased. William R. Osborne received a public- school education at New Brighton, which he afterwai'ds supplemented by personal studies. During late yeai's he has written a number of highly complimented articles for various papers and periodicals, especi- ally the Clay Worker, a journal devoted to the clay-working industry of Indian- apolis, Ind. After leaving school he was clerk in a store at Volcano, W. Va., for three years, and was subsequenth- em- ployed at Parker City, Pa., for ten years as manager for A. P. Tanner, an exten- sive oil producer. In 1883 he became associated with his brother, David, in the mauufacture of red brick at New Castle, Pa., and in 1884 he built potteries and established a business at Ne\v Brighton, which he conducted successfully for three years. In 1888 he entered the oil busi- ness in Butler county. Pa., in company with his brothers, David and Geoi-ge A., and they remained as.sociated for four years. In 1892 our subject removed to Bridgeport, Conn., and established him- self in the well-drilling ])usiness, which he transferred to Perth Amboy in 1894. He has been remarkably successful, and has three drilling machines at work all the time; having bored uiore wells tlian any other man in this section of the county. Mr. Osborne is a republican in politics, and takes an active interest in local matters. On Oct. 10, 1877, he was married to Miss Amia Gray, daught<.'r of Biographical Sketches. 489 James Gray, of Franklin, Pa., who died Jan. 2, 1884, having born him three children : Ada, Fannie, and Paul. As a business man Mr. Osborne is enterprising and industrious, and of untiring energy ; while as a citizen he is faithful and steadfast to all the demands of good citi- zenship. GARRETT H. WHITE, a well-known fisherman, formerly prominently identified with the United States life- saving service at North Long Branch, Monmouth county. New Jei-sey, is a son of Jesse and Rebecca Morris White, daughter of Catharine Morris, of Hol- land, and was born Feb. 28, 1837, at Momnouth Beach, Monmouth county. New Jersey. The grandfather of Garrett II. White, named Jesse, was by occupation a fislier- man at Logantown, Ocean county, New Jersey, where he lived and died. Jesse White (fiither) was born at Logan- town, N. J., where he attended the com- mon schools and acquired a limited educa- tiou. He subsequently removed to Mon- moutli Beach and engaged in the fishing business in the ofiing, which he carried on luitil his death in 1852, at the age of forty-four years. His wife, Rebecca Mor- ris, deceased at Monmouth Beach in 1894, on Christmas Day, after passing her ninety-first birthday. They were the parents of eight children : Anthony P., Garrett H., our subject ; Isaac P., Jesse, Katharine, who married Theodore Davis; Martlia, married to Louis Boul- den ; Ilaunah, who wedded Louis Morris, and Mary Ann, wife of William Werts. Garrett H. White attended the com- mon schools until he was fourteen years old, and from that time until he was twenty-one was employed in the service of Capt. C. H. Valentine, engaged in fishing. The next four years of his life were spent on a whaler operating in the Atlantic and Pacific .seas, and his occupa- tion has been that of a successful fisher- man. Ever since, except during fourteen winters, from 1877 to 1891, he was a surf- man at No. 1 Life-saving Station, at North Long Branch. During this period Mr. White was a hero in many exploits and effected the rescue of many human lives from the angry billows at the im- minent risk of his own. One of these, the i-escue of the brig " Augustina " in particular, in which he was engaged on the morning of Feb. 3, 1880, evoked for himself and companions complimentary resolutions adopted by the legislature of New Jersey and a gold medal voted by congress, with an accompanying highly- eulogistic letter from John Sherman, secretary of the treasury at the time. Ou the morning named, and but a few hours after, surfman White had been engaged in a splendid rescue at tlie wreck of the schooner " E. C. Babcock" and the Span- ish Ijrig " Augustina," in the face of one of the severest storms ever experienced on the Jersey coast. Surfman White, boldly running down behind a receding sea, cast a line on Ijoard with vigorous throw of the heavy stick. The sailors, regardless of the danger of being dashed to pieces by the thick wreckage from the " Bab- cock," hurled hither and thither l)y the furious breakers, undertook to come ashore, hand-over-hand, by the ship-line. The first sailor thus venturing was caught by the neck between the two parts of the whip-line and was being strangled when, we quote again from Sherman's letter : " He was rescued by surfman White, who gallantly rushed into the sea, holding by 490 Biographical Sketches. sailor, whom he held on to though swept away, and clinging to a piece of drift- wood finally by desperate exertion brought to land. Surfinan White again plunged into the breakers with an- other man and rescued surfman Van Boeme. There were eight men, includ- ing the captain, who had meanwhile shot hiftiself, and was found dangerously wounded lying in the hold of the brig, rescued by the intrepid White and his brave fellow-surfmen on this memorable occasion." For a more complete account of the event the reader is referred to an- other page of this work on which appears a sketch of Nelson Lockwood. Mr. White was married May 6, 1858, to Elizabeth West, of Monmouth Beach. To their marriage were born ten chil- dren : Garrett H., Tucker, Anna Amelia, Anna Rebecca, and Alonzo, all deceased ; John H., born Feb. 5, 18G5, married to Jennie Jorolemon ; George S., born Sept. 17, 1871 ; Dora F., born Oct. 29, 1807, nnirried to Hugh Thomas; Rosolla, born June 6, 1868, married to Augustus J. Wilson, .and Lizzie, born Sept. 22, 1874. T:)ERXARD JAQUART, the affable and -*-^ popular superintendent of the Am- erican Enameled Brick and Tile Co., a man of sturdy physique, clear mind, and unqu(;stioned force and probity of char- acter, has made his way to the front rank in the business life of New Jersey by honorable business methods, coupled with an unconquerable determination to suc- ceed. He is of German birth and par- entage, born May 1, 1859, in Luxemburg, bordering on Belgium and France, and emigrated to America in 1882. His scholastic training was limited to a lew years' study in public schools of his mi- tive country, and at the early age of twelve years he was apprenticed to learn the potter trade. As a boy he was atten- tive, learned rapidly, and soon became quite proficient as a moulder of clay. In order to jjrepare him.self to pursue the business on broader lines, he took special courses in draughting and designing in potteiy. Being a thorough potter he en- gaged in the City Pottery of Philadelphia, Pa., in 1882. Three years later he went to Matawan, New Jerse}', and held a position as superintendent of a pottery there. In 1892 he was engaged by Wil- liam Galloway, of Philadelphia, to make goods of Grecian and Egyptian art for the World's Fair, Chicago. While with Mr. Galloway he made the acquaintance of the late W. A. Phingsthorn, of New York. This acquaintance led to the in- corporation of the present company, with a capital of $20,000. Arrangements were then made with B. Kreischer & Son, of Kreischerville, Stattm Island, N. Y , for the use of kilns, etc. In order to prove that Mr. Jaquart understood the art of enameling brick, one year's time was de- termined upon as a limit. Before the time expired the samples were so fair that the stockholders concluded to in- crease the capital stock to $100,000, and erect a plant to carry on the business. South River, New Jersey, was chosen on account of being near the clay deposits. The plant contains all modern improve- ments, and is said to be the finest of its class in the country. A large additi(m is now being built to the factory for track room, in order to give the presses more space. A switch enters the work on a trestle to allow of clay being dumped into the sheds near the pans. Another switch, on the oppo- site side of the works, allow of loading Biographical Sketches. 491 finished material. A dock will also be built on South river, perhaps one hun- dred yards away, to allow of shipping by water. The works are supplied with water from an artesian well, eighty-five feet deep. This well has a flow of 50,000 to GO. 000 gallons per twenty-four hours, and the water is of excellent quality. The president of this new enterprise is Mr. Julius A. Stursberg ; vice-president, Mr. J. V. V. Booream ; secretary and treasurer, Mr. J. Francis Booream. Mr. Jaquart is remarkably energetic, and the estab- lishment and the success of the new plant is largely due to his energy and foresight. lie is a careful and methodical business man, possesses in a marked degree the confidence and esteem of all who are brought either into business or social rela- tions with him, and is popular alike with employers and employees. On Thanks- giving-day, in 1878, he married Margaret Dietz, of Philadelphia, and to their union have been born one child, Charles, a son. p EORGE WASHINGTON ROLFE, one ^-^ of the most prominent and success- ful farmers in the state of New Jersey, was born in the city of New Brunswick Aug. 14, 1842. He is the son of Isaiah Rolfe and Charlotte M. (Meade) Rolfe. His early education was obtained at a private school, which he left at the age of nine years to attend the first public school erected at New Brunswick, situ- att>d on Bayard street. Upon his gradua- tion from this school he accepted em- ployment in his fiither's saw-mill, and remained there until he had reached the age of seventeen. He then followed the carpenter trade two years. In Septem- l)er, 18G1, he enlisted in the military ser- vice of the United States as a private in Company M, Ninth regiment. New Jer- sey volunteers, and continued in this ser- vice for the entire period of his eidist- ment, three years. His regiment was sent to North Carolina, and he partici- pated with it in the battles of Roanoke Island, Newberne, and Trenton, in that state, as well as in a number of inferior engagements. Subsequently his regiment was stationed for a period of six months at Newberne, N. C. Upon the expira- tion of the term of his enlistment he returned to New Brunswick and again entered his father's employ, and con- tinued therein until the year 1875, when he purchased the Garret Van Sickle farm of one hundred and twenty acres, situated in South Brunswick town- ship, two miles from New Brunswick. Mr. Rolfe is a republican, and, al- though not a politician, has served on the board of school commissioners, and in 1895 was elected a member of the board of commissioners of appeals for a term of three years. He takes an active interest in religious work, and is a mem- ber of the Dutch Reformed chui'ch. Mr. Rolfe was married Nov. 20, 1867, to Catherine A., daughter of Garret G. Van Sickle, Esq. They have the following children : G. Van Sickle, Bertha J., and Garretta J. /CHARLES P. McFADDIN, the efficient ^-^ and popular general ticket-agent of the Manhattan Elevated Railroad Co. of New York city, residing at Long Branch, Monmouth county, New Jersey, is a son of Col. Jackson and Catharine McFaddin, and was born, August 31, 1842, at Lewisburg, Union count}', Pa. Col. Jackson McFaddin was born, Oct. 14. 1803, at Lewisburg, Pa. He was an extensive and well-known rail- 492 Biographical Sketches. road contractor in his day, and operated for many years a large stove and general castings foundry at Lewisburg, Pa. He attended the Presbyterian church, and was past worshipful master of the mar- sonic fraternity. In politics he was a democrat ; was always interested in the aftairs of his part}', and held a number of local offices in his town. He was a useful member of society ; a producer, not merely a consumer of wealth, and was a large employer of labor ; to whose interests he was ever beneficent and kind. His death, which occurred at Lewi-sburg, Pa., on June 18, 1851, was deeply de- plored by the people of his community, by whom he was held in high estimation, and his burial was attended with mili- tary honors. His wife, Catharine Mc- Laughlin, born at Lewisburg, Pa., JNIay 20, 1799, to whom he was married Jan. 5, 1828, died, Oct. 15, 1845, after Ijecoming the mother of ten children : Nanc}', Ellen ]\Iary, Margaret, William Cameron, Hugh, Andrew Jackson, Theodore H., all de- ceased ; Malcolm, Catherine E., and Charles P., still living. His son, Hugh, having enlisted in Company C, Second Pennsylvania volunteers. Col. McFaddin presented to the company an American flag, and by that company it was carried through the Mexican Avar, and at the close of the war the survivors returned the flag to the colonel, with their regrets that his son, Hugh, luid lost his life in the service. The remnants of the flag are now under the supervision of the G. A. R. Post of Lewisburg, Pa. Charles P. McFaddin received his pri- mary education in the common schools at Lewisburg, Pa., and subsequently at- tended the academy in that town, now- known as Bucknell University, until he was fifteen years of age. After this period he quitted school-life, and clerked for a time in a drug store ; later in a gro- cery store, remaining in the latter busi- ness until 1861, when, his patriotism breaking forth with the opening of hos- tilities between the north and the south, he went forth to battle for the cause of the North, enlisting in the Fifty-first reg- iment of infantry, Pennsylvania volun- teers. In October, 18G4, he was mustered out of service, after achieving a splendid record as a brave and gallant soldier. He was wounded at the memorable battle of Cold HarI)or, and partiei[)ated in the engagements of Major-General Burnside's expedition, capturing Roanoke Island and Newberne, in North Carolina ; Pope's re- treat from Rapidan river, second battle of Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam, where the Fifty-first Pennsyl- vania volunteers led the charge, captur- ing the bridge, and ending the heavy engagements of the year of 18G2 with Fredei'icksburg. Detached to re-inforce Major-General Grant at the siege of Vicksburg, also siege of Jackson, Miss. ; thence to Campbell's Station luid the siege of Knoxville, East Tennesee in 1863 ; thence with General Grant's last cam- paign, frouT the Wilderness, Spottsyl- vania, Cold Harlior, and the siege of Petersburg, Va., in the year 1S64, where he received an lu)n<)rable discharge, on account of the expiration of his three years' volunteer service. At the expiration of his term of ser- vice, Oct. 15, 1864, Mr. McFaddin re- sumed civil and business life by engaging himself as a bookkeeper for T. G. Evans in the grocery business, at the old home in Lewisburg. He was subsequently a salesman for Rowe, Euston & Co., Third street, Philadelpliia, a wholesale wood and willow establishment. From this '^ Biographical Sketches. 493 time on his rise was rapid ; and, engaging in the raih'oad and transportation bnsi- ness, he first became Ireight olerk for the New Jersey Southern raih'oad ; then way bill clerk on the steamboat '' Old Wyom- ing," plying between New York city and Port Monmouth, New Jersey; then as cashier at the railroad dock in New York city ; thence as purser of the passenger steamboat " Jesse Hoyt," on the Long j Branch route ; from that to chief clerk of the superintendent's department of the New Jersey Southern railroad ; hav- ing charge also, for three months subse- quently, of the clerical part of the general ticket and general freight department in addition, until 1872, when he Avas pro- j moted to the position of general passenger agent of the New Jersey Southern rail- road, which he retained until the consol- j idation of the Southern railroad with the | Central railroad of New Jersey in the fall of 1879, resigning in preference to accepting a subordinate position in the same branch, as naturally followed with all the officers under the circumstances. In November, 1879, he was offered and accepted the post of general ticket agent | of the Manhattan Elevated Railroad [ Co. of New York cit}', which position of dignity and responsibility he is filling now. Mr. McFaddin worshi[)s in the Episcopal church, and in politics is a re- publican. In secret order affiliations he is a past worshipful master of Long Branch Lodge, No. 78, F. and A. M. ; j past high priest of Standard Chapter, | No. 35, Royal Arch Masons, of Long Branch ; past eminent comnumder of Manhattan Commandei'y, No. 31, Knights Templar, of New York city ; a member of Mecca Temple, No. 1, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at New York ; and a comrade of E. D. Mor- gan Post, No. 307, G. A. R., of New York. He was chairman of the finance committee of the Long Branch commis- sion for three years, president of the Long Branch board of trade, chairman of the committee on paving the streets of the city, and was chief promoter of the effi- cient system of electric lighting which now illuminates the city at nightfall. Mr. McFaddin was united in marriage, Nov. 30, 1869, to Melissa, daughter of Abraham and Eliza Geoutehus, of New- burg, N. Y. To their union were born two children : Helen Pauline, liorn Dec. 29, 1872 ; and Frances W., born July IG, 1877. TirriLLIAM H. DEMAREST, a success- ' ' ful coal merchant of Woodbridge, Middlesex county. New Jersey, is a son of H. N. and S. E. Brewster Demarest, and was born in that town Dec. 23, 1846. His ancestors came to this country from Holland in the seventeenth century and settled at Hackensack, New Jersey. It is a family tradition that they crossed the Atlantic in the " Mayflower," a name identified so closely with the Pilgrim Fathers and Plymouth Rock. Mr. Demarest attended, at an early age, the high school in Woodbridge, and pursued his studies until the age of six- teen years. He then engaged as clerk in the hardware store of G. W. Hall at Railway, New Jersey, where he remained but a brief while. He went thence to New York city where he was employed for two years in the service of Brokaw Brothers, clothiers. lie then returned to his native town and opened up a busi- ness of his own in coal and building ma- terial. This trade he still carries on with marked success and ability. He was for a long time the express agent of 494 Biographical Sketches. the New Jersej' Comp.any at Woodbridge, New Jersey, before it was merged with the Adams Express Company, and is still in the service of the latter company. He was appointed station agent of the New Jersey Eailroad & Transportation Co. at Woodbridge in July, 1867, succeeding to the place left vacant by the death of his grandfather. Mr. Demarest is a repuljlican in politics, and has served two terms as town committee- man. He was elected treasurer of the town committee in 1882-83, without solicitation or eftbrt. He has never been an office-seeker, but takes an active and abiding interest in the municipal affairs of Woodbridge. He is a deeply religious man, and a member of the Congrega- tional church of his town. He was one of the projectors of that edifice and largely instrumental in its erection. He has been one of the trustees ever since its organization, and was the first assists ant superintendent of its .Sunda3'-school. Mr. Demarest was married Dec. 16, 1869, to Agnes B. Van Derveer, daughter of Matthias Van Derveer, of WoodJjridge, New Jersey. They had eight children : Charles J., W. Harry, M. Irving, Eugene, deceased ; Leon, deceased ; Hattie C, Earnest W., and May Brewster, de- ceased. Mrs. Demarest died May 18, 1889, at Woodbridge. Mr. Demarest was again married April 16, 1890, his second wife being Fannie J. (Cutter) Moore. The paternal grandfather, David N. Demarest, migrated from Hackensack, N. Y., where he followed his trade, a tailor, to Woodbridge and purchased a farm in that vicinity. He became a iiiinrr of clay, a projector and a large stockliolder and director of the Perth Amboy & Woodbridge railroad. He Ije- came its station agent at AYoodbridge, and had the distinction of selling the first ticket used on that road. In con- nection with his other interests he en- gaged in the coal business, and in all his undertakings was eminently successful. He was one of the leading men of his county and a public-spirited citizen. He was originally a whig in politics, but later he became a republican, always tak- ing an active part in political aflairs. He was a member and an elder of the Presbyterian church at Woodbridge for twenty-five years and a large contributor to its support. His patriotism was evinced at the outbreak of the war by forming a company of volunteers and thoroughly drilling them before they were sent to the front. He died Jan. 21, 1867, his widow, Hannah Wyckoflf, in her nine- ty-second year, still survives and resides at Woodbridge. They had two children : H. N. Demarest and Elizabeth. H. N. Demarest (father of subject) was born May 27, 1822, in New York city. He received a connnon-school education at Columbia grammar school. New York city, and then went to work on his father's farm and assisted him in operat- ing the clay mines. After a few years he purchased a farm near Woodbridge on which he still resides. He is a staunch republican in politics, and has always been an important fiictor in township af- fairs, but refusing to accept office of any kind. He is an elder and deacon in the Presbyterian church t)f Woodbridge, and is zealously devoted to its interests and welfare over forty years. At the begin- ning of the war he was a member of the Home Guard of Woodbridge. He has had born to him four children: Charles S., Walter B., William H.. and David N., deceased. Biographical Sketches. 495 HUGH McCLAREN, a well-known and popular engineer on the Central railroad of New Jersey, is a son of Andrew and Mary (Cummings) McCIaren, and was born April 29, I80G, at Plainfield, Union county, New Jei'sey. His fiitlier, Andrew McCIaren, Avas born at Plainfield, New Jersey. He was possessed of a common-school education, and cultivated a farm all his life near Evona Station, in Union county, New Jersey. He was a staunch democi*at and a man of considerable influence in his section during his life. His cliildren were : Elizabeth, married to William Seuter ; Sarah Ann, deceased at an early age; Mary, deceased ; Sai'ah Ann, named in memory of her deceased sister ; Wil- liam, a Union soldier during the civil war; Andrew, also a soldier, captured while fighting under Sherman, carried to Andersonville prison, where he died : Hugh, John, and Thomas, deceased. Hugh McCIaren received his education at the public schools of Plainfield, and was then taught the trade of a black- smith, which he followed for three years and nine months. He then secured a position as fireman with the Central rail- road of New Jersey, and from August, 1853, until January, 1859, faithfully ful- filled the duties of this position. He was then promoted to engineer, first on freight, and later on passenger trains. This position he occupies at the present time, and has charge of the engine of a passenger train running between Somer- ville, New Jersey, and New Yorli city. Mr. McCIaren has an exceptional reputa- tion as a careful, conscientious engineer, and during his long connection with the Central railroad there has never been a single cliarge brought against him for any dereliction of duty. He is a mem- ber of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, of the Masonic Order, and of the Republican party, but the duties of his position are too arduous to permit his giving much attention to politics. Mr. McCIaren married Mary E. Moore, daughter of Charles E. Moore, of Eliza- beth, New Jersey, Oct. 15, 1859, and tlie issue of that marriage was three chil- dren : William, a fireman in the employ of the Central railroad Jof New Jersey, and run over and killed by his engine ; Charles, now a fireman in the employ of the same railroad, and Benjamin, a ma- chinist. Mrs. McCIaren died Feb. 28, 1875, and Mr. McCIaren married June 24, 1879, Mrs. Elizabeth Ennnons, nee Hoff. The children born to this mar- riage were Anna and Harry, deceased. /CHARLES A. HOUSTON, who holds ^-^ the record of the fastest engineer on the Central railroad of New Jerse}^, and is a popular and respected citizen of Somerville, is a son of Rodney and Mar- garet Pacely Houston, and was born April 23, 1843, at Baltimore, Md. His father, Rodney Houston, was a native of New Hampshire, where he re- ceived a common-school education. The active portion of his life was spent at Mount Savage, Md., in the employ of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and the Cumberland and Pennsylvania railroad, and he acquired the reputation of being one of the best railroad men in the country. He began as a carpenter for the company ; was successively made mail agent and conductor, and finally attained the position of chief despatcher on the Mount Savage division, which he filled with ability and credit until his death in 1873. Mr. Houston possessed 496 Biographical Sketches. a wide reputation in railroad circles for upriglituess and integrity, and was ex- tremely p()])iilar among all men with whom he came in contact. His wife was Miss Margaret Pacely, of Frederick county, Md., by whom he had five chil- dren, Charles A. Houston being the eldest. Charles A. Houston attended the pri- vate schools at Mount Savage, Md., for only eighteen months in his boyhood, but subsequently educated himself when- ever opportunity offered, and is well in- formed. When ten years of age, he was emploj-ed in a fii'e-brick yard at Mount Savage, Md., where he remained for four years and a half He then entered the employ of the Cumberland and Pennsyl- vania railroad, and was first a brakeman, and subsequently conductor of a coal train until the outbreak of the civil war. Owing to the doubtful loyalty of Mary- land at the breaking out of hostilities, the government refused to accept de- fenders from that state. Mr. Houston, however, after several enlistments and futile attempts to enter the service, on June 11, 1861, found admission to the Eleventh Indiana Zouave regiment, under Gen. Lew Wallace, which liad appeared at Cumberland from West Virginia, and were the first Union troops to enter that state. He served under the conunand of Captain Darnall, in Company K, for the remainder of the three months, and was mustered out at Indianapolis at the expi- ration of that time. Here he soon re-en- listed in a new regiment raised by Gen- eral Wallace, but before he was nnistered in contracted bilious fever, with which he was confined to the hospital there for several weeks, while his regiment was winning laurels at Fort Donelson, Pitts- burg Landing and Vicksburg. After suflicient recovery he returned home, but re-enlisted for three years in the Second IMaryland regiment, and served up to Oct. 31, 1864. Mr. Houston bears an enviable record on the battle-field, and enjoys the distinction of having been the first Union soldier in the active service for the defence of his countr}' from Alle- gany county, Md. He was an active participant in all the battles in West Virginia, his last engagement being with McCausland, the confederate leader, who invaded Pennsylvania in 1863 and burned Chambersburg. At the clo.se of the war, Mr. Houston returned to Mount Savage, and was employed as a freight conductor, and subsequently as a fireman on three divisions of the Baltimoi-e and Ohio rail- road. He was promoted to the right side of the cab in 1866, and was an engineer on the Cumberland and Pennsylvania railroad for four years. In 1870 he entered the employ of the Central rail- road of New Jersey, and has remained with that company ever since. He was engineer of a freight train for two years, and in 1873 was transferred to the pas- senger department. When the new Bound Brook line was completed be- tween New York and Philadelphia in 1876, Mr. Houston was honored by ap- pt)intment as one of the express engi- neers, and has continued to run one of these famous iast trains until the present day. He has uiade many wonderful runs, and is the holder of tlie fastest record in the world up to that time — a mile in thirty-nine and one-half seconds, a rate of over ninety miles an hour. On Sept. 18, 1867, Mr. Houston Avas married to Miss Salome Wack, daughter of Rev. C. P. Wack, of Lebanon, New .Jersey, by whom he had eight children : Edwin, deceased in 1877; Addie, a teacher at Skillman, New Jersey; Mar- Biographical Sketches. 497 garet, deceased; Rodney, Erie E., Wil- liam Clark, Muriel and Clladys. Mr. Houston is a straight repul)lican in politics, takes an active interest in all matters of public advancement, and has exerted a most benelicial intluence in the progress of Somerset county. On March li, 189G, he was elected by the legisla- ture a meml)er of the state board of arbitration. He is warm-hearted and genial in disposition, and of wide personal popularity among railroad men tlu'ough- out the state. He is recognized as one of Somerville's best-known and most use- ful citizens. T"\U. L. S. BLACK WELL, a prominent -•-^ and successful physician and sur- geon, who has been in the active practice of his profession for more than a quarter of a century, is a son of Henry and Re- becca Titus Blackwell, and was born near Pennington, in Mercer county, New Jersey, Jan. 23,1833. Benjamin Black- well, his paternal grandfather, was en- gaged during his lifetime in the manu- facture and sale of spirituous liquors, and in the seventy-sixth year of his age died at Hopewell, the village of his birth. His marital union with Pamela Drake resulted in the birth of eleven children : Jacob, Jonathan, Petei', John, Henry, David, Thomas, Andrew, Mrs. Hannah Drake, Mary Perrine and Uri Polhemus. Henry Blackwell (father) was born at Hopewell on the fourth day of Nov., 1793, and died near his native hamlet March 27, 1854, having lived a useful and successful life. He was a democrat and a member of the Baptist church at Harbourton, in which organization he was a deacon for many years. He mar- ried Rebecca Titus, who bore him eight children : Woolsey P., Enoch II., Charles F., Enos F., Pamela, Almena E., Lewis S. and Mary M., the wife of David B. Phillips. Dr. Enos F. and the subject of the sketch are the only oft'spring living. Dr. Blackwell obtained a jireliminary education in the academy at Pennington and tlie New Jersey Conference Semi- uiiry, and then entered the office ol" his Ijrother, Dr. Enos F. Blackwell, of Stephensburg, New Jersey, under whose preceptorship he read medicine three and a half years. During this time he took one course of lectures in Vermont Medi- cal College, at Woodstock, Vt., and sub- sequently took two courses of lectures in the University of Penn.sylvania, in Philadelphia, from which institution he graduated in 1857. In 18G9 and '70 he did practical and clinical work in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York city. He first l)egan to practice in 1857 at Wertsville, Hunterdon county. New Jersey. Here he remained but a short time when he removed to Penning- ton in this state. In 1872 he located at Bound Brook, and in 1874 settled at Perth Amboy, where he has since been in active and successful practice. On April 28, 1859, the nuptials were cele- brated which made Dr. Blackwell and Miss Charlotte 0. Waters husband and wife. For two terms he was represented in tlie board of freeholders of Mercer county. Personality Dr. Blackwell is a man of strong character and great versa- tility of mind. He is clear in his con- ceptions of right and wrong, and inflexi- ble of purpose under such convictions. Professionally he is a careful, conscien- tious and skillful physician, well-read in the most advanced literature of his pro- fession, and further fortified for his pro- fessional dut}- by long 3'ears of experi- ence in an extensive and varied practice. 498 Biographical Sketches. TpDWARD V. PATTERSON, the present -^-^ popular mayor of Spring Lake, and station agent of the New York and Long Branch railroad at that place, is a son of Kortenius and Kebecca Vernon Patter- son, and was born at Keyport, Mon- mouth county, New Jersey, October 20, 1856. At the age of two yeai's his parents removed to Fanningdale, where he com- pleted his education at the puljlic schools of that town. He entered the employ of the Pennsjdvania Railroad Co. in 1877, at Farmingdale and began to learn the raih'oading business. He afterwards came into the employ of the Jersey Southern railroad, where he remained until 1879, when he entered the employ of the New York and Long Branch raih'oad, and lo- cated at Spring Lake station as its agent at that point, for both passengers and freight. He is the representative of the Adams Express Co. at this station. He is also owner of the local express. He is identihed also with numerous real- estate and building operations in and about Spring Lake, and has shown him- self a thoroughly active and pushing man of business. He owns and occu- pies a comfortable residence on Mon- mouth avenue, Spring Lake. He is an earnest and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Spring Lake, and is a member of its board of trustees. He is greatly interested in the public schools, and is an active member of the board of education. He is a charter member of the fire department, treasurer of its relief fund and a trustee of the department l)oard. He is a demo- crat and active as a politician. He was chairman of the township executive Committee of Wall township for six years. He was one of the incorporators of the borough of Spring Lake, and Avas elected its first mayor, in which position he has served to the present time, having been re-elected on a citizens' ticket, formed regardless of party interests. Mayor Patterson was married to Miss Anna Buckalew, daughter of Enoch and L^-dia Buckalew, of Howell township, Monmouth count}-, on April 16, 1878, and the following children have been born to them : Arden Vernon, Benjamin Yard, Edna, Leon Buckalew, Edward V., Jr., and one infant unnamed. William C. Patterson, grandfather of Mayor Patterson, was a carpenter and builder by occupation, and a life-long resident of near Lower Squankum, How- ell township, Monmouth county, New Jersey. He was a quiet, unostentatious citizen, and withal a man of consideral)le prominence and popularity in his com- nuuiity. He was a democrat, and a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church. He resided here all his life. Kortenius ratterson,oneof his sons, and father of Edward B., was educated in the public schools of Howell to\vnship, after which he learned the carpenter trade. After following that pursuit as apprentice and as journeyman ibr several 3'ears, he establislied himself in bridge building and contracting on his own account, oper- ating in Monmouth county, until early in the fifties, when he located at Dayton, 0., for a short time, but in 1854 returned to Keyport, Monmouth county. New Jer- ; sey, where he has carried on a successful and profitable business in bridge-l)uilding and construction work and resides at the present time. Politically he is a staunch democrat. His marriage with Rebecca Vernon has resulted in the birth of the following children : Sarah, Matilda, I Louise, Susan, Edward V., and Ada. Biographical Sketches. 499 JOHN AM ERM AN, vice-president of the First National Bank of Somerville, and for many jears one of the most enterprising business men of Somerset county, is a son of Henry and Mary (Sutphen) Amerman, and was born at Nortli Branch, Somerset county. New Jersey, in 1823. The Amerman family are of Dutch lineage, and emigrated from Holland in the early days of this coun- try's settlement. The paternal grand- fathei', Abram Amerman, settled at North Branch, where he was engaged in agri- cultural pursuits during his entire life. He was an active and influential member of the Reformed church at that place, and gave liberal financial and moral support to this cause. To him were born six children : Daniel, Cornelius, Abraham, Henry, and Catharine, all de- ceased. Henry Amerman (father of subject) was born Dec. 1, 1789. He received a common-scliool education, and followed the calling of his father as an agricul- turist all his life. Being the possessor of a very fine estate of one hundred and thirty acres, his skill as a farmer, and his devotion to his profession as such, were always a subject of remark. The politi- cal opinions of our subject's fither iden- tified him very closely with the Whig party, and he earnestly upheld the prin- ciples advocated by the great leader, Henry Clay. Reared under the religious infiuences, and being early imbued with the doctrines and tenets of the Reformed church, he early in life became actively identified with the workings and interests of the Reformed church at Readington, and filled with honor the important of- fices of deacon, elder, etc., and to the day of his death was one of the most highly respected and substantial mem- bers of the congregation. Henry Amer- man married Mary Sutphen, daughter of Gilbert Sutphen, and I'eared a family of nine children : Abraham, deceased ; Gilbert S., deceased ; George V., de- ceased ; Daniel, deceased ; John, our sub- ject ; Mary E., deceased ; Mary E., wife of D. K. Craig; Wm. II., and Cornelius. Mr. Amerman died Oct. 29, 1871, at the age of eighty-two years, and Mrs. Amer- man passed away Dec. 13, 1851, in the sixtieth year of her age. Jolin Amerman received his education in the common schools of his native place, and at the age of seventeen started out to fight the battle of life. He first ob- tained a situation with a mercantile house in New York city, and remained there for five years, diligently mastering the details of the trade, and laying the foundation for the success that was to crown his future career. In 184G he engaged in the mercantile business at South Branch, and carried on the same for a period of forty successive years. Among other interests our subject was also engaged in extensive milling opera- tions, and after many years of constant and energetic devotion to both of the above interests, he retired from further business affairs, but is still an active and infiuential citizen, and fills several honorable and trustworthy positions, among which are the vice-presidency of the Fii'st National Bank of Somerville, and the vice-px-esidency of the Dime Savings Bank. He has always been an earnest republican. Following the tra- ditions of the family, Mr. Amerman iden- tified himself with the church of his fore- fathers, and in the earlier days of his connection with the church work, took an active part in the very important work of the Sunday-school. That he is 500 Biographical Sketches. considerocl honorable and trustworthy by his Ibllow church members is clearly evinced by the fact of his being elected to the various offices of deacon, el- der, etc. Mr. Amerniiin has been twice married. His first wife was Hettie Morehead, daughter of John Morehead. This esti- mable and highly-respected lady died Nov. 5, 1871. Some years later he was joined in marriage to Miss Jennie Lewis, daughter of Mr. Lewis. Our subject was again unfortunate in the death of his second wife, who died Aug. 11, 1883. The children of the first marriage, two in number, were : May E., deceased, and Joanna, deceased. The second marriage was blessed with one child, Elizabeth, deceased. Mr. Amerman has long been recognized as a man of marked ability, is broad and liberal in his views, and to- day commands the hearty respect of all who know liiin. TAME8 WAIT, doing Ijusiness at No. 2.S ^ Smith street, is one of the oldest and most progressive and successful citizens of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, where he was born July (1, 18"J4. He is the son ol' John 0. and Elizabeth Crow Wait. His paternal grandfather, David Wait, was a native of Scotland. He was born in 1754 and came tt) the colonies a pressed soldier at the time of the Ilevolutionary war, being then just twenty-one years ol" age. He took part in an engagement at Man- hattan Islanil, New York, was taken prisoner by the Americans, and retained as a prisoner of war at Jamestown, Va., until peace was proclaimed. He then went to Sussex, E.ssex county. New Jer- sey, and linally to Perth Amboy. Here he worked lor-laiucs Pinker as (•ar[)enter in the building known as the " Old Cas- tle " on Water street, said to be the most ancient building now in Perth Ambo}. Later he began Ijusiness on his own ac- count and was successful. David Wait was a man of good education, and held in high esteem by all who came into so- cial or other relations with him. Politi- cally he was an old-line whig, and both he and his wife, who was a Miss Irene Bell, were actively engaged in the work of the Presbyterian church, which church he built. They reared a family of eleven children : David, Margaret, Agnes, Ma- tilda, Katharine, Joseph, John, Isaac. James, William and Philip. David Wait, Sr., died Nov. 11, 181(1, and his wife May 31, 180-4. They are both buried at Perth Amboy, New Jersey. John 0. Wait (father) was Iwrn at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Jan. 10, 1787, and upon leaving school worked with his father as carpenter. In 1834 he engaged in the baking business, and con- tinued successful^ in it until his death. He was democratic in his political views and paid considerable attention to party alfairs and public matters. Among the various offices he held were overseer of the poor and of roads. He was a be- liever in the doctrines of the Presbyterian church, and on Nov. 28, 1810, married Miss Elizabeth Crow, daughter of Ellis Crow, of Woodbridge, New Jersey, who was a son of Colonel Crow, of the Revo- lutionary war. They had seven sons and four daughters : Thompson, Marguerett, Matilda, Prancis, Samuel, James, Philip, Mary Amanda, Martha and John O. John O. Wait, Sr., died Nov. 23, 187(1. and his wife, Elizabeth, passed away in May, 1803, both being interred at Peitli Am- boy, New Jersey. James Wait was enrolled as a pupil in t^'tV^^H7-^<^l^^^^^ /V.4!_S Biographical Sketches. 503 the common schools of Perth Amboy until he reached the age of twelve years. He then began to learn the baking-busi- ness with his fathei", and at the age of twenty-one was given an interest in the establishment. He continued with his father until three yenrs had passed, and then withdrew and established himself at No. 24 Smith street, where he remained until 1852, and then erected his present place of business at No. 23 Smith street. Mr. Wait's career as a manufacturer of bread, fine cakes, ice-cream and confec- tions has been successful, and during the course of his successful and well-managed lii'e as a business man he has accumu- lated a competence, and takes much pleasure in looking over his fine farm of one hundred and thirty acres, situated in Woodbridge township, a rich agricultui'al district. Mr. Wait is a democrat, and has served his community as constable and as a member of council. On Sept. 21, 1848, he was united in marriage to Miss Emma Hughes, daughter of James and Hannah Hughes, of North Truro, Mass. Eight children were born to this union : Emma (Mrs. Edward Best), James, Bessie, deceased ; Anna Francis, George, Leon and Jennie, the latter three deceased ; and Frank. "pvR. RICHARD F. BORDEN, a leading -*-^ and successful dentist at Red Bank, Monmouth county, is a son of Richard and Alice (White) Borden, and was born March 13, 1844, at Little Silver, Mon- mouth county. Tlie name is of English origin, and the American branch of the Borden family trace their ancestrj' to four brothers, Benjamin, John, Andrew, and Richard, who came from England about 1600, and settled on Long Island. Richard Borden, the paternal great- grandfather, was a captain of a vessel plying between New York and Philadel- 2)hia, which occupation was also followed by his son, Richard Borden, the grand- father. The latter was a quaker, and was the first of the family to reside at Little Silver. His children were : John, who was captain of a vessel on the Nave- sink river ; Richard, William, Sarah, wife of Seth White, of Rumson ; Caroline, wife of Joseph Hance ; and Joseph. Richard Borden (father) received a common-school education at Little Sil- ver, but subsequently acquired a good stock of general learning by pursuing studies on his own account. For many years he was captain of a coasting vessel between New York and Philadelphia. Later in life he gave up the sea, and be- came an architect of considerable repute at Little Silver, where he resided upon the farm where he was born. He was an old-line whig in politics, and a de- voted member of the Methodist Episco- pal church at Little Silver. He died in 1845. He was married to Miss Alice White, daughter of Timothy White, of Little Silver, by whom he had four chil- dren : Fi'ancis, deceased at twelve years of age ; Sarah E., wife of George W. Van Derveer, of Jersey City ; William, and Richard F. Dr. Richard F. Borden received a com- mon-school education at Little Silver, and afterwards prepared for college at Freehold, New Jersey. He then took a partial course at the Cincinnati Dental College. He immediately entered upon the practice of his profession at Red Bank, and has been the leading dentist of this section of Monmouth county for over a quarter of a centuiy. He has been highly successful, and has built up 604 Biographical Sketches. a wide clientage. In addition to his handsome residence at Red Bank he also owns the homestead at Little Silver, pre- viously operated by his father and grand- father. Dr. Borden is a strong republican in politics, but is independent in the mat- ter of voting at local elections. He was educated in the tenets of the Presbyterian church, but is at present not attached to any religious faith. He is a member of Lodge No. 73, Knights of Pythias. On May 13, 1874, Dr. Borden was married to Miss Emma Butler, daughter of William Butler, of New York, and they have one child, Marion R. Dr. Borden is a hard and conscientious worker in his pro- fession, is genial and courteous in his man- ners, and is popular and respected. He is a man of wide learning and a close stu- dent of his profession. TTTILLIAM J. McCURDY, treasurer of ' '^ the Neverslip Manufacturing Co., and ex-president of the board of trade, is one of the most successful and sul> stantial business men of New Bruns- wick and Middlesex county. He is a son of Daniel and Jane (Dunbar) Mc- Curdy and was boi'ii July 3U, 1862, at New Brunswick. He received his edu- cation in various institutions. He grad- uated from the public schools of New Brunswick in 1878, Rutgers College gram- mar school in 1879, and then entered upon tlie regular college course, pursuing the same into the freshman year. He left college to prepare for business, and in 1880 graduated irom the New Jersey- Business College at Newark. He then became associated with his lather as a clerk until 1889 in his store at New Brunswick, at which time lie was admitted to j)artnershii) under the style of D. McCurdy & Son, wholesale and re- tail dealers in cigars, and soon built up in the latter branch of their business the largest trade in the state. Meanwhile he became a director in the New Bruns- wick Fire Insurance Company and presi- dent of the board of trade. To this lat- ter position Mr. McCurdy was elected in 1890, and during his term, which lasted five years, many new and substantial en- terprises were added to the town under his skillful leadership. In the spring of 1893, two years after he purchased his father's interest in the store at No. 10 Somerset street, he sold out and removed to the corner of George and Washington streets. He increased his volume ol' bus- iness $35,000 during the first 3"ear, and during the next two years their increases aggregated $45,000 per annum. Mr. McCurd\' continued this successful busi- ness until Feb., 1896, Avhen he was of- fered and accepted the position of treas- urer of the Neverslip Manufacturing Co., of New Brunswick, one of the companies controlled by tiie Johnson & Johnson corporation, organized in 1896 tor the manufacture of metal specialties, and is a consolidation of various companies hitherto engaged in the same business. The company occupies a large plant eni- plo^ing sixty-tive men, and their sales, showing a large annual increase, extended all over the United States and also throughout Europe. Mr. McCurdy has entire charge of this department of the business in his capacity of treasurer, the other officers being R. W. Johnson, pres- ident ; J. W. Johnson, .'secretary; and Richard Wliittaker, superintendent. Mr. McCurdy is a member of the following named societies: Union Lodge, No. 11, F. and A. Masons ; New Brunswick Lodge, No. 324, B. P. 0. E.; Adelphia Biographical Sketches. 505 Council, No. 1105, Royal Arcanum; and the New Brunswick Boat Club. He is also a member and tru.Ntee of the First Presbyterian church and a member of the Young Men's Christian Association. He was united in marriage April 25, 1889, to May H., daughter of Arnold F. and Augusta (Boyd) Farmer, who re- sided at George's Road, a suburb of New Brunswick. To their union have been born two children : Ogden Ralston, aged six years, and Doretha Howard, aged four. The maternal grandfather, Robert Dunbar, was a native of Scotland, where he resided all his life, engaged in agricul- ture. From the foregoing epitome of the life of Mr. McCurdy, it will be seen that he has attained a prominent position in the business and social circles of New Brunswick ; that he has been a success- ful man of indomitable energy in his own business and is now ably putting forth his strong mental resources in a business chiefly owned by others, and that as a pul)lic-spirited and progressive citizen he has contributed a large share to the thrift of that city. Daniel McCurdy (f\xther) was a son of John McCurdy, and was born in Scotland, in 1821. He came to America twenty years later, with Robert, an older brother, and located in Philadelphia for three years. He afterwards came to New Brunswick to accept a responsible posi- tion as superintendent of a new enter- prise just starting. He remained in that service for a score of years, when he en- gaged in the grocery business for himself, which he conducted alone until 1888. In that year he admitted his son, William J., into the business, and the house of D. McCurdy & Son continued until 1891. He sold out to his son in that year ; re- tired from business with a handsome competence and with the reputation of being the most successful merchant of New Brunswick. His enjoyment of the fruits of liis labor was of brief duration, however, tor he deceased in 1892 at the venerable age of seventy-one years. In political associations he was a member of the Democratic party, and in religious devotion he worshiped at the First Pres- byterian church of New Brunswick. His marriage, May 2.3, 1856, to Jane Dunbar, who is surviving and residing with her daughter, Mrs. J. T. Lippincott, at New- ark, New Jersey, resulted in the birth of three daughters and one son : Mary, wife of N. D. Runyon, residing at Stelton, New Jersey ; Catharine, married to Fred- erick Weigle, an attorney-at^law and at present city attorney of New Brunswick ; William J., our sulyect ; and Emma D., wife of Dr. J. D. Lippincott, who is con- nected with St. Michael's Hospital, of Newark, New Jersey. TTTILLIAM A. SEAMANS, an enter- ' ' prising boat and j-acht builder of Long Branch, is a typical self-made man. He was born at Long Branch, New Jer- sey, December 2, 1854, and is a son of Walter A. and Mary A. (Corstor) Sea- mans. The grandfather of our subject, Isaac Seamans, was a native of Jersey City, New Jersey, and was a large land-holder, having owned the greater part of the present site of that city. He was en- gaged in boating and shad-fishing, and in both of these lines of business was very successful. Politically he was an active democrat, and was one of the leading public-spirited citizens of Jersey City, in his day. He was also deeply interested 506 Biographical Sketches. ill the building of racing-boats, and on one occasion, while going to Boston, to enter his boat in a |5U00-a-side contest, was caught between the cars and killed. Isaac Seainans married Miss Sara Crane, daughter of Daniel Crane, of Jersey City, and they reared a ianiily of six children : Sarah Jane (Mrs. McLeehan) ; Mary (Mrs. Hicks) ; Hannah (Mrs. Lear) ; Adelia (Mrs. Hornier) ; Alfred, and Walter A. Walter A. Seanuuis (father) was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and attended the common schools of that place. His occupations were respectively those of a carpenter, surfnian, and fisherman. He was captain of the old Excelsior Guards of Long Branch, and when the civil war was in progress served during the entire four years, and was a memljer of General Banks' expedition in the southwest. He was a member of the Democratic party, aud married Miss Mary A. Corstor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Corstor, of Jersey City, and to them were born seven children, all of whom are deceased, except the subject of this sketch. They were as Ibllows : Lsaac, Alfred, Sarah A., Adelia, Elmira, Joanna Ede, and William A. The mother of the above family died in 18G1, and the lather died at Trenton, New Jersey, July IS, 189G. William A. Seamans (subject) attended school but two years at odd times, as chance permitted, and when eight or nine years of age was engaged in selling papers and blacking boots around the Courtland street ferry, Jersey City. He tlu'ii worked two years lor Messrs. Rich- ard & Seamans, sash, door and l)Iind maii- ufactm-ers, at Jersey City; whili' here he learned the trade of pattern-making. His next employment was for one year with Charles H. Hall & Dr. Walker, man- ufacturers of vinegar bitters. During the next few years he was engaged in fishing at Long Branch, and employed by R. V. Breese, of Carpenter, as a carpen- ter, and worked at his trade for six or seven years during the winter and fishing in summer. In 1879 Mr. Seamans located permanently in Long Branch, and there married Miss Elizabetli Ijrindlev. daugh- ter of John P. and JNLirgaret Brindley. He then followed fishing during the most profitable seasons of the year, and devoted the remainder of his time to carpentering and building boats ; and to the latter business gives his entire at- tention, and does a thriving trade as a boat and yacht designer and builder. With no capital Mr. Seamans built his house on leased ground, and to-day by thrift, industi'v, and rare business ability has not only secured his home, but has accumulated a goodly amount of stocks and real estate. In political views he is a democrat. Mr. Seamans is a bright, thrifty business man, and has one son, Howard Leon Seamans. /"10RNEL1US D. TAYLOli, the gentle- ^ manly manager of Taylor's Hotel, at Dunellen, New Jersey, is a son of Wil- liam H. and Mary (Doremus) Taylor, formerly of Morris county. New Ji-rsey, but latterly of Dunellen, where the father has establisiied himself as the popular and well-known proprietor of the hotel which bears his name. Mr. Taylor was born in Morris county. New Jersey, June 26, 1861 ; and when his parents removed to Dunellen came with them, and has ever since been engaged in assisting his father in the management of the hotel at the latter place. Calvin Taylor (grand- lather) was a native of Montclair, in Essex county, New Jersey, where he re- Biographical Sketches. 507 sided for many years. He was by occu- pation a shoemaker, and pursued this calling industriously and with much suc- cess until a short time prior to his death, in 1893, when he retired from active business. lie left the following descend- ants : George W., Wesley, Alfred, Louise B., Susan, and William H. William H. Ta^dor (lather) was born at Newark, Essex county, on April 12, 18.33, and received his education in the common schools of the vicinity. He learned the father's trade, that of shoe- making, and for a time followed that oc- cupation in his native place. He subse- quently entered into the livery business at Boonton, Morris county, and from there to Metuchen in the same business, in which he continued until 1882. He then removed to Dunellen, ^ew Jersey, and became the proprietor of the hotel now known as Taylor's Hotel, and has remained at its head continuously since. He is most ably assisted in it by his son (the subject), .and the hotel enjoys an ex- cellent reputation with the traveling public, as wel I as with the resident com- munity. Connected with the hotel may be found all the appliances for recre- ation and exercise, usually appertaining to a first-class hostelry, such as bowling alleys, and pool and billiard tables, and these are well patronized and appreciated by the lovers of athletics and sports. The father of Mr. Taylor is an ardent democrat in politics, and a somewhat active j)arty worker. He married Mary Doremus, daughter of Hon. C. B. Dore- mus, of Morris county, on May 30, 1855, and as the fruit of said union has three children : George W., Edward P., and Cornelius D. Cornelius D. Taylor attended the com- mon schools of Boonton, New Jersey, until he attained the age of twelve years, after which he entered the office of his father, at that time engaged in the livery business at Boonton, and assisted him therein up to the time his father disposed of the same. He then came to Dunellen with his father, and has since assisted him in the management of the hotel at the latter place. He is also an ardent democrat in politics, and is identified with the Junior Order of United Ameri- can Mechanics. He married, in 1885, Miss Sarah B. Demarest, daughter of William Demarest, of Paterson, New Jersey, and they have liad one child, Eliza. T~\AVID C. ENGLISH, M. D., a leading -'-^ practitioner of New Brunswick, and one of the foremost physicians in the state of New Jersey, comes from a family of medical men ; his father and grand- father having Ijeen physicians before him. He is the son of Dr. David C. English, and was born in New Brunswick in 184 jJ. His grandfather was Dr. James English, whose ancestors were among the first settlers of the state. Dr. David C. English studied medicine with the eminent Dr. Clifford T. Morrogh, who was also one of the oldest as well as ablest surgeons in the state. In 1868 he graduated from the College of Phys- icians and Surgeons, of New York city (Columbia College), after a three years' course of study. Upon the final com- pletion of his studies he settled in New Brunswick, and entered upon the prac- tice of his profession, in which he has achieved an enviably eminent position. He has been the treasurer of the Middle- sex County Medical Society since 1870, and has served as president of that organi- zation. He is a member of the State Medi- 508 Biographical Sketches. cal Society, and was on the standing com- mittee of that society for four years; three years of which time he served as chair- man. In 1894 he was elected third vice- president of tlie State Medical Society, in the following year, second vice-president, and this year, in June, 189G, was elected to the first vice-presidency. Following the usual custom, this will bring him to the presidency in 1897. Dr. English is a prominent member of the American Medical Association, at the annual meetings of which he has often represented the State Medical Society. In 1893 he was elected a delegate to the Pan-American Medical Congress. He has been successively secretary, chairman of the executive council, and vice-presi- dent of the New Jersey State Sanitary Association, and was president of that body in 1895-6. He served for two years as a member of the executive council of the American Public Health Association. He is secretary of the medical staff of the Wells Memorial Hospital, at New Bruns- wick. He has served his native city as an alderman for a term of two years, 186G-8, and his inlluence and votes were so strongly in favor of reform and against the open saloon, that, greatly to his re- lief, the politicians did not urge a re-elec- tion. He has held no other important public office. Dr. English has been equally active in religious matters. In 1871 and again in 1881, he was president of the New Jer- sey State Young Men's Ciiristian Asso- ciation Convention. From 1870 to 1894, he was continuously a member of the state executive committee, and for man}' years was president of the New Bruns- wick Young Men's Christian Association. In 187.3 he was elected an elder in the First Presbyterian church of New Bruns- wick, and has been re-elected four times ! since. He was twice elected by the Presbytery of New Brunswick as com- missioner to the general assembly of the church. Dr. English has labored untir- ingly and zealously for the advancement of the medical profession, and the up- lifting of mankind through religious and benevolent organizations. He is a gentle- man of marked ability and high charac- ter. As a physician he is recognized by the medical profession as being one of the foremost practitioners in the state. He was mari'ied in 1870, to Susan C. Blake, daughter of Hon. Harrison Blake, of Maine, and has one son, GrenfiU H., who resides in New Brunswick. /CHARLES FISHER, a prosperous whole- ^-^ sale and retail coal-dealer at New Brunswick, Middlesex county. New Jer- sey, is a son of Joseph and Adeline (Hock- mon) Fisher, and was born in the above city Oct. 6, 1846. Charles Fisher ac([uired an average education in the grammar school of his native city, and started out in the ])attle of life while yet a lad. He was com- pelled by force of circumstances to fight his way unaided and alone, but l)v dint of energy, courage, and ambitit)n, and withal a high sense of honor, with strict adherence to principle, ever hewing to the line, letting the chips fall where they ma}', he won and has taken a pi'oininent place in the commercial life of New Brunswick. After leaving school his first employment was a ten years' en- gagement as a clerk in a dry-goods store. At the expiration of this time he spent two years in the soap business in Brook- lyn, New York, six years in the clothing trade, and two years as clerk in the office Biographical Sketches. 509 of a surrogate. His varied experience afforded him an excellent training for mercantile life and thoroughly equipped him to enter into business for himself He accordingly opened his present large establishment in New Brunswick, where he conducts an extensive trade as a whole- sale and retail dealer in coal. This un- dertaking pi'ospered from its inception until now, his coal yai'd being one of the best known in the city. Mr. Fisher evinces just pride in his satisfactory and growing business, as well as in the nu- merous friendships he has created and maintained. He takes an active interest in religious, social, and public affairs. He is an honored member of the Second Reformed church of New Brunswick, takes a leading part in all philanthropic and charitable Avork, and in political affairs is a devotee of Republican princi- ples. In secret societies he holds mem- bership as follows : Union Lodge, No. 19, F. and A. M.; Scott Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M.; Scott Council, No. 1, Royal Ar- canum, and the Legion of Honor, all of New Brunswick. Mr. Fisher was married July 2, 1877, to Ella De Hart, a daughter of Gen. Uriah De Hart, of New Brunswick, and their marriage has been blessed with four children : Mary Louise, Bessie Mad- eline, Clara N., and Eloise. nn D. RAZLEY, ex-chief of the fire de- *- • [)artment, and senior member of the firm of Bazley & Burns, plumbers, of Long Branch, New Jersey, is a son of Harman and Freelove Bazley, and was born in New York city, Oct. 5, 1848. He attended the public schools of New York until he was thirteen years of age, when he was employed in a candy store one year, and then in the office of S. S. Shortland. Some time later he became interested in the plumbing business, and worked at that for eight years in the em- ploy of Martin Laloe, at No. 387 Bow- ery, and two years on Sixth avenue. In 1873, Mr. Bazley removed to Long Branch, and continued in the same busi- ness, taking into partnership with him- self Mr. Joseph Burns, and since that time they have been doing a very suc- cessful trade under the firm name of Bazley & Burns. In political affairs and pul)lic concerns, he takes a keen and active interest and labors hard for the success of his party and the common welfare and progress of his city. He is a democrat and has held the following offices : commissioner of Long Branch for two years, and chief of the fire de- partment for a like term. Mr. Bazley is well known in secret society circles, being a member of Ma- sonic Lodge, No. 78 ; Standard Chapter, No. 35 ; Knights of Pythias, Ocean Lodge, No. 83; Empire Lodge, No. 174, I. 0. 0. F. ; and Long Branch Council, No. 429, Royal Arcanum ; all of Long Branch. In religious belief and hold- ings, Mr. Bazley is a staunch Presby- terian, and is actively engaged in manag- ing the official concerns of the church, being a member of the board of trustees. On May 7, 1874, Mr. Bazley wedded Miss Mary Herbert, daughter of John and Catherine Herbert, of Long Branch, and to them have been born a family of eight children : Mary Isabel. Eliza])eth, Albert. Raymond, Forrest, Helen. Paul, and Thomas Dixon, deceased. Thomas D. Bazley (grandfather) was born in New York city, and for some years attended the public schools at that place. He then learned the meat busi- 510 Biographical Sketches. ness, establislied a trade for himself, and was thus engaged in the city of New York up to the time of his death, which occurred Feb. 22, 1842. Politically, grandfather Bazley was an old-line whig, and an earnest member of the Baptist church, in which he was an energetic worker. Thomas D. Bazley's wife's maiden name was Elizabeth, and their marriage was blessed by the birth of nine children, four sons and five daugh- ters : Thomas D., Harman, John, ]Mrs. David M. Tier, William, Henrietta, Mrs. Jacob Reed, Charlotte and Ellen. Harman Bazley (father) was bona in New York city, Aug. 13, 1816, and after attending the public schools of that place, learned the trade of his father, and followed that business at Clinton market. New York city, all his life. He was a man of good judgment and full of en- ergy, a comljination of qualities well fitting him for the successful business career he realized. He was an adherent of the Democratic party in his day, and an attendant of the Baptist church. Fraternally, Mr. Bazley, Sr., was con- nected with the order of Free Masons and the I. 0. 0. F. On Dec. 31, 1840, he married Miss Freelove Benedict, daughter of Stephen and Al)igail Bene- dict, and they reared the following fam- ily of children: T. D., the subject; John, William, Stephen, I\rrs. John E. Pardee, and Elizabeth. The father died in New York, on Sept. 6, 1855, aged thirty-seven years. The mother still survives at the age of seventy-seven years, and resides in Brooklyn, N. Y. TTT C. MARTIN is a son of Jacob W. '^' • and Katherin Deyeo Martin, and was l)orn in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, March 20, 1859. lie comes from French ancestry ; his ancestors coming to Amer- ica at an early period and were known as Martins. In course of time the name was slightly abbreviated by the dropping of the final letter. Zariah Martin, his grandfiither, was a native of Raritan,New Jersey?, where he lived as a thrifty farmer all his life. He was a democrat in poli- tics and a communicant of the Baptist church. He had two children, a son and a daughter : Rachel and Jacob W. Jacob W. Martin (father) received but a common-school education, and was early put to work on a farm. He de- voted his nights to study, however, and thus acquired a fair education, which stood him well in after years. Upon leaving the farm he started the carting of clay, and continued in the business for five years. He next clerked in a grocery store in Perth Amboy for three years, after which he started a grocery of his own, and continued therein until 1888, when he sold out the business to his son. He was a democrat in politics ; was a freeholder in Perth Amboj-, and for twelve years an overseer of tlte poor. He had four children : W. C, A. D., Annie, wife of Philip Wood, and Ella, wife of 0. Wood. He was also an active and zeal- ous member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having served on its build- ing committee and as trustee and treas- urer. W. C. Martin received a common- school education, and in 1876 attended a private school at Railway, New Jersey, for nine months. He then entered his father's store as a clerk, and for twelve years he remained and assisted in con- ducting his fiither's business. In 1888 he purchased his father's interest, and since then, in connection with his part- ner, under the firm name of Martin & Biographical Sketches. 511 Voorhees, has continued to do a very suc- cessful and lucrative business. In poli- tics he affiliates with the Democratic party. Mr. Martin has been conspicuously ac- tive in the fire department of Perth Am- boy since Dec. 29, 1881, and materially aided in the organization of that depart- ment. He was a member for three years when he was elected first assistant fore- man. The ensuing year he was elected fortinan and president. After this he became assistant^chief, and in May, 1895, was elected chief. He is a member of the Exempt Firemen's Association, which was organized March 19, 1889 ; has served two years as president of the or- ganization, and at present is its treasurer. He is also an active member of the Jr. 0. U. A. M., and was a trustee of his council for two years. On April 30, 1884, Mr. Martin married Miss Jennie Foster, a daughter of the late George Foster, and by this union has two children : Kenneth and Ger- trude. In his social and domestic rela- tions Mr. Martin is greatly esteemed for | his affability, geniality and kindness of j heart. In business circles he ranks pre- j eminently high and commands the re- ' spect of the entire connnunity. As a 1 citizen he is exemplary and earnestly de- voted to the interests and welfare of his native heath. T\n. HENRY G. WAGONER, one of -*-^ the most prominent physicians of Somerset county, New Jersey, now asso j ciate judge of the inferior court of com- | mon pleas of that county, residing at Somerville. New Jersey, is a son of William and Elizabeth (Gatzmer) Wago- ner, and was born Aug. 16, 1829, in ^ Hunterdon county, New Jersey. Both parents were natives of New Jersey, and were of German and Holland-Dutch ancestry. They were among the early pioneers who effected a settlement in New Jersey. William Wagoner was a farmer, also a harness-maker and saddler at Stanton. He was a plain, unassuming man, and an able and intluential person in his com- munity, in which he could have received any office for the asking. He passed away in May, 1870, aged sixty-nine years, and his relict followed him in April, 1877, in her seventy-fifth year. They were the parents of four children : Peter, who died in infancy ; Dr. Henry G., William G., and John A. G. Dr. Henry Wagoner attended the com- mon schools and academies of New Jer- sey until he was nineteen years of age, and afterwards taught school one and a half years. He studied medicine with Dr. John Manners, a noted physician of those days in Hunterdon county. Re- maining with Dr. Manners three years, Mr. Wagoner entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1850, and was graduated therefrom in the spring of 1853. He entered into active practice at once in Stanton, Hunterdon county. New Jersey, remaining until 1859, when he removed to Somerville, Somerset county, New Jersey, where he began a successful career as a physician, that has in no wise abated after the lapse of thirty-six years. Dr. Wagoner is now the oldest medical practiticmer in his county. He is an ex-member of the Hunterdon, and a member of the Somerset county medical societies, served as president of the latter society, and for the past four years has been a delegate to the State Medical So- ciety of New Jersey, Dr. W^agoner was 512 Biographical Sketches. a member of the board of pension ex- aminers during President Arthur's ad- ministration. He has also served as a member of the state board of medical examiners for two terms, by appointment of Gov. Abbett, and was its president for one year. He was at one time local surgeon for the Jersey Central railroad, and for several years has been medical examiner for the Washington Life In- surance Company ; the New York Life ; the New York Mutual Life ; the Equit- able Life of New York city ; the Ger- mania of New York ; the ^tna of Hart- ford, Conn. ; the Mutual Benefit of New- ard ; the Provident and the Penn Mutual, both of Philadelphia; the Northwestern of Minnesota, and for the Northwestern Masonic Aid Association of Chicago. He is also medical nominator for the Equit> able Life, and is medical referee for the Mutual Benefit, above named. Dr. Wagoner has frequently acted as coroner in Somerset county, and served three terms of three years each as county phy- sician of his county, and is now an in- cumbent of that office, and a term of two years on the board of street commis- sioners. He has been identified with the Somerville Water Company as vice-presi- dent ever since it was projected. The doctor is a member of the Somerville Cemetery Association ; is now its secre- tary and treasurer, also has been its president; he is a director in the Citi- zens' Mutual Fire Insurance Company of New Jersey, its principal office being at Somerville, and he is a member of the board of education of that town. In 1894 Dr. Wagoner was a|)[)()inted by Gov. Werts one of the associate judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of Somerset county, his term expiring in 1899. Judge Wagoner is a prominent , man in secret society circles, and is a member of these various orders : Solo- mon's Lodge, No. 46, F. and A. M., of which he was worshipful master from 1862 to 1864 inclu.sive, and again in 1867 ; ex-member of Scott Cliapter, No. 4, R. A. M., of New Brunswick ; one of the charter members of Keystone Chapter, No. 25, organized at Somerville in 1870, and was its first high priest, serving several years; again elected in 1893 .and again in 1894 ; created a Knight Temp- lar, 1869, in Coeurde Lion Commandery, No. 8, New Brunswick, from which he dimitted and became a charter member of Trinity Commandery, No. 17, of Plain- field, New Jei'sey, where his membership remains ; member of Mecca Temple, No. 1, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America, at New York city. Judge Wagoner is the present grand high priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of New Jersey. He has visited officially all the subordinate chapters in the state during his official career as an officer of the grand body, and consummated a most re- markable and an unusual undertaking. Judge Wagoner was united in mar- riage Sept. 7. 1854. to Rachael L., a daughter of Dr. Philip R. and Sarah L. Vail Dakiii. of Hunterdon county, New Jersey, and to tlicir union were born six children, three of whom, Willie D., Eliza- beth A., and Sarah C, died in infancy. The other children were named in order as follows : Henry V., a salesman for Marcus Ward & Co., in New York ; Wil- liam I)., deceased in 1886, aged eighteen years ; and P. Dakin, a student at the Stevens In.stitute. Hoboken, New Jersey, now graduated as mechanical engineer. Their n)other deceased July 25, 187(). Our subject was married subsequently '^t^^^-.-^^ "^-^^ Biographical Sketches. 515 Aug. 14, 1878, to Achsah C, daughter of Elijah T. and Rebecca (Walton) Mott, of Chicago, and to their marriage were born, Aug. 20, 1883, one child, a daughter named Helen A. Judge Wagoner was a second time bereaved of the mistress of his hearth and home, his second wife deceasing March 6, 1895. Both women are sleeping peacefully in the family cemetery at Somerville, New Jersey. Judge Wagoner is a member of the First Reformed church of Somerville, enrolled in 1876. He has performed for several years the functions of deacon and elder, and takes a deep and abiding interest in all church work. TTOX. CALVIN CORLE, ex-member of -*— *- the senate of New Jerse^^ and one of the most progressive farmers and sub- stantial business men of Somerset county. New Jersey, is a son of Charles and Han- nah (Hoagland) Corle, and was born at Neshanic, Somerset county, Jan. 22, 1830. Inheriting the proverbial tlu-ift and busi- ness tact of the Holland Dutch, the Corle family has inaintained its position among the foremost fixmilies of Somerset county, where they have resided for four or more generations. Benjamin Corle (paternal grandfather) began life in Hunterdon county, and with the advantage of a common-school edu- cation established himself upon a farm at Mt. Airy, and followed that as a life-long occupation. His agricultural interests grew large, and he accumulated a large tract of excellent and highly fertile farm land. Politically he was a democrat. His wife's maiden name was Miss Elizabeth Lambert, daughter of John Lambert, and tour cliildren were born to them, as fol- lows : Katherine (Mrs. William Barber) ; Charles, Samuel, and Elizabeth (Mrs. William K. Oat), all of whom are now dead. Benjamin Corle departed this life some years prior to his wife, who passed away in April, 1847, aged seventy-two years. Chai'les Corle (father) was born at Mt. Airy, New Jersey, May 2, 1798, and was reared on his father's farm, in the mean- time receiving his elementary training in the common schools of his native dis- trict. He chose farming for his occujja- tion, and continued to follow this to the end of his days. However, he became proprietor of other business interests, namely, a store and a grist mill at Ne- shanic. Mr. Corle was a public-spirited citizen and an active political leader in the Democratic party in his district, and held the office of justice of the peace for the remarkable term of twenty years. He attended the Dutch Reformed church, and married Miss Hannah Hoagland, daughter of Derrick Hoagland, of Mt. Airy, Hunterdon county. This union resulted in the birth of three children, two sons and one daughter : Calvin, Ben- jamin, deceased, and Ellen E., deceased. Charles Corle died Nov. 5, 1855, and Hannah, his wife, Nov. 1, 1857. Calvin Corle, subject of this sketch, received only a common-school education, but is naturally endowed with a taste for extended observation and a master mind for details, so that he is well informed and able to grasp the problems of tlie day in an intelligent and comprehensive man- ner. He first began business as a farmer near Neshanic, Somerset county. New Jersey, and has to-day one of the finest tracts of cultivated land in the state. Mr. Corle has demonstrated the fact that he possesses a large amount of business ability, and has filled many positions of 516 Biographical Sketches. trust and responsibility during his life- time. He has paid considerable attention to settling up of estates, in which he has proved himself entirely' capable and sati.s- factory. He was for fourteen years presi- dent of the Somerset County Bank, of Somerville, from 1879 to 1893. Mr. Corle has had an active and honorable career in the political affairs of his county and state. His ability as an organ- izer, his tireless energy, and comprehen- sion of the needs of timely and wise legislation led to his selection by the Democratic party as a member of the state senate of New Jersey in 1870—72, during which time he did his utmost to further the welfare of both his constitu- ents and the commonwealth. From his youth up he attended the Dutch Re- formed church at Neshanic, Somerset county. New Jersey. On Oct. 20, 1852, Calvin Corle mar- ried Miss Hannah Van Camp, daughter of Gilbert Van Camp, of Somerset county. This estimable lady died March 21, 1869. Mr. Corle has since re-married, his second wife being Miss Anna Hankiiis, daughter of James Hankins, of Allentown, New Jersey. Mr. Cole is a man of unassail- able integrity and probity, and has al- ways made many friends in his business transactions. And throughout a large circle of acquaintances and friends he is held up as an example of honest and true manhood. /CAROLINE HEMPSTEAD MARSH, a ^^ phy.sician and surgeon of New Brunswick, is the daughter of Kiverius and Julia Douglas Hemi)stead Mar.sh, and was born in Litchfield, Conn., July 27, 1866. Dr. Marsh comes from two illustrious New Ensland families. Her mother is a lineal descendant of Sir Robert Hempstead (legal adviser of John Win- throp), to whom was given the grant of land where New London, Conn., now stands, and the old Hempstead home- stead, which was first built in 164:0 by Sir Robert, and afterwards rebuilt by his son, Joshua, in 1678, is one of the old landmarks still remaining in New Lon- don, and very much honored by the des- cendants of the Hempstead family, and residents of the town. On the paternal side she is a descend- ant of John Marsh, of Hartford, Conn., who came to this country in the " Plain John," in 16-35, and married Anne, daugh- ter of Governor John Webster, settling in Hartford, 1636. Riverius Marsh, the father of Miss Marsh, was the son of a farmer, Channcey Marsh. His early education was obtained in the district schools of his native town, supplemented by a term at a boarding- school. He started in business in Litch- field, Conn., later receiving the appoint- ment of postmaster, which office he held until two years after his marriage with Julia Hempstead, of Litchfield, when he accepted a position with the uncle of his wife, Richard Douglas, in his large whole- sale lamp and glass house in New York city. Later he became a member of the Ives Patent Lamp Co., New York city, which position he held until the failure of the firm in 1876. In October, 1879, he moved with his family to New Bruns- wick, for the purpose of establishing the Bronze works. Later he obtained a more lucrative position with the American En- caustic Tiling Co., and is now traveling salesman for Gleason & Co., New York. Mr. Marsh is quite an inventor, and has a number of inventions in the market, among which is a patent frame for tiles, Biographical Sketches. 517 several styles of faucets for oil cans and tops for chimneys and globes. The Marsh Manufacturing Co., of New Bruns- wick, make several of Mr. Marsh's patents, and nothing else. Caroline Hempstead Marsh attended the New Brunswick high school, and afterwards studied under private tutors for three years. In the fall of 1886, she entered the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, graduating in 181)0. She spent the following year in the Philadelphia Polyclinic and Lying- in-Charity Hospitals. In the fall of 1891, she passed a very successful examination before the State Medical Examining Board of New Jersey, and opened her office soon after at 363 George street. New Brunswick. The following winter she took another hos})ital course in the post-graduate, of New York city. In the spring of 1891 she went to Colorado, remaining until the fall of 1895, when she returned to New Bruns- wick and resiuned her practice. While in Pueblo, Col., Dr. Marsh was appointed obstetrician to the Pueblo Hospital, and also made one of the board of directors. In New Brunswick she was [)liysician in charge of the Children's Home for six months. She is a member of the New Jersej' State Microscopical Society, and the Daughters of the Eastern Star, which is an order of the freemasons, to which organization her father belongs. In addition to her school and college education. Dr. Marsh has had a thorough course in vocal and instrumental music, as well as in art. Next to her profes- sional work she is interested in art. Dr. Marsh is thoroughly practical and industrious in all of woman's employ- ments. She does not agi-ee that higher education should interfere with woman's interest in domestic and household duties, and she is familiar with and takes piide in all of the same. prARVEY B. GROVE, a prominent re- -*—'- tired citizen of New Brunswick, and the late popular head of the general grocery and meat market at 274 Suydam street, is a son of Charles and Elizabeth (Hughes) Grove, of Dayton, New Jersey, and was born, Oct. 18, 1851, at that place. Charles Grove was born at Day- ton, Middlesex county. New Jersey, in 1829, and lived in that town all his life, dying in 1889. He received the advan- tage of an education in the connnon schools of that period, adopted the life of a farmer, and devoted himself actively to the cultivation and management of the farm upon which he resided for so many years. He was a communicant of the Presbyterian church at Dayton, and an active church member. In politics he was an aflfiliant of the Republican party, but not an active partisan. He married earl^' in life Miss Elizabeth Hughes, and they had the following chil- dren : Mary Louise, married to Isaac B. Rowland ; Charles Calvin ; Harvey B. ; and N. Edgar. Harvey B. Grove spent his early life upon his father's farm at Dayton, receiv- ing his education in the common schools, until he reached the age of sixteen, when he attended the Brainerd Institute at Cranberry for one year, and next the Peddle Institute at Hightstown, New Jersey, for one year and six months. After abandoning school he retui'ued home and assisted his f\ither on the farm until he had attained his majority, when he went to New Y^ork city and engaged 518 BIOGRAPHICA.L SKETCHES. in the express business, remaining there three years. Al^er this he came to Mon- mouth Junction. New Jersey, where he opened a general mercantile business, ■which he continued for the next four years. Disposing of this, he engaged, at Chester, Pa., in the grocery business for the next three years, when he sold out his interest and went to Reading, Pa., where he entered into the wholesale trade with two partners, under the firm name of Kurtz. Grove & Mayer, and continued for the ensuing four years. Disposing of his interest in this firm, he returned to Chester, Pa., and opened a wholesale grocery establishment in that city, and continued the same for three jears and a half. He then went to New Bruns- wick, where he entered into the whole- sale grocery business with the Runyou Brothers, with whom he remained until 1894, when he sold his interest. Subse- quently he became engaged in the manu- facture of flavoring extracts at New York city, in which he continued for one year; then sold out and returned to New Bruns- wick once more, where he opened the grocer}- and provision store at No. 274 Suydam street. This he carried on until the spring of 1896, when he transferred the stock and the business to his two sons, Charles Andrew and HaiTey Ray- mond, who now conduct the establish- ment under the firm name of Grove Brothers. The frequent business changes of Mr. Gnjve were caused b}- the pre- carious health which attended his later years, compelling him to seek rest at dif- ferent times in retirement. Recupera- tion following each time to a certain ex- tent, his energetic, impatient tempera- ment would not permit him to remain long inactive, and hence he would return again to business, only to find himself after a time once more a sufl'erer in bodilv health. These experiences at length convinced him of the absolute necessity of freedom from all pressing and depres- sing cares of business, and led him to place these upon the shoulders of younger and more robust men, his active and en- terprising sons. Mr. Grove married Miss S. Libbie Row- land, daughter of Andrew Rowland, of Dayton, New Jersey, Jan. 25, 1873. and has had the following children : Charles Andrew ; Harvey Raymond ; Addie Ma\ , who died in infancy ; and Clarence. He is a member of the Livingston Baptist church of New Brunswick, New Jersey, and a liberal supporter of the various divisions of church work. He is a repub- lican, but has never taken an active part in politics. He never sought or held office, except when a resident of Chester, Pa., when he served a term as an alderman. He is a memljer of the Royal Arcanum, and the Independent Order of American Mechanics, of New Brunswick, in both of which organizations he is greatly es- teemed and highly respected. . TTTILLITT DENIKE, dealer in agri- » ' cultural implements at Wo ties, notably that of Tetersburg and the Biographical Sketches. 521 capture and surrender of Lee. Return- ing to Kichinond, Va., he was discharged on June 3d, when he returned to Maine, where he resumed his studies as an as- sistant to his lather, and atlerward to Dr. W. M. Bates, of Salem, Mass. He started in to practice for himself in 1872, in Waldo county, Me. In 1884 Dr. Harris came to New Brunswick, where he has remained ever since in active business. He has always taken an active interest in the welfare and ])rogress of the community. He is a member of the board of trade and is ever ready to do his share of the work of that important adjunct to good govern- ment and enterprise. Politically he is a firm believer in the principles of prohibi- tion, but at general elections he takes pride in selecting the best men for his vote. Dr. Harris is also prominent in the fra- ternal world. He is a member of the Masonic Order, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Sons of Temperance and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is also a member of the Central Dental Society. As a member of Livingston Avenue Baptist church Dr. Harris is a consistant and active christian worker, and has for several years been an officer of that congregation. Dr. Harris has been married twice. His first wife was Miss Maria J. Lloyd, who died in 1887. Two children, Jennie F. and Harry L., were born to this union. On April 3, 1889, he married Anna M., daughter of Thomas Greenwood. ri EOllGE A. WOOLF, postmaster of ^-^ Kingston, New Jersey, under the administration of Benjamin Harrison, is a son of Jacob S. and Eliza Burd Woolf, 27 and was born, Dec., 1849, in that town. The paternal grandfather, John Woolf, came to New Jei'sey from the neighbor- ing state of Maryland, and carried on the trade of a harness-maker at Dean's Station. In religion he was of the Bap- tist persuasion. He was married to Catharine Spurling. Jacob S. Woolf (father) is a shoemaker, and still carries on that trade at Kings- ton. His opportunities for acquiring an education were extremely limited, but he was more than compensated for this lack of early training by nature, which gave him a thirst for reading and study. He is a presbyterian in religious belief, and was trustee of the church of that denomination in Kingston during many- years. Politically he is a republican. He belonged to the Home Guards of Kingston for a number of years, and was one of the most active members of that organization. He and his wife are still living ; he being seventy-six years of age and she in her eighty-second year. They are the parents of six children : Catharine, married to William Hart, of Monmouth Junction ; Jerry D., living in Princeton, New Jersey ; Eurydice, wife of Frederick Farr, of Philadelphia; George A., Charles B., and Mary, now Mrs. Ed- ward Stout, of Princeton. George A. Woolf received his educa- tion in the public schools ol' Kingston ; after quitting school he, for a short time, worked on a farm. At the age of filteen years he engaged himself to learn the trade of a shoemaker with his father. He has worked at that trade ever since with occasional variations in other pursuits. He is at present a very suc- cessful meat dealer in his native town. He is a member and one of the trustees of the Presbyterian church of Kingston. 522 Biographical Sketches. Politically, lie is an exceedingly active member of the Republican party and is constantly working for its success. His popularity and party prominence in Kingston require no further [)roof than to here repeat the record of the fact that he served as the postmaster of that town during the en-tire administration of Ben- jamin Harrison. He ha.s been one of the overseers of the poor at Kingston and served ten consecutive years as justice of the peace in that town. Mr. Woolf was married in 1872 to Margaret Farr, a daughter of Reuben Farr, who resides in Princeton. They are the parents of four children : William, Eliza, Charles and Francis. T3ALPH W. BOOTH, the competent -*- *^ manager of the New Jersey- Lamp and Bronze Works, of New Brunswick, Middlesex county, New Jersey, is a son of Ralph W. and Julia Dailey Booth, and was born Feb. 26, 1848, at Cincin- nati, 0. The emigrant ancestor of this family left England about the year 1750, and settled at New Britain, Conn. Ceorge Booth, the paternal grandfather, was a native of New Britain, Conn , where he was born, received a common-school education, became and remained a farmer all his lite, and deceased in 1851. He and his wife, Olive Wilcox, whom lie mariied in 1798, were devout members of the Presbyterian church, and exceed- ingly active in christian work and enter- prise. Grandmother Booth deceiised in J 849, after rearing two sons and one daughter: Ralph W., father of our sub- ject, Horace L., and Leucetta B. Phelps. Ralph W. Booth, the father of the sub- ject of this sketch, was born in 1811, at New Britain. Conn., and, after acrpnring a common Kiiglish cihicatioii, cugngcd at quite an early age in the hardware business at New York and Cincinnati, 0., which he conducted successfully despite the mutations of half a century, from 1829 to 1879, and, from the condition of a pioneer in that trade at Cincinnati, 0., he assumed eventually the role of a veteran. By his contemporaries he was regarded as a shrewd, sagacious business man, as well as a man of unusual general ability. He served as president of the Consoli- dated Fruit Jar Co. for ten years, and was largely' interested in the American Hoe Co. at Winsted. Conn. In political matters he was a whig, during the exist- ence of that part_\', and upon its dissolu- tion he joined the ranks of the democ- racy. In religion his belief in the divinity only of God, the Father, caused him to seek fellowship in the Unitarian church, of which he became a zealous member. He was married in 1843 to Julia Dailey, and deceased in 1884. They were the parents of eight children: Lucy D., Ralph W., our subject; Julia, married to Rol)ert Hay, of New York city ; Dr. J. Arthur, Lizzie A., Thomas. Charlton, Olive and Louise, who married George Fairchild, of New York cit}'. Ralph W. Booth attended Anthon's private school of New York for several years, imd subsequently took a course of three years at Columbia College mining school. After completing his education he engaged in the hardware business at New York city for several years ; after which he changed the scene of his oper- ations, in the same line, to Cincinnati, O., where he remained until 1880. In that year he returned to the east and located at New Brunswick, New Jersey. He was there but a short while when he was asked to take charge of the New Jersey Lain[i and Bronze Works, one of the Biographical Sketches. 523 leading industrial establishments of the town. He accepted the proffered trust, and for sixteen years he has remained in the successful management of the affairs of that company. His qualities of head and heart, a happy combination of good l)usiness ability and sound judgment, with those sterling traits of honest}' and loyal devotion to the company's inter- ests, have made him an invaluable con- tributor to its prosperity; and that he is successful in concealing his true force of character behind a modest and unassum- ing demeanor in no wise detracts from his merit. Mr. Booth is a democrat in political faith ; in fraternity he is a mem- ber of New Brunswick Lodge, No. 324, B. P. 0. Elks, of New Brunswick, and in spiritual matters he worships at the Christ's Episcopal church, in that city. He was married Nov. 26, 1876, to Mary J. Conklin, a daughter of Alfred Conklin, of New York city. Their marriage has l)een blessed with one son, Ralph W., Jr., boi'u in New York city, 1878. UAMUEL C. CORIELL, proprietor of '^ one of the most extensive retail and wholesale boot and shoe houses in New Brunswick, and a prominent business man of that city, is a son of Abner and Margaret Giles Coriell, and was born Sept. 18, 1841, near New Market, Piscat- away township, Middlesex county. He I'eceived a good common-school education at New Market. When eighteen years old he removed to New Brunswick, and worked in the grocery store of Peter Coriell for eight years. In 1871 he en- tered the wholesale shoe business at New York city, remaining there until 1884, when he returned to New Brunswick, and established his present wholesale and retail shoe business. He has an elegantly furnished and well-equipped store on George street, caters to the best class of trade, and has been highly successful. Mr. Coriell is a republican in politics, but has never taken an active part in public affairs. He is a member of the First Baptist church of New Brunswick ; is church clerk, and also trustee for sev- eral years, and was the first president of the Christian Endeavor Society of the church. He is a progressive member of the New Brunswick Board of Trade, of the Merchants' Protective Association, the Royal Arcanum, and has been share- holder and director in several building and loan associations. In 1875 he was married to Miss Mary E. Vail, daughter of Daniel M. Vail, president of the New Brunswick Savings Bank of New Bruns- wick, and they liave two sons : William A. and Charles V. Mr. Coriell is regarded as one of New Brunswick's most progressive and influ- ential business men. He is possessed of the enei'gy and tact that bring success, is cultivated in his tastes, indefatigable in church work, and equable in his business relations. Mr. Coriell's family is of French de- scent, and the original American ancestors settled near Lanibertville, New Jersey. His paternal grandfather, Richard Coriell, was a prosperous farmer, an old-line whig in politics, and a member of the Presby- terian church at Bound Brook. His wife was Miss Elizabeth Smalley, by whom he had four children : Ira, Andrew, Richard, and Abner. Abner S. Coriell (father) was born on the family homestead, near New Market, was a farmer in Piscataway township during early life, and subsequently kept a thriving general store at New Market. 524 Biographical Sketches. He was a republican in [wlitics, and was postmaster at Newniai-ket I'or twenty-one jeai's, being first appointed bv President Lincoln, and subsequently re-appointed by President Harrison. He was elected assessor of Piscataway township in 1877, and served for eighteen years continu- ously. He is a member of the Presby- terian church at New Market. He was twice married. By his first wife, Miss Margaret Giles, he had two children : Andrew S. and Samuel G. By his second wife, Miss Catherine Blue, he had four children : Charles A., George W., Abner S. J., and William. Mr. Coriell's father is still liviuiT, but bis mother died in 1848. C^ S. ATICINSOX, one of the proprietors "'• of the Dallij and Weekly Fredoniaii, a leading New Brunswick, New Jersey, paper, was born at Springfield, Mass., Sept. 10, 1865. At the age of two years he went with his parents to White Plains, N. Y., and later removed to Piiiladel- phia. When eleven years of age he made his home with an uncle, Robert Atkinson, manager of the Bloomfield Mills Co., near Spotswood, Middlesex county, New Jer sey. He entered a school conducted by the Rev. Ralph Willis, and finished his schooling at the Rutgers College Pre- paratory School, of New Brunswick, New Jersey. When fourteen }ears of age Mr. Atkinson entered the employ of the Bloomfield Mills Co., and soon mastered the details of the drug manufacturing business. At the yoiithi'id age of eighteen years he was entrusttd with the responsi- ble duties of the assistant superintendent of this establishment upon the death of his uncle. He remained with the above company until Oct. 18, 188>7, when he resigned to accept a position as assistant superintendent of the Prudential Insur- ance Co., of Newark, New Jersey, in charge of the New Brunswick district, with whom he remained until Ma}- 10, 1888, and thereafter became bookkeeper for the National Iron Works, of New Brunswick, New Jersey. On Jan. 5, 1889, Mr. Atkinson accepted the posi- tion of cashier with Messrs. Weaver & Storry, limited, importers. No. 79 Pine street. New York city, and filled said position until Oct. 1, 1892, when he be- came assistant superintendent of the Raritan River Railroad Co. He l)egan to develop a taste for newsjjaper work at an early age, and Ijecame a regular cor- respondent for the New Brunswick Times from Old Bridge and Spotswood, Middle- sex county, New Jersey, for more than a year. After coining to New Brunswick he did both reportorial and editorial work for two of the local ^Japers, adding greatly to his experience and knowledge in journalism. While at Asbury Park in tiie summer of 1891 Mr. Atkinson cor- responded regularly for the New Bruns- wick Home Neivs, of New Brunswick, New Jersey. In 1892 he began to report for New York papers, and for some of the Philadelphia journals in 1893. Mr. Atkinson's proprietary interest in the Fredonian dates from Oct. 5, 1895, when, in company with E. P. Massoinieau, a New York news2)aper man, the pa|)er was purchased by them on e([ual terms of ownership. This progressive journal is one of the leading newspapers of east- ern New Jersey, and its infiuence and popularity have been greatly enhanced under the management of its new own- ers. The Weekli/ Freiloiiiuii was founded in 1811, and the Dai/// in the early fifties. When the paper was purchased by Messrs. Atkinson and Massonneau it !rr3 Biographical Sketches. 527 had lost much of its influence, and was not well supported by the reading puJjlic. Since they have had it the paper has been enlarged to eiglit pages, and its cir- culation has more than trebled, while it is now the recognized leading republican paper in the county. In political faith Mr. Atkinson is a republican and an en- ergetic party worker in Raiitan town- ship, where he resides Mr. Atkinson is a member of the republican county ex- ecutive committee of Middlesex county. In December, 1895, he accepted a posi- tion as private secretary to Congressman Benjamin F. Howell, of the Third Con- gressional district of New Jersey, and served in that capacity during the first term of the Fifty-fourth Congress. Wliile in Wa(shington Mr. Atkinson continued his connection with the Fredoman, and supplied tlie paper Avith daily gossip from the capital. He is an attendant of the Baptist church, and in April, 1891, was elected clerk of the Livingston Avenue Baptist church, and served for four years. In fraternal circles Mr. Atkinson is one of the best-known men in the state, and in this relation is connected with the fol- lowing orders : Palestine Lodge, F. and A. M., of New Brunswick ; Goodwill Council, Jr. O. U. A. M., of New Bruns- wick ; Adelphic Council, Royal Arca- num, of New Brunswick, and Osage Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men, of Spotswood, New Jersey. In connection with other important services in fra- ternal affairs Mr. Atkinson was secretary to National Councilor H. A. Kibbe, Jr. 0. U. A. M., in the years 1894-95. He is also a member of Company D, Third regiment. National Guards of New Jer- sey. On Sept. 10, 1889, Mr. Atkinson was united in marriage with Miss Marv J. Morris, of New Brunswick, New Jersey. TAMES FRANKLIN ACKERM AN, M.D., ^ a leading physician of Asbury Park, is a son of Joseph and Susan Reed Ack- erman, and was born Dec. 29, 1864, at Nashua, N. H. The name is of English origin, and the family was famous in New England throughout the Colonial and Revolutionary periods, some members of it participating in the famous Boston tea-part)^ in 1774. Dr. Ackerman received his early edu- cation at Francestown Academy, N. IL, and subsequently attended school at Shel- burne Falls, Mass., after which he took the classical course at Amherst College. He entered upon the study of medicine at the New York Homoeopathic Medical College, New York city, in 1887, and graduated in the class of 1890. After a short course of post-graduate work in the Flower Hospital at New York city, he removed to Asbury Park in the winter of 1890, and entered upon the practice of his profession. In 1892 he built his present handsome residence and office at No. 905 Grand avenue, since which time he has built up a large and lucrative practice. He is a member of the New Jersey State Medical Society, of the New York Materia Medica Society, the Hahne- mann Club and Monmouth Club, and of the American Institute of Homoeopathy. In politics he is a republican, but is too deeply engrossed in his professional work to devote active attention to public affairs. He is a prominent member of Trinity Protestant Episcopal chui'ch, and takes a deej) interest in Sunday-school work. He is a member of Asbury Lodge, No. 142, F. and A. M., and is president of the local Republic Savings, Building and Loan Association. In 1892 he was married to Adeline A. Had- den, who died in the same year. In 528 Biographical Sketches. 1896 he was married to Miss Anna Rouse, daughter of Martin Rouse, of Jersey City. Dr. Ackerman has had a remark- ably successful career, and is now con- sidered one of the leading practitioners of Monmouth county. He is thoroughly versed in all the elements of his profes- sion, and keeps himself constantly in touch with every advance in the theory and practice of medicine. He has culti- vated literary tastes, has acquired a large and well-.selected library, and is univer- sally esteemed for his high intellectual as well as fine social qualities. REV. WILLIAM MANSFIELD TllUM- BOWER, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Perth Amboy, Mid- dlesex county. New Jersey, and an orator of more than local distinction, is a son of Henry and Sophia (Lott) Trumbowei', and was born. May 12, 1855, at Mays Landing, this state. He is of Dutch ex- traction, and an oflshoot from an ances- tral tree j)lanted hundreds of years ago in Holland. At an early age he attended the public schools of the towns to which liis father was appointed as minister of the gospel, according to the polity of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was known as an apt and a more than ordinii- rily bright pupil. He then took a prepar- atory course of training at Pennington Seminary, New Jersey, in 1872, and from tluM'e went to the Centennary Col- legiate Institute at ILackettstown, New Jersey, graduating in the first class, where he prei)ared for Syracuse Univer- sity, which he entered in 1877, where he pursued a classical course. He was ordained to the ministry in 1883, and joined the Newark conference, with which he is still connected. His itiner- acy as a pastor and his term of service in the several churches whicli he has had charge of, are as follows: Phillipsburg, New Jersey, two years ; Denville, Morris county. New Jersey, three years ; Som- erville, New Jersey, three years ; Ruth- erford, New Jersey, one year ; Dover, New Jersey, two years. From the latter place he came to Perth Anibo}^ in the spring-time of 1896, where he assumed charge of the Methodist Episcopal church, one of the largest and most influential in the city. His administrations in these different churches have been greatly blessed, and his eloquent preaching, luider the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, has wrought increased spirituality among bis parishioners, and has brought a higher degree of prosperity to their churches. He has already endeared himself to the members and congregation of his charge in Perth Amboy, and his ministerial career there is destined, beyond a doubt, to be crowned with success. He is fluent and pleasing in delivery, and a born orator. Ilis reputation has traveled be- yond the scenes of his pastorates, and he is in frequent demand as a lecturer and orator, especially on Memorial and other national holidays. Rev. Trumbower is a member of the Sons of Temperance and also a member of Montana Lodge, No. 23, Knights of Pythias, of Phillips- burg, New Jersey ; at college he received an election to Psi Upsilou fraternity. He was joined in the bonds of matrimony, Mav 12, 1885, with Armina Croveling, a daughter of P. G. Creveling. M. D. To their union have been born three chil- dren: William C, Helen S., and Dmi- ald M. The paternal grandfather, Jacob Trum- bower, was born in 1780. After receiv- ing a common-school education he be- BioGRAPHicAi, Sketches. 529 came a farmer, and followed that occupa- tion in Bucks county, Pa., during his entire life. He was a memljer of the Evangelical Lutheran church, and died in 1828. His wife was Sarah Maria Hinkle, who died at seventy-five years of age. Rev. Hem'v Trunil)ower (father) was born, in 1822, at Quakertown, Bucks county. Pa. His early education was de- rived from the common schools. He subsequently entered a Lutheran sem- inary with the view to preparation for the ministry in the church of that denom- ination. He changed his religious opin- ions before completing his course in that institution, and thenceforth devoted his mind to the doctrines taught by the church of which Wesley was founder. He joined the New Jersey conference of tlie Methodist Episcopal Church in 1844, and was ordained a deacon and elder by Bishop Janes. Several church edifices are now standing as monuments of his industry and skill, and in every charge where he labored souls may be found claiming him as their spiritual father. He died at Glen Gardner, Hunterdon county, New Jer.sey, Jan. 2, 1870. His wife, Sophia Trumbower {nee Lott) is still living. There were five children : Annie R., married to Amos McLean, of Hack- ettstown, New Jersey ; Frederick B., deceased ; Mary E., now Mrs. John H. Fergurson, and residing in Brooklvn, N. y.; Ella C, deceased; and Rev. Wil- liam M. TAMES T. KEENAHAN, ESQ., a prac- ^ ticing young lawyer at South Am- boy, Middlesex county, New Jersey, is a son of Patrick and Mary Mull vane Kee- nahan, and was born July 7, 1860, in New York city. John Keenahan, the paternal great-gran dfiither, was born at Clara, Kings county, Leinster province, Ireland, in 1750, and occupied for a great many years the position under the Brit- ish Crown of territorial commissioner of Kings county, Ireland. His wife, Jane Murphy, who he married in 1775. bore him two children, James and Margaret, and died in 1790. He deceased in 1792. James Keenahan (grandfather) was also a native of Kings county, where he was born March 9, 1780. He was an extensive contractor and builder in his day, and erected many costly public buildings in various parts of Europe. For a decade he was engaged also in the manufacture of carriages at Dublin, and eventually retired to Clara to enjoy the fruits of his labor. In 1835 he deceased. His union in 1820 to Margaret Stone, who survived him until 1872, resulted in the birth of two children, Patrick and William. Patrick Keenahan (father) was born March 14, 1824, in Kings county, Ire- land. After receiving a sound English education he took up his father's busi- ness upon the latter's retirement, which he conducted successfully for fourteen years. In 184G he left the home of his birth, crossed the Atlantic, settled in New York city, and resumed business as an extensive builder and contractor. While thus engaged he constructed nuin}^ hand- some church edifices and other public and private buildings ; among them may be mentioned : St. Mary's church, Brooklyn, N. Y.; St. Bridget's church. New Yoi'k city ; the frame-woi-k of the noted Have- meyer building in Brooklyn. He subse- quently purchased a farm on Long Island, where he resided a short time, and then removed to Huntingdon, where he resided one 3"ear, at the expiration of which time 530 Biographical Sketches. he rotiinied to Brooklyn and resumed his building operations. These he carried on until 1868, when he removed to Madi- son township, Middlesex county, New Jersey, and engaged in agricultural pur- suits on a farm he had purchased. He died in 1891 after a successful career. In politics he was a democrat, and in religion a member of the Roman Catholic church. He was also a member of St. Vincent's Aid Association, of Brooklyn, and the Sixty-ninth regiment of the New York State National Giiiii-ds. His wife died in 1890. Their children were four in num- ber : Margaret and William, both de- ceased ; Father John Keenahan, assist- ant rector of St. Michael's church, at New- ark, and James T. James T. Keenahan, upon arriving at the eligible age, was sent to the public schools in New York city. At eight years of age he removed with his parents to Madison township, Middlesex county. New Jersey, and there attended the pul)- lic schools until his thirteenth year. His subsequent five years were passed at Glenwood Institute, from which he was graduated in 1878. Two years of college life at St. Francis Xavier's (Jollege, New York city, completed his classical educa- tion. This was followed by a course of two years in Columbia College, same city, where he was grounded in the principles of law. After leaving Columl)ia College he was engaged in the profe.^^sion of school teaching for two years at South Amboy. In 1886 he entered the office of Aaron E. Johnson, p].sq., a well-known legal practi- tioner at Freehold, New Jersey, under whom he was engaged in reading law for four years. On Feb. 20, 1890, he was adnutted to the bar, and entered upon ac- tive practice with offices at South Am- boy. He was appcjinted master in chan- cery, April 8, 1890 ; commissioned a notary public by Governor Abbett on March 5, 1890, and was appointed for- eign coinmissioner of deeds for the state of New Jersey in 1890. His practice is a successful one, and he enjoys a large and influential clientage. To his real- estate business he gives special attention. He is a shrewd, keen and versatile law- yer, and of genial and accommodating disposition. In religious matters Mr. Keenahan is a Roman Catholic and a member of the Catholic Benevolent Le- gion. In party affairs he is a democrat, an active worker, a pleasing political speaker, resourceful in argument and of strong indiction. During the campaigns of the last seven years he has mounted the stump and the rostrum, ably ex- pounding the doctrine and principles of soiukI democracy. XnSEK WHITP:, collector of Shrews- -*— ^ bury township, Red Bank, Mon- mouth county. New Jersey, is a son of Henry and Sarah Ann (Borden) White, and was born A[)ril 1, 1825. near that town. Henry White (I'ather) was born near Red Bank. He received his education in the public schools of that place, and he sub.sequently became a clerk in a store at New York. After acquiring a good knowledge of business he opened a store of his own in Elmtown, New Jer.se y, and continued there the greater part of his life. Politically he was a whig, and in religion he was a ([uaker. There were born to him and his wife, Sarah, two children : Fsek, the subject, and John, deceased. He died in 1835. Esek White, after receiving a common education in the county schools of Mon- Biographical Sketches. 531 mouth county, took up a trade at the age of fifteen years. He learned the busi- ness of making lead sash and blinds with his uncle, and continued in that employ- ment until 185G. In that year his friends elected him collector of Shrews- bury township, and he has held that re- sposible office ever since. He is not en- gaged in any other pursuit or business, and he devotes his entire time to the public service. In politics Mr. White is an active and pi-ominent republican. He was a member of the Navesink Rifle Company, of New Jersey, in which he became an e.Kcellent marksman. He is in affiliation with several secret societies : a member of the Lodge of F. and A. M.; the Lodge of I. 0. 0. F. ; and the Lodge of K. of P. ; all of Red Bank. Mr. Wliite was united in marriage to Henrietta Conroe. To this union were born nine children : John B. and Mar- garetta, both deceased ; Henry, Sarah Ann, Caroline ; James, Emily and May Etta, all three deceased ; and Adaline. Mr. White is a highly respected citizen of Red Bank, and his services of forty years as collector furnish all the testi- mony to the fiict that he is a capable business man, and a public official of strict integrity. TT^ILLIAM IL POTTER, proprietor of a ' ' large general store at North Spring Lake, Momnouth county, and one of the leading citizens of that town, is a son of Jonathan and Caroline (Crater) Potter, and was born July 3, 1859, at Potters- ville, Hunterdon county. New Jersey. The Potter family were among the pio- neer settlers of Hunterdon county, and for generations have Ijeen born and flour- ished in Tewkesbury townshij) ; Potters- ville being named for them. Sering Potter, the paternal grandfather, was a large land-owner in Hunterdon county ; also proprietor of extensive flour and feed mills and machine shops at Pottersville. His son, Jonathan Potter (father), has been a merchant and expert bookkeeper all his life ; first at Potters- ville and subsequently at Asbury Park. In 1891 he became manager of the sub- ject's store at North Spring Lake, and still occupies that position. He is an active presbyterian in his religious affilia- tions, and was an elder in the First Pres- byterian church at Asbury Park for five years. In politics he is a staunch demo- crat, and has served as township officer of Pottersville. His wife was Miss Caro- line Crater, of Peapack, Somerset county, and they reared a family of four chil- dren : Allie C, wife of Rev. D. W. Skel- lenger, of Washington, D. C. ; William H., Annie E., and M. Ella, wife of W. D. Bachelor, of Nutley, New Jersey. William H. Potter, subject of this sketch, passed his early life at Potters- ville, and was educated in the public schools there. He subsequently attended the Sonierville preparatory scliool from 1875 to 1877. His first entry into mer- cantile life was made at tlic age of eigh- teen years, when he became clerk in a general store at Pottersville. In the spring of 1878 he accepted a position with Steinbach Brothers, general mer- chants at Asbury Park, and remained with them six years, finally becoming cashier for the firm, and manager of a branch store. In the spring of 1884 Mr. Potter removed to North Spring Lake, and established his present general store on Third avenue. Under his skillful management the Ijusiness developed very rapidly. In the summer of 1885 he added a prosperous real-estate business 532 Biographical Sketches. to his other interests, and in 1887 estab- lishi'd an insurance agency, with fire in- surance as a specialty. In all of these various enterprises he has been singularly successful. Mr. Potter is a democrat in politics, and is a patriotic and enterpris- ing citizen. He is a member of the bor- ough council, and invariably has the best interests of the community at heart. He was borough collector for five years, from 1884 to 1889. He was one of the organ- izers of the North Spring Lake water works, and is a leading stockholder in that corporation. He took an active part in the introduction of an improved sewerage system into the town in 1893. He has also been ver}^ influential in the advancement of local school interests, and has effected many notable improve- ments in the town. He has been a trus- tee of the Presbyterian church of Spring Lake since 1894, and was superintendent of the Sunday-school at Asbury Park for two years, while living there. Mr. Pot- ter is possessed with unbounded energy, perseverance and determination. His increasing labors for the progress of North Spring Lake have made him well known, and he ranks as one of the leading busi- | ness men and enterprising citizens of this ! county. j TTON. A. ir. SLOVER, a promiuent -LJ- grocer of South Amboy, and ex- chairman of the ways and means com- mittee of the New Jersey legislatm-e, is a son of Samuel and Rel)eoca Holf Slover, i and was born Oct. I-'j, 18") I, at Sayre- ville, township of South Amljoy, Middle- sex county, New Jersey. He attended the common schools of Sa^reville until he arrived at the age of thirteen years, when he liecame a cabin boy on his father's vessel, plying between Sayreville , and New York city. He continued a maritime occupation for six years, and then became a clerk for Ward C. Perrine, a grocer in South Amboy, New Jersey, with whom he remained ten years. In 1879 Mr. Slover embarked in the grocery trade on his own account at South Am- boy. He has continued for seventeen years, and enjoys a large and remunera- tive business. He has also been engaged for the past three years in ])rick manu- facturing at South Amboy, which has developed into a very profitable enter- prise. He has been no less successful in his political career. He was thrice elected to the state legislature from the Third District, Middlesex county, and served three years with distinction to himself and in an acceptable manner to his c(m- stituents. He occupied the foremost rank in that body, and was a member of several of its most important committees, such as "municipal corporations," "town and township treasurers' accounts," " re- formed school for boys," " unfinished business," and "ways and means." Of some of these committees he .was the chairman. Mr. Slover is a member of the Methodist church. He belongs to Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 52, Knights of Pythias, of South Amboy, and to Joel Parker Council, No. 69, Jr. 0. U. A. M. He at one time was a member of the L 0. 0. F., but has dimitted from that order. Mr. Slover was married, Feb. 14, 1874, to Margaret Ann McDowell, of South Ambo}', Middlesex county. New Jersey. They have had nine children : Irvin and Walter, both of wlioni are engaged in business with their father; Bertha, de- ceased ; Lula, residing at home ; Katha- rine, deceased : Lillic, Clarence, Maggie and Andrew II., all residing at home. Biographical Sketches. 533 The paternal grandfather, Andrew H. Slover, was born near South Ainboy, and devoted the greater part of his life to farming. He ran a steamboat packet from South River to New York city for several years, and became a prosperous man. He was a member of tlie Metho- dist church, and in politics was a demo- crat. His death was occasioned by a boom knocking him overboard while he was making one of his periodical trips on his steamer, and he was drowned. His widow, who was Ann Slover, of South River, New Jersey, survived him until 1866. Tliere children were Sarah Ann, Mary and Samuel. Samuel Slover (father) was born at South River, New Jersey, and received his education in the public schools of that town. He became captain of a ship carrying freight between Sayreville, South River, and New York city. He was also a carter in Sayreville, and was very successful in both these occupations. He acquired large possessions of real estate. In politics he became a repub- lican in his latter days, and in spiritual concerns was an active methodist. His death, which occurred in 1892, was the result of a fall from his wagon. His widow is yet living, and resides at South Amboy. Their children were Andrew H. and William. T30BERT N. SENTER, vice-principal of -'-*' the Freehold public school, and a citizen of the progressive town of Free- hold, is a splendid example of the possi- bilities open to industry, energy, perse- verance and ability. Mr. Senter is of Scotch descent, a fact which accomits to some extent for the vigor and thrift which his life story reveals. He is a son of Alexander and Abigail (Nelligar) Senter. and was born Sept. 18, 1850, in New York city. He received his early education, partly in the public schools of Brooklyn, where he lived during his boy- hood, and partly in Monmouth county, New Jersey. He then proceeded to bet- ter qualify himself for the profession of teaching, and accordingly entered the State Normal School at Trenton. His first school was near Blawenburg, New Jersey, where" he remained two years, after which one year Avas spent at North Farmingdale. He then took charge of a school at West Freehold, and during eight years of arduous service there, so developed himself that liis reputation as a man of progressive ideas became wide- spread, and in Sept., 1882, he was elected vice-principal of the Freehold public school. Mr. Senter is a republican in jjolitics, takes an active interest in the affairs of the party, and has been ap- pointed to the position of assessor of Freehold annually for five years. He is a man who stands high in public estima- tion. He is a member of the Freehold Baptist church, the county board of ex- aminers, Tennent Lodge, No. 69, Knights of Pythias ; Monmouth Council, No. 25, Junior Order of American Mechanics ; Freehold Lodge, No. 41, Ancient Order United Workmen ; and the Freehold Camp, No. 41, Grand Fraternity. A BRAHAM FEIHLE, an active and -^-^ prominent freeholder of New Brunswick, New Jersey, is a son of Stephen and Catherine Feihle, and was born in Rottenacker-on-the-Ehingen, Wurtemburg. Germany. April 23, 1856. His grandfather, Andrew Feihle, was born and died there. His father, Stephen 634 Biographical Sketches. Feihle, was born there also, and died in 1861. He was a weaver l)v trade and followed that occupation all his life. Abraliani Feihle was educated in the public schools of his native town, and when 3'et a mere youth, being an orphan and without brother or sister, determined to go to the United States, and in pur- suance of that determination crossed the ocean and landed in New York in 1869. Without tarrying in that city long, he removed to Sayreville, New Jersey, and iuimediately entered into the employ of the Sayre & Fisher Brick Manufactur- ing Co. He remained with this concern for several years, and then spent three years in the occupation of farming. For the ne.xt three years he was in charge of Sarah T. Martin's farm at South River. He then re-entered the employ of the Sayre & Fisher Brick Manufacturing Co., remaining with it on this occasion for two years. Leaving their employ once more, he accepted a position withCJeorge Such, Sayreville, with whom he remained for four years. Mr. JVihle then removed his residence to New Brunswick and entered the employ of Joseph Sclineider, brewer, with whom he continued five years. In 1889 he entered into the busi- ness of bottling beer on his own account, which he has since carried on successfully. Mr. Feihle is a very active member of the Repuljlican party, and in 1895 was elected to represent the Tiiird ward of New Brunswick in the board of free- holdi'rs for a term of two years. The energy and ability which he has shown in I'uUilling tlie duties of his oUice prove that the conlidence placed in lilm by his party as.suciates was a wise one. He is a member of Helvetia Lodge, No. 71, LO.O. F., and is a pastdistrictdeputy, a past grand patriarch of the encampment, and a past j grand in the Rebecca degree. He be- longs to the Aurora Singing Society, the New Brunswick Turn V^erein, and is a member of the Reformed church. Mr. Feihle married Maria Anna Allgeier, daughter of Alois Allgeier, of Sayre- ville, New Jersey, Sept. 23, 1877, and to their marriage have been born seven chil- dren : Catherine Henrietta, Theresia, Maria Anna, Alois, May, Herold, and Leonora, who died at the age of two 3'ears. TACOB KLINE, Jr., a prominent furni- ^ ture dealer and intiuential citizen of Somerville, Somerset county, is a son of Jacob and Mary I. Kline, and was born June 19, 1853, at Kline's Mill.s, Somerset county. The name is of German origin, and the family has been well-known in this country for several generations. Jacob Kline (the grandfather) was state treasurer of New Jersey for a num- ber of years, and was president of the State Bank, of Trenton. He was an active democrat in politics. His children were : Nevius, AUetta, Tunis Q., Plia;l)e B., and Jacob. Jacob Kline (father) was a clerk in a store at Trenton in earl}^ life, and subse- quently conducted a profitable general store at Kline's Mills for several years. But the greater part of his active career was passed as a miller and farmer at Kline's Mills, where he amassed a com- fortable I'ortune. He was a .staunch dem- ocrat in politics, and was inlluential to a large degree in local affairs, his judgment being consulted upon all important occa- sions. He died in 1895, Iia\ing been the father of six children : .Jacob, Jr., Elizabeth L, deceased ; Orion, Eric B., Theodore B., deceased ; and Mary I. Jacob Kline, Jr., subject of this sketch, Biographical Sketches. 535 received his early education at Kline's Mills, and attended the Lawrenceville high school for one year. Upon com- pleting his studies he went to New York city and became a clerk in the dry-goods store of" James McCreery & Co., for two years. He then returned home and spent five years as clerk in a country store near Kline's Mills. In 1877 he entered mercantile business at Bound Brook, where he remained three years. Upon retiring from this lie spent a short time in Philadelphia, and then returned tt) Kline's Mills and entered into part- nership with his father in the milling- business and continued with him there for three years. In 1884 Mr. Kline re- moved to Somerville, and entered the employ of John Maxwell, proprietor of an old-established and prosperous furni- ture store in that place, and upon the hitter's death in 1889, succeeded him in the business. He has a handsome and well-equipped store on Main street, and has built up a large trade throughout the surrounding country. Mr. Kline is a democrat in politics, and is a staunch churchman; being one of tlie building connnittee, a deacon and the treasurer of the First Reformed church of Somer- ville. as also the librarian of its Sunday- school. He is a staunch member of Cas- tle No. 82, Knights of Pythias, and Martinicpie Lodge No. 3653, Knights of Honor, both of Somerville. He was married on Feb. 0, 1878, to Miss Isabella B. Van Arsdale, daughter of Abram and Jane Van Ai'sdale, of Somerset county, by whom he has had three children : Chauncey F., deceased; Bessie, deceased; and Jennie V. A. Mr. Kline is popular and influential. He is an active, progressive business man, an enterprising citizen and a staunch supporter of the best interests of the community in which his ancestors iiave been prominent for so many years. JOHN S. HINDS, a prominent hotel- ^ keeper and a dealer in wagons in the city of Perth Amboy, Middlesex county, is a son of George and Eva (Spoore) Hinds, and was born Sept. 21, 1833, in Scoharie county, N. Y. The name is of German origin. Henry Hinds, the pioneer settler of the family in this country, was a na- tive of Germany, and came to this coun- try in 1766. He was a blacksmith by trade, and set up his shop at Hindsville, N. Y, where he lived and prospered for many years. He served with gallantry in the American army during the Revo- lutionary war, and was a sturdy patriot. In politics he was an old-line whig. George Hinds, only son of the forego- ing, and father of subject, was born and educated in Scoharie county. New York, and was a thriving farmer near there during early manhood. In 1839 he re- moved to Pennsylvania, and located on a farm in Susquehanna county, which he operated for five years. In 1844 he settled in Conyngham township, Luzerne county. Pa., where he resided until his death, in 1864. He was a man of ex- emplary character and was universallv I'espected. In early life he was a Jack- sonian democrat, but subsequentl}' be- came a whig, and was a republican during his later years. In 1824 he married Miss Eva Spoore, a daughter of Henry Spoore, of Scoharie county, by whom he had ten children : Alanson, William M., deceased ; William, deceased ; Isaac, Su- san, widow of Edward Spencer, of Scran- ton, Pa.; Elizabeth, widow of Elonz Ellis, of Dunmore, Pa.; John S., Anna 636 Biographical Sketches. M., deceased ; Henry M., and Sarah Jane, wife ol' James Masters, of Dun- niore, Pa. John S. Hinds, subject of this sketch, received a brief elementary education in the public schools of Pennsylvania. While still a lad he engaged in the run- ning of a saw-mill on Raritan Brook, and remained there for five years. He then spent two industrious years as a carpen- ter at Dunmore, Pa. In 185G he re- moved to Perth Ambo}^ and since 1882 was a well-known and prospei'ous board- ing-house and hotel jjroprietor in that city. In 1890 he retired from the busi- ness of hotel-keeping and rented a farm near the city of Perth Amboy, where he has since spent most of his time in its cultivation. He is also agent for the Lansing Wagon Co., and does an exten- sive trade. Mr. Hinds has been a staunch republican ever since the organization of the party in 1856. From 1875 to 1890 he was commissioner of appeals at Perth Amboy. He is a j)opular society man, has been a member of the I. 0. O. F. since 1854 ; of the Knights of Pythias since 1876, and of the Masons since 1890. Mr. Hinds married Sept. 8, 1855, Miss Elizabeth Musgrove, daughter of An- drew and Isabella Musgrove, of Sterling, Wayne county. Pa., by whom he has had three children : Warren W., Charles B., deceased, and Martha L. Mr. Hinds is warm-hearted and genial in ilisp()sitit)n, and has a wide circle of iVii'iuls throughout Middlesex count3\ He is energetic and thrifty in business, and has been successful in nearly every important venture of his life. His public life has been honorable and upright, and his private career in all respects consist- ent and exemplary. A B. ROHX, JR., a well-known drug- -^--*-' gist of Raritan, Somerset county, New Jersey, is a son of Amos B. and Mary A. (Searfoss) Rohn, and was born Jan. 22, 1848, in Easton, Pennsyl- vania. His father was a native of Pennsyl- vania, where he received a common- school education. He followed the busi- ness of a contractor and builder, which he carried on in an extensive way at Easton, Pa. In politics he Avas origin- ally a whig, and upon the dissolution of that party in 1856 he joined the Repub- lican ranks. He was an active and a devout christian, and occupied a leading position in the Reformed church at Eas- ton, Pa., of which he was a member. He was a member of but one secret society : the Senior 0. U. A. M. He was one of the old land-marks of Easton, and was beloved and respected by all men. He wasolfered repeatedly during his lite-time various positions of a responsible nature, but he declined them all, preferring the quiet conduct of his own alfairs to be- coming engrossed with the affairs of others. He died Dec. 31, 1884, in the sixty-fifth year of his age. His consort died Oct. 24, 1884. They were the par- ents of six children : Caroline, married to Rev. J. G. Penney, of New York state ; Alice, now Mrs. B. F. Wyker, residing in Easton ; M. W. Albert, Amos B., Jr., and Olive. A. B. Rohn, Jr., atlended the public schools at Easton for several years, and subsequently derived a classical eiUication from the Easton high school. He at- tended the College of Pharmacy at Phil- adelphia in 1872 and 1873, from which he graduated in 1873. After spending several years in a drug store in New York city and Philadelphia he went to LJ ^-V*- 4''-^-^^ cIj^ C&)tv«.-.^v_J? Biographical Sketches. 539 Somerville, Somerset county, this state, where he engaged in the drug business, and remained from 187G to 1882. In the latter year he came to Raritan and opened a drug store and pharmacy, where he still remains in the enjoyment of a large trade. Mr. Rohn is an affiliated Mason in Somerville, and is a member of Solomon's Lodge, No. 4(). He is also a member and ex-chief of the Somerville fire department. In politics he is a re- publican, and is conspicuous as an active Avorker for his party in Raritan. He was united in marriage Sept. 2, 1874, to Helen M. Seip, a daughter of Henry S. Seip, at Easton, Pa. Tlieir only son, Paul, died in infancy. TTON. WOODBRIDGE STRONG, judge -* — *- of the Middlesex county courts, and a resident of New Brunswick, New iTersey, is a son of Theodore and Lucy Dix Strong, and was born Feb. 21, 1827, at Clinton, Oneida county, N. Y. Theodore Strong, his father, was a native of South Hadlej-, Mass., wliere he was born July 26, 1790. He was a graduate of Yale College, and subse- quently became a tutor in Hamilton Col- lege, Clint(m, N. Y., from 1812 to 1816. Li 1816 he accepted the chair of mathe- matics in Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., which he occupied until 1827, when he removed to New Brunswick, New Jersey, and held the position of professor of mathematics in Rutgers College for thirty-five years (1827 to 1862). He was a man of marked literary and scien- tific attainments, and one of the original members of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was the author of several works on mathematical subjects, among which one was known as Strong's " Algebra," and another as Stronii's " Dif- ferential and Integral Calculus." He was a prominent member of various sci- entific societies in this country and in Europe. In politics he was a whig; subsequently a republican, and although not a communicant of any church, lie was a christian. He deceased in 18G9, at the age of seventy-nine years. His wife died in 1875 in the seventy-seventh year of her age. They were tlie parents of six children : Mary, married to Judge John Van Dyke, at one time judge of the supreme court of New Jersey ; Sophia, wife of Richard Hasluck, a hardware im- porter of New York city and Birming- ham, England ; Sarah, deceased in her sixteenth year; Theodore, deceased in the Union army in the late civil war; Judge Woodbridge, and Lucy, the latter deceased in infancy. Judge Woodbridge Strong received his elementary education in the grammar schools of New Brunswick. His col- legiate training was acquired at Rutgers College, from which lie was graduated in 1847, and for two years thereafter studied law in the offices of Judge Van Dyke and Abraham V. Schenck. In 1849 he joined an expedition to California, by Avay of Cape Horn, on the ship " Pacific." He remained in that country two years prospecting and mining for gold, at the expiration of which time he returned to New Brunswick, where he accepted the position of deputy clerk of Middlesex county, and in two years thereafter be- came teller and discount clerk in the Bank of New Jersey at New Brunswick. U2:)on the failure of the bank in 1857, he de- voted himself to the practice of his pro- fession, and also held the office, for a short time, of clerk of the common coun- cil of New Brunswick. He was licensed as an attorney-at-law and a solicitor in 540 Biographical Sketches. chiincerv, Nov. 4, 1852, and admitted as a counsellor-at-law, Nov. 25, 1872. Judge Strong received his first appoint- ment as law judge of the Middlesex county courts, ironi jt)int meeting of the legislature, his commission being signed by Joel Parker, then governor of New Jersey, on April 17, 1874. His five years occupation of the bench was marked by his thorough knowledge of the law, by his superior judgment, and by his fidelity to the people. His re-ap- pointment to the same office by Governor Griggs, on April 1, 18'.)(), for a like term of five years, is a fitting testimonial to Judge Strong's eminent capaljilities as a jurist. On Feb. 14, 1881, he was ap- pointed special master in chancery, and his coiimiission as a notary public dates from Jan. 1, 18G4. During the period of the war, he was a member of the Mid- dlesex county board of freeholders, and wiis in active service on the finance com- mittee of that body. He was for several years the solicitor of the common coun- cil, an office now known as city attorney, and he has t)een the counsel for the National Bank of New Jersey since its organization in 1804. Judge Strong owns a farm of one hundred and thirty acres near Dayton, Middlesex county, as well as considerable valuable land near New Brunswick. On these properties he makes horticulture a diversion from his mental and legal operations. He culti- vates a variety of fruits, and has origi- nated several new and valuable varieties of pears. He also farms generally, and derives no inconsiderable pleasure from these recreations. In religious faith, Judge Strong is a presbyterian of a very liberal cast; a nieinlH r, ami roniierly a trustee, of the Second churcli of tliat de- nomination in New Brunswick. In political matters he is an active adherent to llepublican principles, and ever evinces the liveliest interest in the welfare of his party. In his college days at Rutgers, he was a useful member of the old-time fraternity, the Phi Sigma, and the Peithessophian Literary Society. Judge Strong, as a lawyer, as well as a jurist, has been eminently successful, and he has been engaged in many important cases befor the bar. Until his recent return to the bench of Middlesex county, he has been in a law partnership with his two sons, Alan H., and Theodore Strong, for a number of years, under the style of Woodbridge Strong & Sons. Their business will henceforth be con- ducted under the name of Alan II. & Theodore Strong, with offices at 208 George street. Judge Strong's office is in the Free Library building, and he practiced in the courts of which he is now judge. He was united in marriage, Aug. 4, 1852, to Harriet A. liartwell, a daughter of Hon. Jonathan liartwell, a prominent farmer, Democratic politician, and state legislator, of Littleton, Mass." To this union were born five children : Edward Woodbridge, educated at Rutgers Col- lege, studied law, and was lor a time associated in practice with his father, and later located in Cincinnati, 0., where he makes a specialty of corporation law, and is counsel for the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad; Alan II., a graduate of Rutgers College, a practicing lawyer at New Brunswick, and counsel for the Pennsylvania railroad in that city; Elizabeth B., residing at home; Tlieodore, in the practice of law as hitherto stated, and counsel for the I'ree- holders of Middlesex county; and Joseph M., who was deceased in infancy. Biographical Sketches. 541 "DROF. JOHN S. HAYNES, supervising -^ principal of the public schools of Sonierville, New Jersey, belongs to one of the oldest families in this country, his ancestors having landed in Boston in 1638. For five generations they have resided in Rensselaer county, N. Y., and he was born in that county Sept. 16, 1832. He is a son of Helan and Jane (Shields) ILaynes. His mother was of Scotch-Irish Presbyterian ancestry. The father of Prof. Haynes was a life- long farmer in Rensselaer county, and an officer in the national guard, state of New York, for many years. To his marriage were born six children : John S. ; William L. ; Jane S., married to Warren Eldred, of Grafton, and since deceased ; Adam S. ; Charles E. ; and Francis D. The father and mother of Prof Haynes died in 1870, and are buried at Potter Hill, New York. Prof. HaAiies attended the common schools of his native place during his early youth, and, at the age of seven- teen, entered Ball Seminary at Hoosick Falls. He afterward taught school for a few months, and then became a student in the State Normal School at Albany, N. Y., and graduated therefrom Feb. 10, 1853. For a short time he taught school in the towns of Grafton and Pittstown, and then removed to the state of New Jersey. He first located at Harmony Plains, and taught there for ten and a half years. In the spring of 1864 he removed to Millstone, and was a teacher in that town for thi'ee and a half years. Removing to Raritan in the fall of 1867, he continued there as principal of the Raritan public schools for eighteen years. At the close of this long term of success- ful teaching he was presented, by liis fi-iends in Raritan, with a beautiful gold 28 watch and chain, as a token of their ap- preciation of liis ability as a teacher, and as a mark of their esteem for him as a man. In 1885 Prof. Haynes settled at Sonierville as supervising principal of the public .schools, and has successfully la- bored there to the present time. He has seventeen assistant teachers, and six hundred and eighty pupils in daily aver- age attendance, out of a total of seven hundred and fifty enrolled, distributed in three scliool buildings. Prof Haynes gives his entire time to the work of supervision. He is a member of the Somerset County Teachers' Association, and of the New Jersey State Teachers' Association. He holds a first-grade state teacher's certificate, and an extension course certificate from Rutgers College for proficiency in electricity. For four- teen years he served as county examiner, and was county superintendent of schools in Somerset county for six years. For nine- teen years he served as treasurer of the Raritan Building and Loan Association, and is now president of the People's Building and Loan Association of Sonier- ville. For fourteen years he was treas- urer of the Raritan fire department, and now holds a certificate of niembershijj in the Exempt Firemen's corps Prof. Haynes was married, Oct. 23, 1862, to Sarah, daugliter of John I. and Sarah M. (Vandeventer) Smith, of Fin- derne. New Jersey, and their marriage has been blessed with two sons: the eldest, William L., being a graduate of Stevens Institute, and a mechanical engineer in Philadelphia ; and the other, Lathrop C, is a clerk in the Chase National Bank, New York cit}'. Prof Haynes has been an active mem- ber of the Dutch Reformed church for more tiian thirty years, and is now one 542 Biographical Sketches. of the elders of that church in Somer- ville. He has doiK' practical educational work all liis life, and, for his brilliant qualities as a teacher and his high char- acter as a man, he is held in the highest esteem by all who know him. JC. THATCHER, the prominent drug- • gist of East Millstone, New Jersey, was born June 16, 1853, and is the son of William and Mary De Remer Tha1> cher. His paternal grandfather, John Thatcher, was especially interested in educational matters, and followed the oc- cupation of teaching school all his life. He was a man of upright and unsullied character, an esteemed member of the Presbyterian church, and an active laborer in all departments of christian work which came within the limits of his environment. The fatlier of the subject of this sketch Avas a native of Warren county, New Jersey, and after receiving his education at the public schools, learned the trade of a mechanic, which he followed all his life. He was possessed of an inventive turn of mind, and all lovers of sympa- thetic music owe a debt of gratitude to him, for he it was who first manufactured the beautifully expressive tremolo stop, now universally used in all organs. An ardent and sincere christian, a member of the l^resl)yterian church, lie led a sim- ple, humble l)ut useful life. Of his mar- riage tliere was an issue of eight children, five sons and three daughters : Cathe- rine, married to Joseph H. Thorpe; Peter, Samuel, J. C, Sarah, married to Jacob Sharer ; William, Margaret, married to William Oaks, and Joseph. J. C. Thatcher received all the ed\ica- tional advantages which the common schools could afford him, and afterwards entered the drug business in the employ of William H. Seip, at Washington, re- maining with him four years. After clerking a few more years he became a partner in a drug store in Shickshinny, Pa., which was continued till January, 1876, when he removed to East Mill- stone and established himself in the drug business there. Through his industry, attention to Ijusiness and courtesy he has succeeded in building up a successful and profitable business, of which he is the sole proprietor. The close confinement to business which its nature entails upon him does not permit of his giving much time to political work, but he is a strong republican and a firm believer in and fol- lower of its political faith. He has jjaid a great deal of attention to church work, being a member of the Methodist Episco- pal church, one of its trustees and treas- urer, which honorable office he has held for nineteen years. He is also treasurer of the local building and loan association. He is married, and with his wile and son, Millard E., aged ten years, lives in their own home, corner oi" Livingston avenue and William street. WHJJ.ViM WATT, a well-known and prosperous butcher and fish-dealer at Somcrville, Somerset county, New Jer- sey, is a S(m of Samuel and Jane (Craham) Watt, and was born Dec. 20, 1861, at Somerville. His grandfather, John Watt, was a native of Ireland, where he was a thriving farmer of the better class. Samuel Watt, his father, is now supervisor of roads at Somerville. He is an active democrat in politics, and is widely known throughout the county. His children were : Mary, John, deceased ; Susan, de- Biographical Skktches. 543 ceased ; William, Samuel, Thomas, and George. Williiun Watt received his early educa- tion in the public schools of Somerville, and subsetjuently learned the butcher's trade in that town. He then went to New York city and entered a butcher's shop, where he remained for several years, perfecting himself in his knowledge of all branches of the business. In 1889 he returned to Somerville, and established a butcher's shop in connection with his brother Thomas, under the firm name of Watt Brothers, which co-partnership lasted for two years and a half His brother then withdrew, and Mr. Watt has since conducted the business inde- pendently. He has an extensive trade among the best families of Somerville and vicinity, and has built up an envi- able reputation for handling high-grade stock. He has a handsome, well-equipped store, which is invariably maintained in the best condition, and he is an expert in the handling of meats and fish. Wr. Watt is energetic, enterprising and progressive, with a clear head for bus- iness, and a sharp eye for all the essential details of his profession. He has built up a large and constantly growing trade, and is regarded as one of Somerville's most industrious and pushing citizens. A B. LARE, a prominent insurance -^-^' agent and well-known citizen, late of Somerville, Somerset county, now re- siding at Flemington, New Jersey, is a son of William B. and Sarah (Smith) Lare, and was born May 5, 1848, at Sunn^'side P. 0., Hunterdon county, New Jersey. His grandfather, Andrew Lare, was a thriving i'arnier all his life near Sunnyside. was a staunch democrat in politics, and a member of the Presby- terian church. His children wei'e: Eliza- beth, Mary, William B., Garret, and Philip. William B. Lare (father) was a pros- perous farmer of Hunterdon county until 1877, when he entered the insurance business with his son, our subject, and remained connected with him till the time of his death in 1891. He was active in politics on the Democratic side during early life, and was a devout ad- herent and elder of the Relbrmed church. His children were: A. B.; Anna, born 1850, wife of Samuel Van Sickel, of Milford, New Jersey ; J. W., born 1852 ; Peter, born 1854; Louis, born 1856; Sarah, born 1859, wife of William Aiken, of Newark, New Jersey ; Mary, born 1862; Ellen, born 1866, wife of David Krymer, of Annandale, New Jersey ; and Emma, boim 1868, wife of E. C. Vanderbeck, of North Branch, New Jersey. A. B. Lare, subject of this sketch, was educated in the common schools of Sunnyside, in Hunterdon county, and spent his boyhood on his father's farm at that place. His first business venture was the establishment of a stationery and music store at Frenchtown, Hunter- don county, in October, 1871. In July, 1873, he entered the sewing machine business at Easton, Pa., and in Decem- ber, 1874, became agent at Pittstown, New Jersey, for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., of Newark, New Jersey, and the Girard Fire Insurance Co., of Philadelphia. In 1876 he transferred his office to Annandale, did a large fire insurance business, moved to Clinton in 1886, and in 1892 to Plainfield, finally removing to Somerville in January, 1894, where he remained as special agent of 544 Biographical Sketches. the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., of Newark, in connection with the Tren- ton district. His territory covers a large portion of West Jersey, and he has been successful in placing many thousands of dollars' worth of insurance among the well-to-do residents of that section of the state. Mr. Lare is a democrat in poli- tics, and a member of the Presbyterian church. He is an active christian, and was for ten years leader of the choir at Annandale, New Jersey. On September 17, 1873, he was mar- ried to Miss Amelia Strylver, daughter of Peter Stryker, of Pittstown, and they have had five children : Edgar, born May, 1878 ; William S , l)orn March, 1882; Edith, born Sept., 1875, deceased in 1877 ; William E., born Aug., 1876, deceased in 1877 ; Lottie E., born March, 1880, deceased in infanc3^ Mr. Lare is a thoroughly-equipped, shrewd and energetic business man. He is endowed with the distinctively Ameri- can qualities of grit and determination, and has won success in life through his own persevering eilbrts. He is popular and well-known throughout the central and western parts of the state. In 189C he bought and moved to his luicle's place at Flemington, New Jersey, and also be- came owner of the farm on which he was raised when a boy, then owned by his father, but still conducts his insurance business. THDWIN R. VOORHEES, M. D. C, a -*-^ skillful and successful veterinarian of Somerville, Somerset county, New Jer.sey, is a son of Disbrow B., and Aim C. (Skillman) Voorhees and was born, Nov. 29, 1857, at Blawenburg in said county. His father, who is still living at Hopewell, is a native of New Jersey. His mother was born in Somerset county and his father in Mercer county. Disbrow B. Voorhees is a good, honest, old-fashioned farmer ; a man who cares very little about politics, and not at all for office. His years have been quietly and happily spent with his family, and his constant aim and endeavor have been to secure the happiness of his wife and children. He is a godly man, and for several years he has been a member of the Reformed church. He is the father of seven children ; Edwin R., Anna, Cornelia B. and Emma, decea,sed ; Mary, Lizzie, and Kate IL, deceased. Dr. Edwin R. Voorhees acc^uired his elementary education in the common schools of Somerset and Mercer counties. After leaving school he worked on his father's farm for several years. He sul> sequently purchased a farm i^n Somerset county; on which he resided for three years, dividing his time between cultivat- ing his lands and pursuing a course of preparatory studies in the veterinary branch of medicine. He then entered the Toronto, Canada, Veterinary College, where he took a course in surgery and medicine during the fall and winter terms of 1885 and the spring of 1886. He practiced as a veterinary surgeon in Somerset county tor nearly a year, when he entered tlie Chicago, 111., Veterinary College. His progress in that institution was rapid and his work eminently satis- factory to the faculty. He graduated with honors in 1887. He came to Som- erville and resumed his practice. This has grown and developed until it extends throughout New Jersey, and into Penn- sylvania, Delaware, New York and other states. He enjoys the patronage of the owners of many noted race-horses and of fine stock generally : F. P. Olcott, of Biographical Sketches. 547 New York city ; E. T. H. Talmage, of Brooklyn ; Alfred D. Cordova, of North Branch, Now Jersey ; Grant B. and E. II. Schley, of New York ; Judge Dillon and James B. Duke, of New Jersey ; all well-known owners of valuable stock, are the names of a few of his patrons cited here to show the estimation in which he is held as a veterinary surgeon and phy- sician. His professional career, although brief as yet, has been crowned with un- usual success, and he has undertaken many difficult and apparently hoj^eless cases with successful results. Dr. Voor- hees holds membership in the United States Veterinary Medical Association, the New Jersey State Veterinary Society, and the Somerset County Medical So- ciety. He united himself in marriage, Jam 15, 1878, to Ella, daughter of Wyckoft' Hendrickson, of Titusville, Mercer county, New Jersey, and to their union were born four children : Lizzie II., James Garfield, Ethel and Irene. 'T^HOMAS J. EMERY, a skillful archi- -*- tect and an extensive real-estate operator at Atlantic Highlands, Mon- mouth county, is a eon of Charles P. and Elizal)eth Bennett Emerv, and was born Feb. 3, 18G1, at Cedar Creek, Ocean county. New Jersey. The name is of French origin. The pioneer members of the family in America were prominent citizens of Boston in colonial days. William Emery (grandfather) was one of the early settlers in Middletown town- ship, Monmouth county, where he was a prosperous farmer. He was an active democrat in politics, but never sought office. He reared a family of five sons and three daughters. Charles P. Emery (father) Avas born on the homestead farm in Middletown township, educated in the local district schools, and spent the early portion of his life as a mason and builder, with an extensive business at Long Branch. He I later entered the grocery business at Sea j Bright, and conducted it successfully for several years. He subsequently became a contractor for dredging and dock build- ing, which he has been engaged in until the present time, the most of his time and attention being devoted to govern- ment work. He is a man of cultivated and literary tastes, a member and e,\- steward of the Methodist Episcopal church at Oceanic, and is a prohibitionist in politics. His wife was Miss Elizabeth Bennett, daughter of Robert Bennett, of Long Branch, by whom he has had seven children : George W., of Oceanic ; Thomas J., James M., Susan A., wife of Samuel Orbey, of Red Bank ; Charles Edward, Elizabeth, wife of Rev. Frank Cardova, of Mexico ; Sadie, wife of Harry Dudley, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Thomas J. Emery spent his early life at Oceanport and Sea Bright, and was educated in the public schools of Long Branch. When thirteen years of age he became book-keeper for his uncle, Robert Emery, an architect at Sea Bright, and at the same time applied himself assiduously to the study of architecture, a profession in which he has always displayed great natural ability, and is now considered one of the best architects in the state. In the spring of 1891 he began to handle real estate at Atlantic Highlands, and has now become one of the largest handlers of sea shore property along this part of the coast. He has given particular attention to the development and beautification of Atlantic Highlands, and has designed the new Methodist Episcopal church 548 Biographical Sketches. and a number of other public and private structures, including the First National Bank of Atlantic Highlands. Mr. Emery is a practical builder, conversant with every detail of the trade, and gives his personal supervision to all work done upon his designs. In the spring of 1896 he established himself in the bicycle business, under the firm name of T. J. Emery & Co., and has conducted this auxiliary source of profit with success. Mr. Emery is an out-and-out prohi- bitioni.st in politics, but independent in the disposal of his suffrages. He is a steward and trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church at Atlantic Highlands, and a member of the building committee. He was one of the organizers of the Atlantic Highlands fire department, but has now retired from active participation in its affairs. He was a charter member of the Lodge of Knights of Pythias, and active in several of the charities of the town ; is agent for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and works to maintain moral interests and prosperity in the town. He was married in 1890 to Miss Susan I. Tuthill, daughter of Rev. Nathaniel S. Tuthill, of the New York conference. She died in 1892. Mr. Emery resides in a handsome cottage on Fourth avenue, Atlantic Highlands, with his uncle, Robert Emery, with whom he has made his home since boy- hood, and is the oldest real-estate opera- tor in the vicinity. He is a shrewd, in- dustrious business man, active in all that concerns the welfare of the communit}', and is thoroughly expert in everything appertaining to his profi'ssion. His ef- forts for the promotion of Atlantic High- lands have made him a prominent factor in social and l)usiness circles, and he is a most enterprising citizen. yOHN HANSON, a prominent liquor- ^ dealer of Perth Amboy, and an in- fluential figure in]^tlie political aflairs of that city, is a son of Jens and Katherine Hanson, and was born Aug. 31, 1855, , at Nykjobing, Falster Island, Denmark. j The name is of Scandinavian origin, and ! means " Sons of Hans," the latter being I a very common appellation in Northern Europe. Jens Hanson (father) was one of the earliest Scandinavian settlers in East Jer- sey. He had a common-school education in his native land, and rendered faithful i service to the Crown in the Danish navy i during 1847, '48, and '50, becoming a ship-carpenter. He saw consideral)le ac- tive service during the war with Germany ' in 1848, '49, and '50. On July 11, 186-3, he came to the United States, and made Perth Amboy his home. He was em- ploj'cd there by John Watson as a brick- maker until 1865, and subsequently fol- lowed the same trade at Utica, N. Y., j and at Williamstown, N. Y., returning to Perth Amboy in 1865. He then spent fifteen years in the employ of- William King, cork manufacturer at that city. Since 1880 he has been in the Lehigh Valley railroad car-shops at Perth Am- ] boy, under Andrew Schonover, and is well known as a vigorous, industrious citi7,en. He is a staunch republican in politics. His wife was Miss Katherine Olsen, of N3'kjobing, who died Dec. 29, 1878, after having born him seven chil- dren : Peter, deceased ; Annie ; Inge- borg, deceased ; Christina, wife of Thor- ould Erust, of Perth Amboy; John; Christian, deceased; and Anna, wile of Gal)rial Sorensen, of New York. John Hanson accompanied his father to this country in 186.3. He was a nnile- driver on the Erie Caual at Utica, N. Y., Biographical Sketches. 549 in 1865, for some time. He then re- moved to Perth Ainboy in the spring of 1866, and with the characteristic energy of his race started out to blacken boots and sell newspapers on the streets of that city. In 1869 he was empU^yed in Pes- sure & Bnttner's restaurant at Elizabeth, New Jersey, and subsequently followed the same business at New York city with John n. Betts, and with Lane & Thorne. In 1875 Mr. Hanson estal)lished himself in the liquor business at Perth Amboy, and had the misfortune to be burned out fourteen months after opening. He then started his present place on Smith street. No. 74, and has hsid a successful career there ever since. He is very active in politics, and is a local leader in tlie Re- publican party. He was president of the first McKinley Club organized in New Jersey, in 1892, which club efiected such good work during the campaign of that year that Major McKinley forwarded them a highlv congratulatory personal letter, which Mr. Hanson still jealously guards in his possession. Mr. Hanson has been a delegate to a number of state and city conventions. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, I. 0. 0. F., Improved Order of Red Men, the Banner Relief x^ssociation. and a charter member of Halcyon Castle, Kniglits of the (Jolden Eagle. On June 6, 1880, he was mar- ried to Miss Johanna Pay, daughter of John Pay, of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, b}^ whom he has had eight children : Carrie Agues, deceased ; Mary Elizabeth, John William, Edward Kelly, Thomas Laughlin, James McAlinden, Helen, and Dorethy. Mr. Hanson is energetic and clear-headed in his business, bold and fearless in his political convictions, and a good type of the self-made American citizen. ny/rORRIS SLOBODIEN, one of the -'-^-^ leading carriage builders and wheelwrights, of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, is a son of Solomon and Meenyxa Slobodien, and was born at Bobryck, Russia, March 1, 1858. Labo Slobodien (grand fathei-) was a native of Slaboda, Russia, and, after ac- quiring the education ailbrded by the school system of that country, chose the occupation of a farmer, and, by industry and good management, accumulated a coHTpetence and became the proprietor of a farm, which he managed successfully at Slaboda, up to his death, in 1845. He was a member of the Jewish syna- gogue, at Bobryck, Russia, and by his marriage became the father of two chil- dren : Solomon and Nelianna. Solomon Slobodien (fatlier) was born at Bobryck, Russia, in 1810, and as a boy received his elementary instruction in the Jewish schools of his native place. He then learned the tailoring trade, and, after thoroughly acquainting himself with the details and requirements of that occupation, began business on his own account, and has had a very successful mercantile career. Father Slobodien possesses a vigorous phj'sical constitution, and has long since passed the allotted time of man, being fourscore years of age, and enjoj^s the health of a man half his years. He is a member of the Jewish synagogue, at Bobryck, and is a substan- tial supporter of the same. Solomon Slobodien married Fayweshovitz, daugh- ter of Herman Faj^weshovitz, and their family of children are as follows : Sophia, Freddie, ElizaI)etli,Balie. Michael, Joseph, Morris, Philip, and Jacob. Morris Slobodien (subject) attended the Jewish schools of Bobryck, Russia, and was duly instructed in the elements 550 Biographical Sketches. of knowledge as prescribed by that sys- tem. At the age of fourteen his school days terminated, and he began a term of service as an apprentice at the trade of blacksinitliing, and worked at the same in Russia for about fifteen years, when he emigrated to America, coming to Perth Amboy in 1887. Here he was in the emploj' of John H. Kent, Edward Applegate, and various other parties in South Amboy, until 1893, when he started his present business of black- smithing, wheelwright and carriage-build- ing, on New Brunswick avenue, Perth Amboy, and has bnilt up a profitable trade, which is continually on the in- crease. Politically Mr. Slobodien is a republican, and, as a voter and a man of business, is deeply interested in the public affairs of his community. lu religious belief and connections, our subject is a member of the Jewish synagogue, of Pertli Amboy. On March 15, 1889, Morris Slobodien was united in marriage to Miss Sophia Freefon, daughter of Aaron and Bessie Freefon, and this union has been blessed l>y the birth of two sons and two daughters : Michael, Benjamin, Bessie and Sarah. r\ EDGAR ROBERTS, M. D., a success- -'-^' ful young practitioner of medicine at Ivej^port, Monuiouth county. New Jer- sey, is a son of Daniel and Eleanor (Ar- rowsmith) Roberts, and was born Oct. 9, 1861, at Middletown, New Jersey. Dr. Roberts is of Welsh exti'action. His grandfather, Thomas Roberts, was a na- tive of Denbiglishire, Wales. He re- ceived a thorough cla.ssical education and became a minister of tlie Baptist cliurch. He emigrated to America in 1803, loca- ting at Newark, N. J.j was afterward pas- tor of churches at Alban}^, N. Y., Great Valley, Pa., Middletown and Holmdel, New Jersey. In 1821 he became a mis- sionary among the Chei'okee Indians. He was married to Elizabeth Rutan, May 25, 1806. They were the parents of nine children : Elisha, Thomas, Nathan- iel, John, William, Daniel ; Sarah, and Mary, both deceased, and Elizabeth. He died Sept. 24, 1865. His wife died in 1842. Daniel Roberts (father) was born at Holmdel, New Jersey, in 1825. After receiving a common-school education he began the life of a farmer near Middle- town, Monmouth count}'. New Jersey, and continued in that avocation for many years. He also for six years was a mer- chant at Toms River, New Jersey. He is a republican in politics, but was never known to be at all active in party work. He is a member of the Baptist church at Middletown. He is the father of three children : Thomas, Cordelia, married to Prof P. H. Smith, of Hamil- ton, N. Y., and Dr. D. E., with Avhom he resides. Dr. D. E. Roberts obtained his ele- mentary education in the public .schools of Middletown, and later he attended Peddie Institute, Ilightstown, New Jer- sey. He was graduated from the medi- cal college of the Universit}' of New York in 1883. He came to Keyport and entered into the active practice of medicine. Here he found a good field, and Keyport welcomed a physician fully equipped to cope with the older prac- titioners. He has been eminently suc- cessful in his profession, and his patron- age, already large, is steadily growing. Dr. Roberts is a member of Monmouth County Medical Society ; is a charter member of Bayside Lodge, I. 0. 0. F.j Biographical Sketches. 551 Monmouth Encampment, I. 0. 0. F. ; Frt'linghuysen Council, Jr. 0. U. A. M., and Coronal Council, Royal Arcanum. He was united in marriage Feb. 20, 1890, to Mary E. Stilhvell, a daughter of Obcdiah Stillwoll, of Holmdel. Her death occurred on Jan. 12, 1893, leaving two daughters, Marian and Edna. Dr. Roberts is deservedly popular not only with his patients, but also Avitli the people of Keyport in general, by whom he is regarded as a physician of advanced ideas. Personally he is a cultivated and genial sentlenian. T^RANK BRUEN CONOVER, the able president of the Monmouth Ice Co., at Long Branch, Monmouth county, New Jersey, is a son of Judge Charles H. and Mary Anna Bruen Conover, and was born Jan. 14, 1860, at Marl- boro, Monmouth county, New Jersey. The family, of Dutch origin, has, for at least four generations, been closely iden- fied, by birth and residence, with the county of Monmouth. John Edward Conover (grandfather) was a graduate of Princeton College and a lawyer, but possessing abundant means, he chose to lead a life of quiet leisure, absorbed in classical studies and the gratification of refined and elegant tastes. In political matters he was in thorough accord and sympathy with the policy of the old Whig party, and his religious inspiration was drawn from the atmospliere within the walls of the old "Tennent" church, near Freehold. His two sons, William Ilaight and Charles Haight, received a finished education imder the private tutorship of James Patterson, an erudite member of the Faculty of the University of Pennsyl- vania. The elder Conover was a gentle- man of imposing bearing, noble intellect and lofty character. He died in 1832, his ashes reposing in the Brick Church cemetery, at Marlboro. Charles H. Conover (father) was born March 6, 1818, and for many years sul> sequent to the completion of his educa- tion at the hands of Professor Patterson, he was engaged in the supervision of the homestead farm at Marlboro. His life resembled more that of an English gen- tleman, and he occupied his leisure hours in the cultivation of his naturally keen intellect. His mind was well stored with knowledge, and in ])ersonality, he was a gentleman of dignity and refinement. He attended divine worship at the Re- formed church of Freehold, and in poli- tics he became a popular democratic leader in his section of the state. In 1868 he was elevated to the lay bench of Monmouth by Governor Parker ; and in 1873 he enjoyed the honor of a re- appointment to the judgeship bj- Gov- ernor Randolph. He was united to Mary Ann Bruen in 1841. They were the parents of five children : Ellen, married to Lafayette Schenck ; Eliza, wife of William Fisher ; Matilda, now Mrs. John Walker; Mary, deceased, and Frank Bruen, our subject. Judge Conover died March 7, 1881. His widow is still living. Frank B. Conover attended the public schools of Freehold until he was prepared for a higher course of education. In 1876 he entered Rutgers College, where he remained in systematic study until he reached his junior year. At this period his business career began ; for quitting the college ere reaching the year that promised a distinctive graduation, he ac- cepted a situation as ticket clerk for the New York Central railroad, where he 552 Biographical Sketches. served six years. He subsequently ex- changed his position for one with the Jersey Central road, as ticket agent, until, with rapid stride, he attained the post of feuperintendent of the Freehold division. While thus engaged Mr. Con- over organized the Monmouth Ice Co., and assumed an active part in its man- agement. The quick growth of the com- pany's business compelled him to resign from his connection with the railroad, in order to give his undivided attention to the former. Commencing with a modest retail trade in Long Branch, that depart- ment now extends to all points on the New Jerse}- coast, from Red Bank and Atlantic Higlilands on the nortli, to Belmar and Spring Lake on the south, while the wholesale, or car-load ship- ments, cover all points on the Jersey Central and the Philadelpliia and Atlan- tic City railroads. This splendid devel- opment of the company's business is due entirely to Mr. Conover's careful man- agement and his superior executive abil- ity'. Mr. Conover is a democrat in polit- ical life, and though at no time has he aspired to public office, lie lias neverthe- less played an important role in party affairs, and was chairman and treasurer of the county executive committee, and leader of the " Ahhett ring" lor a num- ber of years. In fraternal and social matters, he is a member of the D. K. E., of his Alma Mater; a member of the Holland Society' iind the Lotos Club, both of New York cit}', and is one of the Sons of the Revolution. Mr. Ctmover was united in the bonds of matrimony Jan. 9, 1884, to Blanche Sullivan, a daughter of General Peter J. Sulliv;in. a prominent lawyer of Cincinnati, (). To tlicir iiiiioii liiis hccM born Doi'otiiy. aged live years. O V. ARROWSMITH, principal of the ^' public schools of Keyport, Mon- mouth county, and a prominent and in- fluential citizen of that town, is a son of Thomas and Emma Arrowsmith, and was born, April 13, 1842, at Arrowsniitli's Mills, near Keyport. He is a brother of Dr. J. Edgar Arrowsmith, of Keyport, whose biography, will be found to con- tain an account of the family ancestral record so far as is known. Mr. Arrowsmith received a thorough elementary education in the common schools of Middletown township, and subsequently attended Glenwood Insti- tute, at Matawan, for two years. . He then became a farmer in Middletown township, and afterwards pursued the same vocation in Ilolmdel township, suc- cessfully cultivating a large tract of ground. In 1876 he located at Keyport, and began his cai'eer as a school-teacher, ill which he attained such rapid pre-emi- nence that, in 1879, he was made prin- cipal of the schools there, which position he has held ever since. He has effected many improvements in the eq\iipment and methods of the local schools, and is now considered one of the best instruct- ors in Monmouth county. He is an active democrat in politics, has been commissioner of Holmdel township, and for eight years was assessor of Raritan township, besides holding other oftices during his residence there. He is one of the foremost members of the New Jersey State Teachers' Association, and is secre- tary of the Council of Education of New Jersey. He is a past regent of Council No. 145G, Royal Arcanum, of Keyport, iind also a member of the committee on laws of the (Irand Council of the Loyal Additional Benefit Associntion of New Jersey. He is a member of the Biographical Sketches. 553 Biiptiwt church of Keyport, of wliich he has been a trustee. He was married in 1868 to Miss Sarah Sprowl, daughter of John Sprowl, of Keyport, and they have two daughters : Eleanor, and Emma V. Mr. Arrowsmith is public-spirited and progressive, and has brought the public schools of Keyport to a degree of perfec- tion surpassed in no other section of the state. He is a man of good address and pleasing manners, and is widely popular. He brings to bear upon his work an ener- getic character and a well-stocked mind, both of which contributed to his suc- cessful career. JOSEPH M. WALLING, a well-known ^ citizen of Keyport, Monmouth coun- ty, and ex-president of the board of edu- cation of that town, is a son of Capt. Thomas M. and Maria (Carhart) Walling, and was born June 15, 1852, at Keyport. The family name is of English origin, and the Waitings were among the first settlers of Monmouth county. Joseph M. Walling (grandfather), while deprived of the advantages of a liberal education, was a man of sterling worth and acknowledged business integrity. Early in life he married Miss Hamiali, daughter of John Thorn, of what was then Middletown township, and settled on the shore of Raritan bay near Keans- burg. He engaged in what was then known as the "slooping business," and was among the first to sail a packet between Tanner's Landing, now Keansburg, and New York city ; thus opening up the only means of communication with the New York markets for the agricultural products of Monmouth county. His children were Thomas M., Joel, John, Rachel, Sarah, Louisa and Samuel, all of whom lived to the age of maturity. He died in 1879 at the age of ninety, having survived all his family except his eldest son, Thomas M. Capt. Thomas M. Walling (father) was born at the old homestead near Keans- burg. At an earl}' age he engaged with his father in the slooping business. At the age of twenty-seven he married Miss Maria, daughter of Cornelius Carhart, of Kej'port. The fruit of this union was three sons, namely : an infant son ; Joseph M., and Benjamin 0., who died in childhood. Shortly after his marriage he established his home in Keyport, then almost in its infancy, but even at that time the principal port of communica- tion with New York, for the whole county, and transferred liis business to the above-named town. He continued sailing a packet until shortly after the organization of the Keyport and New York Steamboat Co., when he accepted the position of salesman with the above- named company. This position he held until a few years before his decease, when, having by industry and economy accumulated a competency, he retired from business. He died Aug. 25, 1887, at the age of sixty-eight, leaving to his son the legacy of an honored memory and a spotless name. Joseph M. Walling, subject of this sketch, has passed the greater portion of his life quietly at Keyport. He acfjuired a common-school education, finishing with a course in Keyport Academy. Upon leaving school he assisted his father in his business. He early mani- fested a love for study and a taste for literature. He chose the profession of medicine as his life work, but was com- pelled to desist in consequence of ill- health. He had previously, however, 554 BioGRAPHicAi, Sketches. taken a course at Packard's Business College, New York city. Mr. Walling is a member of Kej'port Calvary Methodist Episcopal church, and a member of the oificial board. He is a prominent member of the I. O. 0. F., being a past officer of the- subordinate encampment and patriarchs militant branches of the order, and is at present an elective officer of the Grand Encamp- ment of New Jersey. In politics he is a prohibitionist, having been identified with the party since 1880, and is an ardent advocate of its principles. He is pos- sessed of a strong, energetic character and social disposition, and is respected by all his fellow-citizens. Since his father's death he has devoted himself to the interests of the estate, and the pur- suit of his literary tastes. He is well- read, and keeps in touch with the ad- vancement of the age. WASHIX(rrON WHITE, one of the founders and pioneer settlers of the world-renowned summer resort As- bury Park, and who has ever since been prominent in real-estate circles in that city, is a son of Britton and Caroline (Elmer) White, and was born Jan. 10, 1849, on the old White homestead farm, which has long since been absorbed within the present limits of the city. He spent his early boyhood days on his father's farm attending irregularly the district schools until fourteen years of age, remaining with his father until he had attained his majority. Soon tlicrc- iifter, on July ^^j, 1870, he married for his estimable wife Evlena, a daughter of Samuel Brandt, wlio owned a large tract of land upon which tiie present town of North Spring Lake is built. After his marriage Mr. White conducted a country general store, located on the Manasquan and Long Branch road, at what is now the southeast corner of Main street and Main avenue, Asbury Park. Here he enjoyed a pi'ofitable country trade for several years. He had already become interested in real-estate operations, and in 1886 opened an office on Main street, where he continued up to 1895, when he removed to his present location at No. 222 Main street. As a real-estate operator he has probably contributed more to the material development and improvement of Asbury Park in the way of building and improving real estate than any other one man, and is at present the most ex- tensive real-estate operator and broker in that city. Besides these extensive busi- ness interests he owns valualjle orange- groves in Florida, and in cinuiection with his real-estate business conducts an ex- tensive insurance and general business and collection agency. Politically he is a staunch democrat, and one of the leaders of his party in local affairs. He was three times elected a member of the board of education, serving ' continu- ously from 1881 to 1889, and has always been active in the educational affairs of his town. He is a member, and formerly a trustee, of the First Bai)tist church of Asbury Park ; a member of the Exempt Firemen's Association, Good Will Chemi- cal Engine Company, and the hose and ladder company. He was treasurer and fire commissioner of the association in 1893, and a charter member of the Wes- ley Engine Company. Fraternally he is a member of Lodge No. 141, F. and A. M. On July 3, 1870, Mr. White was united in marriage to Evlena Brandt, a daughter of Samuel Brandt, and they have the following children : II. S. K., Alpheus M., and Fred J . ^/^^::i^^ty^^t^c^2^ Biographical Sketches. 557 Mr. White has been eininentlj success- i'ul in all his real-estate operations as well a.s in all otiier business enterprises undertaken by him and deserves to rank as one of the wealthiest citizens of As- burj Pai'k. The White family is of English origin; the emigrant ancestor by direct line of descent was Britton M. White, the sub- ject's grandfather, who was born at Red Bank, Monmouth county, New Jer- sey, and located at the present site of Asbury Park, where he became a pioneer settler and the proprietor of a large farm of two hundred acres and built what is known in the family as the present White homestead, which constitutes a pai't of the original Drummond grant from the English crown. His father came from England. Mr. White became one of the founders of Asburj- Park and one of its early benefactors, contributing to its ma- terial development and early growth in a marked degree. His farm, which con- stituted a large part of the present site of that city as well as of Ocean Grove, he was early engaged in laying out in building lots and improving. He mar- ried a Miss Woolley, a daughter of Judiah WooUey, of Shrewsbury township, and their children, nine in number, were as follows : George W., J., Betsy, Deborah, Abigail, Britton, Judiah, Meribah and Drummond. Britton White (father of Washington White) was born at the old White home- stead at Asbury Park, 1807. He re- ceived his education in the public school of Ocean township and under private tutors. He remained with his father on the paternal homestead until he left home to operate a schooner on the coast to New York city, engaged in the pine- wood carrying trade, in partnership with his brother Judiah as owners of the ves- sel. They were also extensively' engaged in the charcoal-shipping business at As- bury Park. Upon the dissolution of this partnership later Mr. White became en- gaged in farming at Asbury Park up to 1870. From 1870 to 1883 he was en- gaged in real-estate speculations, and during that time invested in the farms which he owns and are now occupied by his sons : Eastwall, Franklyn, B. Romeo White. And during the same time he sold from the homestead tract a building site to Frank G. Burnham, attorney for the New York Mutual Life Insurance Co. At the time of his death, in 1885, he was the owner of seven hundred acres of land within a radius of ten miles of Asbury Park. While his family was of distinct quaker stock and himself originally a quaker, ho was latterly a member of the old Hamilton Methodist Episcopal church. He was actively interested in educational affairs, and in politics was a democrat. /CAPTAIN GEORGE H. GREEN, a pro- ^-^ minent business man and progressive citizen of Long Branch, New Jersej', is a son of William and Mary Green, and was born at Norwalk, Conn., January 9, 1831. The family originated in Holland. William Green (father) was born at New York in 1809, learned the trade of a hatter, and followed that tor many years. He was an adherent of the Democratic party. He married Mary Stout, daughter of Wessel T. Stout, and this union was blessed b}' the birth of one son, George H. Mr. Green's mother was eligible to mem- bership with the Daughters of the Revo- lution. The ba.sis of this claim lies in the fact that her father, Wessel T. Stout, began his military career as a second 558 Biographical Sketches. lieutenant of tlie Fourth regiment. New Jersey line, Colonel Epliraini Miirtin ; and in 1777 was transferred to the Third regiment, New Jersey line, Colonel Elias Dayton. He was wounded during the raid on Long Island, Dec. 10, 1777; was appointed lieutenant in the First regi- ment. New Jersey line. Colonel Matthias Ogden, Nov. 3, 1783, and was discharged at the close of the war, a captain by brevet. William Green died at Long Branch in 1876, two years after the death of his wife. Captain George H. Green was a pupil in the common schools of Long Branch until fifteen years of age. During the ensuing six \ears he was engaged in the carrying trade, by boats plying between New Jerse}' and New York city and Troy, N. Y. When our subject had reached his majority he established hinisell' in the meat business at Long Branch, and has since built up a large and very suc- cessful business. Thirteen days after Fort Sumter had been fired upon by the rebels, and Old Glory had been trailed in the dust of South Carolina, Mr. Green enlisted in Company F, Third regiment New Jersey infantry, and was elected fir.st lieutenant. He was nuistered out of service August 1, 18G1, and in 1862 raised a company of ninety-one men in forty-eight hours, and was elected its captain. Owing to ill health Captain Green was obliged to resign his commis- sion, Feb. 18, 1863. Our subject is an active supporter of the cause of prohilM- tion and a zealous worker in that line of social and political reforms. His church relations are with the Baptist church. On June 3, 1852, George H. Green mar- ried Miss Mary Jane Wolcott, a daughter of Job and Margaret Wolcott, nf Long Branch, and they have reared the follow- ing family : Grace (Mrs. R. Caster), Mar- garet (Mrs. H. Wardell), Georgiana (Mrs. James McLain), P]stella (.Mrs. Joe Rob- bins), Isabel (Mrs. John Bennett), Forrest, Charles C, Edna (deceased), Mary (de- ceased), and C. H. Captain Green was president of the board of education four- teen years, and casts his inHuence and energies on the side of progress and the welfare of his fellow-citizens. r^ EORGE W. ABBOTT, the well-known ^-^ supervisor of the New Jersey Central railroad, and the efficient chief of ])olice of Sonierville, New Jersey, is a native of Bradford, N. H., where he was born on Nov. 17, 1828. His parents were Zadoc and Lydia Sargent Abbott. His paternal grandfather, Paul Abbott, was a fanner, during his life, and an old- line whig. He died in 1820. The fruits of his marriage were four children : Wind- sor, Zadoc, Calvin, and William. Zadoc Abbott (father) attended the common schools of his native town, and after graduating therelrom took up. the occu- pation of farming, in which he was more than ordinarily successful, and which he followed all his life, accumulating before his death in 1882, extensive areas of farm lands. Of his marriage there was as issue : Harriet, nuirried to Theodore Ashby ; Amanda, married to A. J. Kendall ; George W., Frederick, Edwin and Benjamin. He was a republican in politics, and a member of the Christian church. (ieorge W. Abbott was educated in the public schools, and passed through all their grades. He then began farming, but at the end of two years left his native place and removed to Ma,>oy, where he took to railroading, and finally settled down to his life-occu- pation, a driller of cars. This business he continues to the present time, in the employ of the Pennsylvania railroad. He has been very successful, and has accumulated some real estate. In poli- tics he is a democrat, and in religion a member of the Catholic church. His children are: Thomas, a grocer in South Amboy ; James H., Mary Ann. now Mrs. Charles Tinnnins ; and Patrick, who is engaged in mercantile business at Perth Amboy, New Jersey . James H. Gordon attended the com- mon schools of South Amboy until he was seventeen """"irs of age. He then l)ecame a clerk in a general mercantile store, kept by B. T. Howell in South Aml)oy, and his fidelity and devotion to his employer's interests soon won him repeated promotions, until he reached the position of first clerk. In 1881 Mr. Howell admitted him into partnership, under the firm name of Howell & Gordon. It is to-day a substantial and prosperous house, with a business that is steadily increasing, and which furnishes employ- ment for a corps of five salesmen. Mr. Gordon invested his surplus earnings in real estate, irom time to time, and its enhancement in value has brought him generous returns. He is a democrat in political creed, and has held several im- portant offices. In 1887 he was qlected township collector of his native town, and served one year, declining another term which was proftered him. He be- came a member of the town council in 1889, and remained in that body for six consecutive years. He was elected to the presidency of council at the beginning of his last term, 1894 to 1895, during which time he acted as mayor, and was invested with all the duties and preroga- tives pertaining to that office. He also served four years as chairman of the financial committee of council. Mr. Gor- don is a catholic in religious belief, aild a nuMuber of that church in South Amboy. He was married in Oct., 1884, to Catha- rine Bowe, of South Amboy, Middli'se.x Biographical Sketches. 561 i-ouiity, New Jersey. They have five children : Julia, Francis Henry and The- resa, both attendinj;- tiie parochial schools of St. Mary's, South Amljoy ; Yita, and Janu'S Edward. Mr. (lordon is an enter- prising and progressive man in civic as well as in bnsiness ;• (lairs, a fact amply attested by the local ])r()minence tlirnst upon liiui liv till' iicoplc ipf South .Viuliov. /~-1II.VKlJ:s W. lilloWKK, a well-known ^ hotel-keeper and respected citizen of Farmingdale, Monmouth county, and an honorable e.\-soldicr of tlic civil war, is a son of (lilbert V. and .\ini Maria (Haskett) lirower.'nnd was Ikhii .Ian. I'J. 1840, in Marlboro township, Monmouth county. When he was four years old his family moved to llolnidel, where he was educated. He worked on his father's farm, near Ilolmdel, until he was seven- teen years old, and then on the Burnett farm, in the same vicinity, until the out- break of the war. On Jan. 12, 18G2, Mr. Brower enlisted in the Fourth Heavy artillery of New York, which was con- ncctcil with the Second, Fifth, and Sixth iirmy corps during various campaigns, lie was engaged upon the capital de- fences near Washington fcjr si.x or .seven months, and was located on Hart's Island during the early part of L8(»5. At the close of the war he obtained an honor- able di.'^charge, signed by regular army officers, including Maj.-Gen. John C. Til> ball, and was mustered out on Sept. 20, 1865. He returned to Freehold, and in the spring of 1866 entered the butcher business in Eatontown township, in c<> partnership with W. A. Worthley, where he remained for si.x months, lie then turned his attention to the hotel business. He was connected with the Eatontown 29 Hotel for a year, then with the Railroad Hotel at Farmingdale from Dec. 1, 1805, to May 1, 1871, and subsequently with the old Union Hotel at Freehold. On Ajiril 1, 1872, he located pernumently in Farmingdale, and established an in- dependent hostelry known as Brower's Hotel, which he has conducted success- fully ever since. The hotel is situated on Railroad avenue, where he has accom- modation for fcn-ty guests, with livery and boarding stables attached with pro- visions for twenty-five animals. In po- litical convictions Mr. Brower is a demo- crat, and served as school trustee in district No. 104 for nine years, resigning in the spring of 1891. He was one of the original memiiers, and is now treasurer and a director of the Farmingdale Im- provement Co., a stock concern, which vlonated land and buildings i'or a car- riage company's factory. He is a mem- ber of Lodge No. 20, I. 0. O. F., ol" Free- hold, and treasurer of Squankum Tribe, No. 39, I. 0. R. M., of Farmingdale. On March 27, 1872, he was married to Miss Martha E. Young, daughter of .Jacob Young, a well-known citizen of Free- hold, l)y whom he has had three chil- dren: William I., special pas.senger ngent with the Central railroad of New Jersey; Charles C, in mercantile business at Farmingdale, and George P., a student at the graded school. Mr. Brower possesses a wide degree of popularity, and is respected for his posi- tion and social talents, as well as his hon- orable war record. He is energetic and progressive, and has devoted much time and thought to the improvement of Farmingdale, being regarded as one of the leading men of the tinvn. Mr. Brower is of Holland-Dutch des- cent, his original ancestors in this .section 5G2 Biographical Sketches. of New Jersey having settled here in 1683. His grandfather, Isaac I. Biower, was a carpenter near Colt's Neck, Mon- mouth (■ount\', and was a faithi'ul ad- herent of the Marlboro Dutch Reformed church. Gilbert V. Brower (fatlier) was born in 1810, in Marlboro township, where he was educated and spent his early life as a former. He afterwards occupied and successfully operated the old Crawford farm, in Holmdel township, where he was widely and favorably known. He was an active republican in {)olitics, and a member of the Dutch Re- formed church. He was twice married ; his first wife was Miss Ann Maria Has- keth, daughter of William Hasketh, of New York, who died in 1857, and by • whom he had five children : Cliurles W., William II., sailor and master ctiptain on coast-trade vessels for a number of jeai's, . and was lost at sea in April, 1874 ; Amelia, spinster, residing in New York city ; ('hristiana, deceased wife of S. A. \ an Cleef, of Freehold, and Sarah, de- ceased wife of Garret IJrower, of Marl- boro. By his second wife, Miss Amelia Hiisketh, he had two children : Alonzo, a prominent builder and contractor of Freehold, and De Witt C, of Ncav York city. Mr. Gilbert V. Brower (father) i'!in, in 18'J4, was or- dained a deacon of the Protestant Epis- copal church in that city, by Bishop Potter. He received the orders of priest- hood in the Church of the Holy Com- nuniion, of New York city, from the hands of Bishop Talbot. In 1894 Kev. Bean accepted a call to the rectorship of St. Mary's Piotestant Episcopal church of Keyport, New Jersey, where he still remains in pleasant communion with his parishioners, and successfully dispensing unto them the bread of life. When he assumcHic.\i. Skktcuks. 56" liiivc jiievi.'iitftl his taking any active |)ait ill politics, he has, nevertheless, been a lile-loiig democrat, as also a mem- ber ol" the I'reshyterian church. Dr. \'aiimarter was lirst mariit-d In Sarah .J. llolcomi). Oct. 2U, I85'.». his wile dying L)ec. 1;">, I880. His second marriage was to Emma Louisa Voor- hees, ol" IJoston, Mass., on Oct. 13, 1885, she d\ing March 1, 1887. His third marriage was to Catharine C. Hendricks, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, on March 27, 18S',). Dr. \':mniartcr pm- fessionally is progressive, and stands de- servedly high, while as a. citi'/.eii he is laillitul to all the demands of good citi- zenship. He is universally esteemed by all who know him. 1 OHN A. WOUTIILKV, a retired busi- ''' iiess man of Red Bank, who by clo.se applicati(jn to business, carefnl and economic habits won success, is a son of John and Elizabeth Chandler Worthley, and was born near Red I?ank, in Shrews- bury township, Monmouth county. New derscy, March 23, 1824. His paternal great-grandfather was of Scotch-English stock, and was born on the boundary line between England and Ireland. He emigrated to the United States when a young man, and settled at a place known as Little Silver, near Red Bank. Here he passed the remainder of his life and reared a large family. One of his sons, Richard Worthley, grandfather of the subject, was born and reared upon the homestead iarni, and pa.ssed his entire life near the* place of his birth engaged in farming. He was an old-line whig and a iiiethodist. He married Elizabeth Chad- wick, by whom he had four children, three thuighters and one son : Polly, weddeuisued the remainder of his active life. I'niiticaily he was an old-line whig, and s.T\c(l in 111.' war of 1SI2-I I. His ramil\' consisted of six idiildren : .\nna M., deceased, who was the wile of .1. W. King ; Lewis C, resiiling at Little Silver ; John A., Hiilda, the relict of Robert Brower ; Deliorah A., widow of the late Jacob Hyer, and Elizabeth, married to J. De Witt Fay. He was married the second time to Elizabeth Borden, having one issue, Mary Melis.sa, lunv the wife of John Valentine, of Red Bank. John A. Worthleys educational ad- vantages were very limited. He attended the district schools but a short time, iiaving to walk a distance of two miles. As soon as he became old enough to as- sist his father he was taken on the boat, and iiiitiateil into oyster fishing. He soon learned the business, and at the early age of thirteen years, he embarked in the oyster-fishing business on his own account. He continued this line, gradu- ally increasing his business until 1844, when he took charge of a market boat, running from Red Bank to New York city. Subsequently he o[»erated a lumber boat, running to Albany, the capital of New York. In 1854 he engaged in the wholesale and retail coal Ijusiness at Red Bank, and did the largest coal business in the state up to when he retired from 566 Biographical Sketches. business and was succeeded by liis son, Win. N. Wortliley. He is a republican in political texture, but takes no interest in politics, aside i'roin casting bis ballot for those whom he considers best qualified to fill the office. He is not a regular mem- ber of ail}' church, but is a liberal suj> porter of Grace Methodist Episcojjal church, at Red Bank. He took an active interest in the organization of this church, and has served as trustee ever since its organization. Fraternally he is a mem- ber at Navesink Lodge, No. 39, I. 0. 0. F. ; Neptune Encampment, No. 45, and Shrewsbury Lodge, No. 72, K. of P. On Dec. 20, 1848, Mi-. Worthley and Miss Catharine M. Norris, a daughter of John E. Norris, of Red Baidv, were united in marriage, and their union has been blessed with seven children : George G., Elizabeth, deceased ; John A., Wil- liam N., Harry A., Charles, and Freder- ick, who died voung. T lEUT. A. C. HARRISON, one of the ^^ heroes of the civil war, now a dealer in wall paper at Red Bank, Mon- mouth county, New Jersey, is a son of Robert and Cornelia (Dennis) Harrison, and was born, April 24, 1844, at Rum- son Beach, Monmouth county. His orig- inal ancestors were natives of England, the latest of whom was his paternal grandfather. The maternal great-grand- I'atlier, John G. Dennis, was born in this country. He was a shoennvker and a larmer at Rumson, and was a member of the Diitcli Reformed church. The ma- ternal grandlather, Anthoii}- Dennis, was born at Rninson, where he received a common-school education. He owned a small farm of good land near Rumson, on which he resided all his life as a shoe- maker and a fiirmer. He was an old- line whig, but never occupied public office. Li religion he was a member of the Reformed church at Shrewsbury, New Jersey. When the British fi)rces landed at Town Neck, on the Jersey coast, he volunteered to carry some dis- patches to the headquarters of the Amei*- ican army, near Jamesburg. He secreted the dispatches between the soles of his boots, and, throwing two bags of grain on his horse, he mounted, and started on ills perilous journey. Intercepted by the scouts of the enemy, as he expected, he readily deceived them by his explanation tiiat he was going to the mill with his grain, and they suffered him to pass them. He immediately threw over his grain, dashed furiously towards the Amer- ican camp, and delivered the dispatches In safety. He was the father of eleven children : Anthony, Samuel, Newton, William, and Jacob, all deceased ; Ben- jamin, residing in New York; Edwin residing at Long Branch, New Jersey, in his eighty-third year ; Hannah, deceased, wife of John Conover ; Clementine, de- ceased, wife of William Henry Osborne ; Sarah, widow of George Lippincott. who was a farmer at Little Silver and Cor- nelia. The paternal grandfather, Charles Henry Harrison, was born near London, England. He received a common-school education, and became a baker hy trade. He emigrated to this country, and settled at Galveston, Texas, where he became a farmer, and continued in that occupation all his life. In religious matters he was a member of the Reformed church in Galveston. His two sons were : William, a soldier in the confederate army; and Robert, father of subject. Robert Han'ison (father) was born at BiooRAPHicAi. Sketches. 567 (liilvcstoii, Ti-.\;is. He received ii eoiii- nioii-stliuol education, and afterwards learned tlie trade ol" a haker, under his lathers direction, lie followed that husi- ncBS for twenty years. I'oiitically lie was an old-line whig, and in religion was a niendu'r of the Reformed church, an active and an earnest christian. He de- ceased oil the coast of Florida, en mute to New York city, in IS 17. of yellow fe\'er. His widow yet snr\i\'es him. ami is residing at Red Bank. They hail hut one sou. A. ('., the snhject of this sketch. A. C. Harrison attended the connnon schools at I^ittle Silver, where he re- ci'ived his primary education, and later attended, for three years, a New York school, and, for two years, the Ocean In- stitute, near Ocean Port, New Jersey. I le then learned the trade of a machin- ist. He was suhse([uently employed in various pursuits. On August 14, 1862, iMr. Harri.son, then eighteen years of age, enlisteil in the Fourteenth regiment, New Jersey infantry. He saw active and almost continuous service until the close of the civil war. He participated in thirty -one engagements with the enemy, and was twice wounded, once at the l)attle of Cold Harbor and again before Petersburg, Va., but on neither of these occasions did he retire from the field, lie was in the battle of Locust Grove, the battle of the Wilderness, Spottsyl- vania. Cedar Creek, Petersburg, and Win- chester, and was with Sheridan in all his campaigns. He was promoted at various times, from the rank of second sergeant to that of first lieutenant. At the clo.se of the war he returned to Red Bank, where he was occui)ied for several years in diflerent pursuits, among which was that of the meat business for four vears. carpet business in New York city, lie opened an establishment at Red Bank in 1882 for the sale and the hanging of wall ]Kiper, to which he has devoted himself ever since. .Mr. Harrison has been town clerk of Red Bank l()r the past seven years, and, in May, 1896, was elected to an additional term of three years. Ilehas like- wise for seven years been clerk of Slirews- liiuy township, anrisiiin' young business man o Perth Auilioy, Miildlesex county, New Jersey, is a son ol" Peter and Inger (Larsen) Peterson, and was born June '27, 1871, in Denmark. His paternal grandfather. Peter Peterson, was a Dan- ish subject. Ilcs|H'iit his days in ridti- vating tlie soil of his native country, ami died a very prosperous man. Peter (father) commenced life as a farmer in Denmark. IK' al'terwaid en- gaged in tlie grocery trade, and subse- ([uentiy became a contractor and builder. lie had a natural taste for inachinery which he fostered until he became an in- genious mechanic. In all his undertak- ings he was more than successi'ul and became (|nite wealthy. lie lias eight children, all of whom are living : Maren, Peter, Lars, Christine, Annie, Nels, Christian and John N. John N. Peterson fu'st fouiul employ- ment in a liottling house, where he re- mained a year. He then learned the trade ol" tailoring ami pursued that busi- ness until 1890, when he emigrated to the United .States, landing in New York city on March 25, of tliat yi'ar. lie came thence to Perth Amboy ami re- sumed his trade at tailoring for a briel period. Quitting that occupation after a lapse of a few.inonths, he obtained em- ployment in the terra-cotta works. This business proved congenial to his taste, but in a short while an opening ollering itself in Brooklyn, N. Y , at hisold tra3' attending the public .schools of Long Branch a lew short win- ter terms, and then was engaged as a cook on a vessel plying between New York city and points on the Atlantic coast, until he attained the age of twenty-two years, when he went into the fishing bus- iness at Long Branch, and for many years handled large quantities of nets, twine, and general fishing supplies, and carried on an extensive trade with the fishermen of that locality. Later. Mr. V^alentine entered the life saving depart- ment of the United States goverinnent, and by earnest, faithful, and able service, attained the rank of keeper of station 4, of the Fourth district, at Atlanticville, New Jersey. While engaged in tiiis noble but hazardous work, our subj<'ct performed many deeds of daring and rescued many that otherwi.st,- would have found a watery grave. And ]\L-. Valentine has the great honor of having received the seventh me(lal ever granted l)y thegovern- nient to anyone holdingthe position which he .so ably filled, and this was but a fitting recognition of a man, always noted for his bravery, and ready to risk his life for his fellow-men in peril. After twenty years in service. Keeper Valentine, was retired, and from that time on has de- voted himself to the various business in- terests which he has accumulated durinj' 576 Biographical Sketches. a long life of successful activity. He is a heavy owner of sailing craft, and is a stockholder in both the Long Branch Bunking Co., and the Seventh National Bank uf the same 2)lace. While not an aspirant for any political preferment in the wa}^ of oflice, Mr. Valentine takes a keen interest in the political aflairs of his country and always casts his ballot as a republican. Fraternally, he is con- nected with Arick Lodge, No. 77, I. 0. 0. F., of Long Branch, and has been a member of the same for fort}- yenrs ; also is a member of F. and A. M. Lodge, No. 78, of Long Branch. For forty years, Mr. Valentine has led an active christian life, and has been a leading and influen- tial member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Long Branch. He has been a class-leader for forty years and a mem- ber and president of the board of trus- tees for many terms, and is regarded as one of the most substantial and consist- ent of christians. The maiden name of Mr. Valentine's wife was Miss Armenia Woolley, daughter of Tucker and Mary Ann Woolley, and they were married Dec. 3, 1846. Mr. Valentine is one of the oldest residents of Long Branch, and built the second house erected in North Long Branch in 1844. TpDWARD J. NOOX, Pli. G., a leading -'-^ and successful pharmacist of Bel- mar, near Asbury Park, is a son of Ed- ward F. and Louisa (Scholl) Noon, and was born Feb. 10, 1873, at Philadelphia. His father was of L'ish ancestry, and is a well-known wholesale and retail dealer in gents' fin-nishings in Philadelphia. He is a democrat in politics, and active in local aflairs in the Sixteenth ward of the Quaker city. His wife was Miss Louisa Scholl, daughter of Henry Scholl, a respected citizen of Philadelphia, of German birth, and their children were : Edward J. Noon and Henry S. Noon. Edward J. Noon (subject) spent his early life in Philadelphia. lie was edu- cated in the public schools of that city, took the junior course at the Central High school, and subsequentl}- completed his studies under a private tutor. He then entered the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and graduated from that fa- mous institution in the class of 1891. His active career in his profession began in the pharmacy of Louis Genois. north- west corner of Twelfth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, where he .spent five years and a lialf as clerk, including a period previous to and after his gradu- ation from college. In October, 1893, he established a drug-store of his own at Franklin street and Susquehanna ave- nue, which he conducted successfully for over a year. He removed to Belmar, near Asbury Park, in the early part of 1895, and on March 23 of that year opened the store of Dr. William- L. Kin- mouth, which he had acquired by pur- chase. He has been located at that place ever since, and has built up an extensive and lucrative business. After one year's occupation he was obliged to enlarge both the store and the stock, and added all modern improvements. Mr. Noon is independent in politics, and gives his support to the best (jualilied candidates. He is thoroughlj' versed in his profession, and is energetic and pro- gressive in his business. He resides at F street and Eighth aveinie, Belmar, and is well known and deservedly popular among all who know him. Thougli young in life, he exemplifies all the character- istics tending to a successful career. Biographical Sketches. 579 DR. W. S. WMITMOKP:, a leading phy- sician of Kctl Hank, and Of^pocially distiniiuislu'd lor liis .skill in the treat- ment of di.seases of tiie ear, ehest and throat, comes from a family of English origin, and was born in New York city, Oct. 18, 1847. He is a .son of John II. and Margaret A. (Savage) Whitmore. His grandfather. John H. Whitmore, was born in Washington county, New York, and received a collegiate as well as a public school education. His children were: John II. and James C. He was never an active jjolitician, although al- ways identified with the fortunes of the old-line whig party. John 11. Wliitmore (father) also re- ceived a ct)llege education in addition to that obtained in the common schools, and was a man of high character and wide inlbrmation. For a number of years he was clerk of New York city prison, and also held the ofhce of deputy county clerk of New York count3\ He now lives in retirement at Red Bank. He is a democrat, and took a very active interest in politics, and was of great ser- vice to his party as a public s])eaki'r, and as siicli was in IViMpiciit ili'iiinnd by it. For a period he followed the avocation of a farmer in Millstone township, but more as a matter of sentiment than with any expectation of achieving a practical business result. He is a member of the Episcopal church, and of a Masonic lodge in New York city, of which he is a past master. He married Margaret A. Savage, daughter of John T. Savage, of Raleigh. N. ('. To their union were born tour children : Catharine, married to William A. Butler, at one time county clerk of New York : Hannah M., de- ceased, who was married to Garret Hart- man ; Walter S., and Sarah, married to Edwin Ackerman. Dr. W. S. Whitmore su[H)lemented his common-school education by a full course of study at the Columbia College, of New York city, and New York Medical University, from which he graduated May VI, 1887. Upon his graduation, he began the practice of his profession in New Y'ork city, where he remained one year. He then removed to Red Bank, cand has continued in the active practice of his profession ever since. In addition to a general practice, he makes a specialty of diseases of the ear, throat and chest, giving particular attention to throat sur- gery. He is regarded as especially skill- ful in the treatment of these diseases, and in this branch of his practice has an enviable reputation, lie resides at Oce- anic, near Red Bank, and is possessed of a most charming home. Dr. Whitmore is president of the board of health of Red Bank, and is also the township physician. He is examining ph\sician for the New York Lil'e Insurance Co., and tor the orders of United Workmen and Knights of Pythias, as, also, of llep- tasoplis and Red Men. He is a inend)er of the Order of Red Men ; Knights of Pythias, No. 72, of Red Bank ; and Order of Elks, of Red Bank. He be- longs to the Democratic party, takes an active interest in politics, is an eloquent and effective speaker, and his services are frequently employed by his party. He has been asked to accept the demo- cratic nomination as member of the .^en- ate, but has always refused to accept any office. He is a member of the Epis- copal church. Dr. Whitmore married, Jan. 18, 1894, Mrs. Harriet Hutchinson, daughter of James Hume, of New York city. 580 Biographical Sketches. / mAULES L. EDWARDS, secretary and ^ treasurer of the F. M. Ta\lor Pub- lishing Co., Long Braucli, New Jersey, is a son of Aaron and Mary C. (Riddle) Edwards, and was born at Ocean Port, New Jersey, Nov. 15, 18G6. Henry D. Edwards, paternal grand- father, Avas educated in the public; schools and followed the sea for a livelihood. This was his occupation till the latter part of his life, when he retired to his larm, near Ocean Port. He married Lydia Cook, and to them were born eight ciiildren : Aaron, Daniel, Lewis, Charles A., Thelbert, Sarah, wife of Mr. T. Mor- ris; Eliza, and Asbury, deceased. Grand- fiither Edwards was a republican, but never took an active part in politics. Aaron Edwards (father) was born at West Long Branch, New Jersey, and went to sea and reached the rank of captain of a merchant vessel. He organ- ized the firm of L. & D. Edwards & Co., and engaged in the coal and lumber busi- ness, which was continued up to the time of his death. His political views allied him to the Republican part3^ He was an earnest christian gentlem.an, and an ardent meml)er and supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he was an official in high repute. In fra- ternal circles, Mr. Edwards was counected with Arcana fjodge, K. of P., No. 48, and Mizpah Lodge, L O. 0. F., No. lU, of Ocean Port, and Long Brniich Coun- cil, No. 429, Royal Arcanum, of Long Branch. He married Mar} C, daughter of Thomas Riddle, and this marriage was l)l('ssed with three children : Asbury, Emilv, now Mrs. Lewis R. Williams; aud (Jharlcs \j. Mr. Edwards died ^Llrch 19, 188(), but Ills wile still survives and resides at Long Brancli. Charles L. Edwards attended the pub- lic schools, afterwards learning the trade of making sashes and blinds. He se- cured a position of bookkeeper, which he filled for eight years. He has dealt ex- tensiveh' in vessel stock, and in this has been successful, so much so that it still continues to be one item of his line of business, which also iucludes speculation in real estate at Long Branch. Li 1895, when the F. M. Taylor Publishing Co. was incorporated, for the purpo.se of en- larging the business scope of the Long Branch Record and other publishing in- terests, Mr. Edwards became a mendier of the company, and was chosen for the important and responsible positions of secretary and treasurer. In the exercise of his elective franchise, our subject is purely iudependcnt, and votes for whom he considers the Ijest man for the place to l)e filled. He is a member of the Long Branch Lodge, F. and A. M., No. 78, the Long Branch Council, No. 429, Royal Arcanum, and Tackanasse Tribe, No. 158, I. O. R. M., of Long Branch. On Sept. 14, 1890, Charles L. Edwards was united in marriage to Miss Annie E., daughter of Mi", and Mrs. Thomas B. Cul)l)('rly. of Long Branch. This happy event has resulted in the birth of one son, Raymond. ^L•. Edwards' l)usiness career has been one of activity and de- served success, and he is to-day one of the substantial, enterprising and useful citizens of Lon^ Branch. TSAAC L. F. EfJvIN, proprietor of the -^ Macom Hotel, New Brunswick, one of the best-known hostelrics of that city, and a veteran of the late war, is a son of Edward and Jane M. Elkin, and was born May 15, ISSG, at New Brunswick, where he received his education in the Biographical Sketches. 581 private schools. WIk-u si.\toeii years old lu' I'litered the I'inph))' of Heokseher & Co., No. 45 South street, New York city, and remained witli them until ISOO, at the outbreak of the civil war. In May, 18G1, he enlisted in Co. 1, First regiment. New Jersey volunteers, and [ was in active service for three jears, and took part in the im[)()rtant engagements at Antietam, Cettysburg and Frederick.^- burg. lie was with Kearney's brigade in the Army of the Potomac, and was engaged in filteen battles, being wounded once. At the time of Lee's surrender he was a prisoner, but was exchanged and paroled April 10, 1865. When the war closed he removed to New Brunswick and entered the liquor business with his brother-in-law, Joseph Grover, in which he continued for twelve 3ears. In 1SS2 he became maiuiger of the JMacum hotel property, at the corner of Richmond anil Burnett streets, New Brunswick, which he has conducti'd with success ever since. In connection with the hotel he has exten- sive livery stables at the same place, and under his management the house has be- come well-known throughout this part of the state. i\Ir. Elkin is a staunch Jacksonian democrat in politics, but has never sought public ollice. He is a member of Boggs Post, No. 07, G. A. R. He has been twice married. His lirst wife was Miss Cornelia Strong, daughter of JeiVerson Strong, of New Brunswick, whom he mar- ried June 2, 1S5S, and who died in 1873, after having born him three daughters : Jennie, Belle and Addie. In Sept., 1893, he was married to Miss Margaret Hard- ing, daughter of Williani Harding, of New Brunswick. Mr. Elkin is widely known and respected, both for his quali- ties as a hospitable, pains-taking host and 30 for his gallant war record. He gives close personal attention to his busines.s, is active and enterprising, has an extensive circle of friends and acquaintances, and is one of the most popular men in New Brunswick. Tp R. PIEKeE, president of the Perth -^-^' Amboy Savings Institution and ex-mayor of the city of Perth Amboy, and a veiy prosperous real estate and insur- ance broker of the city of Perth Amboy, Middlesex count}'. New Jerse}-, comes from an illustrious famih' of Rei'ds of re- volutionary fame, ijeing the great grand- son of John Reed, of New Market, New Jersey, who was a captain in the Revolu- tionary war; he is the son of James 1). Pierce and Rachael (Reed) Pierce, and was born Feb. 24, 1842, near Fleming- ton, New Jersey. The Pierce family is of English origin. Their ancestors down to and including the great granilsire were natives of that soil. The latter emi- grated to this country about the year 1734, and settled in Hunterdon county. New Jersey. Edward Pierce, the pater- nal grandfather, lived near Flemington, New Jersey. He was a man of fine natural ability, and in appearance short and of Horid complexion. He was a far- mer by occupation, a democrat in politics, and a Presbyterian in religion. There were .seven children ; all are deceased ex- cept James D., the father of the subject of this sketch. James D. (father) was born at Somer- ville, Huntei'don county. New Jer.sey, and resided there shice 1880 in quiet re- tirement. He is the father of si.x chil- dren, three sons and three daughters. Edward R. Pierce received his educa- tion in the public schools of Hunterdon county, and also under private tutors at 582 Biographical Sketches. Ro\cefield, New Jersey. He left scliool while in his teens and went with A. T. Stewart, of New York, the one-time mer- chant prince of New York city, and was at one time connected with the Tremont Lead and Color Works in New York cit}-, being the financial bookkeeper. In 1871 he fonnded a co-partnership with Samuel J. Watson, with whom he has been ever since. They have an extensive real-estate and fire-insurance business, and represent fourteen of the strongest companies in existence. Mr. Pierce is a prominent man of affairs in Port Amboy. He is president of the Perth Amboy Savings Instituticm, a director in the JMiddlesex County Bank, and pi-esident of the Citi- zens' Building and Loan association. He has been a member of the school l)oard, superintendent of the public schools, and a member of the board of chosen freeholders. He is an afiiliant of the Royal Arcanum. Mr. Pierce is a mem- ber of the First Baptist church; he has served it in various positions, as treasurer during many j-ears ; superintendent of the SiMiday-school sixteen years, and a member of the board of trustees. Mr. Pierce married a daughter of the late William B. Watson, Escj. ; two children were boiii to the marriage, William Wat- son Pierce and Sadie Compton Pierce. Mrs. Pierce was of English origin, and was a descendant of the famous John Couts familv of London, England, on her grandmother Jackson's side of the family. Mrs. Pici'ce died at an early age. She was eilucated at Balston Seminary, Bal- ston, N. Y., graduating with high honors. Seven years after the death of Mrs. Pierce, Mr. Pierce mairied her sister, Cornelia A.; no children were born to this union. Mr. Pierce resides in the old home of the late William B. Watson. one of the largest and handsomest homes in Perth Amboy; its grounds extensive lawns with shrubbery, and stables in rear; it is of brick, and has been modernized from time to time, making an ideal home. Mr. Pierce's son, William Watson, is a lawyer, and was educated at Columbia College, and University Law School, New York, and I'eceived the degree of LL. B. His daughter, Sadie Compton, was edu- cated at Peddie Institute, Hightstown, New Jersey. TpDWARD B. BLAISDELL, manager of ^-^ the Keystone Ice Co., and secretary of the board of health of Long Branch. New Jersey, is a son of Thomas N. and Lydia W. (Throckmorton) Blaisdell, and was born at Newark, New Jersey, April 15, 1849. Thomas N. Blaisdell (fiither) was a native of Norwich, Vt., with a common- .scliool education, worked in a hat factor}^ beginning that business, and subse- quently activel}^ engaging therein on his own account, first at New York city, next at .lersey City, and then at Newark, New Jerse}*, from which l)lace he removed to Long Branch, where he became interested in the manufacture of pumps, following that business until his decease, in 181)0. He was a republi- can in politics and an earnest member of the Relbrmed church, taking an active part in the work of the Sunday-school, of which he was superintendent and also a teacher in early life. He was also a member of the ma.sonic order. Thomas M. Blaisdell married Miss fjydia W. Throckmorton, of Deal. New Jersey-, and they had a lamily of five children ; Edward B., Charles A., Alice W., Jessie F., and Horace, the three latter deceased. Father Blaisdell died ^ n r3 eo^^x..:^^^.^^ Biographical Sketch rs. 585 Nov. 20, 1S90, and his will- Dec. 14, ISSI, and botli are buried in the West Lnii^- BniiK'h cemetery, at Long Branch. Edward B. Bhiisdell (snl)jcct) received his early eilucatinii in the e(iiiiiiiiiii sciiools ul' liong Branch, and at tlie age of lonrtcen began his career in the worhl as a clerk lor Messrs. Brown & Crater, pro- prietors of a general store at Oceanville, New Jer.sey. He remained here five years, and Mr. Crater having retired, Mr. Blaisdell was taken in as junior member of tile (irm of Brown & Blaisdell. Tliis (irm continued business until the with- drawal oi' Mr. Blaisdell five years later (1S73), when he went to Long Branch, where, for the past sixteen years, he has been connected with the Keystone lee Co.. of which he is manager. Mr. Blais- dell is also associated with the Mon- mouth Ice Co., of Long Branch, and his iuisiness career has been crowned with the rewards that justly accrue to indus- trious application and good judgment. lie is a |)rogressive nieniber of the Repub- lican party, and has been a.ssessor of liong Branch for eight years; is also a miMidxM- of the city board of health, of wliich he has been secretary since his eonneclioii witli that body. He is a member ol' the Methodist E|)isi'opal church, and also of tlie Ibllowing secret orders : Kojal Arcanum ol" Long Branch, No. 429 ; Loyal Addition Benefit Asso- ciation, Progress Lodge, No. 3. and the Ancient Order of United American Work- men, Seaside Lodge, No. 39. On June 5, 1872, Edward Blaisdell led to the altar and wedded Miss Lydia A. Jeflrey, daughter of Hugh M., and Rebecca A. Jetfrey. of Long Branch, and this union has resulted in the birth of one daughter and three sons : Dora, wife of Harry Van Brunt, clerk in the Pacific Bank, New York city ; K. Thurston, Charles T., and Raymond D. Mr. Blai.s- dell is a man of fine address and alfable manners. He is a progressive and care- I'lil business man, and a useful citizen, anil is highly esteemed by all who know him. TpRED A. BEALE, a prominent farmer -■- and daiiyman, and a highly re- spected citizen of Eatontown township, Monmouth county. New .Jersey, is a son of John and Maria P. (Innet) Bealc, and was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1854. He comes from an English ances- try; his great-grandfather, John Bcale, came from Hingham, Norfolk county, England, with his wife, t'lvt' son.s, three daughters, and two servants, to this coun- try in 1638, settling in Hingham, Mass. One of these sons, the paternal grand- father of Mr. Beale, subsecjuently re- moved to the state of Maine, but, after some time, returned to Hingham. Among his children was John Beale, who became the father of the subject of this sketch. John Beale (father) was born at Farm- ington. Me., Nov. 24, 1802, and was given a good, liberal education, lie was educated in Hingham, Mass., and taught school at seventeen years of age. He left the school-room after some years, and turned his attention to the mercantile business, and from 1830 to 1873 was e.'*- tablished in New York city in the whole- sale grocery business. In political opinion Mr. Beale was a republican, and was identified with the Episcopal church. By his marriage with Miss Maria P. Innet, daughter of Edward Innet and Elizabeth Pitcher, of New York, he be- came father of four children : Elizabeth Beale Sterns, deceased ; John E., retired, of the firm of Messrs. B. H. Howell, Son 586 Biographical Sketches. & Co., of 107 Wall street, New York ; Uaiiiol, member of the Thirteenth regi- iiieiit, Brooklyn, who died in Baltimore. Md., 1861 ; and Fred A. John Beale. Sr., died at New York city in 1889, aged eighty-seven; and his wife died in Eaton- town, New Jersey, in 1878, aged sixty- five. Fred A. Beale (subject), after attend- ing the common schools of Brooklyn, entered Bryan and Stratton's Business College of Brooklyn, N. Y., and acquired a general business education. He then entered his brother's store in New York city, and served there two yeai's in the capacity of a clerk, and when eigliteen }'ears of age came to his present home on his farm, located just two miles from Long Bi-anch, New Jersey. Here he has been engaged in farming and dairying during the past twenty-four years. Mr. Beale is a very active politician, and has served the Democratic party well, having been committeeman for P]atontt)wn. Fra- ternall}' he belongs to the Masons, Wash- ington Lodge, No. 9, of Eatontown, K. of P. ; Jr. U. U. A. M., Norwood Coun- cil, West Long Branch. On August 20, 1876, Fred A. Beale married Miss Chira Morris, granddaugh- ter of Samuel Morris, proprietor of the Pavilion Hotel, at Long Branch. To Mr. and Mrs. Beale have been born a family of seven children : John E., Maria P., Clara M.. Fred A.. Delia, Elizabelli. and Lillian. T C. YOORHEES, an enterprising and ^ • prospennis florist of .Somerville, is a son of James C. and Esther Moon Voor- hees, and was born Feb. 7, 1852, at Puri- tan, New Jersey, receiving his education in the common schools of that town. Up(jn leaving school he leai-ned carriage- making and applied himself diligently to that trade for five years. Subsequently he was a farmer and a florist on a small scale at Adamsville. In 1893 he re- moved to Somerville and established his [)resent business, which has developed to such an extent that he is now the lead- ing florist in Somerset county. His green- houses embrace ten thousand square feet of glass, and are thoroughly stocked at all seasons. Mr. Voorhees is a republican in poli- tics and takes a deep interest in pid)lic affairs. He is a member of the Ro^al Arcanum. On Feb. 14, 1875, he was married to Miss Gertrude Cole, daughter of E. A. Cole, of Somerville, by whom he lias had three daughters : Etta, deceased ; Sarah and Eva. Mr. Voorhees is a thor- oughly self-made man, is skillful and energetic in the conduct of his business, and well-read and abreast with the times in everything relating to the cultivation and propagation of plants and flowers. He is wicK'ly known throughout Somer- set county, and is botli popular and re- spected. Samuel Voorhees (grandfather of sub- ject) was a native of Raritan. He was a well-known farmer all his life, and died on .Fan. o, 1820, leaving three children : J. C, Garrett and Eliza. James C. Voorhees (father ol' subject) was also born at Raritan. He was a farmer in early life, but subsequentlj' be- came better known as the proprietor ibr uian}' 3'earsof the Raritan hotel, at Rari- tan, where he also conducted an exten- sive trade in horses and cattle. He was married to Aletta Veghte. by whom he liiul lour children : Sarah, Elizabeth, de- ceased ; Peter and Sanuiel, deceased. She died March 19, 1844. He married for his second wile, Esther Moon, Jan. 6, Biographical .Sketches. .5S7 1851, by wliuiu lif liad one cliilil : .1. C. Voorhees, our subject. Mr. Vuorhecs, 8r., died Oct. 4, 1851. TSAAC D. WAKD, ivcoidrr of tlic city -^ of Pt'itii Aiiiboy, residing at Portli Anil)()y, Middlesex county, Now Jersey, is a son ol' Betiiutd and Catliarine M (Tuers) Ward, unS; nnd Milton. IxMii Kel.. :!. ISCi-J. \ T. ^^KTZGAR, a veteran ol the late ci\il war, and at present a pronu- nent I'armer and political leader of West Long Branch, Monnumth county, New Jer.sey, was born at Princeton, New Jer- sey, June 20, 1840, and is a son of C. Henry and Elizabeth Bennett Metzgar. The ancestors of this family may be traced back to the historical soil of the (lerman Em[)ire, where Abraham Metz- gar (the grandfather) was born. lie was a blacksmith by occupation. He becanu- the father of six children : Catharine (Mrs. Michael Faunch), John, Abrani, (". I lenry, Jacob and ('hristian, all decea.sed; and passed away at a goodly age, very nuicli respected by friends and neighbors. C. Henry Metzgar (father) was born on shipboard during the passage of his ])arents across the Atlantic, April '1. ISm. He received a conunon school education, and began life at Princeton. New Jersey, as a farmer, and later re- moved to Poplar, and continued there until his death, April 2, ISnO. Politically, i\fr. ^Metzgar was an old-line whig, and a member of the Methodist K[)i.scopal church. In IS'J.'I he married Mi.ss Eliza- beth Bennett, daughter of (iarret Ben- nett, of Bed Bank, and their chililreii were: Mary, deceased ; Jacob, deceased ; John B., Lydia A., Catiierino E., Mrs. Jolin B. Edmonds, Margaret B., Mrs. Clark Warren, and A. T. Mrs. Metzgar (lied at Long Branch, May 12, 187(1. .\. T. Metzgar (sul)ject) was reared on his lathers farm at Princeton, New Jer- si-y. He was educated in the common schools of his native district, and lateral I'ryant and Stratton's ("oUege. Philadel- phia. He then engaged in farming and mercantile business at Poplar, New Jer- sey, and (inally at West Long Branch, where he still resides and successfully openites a truck farm. Mr. Metzgar takes an active and livtdy interest in the [(olitical doings of his district, is a pro- nounced republican, and has been the recipient of a number of local offices, among which are the collectorshi[) of Lincoln township, antl assessor of Eaton- town townshi|) for live years. He is a mend)er in good standing in the Metho- dist Episcopal church, is actively identi- fied with the spiritual and temporal interests of the same, and has been a trustt'C for ten years. Mr. Metzgar was enrolleil Aug. Ilth, eidisted Aug. 20th, and as a member of Company (!, Fourteenth regiment, New Jersey volunteers, was mustered into service at Freehold, New Jersey, Aug. 2G, 18G2. This regiment was first as- signed to the provisional brigade, middle division, Eighth corps, then to the First brigade, 'JMiinl division. Third corps, and afterwards to the First brigade. Sixth corps. Army of the Potomac. The gal- lant Pourteenth then entered upon and .served through all the princij)al contlicts of the Virginia cam|)aigns of 18(13 and "(i4. partici[)ating in the following battles: 592 Biographical Sketches. MaiKissas Gap, Wappiiig Heights, Cul- peper, Bristoe Station, Kelley's Ford, Brandy Station, Locust Grove, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court-house, Vo river. North Anna, Hanover Courts house and Cold Harbor. In the latter engagement, Mr. Metzgar received a shot that so shattered his left arm, that am- putation became necessary, and he was discharged from the United States Army iiospital, Dec. 30, 1864, and retired to engage in the aflaii's of civil life. On JNIay 5, 18G9, Mr. Metzgar married Miss Susie C Reynolds, daughter of James and Phoebe Reynolds, of Eatontown. Mr. Metzgar belongs to that great num- ber of deserving men, who receive as a pait renunieration, a pension, for their invaluable services to our countrv, which was saved l)y their deeds of noble daring and "enerous sacrifice. r^ EORGE A. SEAMAN, a well-known ^-^ insurance agent and notary public at Perth Amboy, a veteran of the civil war, and a highly respected and patriotic citizen, is a son of Anthony and Ann (Hadden) Seaman, and was born June 12, 1837, at Perth Amboy. Robert Seaman, the paternal great- grandfiither, was born about 1755, in Ulster count}', N. Y., and was married to Cynthia Golding about the year 1780, by whom he had eleven children, all boys except one. Anthony Hansell, the ma- ternal great-grandfather, served as a private in Capt. James Morgan's com- jiany. Second regiment, New Jersey militia, of Middlesex county. Thomas Iladden (the elder), the maternal great- great-grandfather, served as a private in Capt. A.shcr Fitz Randolph's company, First regiment, New Jersey militia, of Middlesex county. Thomas Hadden, Jr., the maternal great-grandfather, served as a captain in the same regiment, was pro- moted to first major, and afterwards com- missioned as lieutenant-colonel. He died in Sept., 1778, and is buried at Wood- bridge, New Jersey. Henry Seaman, his paternal grand- father, was born July 11, 1787. He uKuried. June 7, 1807, Isal)el Hansell, by whom he had eight children : Eliza, born Sept. 2, ISO'J; Robert, born March 22, 1811 ; Anthony, born Dec. 20. 1813 ; Israel, born .\piil 20, 1815; Henry, born May 28. 1S17; Lewis, born l<'eb. 1',). 1820; John, born Nov. 11, 1 S22, and Cynthia A., born May 24, 1824. Anthony Seaman (father) received a common-school education at Perth Am- boy. In eai'ly life he was a shoemaker, but subsequently engaged successlully in the oyster business at Perth Amboy until 1873, when he retired from active life. He died July 12, 1890, in his eighty- third year. He had imbibed the tradi- tions of the old-line Whig party, but from 1864 was a staunch deniocrat in politics. He was a devout member of the Presbyterian church at Perth Aml)oy. He was married Jan. 7, 1836, to Miss Ann Hadden, a daughter of Jacob Had- den and Sally Ayers, of Perth Amboy, who died Jan. 24, 1892, after bearing him si.x children : George A., born June 12. 1837; Olivia, born Aug.' 19, 1840; Jacob H., born Feb. 12, 1845; Sarah Isabel, born Aug. 17, 1847; Fred. A., born Dec. 19, 1850, and Charles K.. b,,rn Oct. 8, 1856. George A. Seaman (subject) was edu- cated in the Perth Amboy public schools. His first start in active life was in con- nection with his father in the oyster business at Perth Amboy, where he re- Biographical Sketches. 593 niaincd until the outbreak of the civil war. In 18G2 lie joiiu'd the Twenty- eighth New Jersey ref:iinent as a private, and went to the front as a nine months' man. He was engaged in the battles of Kredeiickshnrg and Chaneellorsville. served gallantly through a hard-l'ought eampaign, and .sequently changing his residence became a member of the Dutch Reformed church by letter. Dr. Spencer is personally- a man of ge- nial temperament, cimrt^'ous and afValjle, and is most highly esteemed! 610 Biographical Sketches. ~rn D. TOMS, M. D., a popular medical ^ ' practitioiierof Keyport, Moninoutli county, New Jersey, is a son ol" Clarkson and Mary A. (Holmes) Toms, of Tren- ton, New Jersey, and was born, Feb. 17, 1858, at Bloomington, III. The family is of Scotch and Dutch origin, and Toms was the first adventurous emigrant of that name who, landing early in 1700 on the Jersey coast, at the spot where tiie town of Toms River now stands, christened a river with, and bequeathed to a town, his nnine. The paternal grandiathei-, (.'hurles Toms, was born at Toms River, Mon- mouth county, New Jersey, in the year 1792. He received a common-school education, and became a trader and a speculator; was associate judge of Som- erset county, New Jersey. In politics he was a democrat. He was married to Mercy Runyon, and by her was the father of seven children ; David, John, Charles, Runyon, Clarkson, Merribah, and Mary. His death occurred at Sa- vannah, Ga., in 1827. Clarkson Toms (father) was born, Aug- ust 25, 1816, at Somerville, Somerset county. New Jersey ; and, after acquir- ing such education as the counnim .schools ailbrded, he engaged hini.self with Rich- ard Cai-rett, ol" New Brunswick, Nt?w Jei'sey, to learn the trade of ciirriage- making. lie followed that business very 8uc(!essl\illy Ibr twenty years, when he removed to the west, and engaged for several years in the banking business, at Bloomington, 111. He subsequently went to Kansas and located at Pratt, where he is now living and carrying on the busi- ness of a bankiT. He is president of the People's Bank at Pratt. In politics he is a democrat, and has always been an active political worker, but has never held office. He is affiliated with the ma- sonic fraternity at Pratt, Kan., and is loyal to that ancient and honorable order, both in precej^t and in practice. His wife is also surviving, and is the mother of five children: Ceorge W., deceased ; G. V. ; Mary, married to William Ross, of Bloomington, 111. ; Julia Runyon, wife of Charles W. Tackenberg, of Cincinnati, 0. ; and Dr. F. D. Dr. F. D. Toms attended the high school at Bloomington, III., from which he was graduated in 1874. In 1884 he entered Rush Medical College at Chicago, and was graduated from there with high honors in 1887. He then spent two years in hospital practice at (Jincinnati, 0., where he acquired that skill in sur- gery which is a charact^n"istic of his pro- fessional work. Dr. Toms' first location for general practice was at Dillon, Mont., toward the close of 1888, and he re- mained there al)out seven years. He came to the east, and located, July 15. 1895, in Keyport, where in one short year he has established himself in popu- larity and i)atronage highly gratifying to himsell" and to his friends. Politically Dr. Toms is a democrat, but he has as yet taken no active interest in party work. He is a member of the masonic order at Dillon, Mont., and is non-aflil- iated as yet with the I'rak'rnity of Key- port. He is a member of Chingarora Tribe, No. IIG, I. 0. R. M., and lie was vice-president, for Montana, of the Patri- otic Sons of America. Personally he is a gentleman of refined and pleasing man- ners. A I.I5K1M' A. T.\YL()I{, an extensive -^-^ mason, Ijuilder and seni(n' member of the i)i('ycle firm of A. A. Taylor & Son, at Asbury Park, Monmouth county, Biographical Sketches. 613 New Jersey, is a sun of Pi'ter miuI ('iiro- line Taylor, and was born Mareli 7, 180G, at " AVillow Park," Spring Lake, Mon- mouth connty, New Jersey. The paternal grandfather, likewise named Albert, was a native ol'(«erniany, whence he came to America, and settled in Monmonth county, becoming a farmer and an extensive land-owner. Peter Taylor (lather) was born at Colt's Neck, Monmouth county, where he was educated and bred to agricultin-al |)ursuits, which he carried on without iiitcnuptinii until his death. Albert A. Taylor (subject) was edu- cated in the district schools, and labored on his father's farm until he was eighteen years of age, when he was apprenticed to E. I. Pitcher, at Long Branch, to learn the trade of masonry. After continuing two years as a journeyman mason he re- moved to Asbui'y Park in 1878. He now resides at IJradley l>each, one mile south of Asbury Park, and is one of the Ibunders of that village. He is at this time one of the most successful building contractors on the Jersey coast, and has been en- gaged in many extensive building opera- tions. He built both the banks of Asbury Park, also the Tusting and Taylor Hats, in 181)2, and assisted in the erection of the Appleby and the Steinbach buildings. His leading specialty is contracting for the erection of gas, water, and electrii-- light plants, as well as to moving and hoisting of iron and steel. At the present time he is occupied in building the water- works at West Asbury Park, an enter- prise projected by a syndicate of New York capitalists. Mr. Taylor is an ex- sive owner of real estate in and around Asbury Park, and is busily engaged in its develo[)ment and improvement. He is also the organizer and principal of the , firm of A. A. Taylor & Son, dealers in bicycles, at No. 711 Bangs avenue, As- bury Park, and patentees of a high-grade wheel bearing their name, and he helped to organize a local board of the Newark Repidtlic Building and Loan Association, in which he serves as treasurer. His has l)een a prosperous business career, into which politics has never entered, although he votes the republican ticket. In re- ligion he is a j)rominent member of the Bradley .Methodist Kpi.scopal church, and is now serving as the president of its board of trustees. Mr. Taylor was mar- ried in 1877 to Elizabeth Herbert, a daughter of Joseph Herbert, of Elberon- I)y-the-Sea. They are the parents of two children : George A., junior member of the (irm of A. A. Taylor & Son, and Ihuny, who is sixteen, and attending the high school. TAR. CHARLKS JI. ANDRU8, a highly *~^ honored and successful physician now living in retirement at Metuchen, and one of the best-known citizens of that town, is a son of Sylvester and Eliza- beth P. (Clark) Andrus and was born Oct. 13, 1823, at Windham, Greene county, N. Y. His elementary education was acquired at Delaware Academy, Dehi- ware county, N. Y., after which he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York city, graduating March 13, 1845. He immediately entered upon the practice- of his profession at Windham, subsequentl}' removing to Poughkeepsie in 1840, and then to Ball- ston Spa in Saratoga county in 1857, where he renniined for five yi'ars. Dur- ing the early days of the civil war, in ] 8()2, he was commissioned as first assist- ant surgeon in the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth New York regiment, and 614 Biographical Sketches. on Aug. 14, 1864, was promoted to sur- geon of the One Hundred and Seventy- sixth New York roghnent, remaining with the hitter organization initil it was mustered out May 1, 1866. At the close of the war he continued the practice of his profession at Poughkeepsie, which he conducted successfully for six years. In 1872 he removed to Metuchen, and for over twenty years was the leading physi- cian of that place, with an extensive and remunerative practice. He retired from active labor about two 3'ears ago, and has since spent considerable time in travel. Dr. Andrus has always been a staunch republican, and his active services on be- half of the party have received substan- tial recognition on several occasions. He was a member of the board of education of the city of Poughkeepsie for nine years. He was elected coroner of Dutchess county, New York, in 1867, serving for two terms, and occupied the office at the time of the famous New Haiuburg dis- aster in 1871, when twenty-two persons were killed. He was elected coroner of Middlesex county, New Jersey, in 1874, and has been solicited several times to again accept the office, but has declined. In 1881 he was elected a member of the b(jard of education of Metuchen, and served faithfully in that capacity as presi- dent of the board for three years. Dr. Andrus is a member and elder in the Reformed churcli at Metuchen, and was at one time choir-master ; he has al- ways taken a deep and active interest in the church work, lie has bei'u a mem- ber oft lie F. and A. M. since 1852, and was a diligent worker in the Know-Noth- ing party during the famous campaign of 1854. He is also a member of the Loyal Legion of New York, and of Post No. 44, G. A. R., of New Jersey. On Oct. 2, 1845, he was married to Miss Louisa C. Cowles, daughter of Dr. Jonathan B. Cowles, of Greene county, N. Y., who died in Feb., 1879, after having born him four children : Willard P., a citizen of Cincinnati, 0. ; Edwin P., captain ol' the Fifth United States cavalry troop, situ- ated at Fort Clark, Tex. ; Jonathan Cowles, a clergyman at Syracuse, N. Y., and Charles H., who resides in Illinois. Dr. Andrus' foinily is of English ori- gin, his first American ancestors having been John and Mary Andrus, who settled in Farmington, Conn., in 1640. His pa- ternal grandfather, Lemuel Andrus, was a farmer and miller in Bristol, Conn. ; was first sergeant of the world-famous " Minute Men " in the Continental arm}' during the Revolutionary war, and was a member of the town committee that provided for families whose male mem- bers were away with the army. He was a federalist in politics and a member of the Congregational church. He died in 1820, having been the father of four chil- dren : Sylvester, Aroma, Lemuel and Sarah. Sylvester Andrus, our subject's father, was born in 1780 in Bristol, Conn. In early life he taught school in winter and operated a farm of about one hun- dred acres in summer, finally devoting his entire attention to agricultural pur- suits and amassing a comfortable little fortune, u[)on which he retired. He was a staunch federalist, and afterwards a whig and republican in politics, and a Congregationalist in religious faith. In 1802 he married Miss Elizal)ctli P.Clark, a daughter of Enos Clark, of Soiitliiiigton, Conn., by whom he had eight children : Roderick C, Newell P., Sylvester. Enos C, Charles H., Susan, Sarah A. and Eme- line E. Our subject's father died Dec. 17, 1857 ; his mother. July 24, 1849. Biographical Sketches. 615 TD LOOM FIELD J. MILLER, of Perth -L-* Aiiihoy, New Jersey, is a son of Elias N. and Sarah M. (Coates) Miller, of Newark, New Jersey, and was born in that city on Dee. 31, 1849. The family is of English (lescent, and origin- ally settled on Long Island, N. Y. Jona- than Miller, the grandfather of onr snb- jeet, was a native of Newark, New Jer- sey. Elias N. Miller, the father of our subject, was in his early Hie in the drug business at Charleston, S. C, where he was married, his wife being a native of that cit}'. He afterwards returned to Newark, Avhere he was elected sheriff of the county, and subsequently served during the civil war as provost marshal. He was a stiunich republican, and lillod numerous positions ol' honor and trust credital)ly to himself and to the entire satisfaction of the community. He died at Perth Amboy, on Oct. 2, 1885. His widow, Mrs. S. M. C. Miller, died at Newark, New Jersey, on May 3, 1887. Their children were as follows : Josephine M., married to Theodore F. Mercer ; Bloomfield J., our subject; William C, who died April 9, 1889, and Jonathan B., who died July 3, 1887. Bloonidelil J. Miller attended the Newark At'adcmy.aml afterwards entered the scientific department of Rutgers College, in the class of 1868. In 1867 he entered the service of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., of Newark, New Jersey, as a clerk in the mathemati- cal department, at the home office of the company. In 1882 he was appointed mathematician of the company. In 1894, he was elected a director and second vice- president, which offices he now holds, to- gether witli that of mathematician of the company. He is also first vice-president of the Actuarial Society of America. He is a republican in politics, but not an ac- tive partisan, and is a member of the Episcopal church. On Nov. 5, 1879, he married Miss Jeannie Ogden, a daugh- ter of Morgan L. Ogden, of Newark. She died Aug. 28, 1880, leaving one child, Jeainiie 0. Miller, who was born Aug. 24, 1880, and is still living. ' T3)EV. JOSEPH W. 1)AI>LY, pastor of -L^ the Bound Brook, New Jersey, Methodist Episcopal church, is a popular and successful minister of the gospel, and traces his ancestry back to the early days of the colonization of Virginia. The family is of English origin, the first American representative being Richard Dally, who settled on a plantation at Jamestown, Virginia, in the year 1635. In the line of succession follow an un- known Dally, who.se wife was Sarah, who spent her last days in Bethlehem, New Jerse\- ; Charles Dally, son of this Mrs. Sarah Dally, a rich planter of Augusta county, Virginia; Samuel, for a time a resi- dent on the Monongahela river, Virginia, but who subsequently removed and settled at Woodbridge, New Jersey, thus estal)- lishing the latter branch of the family. Samuel Dally was a soldier during the greater part of the war of the Revolution, and died in conse([uence of illness from the e.Ktreme heat, together with many others, at the memorable battle of Monmouth, New Jersey. He died March 11, 1784. aged titty-one years. Ne.\t comes Jere- miah Dally (great-grandfather), who, when but seventeen Nears of age, ran away from his home and enlisted in the Middlesex regiment. Continental militia. Samuel was among the twelve hundred picked men. chosen by Wasbingt lished a factory of his own at Woodbridge, and built up a large trade. Mr. Dally became associated with William H. Berry and others in brick manufacture. A few years later he retired from business and removed to Trenton, where he served as state librarian for several years. Mr. Dally returned, and has lived since re- tired on his old homestead at Woodbridge. He is a man of cultivated literary tastes, especially for history. He has been chiefly a business man. He was during his active life an enthusiastic worker for tlic Di'inocratic party, and was also one of the first promoters of the Metliodist Kpiscopal rliunli at Woodbridge. Fra- ternally, Mr. Dally was an Odd Fellow. BlOGRAPIIICAI, SkETCIIKS. 617 Jeri'iniali Dally inarried Miss Mary Iiis- Uf, (laughter or(iage and Mary Iiislce, of" iVrtli Aiiilun, New Jersey. Slie died at Wt>odl)ritlj^e, in 1885, aged seventy years. Tlicir children are: Gage and Lydia, both deceased ; Thomas J., in hnsine.ss at Woodhridge ; .Iosej)h W. and (SeorgeW., in business in Philadelphia. Kev. Jo.'^eph W. Dally (subject) is a son of Jeremiah and Mary (Inslee) Dally, and was born at Woodbridge, New Jer- sey, June 'J2, 1843. Ilis preliminary education was obtained in the pulilic schools of Woodbridge and Trenton, the Kim Tree Institute at Woodbridge, and WesU-yan University. At the end of one year, his health failed and he re- turned home, continuing his studies, how- ever, under the direction of Dr. Buttz, president of Drew Theological Si'minary, Madison, New Jersey, for the ensuing four years. At the annual conference held in Washington, New Jerse}', in 18G0, Rev. Dally was ordained to preach, and his subsequent ministerial charges are .as follows : at old Tappan and Palisade, on the Hudson, one year; Readington, New Jersey, 18G7-'G"i. In 1870 he with- drew I'roni the active work of the minis- tr}' to become city editor of the New- ark, New Jersey, Moniutij Jlci/istcr. In 1872, Rev. Dally was re-admitted to the conferent'e, and has since labored in the following lields : Bloomslniry, New Jer- sey, three years ; Basking Ridge, New Jersey, three years; Irvington, New Jer- sey, three years; Englewood, New Jer- sey, three years ; Ilackensack, New Jer- sey, live years ; pastor of the Centenary church, Jersey C^ity, New Jersey, tliri-e years; and in 1891 was assigned to Bound Brook Methodist Kpiscopal church. Our subjects labors here and elsewhere have been marked l>y activity and earnest labor. Churches have l)een remodeled, improved, and freed from debt, and much spiritual blessing has attended the work, in addition^to his church work, he is en- gaged in writing lor religioiis i)apers and magazines. And, among other literary ell'orts, in 1873 he published a history ol" Woodbridge, New Jer.sey, for which the dciiiaiiil n'(iuin'(l a scmoikI (Mlition. lie is the author of •■several articles in McClint', where he was engaged nearly all his life in the blacksmithin"- trade. Durim;' the latter years of his life, however, he devoted himself to farming, and became a success- ful farmer. He married Miss Sarah Hart, she being related to John Hart, one of the signers of the declaration of inde- pendence, a daughter of John and Sarah Hart, residing near Seneca Lake, N. Y. The Hart family were natives of New Jersey, but had settled at Seneca Lake with those families from New Jersey who had been induced by Colonel Cooper to emigrate and locate upon the large 2)urchase of land he had nuule in that vicinit}', and wliere Cooperville was subsequently founded. John Stout re- moved to New Jersey, however, in 1810, and located at Rocky Hill, afterward near Monmouth Junction, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died in 1833, in the sixty-second year of his age, and his wife some years later, in the seventy-litth year of her age. The}' had the following children : Zebulon, Re- becca, John Francis, Isaac, the only sur- viving one, and John. John Stout (father of subject) was born at Rocky Hill, Montgomery town- ship, Somerset county. New Jersey, May 21, 1809, and received his education in the public schools of said township. He resided on the farm and engaged in farm- ing pursuits until 1888, when he retired irom active life and business and took up his residence with his s and is a constant worker in the cause of thew, Catherine, and Eugene. his party, by which he has been elected to important offices. Eugene Fay (father) was born in Ire- land in ISoO. His school education was Mr. Fay is also a member uf the Star extremely limited, as he commenced 634 Biographical Sketches. working on his father's farm at an early age, and he found little leisure for attend- ing school, save on occasional days during winter months. He came to this country in 1848, located at first in New York state, and subsequently until slavery was abolished, he was overseer of a plantation near New Orleans. During the war he was engaged in moulding brass for ordnance in a large works at Trenton, New Jersey, and later he followed the trade of a ma- chinist for six years at Manchester. At the time of the strike on the New Jer- sey Southern railroad, in 1878, he suc- cessfully carried out an engagement to run the com[)any's rolling stock with horses and was lessee of the road. lie engaged in tlie hotel business for a short time at Manchester, Ocean county, and subse- quently he went into the same business at Long Branch, where he is now con- ducting two hotels. He is a well-read man, and in this way has made up the deficiency in his early education. There are few men, if any, at Long Branch, who are better posted than he is on the questions of the day. He is a member of the Roman Catholic churcli at Long Branch, while in politics he is a demo- crat. In Manchester he served on the board of school trustees. He was mar- ried to Catharine McKenna, who is still living, and is the mother of eleven chil- dren ; Joseph, deceased ; James, real- estate and coal dealer at Elberon ; Mary, married to Jose|)li ('orbett, superintend- ent of tlie Athmtic Iliglilands line of the New Jersey Railroad Co. ; Thomas P., our subject; Eugene, Jr., John and Agnes, all three deceased; Rose Helen, principal of the West Orange Grammar schools; Cliarles and Benjamin, both deceased, and Albert. Thonuis P. Fay attended the [lublic schools of Manchester, until he was eleven years of age. In 1884 he was gradu- ated from Long Branch High school, after which he read law in the office of e.x- Senator John S. Applegate, at Red Bank, In 188G, he entered Columbia College, New York, where he rowed in the fresh- men crew and took a prominent part in all the college societies. He entered the Columbia Law school in 1887, from which he was graduated with the degree of LL. B., two years later. He was admitted to the New Jersey Bar at the Fel»ruary term, 1891, and the following September was appointed a master in chancer}'. Since that time he has been engaged in the active practice of his profession at Long Branch. In his religious faith, Mr. Fay is a catholic ; in iraternity he is a member of the Royal Arcanum, and in politics he is a straight-out loyal demo- crat. He attended the conventions at Chicago which nominated Cleveland in 1892, and Bryan in 1896. He is very effective as a stump speaker, and is strong in debate. His first eff'ort at political speaking was in his eigliteenth 3'ear. For a iniml)er of years he was a member of tlie Ocean Township Com- mittee, and as such was assigned to the position of local orator. On more than one occasion he has stumped the state at his own expense. Mr. Fay has twice been a candidate for the State Assembly. In 1887, at the age of twenty-two year,s, he came within twenty-four votes of an election. On Oct. 30, 1893, he received the Second District nomination lor the New Jersey Assembly. TTON. CHARLES MORRIS, ex-asso- ^ -L ciate judge of the court of common pleas, county of Monmouth, and one of the leading citizens of Long Branch cit}', BioGRAPHicAi. Sketches. 636 Monmoutli county, New Jersey, is a son of .loliu V. ami Eveline Morris, and was born Sept. 11, 185'2, in the above-named city. While the judge is well-lvnown here, a brief liistory of his private and public lile may prove interesting. His business was that of a merchant in our city for a num!)er ol' years. Mr. Morris, when but eleven years of age, lost liis father. This deprived the mother and her live children of their main support. Charles, being the eldest son, had the care and responsibility of tlie family on his hands, which he assumed and most manfully carried out by hard work, in- dustry and honesty. At the time of his nnijority he was active in politics, and was elected to tin- position ol' township clerk, which ollice he held for seven years, lie was then elected collector of ta.xes for six successive years, which position he held to the entire satisfaction of the taxjiayers, declining to be a candi- date for re-election in the spring of 1S91. He was thrice elected as a member of the Long Branch commissioners and served on many important committees, being chairman of the lamp committee, besides a member of the finance and street committees, and declined also a re- nomination after having been urged to accept the same by his many friends for the fourth term. He was president of the board of directors of the Long Branch Hall Association Ibr several years. He is captain of Compaii}- B of the Third regiment, N. J. N. C, and has faithl'ully served in that capacity as an officer of the state for the past ten years. He is also one of the directors of the New York and Long Branch Steamboat Co., and has been secretary of St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school for the past twenty-five years and is popular among its many members. Mr. Morris has al- ways been a democrat, and has pulled successfully through the hottest of polit- ical fights that ever took place in his township. He has a clear head, good judgment and made a reputation charac- teristic of his straight-forwardness whilst serving in his judicial position (as judge) that caused his name to have been promi- nently mentioned as a possible candidate for the high office of sheriif of Monmouth county, fall of 18D0. Mr. Morris is also a member of a number of dilferent organ- izations, being a member of Long Branch Lodge, No. 78, F. and A. M. ; Ancient Order of United Workmen, Sea Side Lodge, No. 39 ; and Long Branch Coun- cil, Royal Arcanum, No. 429. Judge Charles Morris was not born with the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth, nor did he acquire at school aught more than a common-school education. And yet there is no man in Monmouth county to- day his superior in knowledge of English classics and in general information. Judge Morris won the commendation of the lawyers before his bar, of the people of his county and is missed from his pre- vious accustomed seat. The expression self-made is perhaps used too freely in biography and in obituary, but a review of the career of Judge Morris makes it apparent that in his case the word is not sufficiently expressed. The writer sees the heroism of a half-educated but deter- mined boy, toiling through many weary days in the support of a widowed mother, and robbing nature of repose at night in the pursuit of knowledge, etc., etc. Judge Morris's faithful honest services in public office, his ultimate investiture with the ermine, and the writer sees more, are in- spiration to boys of humble degree. Truly, the judge is a self-made man. 636 Biographical Sketches. A LAN H. STRONG, counsel for the -^-^ Pennsylvania Railroad Co., and a leading nieniber of the Middlesex count}' bar, is a son of Judge Woodbridge and Harriett (Hartwell) Strong, and was born March 5, 185G, at New Brunswick, New Jersey. He was educated in the Rutgers College Grauimar School and Rutgers College ; graduating I'roin the latter in 1874. He at once entered upon the study of law in his father's office, being duly admitted therefrom as an attorney in Nov., 1877, and, after the regular term of three years, was admitted as a counsellor November, 1877. He was associated with his father and brothers under the style of Woodbridge Strong & Sons, up to his father's appoint- ment to the judgeship of Middlesex county early in 1896, at which time his father was ohliged to resign from the firm, and the sons have continued as Alan H. and Theodore Strong. The firm lias long been known to conduct the largest legal practice in Middlesex county. Individually he is counsel I'or tlie Penn- s^lvania Railrond Co. covering a district comprising Middlesex, Momnoutli, Mer- cer, Hunterdon, Warren, Ocean, Somer- set, and Union counties, New Jersey. The firm makes a specialty of corpora- tion practice, and have been counsel for the National Bank of New Jersey at New Brunswick ever since the organization of the bank; also for the First National Bank of Jamesburg and tlie First Na- tional Baidt of South Amboy, besides other corporations of loss importance. He is a republican, and served as a com- missioner under the Martin Act two years. On Ai)ril 17, 18'J3, lie married Miss Susan Delaiicey Van Rensselaer, a daugliter ol" John CuUen Van Rensselaer, Esq., a retired lawyer of New York city. /nAPTAIX WILLIAM DE GROFF, a ^-^ successful oyster dealer of Keyport, Monmouth county. New Jersey, is a son of Abram and Sarah Lansing De GrofF, and was born Sept. 23, 1848, at Perth Amboy, New Jerse3\ Abram De Grolf was born at Hyde Park. Dutchess county, N. Y. He re- ceived a common-school education, and later removed to Perth Ambo}', where he was engaged in farming and in culti- vating oysters all his life. He was an old-line whig, later a republican in poli- tics; and in his early days at Hyde Park, he was captain of a compau}' of home guards. He died in April, 1879. His wife, Sarah, deceased 1884. She was the mother of thirteen children : Adelia, married to J. L. Crowell, of Perth Amboy ; John L., Ezekiel, Mary, (Jeorge, Marilla, and Jane, all deceased ; Eugenia, wife of Richard Maxwell, of Yonkers, N. Y. ; Edwin, Captain William, our sub- ject; Sarah, deceased, wife of Frank Ballard, of Elmira, N. Y. ; Jacob and Stej)hen. Captain William De Groff .attenck-d the Newark, New Jersey, high school, for several years. He then farmed with his father at Perth Amboy ior a while, and subseiiuently, for five years, he was employed on a steamship line ruiuiing between Delaware and New York. In this latter capacity, he rose from grade to grade until he finally became a captain. He located at Keyport in 1875, and en- gaged in the oyster business. This trade he has developed into such extensive proportions, that it is at present the leading one of its character in Keyport. Cajjtain De Grolf yields his political allegiance to the Republican party, and although he has nevt'r as|)ired to pul^lic office of any kind, he is, nevertheless. Biographical Sketches. 637 the chairinan of Raritan township com- iiiitti'e, and a ineiiiiaT ol" the couiitv oom- inittee. He is a very active politieiaii, and is one of" the republican leaders ol' his district. lie is a nieinl)er ol" the Masters and I'ilots Association ot" New York city, and a nieniber ol" the Keyport Fire Engine Co. In Masonry, Ca2)tain De CJroir has alvva\s taken the deepest and most active interest. He is a mem- ber of Ciesarea Lodge, No. G4, F. and A. M. ; a meml)er and the present high priest of Delta Chapter, No. 14, K. A.M.; and he is a member of Carson Coni- inandery. No. 15, Knights Templar. He is popular with his Masonic brethren throughout the state. Captain De (Jrolf was united in mar- riage, Sept. 15, 1872, to Enuna Hanson, a daughter of James Hanson, of New Castle, Del. To this union have been born two children : Mary and Lolita. THEODORE STRONG, jvuiior member of the law hrm of Alan II. and Theo- dore Strong, is a son of Judge Woodbridge and Harriett (Hartwell) Strong, and was born Jan. 15, ISGo, at New Brunswick, New Jersey. His educational training was received in the Kutgers College CJramnnir School and Rutgers College, from which old and time-honored seat of learning he graduated in the class of '8-3. He took up tiie study of law the same year in his father's office, in New Bruns- wick, from which he was admitted as an attorney in 1880 and as counsellor in 1889. He at once became associated in practice with his fatlu-r and brother in the firm of Woodbridge, Strong & Sons, which relation continued up to his liither's elevation to the bench of Mid- dlesex count}-, in 1800, since which time the Inisiness has been known under the style of Alan II. and Theodore Strong. He is individually counsel for the Mid- dlesex county board of freeholders, while the lirm enjoys one of the largest corpora- tion practices in the state of New Jersey, and they have long been known as one of the strongest legal linns in the state. Mr. Strong is a republican, and has ever been active in the local councils of the party, but has never sought preferment. He is an able pleader, a wise and valu- able counsellor, and is regarded as one of the most promising mendjers of the junior bar. Mr. Strong is a careful, painstaking lawver, and ever faithful to the interests of his clients. His civil practice rather than criminal has been more to his lik- ing, and his corporation clii'iitele is one of the largest and most pi-olitalilc in tiie state of New Jerscx'. "rnDWARD W. REID, chief of the Long -*-^ Branch fire department, and a prom- inent and enterprising business num of North Long Branch, New Jersey, is a son of Joseph N. and Mary A. (Peaix-e) Reid, and was born at Cranbury, Middle.se.x county. New Jer.sey, June 2, 1857. Joseph N. Reid (father of the subject) was born in New Jersey, 1819, and, after attending the public schools of his native place, learned the trade of a blacksmith, and followed that business during the course of his life-time, at Cranbury. In political opinion and practice he was a democrat, and was a regular attendant of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a man of high principles, and uni- versally beloved by all who knew him. His wife's father was Mr. Israel Pearce, of Hightstown, New Jersey, and she and .Joseph N. Reid were united in marriage, 638 Biographical Sketches. at Crosswick, New Jerse}-, in 1844 ; and they reared a family of four sons and one daughter : Charles B. ; Israel P. ; Lizzie M., wife of Mr. John W. Martin, contractor and builder, of Asbury Park, New Jersey ; Edward W. ; and John H. Joseph N. Keid died May 17, 1879, aged fifty-nine years ; and Mrs. Reid passed away March 18, 1889, at sixty-six years of age. Edward W. Reid (suljject), up to his thirteenth year, attended the public schools of Cranbury, and then worked in a spice mill at the same place for two years, alter which he secured a clerkship in a country store at Franklin Park, New Jersey, and, remaining there a year, finally located in Elizabeth, New Jerse}', where he learned the butchering business. After a nine }ears" residence in the last- named place, Mr. Reid came to North Long Branch, and, in 1883, established a meat market on Atlantic avenue, oppo- site the depot. It may be found one of the best-equipped establishments of its kind in M(jnmouth county, and there are none who have gained a wider reputation in this line of trade than our subject, who has liad ample experience in all de- tails of his business, and does his busi- ness with promptness, and with the view of giving satisfaction in the least partic- ular. Mr. Reid is an adherent of the DenKJcratic party, and takes a lively in- terest in the municipal aflairs of his town ; and, in 1888 and 1889, was the Fourth ward's representative in council. Chief Reid has been connected with the Long Branch fire department since 1888, and, i)y his cihcient service and ability for the place, has earned the highest posi- tion in the department, having been elected chief in 1895. Our subject is one of the best-known secret society men in these parts, being a member in good standing of the following orders : Long Branch Lodge, No. 78, F. and A. M. ; Standard Chapter, No. 35 ; Carson Com- mandery. No. 15 ; Sea View Lodge, No. 229, I. 0. 0. F. ; Long Branch Encamp- ment, No, 49 ; Long Branch Council, No. 429, Royal Arcanum ; and A. 0. U. W., No. 39. On July 28, 1878, Edward W. Reid was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Pople, daughter of John B. Pople, a blacksmith, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, and to them have been born one son, Edward J., and a daughter, Florence A. Mr. Edward W. Reid is well-known and highly esteemed, and numbers among his patrons many of the best families of Monmouth county. He is a generous, courteous gentleman, and is highly re- garded for his probity and business ver- acity. A RTHUR M. BROWN, the present effi- -^-^ cient assistant to the cashier of the Keyport Banking Co, and a repre- sentative citizen of that town, is a son of Thomas S. R. and Mary (Beei's) Brown, and was born July 12, 1859, at Keyport, New Jersey. He received his education in the public schools of Keyport and the Glenwood Institute at Matawan. Upon leaving school he became associated with his father in business for six years, when he became assistant to the cashier in the First National Bank of Keyport, now the Keyport Banking Co., in which position he has served ever since. He is secretary and treasurer of the Keyport and Matawan Street Railroad Co., and director and treasurer of the Second Keyport Loan Association of Keyport. He is a director in the Matawan and Keyport Gas Co., and is one of the trustees of his father's estate. Politically Biographical Sketches. 639 he is a democrat, and although he is in j no sense a politician, lie served as collec- tor ol" Raritan township in 1888. Mr. Brown was happily married, Dec. 12, 1883, to Mamie A., a daughter of Benj. B. and Martha A. Pearce ; ol" their three children only one, Mary (Jladys, sur- vives. Mr. Brown enjoys the highest esteem of the community in which he resides, and is recognized as one of Key- port's most substantial and valuai;le citi- zens. He is cnt<.'rprising and progressive, and has always been found supporting every worthy movement or enterprise brought forward for the bettering ol" the condition of his town and the community in general. The oldest nativity of the Brown I'amily of this country was the village which be- came known as Browntown, Middlesex county. New Jersey, named in honor of Lewis Brown, a Scotcii highlander, who came to this country and .settled at that place. He was the great-grandfather of Arthur M. Brown, and resided there the remainder of his life, pursuing the car- penter trade. He was twice married : first to a Miss Blue, and second to Re. becca Owen. Among the children to the first marriage was Benjamin L. Brown, who was born in Browntown, where he followed the carpenter trade. He mar- ried Susan, a daughter of Daniel Brown, who.se ten children were : Thouuis S. R., Richard, Charles M., Cornelius H., Amos, Adelia Arose, Margaret Burlew, Jane Bowne, Sophia Bloodgood, and Eliza Ely. Thomas S. R. Brown (father), a mem- ber of the New Jersey Semite at the time of his death, was born Sept. 8, 1823, in South Amboy township (then Madison), Middlesex county. New Jersey. He re- mained with his father on the farm until seventeen years of age, during which he contrived to obtain a superficial knowl- edge of the common-school branches of study by irregular attendance at the dis- trict schools. He learned the mason trade and in 184G entered into contracting and building at Keyport, where he car- ried on an extensive and profitable l)usi- ness for twenty years, when he abandoned his trade to engage in oyster planting. In 18G0, along with his oyster business, he embarked in the hardware business, dealing also in coal and lumber, in which he continued up to his death, June 4, 1892. He was prominently identified with all its important business enter- prises. He was one of the incorporators and a director of the First National Bank of Keyport, now the Keyport Banking Co., and president of tiie same at the time of his death. He was also presi- dent of the Matavvan and Keyport Gas Co. He was prominently interested in politics, and served in various politi- cal positions in his township, includ- ing that of freeholder, township com- mitteeman, and school trustee. He was a staunch democrat, and served as a member of the general asseml)ly of New Jersey during the season of 18CG and 1867, and served as a member and chair- man of a number of important connnit- tees. He was an advocate and a su|)- porter of all the evangelical denomina- tions, and a member of St. Mary's i'rotestant Episcopal church at Keyport. On January 15, 1846, he married, for his estimable wife, Margaret, a daughter of David Lamber.son, of Middlesex county, whose only surviving child is Caroline, wife of William C. Bedle. By his second wife, Sarah, a sister of his first wili?, there was no issue. By his last marriage, to Maria L. Hunt, were born Richard R., I George W., and Susan. 640 Biographical Sketches. "pROF. JOHN WILSON, A.M., Ph.D., -*- of Ocean Grove, Moiiiiiouth county. New Jersey, is a son of Joseph and Jane Provins Wilson, and was born Nov. 25, 1824, at Carlisle, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. Joseph (father) was born in county Tyrone, Ireland, in the year 1795, and came to this countiy twenty-five years later, settling in the above-named county and state. In early life he developed a marked bias for mathematics, which talent he developed, becoming in time an expert accountant. He was bookkeeper in the Carlisle Iron Works, at Boiling Springs, for more than thirty years, and his services were frequently brought into requisition in cases before the courts, and as an adjuster of private dillerences be- tween individuals. Ilis acute perception, his clear intellect, and his impartial judgment commanded the respect of the people, and his umpirage appeals were not infreciuent. In politics he was latterly a deuKjcrat, formerly an old-line whig ; in religion he was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in masonry he had passed the threshold of the royal arch. He was married to Jane Provins in 1817, and survived her loss for a period of thirty-two years, deceas- ing in 18G5. They were the parents of lour children : Jane and Mary, both de- ceased ; John, our subject, and Thomas. John Wilson attended the public schools of Carlisle for a time, and was prepared for Dickinson College at the grammar school of that name. He was graduated July 13, 1848, and remained with his alma mater as a tutor for three years. He subsequently spent seven years at the Wesleyan Female Institute at Staunton, Virginia--two as a professor and five years as the principal. In 1858 he ac- cepted the presidency of the Wesleyan Female College at Wilmington, Del., and remained in that position during a full score of years. Under his administration the afiairs of the college prospered greatly, and its roll of students, representing prominent families from all sections of the country, was never larger. At the expiration of this long and honorable term of service Professor Wilson removed to Ridley Park, where he resided three years for rest, and regaining his health, he was recalled to Wilmington, Del., where he spent four more years in charge of the Wesleyan College. In 1882 he built the Corrolton, a summer hotel at Ocean Grove, New Jersey, which he leased to a party for three years, and in 1885 removed from Wilmington to Ocean Grove, assumed its management and still successfully conducts it as a favorite re- sort of refined, cultivated and professional peoi)le. in [)()litics our subject is a re- publican, and in religious matters he has for many years been prominently iden- tified with methodism, a regularly or- dained minister of the church of that faith, and deeply interested in its wel- fare, especially its educational interests. Professor Wilson was united in nnir- riage Aug. 7, 185G, to Hannah, a daugh- ter of Chauncey Ilalbert, of Batavia, New York. Her ancestors came from England, and settled in Connecticut, whence they subsequently removed to New York state. She is collaterally re- lated to the Lee family, of Virginia, and is a niece of Samuel Kirkham, the author of Kii-kham's ' Eniilish Grammar." TOHN 8. l)AMMl<:il, a prominent clo- ^ thier and busini'ss man of New Brunswick, is of German parentage, be- ing a son of George and Elizabeth Biographical Sketches. 641 (Wenxel) Diilimer. Ho was born Aug. ' 10, 1808, at New BnmswicU. lii.s rather, who wa.s horn in Germany, was married at a very early age, and came to this country sliortly afterwards. He was engaged in the clothing business in New Briuiswick lor thirty years, and enjoyed a most excellent reputation as a .soinid, solid, con.servative business man. He was an active member of the German Reformed church, and frequently served it in an oHicial capacity. In politics he was a democrat, but not a politician. He was a member of the New Brunswick Lodge, No. 10, I. O. O. F. Eight chil- tlren were born to his marriage : Amelia. William, John S., Charles, Elizabeth, and three children deceased. John S. Dahmer received his earl}' educatidii ;it the public schools, after- wards atlentling the New Jersey Busi- ness College at Newark. Upon graduat- ing from tliis latter school he engaged in business in New York city, remaining there until 1890, when he removed to Chicago, where he became interested in the soda-water business. He remained in that city until the year 189-i, when he was recalled to New Brunswick by the death of his father, which occurred in that year. Upon the settlement of his father's estate he found iiim.self in pos- session of :i large and prosperous busi- ness, which he immediately assumed charge of. The firm of Van Vliet & Dahmer maiuifacture clothing and deal generally in mens furnishing good.s, and both its members are possessed of a prac- tical knowledge of their business. Mr. Daiimer is a mendjer of the German Reformed church, and of the New Bruns- wick Lodge, No. 10, L O. 0. F. Although not a politician, he takes great interest in the success of the Democratic party. In Oct., 1895, he was married to Mary Crawford, daughter of Alexander Craw- ford, E.sq., of Chicago. ^IIKUM.V.X P.. OVI.VTT, ex-nicniber of ^ the New Jersey assembly, speaker of the House in 1880, and a [)rominent railroad contractor and reaU'state opera- tor of Asbury Park, is a son of Morris B. and Mary Howlett Oviatt, and was born Jan. 28, 1845, in Richfield, Summit county, 0., in the famous Western Re- .serve. The family is of well-known New England stock, some of our subject's im- mediate ancestors having been among the pioneer .settlers of Ohio. His father, Morris B. Oviatt, was an extensive land-owner and thriving larmer throughout his life-time, and a man of means and influence. He married Mary A. Howlett, daughter of Joseph Howlett, of Richfield, Ohio. Sherman B. Oviatt (subject) spent his early life in Ohio, and received a thor- ough elementary education in the public schools of Cuyahoga county. Altliough not yet in his majority at the outl)reak of the civil war, he entered tlie army. At the close of the war his health was very much broken down, and he removed to the New Jersey t-oast with a view to seeking more beneficent surroundings. He located in Monmouth countj- and be- came engaged in railroad contract work. For some years he lived at Belmar, but for the past eight years he has occupied a handsome residence in Asbury Park. .Mr. Oviatt has always been an active re- publican in politics, and has for mau}^ years been recognized as one of the emi- nent leaders of his part\- in Monmouth county. He was elected a member of the assembly in 1878 I'rom the first district 642 Biographical Sketches. of Monmouth county, and served two terms until 1880. During his last term he was speaker of the house. In 1887 he was again elected to the assembly from the second district of Monmouth county and served one term. He has in- variably been foremost in all matters of municipal progress. Mr. Oviatt is one of Monmouth county's most prominent and influential men. He is possessed of energy-, indus- try and perseverance to a high degree, is a shrewd and conservative business man, and has taken part in most of the import- ant enterprises which have marked the great advance in prosperity of this part of the Atlantic coast during the i^tist two decades. /CLAUDE V. GUERIN, a brilliant and ^^ active young member of the Mon- mouth county bar, with offices at Asbury Park, and a prominent citizen of that place, is a son of Samuel B. and Emilie M. (Kale) Guerin, and was born Sept. 8, 1867, at Jersey City. The name is of French origin, and the New Jersey branch of the family traces its ancestry back to two brothers of Huguenot stock, who settled near Morristown in early colonial days, having emigrated from France to escape religious persecution. Vincent Guerin (grandfather) was a thriving merchant at Martinsville, Bridge- water township, Somerset county, and subsequently at Hound Brook, New Jer- sey. He was an active republican in politics, was at various times constable at Bound Brook, freeholder of Bridgewater township, and a member of board of edu- cation of same township for several years. He was a prominent worker and elder in the Presbyterian church. His children were : Samuel B. and Henry V. Samuel B. Guerin (father) was bom at Mendham, Morris count}-, subsequently removed to Martinsville, and received his educaticm in the public schools of that town and Bound Brook. Early in man- hood he engaged in the grocery business at New Brunswick with Isaac L. Martin until 1801. During the civil war he en- listed for sixty days' service with the Fifth Pennsylvania Reserves. In 1864 he removed to New York cit}', and was a member of the firm of Comstock & Co., wholesale provision dealers, for six years, when ill-health made it necessary to with- draw from business, and he located on a farm in Middlesex county, near New Brunswick, New Jerse\". In 1881 he re- moved to Asbury Park, and again engaged in the grocery business, on South JMain street; subsequently removing to Mat- tison avenue, where he has been located ever since. He has been highly success- ful, and owns valuable real estate. He is a prominent and active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has been a steward for the past eiglit years. His wife was Miss Emilie M. Kale, daughter of Colonel Charles Kale, of Easton, Pa., and thev had but one child, Claude V. Claude V. Guerin spent his boyhood near New Brunswick, and was educated at the public schools there. In 1881 he removed to Asbury Park with his ftither, and took a course in the high school there, graduating in 1886 as valedictorian of his class. He then entered the law office of Hawkins & Durand, and after four years' reading was admitted to the bar in Nov., 1890. He immediately en- tered upon the pursuit of his proles.sion, and now has a lucrative and growing practice, making a specialty of surrogate and probate court business, and muni- Biographical Sketches. 646 cipal law. Mr. (Jiu'riii i.s couiist'l for the borough ol' IJradk'j Beach, and instituted the action investigating the unconstitu- tionality of the charter of Asbnry Park under the act of 1891 ; he representing the prosecutor, and winning the suit. The decision in this case afl'ected the ex- istence of one hundred boroughs in the state. jNIr. (luerin takes an active interest in [)olitics on the repul)lican side, is ciiair- niau of the township I\e[)ublican execu- tive conunittee, and has been delegate to state, county, and congressional conven- tions. In March, 189G, he was elected a member of tiie board of education. He is a member and past councillor of Council No. 23, Jr. 0. U. A. M. ; a member of Neptune Lodge, I. 0. 0. F. ; a member of Tribe No. 60, I. 0. R. M. ; and a cor- poral in Company A, Third regiment. New Jersey National (luards. He is a very industrious church worker, a mem- ber of St. Paul's Methodist Episcojjal church, superintendent of the Sundaj- school, and a prominent figure in the big sununer meeting at Ocean Grove. He was married in Oct., 1893, to Miss Ruth DeHart, daughter John V. N. DeHart, of Sonierville, Somerset county, and they have one daughter, Ruthena. They oc- cupy a handsome liou.se on Munroe avenue, Asbury Park. Mr. (luerin is an energetic and inde- fatigable worker, is bright, aml)itious, and enterprising. He has already made a prominent place for himself in the local ranks of the legal profession, and is pop- nlar in both business and social circles. He has the interests of his fellow-citizens at heart, and is guided by sound, clear- headed principles in both private and public life. TTENRY B. SHERM.W, proprietor of -*^ -*- a llouring mill and dealer in grain and hay .at Ijong Branch city, Monmouth county. New Jersey, was born Nov. 28, 1833, at Long Branch. The maternal grandfather, Gilbert Lane, w.as a native of Long Branch, born 1770, and died in 1811. His life-time occupation consisted of I'arming and boating, and he was a whig in politics. His wife, Elizabeth, born in 1773, and deceased in 1849, was the mother of seven children : John, James, Abram, Sarah, married to Daniel Van Brunt; Margaret, wife of Moses Hampton ; Ellen, consort of Thomas Brown, and Susan, subsequently Mrs. John White, and Ann, wife of Benjamin Jackson. Henry B. Sherman, subject of this sketch, attended the public schools at Long Branch until he arrived at the age of twelve years, and from that time his occupation was that of a ship's cook, and he became master at twenty. In 1809 he returned to Long Branch, and alter a season of railroading for two years en- tered the grocer}' business at Long Branch, and for ten years carried on a highly prosperous trade in that line. At this period he disposed of his grocery in- terests, and thencelorth devoted himself to dealing in hay and grain and to the o[)eration of a Hour mill, botii of which have proved profitable enterprises, as his Imsiness afl'airs are to-day in a very liighly nourishing condition. Mr. Shernian is a repul)lican in politics, and has attained a prominent and influential position in the municipal attairs of his town. In 18G0 he was appointed town clerk, serving one year ; was elected a member of the board of education in 1876, serving three years ; became a member of the township com- mittee in 1893, serving three years; 646 Biographical Sketches. president of the township board of health in 1894, in which office he served two years, and at i)resent is serving as a member. He was elected a member of the board of aldermen fonr times, and is at present serving as a member of said board. He is a township committeeman at present. In financial matters his sound, conservative judgment is suffi- ciently vouched for in his holding the position of a director in the Long Branch Banking Co. Mr. Sherman is particu- larly active in christian work, and is re- garded as one of the pillars of the Metho dist Episcopal church at Long Branch, in which he is a member of the board of stewards and of the board of trustees. He is a member of Ariocli Lodge, L 0. O. F. He was united in marriage April 3, 1858, to Catharine M. Woolloy, a daughter of Daniel and Adaline Wool- ley, of Long Branch. The}- are tlie parents of seven children : Adaline, mar- ried to George H. WooUey ; Alonzo, Henry B., Jr., John W., Arthur M., Thomas C, and Horace W. TORN HUBBARD, for ten years town- ^ ship collector of Asbury Park, New Jersey, is a son of James Denise and Cornelia Grover Hubbard, and was born Marcli 21, 184G, on tbe llul.hanl home- stead, Middlet<)wn townsbip, Monmouth comity, New Jersey. His trans-Atlantic ancestors spoke the Norse, and were natives of Scandinavia. From letters compiled in the " Hulj- bard History," they learn the imrsery tradition, that they take their name from " Hubba, the Dane," who invaded Eng- land one thousand years ago. In 8GG, with an inmiense Hect of 20,000 warriors, Hubba landed on the coast of Kent to avenge the death of his father, the " Norse Sea King." His brother, Hingua, and himself, landed on tlie coast of East Anglia (or Kent). They did not acknowledge the lo^'alty of their king, Ethelred. In Feb., 867, they left their camp on the coast of Northumber- land, and marched landward and seized York. Hon. John G. Hubbard, London, Eng- land, says: "On positive genealogical evidence, you have far more Hubbards in the United States than we have in Eng- land," etc. James Huljbard, youngest of eleven children, was born in 1613 (son of Henry and Margaret Hubbard, born in 1570), in Langham, Rutland county, England. He arrived in America in 1637, and set- tled at Charlestown, Ma6s. He, how- ever, " sold his house and lot," and re- moved to Long Island with many other families in 1643, where Sergeant James Hubbard was granted land, Dec. 19, 1645, where is now the town of Graves- eud. This land was obtained from the Indian chief Pamamora, and granted to "Jeames" Hubbard, by Gov. Richard Nicholls, of New York. From liim de- scended James, born in Gravesend, Dec. 10, 1665. James, youngest sou of Jas. and Rachel (Bergen) Hubbard, was born June 18, 1706. Jacobus, eighth child of James and Racliel Hubbard, was born May 23, 1744; died in Holmdel, Mon- mouth county. New Jersey, Aug. 18, 1807. He was a successful physician and surgeon. Elias, youngest son of Dr. Jacobus and Rebecca (Swartz) Hubbard, was born Dec. 18, 1781, and died April 12, 1867. James Denise, son of Elias and Elea- nor (Hendrickson) Hubbard, was born Sept. 30, 1812, two hours after the birth Biographical Sketches. 647 of his brother, Dr. Win. Henry, whose hirth is recorded Sept. 29, 1812. Jolm Iluhhard was the second son liurii to James I), and Cornelia Hubbard. John Hubbard attended the pulilic schools of Red Bank and of Dayton, Middlesex county, and later completed his education at Eastman's Business (,'ol- leij;e, Ponghkeepsie, N. Y. He followed clerkinji; and bookkeeping from 1871 to 1878, and in 1879 removed to Asbury Park, wiiere he carried on painting and contracting, and during the summer seasons from that date to 1884, was emplo\ed as baggagc-nnister with the New York and Long Branch railroad, at their .Vsbury Park station. In [lolitics, Mr. llul)bard has always been a s[»ecially active republican. He was elected clerk of Neptune township in 1883, and in 1886 collector of his township, and is now serving his tenth successive year (four terms of one year; two of three years). He has attended various county and district conventions as a delegate, and he is a member of the Republican congressional committee of the third dis- trict. In 1890 he received the republi- can nomination for clerk of the county court of Monmouth county, and after a vigorous cam[)aign, he was defented by less than five hundred votes. This was a notable run, in view of the fact that the normal democratic majority in those days was fourteen hundred. Mr. Hub- bard is a member of Trinity Episcopal church at Asbury Park, and int<.'rests himself deeply in church work, and in all matters tending to educational pro- gress in his town. He is a member of Asbury Lodge. No. 142, F. and A. M. ; Standard Chapter, No. 35, R. A. M. ; Car.son Commandery, No. 15, K. T. ; Mecca Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, New York city : Neptune Lodge, No. 84, I. 0. 0. F. ; Park Council, No. 38, A. 0. U. W. ; Asbury Council, No. 42, Jr. O. U. A. M. ; and Asbury Lodge, B. P. 0. E. He is an incorporator and director of the Asbury Park and Ocean Grove Bank ; an active director in tiie Asbury Park Building and Loan Associa- tion ; one of the incorporators, and at present a director and tlie secretary, of the Asbury Park and Belmar Street rail- road ; and an active member of Neptune Fire Engine Co., No. 2. Mr. Hubbard united himsell" in mar- riage. Oct. 9, 1872, to Alice Thomas, a daughter of Richard C. Thomas, of Brooklyn, L. I. To them were born two children : Walter T., employed in the Asbury J'ark and Ocean Grove Bank; and Alice. Their residence is at No. 700 Filth avenue, Asbury Park. "DANDOLPH ROSS, the enterprising I -L*" junior member of the Milan Ross Real Estate and Insurance Agency, lo- cated in Asbury Park, Monmouth county, New Jersey, is a son of Milan, Sr., and Elizabeth (I)olbeer) Ross, and was born, Oct. 19, 1802, in Railway, Union county, New Jersey. His blood is a triple mi.x- ture, consisting of that of the Scotch iiiid French on the paternal, that of (ierman on the maternal side, and his emigrant ancestor settled in Union county ti)ur generations ago. The paternal grandfather, Randolph Ross, for whom our subject was named, conducted an extensive carriage factory in Railway, prior to 18G0. and became a man of prominence in public local afiairs, as well as in business circles. He de- ceased in 1893, leaving five children, born of Leah Bunlctt. wlioin he marrieil in 1830. 648 Biographical Sketches. Milan Ross, Sr. (father of subject), was a native of Rahway, wliere he was born in 1832, and received his earlier educa- tion in a private school. He completed his educational period at the age of eigh- teen, and entered into partnership in his father's carriage works at the age of twenty-one. He subsequently operated a large carriage repository on Cedar street, New York city, but never discon- tinued his residence at Rahway. In pol- itics be was an active republican, con- spicuous in public local affairs ; and in religion he was a methodist, taking special interest in its work and manage- ment. He deceased Oct. 12, 1867, and is yet survived, at Asbury Park, by his widow, Elizabeth Dolbeer, to whom he was married June 2, 1856. The issue of this marriage comprised five children : Leonard C. ; Milan ; Randolph, our sub- ject; Benjamin P.; ;ind Emma A. Randolph Ross, after attending the Railway ])ublic schools, and receiving a thorough English education, went to As- bury Park in 1876, and was engaged, from 1877 to 1S!)(), as the confidential clerk of Senator James A. Bradley, who was postmaster there in the early days of the town. He had the managejnent of Mr. Bradley's bathing establishment on tlie beach daring the seasons of 1892, 1893, and 1894, and was a faithful cus- todian and conservator of that gentle- man's affairs during this period. In Jan., 1895, Mr. Ross was admitted to partner- ship in tlie Milan Ross Real Estate .and Insurance Agency, the leading brokerage establishment of that cluiracter in As- bury Park, to which be brought the re- sources of an energetic nature and a mind well trained to business aflfairs. This epocli in the lil'c of Mr. Ross, as well as the prosperity attending the busi- ness with which he is connected, is further alluded to in the sketcli of Milan Ross, which appears elsewhere in this volume. In politics our subject is an active repub- lican, and has served as treasurer of the board of health of Asbury Park for ten years, being now a member of that im- portant body ; and in religion he is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church in his town, and has been a trus- tee, as well as secretary of the board of trustees, of the church during the past twelve years. Mr. Ross was married, April 29, 1886, to Elizal)eth Gillespie, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Gil- lespie, residents of Philadelpliia, and to their marriage have been born three chil- dren : Randolpli, Jr., Thomas Gillespie, and Henry Mitchell. The family resides in happiness, surrounded by every com- fort which prosperity affords, at No. 711 Fourth avenue, Asburv Park. T;)EV. T. E. DAVIS, the popuhir and -*- *' energetic pastor of the First Presby- terian church of Bound Brook, New Jersey,- is a son of Peter and Ann (Oster- houdt) Davis, and was born in Flat- bush, Ulster county, N. Y., April 15, 1851. The Davis family has been in America for five generations back, the first representatives being two brothers, Samson and Joseph, who came from Wales al)()ut 1750, and first settled in Philadelphia, Pa. One of the brothers, Samson, went to Flatbush, N. Y., and the other, Joseph, located in the south, and from the latter sprung the family to which Jefferson Davis, of the southern confederacy belonged. Joseph Davis (grandfather) wasa native of Philadelphia, Pa. He was a black- smith and was also engaged extensively Biographical Sketches. 649 in farming, and lived to be a very old man. He was in the Continental army and was a major filer of the Ulster guards. lie was formerly a Jackson democrat, hut later became a whig. Mr. Davis' opinions on religions matters allied him with the Dnteli Reformed chureb, at Flatbush, N. Y., of which he was an elder. His wife's maiden name was Ainia Bnrhaus, and the}' had four sons and one daughter: Isaac, born May I, 1803; John, born xMay 18, 18U5; Peter, born Sept. 25, 1807; Susan, born July 13, 1801, and Hiram, born Aug. 15, 1813. Grandfather Davis died Sept. 23, 1836, and his wife June 14, 1837, aged respectively seventy-five and sixty-six years. They are burled at Flatbush, Ulster count}', N. Y. Peter Davis (father) was born at Flat- bush, Ulster county, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1807. He was reared on his father's farm, and educated in the common schools of that section. Upon reaching manhood Mr. Davis became a farmer and continued that until his death, Feb. G, 1886. In connection with his small but valuable truck and fruit farm, situated on the bank of the Hudson, Mr. Davis was also engaged in shad fishing. He was an adherent of the Re[)ublican party, and an elder in the Reformed church. He was abso superintendent of the first Sunday-school in that locality, which he had organi'/.ed. He also started the first temperance society in the county. On July 12, 1832. Peter Davis married Miss Ann Osterhoudt. daughter of John P. and Gertrude Osterhoudt, of Flatbush, and their large family of children are as follows : Uriah, born June 16, 1833 ; Mary Aiui, born Dec. 2. 1834 ; Martha, born Nov. 3, 18 17 ; John A., born Oct. 28, 1839; E-^ra, boru Jan. 18, 1842; Hiram W., born Oct. 3, 1844 ; Amelia, born Oct. 2.3, 1847; Titus E., born April 15, 1851, and Emma, born Oct. 3, 1853. The mother of the above famiiv of chil- dren died Feb. 2, 1801. Rev. T. E. Davis passed his early boy- hood days on the banks of tiie Hudson, at Flatbush, and until sixteen years of age attended the public schools. He then went to Greene Valley Si'uiinary at Flatbush, and graduated from that school in 1870. In Sept. of the same year Mr. Davis matriculated at Rutgers Col- lege, and four years later took his A. B. at that institution. lie then entered the Theological Seminary, at New Kruns- wick. New Jersey, and graduated May 10, 1877. In this same year Rutgers College conferred upon him the degree of A. M. Upon being ordained, Rev. Davis was placed in charge of the Presbyterian church at Fairmount, New Jer.sey. Aug. 2, 1877. He remained here until June 5, 1880, when he was compelled to re- sign on account of failing health. The next year. May 3, 1881, he accepted a call from the Presbyterian church at Schaghticoke, N. Y., until May, 1887, when he returned home and spent one year on his father's farm. Following this period of rest came a call from the Presbyterian church at Valatie, N. Y., where Rev. Davis continued with great success until July 1, 1890, wlien he was called to his present charge at Round Brook, New Jersey. Here he has fi)und his laliors blessed abundantly, both in spiritual and material results, numbers having been added to the congregation. On Feb. 6, 1890, this church was de- stroyed by fire, but a new house of worship located on Union avenue, is now being erected. Rev. Davis is an enthusiastic worker 650 Biographical Sketches. in all courses of reform and progress. He began the temperance movement that resulted in the state temperance law, requiring instruction on this ques- tion to be given in the public schools, and for two years was a member of the state executive committee on Sunday-school work for Somerset county ; was president of the Somerset County Sunday-school Association in 1893-4 ; president of Somerset County Christian Endeavor Union for two years ; and president of the Central Local Union for two years. Mr. Davis has always been active in christian endeavor work. He took par- ties of endeavorers to the international conventions at Cleveland and Boston, and had charge of a special train for the state convention at Atlantic City in 1895, whose special object was the securing of the state convention for Plainfield in 1896. In Nov., 1895, he was elected transportation manager for New Jersey, and had charge of the state delegates to the convention at Washington. In Oct., 1896, he was elected one of the vice-presidents of the New Jersey Christian Endeavor Union, and at the last meeting of the union was unani- mously elected transportation manager for the San I'rancisco convention in 1897. Rev. Mr. Davis has done a large amoinit of literary work in addition to bis iniiiistcrial labors. He is the editor of th(! Xein Jersei/ Central Christian Endeuvorer. He has been for several years th(< historian of the Washington Camp (IriMind Association. He has delivered many historical addresses in various parts of New Jersey, Pennsyl- vania and New York, many of which iiave been published in permanent Ibrm. Tlie most vahiablc of these are " Hen- drick Fisher," " The Samuel Adams of New Jersey," " Washington's Camp on the Middlebrook," "Early History of Bound Brook," " First Houses of Bound Brook," " The Battle of Bound Brook," " The First Independence Celebration at Bound Brook," " Six Bound Brook lioys who became Famous Men," etc. He is now jjreparing a history of the Presby- terian church of Bound Brook Irom 1684 down to the present time. Politically our subject is a republican, and fraternally past counsellor, Pioneer Council, No. 58, Jr. 0. U. A. M., of Bound Brook. On June 20, 1877, Rev. T. E. Davis was united in marriage to Miss Ervilhi S. Whitcomb, daughter of Rev. I. B. Whitcomb, of Jewett, N. Y., and their six children are: Elwood Linnell, Merton Whitcomb, Ethelyn Ervilla. John A., Horace Maynard, and Anna Pauline. A UGUST MULLER, apnjminentstock- -^^ rai.ser and brewer of East Mills- t^nvn, New Jersey, is a son of N. G. and Ellen Muller, and was born at Auden- burg, Germany. His I'atiier, after com- pleting his education at the public sciiools, served his term in the German army, and on his release from the military .service of the empire was appointed by the gov- ernment to a position in the customs ser- vice, which he kept during his life. He was a nicniber of the Lutheran church. His death occurred in 1884. To him were born nine children : E., deceased ; Francis, Maria, deceased ; Henry, F. W., deceased ; Victor, deceased ; August, Kate, and Johanna. August Muller receivi'd a coiinnnii- school education, and supplemented this l)V a course at college, alter which he en- tered the civil service ol' the Cierman gov- Biographical Sketches. 651 ernment, in wliicli service ho remained ' for one year, lie then went to South Africa, and engaged in ostrich fanning and dealing in live stock, lie renniined in this business in Africa for a period of ten years, when he came to the United States and to East jNIillstown. Here he entered tlie brewing business, and is now the eflicient su2)erintendent of the Som- erset Distilling Co. He also owns and manages an extensive stock farm. Dur- ing his eleven years' residence in this country he has accumulated a competence, and is regarded by all who know him as an exceptionally intelligent and well in- formed man, of unimpeachable integrity and gn'at force of character. He is pub- lic-spirited and unostentatious in niaimer. He is a republican and a member of the Masonic Lodge. His children are Jose- phine, Mamie and Charles E. Tj^DWARD J. O'CONNOR, state treas- -^-^ urer of the Ancient Order of Hi- bernians and a thriving hotel-keeper of , St)uth Amboy, Middlesex county, New Jersey, is a son of Thomas and Mar>' Mc- Carthy O'Connor, and was born July 21, 18G5, at Ballynacally, County Clare, Munster province, Ireland. Edward O'Connor, the palcrnal grand- fatlu>r, ri'sided there all his life. He was a school-teacher until his death in 1807. In religion he was a member of the Ro- man Catholic church. His wife bore him the following children : John, who emi- grated to America in 1881, settled in Chi- cago and engaged in the shoe business ; Edward, wjio came over in 1880 and lo- cated in Cleveland, 0., likewise in the shoe trade ; Thomas, Daniel, engaged in a print works at North Adams, Mass. ; Maria, married to Matthew liyan, of North Adams, and Hannah Condon. Thomas O'Connor (father) was born in Tipperary, County Tipperar}-, Ireland. He learned tiie trade of a tailor. In 1884 he came to this country, settled in South Amboy and worked at his trade for a short time. In religion he was a Roman Catholic, and in politics he espoused the demo- cratic cause. In Ireland he had been an active land-leaguer. He deceased in Dec, 1895, his wife having died in 1891. They were the parents of five children : John, Edward J. ; Mary, deceased in Oct., 1889 ; Maggie, married to John Breahney, of South Andjoy. and Bridget, deceased in 189;!. J]dward J. O'Connor received his edu- cation in the national school at Clover- lield, Ireland. In 1882, at the age of seventeen years, he came to South Am- boy, New Jersey, where he found em- ployment with the Central Railroad of New Jersey. After recovering from the effects of a serious injurj- incurred shortly after entering this service, which disabled him for some time, he resumed his duties and remained with that road until April, 1893. At this time he acce[)ted the posi- tion of telegraph operator and dis|)atcher for a short time. He afterwai'ds i-ngaged in his present hotel business. In politics Mr. O'Connor is a democrat, and he has thrice been elected an overseer of the poor in his township. He is a Roman Catho- lic in religious faith, and is an ardent and enthusiastic mendjer of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. This order he as- sociated himself with in 1885, and in 1890 was elected president of Division No. 1, of South Amboy, in which olhce he served two terms. In 1894 he was elected county president of the order, and in June, 189G, was still further honored by an election to the state treasurer- 652 Biographical Sketches. ship of the organization. We extract the following from the Xeio Brunswick Home iVe^ra, under date of June 29,1896: "The order (A. 0. II.) in this county, has greatly developed during the past two years, and much of that result is due to the intelligent and efficient work of the retiring president, Mr. Edward J. O'Con- nor. Appreciation of that fact has been practically shown by his election to the honorable and responsible office of state treasurer." Mr. O'Connor organized O'Far- rell Council, Catholic Benevolent Legion, and he is the present chancellor of that council. He is a charter member of the New Jersey State Liquor Dealers' Asso- ciation. He was married Nov. 16, 1892, to Sarah A. Cullen. To this marriage were born two children : Mary Veronica, deceased, and Anna Regius. /1IIARLES IIP:RRMANN, aleadinggro- ^-^ cer of South River, has an enviable reputation as one of the progressive men of that thriving town. Born at U[)per Sandusky, May 19, 1871, in addition to receiving a conunon-school education he took a graduating course at Coleman's Business College at Newark, New Jersey. Upon leaving there in 1887, he entered a handkerchief manufactory as appren- tice, where he remained si.x years, being advanced from time to time, until he finally occupied the responsible position of assistant manager and cashier. This occupation he was compelled to rclinrpiish on account of his failing health. In the winter of 1 892 he opened a grocery store and niurket on Main street above Fury, wliicli he has since conducted so success- lully that it is now one of the most pros- perous businessenterpri.ses in South River, owned I'utiri'h b\- himself. Altliouuh a young man, the high estimation in which he is held by his fellow-townsmen is evidenced by the fact that he was elected clerk of the election board. He is a republican in politics and a most active worker for his party. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias. T3ENJAMIN M. FIELD, a prosperous ^—^ and well-known farmer near Bound Brook, and a representative of one of the oldest and best-know^n families in Middle- sex county, is a son of Richard I. and Mary (Kline) Field, and was born May 1, 1820, at New Branch, Somerset county. New Jersey. He was educated in the Franklin school, Piscataway township. 'While still in his teens he went to New York city, and was clerk in his brotiier Jeremiah's dry-goods store, 452 Pearl street, for six 3'ears, subsecjuently occupy- ing a similar position in a dry-goods store at Utica, N. Y., for six years. He returned to New York city, and spent two years iis a salesman for Thomas Hunt & Co. He then went to Chicago and entered in business as a dealer in tailors' trinnnings, which he conducted successfully for six years. In 1864 he removed to llain- field. New Jersey, and shortly afterwards located upon his present farm, one and a half miles from Bound Brook, where he erected fuie modern buildings ; he has re- sided there ever since. Mr. Field is independent in [)olitics, casting his vote for the best candidates, irrespective of j)arty. He has been di.s- trict clerk and school director of Piscata- way township for several years, and is a member of the Presbyterian church at Bound Brook, of which lie has been an elder for twenty-five ^ears. To his marriai2;e were born four chil- Biographical Sketches. 663 dren : Anna, Amy, Ada, and John Den- nis. Mr. Fii'ld is one of the solid and inlliiential men of Middlesex county, and for over a quarter of a century has con- trihuted in no inconsiderable extent to its develo[)Uient and general WH'liare. He is known and respected throughout tlie county as a man of sound judgment and business ability. He takes a very active [ interest in church matters, and is a liberal I supporter of all worthy christian or char- itable enterprises. Mr. Field's ancestry is English on his father's side, and Dutch on his mother's. His paternal grandfather, Jeremiah Field, was a native of Piscataway township, and owned about one tliousand acres of land in that towiishii). which was afterwards divided among his children. He was a whig in politics, anarliets. He was a whig in poli- tics, and was a gallant .soldier in the war of 1812. His wife, Margaret Smith, bore him the loUowing children : Corne- lius, Hondrick, Jcames, Jo.seph, Richard, Jane, and Ida, who married Philip Den- nis. Jo.seph Porle was born May 8, 1800. When but a small l)oy, he went to live with Jacob Croxson, with whom he re- mained ibr five or six years, but sub.se- (juently entered the employ of Obi'diah Sair.s, whose daughter he afterwards mar- ried, and who. at that time, was pro- prietor of wliat is now known as the Howland Hotel, at liong Branch. He assumed charge of his father-in-law's farm, with whom he lived altogether seventeen years, and until after his mar- riage with Hannah C. Sairs. She bore him the following children : William S., Alvin S., Clarence, Adole L., and Jose- phine. Alvin S. Porlo received his educational training in various institutions, having first attended a Ijoarding-school, the Mount Holly Institute, another boarding- school at Shrewsbury, then under a pri- vate tutor for two years; and again under the father of Vice-president Gar- rett A. Hobart, at Long Branch, New Jersey. He subsequently went to New- ark, where, in connection with other em- ployments, he studied veterinary surgery. In 18oo he located in the practice of his profession at Long Branch, where he has continued over since. In politics Dr. Porlo is a republican. He was twice married; his first wife, Sarah Cronk, to whom he was united Oct., 1854, deceased March 10, ISGli, leaving him a daughter, Deborah. His sub.se(pient union, Oct. 27, 18Gb, with Kate O'Connoll, a daughter of Martin O'Connell, of Jersey City, re- sulted in the birth of throe children : Christina, born Sept. 28, 18G7, married to Christian Froderik.sen, of Copenhagen, Denmark; Jo.soph. born Nov. 18, 1870; and Susie, born Nov. I'J, 1872. XITILLI.VM ]i. DUKYEE, a leading '' druggist of Freehold, Monmouth county, and at present one of the water and sewer commissioners of Freehold, is a son of Isaac Groot and Lydia (Buding- ton) Duryoe, and was born Nov. 14, 1847, at Fallsburg, Sullivan county, N. Y. The name is of French Huguenot origin and orthography, and the original sj)elling was Dure ; the immigrant ancestor and the original American progenitor of that branch of the family of which William B. Duryee is a direct lineal descendant, came through Holland U) America in 1675 and located on Long Island. Here the family resided for some time, and some of his descendants are still to be ibund on the island ; some of them, however, early came to Now Jor.sey, settling in Somerset county. Frederick Duryee, paternal great-grandfather of our sul)ject, was born April 8, 1756, at Blawenburg, Somerset county. New Jersey, near Rari- tan, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits all his life, and resided up to his death. He served in the continental army of the Revolution, and it is thought was at the battle of Monmouth. His wife, Charit}- Sutphen, born Sept. 9, 1757, bore him seven children : George, born Jan. 4, 1775; Elizabeth, born F\'b. 12, 1777; 658 Biographical Sketches. James, born Feb. 29, 1780; William, born Dec. 27, 1784 ; Frederick, born Oct. 28, 1785; Abram, born Oct. 28, 1790; Maria, born Oct. 12, 1795. William Durjee, grandfather of our subject, and a son of Frederick Durj-ee, of Revolutionary fame, was born Dec. 27, 1784, at Blawenburg, near Raritan, Som- erset county. New Jersey. He was for- merly engaged in the mercantile business at Blawenburg, but removed to Jackson, Mich., where he became engaged in mer- cantile business and resided up to the time of his death at the remarkable age of one hundred years. He was a mem- ber of the Dutch Reformed church, and twice married. By his wife, Sarah Groot, Avho was born July 12, 1786, and who died Dec. 14, 1841, were born the following children : Elizabeth, born June 3, 1808; Frederic, born Dec. 3. 1811; John M., born July 27, 1814 ; George, born Jan. 22, 1818 ; Simon, born Dec. 10, 1821; William H., June 14, 1823; Cor- nelius, Dec. 1, 1825. Isaac Groot Duryee, son of William Duryee, was born July 29, 1810, at Glen- ville, near Schenectady, N. Y., and died Feb. 8, 1866. He was educated at a col- lege preparatory school at New Bruns- wick, New Jersey, and subsequently en- tered Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., from which he graduated in 1838, and afterwards became a divinity student at Y'^ale and graduated in the class of 1841. He became a prominent clergyman of the Dutch Reformed church, taking his first charge at Fallsburg, Sullivan county, N. Y., where he remained in that pastorate for ten }ears, when he took a charge at Gleiiliam, Dutchess county, for two years, then cauie to Schenectady, N. Y^., as pas- tor of the Second Reformed Dutch church of that place for ten years, and thence for one year located at Jackson, Montgomery county, N. Y. In 1862 he became chaplain of the Eightj-first regi- ment New York volunteers, in the active service ol'the late rebellion, and remained with the regiment for three jears and up to the close of the war. He contracted a disease in Virginia from which he died six months later at Schenectady, N. Y'^. He became imbued with very strong pa- triotic sentiments in support of the union, and was an enthusiastic anti-slavery man. In all his ministerial work he was prac- tical, l)road-minded and liberal in his ideas, of great force of character and strong convictions. He married Lydia Budington, who was born in New Haven, Ct., March 7, 1821, and is still living; she is a sister of the late Rev. Wm. Ives Bud- ington, formerly pastor of Clinton Avenue Congregational church, of Brooklyn, and a daughter of William Budington, of New Haven, Ct., and they had the following children : Helen, wife of Albert H. Veeder, an attorney-at-law, of Chicago ; Julia, deceased wife of James Davis, a journalist of New Y'ork city.; William Budington, our subject; Isaac, who died in iufimcy; Get)rge E., a druggist of Sche- nectady, N. Y. ; Jeannette, died at ten years ; Dr. Charles C, a practicing phy- sician of Schenectady, N. Y.; Anna W., 1 the widow of the late Rev. H. M. Scher- I merhorn, pastor of the Congregational church at Amesbury, Mass., now residing in Schenectady ; and Harry B., a drug- gist at Schenectady. William Budington Duryee, received his elementary education in the j)ublic schools of Schenectady and subsequently entered Union College at that place in 1864; l)ut owing to his father's ill-health and subsequent death, he was obliged to I abandon the advantages of school to Biographical Sketches. 659 enk'r upon a clerksliij) in a driig-storo in tlio employ of his uiicli', .lanit's 1). Biid- injiton, at Freehold, New Jersey, lie remained with him three years, when he became employed a sliort time upon the reportorial statt' of tlie Long Branch Neirs, but soon resumed his clerkship with his uncle and remained two years longer. Upon his uncle's death in 1869 he continued the Inisiness for six months with Conover & Wolverton, sucees-sors to liis uncle, when, under the caption of W. B. Dnryee & Co., he established a drug business at llightstown, N. J., w^here he continued for three years, when he re- turned to Freehold in 1872. At this time he became interested for six years in the drug business under the style of G. S. Conover & Co.; on the expiration of this time Mr. Conover died, since when the business was continued under the name of Diiryee & Conover. In politics he is a democrat, and has served as as- sistant counnissioner of Freehold the fol- lowing years : 1889, '90, "91, '92, '93 and '94, at which time he was elected chief of the board, and in which position he served two years, declining a re-nomination. During his term of oifice, the most impor- tant, the most successful and worthy administration in the history of Freehold, water-works have been erected and a complete sewerage system put in. lie is an active member of the Holland Society, being elected Oct. 24, 1889; the Royal Arcanum, and the Ancient Order of United Workiuiu. He is a member and president of the Firemen's Relief Asso- ciation, and at one time was one of the directors of the Freehold board of trade. He is also a consistent member of the Preslnterian church at Freehold. On May 14, 1878, he married Christiana II., a daughter of Edward T. Combs, a farmer 34 of Upper Freehold township, but now residing at Freehold. They have two children : Edward C, and William 15., Jr. ; Alice B. died in infancy. "O VAN DYKE IIEID, a prominent -*-*'• retired merchant of South River, New Jersey, is a son of John R. and Martha D. (Snedeker) Reid, and was born at South River, Sept. 30, 1833. His paternal grandfather, Richard Reid, followed the occupation of a I'armer all his life at Manalapan, New Jersey. His political faith was that of an old-line whig. He took great interest in religious affairs, and was an active member of the Presbyterian church as deacon and elder. To his marriage were born eleven children: David R., Eliza, Gilbert S., Anna, Fanny, Daniel D., Amanda, L\dia, William II., Ruth R., and John R. John R. Reid, father of our subject, was born in Mon- mouth county. New Jerse}', and received a couunon-.school education. He came to South River, from Manalapan, New Jer- sey, at an early age, and for many years was one of its most active citizens, and greatly assisted in the building up of the town. For some years he followed the occupation of a farmer, but in later years he engaged in mercantile business, be- came quite prosperous, and tlie owner of a number of sailing-vessels. He took an active interest in political matters and allied himself to the Whig-Repultlican party, and at various times held several prominent township offices. In 18G1 he received the appointment of i)ostmaster, which ofhce he held for a number of ^ ears. He was a zealous christian worker, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, one of its officials for many years, and a zealous worker in the erection of 660 Biographical Sketches. the present Methodist church. His death occurred April 29, 1880. The death of his wife preceded his by many years, she having died Oct. 11, 1853. To their marriage were l)orn five cliildren, as I'ol- lows : Cornelius Gulick, born Feb. 5, 1832, deceased July 3, 1832; R. Van Dyke, born Sept. 30, 1833; C. Gertrude, born July 28, 1835, deceased Dec. 14, 1891 ; Abijah Snedeker, born Sept. 24, 1837, deceased Aug. 31, 1838 ; and Mary Frances, born July 9, 1839. R. Van Dyke Reid was educated at the common schools and Rutgers College, from which institution he graduated in 185G. In the fall of 1857 he connuenced teaching in the public school of his native village, continuing there and in adjoining districts as teacher until 1861. He then Ibrmed a partnership with his brother-in- law, William H. Peterson, under the name of Reid & Peterson, afterward Reid & Van Schaick, and conducted a general mercantile business until 18(34, when he resumed the vocation of teacher. In the spring of 1865 he removed to Red Hank, New Jersey, and became })riucipal of tlie public schools, which position he filled acceptably lor nearly seven years. For the next two years he was successful as the principal of a private school ; then, at the earnest solicitation of the trustees, became principal of the schools at Parkerville and Fair Haven, New Jer- se\-, at eacdi place remaining two years. In 1880 he became purser on a steamer |)lying between Red Bank and New York, and Long Branch and New York, where he remained until 1893. He is a republican in politics, and was town clerk at Red Bank, New Jersey, for two years. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church since his youth, was superintendent of the Sun- day-school in his native town a number of years, also of the Sunday-school of Red Bank for thirteen years, and is again superintendent of the Sunday-school in his native town. He married Sarah Van Schaick, daughter of William and Eliza Van Schaick, at Shrewsbury, New Jer- sey, Nov. 25, 1856. His wife died Feb. 4, 1886. Their union was blessed with one daughter, Eva May, who died Dec. 2, 1892. After the loss of his daughter he returned, in the fall of 1893, to his native town. South River, where he now resides with an only sister. A CHANDLER, senior lueuiber of the -^-^' firm of Chandler & Maps, exten- sive dealers in building materials at Long Branch, Monmouth county, New Jersey, is a son of A. and Hannah (Emmons) Chandler, and Avas born, Nov. 5, 1849, at Long Branch. He received a common- school education, and early in life took to maritime pursuits, eventually becom- ing a captain of sea-going vessels. A. Chandler (father) attended the public schools, and acquired a fair educa- tion. He went to Long Branch, while that town was yet in its infancy as a summer resort, and was variously occu- pied there as a hotel steward and a stage- driver. He also gave supervision to some farming interests that he owned near Matawan, New Jersey, to which ])lace he went later and settled. In pol- itics he was a republican, without assum- ing, however, any active part in the af- fairs of the part3^ In religion he was a methodist, and was especially energetic in the work of that church at Long Branch, and later at the one in Matawan, to which he transferred iiis membership. His first wife, Hannah Emmons, bore Biographical Sketches. 661 liiin four children : Margaret, deceased ; Joliii W. ; A. (siihjert of this sketch); and (leorge E., deceased. He was sub- sequently married to Elizabeth Wotnlel, who has also deceased. The only child ui' this union, Asher, died in Oct., 1S93. A. Chandler (the suiy'ect) received his earlier education in the public schools of , fiong Branch, after which he took a j course of four years at the Matawan In- stitute, New Jersey. He was notably [tnilicient in niatheiuatics, and easily led all his school-mates in the study of that science. Alter leaving school he was oc- cu[)ied at i'arining, near Matawan, until tiie age of twenty-five years. He subse- ([uently ac([uired the trade of a butcher, and was engaged in that line ol' busi- ness for a time in Matawan. Later, in \ 1873, he returned to Long Branch, where for three years he successfully carried on the business of a dealer in meats. In I87G he retired from this occupation on account of im})aired health. In 1890 Mr. ("handler associated him.self with T. L. Maps, another of the best-known citi- zens of Long Branch, in a partnership, styled Chandler & Maps. The business carried on is an extensive one, both in j the size of the pi-emises occupied, which i cover more than four acres, and the wide range of Inisiness transacted, which em- ' braces a planing mill, and dealing in high grades of lumber, in hardware, brick, lime and cement, paint.s, varnishes, oils and brushes, coal and wood. The firm is enjoying an exalted degree of prosperity, and is conducting the largest business of its kind in that section of New Jersey. Mr. Chandler has acquired large inter- ests outside of the business he is conduct- ing. He is president of the Bosom-lShirt Manufacturing Co., a director in the Monmouth Manufacturing Co., and a heavy stockholder in the Long Branch Building and Loan Association, all Long Branch enterprises. In politics Mr. Chandler is a member of the Repui)lican party. In religion he is an active mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church at Long Branch, lor seven years superin- tendent of its Sunday-school, and a mem- ber of the official l)oard of stewards since the time the church was organized. In fraternal societies he is a member of the Royal Arcanum, I. 0. 0. F., and the A. 0. U. W., at Long Branch. Mr. Chandler was united in marriage, Feb. 4, 1874, to Carrie Gordon, a daugh- ter of ex-Sherilf Gordon, of Monmouth count}-. The three children born to their union, Charles, Minnie, and George, have all deceased. Mr. Chandler is a practi- cal business man, whose notable success is due to his unrela.xing energy and per- severance, to his long experience, which enables him to select none but the best materials known to his trade, and to high-class principles, of which he is an exemplar. TOHN T. WYKOFF, a prosperous hard- ^ ware merchant at Keyport, Mon- mouth county, and a prominent citizen of that town, is a son of William II. and Elizabeth Tunis Wykolf, and was born Jan. 18, 1853, at Ilolmdel, Monmouth county. The name is of German origin, and the immediate ancestors of Mr. Wykofl' have for many years been ac- tively connected with agricultural pur- suits in Ilolmdel township. His grand- father, William Wykofl", was born and educated near Freehold, and was a well- known farmer throughout his life-time. He was a democrat in politics, a member of the Baptist church, and an active chris- 662 Biographical Sketches. ti;ui. His cliildix'ii wero : William II., Jacob, John, Joseph ami David. William II. Wjkoll' (lather) was born near Freehold, and educated in the com- mon schools of that place. During the active part ol' his life he owned and ope- rated a fine farm in Ilolnidel township, where he still resides. He has always been a staunch democrat in politics, and is a member of the Holmdel Baptist church. His wife, who was Miss Eliza- beth Tunis, is still living, and they have had the following children : Mary A., John T., Anna G., Florence, David and Charles. John T. Wykoft' (subject) received a good early education in the Holmdel pub- lic schools. The early years of his life were spent in farming in Holmdel town- ship. In 1885 he removed to Keyport and entered the hardware business with E. II. Force, the firm name being Force & Wykoff. The firm is a flourishing and progressive one, has a finely-equipped store, and does an extensive trade in the surrounding section of Karitan town- ship. Mr. Wykoff is a democrat Ijy political faith, but does not interest himself ac- tively in public affairs. He is a member of tlie Jr. 0. U. A. M. at Keyport. On Oct. 11, 1876, he was married to Miss Leora Force, daughter of his partner, E. H. Force, of Keyport, and they have one daughter, Etta. TOILN J. SCULLY, a successful under- ^ taker and fiuMiiture-dealer of South Amhoy, New Jersey, an ex-shipmaster of more than local repute, is a son of Patrick and .fulia Ilogan Scully, and was born Nov. I'i, 1859, at Trenton, New Jersey. lie is of Irish stock, his father having been born in the Emerald Isle. Patrick Scully (father) came to this country, and was employed in a foundry- and machine shop at Trenton, New Jer- sey, for many years. He removed to South Amboy, and labored on the coal wharves of that city up to the time of his death. He was an industrious and frugal man. In politics he was a demo- crat, and an adherent to the catholic faith in things spiritual. He died in 1892, leaving a widow, who still survives him, and resides in South Amboy, and four children : John J., Margaret, Julia, and Michael J. Their other children, deceased, were : Annie, Mary, and Wil- liam. John J. Scully (subject) attended the common schools of Trenton and South Amboy, New Jersey, until he was fifteen years of age. He conunenced earning his own support as a water-carrier to the laborers on the coal docks. Two years later he resigned the bucket and pitted his brawn against that of the other indi- vidual members on the wharves. He remained in that occupation for three years and six months, -when he took to steamboating on vessels engaged in tow- ing. This he continued lor two and a half years, during which time he acquired such a thorough knowledge of the marine topography of the country traversed by the boats as to bring quick promotion from deck-hand to pilot. He in time became a master, and filled that impor- tant position on different vessi'ls for some years with marked skill and ability. He was appointed manager by John Scully of the coal-shipping department of his extensive works, and served thirteen years in that capacity to the iMitire satis- faction of that gentleman. On Jan. 1, 1892, Mr. Scully entered the furniture business; shortly thereafter Biographical Sketches. 663 addinji' that of lUKk'rtakiiiir, buyiii,t;' IVoin Mrs. M. M. Martin licr business and good-will in tliat line. He located at the corner of Stephen's avenue and David street in South Aniboy. Success has at^ tended this personal venture in business, for he has acquired a very large and profitable patronage. In politics he is a democrat, and in religion a catholic. lie was married .Iim. '.), 1883, to Margaret Lawrence. Their son, Leo, is now at- tending the parochial schools. Captain Scully, although he has aban- doned maritime pursuits, still holds a licen.se as a master of ves.sels, in which fact he takes great pride. His promo- tions from rank to rank, as well as his later success in business, are due to his boundless energy and his strong and de- termined character. / illARLES E. COATES, superintendent ^^ of the Salamander Works, at Wood- bridge, Ni'W Jerst'v, is a native of Eng- land. He received a common-school edu- c;itit)n in his native country, and was early apprenticed to the pottery trade. He came to the United States in 1888 and locati^d at Trenton, New Jersey. Mr. Coates is a resident of Woodbridge, where he has established a home for him- self and family. He is acon.servative and considerate christian gentleman and an attendant of the Episcopal church at that place. /yriS RUSSEL FREEMAN, M. D., ex- ^-^ surgeon of the Tenth regiment of New Jersey volunteers in the late civil war and the oldest active practitioner in Monmouth county, if not in the state of New Jersey, is a son of Jonathan and Mary (Rus.sel) Freeman, and was born Dec' 30, 1809, in Hanover, N. 11. Among the pioneers of New England settlers who entered the rugged and elill- jetted hills of New Hampshire and claimed the virgin .soil as their heritage were the Freemans. That sturdy, frugal race of prosperous and intelligent English yoemanry who have contributed so much brawn and brain to our own great country, having forsaken the home of their fore- fathers on account of oppression and re- ligious persecution, sought the free soil ol" America, where they might enjoy civil and religious liberty. I*rior to 17()0 Dr. Freeman's great- grandfather received a charter for Han- over township, in New Hampshire, where his ancestry resided for nearly a cen- tiu'y. They became prominent in aftairs civilly, politically, and religiously. Both his father and grandfather served as se- lectmen of the town, justit'es of the peace, and members of the legislature ; while his father served for forty consecutive years as clerk of Hanover township. In 1835 he married Abbie Willard, a daughter of Dr. Samuel Alden, a lineal descendant ni" John Alden, of Miles Standish lame. who landed on Plymouth Rock with tiie "Mayflower" crew. Dr. Freeman, after acquiring an aca- demic education, took up the study of medicine in the medical department of Dartmouth College, and received his de- gree of M. D. in 1843. He soon located in the practice of his profession in the vicinity of his native town, where he con- tinued up to 1847, when he removed to Perrineville, Monmouth county. New Jersey. Here he soon built up one of the largest clienteles in the northern section of the county, and continued up to 1852, when he transferred his practice to Free- hold, and continued it there to April, 18li'i. At this time he received from 664 Biographical Sketches. Governor Olden a commission as surgeon of the Tenth regiment, New Jersey vol- unteers. In 18G3, during the siege of Suttblk, Va., by the confederate army under Peck's command, he was chief of staff on Corcoran's brigade staff, and for a time was acting medical director. In July of the same year he was sent from his regiment to Philadelphia to quell the anticipated draft riots, and during that winter had charge of the troops stationed in the Pennsylvania coal regions. In the spring of 1864 he re-entered the regular service with his regiment, this time be- ing attached to the Finst divisitm, First brigade, Sixth- army corps, in the Army of the Potomac. He served with credit t<:) July, 1865, the close of the war, when he was mustered out as chief of staff of the First division. Among some of the more important of the twenty regu- lar engagements participated in b}' his regiirient were the following : The Wil- derness, Spottsylvania Court-House, Han- over Court^House, Petersburg, Winches- ter, Cedar Creek, Cold Harbor, and Ap- pomattox. Besides he served in many other engagements of minor importance and numerous skirmishes. During these years of faithful service, with its man}^ attendant hardsliips and privations in the cause of jjatriotism and humanity. Dr. Freeman conscientiously and assidu- ously administered to the wounded and dying soldiers the blessings of eartli's grandest profession. The war over, he returned to Freehold to resume with the advent of peace the pursuit of his old and hitherto extensive practice. He soon regained his old clients, and in due time was enjoying a patron- age extending over Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex, and Mercer counties, besides special surgical cases from \ arious 2)arts of the state. In the latter branch of medicine he achieved by reason of his wide and extensive experience as sur- geon in the army a very high degree of proficiency and skill. In consequence of this he has quite an extensive surgical clientage, and ranks as one of the most successful surgeons in the state. Politi- callj^ he is a republican, and religiously a member of the Presbyterian church of Freehold. He is the father of seven cliildren : Rev. Samuel Alden, who is a Presby- terian clergyman and pastor of a church at Lyndonville, N. Y. ; Abbie Willard, who was married to Edward H. Ruiguel, deceased, but now resides witli her father; Charles Otis, deceased ; Mary Russel, de- ceased ; Harriet E., deceased, and Wil- liam and Edward A., botli of Avhom died in infancy. Dr. Freeman is a man of great kind- ness and sympathy, is extremely charit- able and of proverbial humanity as a physician. As a citizen he is of unim- peach.able integrity and upriglitness of character, and justly connnands the high- est respect and esteem of his community. A NDREW ELY, the well-known and -^^ popular grocer of Dayton, Middle- sex count}-. New Jersey, is a son of Wil- liam and Mary Ann (McDoud) Ely, and was born at the old liomestead, near Dayton, July 12, 1858. Stephen Ely, tlie paternal grandfather, was a higlily- esteemed farmer of Middlesex county, and was actively engaged in the develop ment and improvement of what is now denominated the "old homestead. ' Wil- liam was born on the farm in 1811, and received his early education in the pub- lic schools of Dayton. He worked upon Biographical Sketches. 665 tlio farm, iissistinir his liitlicr, until the lattvr's death, after whieh he t-aiiie into possession of the r;ii-iii .niil coniliicted it up to liis deatli. William VAy (lather) was a man of very good ideas, and was very eauticjus and exact in all business transactions. lie was a consistent democrat in politics, but not an active partisan. He was a j member of the Presbyterian churcli, and manifested unusual interest in all church work. His Avife, the mother of Mr. Ely, is st'll living at the old homestead, in the enjoyment of a ripe old age. Mr. Andrew Ely (sul)ject) was born on the old homestead farm, and atti'iiiled the common schools of Dayton. He re- mained upon the farm until 1880, when he heard of Horace Greeley's advice to the young man, ''To go West." He con- cluded to follow the sage's counsel, and in a short time he found himself located in the grocery business in Topeka, Kan. Here he remained for five years. After- Wiirds he returned east again and located at New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he followed the same business until May, 1895. Subsequently he removed to Day- ton, New Jersey, tand opened the store which he is now carrying on at the latter place. On Fel). 15, 1895, he was appointed postmaster at Dayton, by the present administration, and is now liold- ing said office. He is a democrat in politics and a somewhat active politician. His family is identified with the Presby- terian church of Dayton, and actively interested in all church work. He is a member of Goodwill Council, No. 32, .Tr. (). U. A. M., of New Hrunswick, New .Tersey. He was married in 1879 to Miss Carry Payne, daughter of Oliver W. Payne, of New York, and they have had born to them one child, Eva. (^TEVEX D.4NIEL MALONEY, the ef- ^ ficient superintentlent i>t tlie Menlo Park Manufacturing Co.. and a well- known citizen of Newiirk, is a son of .lames and Catharine Maloney, and was born Feb. 24, 1870, at that city. He re- ceived a thorough education in the pub- lic schools of Newark, after which he served an apprenticeship as a machinist, to which trade he has applied himself in- dustriously and assiduously ever since. Having become skilled and proficient as a machinist, he became engaged by the Menlo Park Manufacturing ('o. as super- intendent of their plant at Menlo Park, in which responsible position he is serv- ing at the present time. This company is engaged in the manufacture of general electrical goods and supplies. Mr. Ma- loney's skill as a machinist commends him to rank as an expert, and the posi- tion which he occupies attests his natural ability and mechanical ingenuity as well as his technical knowledge of mechanics and electrics. He has risen in the em- ploy of this company from the bench to his present position as superinteiulent in full charge and control of the various de- tails of the business. He is an energetic worker and keeps himself thoroughly abreast of the times in all matters relat- ing to mechanics and the progress of elec- trical science. The business of the plant has been steadily increasing since he as- sumed charge, and as he personally super- intends the work it can l)e readily seen that the future holds much prosperity in store for the success of the l)usiness. IJ)I-:V. ('HAS. KDW.MJl) lIAi;r, !).])., -L^ professor of English language and literature in Rutgers College, New Bruns- wick, and an eminent divine, is a son of 6G6 BioGRAPHicAi, Sketches. Walter and Sarah Hart, and was born at Freehold, New Jersey'. After obtaining an elementary ednca- tian in the local schools he attended a grammar school, and the Central High school at Philadelphia. Retnrning to his home he prepared for college at the Freehold Institute, and then entered Princeton-, the alma mater of so many renowned Presbyterian scholars. He graduated from college in 1858, and passed immediately into the theological seminary, from which he graduated in 1861. His first work was in founding the Murray Hill Presbyterian church in New Yoi'k city, where he remained from 1862 until 1866. He was then installed in the North Reformed church at Newark, and was pastor there for fourteen years. In 1880 he was called to Rutgers College to fill the chair of English language and literature, and has occupied that position ever since. Dr. Hart is a man of deep erudition and wide learning. He is popu- lar l)oth among his fellow-townsmen and the college students, and is a member of the Historical Society of New Bruns- wick, and the Princeton Club, of New York. He was married on June 19, 1884, to Miss Lucy II., daughter of Jacob S. Carpender and Catherine Neilson. The family of Dr. Hart is of English origin. The first of his ancestors to coine to America was Stephen Hart, who accom- panied the famous Dr. Hooker, and set- tled in Hartford, and then in Farmington, Conn. Walter Hart (sul)ject's father) was a well-known resident of Freehold, and was at one time judge of the common pleas of Monmouth county. His wife was Miss Sarah IJennctt, and she bore him five children : Jeanne, wife of D. M. Rue; William I}., deceased; Emily, diaries Edward, and Evalina M. pvR. RALPH WILLIS HERBERT, a -'-^ prominent physician of Manas- quan, New Jersey, is a son of Obadiah C. and jNIary A. Herbert. His paternal an- cestry is English, being a direct descend- ant of Francis Herbert, the first repre- sentative of that name in New Jersey. Francis was a grandson of Philip, fourth earl of Pembroke. He settled in Middle- town, Monmouth county, in 1677, and married Hannah, daughter of the cele- brated quaker, John Bowne. One of their sons, Obadiah, was the grandfiither, three generations removed, of R, W. Herbert, while on the father's mother's side he descends from the well-known Huguenot family of Provost, Elizabeth Provost hav- ing married Conover Herbert, the pater- nal grandfather of Dr. Herbert, Oct. 23, 1833. She is a lineal descendant of David Provost, who was born in Holland and emigrated to this country in 1624 and settled at New Amsterdam. The name Provost changed with its various locations : Prevost in France, the coun- try of their love ; Provoost in Holland, where their stay was long enough to iden- tify them with the j)eopk> and their com- mercial interests, and finally, with the English habit of America, they dropped all superlluous letters which would not materially change the euphony of the pronunciation, AVilliam Provost owned a charmed life. The danger which surrounded everybody he escaped. The massacre of St. Bar- tholomew was at its height. The aggres- sive Catherine De Medici, striving for power, was not warring for religion's sake, but working, by arousing the worst side of human antagonism, to place herself at the head of the government which was not hers by inheritance. Not onl}" did he escape, but his intended bride by the same /^c^^ir^O^'^K^^ Biographical Sketches. 669 good fortuno was his to have and to hold, witli only the (lillbrcnce that tlic iiiar- riagi' was in llolhuid, perhaps registered in Dutch, as oeeurriiig in 1574. I)a\'iil Provost, above rel'erred to, is tiuii- son. The Provost line can be traced directly to Geneva, where Augustine, the Hugue- not, went to escape the terrors of per- secution, and it leads, naturally, with nnicii interesting honor, to Right Rev. Samuel Provoost, the first Protestant Episcopal bishop of New York. The children of ()l)adiah C. Herbert were : R. W., Frank C a physician at Plainfield, New Jersey ; George B., a dentist at Manasciuan ; Dora, married to Dr. C. N. Cox, a physician, residing in Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Eva, married to Frank C. Rrown, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Carrie, married Randolph Stryker, of Marlboro. Dr. R. W. Herbert (subject) was born ill Marlboro township, New Jersey, October 1, 1858. He attended private schools during his early years, and sub- secpu'utly entered the Peddie Institute at llightstown, New Jersey, which he left in 1876. For two years he taught school in Monmouth county, and then took a three-years' course of study at the New York H()ma>opathic College, from which he graduated in 1881. In May of that year he began the active practice of his profession at Manasipian. His present practice is a large and lucrative one, not confined to Manasfpian alone, but extend- ing to Spring Lake and Point Pleasant. Dr. Herbert lias been a member of the board of health of Manas(|uan for live years, and of the board of education for eight years. In politics he is independ- ent and an ardent prohibitionist. He is a member of the Baptist church, and for ten years has been one of its most active trustees. He is noble grand of Excelsior Lodge, No. 88, I. 0. 0. F., and past chief of Wall Lodge, K. of G. E. He is state surgeon of Military Division of K. G. E., and examiner for the Endowment Bank, K. of P. I Ic is also medical examiner for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., of New Y'^ork. In October, 1881, he was miirried to Annie S. Morse, daughter of Rev. B. C. Morse, of Marlljoro, Mon- mouth county. New Jersey, and to their marriage have been born six children, three of whom, two sons and one daugh- ter, died in infancy. The others arc : Carl Morse, Ralpli Willis and Harvey Conover. '^j^IIOMAS C. COLE, a prominent stone- -*- cutter of New Brunswick, and a thoroughly self-made man, is a son of Thomas H. and Sarah (Sliawn) Cole, and was born in Mansfield township, New Jersey. Receiving his early education iu the common schools ol" his native place, he first applied himself to learning his father's trade of shoemaking, which he followed for ten years. He then learned the stone-cutting ti'ade, and altf r becom- ing proficient in it, went into the business for himself, which he has continued ever since with success. He takes a decji in- terest in public aflairs, and is a rcpiiblican in his political convictions. During the civil war he served for nine months with one of the New Jersey regiments. He is a member of Lodge No. 0, I. 0. 0. F., of New Brunswick. Mr. Cole was married to Miss Emma Wilson, daughter of Jona- than Wilson, and they have two child- ren : Nettie E. and Thomas II. Thomas H. Cole (father) was born in 1809, and was a man of common-school education, who, by virtue of a studious and persevering disposition, elevated him- self from the shoemaker's bench to the 670 Biographical Sketches. Baptist iiiiiiijstry. He was a staunch whig ol" his day, and a well-known mem- ber of the order of Odd Fellows. His wife was Miss Sarah Shawn, ])_y whom he had nine children, as follows : Eliza, wife of Peter Allen ; Mary, wife of Calvin Shoemaker; Darius; Juanna, wife of An- drew Beaun ; Thomas C. ; William and George, both of whom were in the Union army during the civil war; Sarah and Harriet. Mr. Cole's father died March 12, 1877; his mother, May 18,1851. WESLEY B. STOUT, Esq., junior mem- ber of the firm of R. T. & W. B. Stout, one of the most widely-known and successful law firms of Monmouth count}', and a prominent citizen ol" As- bury Park, New Jersey, was born at Farmingdale, Monmouth county. Mr. Stout is the son of Richard Ten Broeck and Elizabeth Beck Stout, and both pa- ternal and maternal ancestors were among the earliest settlers of Monmouth county. The mother's family is of Ger- man (Saxony) extraction, and settled at Toms River, New Jersey ; the paternal side combine both English and Holland- Dutch origin, and for four generations have lived in Middletown township. Smith's " History of New Jersey " states that the Stout family were prominently identified with the pioneer historj- of the county, large owners of timber lands, and actively engaged in the Colonial wars. Richard Stout, great-giandfather of Mr. Stout, was one of the first white inhabitants of Middletown township. Richard Stout (grandfather) was a coast trader, and finally became a large land-owner, holding original grants fi'om the English crown of some two thousand acres. He was also engaged in general mercantile business, and as a lumberman was especially successful, and was a prominent pioneer. He had three chil- dren, one of whom was Richard T., father of subject, born at Toms River, New Jersey, Jan. 18, 1821, and who re- ceived his education at the Academy ol" Newark, New Jersey, and at Ulrich's Academy, in Harrisburg, Pa. He then devoted his time to reading law, but was obliged to desist on account of ill-health, when he took up the management of his father's large business interests, living on a fiirm near Farmingdale, Monmouth county. Mr. Stout, Sr., was also inter- ested with Mr. W. B. Osborn, in the early development of Ocean Grove ; and being interested in the Methodist Epis- copal church, he became financially a promoter of the progress of that church centre. He was a prominent member of the community, a progressive citizen, financially independent, and a large holder of real estate. In political opinion, Mr. Stout was a republican, and was a strict party man. He married Miss Elizabeth Beck, and to them were born three sons : R. Ten Broeck, Joseph C. W.. and Wesley B. Richard Stout died May 19, 1893 ; his wife is still living. Wesley B. Stout (subject) passed his ju- venile days at Farmingdale, MoiiuKuilli count}', and with other boys of iiis com- munity, was educated in the common schools, taking i)rivate lessons in music and German. He then entered Penning- ton Seminary at Pennington, New Jer- sey, and graduated with the class of 1884, in the Latin scientific course. He also spent four years in his brother's — R. T. Stout— law ollice (1879-1883), and was admittrd to the bar of New Jersey, Februar\ term. 1S83. The law firm of Messrs. R. T. & W. B. Stout was then Biographical Sketches. 671 fouiitled, and Mr. Stout has led a busy prolbssional career, making a spi-eialty of civil and real-estate law, and in this has been eminently successful. He is an active party worker in local political affairs, and a staunch sujtporter of the principles advocated hy the Republican piirtv. Mr. Stout is a member of the First Methodist Episcoi)al church, a teacher of the Young Men's Bible class in the Sabbath-.school, and an earnest and enthusiastic worker for the cause of religion. .lune 6, 1888, Wesley B. Stout mar- ried Mary E., the daughter of (leorge 11. Lord, who developed West Asbury Park. This happy union has been blessed !)y the birth of one son — Richard Woslord. Mr. Stout h;is his residence in West Asbury Park, where he owns real estate, and is one of the most highly-respected and useful citizens of his cominunitv. 'T^IIOMAS L. MAPS, is a member of the *- firm of Chandler & Maps, manufac- turers and dealers in building materials, hardware, coal and wood, also a well- known manufacturer in the shirt-making industry, and one of the most progressive and successful citizens of Long Branch, New Jersey, lie was Ixirn nt Long Branch, July 16, 1849, unci is a son of James and Emily Maps. The ancestral home of this well-known iamily is in Holland, where Frederick Maps." Mapes." was born and received his early educa- tion. Having emigrated to this country prior to the Revolutionary war, he took part in that memorable struggle and at- tained the rank of an oilicer. He reared a family of si.\ children. Michael. Wil- liam, Solomon. John. Reuben and Sarah, who married Michael Maps. Both Fred- erick Maps and his wife ;ire burii'd at West Long Branch. Mr. Maps (grandfather) was born at West Long Branch, and after leaving the common schools learned the chair- making business, and was at that time the only chairmaker in that part of the country, ccm.sequently was much in demand, and did a profitable business. Politically he was a whig, and though not a memlter of an}' church organization, was a truly converted christian, very kind-hearted, and much beloved by all who knew him. (Jrandfathcr Mnps. was the father of eight children : John, James, George, Nelson, Ellen, Mrs. Elisha Taber; Ann. Mrs. W. West; Susan, Mrs. C. Hulick : niul Maria, Mrs. Peter Slocum. James Maps (lather) was born at Long Branch, New Jersey, in 1820. He spent his school days in the common schools of his native town, and learned the trade of a carriage builder, at which he worked in Long Branch for nine years. Then he engaged in painting for some time, and finally v.'as employed in a sash and blind Hictory, at Ocean Port, New Jersey, where he resided until his death in 1875. Politicall}' he inclined to the doctrines and principles of the llcpul)!!- can party, and in religious belief and prac- tice was a methodist. To him were born two children : Lina M.. married to Edwin Gilford, and Thomas L. Thomas L. Maps (subject) acipiired his elementary instruction partly in the com- mon schools, and then attended a private school at Shrewsbury, until he reached his seventeenth year. He then learned the carpenter trade, and was engaged in build- ing and contract work until 1890, when he became associated with A. Chandler, and the firm of Chandler &; Maps was 672 Biographical Sketches. established. This wull-kiiuwii and pro- gressive house deals extensively in the best grades of lumber, lime, brick, cement, hardware, brushes, 2)aints, varnishes, oils, coal and wood, and have built up a repu- tation second to none in this locality. Mr. Maps is also interested in the shirt- nuiking industry, and has a factory in ojieration in Long Branch for the manu- facture of the same. He is also a stock- holder in the Building and Loan Associa- tion of the town, and deals considerably in bank stock. Mr. Maps casts his vote for the candidates of the Republican ticket, and is a staunch supporter of the same. He is also a prominent mem- ber of the jNIetliodist Episcopal church, and at present is steward of the same. Fraternally Mr. Maps is connected with Hollywood Council, Jr. 0. U. A. M., and Oceanport Lodge, No. 61, 1. 0. 0. F. I ()ctol)er 10, 1883, Eunice, daughter of ! Charles and Mary Hulick, became the wife of Thomas L. Maps, and this happy j nuirriage has been blessed by the birth of two sons and one daugliter : Charles H., Emily L. and Lester C. Mr. Maps' ca- reer lias been one of well-deserved success. A man of strict integrity and true chris- tian character, he is regarded with the highest esteem by his numy friends, and has the unbounded confidence of his business associates. "A/T W. SCCLLY, wlio has been for -'-^^* luore than a quarter of a century the efficient secretary of the Ilillborough Fire Assurance Co., at Somervillo, Somer- .set county. New Jersey, is a son of Mi- chael and JNlargaret (Welsh) Scully, and was born May 27, 18-39, at Clunsalee, County Queens, Ireland. Jle came with his parents to this country in 1849, and received his earlier education in the com- mon schools of Somerset count3\ He subsequently attended the State Normal school at Trenton, New Jersey, from which he was graduated in 1859. After finishing his education he returned to Somerset county, and settled down to the profession of school-teaching, which he continued for about fourteen years. In 1870 he relinquished the ferule in favor of the pen, by accepting the posi- tion of secretary of the Hillsborough Fire Insurance Co., at Somerville. He became a successful underwriter, and under his shrewd and careful management his com- pany has had an uninterrupted cour.se of prosperity. Mr. Scully is the honored president of the Alumni Association of his Alina Mater, the Trenton State Nor- mal School of New Jersey. He is a de- mocrat, a very active party worker, and has served as a delegate to various county and congressional conventions. He was elected a justice of the peace for the town- ship of Bridgew-ater, Somerset county, in 18G9. Mr. Scully was married, Nov. 3, 18G4, to Mary Frances R()l)l)iiis, a daaighter of Andrew Robbins, of Hillsliorough town- slii|). To this union were born nine chil- dren : Euinia, Mattie May, Bertha, a school teacher in Long Branch ; Ayers C, Robt. E., Wade II., Luetta H., An- drew R., and Raymond. Thepaternalgrandfatlu r. Daniel Scully, was a native of Ireland. He was born in (Queens county, near Clunsalee, and pur- sued tlie occupation of a farmer all his life, lie was a firm believer in the doc- trines, and a devout ineinber of the Catholic church. He died in Clunsalee, Ireland. His wife, Catherine Dunn, to whom he was married in Clunsalee, bore iiini live children : Thomas, Hugh, Mi- chael, John, and Daniel. Biographical Sketches. 673 Michael Scully (fatlior of suhji-ct) was horn and rcartMl near (yhnisaU'c, County Queens, Ireland, lie received a comnion- seliool education, and became a potter by trade, subsequently a I'arnier. lie emi- grated to this country in 1849 and located in New York city. In April, 1850, he removed to Somerset county, this state, where he followed the occuj^ation of a farmer until his death in 18G1. After iH'Coming a naturalized citizen of the United States he joined the Democratic party, and became prominent in local politics. He was a mendjer of the Catho- lic church, and it was through his eflbrts the first church of Millstone, New Jersey, of that denomination, was built. His wife, Margaret Welsh, deceased in 1885, in her eighty-si.xth year. They were the parents of eight childicn : Thomas, Anna, married to Jeremiah Keedy ; John, Mar- garet, deceased ; Michael W., Maria, wife olMohn Hunt, of Dunellen ; Patrick, de- ceased ; and Margaret, named for her de- ceased sister, and married to William Fleming, a resident of New Brunswick. New Jeisey. The grandsire of Mary T. li. Scully, wife of subject, was Job Kol)ltins, a native of Ilarbourtown. He resided near Kingoes, where he owned and cultiv.ated a large farm. He pursued this occupa- tion during his entire life-time. He was a member of the Baptist church at Har- bourtown. and in disposition he was un- obtrusive and kindly. His wife, whose maiden name was Hannah Hart, bore him eight children : Elizabeth, married to Philip Pearscm, of Amwell township; Anna, Sarah, Andrew, Jeane, Rebecca, Amelia, and Asa. Andrew Robbins, father of Mrs. Scully, was born Sept. 26, 1803, at Harbourtown. He received a common education in the public .schools of Amwell township, and i)ecame a farmer and cattle-dn>ver, which occupations he followed until his death, Aug. 12, 18G5. In politics he was a whig, sub.sequently identifying himself with the Republican party. His wife, Lucretia Conover, decea.sed Sept. 26, 1891. They had twelve children : Han- nah, Albert C, Loui.sa, Rebecca, Esther, Catharine, George, deceased in inlancy; Charles II., Mary Frances, Emma L., Jeannie E., and Andrew, deceased in infancy. Tj^DWARl) S. KLINK, a veteran of -'-^ "Appomattox," now a railway con- ductor on the South Branch road of New Jersey, residing at Somerville, Somerset county, in said state, is a son of Solomon and Rebekah (Sidle) Kline, and was born June 27, 1846, at Handjurg, Berks county. Pa. Solomon Kline (father) was born at Hamburg, Pa., where he received a com- mon-school education, and subsequently followed the trade of a wheelwright dur- ing the greater portion of his life. He was a whig, and a member of the Dutch Reformed church. He married Rebekah Sidle. They were the parents of six children : Amanda, Jacob, Augustus and John, the three latter deceased ; Ben- jamin, killed in the civil war, and Edward S. Edward S. Kline received a connnon- school education in his native town, after completing which he enlisted Sept. 13, 1862, for the nine months" service in the One Hundred and Fifty-first regiment, Penns3lvania infantry, in the civil war. He was sent at once to the front and de- tailed as a sharpshooter on April 12, 1863, and took part in the following en- gagements : Franklin's Crossing, Chan- 674 Biographical Sketches. cellorsville, Gettysburg, and Williams- port. Me was mustered out July 27, 18G3, and returned to his home, where during one scliool term he was engaged in teaching. He then re-enlisted Feb. 1, 18G4, as first sergeant in Compan}^ F., One Hundred and Sixteenth Pennsyl- vania I'egiment, and as the war neared its close he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. Commencing with the battle of the Wilderness, he stubbornly fought his way to Appomattox, and was in the thick of the fray at all these in- termediate engagements: Tod's Tavern, Po River, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Fredericksburg, Tatopotomy, Pamunkey River, Cold Harbor, siege of Petersburg, Deep Jjottom, Ream's Station, Strawberry Plain, and was present at the demolition of Weldon railroad. He was wounded Aug. 25, 1864, at Ream's Station, and sent to Lincoln hospital, Washington, D. C, where, subsequent to his recovery and before he was strong enough to re- join his regiment, was on Dec.22d detailed to special service in the office of surgical records. Sergeant Kline returned in Feb., 18G5, to his regiment, and to more battles: Dabney's Mills, Thatcher's Run and White Oak Road, Five Forks, Sutherland Station, Saylor's Creek, and Farmville. As hereinbefore stated, he was present at Appomattox, where he witnes.sed the surrender of Lee, and par- ticipated in the grand review of tlie troops. Lieutenant Kline was mustered out of service July 14, 1865, and returned to his home in Pennsylvania. In 1868 he entered the service of the Central railroad of New Jersey as a clerk in the car record office at Phillipsliurg, New Jersey. He served also as a brakeman and freight conductor until 1809, when he was made a passenger conductor. In this ca])acity he has remained in constant and faithful service, and at present is running on the South Branch road ; his residence being Somerville. Mr. Kline is a member of Post No. 50, G. A. R., at Phillipsburg, New Jersey, of which he was commander in 1886-87; Delaware Lodge, No. 52, F. and A. M., of Phillips- burg; Eagle Chapter, No. 39, R. A. M., of which he is past high priest; De Molay Cominandery, No. 6, Knights Templar, of Washington, New Jersey; Mecca Temple, No. 1, A. A. 0. N. M. S., of New York city ; Bridge water Council, No. 1375, Royal Arcanum, and New Jer- sey Central, Div. 307, Order Railway Conductors. Mr. Kline was united in marriage July 4, 1880, to Matilda R. Ward, a daughter of William Ward, of Easton, Pa., and to their union was born April 23, 1881, a daughter named Hattie. Captain Kline, so called in the railroad service, is one of tlie most popular con- ductors on the road. He is genial, oblig- ing, and companionable. He is-a careful, trusted official, and is at all times mind- ful of the comfort and convenience of the patrons of his train. He is popular in ma.sonic circles, and around the re- union cam[)-fire he is always a welcome comrade. T EVI SCOBEY, a contractor and liuildcr -L-^ of Scobeyville, Monmouth county, New Jersey, and a num of wide acquaint- ance and successful business experience, is descended from hoiioi-able Revolution- ary stock. He was born, March 8, 1832, in South Amboy township, Middlesex county, this state, and is a son of Charles and Nancy (Roberts) Scobey. His maternal great-grandfather, Thomas Biographical Skktches. G75 rj<)l)frts, was a Scotolim.an by birtli, but tliat bo bocaine an intense Aiiierieaii is evidenced by tlie faet tbat lie I'ougbt in tbe patriot army, Iroin tbe beginning to tbe end of tlie Kevobitionaiy war. lie was in Sidlivans army in Soutbern New York, and in tlie Wyoming valley, Penn- sylvania, participated in tbe battle of Moiimoutb, and was one of Wasbington's ■• Life (Juards." Alexander Scobey, tbe paternal great-grandfatber, was a Scotcli- maii by birtli, and served in tbe war of tbe Revolution. Tbe bome of tbe »Scobey family was in Middlesex county, in wliicb county was born Samuel Scobey, graiid- fatlier of tbe subject of tins record. He also bas an lujiiorable Kevolutionary record, serving in tiic capacity of a wagon-boy on the line of wagons that conveyed sup[)lies from South Amboy township to Bordentoun. His children were: Charles, Jacob, William, John F., Ilaiinab K., and Eliza I Iyer. Charles Scobey (father) was born in Middlesex county in 1808, and died at Scol)eyville in 1872. He learned tbe trade of woodworker and carpenter, and, in 18-47, removed to the present site of Scobeyville, where be purchased a large tract of one tbousand acres of timber land, and for a number of years was en- gaged in tbe manufacture of lumber. In tbe latter years of his life be was en- gaged in tbe grocery business at Scobey- ville. Having been one of the leading men in the industrial development of bis township, it was liut natural that he played a prominent part in its govern- ment. He was the township's first as- sessor, holding tbe position until two years prior to bis death, when bis son i succeeded to the office, and, with tbe ex- I ception of two years, held tbe office ever since. While be was not a church-mem- i ber, yet he was a man of good habits and possessed a deep, earnest l)iety, that made him highly respected liy a wide circle of friends. To his marriage with Nancy Roberts were born seven children: Levi, Thomas, who died ^oung; Jesse, a civil engineer of the Camden and Am- boy railroiid, who built tliat portion of it extending i'rom Trenton to Monmouth Junction; Charles W., deceased, was a incrcbaiit ; Mary Elizabeth, a teacher; Margaret, formerly a teacher, now the wile of Albert Clayton ; and Jane C, a teacher. Levi Scobey obtained a common-school and academic education. In 1854 he en- tered upon mercantile pursuits at Colts Neck, and was thus engaged until 1803, when be took a position as clerk in the New Jersey legislature, serving in tbat relation two years. Since that time he has been engaged in contract grading ami bridge building. Politically Mr. Scohey is a democrat, wbo believes in a Jackson- ian enforcement of Jefler.sonian princi- ples, and lias ever been prominent in the councils of bis party, and alive to the work tending to promote its success, rarely missing a township, county or state convention. He lias lield tlie fol- lowing township offices in bis township : judge of election, inspector, assessor, school trustee, freeholder, and was town- ship superintendent of schools a number of years. He was the commissioner, rep- resenting the state of New Jersey, in that commission which had charge of the building of the Gett^'sburg numuiiu-nt, and served as one of the finance commits tee, con.sisting of (ive members. He has been twice married. His first wife was Mary S. "Slierman, a daughter of T. W. Sherman, of Colts Neck, and resulted in the biitli of one child, Alice M., who 676 Biographical Sketches. married John H. Woodruff. His .second niiirriage was witli Katie Vaiiderveer, and one cliild, Charles Vanderveer, ljles.sed this union. /"^ H. ROOT, senior member of the wide- ^^' ly-knovvn and jjrogressive firm of Root & Debbins, proprietors of the most extensive planing-mill business in Mon- mouth county, New Jersey, is an inter- esting example of the self-made man. He is a son of Albert and Sarah C. Root, and was born at Lenox, Mass., Nov. 25, 1852. He received his early secular training in the common schools of his native place, and then attended the Lenox Academy for two and one-half years. He then apprenticed himself to learn the trade of carpentering, and fol- lowed that occupation until he had reached the age of thirty years, residing in New York state. He then removed to Middletown, New Jersey, where he engaged in business as a contractor and carpenter, and continued for eight years. Li 1887 he came to Red Bank, and pur- chased an interest in the planing-mill now operated under the name of Root & Debbins. This company now conduct one of the largest estal)lishments of its kind in New Jersey', and do the most ex- tensive trade in Monmouth count}^ Mr. Root is a strong supporter of the Repub- lican party, and is much interested in the success of the organization, but never aspired to political offices. C. IL Root married Emily Applegate, daugliter of Grover Applegate. His strict attention to bu.siness, and his native energy and ability have been the means of achieving the well-earned success that has crowned his bu.sy career. The Root ianiily is of Knglish descent. Calvin Root (pat<.'rnal grandfather) lived for many 3-ears at Weston, and later at Lenox, Mass., where he was a progres- sive farmer. He invented the first div- ing-bell. In political matters he was a democrat. He married a Miss Cook, and to them were born two children : Rod- ney and Emeline. Albert C. Root (father) was born at Lenox, Mass., and after attending the connnon schools, engaged in agricultural pursuits during the greater part of his residence at Lenox. As the business interests of the town grew, Mr. Root found the demand for his farm land in- crease, and the old homestead farm was cut up into building lots and sold. By careful future investments, Mr. Root amassed quite a competence. Politically he was a democrat. His children were : Christiana, Albert C, and C. H. He died at Lenox in 18G1, but his wife still survives. TTTINFIELD SCOTT BANKS PAR- ^^ KVAi, an able lawyer of Long Branch, Monmouth county, New Jersey, is a son of Jo.seph Banks and- Mary A. (Van Schaick) Parker, and was born Oct. 15, 1861, at Jerse^ville, in that county. The early records of the Parker family in this county show that about the yenr 1G65 two l)rothers, Joseph and Peter Parker, sons of Joseph Parker, came from Rhode Island, and were among the first English settlei's. These records also detail that Peter, with Eliakin Wardell, John Slocinn, and one llalet, w'ere the first white people to locate at Long Branch, named from the brook, which was called by the hidians ''(Juenhowncnaich." John Slocum married Meribah, a cousin of Peter'.s, and died in 1702, leaving a large part of his plantation to his cousin Peter, includimj; the lands now bounded Biographical Sketches. 677 })y Braiichport crei'k, then called in the Indian dialect "■ Whisecockonie," on the west and the Athmtic ocean on the east. Peter took the oatli ol' allegiance to the East Jersey proprietors Fell. '27, 1GG7, and was elected and sworn constable March 1, 1GG8, of Shrewsbnry. On Oct. 20, 1070, he was appointed justice of the peace, and was commissioned to jjreside over a general court, to take cognizance of all civil cases U) the value of £10, to l)e held at Woodbridge. And on March 9, 1G75, he was especially sworn to pro- tect the lords' interests in the province. At his death his son Peter inherited his plantation and lived thereon, lie had three sons: John, who was drowned near the Highlands ; William, who was known as " Boatman Billy," and settled on Rum- son Neck, and Peter, who continued to live on the homestead. He was captain of a "packet boat" ruiniing to New- York, and died in 179o. His children were : Robert, John, Benjamin, Lydia, Abigail, Del)orah, and Joseph. At his death his plantation was divided between Robert, who took the [)art adjoining the ocean, and .fosepli. who took the inland portion. Benjanun kept a store at Eaton- town from 1790 to 1809, and Joseph, called " Lightning Josie, ' because of his agility, was twice married. His first wife was Hannah Slocum, daughter of John and Rebecca Slocum, and by her he had three children : Peter, Richard, and Elizabeth, the last named having the misfortune to be both deaf and blind. The children of his second wife. Sarah Lippincott, were : Sarah A. and Elias. Joseph was one of the early trustees of tiie First Methodist church of Branchburg, and assisted in building the first church edi- fice, and was an exhorter in the Methodist meetings. 35 His son Peter, the grandfather of W. S. B. Parker, was born in 1792 at Long Branch. He attended the conniion school and a private school at New York city. He became an exceedingly well-inlbrmed man, and was broad and liberal in his views. In politics he was a whig, subse- quently a republican, and in religious affairs, although a member of the Society of Friends, he usuall}' attended the Methodist Episcopal church. He was always a farmer, living at Long Branch and in the vicinity of Freehold. Soon after coming to manhood he went to sea, and spent three years in China and other Asiatic countries. About 1816 he nnirried Rebecca Herbert, daughter of Hance Herbert, and by her he had eleven children : Hannah Miller, Marga- ret Hudnut, Ann Eliza, Harriet, Joseph Banks, Hance Herbert, Maria, Catharine Connolly, Lydia Frances, and Rebecca, and another child which died in infancy. Jo.seph B. Parker was born July 8, 1 836. He received a common-school education, and entered into mercantile business with David Clark Perrine, and after- Avards with Judge Shinn. Oct. 4, 1860, he married Mary A. Van Schaick, and afterwards was engaged in agriculture at Shrewsbury and Eatontown and in the vicinity of Freehold. In politics he has always been a republican. The mother of Mr. Parker is descended from one of the old Dutch families that first came to Monmouth county. Polly Logan, some time prior to 1850, married one Cowenhoven,and their children were: John, Garret, Cornelius, and Sarah, who married Daniel G. Ilendrickson. Tiieir children were: Lena, John, Phoebe, Maria, Eliza Ann, Denise, Cornelius, and Sarah. Eliza Ann married William Van Schaick, a farmer of Shrewsbury, New Jersey, 678 Biographical Sketches. about the year 1825. His father was David Van Schaick, from Van Schaick's Mills, near Bennington, Vt., who married Hannah Holman, and who was a miller for many years at Oakland Mills, New Jersey. His brothers and sisters were : Joseph, Josiah, Samuel, David, and Mary Ann. The children of this union were : Elias, Robert, Josiah, Sarah H., Mary A., who married Joseph B. Parker, and William Albert. The children of Joseph B. and Mary A. Parker were : Winfield S. B., the subject; Margaret B., born June 30, 1867, and Joseph B., born Jan. 25, 1876. The latter graduated from the Asbury Park public school in 1893, and obtained a scholarship for Rutgers College. He was employed by the Pru- dential Insurance Co. for a short time, and died June 28, 1895, the result of an accident caused by falling under the wheels of an engine while attending a fire. Winfield S. B. Parker enjoyed a good common-school education, afterwards at- tending the Freehold Institute for two years, at Freehold, New Jersey, and re- moved to Long Branch in 1879, where he graduated in two years fn)m the Long Branch High School. An engage- ment for three years with L. & D. Ed- wards & Co., lumber merchants, at the latter town then followed, after which, on Jan. 6, 1884, Mr. Parker commenced to read law in the ofiice of Wilbur A. Heisley. On Jan. 17, 1886, he entered the office of Hon. John E. Laiuiing, un- der whom he finished his term ol' clerk- ship, and during the winter of 1887-88 attended the New York City University, graduating therefrom in 1888 with the degree of Baclielor of Laws. He was admitted to the bar of New Jersey at the February term, 1888, and since that time he has been engaged in the active practice of his profession at Long Branch. At the February term, 1894, he was ad- mitted as a counsellor in the supreme court of New Jersey. He is an able advocate and a wise and impartial counsellor, and his success in the field of hibor he has chosen is as- sured. For many years he has been en- gaged in mercantile pursuits, being the senior member of Parker & Slocum, feed merchants, from 1885 to 1890, and has been extensively engaged in real-estate enterprises, having erected about forty houses in Long Branch. He entered into a partnership with George W. Van Gelder, Oct. 1, 1894, in the general prac- tice of law, and the firm of Parker & Van Gelder is local counsel for the Republic Savings and Loan Association, the New Jersey Building, Loan and Investment Co., and the New Jersey Saving and Provident Association. Mr. Parker is a member of Oceanic Fire Co., and vice- president of the Long Branch Military Band, and a member of tiie Republican party. In secret societies he is a past re- gent of Long Branch Council, No. 429, Royal Arcanum, and treasurer of Pro- gress Council, No. 3, Loyal Additional Benefit Association. AVitli all his other engagements and occupations Mr. Parker has found time to cultivate a fine baritone voice, and has been engaged as precentor at the Taylor Memorial church at Elbe- ron for eleven years. Mr. Parker was united in marriage Feb. 22, 1887, to Lucretia Frances New- ing, daughter of Flavins J. and Eliza Ed- wards Newing. To their marriage have been born two sons and one daughter: Harold, deceased, born March 1,1888; Margaret W., born April 18,1802, and Francis Meredith, born Feb. 12, 1896. Biographical Sketches. 679 TTTILLIAM L. HAHNKD, a tliriviiig *' j^ToctM' of Wood bridge, Middlesex Cdiiiity, Xew Jersey, is a son ot" Isaac M. and Martha (Moore) llarned, and was Ikhii in ISliO, in New York eity. He ac- (jnired iiis education in the [jublic schools of Woodbridge, and from Professor Mor- ris, who conducted a private school. He learned the grocery business with IJurkett & Fattison, and remained with that house eight years. He then as.sociated himself in the same business with J. H. Ilillsdorf, remaining lor three years and six months ; and later, in 1885, i)uilt a store and entered the grocery trade on his own account. In 1887 his store and contents were de- stroyed by lire, l)ut he set to work with courage undaunted, and in six weeks" time a new store occupied tlu' site of the ruins, lie built up a successful and sul> stantial trade and is on the high road to wealth. Mr. llarned is a member of the ("ongregational church ol' Woodbridge, and politically is a repultlican. He has never held ollice as 3-et, finding business more profitable than politics. He is a member and past imister of American Ijodge No. 88, Free and Accepted Masons of Woodbridge, and its treasurer five years ; a member and scribe in St. John's Chapter, No. 9, Ro3al Arch Masons ; captain-general of the Commandery ; a mendjer of the Knights Tem[)lar, 'ind of the Mystic IShrine, Mecca Tem[)le, New York city. He is a meml)er and chair- man of the house committee of the Ath- letic Association of Woodbridge. He is a trustee of the Congregational church of that town, treasurer of its Sunday-school, and a member of the committee formed for the purpose of erecting a Sunday- school building. He was married to Lulu A. Hancock, a daughter of George W. Hancock, of Woodbridge, New Jersey, in 1886. They have one son, W. Leon. William llarned, the pateriud grand- father, conducted for many years a gro- cery business, and was known in his day and generation as a great methodist. He was the father of five children : S. P., Mary Ann (Mrs. Samuel Auber), Emma (Mrs. E. W. Valentine), Jennie, and Isaac M. Isaac M. llarned (father) acipiired a common-school education, and afterwards attended college in New York. He was associated with his father in the grocery business for a time, and subsequently fol- lowed painting for a few years. He was later, for several years, superintendent of tlie clay mines of William Henry Cutler at Woodbridge. Politically he was a re- publican, and in religious nuitters a mem- ber of the Congregatiomil church. He was a member and senior warden of Am- erican Lodge, No. 83, Free and Accepted Masons. He married Martha Moore in 1858. /CHARLES ir. MUIKHKID, president ^-^ of the Raritan Dry-Dock Co. of Perth Amboy, manager of the extensive business interests of John Scully, a prom- inent coal-shipper of South Amboy, and one of the leading citizens of the latter town, is a son of John and Mary (Howe) Muirheid, and was born Oct. 12, 1849, at Pennington, Mercer county. New Jersey. He attended a private school at Trenton until he was fifteen years of ago, when he removed to South Amboy, and spent two years more in completing his educa- tion at a private school there. Upon finishing his studies he was employed as a shipping-clerk for the Camden and Ambo}' railroad at South Ainljoy, retain- ing the same position when the Penn- 680 Biographical Sketches. sylvania railroad assumed control of the former corporation. For a number of j-ears he wa.s also assistant to the general agent of the Pennsylvania railroad at this place. He left the company's em- ploy to accept a position as manager for John Scully, one of the most extensive coal-shippers at South Amboy, and Mr. Muirheid has successfully and ably con- ducted the affairs of this business until the present time. He is president of the Raritan Dry-Dock Co. of Perth Amboy, a flourishing concern with which he has been prominently identified since its or- ganization. Mr. Muirheid is a democrat in politics. He is a leading member of Christ's Protestant Episcopal church at South Amboy, of which he is wai'den and treasurer. He is connected with St. Stephen's Lodge, No. 6.S, F. and A. M., and the Knights of the Golden Eagle. On Feb. 18, 1873, he was married to Miss Marotna Keeler, and they have two children : John, a graduate of the Model School at Trenton, who is now preparing to enter college, and Charlotte. Mr. Muir- heid has always taken an active interest in transportation trade, both at South Amboy and Perth Amboy, and by his energy, perseverance and business ability has been largely instrumental in develop- ing that trade. He is a pushing, enter- ])risiiig citizen, is popular and respected, socially prominent, and possesses the con- fidence and esteem of all who come in contact with him. ~r D. RANKIN, superintendent of the *-' • Perth Amboy Dry Dock Co. and a progressive business man of Perth Am- boy, New Jersey, is a son of Alexander and Lydia Harding Rankin, and was born on Prince Edward's Island, Canada, March 27, 1849. Rankin is a Scotch name, and indicates the ancestriil origin of the lamily bearing it. Domild Rankin, paternal grandfather, was born at Invernesshire, ScotUmd, and as a boy attended the common schools. He was a ship-builder by trade, and was engaged in that business during the full course of his active career. His wife's maiden name was Miss Catherine Mc- Millan, and they reared a i'amily of three children, one son and two daughters : Alexander, Jessie and Mary. Alexander Rankin (lather) was born at Pictou, N. S., in 1819, and received his intellectual training in the public schools of his native place. His business was that of ship-builder, and in this he continued successfully until his retire- ment. Mr. Rankin, Sr., was a member of the Episcopal church of Alberton, P. E. I., and by his marriage with Miss L3-dia Harding, a daughter of James and Eliza- beth Harding, of New London, P. E. L, became father to a family of nine chil- dren : Elizabeth (Mrs. John Haywood), J. D., James, Alexander, Kate (Mrs. John Williams) of Charlottown, P. E. I. ; Jessie (Mrs. Thomas Conquest) of Alberton, P. E. I. ; William, Collins, Mary Ann (Mrs. J. Warren), of Alberton, P. E. L, and Gil- man. J. D. Rankin, subject of this sketch, passed his boyhood days along the shores of Prince Edward's Island, and started in life with a connnon-school edu- cation and a mind naturally endowed with marked aptitude ior m successful business career. As a young man he learned the trade of ship-building at Alberton, P. E. L, became an acknowl- edged master in that profession, and has by industry and a close and detailed Biographical Sketches. 681 study, workt'd himsolf up to a position whore brains, good judgment and execu- tive ability are absolutely necessary. He is now, as before stated, the superintend- ent of the Perth Auiboy Dry Dock Co., of Perth Aniboy, and has in the course of his business career accumulated property, among which are some vessels engaged in carrying gt-noral cargoes. Politically Mr. llankin is a republican and fraternally a mason, a member of Zetland Lodge, No. 1100, since 1871. Mr. J. D. Rankin married Miss Cathe- rine McKa\', daughter of George McKay, of Alberton, P. E. I., and to this union have been born a family of two children, one son and one daughter, Gertrude and George. Mr. Rankin is a man whose good judgment is acknowledged, and he is regarded as a progressive and highly- esteemed citi/.i'u. A NDREW CLAUSOX, a widely-known -^-^ and j)rogre.ssive business man, and proprietor of an extensive harness and horse-goods store in Perth Amboy, is a representative of a highly respectable and thrifty Gernuvn family, lie is a son of Anilrcw and Anne Anderson Clauson, iuul was l)orn April 10, 1857, in Ger- many, lie received a good elementary education, partly in the schools of his native land. When sixteen years old he lel't his studies to enter a tannery. From leather-making he gradually turned his attention to leather-working, and adopted harness-making as his trade. He de- voted himself assiduously to this line of lal)or, w'orking hard to perfect himself in the trade. However, he did not actively enter it immediately, but after clerking in various stores, he removed to Perth Amboy. Here he opened a stationery store, and maintained it for about two years and a half At the end of this time he found himself in a position to engage in the business on his own ac- count. Accordingly, in 1888, he founded his present harness business. Mr. Clau- son evinces an active interest in puldic affairs. He is a prominent member of a beneficial society, and has contributed much to the success of that organization. His children consist of two sons and one daughter : Andrew, Charles and Mamie. Mr. Clauson is popular both in business and social circles. Hans Clauson (paternal grandfather) was a sturdy, vigorous and peace-loving farmer of Germany. Little is known of him, save that he and his descendants have always borne the highest name for industry and probity among the residents of their native town. He passed away, having been the father of three sons and one daughter: Thomas, Andrew, Hans and Kate. Andrew Clauson (father) was a farmer near Bunn, Germany, during the greater portion of his life. He joined his chil- dren in the United States in 1890, and is now living in well-earned retirement with his son near Perth Amboy. His wife was Miss Anne Anderson ; she died in 1890, after having borne him five chil- dren : Hans, Andrew, Thomas, Peter and Mary, now the wife of Fred Mauke. GEORGE C. LUYSTER is among those who have turned their attention entirely and successfully to agricultural pursuits, within the Ijeautiful and pro- ductive boundaries of Middletown town- ship, near Middletown, New Jersey. He is a son of Hendrick and Margaret Luy- ster, and was born, in Middletown town- 682 Biographical Sketches. ship, Monmouth county, New Jersey, Jan. 20, 1846. The Luysters are of Hol- huid-Dutch origin, and the paternal grandfather was born in Middletown township, and, after receiving a connnon- school education, settled down to farming, whioli continued to be liis life-long occu- pation. In political I'aith he was a demo- crat. The Dutch Reformed church always found him a very active and staunch supporter of its doctrines and material interests. Both tlie grandfather and the grandmother are buried in Mid- dlett)wn. The children born to them are as follows : Cornelius, Ilendrick, and David. Ilendrick Lu\'ster (fiither) was born in Middletown township, and was a life-long farmer of that township. Politically Mr. Luj'ster was a democrat, and was actively engaged in the work of the Dutch Re- formed church of Middletown. During the time of his connection with this con- gregation, he served the cause by filling important offices, and devoted much time to furthering the interests of the organi- zation. He married Miss Margaret Con- over, and to them have been born three children : Jane, now the wife of Mr. Isaac Story ; William, deceased ; and George C. Ilendrick Luyster is buried at Mid- dletown, at which place the mother still resides. George C. Luyster grew to manhood on his father's farm, and received his early education in the common schools of his native district. Leaving school at the age of fifteen years, he farmed for hh father until he was twenty-three years of age, when he launclied out lor himself, and began tt) manage a farm on his own account. Being a young man, possessed of push and energy, combined with good judgment, he has made his life's calling a success, and now ranks with the best agriculturists of his section, and is the fortunate possessor of a rich and fertile farm. In political opinion and belief Mr. Luyster is in sympathy with the prin- ciples of the Republican party. In relig- ious affairs he is a member of the Dutch Reformed church at Middletown. In this congregation he has been an aggressive member, and has been intrusted with several responsible offices. Mr. Luyster has been twice married, first to Miss Ma- tilda Scott, daughter of Daniel and Isa- bella Scott ; their children were : Hen- drick, deceased ; Frank, and William, deceased. lie married, as his second wife, Miss Cordelia Morris. This union has been made happy by the birth of one child, Fannie. TTTILLIAM E. LINDSTEDT, an emi- ' ' nent dental surgeon of New Bruns- wick, New Jersey, was born in Denmark in 1855, and is a son of John E. and Augusta Lindstedt. His family is of Swedish origin. John E. Lindstedt (father) received his education at the public schools in Den- mark, and came to this country in 1852, and established himself in piano manu- facturing. He continued in this until 1891, when he entered the express busi- ness, in which he is engaged at present. He is a member of the Episcopal church. His wife died in January. 1895. To them were born seven children : Augusta, Mary C, Nillma D., Hulda, deceased, John, Jr., Alfred, and William E. After graduating from the {)ublic schools Dr. Lindstedt entered the New York Dental College, from which he graduated in 1888. He then located in New Bruns- wick, and through his exceptional skill Biographical Sketches. 683 as a dentist and strict attention to busi- ness, lie lias Imilt up a very large and extensive practice. His offices are large and coniinodioiis, and appropriately fur- nished. Dr. Lind.stedt is a nu-nilier of tlie Koyal Dental .Society, the I^'ew York State Den- tal Society, the Central Dental Society, and the New York Dental College Alumni Association. He is a meniher of the New Brunswick Club, in politics is a re- publican, and religiously is an earnest nu'inber of the Episcopal church of New Brunswick. He married Lucy B. Kent, daughter of Thomas Kent, Esq., Oct. '20. 18b5, and their children are : William E., Jr., Theodore K., and Gladys. TTT-ALTER WILSON, the well-known ' ' representative of the firm of Jane- way & Carpender, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, is a son of Garrett and Nancy C. Wilson, and was born April 16, 1854. His grandfather, Wharton W. Wilson, was a native of Somerset county, New Jersey. (^larrett Wilson (father) was also a native of New Jersey. He received a common-.scliool education and upon at- taining his majority he engaged in the business of administering and supervis- ing estates in Mississippi, to which state his parents had moved at an early period. He also followed farming in connection with his other pursuits, and prospered. He was a democrat in politics and en- joyed the respect and confidence of the couimunity in which helived in an eminent degree. His children are: Walter, Lily Cuba, William R., who resides in the state of Alabama, and Clifton C. Wilson. Walter Wilson was born on his father's farm, in the state of Mississippi, and there he was raised and educated in the common schools. After having mastered the common-school curriculum, he en- tered a store at Milestone, Miss., where he worked for two years. Concluding to seek a better field for hiniself, he came to New Brunswick, New Jersey, and .secured employment in a clothing store. In this position he continued for the ne.xt two years, or until he secured a clerical position in the post-oflice at New Bruns- wick. Reserved in tiiis position frnni 1S71 until 1881, a jieriod of ten years, when he engaged in the hosiery business, and for the next eighteen months devoted himself to mastering the details of the trade. He then went upon the road for Messrs. Janeway & Carpender, and in their service has been constantly engaged ever since. He is an ardent republican, always votes for the best men, and is conservative in his views upon all politi- cal questions. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum of New Brunswick. In church and Sunda3'-scliool work, he is also a recognized iactor. being a member of till' First Reformed church of New Brunswick, and has been the librarian of its Sunday-.school for the past twenty years. He married a Miss Conover, a daughter of Mr. John V. and Bertha A. Conover, of West Jersey, on June 3, 1879, and they have four children. A UGUST STREITWOLF, a wholesale -^--^ dealer in imported anctor of Monmouth county. New Jersey, and a prominent manufacturer and highly-esteemed citi- zen of Long Branch, where he resides, is a son of Borden and Deborah (Herbert) Morris, and was born Oct. 26, 1855, at Eatontown, that county. He received his earl\' education in the public schools of Long Branch, and aftly about 20,()U(). His great-grandson, Noah, removed I'rom Windsor to llarwinton in 1735, and he and his son, Isaiah, contin- ued to live there. Isaiah's son, Elisha, removed from Harwinton to New Haven, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. Elisha was born in 1780, removed into the Western Reserve in Ohio, settling at Twinsburg, Sunnnit county, where on Oct. 11, 1825, he was married to Eliza Mills, a relative of the late Samuel J. Mills. Of their five children, Julia Eliza, the youngest, born Jan. 1, 1834, was married to Rev. Nathaniel McConaughy, June 14, 1858, and died Aug. 29, 1885. Dr. Francis McConaughy was born, Dec. 31, 1863, at Millville, New Jersey, where his father was then pastor of the Presbyterian church. He came to Som- erville at the age of eight years, where he acquired an academic education, and then spent a few years in business pur- suits, alter Avhich he took a complete course of study in medicine, graduating at the New York Homoeopathic Medical College in 1890. He first settled at Westfield, New Jersey, but, after a year or two there, finding an opening in Som- erville, the home of his boyhood, he re- moved thither, and succeeded to the prac- tice of his former preceptor and friend. Dr. Arthur Kenney. On Oct. 11, 1893, he was married to Miss Maljel Probasco, of Williamsburg, Va. He is a member of the great consistory of the Second Reformed church at Somerville, and an active worker in ever}' form of christian effort. His father is a retired minister, a graduate of Western Reserve College and Princeton Theological Seminary. His mother was a highly cultivated and refined lady, a well-known and popular religious writer for thirty years, author of fourteen kH)ks and nearly eight thou- sand articles for the press. Hon. David McConanghy, the son of the first immigrant on iiis father's side, was a member of the comnuttee of safety Biographical Sketches. G95 during the Revolution, and an oflRoial ad- ! viser of Washington in that groat strug- gle, a man of both local and national prominence during his whole life. He had been slicrill' of York county, under conunission troiu George III., dated 1765, and was, lor several years before the Revolution, a member of the colonial legislature, and, for several years after the war, was a member of the legislature of Pennsylvania, after it became one of ^ the United States. He exerted a wide and wholesome influence in those stirring times. Rev. William M. Thomson, D.D., author of "The Land and the Book," missionary to Syria from ISoo. was proljaljly the most prominent member of the Thomson con- nection, in which there were thirty min- isters of the gospel. Prof. Elias Looinis, of Yale College, the distinguished mathematician and as- tronomer, may stand as representative of the Loomis family, and Samuel J. Mills, already referred to, as that ot" the Mills branch of the four-fold lineajre. TpREDERICK G. ROBINSON, a promi- -*- nent hosiery and knit-goods manu- lacturer, and a well-known citizen of New Brunswick, is a son of Frederick and Mary (Bassett) Robinson, and was born Oct. 13, 1833, at Hinckley, Leicester- shire, England. He js of Scotch descent, although his ancestors have for several generations resided in Leicestershire. His paternal grandfather, George Robin- son, was a manufacturer of hosiery at Hinckley, and was also prominent locally as a musician. His wife was Ann Lam- bert, by whom he had five children : Frederick K., Samuel, George, Ann, and Mary. 3tj Frederick K. Robinson, the subject's father, was born at Hinckley, in 18U1, and worked with his lather until 1848, when he came to the United States and learned the newly-developed art of rilj- knitting on hosiery goods at Germantown, Pa. In 1849 he engaged in business at New York city, which he conducted suc- cessfully for nine years. He removed to Norfolk, Va., in 1858, and in conjuncticm with his only son, Frederick, the subject, was engaged upon contract Avork for the Norfolk Hosiery Co., until the time of his death, which occurred in Noi'fblk, in 1800. Frederick G. Robinson, the suliject, received a conunon-school education in England. He then learned hosiery knit- ting with his father, and came to the United States with the latter in 1848. He was engaged upon contract work, and subsequently as superintendent lor the Norfolk Hosiery Co., at Norfolk, Va., until his father's death in 1860, when he removed to New York city. Here he conducted a butcher business, at first indepentlently, and afterwards in co-part- nership with John Iligland, for a year, and was subsequently an auctioneer for about the same length of time. He next went to Newark, New Jersey, where he was proprietor of a laundry for a short time, and in 1863 becaine superinten- dent of the Rankin Knitting Mills, of that city, which position he retained for seven years. He removed to New Bruns- wick in 1870, and was superintendent of the New Brunswick and Norfolk Knit- ting Co.'s mills for three years. The foundations of Mr. Robinson's present extensive business were laid in 1873, when he started independently in a small way, with oidy one machine. He now has twenty-five nuvchines and gives employment to a number of people 696 Biographical Sketches. at his mill, Nos. 17, 19 and 21 Robinson street. New Brunswick, which property he owns. The establishment pi'oduces all kinds of hosiery and knit goods, par- ticular attention being paid to fine cardi- gan jackets, theatrical hosiery and sport- ing knit clothing. Mr. Robinson is president of Ivy Leaf Lodge, No. 10.3, Sons of St. George, and also a member of the Grand Lodge, and district deputy gi'and president of that organiza- tion. He is a republican in politics, and was nominated for alderman from the Sixth ward. New Brunswick, in 1892, only failing of election because this ward is the democratic stronghold of the city. He is a member of St. James' Methodist Episcopal church, and a teacher in the Sunday-school. In 1847 he was married to Miss Theodora Mary Tinsley, of New York city, by whom he had two daugh- ters : Mar\', wife of S. M. Hubbard, of Englishtown ; and Theodora, wife of C. S. Stryker, of Blawenburgh, New Jersey. Mr. Robinson is a shrewd, progressive business man, active in political work, devoted in his support of the church, and of charitable organizations, and both popular and respected among all who know him. He has built up a thriving and successful business from small be- ginnings by thrift and perseverance, and is proud of his title to be called a thor- oughly self-made man. TTON. I,. A. TIlUMl'SOxX, president of -*~-^ the New Jersey state senate, and a prominent citizen residing at Somer- ville, Somerset county. New Jersey, is a son of Calvin and Margaret (Voorhees) Thompson, and was born July 19, 1845, at Basking Ridge, that county. He was educated in the public schools of Basking Ridge, and subsequently taught six years at Bernardsville. In 1877 he removed to Somerville, where he established an extensive millinery and fancy goods business, which he conducted up to 1894. He was elected sheriff of Somerset county in 1880 for a term of three years, and served as president of the board of commissioners of Somerville during 1883 and 1884. He was elected senator in 1884, re-elected in 1887, and again in 1893, and returned in 189G and, upon the organization of this body in that year, was made its presiding officer. During his long term of service he has been known as one of its most aggressive and important members, taking an active part in all the legislation and serving upon all the most important committees. He was chairman of the committees on corj^o- rations, unfinished business, and state prison, and a meml)er of the conunittees on finance, agriculture, and agricultural college, treasurers' accounts, connnerce, and navigation during his term of 1895 alone. In legislation Senator Thompson's policy has been one of moderation, and seeks for the passage of measures con- tributing to the general welfare rather than for .sectional or party profit, and his bold independence and aggression direct his best eflbrts to substitute public jwr- manent good for temporary part}- gain. Senator Thompson was united in mar- riage Dec. 29, 1869,. to Sarah Dunham, a daughter of Benjamin Dunham, of Mil- lington, New Jersey. This estimable woman deceased Oct. 11, 1883, after hav- ing borne him two children : May, the wife of Charles Roberts, and a younger daughter, Bertha. Personally Mr. Thomp- son is of good appearance, and pos.sesses a genial sunny nature, and is popular even among his political opponents. In Biographical Sketches. 697 his husiiK'ss rt'latinns lie has been siic- ces.srul. iiiid is the owner ol' considerable real estate in Some r\i lie. AXDKKW SCIIAXTZ, ol' the hiia of Sehantz & Eekert, manulacturers of" machines and engines on Front street, IVrth Amboy, New Jersey, is a son of Francis and Mary (Kichelberger) Schant/. and was born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 1, 1801. The paternal grandl'athcr, Andrew Sehantz, was a native ol" Weingoten, (!er- many, and being a man of lii^eral educa- tion and marked ability in public alVairs, rose to the dignity of mayor of the above city, and became a man t)f con- siderable property. His children con- sisted of four sons : Francis, Charles and ficwis, l)oth dead ; and Marcus, who is engaged in the hotel business at Newark, New Jersev. Andrew Sehantz died about 1820. Francis Sehantz (father) was born in Weingoten and was educated in the (ier- nian .schools of his birthplace. He emi- grated to America when a boy. He be- came interested in contracting, and oper- ated largely and successfully at both Piiiladelpliia and at Perth Amboy, New .Jersey, where he worked out large con- tracts in the excavation of streets and sewers. Politically Mr. Sehantz was a democrat, and fraternally a mendjer of Maidiattan Lodge, F. and A. M. His live children were : Marcus, superintend- ent of the Perth Aml)oy Brick and Fire Proof Manufacturing Co. ; Kranci.s. a tin- smith of South Aml)<>y; Andri'W, Lewis and Mary (Mrs. John Applegate). Father Sehantz died in 18',>;'). and iiis wile in 1872. Andrew Sehantz attended tlu> public schools of Perth Amboy, and then ap- plied him.self to learn the trade of ma- chinist, at which he worked until he reached the age of eighteen years, when he became an engineer on boartl a trad- ing vessel, and he followed the water until 1880, when he returned to Perth Amboy, and in 1882 entered into partner- nership with Mr. Eekert, and this firm, doing business under the caption of Sehantz & Eekert, engaged in the manufacture of various kinds of machinery and engines. Under the management of these enter- prising and aiile men the business is steadily increasing. Mr. Sehantz is a supporter of the Democratic party, and a member of the Presbyterian church at Perth Andiov. THRANK L. TUTTLE is a i)romising and -*- popular young business man, and is manager of the Asbury Park branch of the house of W. R. & J. E. Tuttle, house- furnishing supplies, whose headquarters are in Danbury, Conn., where the busi- ness of the present firm was established in 1878. Frank Lewis Tuttle is of English an- cestry, and is a son of William R. and Jennie Birch Tuttle, having been born at Bethel, Fairfield count}'. Conn., March 10, 1870. Mr. Tuttle's family luvve been identified with the l)usiness world for generations back, and William R. Tuttle (father) was born at South Nor- walk, Conn., and there was educated in the common schools, after which he pro- ceeded early in life to master the details of his present line of l)usiness, and, as a C()mmission dealer, he has been emi- nently successful and prosperous. Wil- liam R. Tuttle married Miss Jennie Birch. Biographical Sketches. Frank L. Tuttle passed liis early life at Bethel, Conn., and attended the common schools of" that place, and graduated from the town high school in 1885. He then entered the commission store as an em- ployee of his father, and when twenty- one years of age, had learned the trade of hat-finisher in 1891. The followhig year, 1892, Mr. Tuttle came to Asbury Park and took charge of thiit branch of his father's business, and has since been successfully managing the same. This enterprising house now requires six clerks and employees to attend to the wants of its patrons, and is increasing in popu- larity and proportions. Politically, Mr. Tuttle maintains an independent posi- tion. In social and fraternal circles, he is widely known and popular. lie is a member of Company A, Third regiment. New Jersey infantry, Corinthian Castle, No. 47, Knights of the Golden Eagle; Jr. 0. U. A. M. ; "Wesley Engine Co., No. 1 ; and has very successfully man- aged a number of amateur theatrical enterprises for the benefit of local organi- zations. On Oct. 14, 1893, he was joined in marriage to Miss Francis Brant, a daugh- ter of Edward M. Brant, of Asl)ury Park, and this union has been blessed by the birth of two boys : Frank Kaymond and Edwin Brant. Mr. Tuttle has all the natural endowments essential to success. OAMUEL T. VANDERVEER, a sub- ^ stantial farmer near Colt's Neck, Monmouth county, New Jersey, is a son , of Arthur and Elizabeth (Tralford) Van- j derveer, and was born in Ilolmdel town- ' ship, Monmouth county, New Jersey. He descends from a Holland-Dutch fam- ily, which emigrated to this country I some time during the eighteenth cen- tury. The paternal grandfather was a farmer, a soldier of the Revolution, a democrat, and a member of the Dutch Reformed church. His children were: Arthur, Elias, Jacol), and David. Arthur Vanderveer (father), after ac- quiring a common-school education, be- came a farmer at Colt's Neck, Monmouth county. New Jersey. He subsequently removed to Holmdel. He was a member of the Dutch Reformed church, and never held public office, contenting him- self with belonging to the rank and file of the Democratic ^Jarty. Nine children were the result of his marriage with Elizabeth Tralford : Cornelia A., w'ho married William Straitzer; Jacob H., Jane W., who became Mrs. John E. Johnson ; Mehital)el, Samuel T., Cor- nelius, Abraham, Charles, and Elias. Samuel T. Vanderveer, after attend- ing the public schools and obtaining a fairly good education, became a farmer, and has so remained up to the present time. He owns a good, large estate about two miles from Colt's Neck, in the same community, where he has had a life- long residence, and where he is held in the highest esteem as one of nature's no- blemen. In politics, hereditary instinct made him in early life a democrat, and in latter years he found no necessity for changing. He has been township com- mitteeman for twenty-five years, and has also served as a school trustee and over- seer of roads. In fraternal fellowship he is a grangei'. Mr. Vanderveer was mairicd in 1850 to Katharine Dedrick. To their mar- riage have been born seven children : Mary, Kate, Anna 1)., Jane. Fannie, Emily, and Arthur. at^><<, j^^a <.AJ->X^^ Biographical Sketches. 701 T EWIS M. CODINMrrOX, ex-slicrifr of ^ -^ SoiiRTset foiuity, New Jersey, now treasurer and manager of the Standard Cias Fixture Co., and a dealer in real- estate, residing at Sotnerville, is a son of Thomas and Julia A. (Jodington, and was born Aug. 29, 1848, in Warren township. Rev. Dr. Messier, in his history of Somer- set comity, says that the Codingtons lo- eated in this county are descendants of Tlujmas Codrington, who was sheriff of New York city during the years of l()',ll and 1G'.'2, and who at the expiration of his term of oflice removed to Somerset county and .settled upon eighteen hundred and seventy-seven acres of land acquired as follows : On May 14, 1081, the first land title of tiie county named was given by Konackania and Queromak, two Indians, for a value of one hundred pounds, re- ceived in merchandise. The grantees were P. Carteret, then governor of New Jersey; John Palmer, of Stateii Island; Clabrielle iMinville, Thomas Codrington, John White, John Delavalle, Richard Hall, and John Boyce, all of New York city. The land conveyed extended from Bound Brook ; thence along the Raritan river on the north side of Middlebrook ; thence northward to a certain Stony Hill; thence eastward to Metesses Wig- wam, at the mouth of Cedar Brook, where it unites with (Jn-en Brook, to the place of beginning. One thousand of Thomas Codrington's portion of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven acres were hard by the historical Chinniey Rock and the mountain. The pioneer resided during the remainder of his life on his lands along Middlebrook, to which he gave the Indian appellation of " Racka- wakahaka," the Anglo-Saxon translation of which is " A Loamy Flat," by a run- ning brook or by a rapid noisy rivulet. L. M. Codington, after receiving his education in the common .schools, assisted his father in the management of" the farm until he attained his majority. When in 1868 his father, having been ele(t<'(l sheriff of the county by the democracy, appointed the son to be his deputy, and he served in that capacity to the end of his father's term to the entire satisfac- tion of the people and the sheriff. He afterwards became deputy county clerk, and in connection with which he estal)- lished an insurance business at Somer- ville, which he has continued ever since. In 1881 his ability won for him the re-' cognition of the surrogate, who. although differing with Mr. Codington in political views, appointed him to a clerkship in his office, where he remained in faithful and efficient charge until he was nomi- nated for surrogate by his party. The republicans nominated the surrogate whose term was expiring, and at this juncture the surrogate ami his clerk were for the first time confronted by opposing interests. This endjarrassing state of aft'airs was soon relieved by his resigna- tion and withdrawal from the surrogate's employ, after clearing his desk of public interests. At the election Mr. Codington was defeated by a small majority, and sul)se([uently engaged in the insurance business on a larger scale, snp})lementing his own by purchasing a half-interest in the insurance firm of Carmer & Co. Later he acquired by purchase the entire control of the business which he yet re- tains. He served as deputy-sheriff under Sherifi' Tunison, and in 1889 was elected sherifl'of Somerset county by a majority of more than six hundred votes. Ilis administration of that office was credit- able and satisfactory, and when he retired therefrom he carried with him the un- 702 Biographical Sketches. aninious respect ol" the people, irrespec- tive of party. Mr. Codington is still managing his insurance business, to which he has joined extensive operations in real- estate. He was the projector and pro- moter of the Standard Gas Fixture Co., of Bound Brook, New Jersey, a corpora- tion that employs an average of seventy hands, and whose product finds ready sale throughout the United States and British America. He is the largest share- holder in this company, acts as its general manager and treasurer, and supervises its aflairs. He has been a member of the Ijoard of education of Somerville since 1885, and its treasurer and secre- tary during, most of this time. He was one of the projectors of and aided in the formation of two local building and loan associations, and has served as president of one, and as a member of the finance committee of the other, from the time of their organization. These associations have contributed materially to the per- manent improvement of Somerville and Raritan, and in his connection with them, and through his holdings of real-estate at Plainfield and Raritan, he has aided a large number of men of moderate means to provide themselves a home. i\lr. Cod- ington has recently projected and organ- ized the Kenney Sanitary Manufacturing Co., of which he is treasurer. This com- pany has commenced the manufacture and sale of an entire new device of great merit, with their ollice and salesroom in New York. He is also a director in a, nuniber of other organizations. Having connected himself with the First Baptist church of Somerville in 1870, he is one of its strongest sup- porters, and continuously since 1874 has occupied official positions. He is a public-spirited, enterprising, progressive citizen of Somerville, and of the county which his sturdy forefather, Thomas Codrington, reclaimed from the aborigines over two centuries ago. Mr. Codington was married, Dec. 11, 1873, to S. Clara, a daughter of Pethuel Mason, of Somerville, and to their marriage have been born three children ; Perley Mason Codington, who is now managing a large business in New York ; Marietta Evelyn Codington, and Julia Adelaide Codington. A LEXANDER GULICK is an active -^--*- figure in political circles, and stew- ard of a college club of New Brunswick. He is a son of Peter and Ann (Borss) Gulick, and was born, Jan. 25, 1832, at Flemington, New Jersey. He Avas edu- cated in the local schools of Flemington, and is a well-inibrmed man, in spite of the fact that he left school when fourteen years old. His early life was spent upon a farm in Middlesex county. In 1860 lie became steward of the poor farm, and retained the position fi)r twenty-five years, his administration during that long period being marked by the highest degree of integrity and fidelity. In 1885 he was appointed warden of the county jail at New Brunswick, and served for two years and I'iglit uiontlis. under Slieriff Fick. He then engaged in the grocery business for a short time. In iS'.ll he was made the stew^ard of a college club, one of the leading organizations of New Brunswick, and has continued in that [Kisition ever since. Mr. Gulick has always been prominently identified with local politics, his alliliations l)eing with the Republican party, lie wns a iiumu- ber of the Republican county cxecutivi' committee Ibr a nunil)cr of years, and has held various other ollices. He has Biographical Sketches. 703 served as a delegate to Republican state conventions. He is no less active and iuliuential in reliii'ious matters, being a prominent member, and president of the board of trustees, of the Methodist Epis- copal church of" New Brunswick. He is a member of the local lodge, No. 19, F. and A. M. He was married, in Dec, 185!), to Miss Lvdia K. W.vkofi; daughter of Elias Wykoir, and their union has been blessed with four sons and a daugh- ter : Charles W., Elmer. Alexander, Jr., Clarence, and Ann, wife of Henr>- BeiHiett. Mr. Gulick is a man of high repute among bis fellow-citizens, and of unblemished character. TpDWIX PIERCE LONGSTKEET, a -*-^ prominent attorney-at-law, practic- ing at Manas(pian, and coinisel for Wall townsbii), Monmouth county, New Jer- sey, was born in Manasquan June 12. 18(U, and is a son of Andrew J. and Anna M. (Clark) Longstreet. On his paternal side he is English, and on the maternal side of Irish descent, bis mother being a daughter of William Clark, a well-known sea-captain ol" Manasquan, who owned a large tract of land at that place, which is now being sold for building lots. Captain Clark died in 1885. Andrew J. Longstreet, father of subject, was als(i a sea-captain, and owned a number of vessels engaged in the coasting trade. He retired Irom the sea in 187G, and accepted a position in the United States Life Saving Service, with the station at Manasquan. He re- sides in Manasquan, is a large owner of real estate, was one of the organizers, and is now a stockholder in the First National Bank of Manasquan. He mar- ried Anna M. Clark in 18G2, and to their marriage have been born six children : Edwin Pierce, William C, in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. as agent; John A., engaged in tiie insur- ance business ; Frederick V., Theodore 0., and Carrie B , all of whom are now students at school. Edwin Pierce Longstreet attended the public schools at Manascjuan, and subse- quently entered the Freehold Institute, irom which be graduated in 1886. He then entered the .service of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Co. as agent, and remained with it three years, when in 188'.) he began reading law in the oilice of H. H. Wainwright at Manascpian. lie con- tinued his law studies for four years, and was then admitted to the New Jersey l)ar, and opened an office at Manasquan for tiie general practice of law. Six months after his admission to the bar he was appointed counsel fi)r Wall township, whii'h office he still occupies. He has held the office of city clerk at Mana.squan for seven 3ears. In politics Mr. Long- street is a democrat, and for so young a man holds a particularly prominent posi- tion in bis party, and has been elected delegate to several state and county con- ventions. He is a member of the Pres- byterian church. He is also a membi'r of the K. of G. E. ; A. (). U. W , of which he was recorder for three years; and Chosen Friends, No. 76, Jr. A. M. lie has been a member of the fire depart- ment of Manasquan since its organiza- tion, and is vice-president and assistant foreman of the Chemical Engine Co. lie was one of the incorporators of the local telephone company, shore line. Mr. Longstreet married Sophia S. I^ong- street, daughter of Captain James A. Longstreet, and their union has been blessed with two children : Edwin and 704 Biographical Sketches. Marie. Mr. Longstreet is regarded as one of the most talented and energetic young men in his town, and there is every promise of a highly successl'ul future for him. TTENRY K. ARMSTRONG, a thriving -*~^ and well-known farmer near Holm- del, Monmouth county. New Jersey, is a son of Johnson and Elizabeth Armstrong, and was born March 8, 1856. Aaron Armstrong, the paternal grand- father, was born in Monmouth county. New Jersey, where he received a com- mon-school education, and carried on the occupation of a farmer during his entire life-time. lie was the owner of a good farm, was thrifty and frugal in his habits, and became a very well-to-do man. In politics he was a republican, and in re- ligion he took an active part in the af- fairs of the Baptist church of Freehold, New Jersey, of which he was a member, and one of its founders. His wife, who died in 1889, bore him five children : Johnson, deceased ; Nelson, Helen, mar- ried to William Ball; Marion, and Louise. He died, in ISSO, at Freehold. Johnson Armstrong (father) was born in 1825, at Freehold, New Jersey. He attended the public schools of that town, and he has never left the county of his nativity. Agriculture became his occu- pation, which he successfully pursued for many ^ears on two large farms that he still owns. In politics he w'as, in former years, an active supporter of the Repub- lican party, and, though well advanced in years, he retains a lively interest in all matters pertaining to tiie v/elfare of that organization. In religion he is, and has been for many years, a member of the Baptist church. The fruits of his marriage were eight children : Ella, mar- ried to L. Hans ; Aaron, Fannie, de- ceased ; John L., Elizabeth, Lillie, Jud- son, and Henry E., the subject. Mrs. Armstrong deceased in 1891, at Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth county. New Jer- sey. Her husband survives, and is liv- ing in quiet retirement in Freehold town- ship. Henry E. Armstrong attended the public schools of Freehold township, until he reached the age of eighteen years, and, for twelve years thereafter, remained at home, and assisted his father in the management of his agricultural interests. In 1880 he purchased a farm in Atlantic township, Monmouth county, on which he remained in successful tillage until he disposed of tho.se lands, and bought a farm, located near Holmdel, where he is now residing. Mr. Armstrong is a re- publican, and an energetic worker, at all times, for the success of his party. In religious faith and worship he is a mem- ber of the Reformed church, in which he has held, among other offices, that of deacon. He is comiected with- the fra- ternal organization known as the Junior Order United American Mechanics, and is a member of Holmdel Council, No. 1.32, of that association. Mr. Armstrong married, in 1881, Louise Taylor, a daugh- ter of Michael and Sarah Taylor. To this union have been born one son and one daughter, named, respectively, for father and mother, Henry, Jr., and Sarah. WILLIAM CARSON, a leading farmer t)f Marlboro townshi]), and a prom- inent political leader of Monmouth county. New Jersey, is the son of Dis- brow and Jane Carson, and was born in Holmdel township, Nov. 8, 1835. Biographical Sketches. 705 Tlio Carsoii family are of Cerinaii an- ! cestry, the paternal grandtatluT having been born in Germany. Upon eominj:; to America, he settled at liightstown, New Jersey, where he was engaged in farming and the management of a grist mill. When the fall of the seven patri- ots upon Le.xington's green stirred the hearts of the American peoj)le, grand- father Carson marched with onr Kevolu- tionary heroes, and served several years in the glorious light for freedom and American independence. Politically he was a whig, and in religious faith a Pres- byterian. To him and his nuich-esteemed wile were born four children : Anthony, Rachael, .Margaret (Mrs. Israel Purdy). and Disbrow. Grandfather and grand- mother Carson died in Mercer county. Disbrow Carson (father) was born at Iliglitstown, New Jersey, in Dec, 1790. Upon leaving school and reaching nnm- hood, he engaged in the one great occu- l)ation of that day — farming — and fol- lowed that all his da3s near Marlboro. He supported the Whig party with his l)allot, and worked earnestly in the cause o( the Dutch Reformed church, in which ' he held various offices. lie married Miss Jane Vanderveer. A family of seven children have been born to this union : John v., Garrett V., Mary Jane (Mrs. J. N. Welsh), Robert, William, Anna V. (Mrs. P. C. Dn Bois), and Disbrow A. Father Carson died in Marlboro town- ship in 1880, one year after the demise of his wife. William Carson attended the district schools of his native township, and then spent one year in a private school at Freehold. When fifteen A'ears of age he left school and began life as a clerk in a general store at Marlboro, where he re- mained for three years. During the ensuing three years he mainiged a grist- mill, and then engaged in the butchering business at Marlboro lor a like period of time. lie then turned his attention to farming, and has since continued to make that the principal occupation of his life. In this, as in many other things, Mr. Carson has been successful, and, at pres- ent, owns and operates one hundred and forty acres of fine farming land in Marl- boro township. In jjolitical alfairs, Mr. Carson has attained the rank of a leader, and in lieu of his valual)le services, has been the recipient of many honors in the line of local, county and national ollices. lie has been a local official for the i)ast ten years, and assessor of the district for lour years, and during the Harrison administration was appointed deputy revenue collector of the district in which he resides. Mr. Carson is a great frii-nd of education and the public schools, and devotes much time to their advancement. At present he is president of the board of education of Marlboro township. Mr. Car.son is a believer in the doc- trines of the Reformed church, and is actively engaged in the work of the same. His wife's maiden name was Elinor Her- bert, daughter of William and Gertrude Herbert. They were nKirricd .l;iii. 16, 1862, and to them was born one daugh- ter, Gertrude H., who has since become the wife of W. H. Ely. TTTILLI.VM C. JACQUES, a prominent ' * restaurant-keeper of New Bruns- wick, e.x-member of the .state assembly, alderman from the Third ward. New Brunswick, and ex-chief of the fire de- partment of that city, is a son of Samuel and Abigail (Timmons) Jacques, and was born March 20, 1857, at New Brunswick. 706 Biographical Sketches. Ilis paU'i-nal grandfatlier was an exten- sive and successful contract teamster and property-owner in New Brunswick, was an active democrat in politics, and a member of the Episcopal church. He died Feb. 19, 1875, having been the lather of four children : Maria, Samuel, Carrie, and Emeline. Samuel Jacques was born and educated in New Brunswick, and in early life learned the ship-carpenter's trade, but subsequently became a baker, and for thirty years conducted the largest retail and wholesale baking business in the city. He was a democrat in politics, and a mem- ber of the Methodist church. His chil- dren were: Sarah, William C, John L., and rieorge J. William C. Jacques was educated in the public schools of New Brunswick. At the age of fifteen years he entered the office of Manning & Son, furniture deal- ers, as office boy and clerk, remaining with them for three years. He then joined liis father, and was superintendent of the hitter's baking business until 1886. In that year he established a restaurant on Peace street, which he conducted suc- cessfully for tive years, moving to his l)resent location. No. 71 Dennis street, in ISDl. Mr. Jacques is a staunch di'mocrat, and his political career, although short, has been an active and honored one. He was elected alderman from the Third ward in the s[)ring of 1888, and has held the office continuously since that time, hiiving been chairman of the board of aldermen in 18!»4 and 1895. In the fall of 1889 he was also elected a member of the state assembly Iroiu Middlesex county, and served on the Hillowing committees: Riparian rights, of which he was ciiair- man ; corporations, and docks and water fronts. During his legislative career he introduced the bill providing for a new bridge over the Raritan river at the foot of Albany street. New Brunswick, and pushed it successfully to a final passage. He is a member and ex-foreman of Western Hose Company, No. 1, and since 1878 has been a member of the engine company, of which he was assistant fore- man for two years. He was first assistr ant chief, and in 1886 was elected chief of the New Brunswick fire department, serving for two years. Mr. Jacques is a member of Good Will Council, Jr. 0. U. A. M. ; Lodge No. 30, Knights of Pythias; the Exempt Fire Association ; New Brunswick Lodge, No. 324, B. P. 0. E. ; tlie New Brunswick Boat Club, and the Washington Social Club. He is a mem- ber and active supporter of the Metho- dist church. On Oct. 12, 1874, he was married to Miss Charlotte Reym, by whom he has had four children : John L., William C, Jr., Milton R., and Florentine II. Mr. Jacques is one of New Brunswick's best-known and most influential men. His sterling success botli in business and politics has given him an enviable posi- tion in the comnnuiity, and lie is respect- ed for his energetic progressive qualities, and his fidelity to public interests in his various official capacities. JOHN HENRY HEYER,a dealer in Hour ^ and feed at Holmdel, Monmouth county, New Jersey, is a son of John V. M. and Sarah Conover Heyer, and was born March 9, 1831, in Freehold town- ship, Monmouth county. New Jersey. Tiie Ilever family is of Dutch origin, and its fu'st immigrant ancestor came to this country from Holland. Biographical Sketches. 707 John II. IIoyiT, the ptitcnial grand- lather, was burn in Freehold township. lie received a eoniinon-seliool ediieation and carried on the occupation of a fanner and a weaver all his life at his native place. He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution ; was eugaj;;ed in tlie bat- tle of Monnioutli, and gallantly fouj;ht on other historic battle-fields. In politics he was a democrat. He died at Free- hold. His children were : Kortenius, Betsy, who married llendrick Bennett, and John V. JNI., all deceased. John V. M. HeNer was a native of Freehold township, where he was born in 1793. He learned the trade of a weaver, which he pursued in connection with agriculture. He was a teamster ilurinu the war of 1812. Politically he was a democrat and a local office-hohlcr in his township. In religious matters he was an active meud)erof the Dutch Reformed church. His death, April 9, 1852, was suc- ceeded by that of his wife, Feb. 19, 1858. They had three children : Jose|)h C. and Kortenius, both deceased, and John llenry, the subject of this sketch. John Henry Heyer attended the pub- lic schools and subsequently learned the trade of a blacksmith, lie later became an e.vpert wheelwright and carriage- builder, and for a number of years ope- rated a grist-mill. He is now engaged in the Hour ;nul feed business at Holm- del. He eidisted in I8(i2 to l>attle for the preservation of the Union, and as captain of Company ti, Twenty-ninth regiment of New Jersey volunteers, he fought at Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg and later in the Shenandoah Valley. Cap- tain Heyer is a democrat, and an ac- tive mcudjer of the Dutch Reformed church. He was a member of the board of freeholders lor twenty-four years, and in addition he has held ntlii'r local oilices in his townshi[). He was married lAb. 12, 18(iG, to Emeline Sickels, a daughter of Elias and Hannah Sickels. They had four chil- dren : Mary S., born Nov. 21, 1857, now deceased ; .Joseph C, born May 21, 1859 ; Mary E., born Sept. 4, 1867, and Henry C, born June 8, 1807, now deceased. T^ANIEL E. PATTERSON, a leading ^-^ business man and progressive and inlluential citizen of Freehold, is a son of David and Anna (Southard) Patterson, and was born at Freehold, Monmouth county. New Jersey, Nov. 7, 1802. David Patterson, the son of Teddy Patter.son, an early resident of Freehold, was born at that town and resided there all his life. He was a popular and well- known hotel-kee[)er, and in 1840 became the owner and projjrietor of the old Washington hotel, now known as the Monmouth House, of which he was pro- prietor uninterruptedly for a period of thirty-six years. In addition to this he was also largel}' engaged in the whole- sale liquor business and the manufactur- ing and bottling of mineral waters. Al- ways an active and lojal democrat in poli- tics, Mr. Patterson has, however, never been an oHice-seeker, but has filled the oilices of constable, overseer of roads, and freeholder. His nuirriage to Anna South- ard resulted in the birth of si.x children : Hudson, deceased; Matilda, the consort of Mr. Williams ; Clark, died in boy- hood ; Anna, deceased in infanc\ ; Dan- iel E. (subject), and David, deceased. Daniel E. Patterson was educated in the public schools and Freehold Insti- 708 Biographical Sketches. tute, graduating from the latter in 1881 at the age of nineteen. Immediately after graduation he engaged in the un- dertaking husiness in New York city. Mere, liowever, he remained but a short time — about one year — when he went to look after the varied business inter- ests of his father. In 1888 he, in partnership with his brother, Hudson Patterson, engaged in the wholesale liquor business. They diU business un- der the style of Patterson Brothers, until the death of Hudson Patterson, in 1894, since which time lie has conducted the l)usiness alone. He is also engaged in nianufa(;turing. Thrifty and prosperous, he owns the Patterson business block, a magnificent brick structure, situated on South street, and considerable realty in other parts of the town. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Work- men and Knights of Pythias. He is also foreman of the hose company with which he has been actively identified for the past four years. TTTIIJ.rAlM N. THOMPSON is a well- ' ' known business man of Freehold, New Jersey, and a son of Al)ijah and Abigail (Spencer) Thompson, and was bora July 23, 18G(), at Allentown, Mon- mouth county. He is of English an- cestry, and his mother was the daughter of John and Amy Spencer, the latter of of whom died recently, near Allentown, at the advanced age of one hundred and seven years — a most remarkable case of longevity. This family was of consider- al)le prominence. Abijali Thompson (father) received his education in the district schools, and dur- ing his early and middle life followed farming, and subsequently the carpenter trade. In 1871 he moved to Freehold, and carried on contracting and building, in which he became quite successful and prominent. In 1886 he removed to Asbury Park, continuing in the same business, which he actively followed until witiiin one year of his death, which occurred in the spring of 1891. He was an active christian, and a prominent member of the West Grove Methodist church, at Asbury Park. His nuirriage Itrought to him four children : Edward, now a contractor and builder at Asbury Park ; Mary, deceased; William N., and Amy. William N. Thompson was educated near Freehold, and after his graduation from the public schools, attended for a term the Tennent school in the '"old Ten- nent church." At the age of fifteen years he began his business life in the humble calling of a newsboy on the Pennsylvania railroad, and after one year's service entered Bawden's foundry, at Freehold, where he was taught the trade of a moulder. He followed this trade for nine years, leaving it in 1885 to establish him- self in the kindling-wood business in Freehold. He succeeded in building up a large and profitable business, and in 1890 built a well and private w'ater-works on his projjerty, and embarked in the bus- iness of street-sprinkling. Since the sum- mer of 1891 he has also been engaged in the ice business. He is a pushing, ener- getic business man, and has been success- ful in everything he has undertaken. He employs eight teams, besides a num- ber of truck horses, and five men. He is the owner of a small farm near Freehold, in addition to his town property. He has a fondness for horses and driv- ing, and is one of the charter members of the Freehold Driving Association, organ- ized in 189G, and is on its executive com- Biographical Sketches. 711 niittee. He is strongly interesk'd in the success of this associutiun, and gives it much of his personal time and attention. In his politics he is a democrat, but can- not be con.sidered a politician. He is now an exempt Hreman of tlie local de- partment, having served ten years with Engine Comi)any No. 10. On May 1, ISiT), he was elected a town commissioner of Freehold. Mr. Thompson married, in 188(t, Au- netta Chambers, of New Prospect, Mon- mouth county, a daughter of William Cliambers, a farmer, and a man of con- siderable prominence locally. She died in 18!)0, two children. May and KUa, sur- viving her. A CTON CIVIL HARTSIlORNE.alead- -^^ ing member of the Monmouth county l)ar, and a prominent business man and citizen of Freehold, New Jer- sey, is a son of Richard S. and Eleanor fi. (Morris) Hartshorne, and was born, Oct. 12, 1848, on the old homestead in Freehold township, two and one-half miles from the village on the Smithburg turn- pike. His boyiiood days were spent upon his fatiier's farm, and lie received a very meagre scholastic training in the district sciiools of his native township. In April, 1859, lie entered the county clerk's oflice as a copyist, walking back and forth from his home, two and one-half miles distant. He remained in this position up to the spring of ISGG, and, during the last five years, he officiated in the capacity of deputy county clerk, and attended chiefiy to searching and preparing abstracts of titles. In 18G6 lie was solicited by Gov- ernor Joel Parker to register with him as a student of law, whii-h he accord- ingly did in that year, where he served a regular clerkship, and. at the February term, 1870, of the supreme court of New Jersey, was duly admitted as an attor- ney-at-law and solicitor in chancerj-, and, at the February term, 187G, was admitted as counsellor; he is also a notary public, supreme court connnissioner, and special master of the court of chancery. On the first of May, 1875, under tiie name and style of Kobbins& Hartshorne, he formed a partnership with Hon. Chil- ion KobbiiLS, ex-judge of the court of connnon pleas of Monmouth county, wliich firm continued up to the death of Mr. Robbins, May 24, 1885, since which time Mr. Hartshorne has continued the practice alone. During his earlier lile Mr. Hartshorne spent considerable time in home and foreign travel, having, in 18G8-69, made a tour of the Southern states, upon which he met his future wife, a granddaugliter of ex-(iovernor and- ex-LJnited States Senator Bibb, of Alabama. Thereafter his southern trips were frequent, until Nov. 28, 1877, he made the happy find of his first visit, Georgie E. Bibb, who was the daughter of the late George B. and Catharine Bibb, his wife, at Carlow- ville, Ala. But before Mr. Hartshorne had been bound by matrimonial ties, in the fall of 1871. he made, in company with Ur. D. INIcLean Forman. a F]uropean tour through l^ngland, France, Italy, and Egypt, and the islands of Sicily and Malta, passing through the Suez canal, and ascending the pyramid of Cheops, spending six months in visiting viirious j)laces of interest. Tlie following sum- mer, in company with the present vice- chancellor of New Jersey, Hon. Henry C. Pitney; Hon. Henry S. Little, ex-pres- ident of the senate ; Aaron R. Tiirock- morton, then surrogate of Monmouth county; Dr. John Vought; Jonathan 712 Biographical Sketches. Longstroet; and James Land, he made a seeond trip, visiting all the British coun- tries, Belgium, France, German}', and Switzerland. Under the authority of a special act of" legislature, he was appointed by Governor Joel Parker a commissioner to represent the state at the Vienna ex- position, held in 1873. Mr. Ilartshorne was one of tlie prime movers and promoters of the Decatur Land Co., organized Jan., 1887, with a capital of $5,0(10.000, for the piirpo.se of purchasing and developing over 21,000 acres of mineral lands in Alabama and Tennessee, and 5,500 acres surrounding and adjacent to old Decatur, upon which and adjoining old Decatur the}- laid out the city of New Decatur. While old Decatur, at the time of the i'ounding of New Decatur, had 1,200 inhabitants (now about 4,000), the new city has sprung up like magic, with almost unprecedented growth, until now it has a population of 5,000 inhal)itants, and, in point of survey and general lay of the city, far transcends old Decatur, both making practically one city of 9,000 inhabitants. Among the important industries they have lo- cated in the new city are the extensive Louisville and Nashville railroad car shops, covering filty-eight acres, with buildings and tracks, and employing 900 hands; tlie Oak Extract Co.'s plant, covering twenty acres, located there in 1888, the largest in the world, there being only two in the United States; the United States Rolling Car Co.'s plant, covering fifty acres, with a capacity for employment of 1,000 men ; a tannery, luider process of construction, which, when completed, will be the larg- est in this countr}-, covering thirty-five acres, with a cajjacity for tanning 1,000 hides a day ; besides numerous smaller industries of minor importance, and all paying out for labor over $100,000 monthly. Mr. Ilartshorne is a director of the Decatur Land Co., and one of the executive committee of five who manage the af!'airs of the compan}-; also a director of the New Decatur Ice Co. ; the New De- catur Light and Power Co. ; the New Decatur Natural Gas and Petroleum and Mining Co. ; and president and director of the New Decatur Electric Street Rail- wiiy Co. In his home associations and business relations he is prominent, and active in the practice of his profession, making a specialty of collection business and settling of estates. As a preceptor in law he enjoys the distinction of hav- ing had admitted from the office of Rob- bins & Hartshorne and his office a greater number of attorney s-at-law than any other lawyer of the county, if not of the state. Among the number arc Judge J. Clarence Conover, the present law judge of Monmouth county ; Hon. Aaron E. Johnston, one of the leading criminal lawyers of the county; Benjamin P. Morris; John T. Ro.sell ; William A. Barkalowe, attorney for the Central Rail- road of New Jersey ; Frank P. McDer- mott ; Joseph McDermott ; and Frederick Augustus Ileisley ; all of whom are prac- ticing and are successful and able men of the profession, with the exception of Mr. Ileisley, who is now studying for the Epis- copal ministry. At present he has three students in his office. Locally he is pres- idt'ut of the board of water and sewer conniiissioners of Freehold, and a direc- tor of the board of trade. He is a direc- tor and has been secretarv of the Free- hold Mutual Loan Association for over twenty-seven years. Besides a fine in- come from his legal profession, he has large real-estate holdings in farms, houses, and lots in various parts of the county, RiOGRAPnicAi, Skktchf.s. 713 and in Alabiima. He owns the old lioiuu- stead, two and onu-hall" miles Iroui tlic town ol" Fivi'hold, wliicli he has by ni.a- teriiil iniprovouieiits nuido one oi' the most viihiahle and handsome larms in Mon- mouth county. The conlidenoe which Mr. Ilartshoine enjoys as a business man has been demonstrated on various occa- sions, when he has been solicited by large corporations to negotiate and engineer dillerent transactions and deals involving large amounts of money ; notably the se- curing of an option for the purchase of a southern railro;id for New York bankers, which, after inspection of the books, roll- ing-stock, and road-bed, was, on the rec- ommendation in his report, given up. Mr. Ilartshorni" possesses a wonderfully keen and sui)tle business tact, coupled with a shrewd executive ability, which makes him a dexterous manipulator at driving good bargains and deals. The secret of Mr. llartshorne's success as a liiwyer and business man can be attributed to industry and perseverance that know no tiring, his love for hard work with unfailing eni'rgy, and to the careful, zeal- ous, and faithful prosecution of the in- terests of his clients. As a citizen he staiuls high, and is deservedly popular. lie is an active and zealous member of St. Peter's Protestant Epi.scopal church, and has served as a vestryman for the past eighteen years. To Mr. aiul Mrs. llartshorne have been born three chil- dren : Acton G., who died at the age of four and one-half years ; Katharine B. ; and William B. Mr. llartshorne resides on Main street, Freehold. Richard llartshorne, the original Amer- ican progenitor of the family, came from England to this country in 1G70. and lo- cated at the Highlands, Middletown township, Monmouth county. New Jer- sey. He was the first lawyer in the county, and a very prominent man. Without tracing the several links of his descent, it is suflicient for this purpo.se to ! know that the subject, Acton Civil llarts- horne, is probably of about the ninth generation of his direct progeny. Richard Salter llartshorne (grand- father) was born on the old Highlands homestead, and operated a general store at Middletown village, but subsequently ; purchased a farm, store and mill near j Freehold. In 1808 he removed U) Mid- dletown Point, now Matawan, where, in the firm of Van Mater & llartshorne, he carried on a general store for ten 3ears. They were also owners and operators of small sailing vessels, carrying freight and passengers between New York and tlu' l*oint. While residing here he rebuilt the old mill near Freehold, all of which property he retained, and while workmen were engaged in digging the foundation they happened upon a very rich deposit of marl, the first discovered in that part of the county. These deposits were op- j crated with 'great profit and became known as the " llartshorne Marl Pits." In 1818 he sold out his business inti'rests at the Point to resume the occupation of the farm and mill near Freehold, where he remained in active business up to his death. Richard Salter llartshorne, a son of Richard Salter, Sr., and father of Acton C, was born at Matawan (then Middletown Point), Jan. G, 1814. He married Eleanor Morris, a daughter of Isaac Morris, a prominent contractor and builder of New York city, at which time he was engaged with E. W. Van Voor- hees, in the firm of Van Vooi'hees & llartshorne, in the oil business at New Y'ork city, and remained in this Imsiness up to 1842, when he sold his interest, 714 Biographical Sketches. and purchased a farm two and one-half niik's west of Freehold which he contin- ued to operate up to 1871, when he re- moved to the town of Freehold, still re- taining and operating his farm. On July 1, 1872, while storing hay away in the barn, he slipped and fell a distance of twenty feet to the floor, sustaining injuries which resulted in his death twenty-eight days later. lie left a widow and the follow- ing children : Ricliard Morris, died March 24, 1885 ; James Theodore, Actim C, the snijject of this sketch ; George Sykes, a farmer at Mulhurst ; Susie Ella, the wife of William S. Throckmorton, deceased, who was a prominent attorney and coun- sellor-a1>law, of the Monmouth county bar and resided at Freehold up to his death. JOSKPH HOUGHTON, a well-known and prosperous grocer of New Bruns- wick, and an ex-alderman of that city, is a son of Dennis and Margaret (Dorty) Houghton, and was born in 1843 .at New Brunswick, where he received a public-school education. When thirteen years old he entered a grocery store as clerk, remaining in that position for four years, and subsequently spent four years as a tinsmith. In 1872 he established his present grocery store on Neil son street. New Brunswick, wliere he has conducted a highly successful and profit- able business ever since. Mr. Houghton has always been a staunch and active democrat in politics, and was elected by that party as an alderman, serving from 1884 to 1888. His popularity is attested by the fact that he had a majority of be- tween 300 and 400 votes, running ahead of the remainder of the ticket. He has been foreman of an engine company. Mr. Houghton is a devoted member of St. Peter's Roman Catholic church, of New Brunswick. In 1871 he Avas mar- ried to Miss Mary A. Wellen, daughter of Mr. Wellen, of New Brunswick, and they have had seven children : Mary Agnes, Margaret E., Edward J., Sarah A., James, Arthur, and Fannie. Mr. Houghton's success in both busi- ness and political life has been due to his strong, energetic character and enter- prising disposition. He served his con- stituents faithl'uUy and with good judg- ment during his term on the board of aldermen, and is deservedly popular and respected among all w'ho know him. He is of good, sturdy Irish descent. His paternal grandfather, Mr. Houghton, came to the United States from Ireland, and was a successful farmer during the greater part of his life, and was a mem- l)er of the Roman Catholic church. He (lied, leaving four sons : Patrick, Edward, James, and Dennis. Mr. Houghton's father, Dennis Houghton, was a native of Ireland, came to this country, and was a brakeman in the employ of the Central railroad of New Jersey until the beginning of the civil war. He then went to New Orleans, where he died. He was a democrat in politics, and a Roman catholic in religion. His family com- prised two sons and a daughter: Joseph, Michael, and Catherine. A H. HOLMES is one of the most -^^* prominent farmers and active political men of Wickatunk, Marlboro township, Monmouth county. New Jersey. He is a son of Jonathan and Matilda Holmes, and was Ijorn in Marboro town- ship Oct. 15, 1835. The paternal grandfather, Samuel Holmes, was born in Marlboro township, Biographical Sketches. 715 liis faiiiily being one of the lirst euinpjiny of llullaml-Diitcli settlers to euiue into tliat part of tiie state. lie was a fanner in Marlboro town- slii[), where he lived all his life. He was a denioerat, and a ineniljer of the Baptist church. His children were : Jonathan, Mary (wife of Enoch Allen), and Sarah (wife of Henry P. Conover). Grand- lather and Grandmother Holmes both are ijurieil in the churchyard in Marl- boro township. Jonathan Holmes (father) was also born on the old homestead I'arm in Marl- boro township, in 1808. He was a far- mer and tanner by occn[)ation. He took a very prominent part in the public concerns of Marlboro townsiiip. and was an active worker on the side of the Democratic party. Believing in the re- ligious principles upheld and practiced by his parents, Mr. Holmes, Sr., was closely allied and deeply interested in the alfairsofthe Marlboro Baptist church, of which he was an active member. The children were : Lozell, Mary (wife of Disbrow (Jarson), John W. (deceased), Samuel (deceased), and A. H. Jonathan Holmes died at Marlboro, in 18U4, his wife having [)receded him by one year. A. H. Holmes attended the district schools of Marlboro, and later entered the (Jlenwood Institute at Matawan, New Jersey. Since leaving school, Mr. Holmes has devoted his time and attention princi- pally to agriculture in his native town- ship, where he ranks as one of the ad- vanced and progressive men of his line. Although deeply engrossed in the man- agement and successful development of his agricultural interests, he finds time to devote to the public concerns of his dis- trict. He is a democrat, and a mend)er of the Dutch Reformed church. A. H. Holmes was lirst married to Saiah C. Schanck, daughter of Tyler and Elinor Schanck, and on May 27, I8CI, he married Margaret S. Schanck, a sister of tlif lirst wife. TOnX BANKKK,^ the popular grocer, ^ and alderman of the Second ward. New Brunswick, New Jersey, is a son of Frederick William and Elizabeth Clara (Lentz) Banker and was born in that city. May 2, 1869. He comes from Ger- man ancestry, his father, Frederick Wil- liam Banker, having been born in Ger- many, and when a j'oung man. about twenty-four or twenty-five years of age, emigi-ated to America and located in New Brunswick, where he started in the gro- cery business. He was an active and energetic man, and by attention to his bu.siness, perseverance and industry, achieved a successful career as a business man. He was a self-mad(; man and well deserved the esteem in which he was held by the citizens of New Brunswick. He was always a strong republican, and took an active interest in politics. He was a member of the German Lutheran church of New Brunswick. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Clara Lentz, and they had born to them the following children : Frank, John, William, Clara, and Barbara. The father died in 1894, in the forty-eighth year of his age. John Banker (subject) received his preliminary education in the public schools and in the high school of New Brunswick, after which he attended a German school for a time. After leaving school he entered his father's store and assisted in the business until 1888. He 716 Biographical Sketches. then entered into the wholesale liquor business on his own account, which he conducted for the ensuing three years. He then retired and later took his father's business, which he has carried on ever since ; the store having a most prosperous trade, one of the largest, if not the larg- est, in the Second ward of New Bruns- wick. Alderman Banker has always been a very staunch republican, and an active party worker. In the spring of 1895, he was elected an alderman from the Second ward by a majority of one hun- dred and twenty-five votes, the ward be- ing strongly Democratic at that time. He is also an active and enthusiastic fire- man. In 1894 he was a candidate for the position of assistant engineer and was elected by a majority of one hundred and one. He was captain of the fire patrol for two years. In 1895, he was elected second assistant engineer of the department, and in 1896, first assistant. Alderman Banker is identified with a number of fraternal organizations in all of which he takes an active interest. He is a member of Washington Conimaiidery, Order of United American Mechanics ; and of Onrga Tribe, No. 88, Independent Order of lied Men, of New Brunswick. He is a member of the Oerman Lutheran church of New Brunswick, and, as was his lather, an active church worker. Alderman Banker was married to Miss Elizabeth C. Colston on March 9, 1888, and they Iiave had born to them a son and a daughter, Willie J. and Sophia Florence. WILLIAM F. HARI)L\(i, musician and prominent business man of New lirunswick. New Jer.sey, is a son of Francis and Mary Harding, and was born at New Brunswick, January 1, 1867. His grandfiither, William Harding, was a native of England, and early in life learned the trade of shoemaking, which he followed till the day of his death. He was twice married, and four children survived him : Kate, Mary, Francis, and John. Francis Harding (father), Ibllowing the example set him by his father, also learned the trade of shoemaking, which he successfully followed for a number of yeai's, when, on account of his zealous and effective services to the Democratic pai'ty, to which he belongs, and of which he is both an active and efficient mem- ber, and his special adaptability to the position, he was appointed chief of police of the city of New Brunswick, which position he now holds to the credit of himself and satisfaction of his fellow- citizens. William F. Harding received all the educational benefits which the public schools afl'orded, and after his graduation he accepted a position with the Consoli- dated Fruit-.Iar Co. of New Brunswick, and by I'aithful attention to the interests of his employers, rose step l)y step until he reached the resixmsihle position of foreman, which position he holds at present. In addition to the duties of that position, he assumed the responsibility of entering into the undertaking business on his own account in 1890, and has suc- ceeded in building up a business which bears every promise of being a success- ful and lucrative one. He is a democrat, and an active worker for his party, and popular among his fellow-politicians. He is also a member of the order of Red Men, and of the brass band of New Brunswick. His acquaint- ances and friends are many, and he is Biographical Sketches. 717 regarded by them witli the respect and esteem due to an eiieructie. straightfor- ward, genial man. He married Elizal)eth Bradley, daugh- ter of Patriek Bradley, Oct. 7, 1889, and to tliem have been horn two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. TTENRY V. KR.VMKK is a notable ex- -*--'- ample of the thoroughly-eijuipped modern business man. He is one of the directors of the Middlesex Shoe Co. and foreman of that corporation's extensive plant in New Hrunswiek, and is probably one of the best^known and most inlluen- tial among the many .solf-nnide men of tliis busy eity. He is a native of- New York city, where he was born in 1848, being a son of Peter and Susan Kramer. The public schools of the metropolis fur- nished his early education, and subse- quently he learned the shoemaki-r trade with his father. Beginning at the bottom he worked his way conscientiously through every ste[) of the business, la\ing the founda- tions tor that thorough mastery of all its di'tails which contril)uted so much to the attainment of his present position. He worked with his father until 1871, in which year he removed to New Bruns- wick, where his elder brother, dohn, was already established in the shoe business. Connecting himself with this brother he worked at his trade for three years, and linall}-, in 1874, left him and started in business for himself. This he maintained lor several 3ears. at the end of which time he sold out. I lis next position was with the Fulter Shoe Co., where he worked industriously for several years. He then became connected with the Mid- dlesex Shoe Co., well-stocked not only with all the expert knowledge that the making of shoes re((uires, but also with many advanced ideas which put him ahead of the average well-equipped worker, and rendered him invaluable to a progre.ssive firm. At the end of a year and a half he took charge of the cutting- room of the Middlesex Shoe Co.'s factory, the most important department of mod- ern shoe-making, and so ra[)id was his ad- vancement in the upper grades of the business that in 187;^) he was made a di- rector of the company and Ibreman or manager of the entire establishment. He is a member and an oHicer of the Methodist Episcopal church, and active in the discharge of his religious duties. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. He married Miss Maud Elizabeth Drake. In social as well as business aifairs Mr. Kramer is a man of wide popularity. He is respected everywhere lor his liberal and progressive principles, and is looked upon as one of the solid citizens of New Brunswick. Peter Kramer (fatiier) in early life was a broker in Newark, New Jersey, but afterwards adopted shoemaking as a trade, and is now successfully established in the shoe business in New York vity. He is a republican and an active member of the Baptist church. He was married and has had born to him four sons and one daughter: John, licni-y ('.. I'eter, Samuel and Emily. TpDWARD OAKES, one of the best- -*-^ known citizens of Atlantic High- lands, Monmouth county, is proprietor of the Columbus House at that place, and an active worker in the local fire depart- ment. He is a son of Patrick and Brid- get (Swift) Oakes, and was born May 15, 718 Biographical Sketches. 18G1, at Holmdel, Monmouth county. Ho is of sturdy Irisli ancestry, his father, Patricic Oakes, h.aving come to this coun- try from Ireland. He located in Holm- del township, Monmouth county, and was a prosperous and progressive farmer there for forty-five years. His children were seven in number : Ellen, deceased ; Mary, Edward, Ann, John, Thomas, and Kitty. Edward Oakes, subject of this sketch, spent his early life on his father's farm in Holmdel township, and attended the winter sessions of the Holmdel district schools, by which means he obtained a solid elementary education. In 1871, when ten years of age, he was initiated into the hotel business as a bell-boy and messenger at the Swift House, Highlands of Navesink, a general hotel with a spe- cial summer season. Mr. Oakes re- mained connected with this hostelry until 1892, during which time he attained the positions of cashier and manager, and gained a thorough insight into every de- tail of modern hotel-keeping. In Nov., 1892, he removed to Atlantic Highlands, and on Jan. 20, 1893, ojjened the Colum- bus House, that name being chosen on account of the World's Fair celebration being held that year. The hotel is the only commercial house in the town, is advantageously located, admirably main- tained, and has prospered in a high de- gree. Mr. Oakes' political affiliations are with the Democratic party, and he takes ail active and iniluential part in local affairs. He is especially interested in fire department matters, and is an organizer and charter memlier of Hose Co., No. 2, formed June oO, 1893, of which he has been foreman to the present time. He i.'< a diligent member of the Middletown Fireuieii's Ilelief Associa- tion, and served as vice-president of that organization for two years. He is a charter member and director of the local board of the Mutual Guarantee Building and Loan As.sociation. He married Miss Catherine Baring, b}' whom he has had five children : Wil- liam, Mary, Bella, Gei'tie, and Daniel C, besides one deceased in infancy. Mr. Oakes is distinguished for his active interest in all matters relating to the welfare of Atlantic Highlands, and he has contributed in no small degree to the progress of that flourishing com- munity. He is energetic and industrious jn his business aiiairs, gives a thorough personal supervision to the maintenance of his hotel, and has made it within a few years one of the leading and best- known houses in this section of New Jersey. He is genial and courtly in dis- position, brimming ovier with that true hospitality that is such a rare but requi- site quality in a host, and is universally loved and respected. rpHOMAS MURRAY.— East Brunswick -^ can boast of few more solid, sul> stantial, and enterprising citizens than Thomas Murray. Born of Scotch parent- age, his career has been distinguished by the sturdy, industrious, and energetic qualities which are the distinguishing characteristics of the Scotch people. Mr. Patrick G. Murra}-, grandfather of Thomas Murray, emigrated from Scot- land in 1815, and settled near the town of Delhi, Delaware county, state of New York, where he became a farmer, al- though his occupation in his native coun- try had been that of a shepherd. His education was limited, but as the Scot- tish schools are very practical and thor- Biographical Sketches. 719 ougli he was possessoil of sufriciont cul- ture ti) sorvc his lire's purposi's. Although iievor active in politics, he was allied to the old-line Whig party, lii religion he was a Scotch preshyterian, a life-long member of that church, and for many years one of its active deacons. Of his children there were five: Robert, now deceased ; James M., Jolin, William, judge of the supreme court for tli(> Fifth district of New York ; .lane, now Mrs. Russell, and David, who graduated as a physician, but is now deceased. John Murray, the third child, and the lather of Thomas Murray, was born in Delaware county. New York, and re- ceived a connuon-school education. Al- though never an active politician, he took a great interest in the fortunes of the whig.s, having followed his father in his political faith, afterwards, by a natu- ral transition, joining the republicans. In his religious faith he also followed in his lather's footsteps, being a life-long mem- ber of the Presbyterian church. Not contented with farm life he en- gaged in contracting, making a specialty of bridge-building, and .so thoroughly was his work done and contracts exe- cuted that some of the frame bridges which he erected as early as 1856 are in a good state of preservation. In 1866 he moved to Sayresville, New Jersey, and entered into the brick manufactur- ing business in partnership with his brother RoI)ert, in which he was ver^- successful, retiring in 1880 from an ac- tive business with a handsome compe- tence. To him were born four children : William M., a lawyer, politician, and lit- terateur, now living at Spokane Falls, Washington ; Isabella, Thomas, and Jen- nie, deceased. Thomas Murray, son of John and Kl- len (Middlemus) Murray, was born June 18, 1847, in Delhi, Delaware county, New Y'ork state. After graduating from the public schools he entered the Dela- ware Academy, finishing his education there at the early age of fifteen. He im- mediately entered on his business career, engaging with his father, who was then executing some bridge contract work at Saginaw, Mich. Here he remained from 1862 till 1865, when be returned to Delaware county. New York, and en- tered into bridge-building and general contracting. In 1866 he came to New Brunswick, and in the winter of that year he entered Rutgers College and took a special course in civil engineering, graduating in the class of 1869. Remov- ing to Paterson, New Jerse}', he engaged in the brick business, remaining there two 3ears, when he removed to New Y'^ork city, succeeding there the firm of Danger & Co. in the real-estate and auc- tion business. Here he remained until 1879, when he entered into the business of contracting for the building of docks, l)ridges, etc. In this business he was emi- nently successful. When, in 1888, appre- ciating the great po.ssibilitiesof the future in electrical engineering, he entered into special relations with the Thomson- Houston Co., of Boston, and engaged in electrical contract work. In June of the following year he entered into partner- ship with J. I). Murray in the buibling and equipping of electric railroads, and did a wonderfully extensive business. He has the .satisfaction of knowing that he has never delayed a contract lor a day. One of the especial monuments to Mr. Murray's enterpri.se was the negoti- ating anxl planning of the New Bruns- wick trolley system. Of this he was not only superintendent of construction, but 720 Biographical Sketches. also aided largely in securing the neces- sary capital. In politics he has always been an inde- pendent republican, and although not a member of the Presbyterian church, has regularly attended its services. Since 1881 he has resided on NeAV Road, East Brunswick, where he owns one hundred and twenty acres of land, which he is developing into a beautiful suburb, called " Highland Park." This includes river and railroad junctions and manufactur- ing sites. On a part of this land the Waklrons Machine Works are now build- ing. The beautiful house occupied by Mr. Murray and his family is called " Livingston Manor." Mr. Murray was married on March 2, 18G9, to Helen Wycojff, by whom he has had three children : Florence (Mrs. J. V. Harvey) ; Emma, and Ella. Notwithstanding his busy life, as evi- denced above, Mr. Murray is still actively engaged in business as a contractor, and bids fair to be so for many years to come. T"OHN EIJjTS, police magistrate, and a ^ successful loan and collection agent, at Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth county. New Jersey, is a son of Rev. John and Grace (Manuel) Ellis, and was born Jan. 19, 1841, at Ironton, Lawrence county, Ohio. He is of mixed ancestry — Welsh and English. Rev. John Ellis, father of subject, was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, and an active member of the Ohio conference. He was locally identified with the Methodist Episcopal churches, in and around Ironton. Ohio, for a num- ber of years, and his ministrations were productive of mucii good. He was a man of excellent literary tastes and training, a writer of note, liberal in his views, well versed in theology, and a valued con- tributor to several foreign and domestic magazines, published in tlie interests of the churches. His marriage with Grace Manuel resulted in the birth of five chil- dren: Thomas, John. Richard, Alfred cand Charles. John Ellis (subject) passed his early boyhood in Ironton, Ohio, and lati'r I'e- moved to New York city, where he re- ceived his education in the public schools. In 1858 he accepted a situation in the the old Park Bank, now the National Park Bank, situated on Broadway, New York, within a stone's throw of the Astor House and the Post-office. He remained seventeen years as a clerk for the bank, and in 1875 he removed to New Jersey, engaging in business as a collection agent and notary public for banks and in general. In 188o Mr. Ellis removed to Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, where he lived in retirement from active bus- iness during a period of five 3^ears. In 1888 he was elected justice of the peace, and he is also the police magistrate of his town. In addition to his public duties he handles and settles estates, and con- ducts a general loan and collecticm agency. lie is an active and careful man of business, conservative and sys- tematic in his methods, and a useful and progressive citizen of Atlantic Highlands. Mr. Ellis resides on Avenue D, Atlantic Highlands, with his wife and two daugh- ters : Margaret Welch and Hortense. TDATRICK BURNS, deceased, the late -*- popular postmaster of Raritan, New Jersey, was a son of John and Margaret Burns, and was l)orn in Ireland in 1840. His paternal grandfather was a farmer, Biographical Sketches. (21 and died in 1850. Their children were : John, Daniel, Michael, Patrick, Jere- miah. Marv, married to Thomas Malone, and Julia. .lohn Burns (tatlu'r) was edu- cated in the pul)lic schools of his native county, and lived and died a tiller of the soil. His .son came to this country in 1867. He was the father of eight chil- dren : Patrick, Michael, deceased ; Dan- iel, John, Jeremiah, Mary, Margaret, deceased, and Julia. After completing his education at the public schools Pat- rick Burns commenced life in the gro- cery bu.-^iness, and continued in that business up to his death. He had a nat- ural ta.ste for politics, and, uniting with the democrats, became a zealous and un- tiring worker for his party. So cons{)icu- ous was his zeal, which did not outrun his accomplishment, that his services were appropriately rewarded by Presi- dent Cleveland upon his first election with the ajipointmcnt to the postmaster- ship of Karitan. Upon the change of administration Mr. Burns naturally lost his position, but was re-appointed upon President Cleveland's re-election, a signal approval of his administration of the all'airs of his onice during his first tenure of it. This re-appointment gave universal satisfac- tion to the citizens of Raritan, the com- mon verdict being that he gave the best postal .service of any man ever appointed to the office. In addition to his grocery business and postmastership Mr. Burns also fulfilled the duties of justice of the peace, and acceptal)ly filled that oOice for five vears and \ip to his death. Oct. 13, 189G. Mr. Biu'ns was a Roman Catholic. In Xoveml)er, 1874, he was married to Mary llickey, daughter of Philip Ilickey, and to them were born eiarht children : John, Jeane, Daniel, Mary, Philip. Pat- rick, Mariraret, and Anna. / 1APT.VI\ B. S. TOTTIN, by reason of ^-^ his church, Tiiilitary and political records one of the genuinely popular men of Somerset county, is a son of Abram S. and Anna (Smith) Tottin, and was born Jan. 20, 1837. Lafierd Tottin (grandfather) was a member of the Re- formed church. In politics he was an old-line whig. He married a Miss Skill- man, and their children were : Abram S., Maria, Ijucv, John Simp,son, Joseph, Silas, Sarah. Randolph, Rachel, and Catherine. Abram S. Tottin (fiither) was a farmer, an elder and deacon in the Dutch Re- formed church, and in politics was iden- tified with the whigs until the birth of the Republican jjai'ty, after which he gave his undivided supjiort to the u\)- building of that organization. His chil- dren were : Benjamin S., Lallerd. Al)ram S., and John L. Captain B. S. Tottin attended the dis- trict schools until he was about twenty years of age, working on his father's farm during the summer months. After leaving school, he taught two winter terms, and served a.s township superin- tendent of schools several years. He was captain of Company K, Thirtieth regiment New Jersey volunteers in tiie civil war. The regiment was attached to the Arm}- of the Potomac, and ren- dered valuable .service until the expira- tion of its term of enlistment. Caj)tain Tottin's company won distinction at the two battles of Fredericksburg and the battle of Chancellorsville. After his re- turn from the war, he was engaged in business until 1874, when he was elected 722 Biographical Sketches. sliei'iff of Somerset county. The county at that time was strongly democratic, but Captain Tottin carried it by a hand- some majority. Mr. Tottin so faithfully and satisfactorily acquitted himself of the duties of the office that he was re-elected by an overwhelming majority. Upon the expiration of his second term, he engaged in the lumber business in New Brunswick. In 1881 he was again offered the nt)mination of sheriff, but owing to pressure of business he was forced to decline. In 1883 he returned to Middlebush to reside, but continued in the lumber business at New Brunswick until 1888, since when he has been pur- chasing agent for the Lawrence Cement Co., of New York. He has been a mem- ber of the Reformed church for forty years, and has served as elder and dea- con for many years in the Middlebush church. In 1861 he married Miss Mary Louisa Van Doren. Their children are: George D., Charles L., William R., deceased; Maria Louisa, Artliur B.. Willard, R. V. D., and Frank. Tr\R. JAMES J. REED, one of the lead- -*-^ ing, most skillful, and successful physicians and surgeons of Northern New Jersey, ex-mayor of Sea Bright, and a tiiirty-second degree mason, is a son of the late William and Sarah A. (Joline) Reed, and was born Aug. 31, 18G0, at Long Branch, Monmouth county, New Jersey. Dr. Reed is of Scotch-English extraction, but owing to the untimely death ol' his grandl'ather, Robert Reed, before collating the genealogical chron- icles of his ancestry, the wi'iter's efforts to trace beyond the grandsire, have been next to fruitless. It is known, however, that Robert Reed was a resident of Balti- more, Md. William Reed (I'atlier) was born Oct. 15, 1832, near Baltimore, Md., and at the age of ten years migrated with his parents to Long Branch, New Jersey, where he completed his education. He was first engaged in the livery l)usiness, and afterwards in house painting and contracting until retirement. He en- listed in the Third regiment, New Jer- sey militia, for three months in the civil war, and at the expiration of his terra, in July, 1861, re-enlisted in Company A, Twenty-ninth regiment. New Jersey vol- unteers, in which he served nine months. In 1862 he enlisted tor the third time, and followed the fortunes of his comrades of Comj)aiiy C, New Jersey cavalry vol- unteers, until the close of the war. Po- litically Mr. Reed was a democrat. Re- ligiously he was identified with the Metho- dist Episcopal church, and as a member he was an earnest and faithful worker and a liberal contributor to its support. He was married in 1858 to Sarah A. Joline, a daughter of James Joline. Mr. Reed deceased in 1893, and is survived by his widow, who resides at Long Branch with her son Edward and daugh- ter Jaraimah. They were the parents of eleven children, seven of whom lived to mature years: William L., the present postmaster of North Long Branch; Dr. James .T., Jarannah, the onl^^ daughter ; Walter 8., druggist, a graduate of the New York College of Pharmacy, of North Long Branch ; Daniel, grocer and fruit dealer, at Sea Bright; Dr. Charles A., a dentist at Sea liright, and Edward, tele- graph operator and station agent for the Central R. R. of N. J., at Branchport. Dr. .lames J. Reed acquired a thorough education in the public schools of his na- ^^^t.^^2^^^ Biographical Sketches. 725 tivo citj. In 1878 he coniinenccd as a drug cli'rk at Long Braiicli. Five years siibscqiu-ntly lie passed his examination l)ef()re the state hoard of pharinaey ver\' successfully, then associated in partnership with Stephen D. Woolley, and operated a drug store at Asbury Park for ten years. He first studied medicine under Drs. II. W. Garrison and II. S. Kinniouth, at Asbur\- Park. After completing the re- quired course of reading he niarticulated in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at New York city, from which in 1SS7 he was graduated with honors. Immediately after receiving his diploma and degree he located in practice at Sea Bright. During the winter months the doctor has quite a large practice in New York city among some of the wealthiest residents. In addition to his inedical practice he owns a large drug store at Sea Bright and second to none in beaut}' in the state. Dr. Reed is a democrat, a liberal and broad-minded one. who votes for princi- ples rather than for l)arty. In borough aflairs he always takes a deep interest, and has occupied some of the most im- portant offices. He was elected a mem- ber of the board of commissioners in 1890, and served three years. In 1894 he was elected mayor of Sea Bright, and served the term of one year. He has been president of the board of health since 1800. lie was mainly instrumental in securing for Sea Bright its present efVective system of sewerage and for the passage of the bill incorporating the town as a borough in 1889. In secret society matters he is a member of Long Branch Lodge, No. 78, F. and A. M.; Standard Chapter, No. 35, R. A. M. ; Carson Com- niandery. No. 15, Knights Templar; Mecca Temple. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, New^ York, and has attained his thirty-second degree in the New York Consistory ; Long Branch Council, No. 429, Royal Arcanum ; Seaside Lodge, No. 47, Knights of Pvthias; Sea View Lodge, No. 228, I. O.' O. F., of North Long Branch ; Ashland Council, No. 28, Jr. 0. U. A. M., of Sea Bright ; Crystal Wave Council, No. 54, D. of L., of North Long Branch. In the Knights of Pvthias order he ranks as past chancellor and as past district deputy, and in the Jr. (). U. A. M. he is notably prominent. In the subordinate council of this order Dr. Reed has occupied every office from out- side sentinel to past councillor, and has represented his council in the State Coun- cil of New Jersey. In 1890 he was de})- uty state councillor of his district, and in 1890 was chosen national representa- tive at the annual session of the State Council. In 1893 he was appointed de\> uty national councillor for New Jersey, and in 1894 was re-a|)pointed. In 1895 lie was elected to the high and honorable office of state council treasurer. Dr. Reed has been already mentioned as a national councilor possibility in the near future, to which exalted rank in the order a host of juniors would gladly see him raised. He has been urged to stand for the assembly of New Jersey, but this honor he has invariably declined. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a member of the Epworth lA'ague. He also delivers orations befoi-e conclaves of his .secret orders. Personally and so- cially he is affable and genial. Dr. Reed was united in marriage May 7, 1SS2. to Carrie E. Ferry, a daughter of Captain S. W. Ferry, of Ocean Port, New Jersey, and to their union have been born three children : Howard B., born March 18, 1883; Walter C, born .March 24, 1889, and Helen E., born Nov. 24, 1892. 726 Biographical Sketches. /CHARLES GREEXWALD, chief of tlie ^-^ fire department of New BrunsAvick, and an inlhiential politician (jf that city, is a son of Henry and Doi'a (Chundt) Greenwahl, and was born, March 20, 1803, at New Brunswick. He was edu- cated in the conunon scliools of New Brunswick. Until twenty-one years of age he followed the shoemaker's trade. He became a member of the Phcenix hose company, was secretary of that or- ganization for a number of years, and, in 1884, was elected a member of the engine company, and appeared as foreman of the hose company. Ho was elected second assistant in 1891, first assistant in 1892, re-elected to that jjosition in 1893, and was finally elected to his present position, as chief of the fire department, in 1894, by one of the largest majorities ever given a candidate for that ollice. Mr. Greenwald is a democrat in poli- tics, and exercises a strong influence in municipal affairs. He is a member of the order of Elks. Under his administra- tion the New Brunswick fire department has attained a liigli degree of excellence in equipment, discipline, and elTiciency. He is [)r()minent in politics, and popular socially. His father, Henry Greenwald, was a slioemaker all his life at New Brunswick, was an active democrat in politics, and a member of the Reformed church. His wife was Miss Dora Chundt, l)y whom he was the father of ten children : Rose, Kate, Charles, John, Lily, William, Mar- garet, Lulu, Leonard, and Maze. He died Nov. Ki. ISS!). T^"^Ii.\NK L. IIIXDLE, D. D.S., a promi- ^ nent dentist, and an inlhiential business man of New Brunswick, is also an extensive real-estate owner in Pater- son, New Jersey. He is the second son of John H. Hindle, and was born at Pat- erson, New Jerse_\'. His father, John H. Hindle, recently deceased, who was a life-long resident of Paterson, received a common-school edu- cation, and l)egan life as a poor boy ; but met all obstacles to his success with such determination that he soon won confi- dence and a business standing. Being a public-spirited man, Mr. Hindle served as one of the original members of the Nep- tune steam fire company, as a member of tlie chosen board of freeholders, and as president of the Phelps guards. He was also an active member of the order of Red Men, a large stockholder in the First National Bank of Paterson, and was ap- pointed by the court as morgue-keeper of the county. Mr. Hindle was engaged in the undertaking business, and kept the finest horses, carriages, and funeral ap- pliances that money could buy. He was a republican in politics, and a man who had many friends, and his opinion com- manded the highest respect of his neigh- bors, as he always gave every question careful consideration, and had sufficient force of character to act ui)on liis honest convictions. He was fifty-five years of age at the time of his death, and left a wife and four children : Charles B.. Frank L., and two daugiiters, both married. The boyhood of the younger son, Frank L. Hindle, the subject of this sketch, was passed in Paterson, New Jersey, his native city. He attended the public schools, and afterwards took a course of study with Prof James McManus. At an early age he chose dentistry as his prolession, and, after the lU'ath of his father, entered the Philadelphia Dental College, where he won tlje degree of D. D. S. After practicing dentistry for BiOGRAPHicAi, Sketches. 727 several years, Dr. Hindle undertoi>k a special course of study and practical work, under the instruction ol" Dr. Walter Starr, of Philadelphia, a specialist in crown and luidizc work. He spent a large sum of nione} I'or a special training, that he might rank among the best in his profession, lie afterwards associated himself with Dr. Levee, of Orange, New Jersey, who was one of the leading prac- titioners in the state, and subsecpiently with Dr. IloUirook, of Newark, a leading mend)er of the State Dental Society. In Sept., 1S'.)1, Dr. Hindle came to New Brunswick, forming a partnership with Dr. James (!. Palmer, at 421 (ieorge street, his present ofiice. In April. 1S'J3. he succeeded to the entiic practii'c since which time he has not only retained the practice that had been built up by Dr. Palmer, during an eighteen years' resi- dence in New Brunswick, but he has largely increased the same, and has ac- (juired such an enviable reputation that lie now enjoys one of the linest practices in the state. Dr. Hindle is also a large stockholder in the First Natioiud Bank of Paterson. the Cedar Lawn Cemetery Co., the (ias Co. of Pater.son, and, with his brother, Charles B. Hindle, is extensively inter- ested in real estate. His marriage to Miss Catharine Deshler, daughter of Mr. James Deshler, of New Brunswick, was celebrated on Oct. 18, 1894. Dr. Hindle is skillful in his profession, popular socially, and enjoys the confi- dence and esteem of a large clientele and circle of friends. /^^II.Vin.ES A. SCHENCK, general nuui- ^^ ager and cashier of the National Tube Boiler Works, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, is a son of Henry V. D. and Mary A. (Marshall) Schenck, of New Brunswick, and was born in that city March 10, 18(in. The Schenck i'amil\ is of ilnlhnul or Dutch ancestry, which gave to this coun- try so large a proportion of its early settlers. In the emigration which flowed to the new western country early in the eighteenth century, large numbers came Irom Holland and the Rhenish provinces, or the Palatinate. These were not in- duced to emigrate .so nuicli by glowing accounts received of the new country, as through religious persecution. Among these people was the ancestor of the Schenck family, who located with his cimipanions in that section of the colo- nies then designated as Tlie Jerseys. Henry V. D. Schenck (father of sub- ject) was born in 1837, and was educated in the common schools of his native [)lace and at the private .school of a .Mr. Walker. A few years after completing his education, he opened up a grocery store in New Brunswick, and enjoyed a very successful business career until the breaking out of the civil war in 18GI. He then closed out his business and went South, locating at Alexandria, Virginia, whei'e, as a sutler or commissary, he sold supplies to the army (or about a year. He then returned to New Bruns- wick and accepted the position of general agent for the State of New Jersey with the Singer Manufacturing Co. This posi- tion he held for the next twenty-five year.s, and retired with the fruits of a well-earned and successful business ca- reer. He is a staunch republican in politics, and enjoys the confidence of his party in an eminent degree. He served on the board of alilermen for fd'teen years, and has been chairman of both the police commissioners and the excise 728 Biographical Sketches. board. He has been a member of Rose- fiil church, New Brunswick, for the past twenty-two years, and for fifteen years has served as its treasurer. He is an earnest and consistent christian, and takes an active interest in all church work. He is iilso an enthusiastic mason and a Knight Templar of Damascus Commandery, No. 5, of Newark, New Jersey. He married Miss Mary A. Mar- shall, and they have had horn to them the following oliildreu : Elizaljeth and Charles A. Charles A. Schenck received his pre- liminary education in the connnon schools of New Brunswick, later attended the high school at Newark, and graduated therefrom in the class of 1878. After leaving the high school, he secured a position with the Singer Manufacturing Co. as an office hoy. He soon won pro- motion, and by his active and progressive spirit, manifested in the interest nf his employers, gained for himself their un- bounded confidence. He worked his way up until he became its cashier and had entire charge of its large army of can- vassers, together with all its state busi- ness besides. He remained in tlie em- ploy of this company for seven years, after which he resigned for the purpose of going into business for himself in tlie city of Boston, Mass. He established in the latter city what was then a novel idea in a business line, but which at the present time has found its way into every large city in the country — the towel sup- ply business. His firm was the original concern to put this idea Into full practi- cal operation. He continued at the head of the business for two years, when he sold out his interest in what was then one ol" tlie most prosperous and pro(ital)le businesses in the city, having all the most imjjroved machinery and the finest stock of supplies to be found anywhere. After retiring from this business he came back to Newark, New Jersey, and en- gaged in the laundry business in that city for the next three years. After- wards, having disposed of his interest in the same, he returned to New Bruns- wick, where he accepted the position of bookkeeper for the National Tube Boiler Works on June 16, 1890. This position he occupied until 1893, when he was ap- pointed cashier of the company, and on the death of Mr. W. W. Kelly, then the general manager of the company, in 1894, he was appointed general manager and cashier to fill the vacancy. The National Tube Boiler Works em- ploy about one bundled and twenty-five men, and manufacture all styles of boilers, together with a full line of every description of machinery. The company lias complete control of the several patents taken out by Mr. Kelly, the late general manager, and their goods have a widely-extended market, shipments being made to almost every point in 4his coun- try. They .also enjoy a considerable ex- port trade. Mr. Schenck is an affiliaut of the Republican party, but not an active worker. He has no time upon his iiands to devote to politics, business demanding it all. He is a member of the Freling- huysen Lancers Association of Newark, and of the Royal Arcanum of New Brunswick. He is a devout and earnest christian gentleman, .and a member of the First Reformed church of New Brunswick. Mr. Schenck was married in Septem- ber, 1888, to Miss Nellie E. Cook, .and they liave had born to them a daughter, Vera M.adeline. Biographical Sketches. 729 "pETER W. FRICK, fx-sliorin' ol" Mul- ^ dk'st'X county, N'l-w .Iithcn . ivsidiiig at New Biiiiiswick, is a son of Peter and Ann (Ket/el) Frick, and was horn in 1855, in New York city. Peter Frit'k, his lather, al"ter ae(iuirin,i; a connnon-sohool edneation. learned the trade ot" a l)aker, which lie followed suc- cessfully, in New York city, until his death, Jan. lU, 18'JU. In political mat- ters he was a democrat, and in religious faith and practice was a meniher of the Lutheran church, in the city where he lived and died. The results of his mar- riage to Ann Ketzel were two children : M., who decea.sed in 18(50, and Peter W. Peter W. Frick received a lihi'ral edu- cation, at first from tlie New York gram- mar schools, later from a l)usiness college, and suhsequently attended the Charlotte Institute for a time, after which he was placed under tlie instruction of a private tutor. He at an earl^' age gave evidence of the possession of a mechanical bent of mind, hut beyond the construction, for personal diversion, of sundry articles and general tiidvering in his leisure hours, Mr. Frick never developed a faculty that, j)erchance, would have given him a front rank in engineering. lie started in the grocery business, at which he remained for a period of seven years. He then abandoned mercantile life for several years, and turned his attention to agri- culture, which he followed successful!}' for six years in Middlesex county. Mean- while, his constantl}' growing popularity, superinduced by his genial, whole-souled disposition, allied-to his display of politi- cal tact, caused him to be regarded by his friends in the Democratic party as suit- able tind)er out of which to make a suc- cessful candidate for sheriU'of Middlesex ct)unty. Accordingly, in 1887 he was tendered the nomination for that respon- sible and intliienlial ollice, which he accepted, and alter a gallant race was triumphantly elected. He entt'red upon the duties of the shrievalty, as though to the manor born, served throughout his term with efliciency, and retired at its close with the reputation of having bei'U the most popular sheriff that hail e\cr served the people of Middlesex. Mr. Frick is now engaged in business in New York city, where his usual success and good fortune still attend him. He re- sides in NewBrunswick, being unable to detach himself from the soil on which he built his career, or to sever the bonds of pleasant fraternity with its people. He remains a staunch and consistent tlenio- crat in politics, and in religious matters is an active member and trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church at .New Brunswick. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum of that town ; a member of the New Brunswick Gun Club and of the New Brunswick Boat Club. Mr. Frick was united in marriage, dulv 21, 1884, to Margaret, a daughter of Joseph Van Mater, and to their union have been liorn four children. ! T EWI.S A. r.i;i>IJ.><, an expert blaek- I -*-^ smith of Somerville, Somerset ' county, with a wide reputation as a shoer j of fine trotting and road horses, is a son i of L. and Lydia (Rowland) Bclli.s, and was born, March 2'2, 1859, at Somerville. His grandfather, Richard Bellis, was a prominent farmer all his life, his children being: Garrett, L., John, and William. L. Bellis (father), who is now living in retirement at Somerville, was an exten- sive drover and cattle-dealer during his active career, and conducted ;i very sue- 730 Biographical Sketches. cessful business. He is a democrat in politics, and has been a vigorous partici- pant in county aftairs in the past. His wife (subject's mother), who was Miss Lydia Rowland, is also still living. Their children were : Lewis A. ; Daniel, de- ceased; and Martha H. Lewis A. Bellis (subject) received his elementary education in the public schools ol" Somerville, and likewise attended a private school there tor one year. At the age of sixteen years he started life as clerk in a grocery store, an experience which lasted him nine months. In 1876 he began the study of blacksmithing with R. H. Layton, at Somerville, remaining with the latter for five years. He then spent three years in traveling among western cities, working in some of the best shoeing shops in the country, and acquiring an intimate knowledge of the best and most modern methods of horse- shoeing and general smith work. In 1884 he returned to Somerville, and en- tered into partnership with his former employer, R. H. Layton, which connec- tion lasted for eight years. In 1892 Mr. Bellis established an in- dependent shop, and since that time he has built up a reputation as one of the most expert horse-shoers in New Jersey. In fact he is noted among horse-fanciers and racing-men outside of the borders of the state, and he is frc({uently called to New York, Philadelphia, and other points to shoe valuable racing stock and road horses. He also does an immense local business throughout Somerset and adjoin- ing counties. His shop is constantly visited by many well-known horse-men, and is ecpiipped with all the most modern api)liances and improvements. Mr. Bellis is an active denu)crat in pol- itics. He is an ofKcer in the New Jersey National guard, of Somerville, having en- tered the ranks of that organization as a private eight years ago. He is a mem- ber of the West End hose company of Somerville, and is prominent in the In- dependent Order of Foresters, and the Improved Order of Red Men. In April, 1884, he was married to Miss Emma C. Hendrickson, and they have one son, Richard H. Mr. Bellis is a notable example of a man who has made a successful specialty . of an usually common-place business. He is intelligent, energetic, and enterprising, always on the watch for new ideas and improvements, and a man of wide popu- larity and esteem. A NDREW LANE, miller and dealer in ^'--*- general merchandise, at Neshanic, New Jersey, is a son of John C. and Mary Ann (Hageman) Lane, of Reading- ton, New Jersey, and was born at the old homestead at that place. His early ancestors came from Holland. Some fifty years prior to the Revolutionary war three brothers settled on Long Island. Two of these subsequently removed to New Jersey. From these two brothers nearly all the Lane families in the country trace their descent. The one who located at Readington settled on the farm owned at present by James Lane, and which has alwa\s been in possession of the family. At the time of the Revo- lution this ancestor entered the colonial army and served with distinction as a lieutenant and captain. Cornelius Lane (grand fatlier) married Julia Van Bleet, member ofa well-known family residing at Readington at that period. He enlLsted during the rebellion of Aaron Burr, but only reached Pitts- Biographical Sketches. mi l)iirg, Pa., wlit'n the trouble was ended. IJotli lie and his wile died at Ke:idinyton at advanced ages, highly respeeted and greatly esteemed. John C. Lane (lather) was also a na- tive ol' Readington, born in 1807, resided on the old homestead, and followed farm- time Ills party's candidate for state sen- ator, but was deleatcd by the meagre majority of 00 votes only. He is a highly esteemed member of the Re- formed church and one of its elders. His family consists of three children : Martin, a law\er, residing at Millvillc ing all his life. He was a supporter of New Jersey; Mary, and Lizzie, marriid the Demoenitic part}', but never took to Alvine Bohn, mechanical engineer, ictivt' part in its political move- employed at Syracuse, New York. He and his wife still reside at Neshanic, and any ments. He was an earnest and lile-long meml)er of the Reformed church at Read- ington, and an active ollicial for many years. He married Miss Mary Ann Hagt-man, daughter of Andrew llage- man, a respected farmer of Princeton, New Jersey, and they had eight cliil- drcu : Cornelius, Andre-w, Martha, Sarah Jane, Mary Klizabeth, James, Plaebe, and (lilbert. Andrew (subject) was eilucated in the public schools of Readington, and after leaving school was apprenticed to the carpentering trade. He worked at his trade until 1870, when he bought the "Coil Mills" (Jlour and feed), together with the general store connected there- with, where he has been engaged ever since. In 1870 he built a new null in place of the old mill, which is now known as the "Neshanic Mill." He was the first person to introduce the roller process into the state of New Jersey in the grinding of Hour, and the product of all his time is devoted to his milling in- dustry and to his general store. He is one of the substantial men of the com- munity, a most excellent judge of good tlour, in the production of which he justly takes great pride, and in fniaiicial circles ranks with the highest in point of credit and business standing. TpDGAR W. FARLEY, the well-known -^-^ and popular secretary to the super- visor of the Central Railroad Co. of New Jersey, was born May 8, 1802, at Anan- dale. New Jersey, and is a son of L. and Jennie (McCarthan) Farlej-. His paternal grandfather, Joshua Far- ley, after receiving a connnon-school eilu- cation, applied himself to the study of law. After his admission to the bar he practiced nuiny years at Flemington, New Jersey, and achieved considerable prominence as a local practitioner. He his mill has a widely established reputa- was an influential member of the Repub lican part}' and an active worker in the Methodist Epi.scopal church, of which he was a prominent mend)er. The father of our subject, L. Farley, was educated at the public .schools. Upon his graduation he learned the trade of a blacksmith, but after following this trade for a luunber of years he relinquished it to adopt the avocation of a farmer, and tion throughout the country. Mr. Lane is a well-known factor in the couunercial and iinancial circles of Som- erset county. New Jersey. He is a di- H'ctor of the Bound Brook First National Bank, as also of the Bound Brook Water Co. He is a prominent democrat, and actively identified with all the move- ments of that party. He was at one 732 Biographical Sketches. in this pursuit lie passed the most of his life. He was a republican in his political faith, and an active and earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He died May 30, 1894. The death of his Avife occurred May 19, 1892. Two sons were born to their marriage : Edgar W. and William M. Edgar W. Farley graduated from the public schools, and for six months there- after attended a business college. He then studied electrical engineering, and followed this profession for eight years successfully. In 1891, he removed to Somerville, and for a short time was employed in a blacksmith shop. This emi)loyment he resigned to accept the responsible position of secretary and clerk to the supervisor of the Central Railroad Co. of New Jersey at Somer- ville, which position he has since most creditably filled. Mr. Farley is assistant engineer of tlic Somerville Engine Co., No. 1, and a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, No. 125, at Easton, Pa. GEORGE A. DILT8, ex-sherifl" of Som- erset county and proprietor of a large general store at Somerville, is a son of H. R. and Ann (Galds) Dilts, and was born June IG, 18G0, at Raritaii, Somerset county. New Jersey. His paternal grand- father, H. Dilts, was a native oi and during early lile a prosperous farmer in Raritan township, Somerset county. He subsequently engaged in business at Rar- itan, and was for many years a prominent citizen of that town. He was a member of the Baptist church at Raritan, and an active christian. His children were: H. II., Kate (wii'eof A. Ford), ("buries B., and Lizzie. H. R. Dilts (father) was one of the earliest settlers at Raritan, and was an extensive carpenter and builder for fifty years there, having erected a large pro- portion of the residences, business struc- tures, and public buildings in Raritan and Somerville. He is now retired from active business, and lives quietly in a handsome residence at Raritan. During early life he was an active republican in politics, and was at one time freeholder of Bridgewater township. He is a mem- ber and deacon of the Raritan Baptist church, in which he has, at various times, occupied most of the offices. His wife was Miss Ann Galds, by whom he had six children : W. D., George A. (the sub- ject), H. D., Charles G., Oliver C, and A C. R. George A. Dilts, subject of this sketch, was educated in the public schools at Raritan. When thirteen years of age he k'it school, and was clerk in a store for six months. He then returned to his studies for a time, at the end of which he again went into a store, where he spent four years. Later, he became liookkeeper in a wholesale house in New York city, remaining there for sevei-al years, after which he sjwnt a year and a half in the real-estate business. In 1882 he estal)- lished iiis present general store at Rari- tan, and still retains a profital>le interest in that business, in connection with liis brother. Mr. Dilts is an active republican in politics, and is one of the leaders of his party in Somerset county ; at the same time retaining the good-will and friend- ship ol" rival parties. He was elected sheriff of Somerset county in 1892, and served until 1895. He is a member of the Lodge of F. and A. M., and Lodge No. 42, I. 0. 0. F., of Somerville, and has Biographical Sketches. 733 hc'cn treasuivr of the fire conipiuiy for ten years. He i.s also a ineniber of the Biiehi'lors' Club of Somerville. He was married Oet. 17, 1889, and lias one daughter, Maud, born May 9, 1893. Mr. Dilts is well known and popular throughout Somerset county, and during his term as sheriff gave the county an admirable business-like administration. He is iuHuential in politics, a shrewd, energetic business man, and a progressive citizen. 1) II. LAYTON, who has been for ^ ^' many years a prosperous black- smith at Somerville, Sonier.>school education, and became a successful and wealthy merchant in New York cit}'. He subsequently removed to Middletown, now called Matawan, New Jersey, where he purchased extensive tracts of land and built himself a home, and then engaged iu agricultural pursuits during the reuiainder of his liii'. He was an American patiiot; Ibught through the Ri'volutionary war. and was under tiie coMimand of Ceiieral WMshington during the continuance iiuil uutil the suppres- sion of the famous •' Whiskey Rebel- lion." In politics he was a whig, and in reli";ion a member of the church of England. He was married to a daugh- ter of Judge Andei'son, and to their marriage were born seven children : Thomas A., Margaret, now Mrs. Miller, of Cincinnati, Ohio ; James, a lawyer at Cincinnati, Ohio ; Mary, the wife of Com- modore Aulick, of the United States navy ; William, who was a merchant, large ship-owner and sea captain ; Cor- nelia, married to Mr. Dykeman, of Wash- ington City, and Samuel Foreman. The father of these children died in 1788, and their mother deceased in 1836. Thomas A. Conover was born at New- ton, New Jersey. He studied law in the office of his maternal grandfather. Judge Anderson, and subsequently was ap- pointed midshipman in the United States navy for service in the war of 1812. He became commander of a gunboat attached to a squadron of Commodore McDonough, in the waters of the border lakes, and during the progress of an engagement on Lake Champlain with the British warships one day the latter pressed so hard upon the American men- of-war as to cause them all to retire, save the vessel in charge of Commander Con- over. Making a determined stand, he fought the British single-handed until the noise of the ))roadsides attracted the attention of tlie conunanders of the flee- ing vessels, when, returning to his relief, the general action was renewed, and at its close our ships had won the day. Com- mander Conover received the brief but most exj)ressive thanks of Commodore McDonough in these words, " M}' dear boy, you have saved the light." Congress voted him a sword in recognition of his victory, and the President of the United States sent him a letter of congratula- tion. During a subsequent engagement he was taken prisoner. His captivity Biographical Skf.tchks. 741 was of short duration, however, as he soon sucoeedeil in ellecting hi.s escape. He was present with (Jonimoilore Decatur at the siejie of" Algiers, and was one of those who forever wiped away tliat blot from the face of civilization, the Black Hole at Calcutta, India. He was raised to the rank of admiral (then called ilag- ollicer), the first man of this country who ever receivedthat title; heconiinanded the "Constitution" and the "Independence."" He was in command of our squadrons in African waters during the time of our trouble with the slave trade, and while thus engaged he contracted African fever, and was obliged to repair to the Island of Madeira. At the close of the war with (ii'cat Britain, in 1815, he returned to his home, where he at once became in- teit'sted in a project to build the first railroad cijnstructed in New Jersey, be- tween Camdem and Ainboy. He was made the treasurerand general accountant of the road, and, on the occasion of its trial trip, he occupied the position of brakeman of tlie train, which consisted, as the records tell us. of an English carriage drawn by a .lohiniy Bull. At a subsequent period Admiral Conover served as president of various court- martials, and filled a number of im[)or- tant positions in pul)lic alVairs, ultimately retiring to private life at South Amboy. Politically he was a whig, and in relig- ious faith a member of the Protestant Episcopal church. He married Elizabeth .1. Stevens. They were the parents of five children : Francis, an officer hi the United States navy who served in the rebellion, a resident of Princeton ; Mary llachael, who married Rev. Lewis Baker, of Philadelphia ; Caroline, deceased ; Richard S., our subject, and Sophia, residing in Philadelphia. Richard 8. Conover entered Princeton College in 1850, from which he graduated in 1854. After completing a tiiree-years' engagement with the Messrs. Stevens in Ilobokeii, during which he had charge of their shops, boats, and interests in general, he removed to Sandcombe, near South Amboy, New Jersey, wiiere he caused to be erected a comfortable home. Tills charming countr^'-.seat is situated on a consj)icuous eminence, overlooking the ocean with a surrounding Landscape, picturesque and artistically perfect. In this home Mr. Ccmover has lived for many years. Mr. Conover was a director in the Delaware and Raritan Canal Co. ; was one of the projectors and pnmioters of the Long Branch railroad, and is the founder of the town of Dundee. He has been colonel of the Second regiment, Middlesex brigade, for several years ; a competent ofhcer and an ellicient discipli- narian. In politics he was formerly a whig, now a democrat, and in religion he is a member of tiie Protestant Epi.scopal church, which he has frequently repre- sented in convention and other diocesan matters, and aided in many ways. Mr. Ccmover was united in marriage Nov. 8, 1855, to Sarah J. Potter, a daughter of James Potter, of Savannah. C!a. To this union have been born eight children : James P.. an Episci)pal priest at St. Paul's School. Concord, N. H. ; Emily, Charlotte P., married to Rev. Prescott Everett, of Wappinger's Falls ; Caroline, residing at home; Alice Potter, a trained nurse in (Cathedral Parish House, Cleve- land, Ohio; Thomas Anderson, Richard Stevens, a graduate of Rutgers (.'ollege, now residing at Hyde Park, N. Y. ; J. Hamilton, a graduate of Columbia Col- lege, and now a student in P. and S., New- York, and Sarah Potter, also at home. 742 Biographical Sketches. "pETTITT & COMPANY are one of -L the largest brick manufacturing concerns in the state of New Jersey, and are situated on South River, where tliey own and work the chiy bed on the old Van Duindu Tract. They operate the oldest brick yard in this section, having been established in 1865, and known as the "John Gregg's Yard." The present business was founded in 1870, by Walter S. Pettitt, father of the senior member of the present firm, which own a clay tract of sixty acres in extent. Their yard at South River and the business of the concern consists in manufacturing building brick, which they sell only to jobbers and wholesale dealers, and of which they have a capacity of eight million bricks annually ; besides they are engaged in mining and shipping fire clay for the manufacture of sewer pipe and fire bricks, which they ship to the eastern trade. The shi])m(Mits of their product are annually made l)y schooners, owned b}' the firm, to Newark and New York city. In the various departments of their brick manufacturing, mining and shipping they employ ninety men. The very profitable and eminently successful enterprise of mining and shipping fire clay began in 1875, having been run in full capacity and without interruption ever since. Walter S. Pettitt was born on lioug Island, received his education at Albany, N. Y., and came to New Brunswick in 1802, where he estal)lish('d himself in successful business and continued up to 1884, when he founded the jiresent busi- ness of Pettitt & Co., at South River, with which he remained activ(>ly identi- fied up to his death in 1889. A. W. Pettitt, senior member of the firm of Pettitt & Co., received a fi- ert Booge Post, No. 67, during the Near 1885. He has served as inspector on the staff of the department commander. lie was elected alternate delegate to the .\ational Encampment held in San Fran- cisco, in 1888, but was unable to attend. At one time he was a member of the Knights of Labor. In 1SS7 he was elected recorder by the greatest majority ever given any previous candidate in the city's history, it having been over twelve liiinilred. In Dec, 1885, he was in- stalled grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of the state of New Jersey, and served until Feb., 1887. Previous to this he had filled all the minor offices in the gift of the lodge. He is a charter member of the B. P. 0. Elks, No. .S24, of New Brunswick, and was an organizer of Section No. 410, of the endowment rank, of K. of P.. is at tlif iircsent tinii' its president, and has been lor .several years. He was elected alderman of the Third ward. New Brunswick, in April, 1896, and now holds that office. Mr. Housell was married to Miss Enuna Steven.son, daughter of Strvker Stevenson. Esq., of New Brunswick. Nov. 8, 1861, and this marriage has been blessed with eleven 744 Biographical Sketches. children : Henry B., died in infancy ; George B. McClcUan, died in infancy ; Annie L., married to A. Rauscli ; Charles H., Emerald, died in infancy ; Lizzie, married to Archie Dove; Emma, .Jan- netta G., died in infancy ; Edna F., died in infancy ; Bella and Elmer. JOHN VAN NORDEN, hotel-keeper, ^ proprietor and owner of the new Van Norden House, at South River, New Jer- sey, and an active politician of that town, is a son of John, Sr., and (,'hristiana Dunn Van Norden, and was horn in New Brunswick, New Jei'sey, on Aug. 15, 1850. He descends from old Holland- Dutch pioneers, who settled in this dis- trict five generations ago. His father was a hotel man in New York city in 1856, successfully managing the hotel on West street in that city. He retired from husiness with a competency and re- sided in New Brunswick until his death, which occurred in 1858 by drowning while on a pleasure excursion. Politi- cally he was a democrat. His children were Julia (Mrs. J. ('. Voorhees), (ieorgia (Mrs. 8. W. Booream), and John, the sub- ject of this sketch. John Van Norden attended the public scliools ol' New ]}runswick and South River at a very early age, and when bojs are usually beginning to turn their thoughts schoolward he was directing his towards business. He left school when eight years old and was employed in the hardware store of P. J. Brunsou. New Brunswick, rising from errand boy to head clerk. At sixteen he sus|)ended work for ii time in order to complete his educatit>n, returning to the })ublic school at South River, where he graduated, lie was then a[)pn'nticed to Elias Kelly, operating niaihine shops in New Bruns- wick, for four years, and became an ex- pert mechanic, although he did not fol- low that trade. He became a clerk in the White Hall Hotel, of New Brunswick, and afterwards manager of the Washing- ton House, at South River, serving twelve years in the.se two positions. Mr. Van Norden then conducted a restaurant and bar on the steamer " New Brunswick," plying between the town of that name and New York city. He was thus engaged for six years, when he re- turned to South River and became the proprietor of the Road Hall Hotel, near that town, until Sept., 1889, when he ac- quired the Washington House, at South River, conducting a successful business for seven years. In May, 189G, Mr. Van Norden completed a new hotel building on Washingt(m street. South River, which he named the Van Norden House and now occupies. He is the owner of con- siderable real estate in addition to his new hotel profjcrty. Mr. Van Norden is a republican and has been an ardent and enthusia'stic party worker for several years. He was school trustee of the borough of Washington three years, 1894 to 1897, and was ai> pointed a fire commissioner in March, IS'.IC). lit' is a member of the South River Boat Club and its vice-[)resident for five years ; the Riverside Council, No. 33, Jr. 6. U. A. M. ; the Passyuid^ Tribe, No. 139, Imp. O. R. M., and the New Brunswick Lodge, No. 324, B. P. 0. Elks. Mv. Van Norden was married to Mary C. llyland. a daughter of Caj)!. William Hyland. a I'etircd river man and an in- lluential ami successful citizen, now dc- ceasi'd. Tliev h;i\c been blesst'il with one child, .lennie C. Biographical Sketches. 745 T^AVID CLARK, artist, and proprietor -*-^ of large photographic parlors at New Brunswick, New Jersey, is a son of Daniel and Ada (Lance) Clark, and was horn, April 12, 1825, in the state of Con- necticut. Uavid Clark (father) wa.s a native of Connecticut, and the recipient of an ex- cellent connnon-school education. He learned the carriage-building trade, and was activel\- engaged in carriage man- ufacturing all his life, doing a good and lairl} lucrative business. He married Miss j Ada Lance, and they had four children : David ; Albert, since deceased ; Ilirani (1), since deceased ; and Hiram (2), also deceased. David Clark (subject) enjoyed the ad- vantages an()rded by the connnon schools of iiis native town, and then entered a photograph gallery, and learned the art of photography in its various branches. A master of the art, he then started out to seek a suitable locality for opening a gallery of his own. In 1852 he came to New Briuiswick, and opened a gallery in that cit\ . He secured a suital)le location on Peace street, and tliere fitted up his first gallery, and launched out into busi- ness tor himself, where he pros[)ei'ed from the start. He carried on business on Peace street lor twelve years, or until 1804, when he removed his gallery to another locality, where he continued until 18'J1 ; and then removed to George street, his present location, where he oc- cupies large and handsome parlors, fitted up second to none in point of I'lpiipniciit in all the latest appliances incident to liis calling, and he ranks as the leading photographer of New Brunswick. That he justly deserves this distinction is uni- versally conceded. He is an ardent re- publican, though not an active politician, and is a member of the Second Reformed church of New Brunswick. He married Miss Mary Viler, daughter of .Facob \'il< r. in 1847, and they have an only chilli, ^Villiam R., who lias attained the aire of manhood. Tpl{ANKl>lN M. AYERS, one ol the ris- *- ing young business men of New Brunswick, New Jerse}-, is a son of Fred- erick M. and Mary E. (Humphreys) Ayers, and was born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 7, 1874. Frederick Avers (grandlather) was a native of Connecticut, born at Long Ridge, near Hartlbnl, and graduated from Yale College. After his graduation he turned his attention to the study of theology, and became a minister in the Congregational church. For nearly a half century he labored earnestly luid faithfully in the vineyard of the Divine Master, and in 1884, at the advanced and ripe old age of seventy-two, passed from the shifting and changing scenes ol this life to immortality. His marriage had result in five children : Edward M., Henry M., Frederick !M., Benjamin M., and William M. Frederick M. Ayers (father) was born in New York, 184(1, and now lives in happy retirement in New Brunswick. New Jersey, enjoying the fruits of a successful business career. He acquired a common-school education, and then learned the trade of a watch-maker and jeweler. lie pursued this vocation suc- cessivi'ly in Piiiladelphia and New York city, and in L8'.Mt retired to his present abode. For some years he was a mem- ber of the New Y'ork State militia, and is now identilied with the rresiiyterian church. 746 Biographical Sketches. He had three children by his first wife : Laura A., Franklin M., and Lester M. She died in Pliiladi'lphia, 1885, and he took for his second wife Emma A. Lam- bert, who became the mother of two chil- dren : Clara M. M., and Mary E. Franklin M. Ayers, the subject oi' this sketch, obtained his education in the excellent public schools of Philadel- phia, and in 1890 located in New Bruns- wick, where he engaged in the printing and engraving Ijusiness. His plant is located at No. 41 Albany street, and is sup[)lied with every modern conveni- ence that is necessary to do all kinds of printing and publishing ; but he makes a specialty of mercantile and society print- ing and engraving. Artistic in the de- signing and execution of his specialties, he has established a large and remunera- tive trade. He takes an active interest in church affairs, and is a member of the First Presbyterian church of New Bruns- wick, the Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation, Consumus Circle, of which he is recorder, and the Sabbath-school. Mr. Ayers is a conscientious and ener- getic young man, and from the success he has already attained, we predict that he will figure conspicuously among New Jersey's future successful and substantial business men. A LBERT C. TWINING, cashiiT of tlic -^ First National Bank of Asbui\ Park, vice-president of the Monmouth Trust Co.. ol" Asbury Park, and one of the leading financiers of tiiat city, is a son of Jesse B. and Hannah B. Twining, and was born Oct. 1, ISGI, at Richboro, Bucks county, Pa. The name isof Eng- lisli (Juaker origin, and Mr. Twining's early .\nieii(:ui ancestors were |)ionei'r settlers in Bucks eouutv, Pa., where tlie family has been prominent and thriving in agricultural affairs for many genera- tions. Mr. Twinings earlv life was spent at Richboro, where he was educated in the district schools, and subsequently fol- lowed a three yeans' business course at the Eastburn Academy. When eighteen years of age, he went to Lanesboro, Minn., "where he was clerk in tlie private bank of J. C. Easton for a year and a half He next proceeded to Fargo, N. D., where he was manager of the loan de- partment of the First National Bank for two years. From 1883 to 1885 he was teller and assistant cashier in the James River National Bank at Jamestown, N. D. In the sunnner of 1895 he removed to Asbury Park, and immediately en- tered upon the task of organizing the First National Bank in company with several well-known men ; among them were John J. Hawkins, 0. H. Brown, Harry Appleby, Willisford Dey. all of Asbury Park ; and Pliilij) Dunn, of Tren- ton. The enterprise was successfidlj' carried through, a charter w'as granted in Feb., 1886, and the bank opened for business Feb. 10, 1886. The capital stock was originally f50,000, but has since been increased to $100,000. Uni- form success attended the institution from the outset. The surplus at the present time is |^70,000, and dividends of eight per cent, are paid upon the capital stock. The force of employees, which was three in 1886, has now increased to nine. The bank was originally estal> lished in the United States Express Co.'s building, but in 1889 was removed to its present handsome and commodious loca- tion on Mattison avenue. Mr. Twining was also one of tiie organizers of the Monnioiitii 'i'rusl Co., in 1889. and was Biographical Sketches. 749 the first treasurer ol" the institution, being suhseqiu-ntly elected its viee-presi- (icnt. wiiicli position he now holds, ile is ;i uuMulK-r of Aslniry Lodge, No. 142, F. and A. M., and Carson Conmiandery, Nt). 15, Knights Templar. lie was married on Nov. 28, 1885, to Miss Maggie Hogeland, daughter of Mor- ris and Mary J. Jlogeland, of Southamp- ton, Pa., and they have two children : Jesse Willard and Albert Chester. Mr. Twining and his family occupy one of the handsomest residences in Asbury Park, at No. 405 Fourth avenue. By his works in Asbury Paik, Mr. Twining has not o\\\y clcN'atcil liiniscll' to the position of one of the leailing iiiiaueiers in the eastern part of New Jersey, but has also aided very materially in the progress and prosperity of the city, lie is a cool, careful and clear-headed busi- ness man, fully awake to all the possi- bilities of the proper utilization of money in business and commercial development, but con.^ervative and methodical in his methods. The steady, healthful growth of the two financial institutions which he fathered, and which he has delight- I'ully fostered from their l»irth, is suffi- cient indication of his ability and wis- dom. He is widely known, and is uni- versally respected as a capable man of all'airs and a useful citizen. GEORCK S. COKLE, the postmaister at Neshanic station, Somerset countv. New Jersey, is a son of John L. and Ann (Van Doren) Corle, of Neshanic, and was born near that place, Feb. 22, 1855. Judge Samuel Corle (grandfather) was a native of Somerset county, and in his time was one of its most prominent citi- zens. He was for fifteen years a judge of tlie court of common pleas of Somerset county, and during his life enjoyed the respect and esteem of the community in an eminent degree, lie lived to the age of uiuety-two vears, dying in 1894. His wife had died in 1877. John L. Corle (father) was born in Lambertville, New Jerse}', and received his education in the common schools of Neshanic and Pennington Seminary. He engaged in farming, and for nuuiy years was an active and [)rosperous farmer near Neshanic. He has now retired and lives in that village. He is a democrat in political afliiiation, and an activi' spirit in party iiKixcniciits. in chin'cli work he is equally prominiMit, i»eing a cdni- municaut and iiighl3--respected nieiiiber of the Reformed church at Neshanic (ieorge S. Corle received his education in the public schools of Neshanic, and at an early age entered a store as clerk, and assi.stcd his fatiier on tlie farm during the summer season. He next engaged in the general mercantile business at Three Bridges, New Jersey, for two years, acting as postmaster during that period. Prior to this, however, he had s[)ent fifteen months in the revenue ollice at Soraerville, as deputy collector of reveiuie for that district, under Cleveland's first administratiou. .Since 1889 lie lias been engaged in tiie mercantile business at Neshanic station. He is also the post- master of tiiat place, having been ap- pointed and commissioned May P5, 1893. He is a respected nuMuber of the Reformed church of Neshanic, and ever active in all cliurch work. He is also connected with the orderof ivnights of Pythias, being a charter member of Nesiumic Lodge, No. 145, of Ncslianic, New Jersey. He mar- ried Jessie Case, daugliter of Jacob and Margaret Case, of Three Bridges, New 750 Biographical Sketches. Jersey, on December 18, 1878. She died June 13, 1800. lie lias a daughter, Deborah, an only child, now in lier eighteenth year, Avlio is attending the Moravian Seminary at Bethlehem, Pa. STEPHEX IIOVVEL, a pi'ominent lum- ber-dealer and well-known citizen of New Brunswick, was born Oct. 15, 1827, at Princeton, New Jersey. He was edu- cated in the j^inijlic schools of Princekm. At the age of fourteen years he went to work on his father's farm, and in 1855 took a farm on shares with his father. Six years later he purchased a farm of his own at Pleasant Valley, New Jersey, but only ojjerated it two years, when he sold out and renewed association with his father. In 18G5 he bought another farm, which he tilled successfully for eight years, when he disposed of it. lie entered the lumber business in 1873, and established two yards, one at Millstone and the other at New Brunswick. In 1878 he gave up the former, and has since devoted his attention entirely to his extensive New Brunswick yard. Mr. Ilowel's business coiuiections are wide- reaching, and his trade extends to many points outside of the city. In politics he is a republican, and takes an active inter- est in municipal movements. His relig- ious alfiliations are with the First Re- ibrincd church of New Brunswick, of whicii he has been successively elected deacon and elder. He is one of the active members of the board of trade. Mr. Howel was married Nov. 28, 1855, to Miss Anna C. Su^dam, daughter of John I. Suydam, and they liave been bles.sed with two sons and two daughters: Lewis I., Al)ram L.. Elenore, wife of Wil- liam E. Florence, and Sarah Josephine. Mr. Howel possesses strong convic- tions and rare business ability, and is proud of being a thoroughly self-made man. He is well informed on the lead- ing topics of the day, and is liberal and progres.sive in his ideas. For an account of Mr. Howel's ances- try the reader is referred to the sketch of Lewis F. Howel. rp V. ME AC HAM, M.D., a leading -*- • practitioner of New Brunswick, is a son of Thomas and Mary (Kerns) Meacham, and was l)orn April 25, 1870, at New Brunswick. His lather, Thomas Meacham, was born in Ireland, in 1841, and came to the United States in early life. He located at New Brunswick, and was a well-known restaurant-keeper of that city for many years, being a highly- successful business-man and owner of considerable re.al estate. He was a de- mocrat in politics, and a member of the Roman Catholic church. His children were : T. V. (subject) ; Annie, Eugene, Margaret, Mary, Edward, and- Albert. Dr. ]\Ieacham received his early (>duca- tion in the public schools of New Bruns- wick, and in the preparatory school of Rutgers College, whence he graduated in 1888. He then spent six months study- ing medicine in the office of Dr. P. A. Shannon, of New Brunswick, after which he took the medical course at Bellevue College, New York city, and graduated March 30, 1891, receiving his degree before he had attained his majority. He immediatel}- entered upon hospital prac- tice, and was ambulance surgeon at Bellevue Hospital, New York city, for six months a member of the staff, and an interne at Governor's Island hospital for six months, and first house surgeon- 0t Biographical Sketchks. 751 iii-cliarjie of the Fonlliiim Ilospitiil for si'vi'ii moiitlis, ciuliiij: Oct., 181)2. Ik' tlieii spi'iit hiilfii year on a pleasure tiip. Ill April, 189o, lie entered upon regular praetice in New Brunswick, opening an ollice at No. 118 Somerset street, where lie remained until May 1, 1895, when he removed to his present office on (leorge street. Dr. Meaeham is a democrat in polities, hut does not enter actively into jxiijlic afl'airs; he is a niemher of the Roman Catholic church. He is a memherof the 15. l\ O. E., the Order .)!' Foresters, the New Brunswick Gun Club, and the Catholic Club, a social organization. He is local I'xaniiner lor the Order of Fores- ters, the (iiiardian Life Insurance Co., of Boston, and the Metropolitan Lile In- surance Co., of New York. Dr. Meaciiam is regarded as one of the brightest of tlie junior members of the medical profession in New Brunswick. He now has a large and growing prac- tice, is skillful and intelligent, well-read in all ijranches; but making a specialty of surgery, and thoroughly alive to all , the advances which the science is niakiny:. /CHARLES A. I'OOI,, a well-known and ^-^ successful painter and contractor, of West Long Branch, is a son of George and Rebecca (Taylor) I'ool. and was born at West Long Branch, Monmouth coun- ty, New Jersey, (.)ct. 21. 185U. James I'ool, pati'rnal grandfather, was of 1R)I- land descent. He had a common-school t'llucation, and was engaged in the shoe l)usiness at West Long Branch during the greater part of his life. He voted the democratic ticket and was a member of the Methodist Episct)pal church. When England, a .second time, tried to over- throw the loundations of American lib- erty, in 1812, James Pool served his country as a .soldier in that great strug- gle. He married .Matilda Cook, and the}' had a family of three children : Hen- drick, James, and Jane A. George i^ool (father) was a native of West Long Branch, wlu-i-c he was born Nov. 19, 1817. He was a jjupil in the public schools ot" his town, and subse- (iuentl\- learned the trade of slioemaking with his father, and made that a life- long occupation. Politically he was a republican, but took no active part in party afl'airs. In religious belief. Mr. Pool was a methodist. He married Miss Rebecca Taylor, and they became the parents of three children : Monroe V., Charles A., and Eugenie, who is now the wife of Jacob 11 Corlies. George Pool ilicd at West Long Branch, Oct. 27, 1890. Charles A. Pool (suljject) attended the comnnin schools of Long Branch until he had attained the age of eighteen years. He then turned his attention to painting and worked at that business in Long Branch for a number of years, and then went to New York city, where he was engaged in business. Finally he re- turned to Long Branch and established business as a painter and contractor, and has gained the confidence and favor of a large patronage, becoming very success- ful in this line of work. Mr. Pool is a memljer of the Metho- dist Episcopal church ol" West Long Branch and ably fills the position of chorister in the choir of that congrega- tion. His political views ally him with the Republican party, and he is a member in good standing of the following secret orders : Arioch Lodge, No. 77, 1. O. O. F., and Norwood Council. No. 127, Jr. 0. U, A. M. 752 Biographical Sketches. On May 20, 1873, Charles A. Pool was united in marriage to Miss Maggie Rey- nolds, daughter of Mr. James and Phoebe Reynolds. They haye no children. TT C. JELLIFF, the well-known, en- -L-*-' terprising grocer at Asbury Park, Monmouth county, New Jersey, is a son of Gould D. and Margaret A. (Long) Jel- lift", and was born. Noy. 13, 1854, at Dum- fries, Va. The Jellill' family was established in this country by two brothers, of French extraction, bearing that name, who came from England at an early date, one of whom settled in Connecticut, the other in Illinois. He who made his home hi the " Nutmeg State " was the great- grandsire of the subject of this sketch. Aaron Jelliff, the paternal grandfather, was a native of Wilton township. Conn., and was bred to agriculture. He subse- quently migrated south, as far as Vir- ginia, purchased a farm at Cannon Sta- tion, and there located ; and died in 1835, his widow surviving until 1844. They were the parents of seven children : L., deceased; Aaron, deceased; Hiram, de- ceased; Gould D. ; Anna, and Fannie. Gould D. JellilT was l)orn on the farm at Cannon Station, Va., and attended the district school until he was fourteen years of age, when lie was cniployed in the office of a firm in the lumber business. After this his life was spent in various pursuits, which are thus enumerated in their order : shoemaking, general mer- chandising, dealing in patent rights, mer- cantile business in Virginia, whither he removed, and in connection with which he purchased and cleared timber-lands, shipping his wond to Washington city, in his own vessels. Subsequently he sold out the entire business, and removed to Alexandria, Va., where he established and conducted, for two years, an exten- sive grocery trade ; sold the store to good advantage, and entered into the dry- goods business, which he profitabh" con- tinued until 18G5, when failing health caused him to close out. He went to Nor- walk, Conn., remained eighteen months in quiet recuperation, and subsequently purchased a farm in that neighborhood, which he cultivated until 1882, when he retired for the space of two years. In 1884 he came to ^ew Jersey, purchased a grocery store at the corner of Main and Asbury streets, Asbury Park, and formed a partnership with his son, H. C. Jellift", under the firm name of Jelliff & Son, where he renuxined in successful trade until his death, in 1880. In politics he was a democrat, and religiously he was a member and trustee of the Presbyterian church. His marriage to Margaret A. Long brought them three children: Leila, who married Jesse Minot, of Asbury Park ; Clifton N., a member of the cleri- cal force of Steiner & Son, shirt manu- facturers at Asbury Park ; and H. C. H. C. Jellifi" attended a i)rivate school in Alexandria, Va., at first, and when his father removed to Norwalk, Ccmn., lie became a pupil of the public school in that town. Later he attendeil the public school in Wilton, Conn., for a time, and afterward entered the Wilton Private Academy, conducted by Profes.sor 01m- stead, where he remained in preparation ibr Yale College, until his eighteenth year. Sickness intervt'ued to prevent his matriculation in Yale, and thence- forth, until 1879, he remained on the home farm with his father. In that year Mr. Jelliff purchased the one-half inter- est in a general store in Coiniecticut, re- Biographical Sketches. 753 maiiiiiig five years. lie sold this inter- e.st in August, 1884, and removed to As- burv I'ark, where, on Sept. 1, 1884, he entered into partnership with his father in the grocery trade, as has been pre- viously mentioned. After his father's death tlie hitter's interest in the firm, then known as G. D. Jelliif & Co., was retained for two years Ijy the mother of Mr. Jellill". At the expiration of this time ]\Ir. Jelliif acquired his mother's share by purchase, and thenceforth con- ducted the business for himself, lie is to-day the owner of a large and very profitable establishment, employing sev- eral delivery wagons, and his handsome trade is due not alone to his sagacity and his energy, but as well to his reputa- tion for carrying the finest quality of goods, and his possession of cletin busi- ness princii)les. He is a prominent mem- ber of Asbury Lodge, No. 142, F. and A. M. Mr. Jelliif was united in mar- riage, Nov. 19, 1885, to Helen May Wise- man, and to their union two interesting children have been born: Margaret, nine years of age ; and Burchard, aged eight years ; both of whom are attending school. T3ICHARI) J. ROBERTSON, the able -*-*' and popular superintendent of the Prudential Insurance Co., of Newark, New Jersey (his headquarters Ijcing New Brunswick, Middlesex county, New Jer- sey), is a son of Albei't R. and Julia Randolph Robertson, and was born Oct. 22, 1843, at Camden, New Jersey. The family, of German extraction, and the name, originally written Robeson, was founded in this country by the great>- grandfather, who emigrated from Bremen, Germany, and settled in New York city. Albert 11. Robertson (father) was born 39 in the city of New York, where, after acquiring an education I'rom the puljlic schools, he learned the trade of carpen- try. In 1838 he removed to Camden, engaging in contract work as a builder. At the ojjcning of the civil war, he was appointed chief teamster in the commis- sary department, serving until the close of the strife in 18(35. Returning to Camden, he resumed his building t)pera- tions, and at one time was engaged in the grocery business. In politics, he formerly was an active member ol" the Native Anjerican, or "Know-nothing" party, and in later life a staunch democrat. He was a prominent " Red Man," and was first keeper of the wampum of the grand tribe of New Jersey, lie was a memljcr of " Big " Hose Co., volunteer firemen of New York city, and subse- quently a.ssisted to organize the .Shilller Hose Co., of Camden, for whose Ix-nelit he purcliased the first hose carriage that city ever possessed, and presented it as a gift. He deceased at the age of fifty-five years, and is yet survived by his wife, who resides at Alloway, Salem county, New Jersey. The issue of their marriage was five children : Mary E., deceased ; Katharine, Albert, deceasi'd ; Richard J., and Mary, who married Wil- liam Davis. Richard J. Robertson received a com- mon-school education. He learned the triide of carpenter. At the age of six- teen years, he joined the Stockton cadets, which organization entered the Union army in 18G1, and was attached to the Fourth New Jersey infantry-, forming a part of General Runyon's brigade. At the expiration of his term he re-enlisted, and was assigned ht Company II, Tenth New Jersey infantry, known as the " West Jersey Zouaves," in service for 754 Biographical Sketches. three years. He was detailed to provost duty at the United States Capitol, and later was one of Pre.sident Lincoln's body-guards in the United States secret service. At the battle ol" Cold Harbor he was promoted to the rank of second- lieutenant. He received seven promo- tions in all, and was provisional captain of his company before attaining his ma- jority. One of his stripes was won at the battle of Cedar Creek, for capturing with his command a confederate battery. In 18G.3 he was transferred to the Thir- ty-fourth regiment of New Jersey, and was a member of the sharpshooter's bat- talion until the close of the war. Alter his discharge from the service, in 1865, Mr. llobertson returned to Camden, where he was engaged with his father in the grocery business for two years, and was subsequently variously employed, Mr. Robertson entered the service of the Prudential Insurance Co., of Newark, New Jersey, as its Camden agent, in 1883, and in 1886 he was rewarded with the position of assistant superintendent of the Camden district. He soon sprang to the first rank of the assistants, and was awarded a gold badge, accompanied w'ith a substantial pecuniary testiuKJuial. In 1888 he was made superintendent at New Brunswick, of the district composed of Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties, and a portion of Staten Island, to the development of which field Mr. Robertson so vigorously applied liimself, and with such results as to force the comj)any to establish other districts in the territory outlying. He lias been a member of the " Prudential Old Guard," composed ol' ten-year veterans in the service of the comijan}'. In fellowship, Mr. Robertson is con- nected with the following organizations : Post No. 37, G. A. R., a charter mem- ber, and its ex-senior vice-C(mimander ; New Brunswick Post, of the same order; F. and A. M., of New Brunswick ; a past sachem of Tribe No. 2, I. 0. R. M., Cam- den ; Tribe No. 182, which he organized at New Brunswick ; Castle No. 71, K. G. E., a charter member, and keeper of the exchequer. In religious aflairs he is a member of Pitman Methodist Epis- copal church at New Brunswick, a direc- tor of the Pitman Herald, a religious periodical, and is an active laborer in the Sunday-school. In politics he is a republican, l)ut liberal and independent in his views. He served during the year 1895 as district deputy sachem of the I. O. R. xM. Mr. Robertson was married July 13, 1870, to Hannah Githens, of Burling- ton, New Jersey. Such, in brief, is the record of the business and martial career of a gentleman yet in his prime ; a com- pendium of the history of a gallant soldier, thrice wounded on the field of battle, and winning field promotions from his t^eneral and bis colonel. /^"lEORGE WILIJAM DAY, the editor ^-^ and proprietor of the Weekly Cull, of Dunellen, New Jersey, is a son of Stanley and Maria Isabelle (Beck) Day, and was born Oct. 28, 1 859, on Fourth ave- nue, between Twenty-sixth and Twenty- seventh streets, New York cit_)'. His father, Stanley Day, was born in Norfolk, (Ml the eastern coast of England. He was educated in the common schools of his native country-, and in early man- hood, in 1858, emigrated to the United States. Here lie found a broader field for the employment of his talents, and soon engaged in a general advertising business, Biographical Sketches. 755 with hea(l(juarters at New Market, New Jersey. Possessed of natural aptitude and tenacity of pur[)()se — (pialities which are essential to success in any line of business — he has succeeded in establish- ing an e.v'tensive and profitable business. He wedded Maria Isabella Beck, and they became the parents of seven chil- dren : George W., Isabella, Elizabeth, James. Charles I., Stanley, Jr., Irene, and William, who died in infancy. George W. Day attended the i)ublic schools until thirteen, and at that early age was thrown upon his own weak re- sources for earning a livelihood. He accordingly first lliund em[)loyment as bell-boy in Hyde Park Hotel, Chicago. Subsequently he went to Ontario, Can- ada, thence to West Farm, and finally, in 1869, came to !^ ew Market, New Jersey. In the meantime he had learned the trade of printing, and followed it in vari- ous offices until 18'J-. During that year lie, in partnership with G. E. Lowrie, fouiided the Weekli/ Call at Dunellen. They conducted it until January, 1895, under the firm name of Day & Lowrie, at which time he purchased the in- I terest of Mr. Lowrie, and became sole proprietor. The Call has a large cir- culation ill Dunellen and New Market. Both its editorial and news departments are conducted with ability, and its pres- ent circulation has been built up through the activity and energy of the present editor. He is a vigorous writer and fear- less in giving expression to his position on all questions and matters of local im port, in upholding and advocating the right or detecting and opposing the wrong. Mr. Day is a firm believer in the prin- ciples and precepts of the Democratic party, and has always taken a lively interest in its promotion and success. He was elected borough collector in 1895 by a inajority of tliirty-si.\ votes over his competitor, W. G. Kunyon, and was elected justice of the peace, but declined to serve. Fraternalh' he is a member of the Knights of Honor, Friendship Lodge, No. 81, Jr. O. U. A. xM., of which he has been reading secretary since its organiza- tion, and an honorary member of Lake Side Council, No. 35, Daughters of Lil> erty. He is akso president of New Mar- ket Bridge Co., and a director in a build- ing and loan association. Jan. 20, 1880, Mr. Day and Miss Laura E. Merrill were happily married, and to them have been born Ethel and Alfred W. T^RANK H. SLATER, a leading and suc- -*- cessful pharmacist at Matawan, Monmouth county, is a son of Rev. F. A. and Sophia Slater, and was born May 10, 1855, at Rome, N. Y. Rev. F. A. Slater (father), who is at present pastor of the First Baptist church of Matawan, was born on a farm in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., and after an elementarj^ education in the local schools took a course at Colgate University, from which he was graduated with honor. He soon afterwards began his career in the pulpit, and in 1873 removed to Mata- wan, and has been pastor of the First Baptist church at that place tor twenty- three years, during which period the church has enjoyed the greatest pros- jjcrity. Frank H. Slater, suliject of this sketch, received a thorough common-school edu- cation, and subsequently attended a school of pharmacy, pa.est man. He has held im[)ortant oHices in the borough in which he lives, having been a member of the board of town com- missioners, and secretary of the board of health. Mr. Sahath is also connected with the Ibllowing fraternal organiza- tions : the Ma.sonic Rite, No. 4, of Red Bank ; the Elks, of Asbury Park ; and Knights of Pythias. TOSEPH SWANXKLL, the leading and ^ successful architect, of Red Bank, New .Terse}', is a son of Thomas and Harriet (Tilden) Swannell, and was born at Williamsburg, Long Island, now a part of Brooklyn, N. Y., April 2, 1858. Swannell is a purely English name, and the first representative to come with his family to America was the paternal grandfather, Joseph Swannell. After passing through the common schools, Jo.'^t'ph, Sr., engaged in business for himself and among other transactions, bought some property in England, and when too late found that he did not have and could not secure a clear title. After this disappointment he removed to this country, and finally settled in Delaware, but some years later came to New York. Here he engaged in butchering and dealt in cattle for some yeans, when he went to Red Bank, New Jerse\', and retired iVoni active life. He was an old-line wiiig, and an en- thusiastic member of the Methodist Epis- copal church. The family of children born to Mr. Swannell and his estimable wife weie as follows : Eliza, Maria (Mrs. John Sutton), Edwin P., Ennna (Mrs. S. AUain), and Thomas. Thomas Swannell (father) was born in England, where he received a common- school education only, but remained a close student all his life, and was noted for his large store of facts and general knowledge. He came with the family to America, and remained in the employ of his father for some time, and then learned the carpenter trade, and engaged in con- tracting and building at Red Bank. At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted in Company F, Twenty-ninth New Jersey volunteers, and went out as first sergeant of his company, and served nine months. And when Presi- dent Lincoln called for more men, he went out as captain of a company of the BioGRAPHicAi. Sketches. Thim--eighth New Jersey resiment, and served until the close of the war. Mr. Swannell was a strong adherent of the Republican party, and always voted in a conscientious manner. He was a high-minded christian gentleman, and an active member of the Red Bank Metho- dist Episcopal church ; also a comrade of the G. A. R- Post. No. 61. of Red Bank, and a meml«r of the Independent ^»-i-r of Odd Fellows, of the same place. T- -as Swannell married Miss Har- 7- : T;. .-i-n. and this happy union was -— ^ ^ V the birth of two children, the firsi >j1 which was called away in infancy, and Joseph, the subject. Joseph Swannell (subject) attended the public sehools of Red Bank, his na- tive place, and then proceeded to learn the trade of carpenter and builder with his father. Later he went to Xew York, where he pursued his chosen occupation for ten year*. From childhood Mr. ■""-.::-- -;. -Tt-d evidence of an inherent : .-:- ...I : ..-:ii for drawing and design- ing, and always aspired to become an architect. Wishing to become a prac- tical draughtsman, and thoroughly fa- miliar with eveiy- detail of the nature and demands of the builders' art, he learned, as above stated, and worked fer of the Second Troop cavalry. N. G. N. J. On Oct. 24. ISSO.llr. Swannell mar- ried Georgia Ann Gill, a daughter of Henry GUI. and they have been blessed by the birth of two children : Florence, and T. Benton. "TAMES BKOWX. Jb.. an extensive ^ manufacturer of Somer\'ille. New Jersey, is one of the most enterprising and progressive men in the state. He is the son of James and Margaret (Stewart) Brown, and was bom in the county of Armagh, in the north of Ireland. Nov. 28, 1&49. He is of Scotch ancestry. His grandparents, on both sides, were people of means and influence in the coimty in which they lived. Samuel Brown, his grandfather on the paternal side, was an agriculturist all his life, and resided about forty nules from Belfast. He died in 1802, at the age of seventy years, leaving one child, a son, James, the father of James Brown, Jr., who was bom at the old homestead. Aug. •5, 1616, received a common-school edu- cation, and disliking the farmers life, which his father had followed, engaged in the mercantile and milling business. He married Margaret Stewart, a daughter of Hugh Stewart, of county Armagh, Ire- land. To them were bom the following children : Stewart, now at Pluckamin, New Jersey ; Isabella, married to James Chambers, of Stamford- Conn. ; Margaret, who resides in Somer^-ille ; Samuel, who died in infancy ; James, Jr. ; Anna, liv- ing on the old homestead ; and Josiah, who died January 13, 1867, at the age ^^-^,:;^^i<^<^^ -v"*-^ Biographical Sketches. 761 of thirteen years. James Brown, Sr., came to this country in June, 1851, when .lames, .Ir., was little more than one year old ; tliey settled at Pluckamin. New Jersey, where the father died Feb. 20, 1890, at the age of .seventy-four years. The mother died April 5, 189G. being- over eighty-three years of age. James lirown, Jr., entered a general store at Pluckamin in April. 18<)9, where he continued until Nov., 1S70, when he went into busine.ss for himself, being scarcely twenty-one years of age. He engaged in the general mendiandise bus- iness, and also in the manufacture of clothing, until 1881, when he came to Somerville, and began manufacturing in a small way. He erected a building, 42 by (50 I'eet, tiiree stories in height, on tlu- corner of Main street and Doughty ave- nui'. He prosperi'd from tlic fii-st. iiiid in a short time Ibuml it ui'ccs.sai-y to increase iiis facilities, and anotlier build- ing was addi'd. 40 bv 42 feet, three stories high. Enterprising, progressive, and thor- oughly ver.sed in his business and an able fnumcier, Mr. Brown made steady prog- ress, and in 1889 another liuilding was put up, 54 l)y 110 feet. ;in parent to a family of three children : Charles, deceased ; Cor- nelia, and Edward S. Edward S. Morton (subject) was born and reared in Red Bank, New Jersey, and received his entire elementary edu- cation in the public schools of that place, graduating from the high school. Sub- sequently he read medicine, entered the Columbia Medical College at New York, and received his degree of M. D. in 1894. In 1895 he opened an office and began the practice of his profession at Red Bank. Dr. Morton is an enthusiastic repub- lican, yet does not activelj' participate in local politics, but devotes his entire time to his profession. He is a member of the Grace M. E. church, and in the spring of 1895 became a steward of that organ- ization. He is a young man of ex- emplary habits, good address, is rapidly building up a large practice, and lias the confidence and esteem of a large circle of patrons and friends. Tj^ J. PHINNKY, general manager for -*- ' Messrs. Johnson & Johnson, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, is a son of Thonuis H. and Francis (Johnson) Phin- ney, and was born in the year 1860. His pakn-nal grandfather, Thomas P. Pliinney, was a native of England, and his paternal grandmother a native of Scotland. Tliey settled originally in the town of Carbondale, Pa., where the grandfather was engaged in the banking and general merchandising business for the greater part of his lifetime. He died in 1889. Thomas H. Phinney (lather) was ])orn in Pennsylvania, and alter receiving a common-school education, engaged in the oil business at Oil City, in tiiat state. He subsequently removed to Chicago, III., where he is still living, engaged in the same business. He has been very Biographical Sketches. 763 auccossful in his business career, and is now coinu'cted with tlie Standard Oil Co. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal churcli in Chicago, and an active factor in all church work. He married Miss Frances Johnson, and they have had born to them four children. F. J. Phinney (subject) was born at the old homestead, and after receiving a thorough connnt)n-school education, went to Rochester, N. Y., and engaged in the mercantile bu.'^iness for four years. Af- terwards he removed to Chicago, HI., and was connected in business with Ross & Co., of that city, for four years. He sul> sequently returned to Oil City, Pa., and became connected with his father in bus- iness in the latter city. He continued in business with his father until 1886, when he came to New Brunswick, New Jersey, and engaged with Messrs. Johnson & Johnson, of the latter city, as book- keeper. He has gradually- worked his way upward until now he is their general manager. He is a democrat in politics and has always taken a deep interest in political affairs. He has been honored with a position on the board of aldermen of the city of New Brunswick, and en- joys the public confidence in no small measure. He is a member of Christ Episcopal church, of New Brunswick, and is quite active in all church work. He is also identified with a number of fraternal organizations, such as the Ro\-al Arcanum and the Knights of Honor, in each of which he manifests a like active and zealous spirit. He is a gentleman of quiet, unassuming manners, genial temperamant, and is higlil}' esteemed. Mr. Phinney was married in 1886 to Miss Clara II. Bishop and they have had born to them the following children : Thomas F., Horace B., and Opal S. , r^ EORGEM. VALEXTIXE, the efficient ^^ cashier of the Middlesex County Bank of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and treasurer of the Perth Amboy Savings Institution, is a son of Robert N. and Mary D. (Mercer) Valentine, and was born June 29, 1866, at Woodl)ridge, Middlesex county. New Jersey. Mr. Valentine obtained his elementary education from the public schools of Woodbridge, and subsequently he at- tended Rutgers College, at New Bruns- wick, for two years. He then entered Packard's Business College, in New York city, where he received that thorough training which so eminently qualified him for what was destined to be his life's occupation. He accepted a position as a clerk in the National Park Bank of New Y'ork city, one of the largest and strongest banks in this country, and re- mained with that banking hi)u.se until 1892, when he was appointed cashier of the Middlesex County Bank of Perth Amboy, b^- its board of directors. He was subsequently elected treasurer of the Perth Amboy Savings Institution, and is still the capable and trusted manager of these two financial concerns. His busi- ness qualifications are of a superior order; quick in perception and prompt in de- cision, he has banished the slow and cumbrous methods from " country bank- ing" in his town. He is careful, conser- vative, and methodical, qualities that are vital to successful financiering. In personality he is urbane, and possesses an equable temperament, traits so essen- tial in opening new accounts on the indi- vidual ledger of a b.ank, and in retaining, without jar or friction, its old customers. The bank, under his management, has largely increased its business ; it is pa\-- ing good dividends to its shareholders, 764 Biographical Sketches. and is justly regarded as one of the most substantial hanks in Middlesex county. Mr. Valentine resides on Hight street, in a liandsonie mansion of architectural beauty, and elegantly and tastefully fur- nished, lie is a republican, but has never sought or held a political office. He was luiited in marriage, Sept. 10, 1891, to Carrie Anness. One child has been born to them : Helen, aged three years. James Valentine (paternal grandfather) was a prosperous butclier in New York city during many years. He removed later to Woodbridge, New Jerse\-, and witli his accumulations he purchased a number of farms in the vicinity of that town. One of these farms he tilled, and on the others he developed clay mines. The latter industry eventually led him to engage in the manufacture of fire- brick, which enterprise, under his sole direction, grew into a large and profitable business. He was a republican, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He died in 1891, and is sur- vived by his widow, who is still living at an advanced age, and in the enjoyment of reasonably good health. They were the parents of nine children : Maria, married to Josiah Drake; William, de- ceased ; Benjamin, Robert N., Martin D., J. Ross, Howard, Edward, and Oscar. The seven surviving sons are residing at Woodbridge, and are engaged in clay mining, and in the manufacture of fire- brick. They are all j)ros[)erous men. and are regarded as substantial citizens of the town. Robert N. Valentine (fatlici-) was ])orn in New York city, but was reared at Woodbridge. He attended the public schools of the latter place, ami in caiiy ing at Sand Hill, Woodbridge township, which business has occupied hi.s entire time and attention to the present day. He has prospered in his business, and is one of the substantial men of Middlesex county. He is a director in two moneyed institutions: the Middlesex (Jounty Bank, and the Perth Amboy Savings Institu- tion. He is a republican and a free- mason. His children are three in num- ber : George M., Howard R., bookkeeper for M. D. Valentine, manufacturer of fire-brick at Woodbridge ; and Raymond L., student at Packard's Bu.siness Col- lege, New York city. TTriLLIAM E. CURLEY, the succcss- ' ^ ful proprietor of an extensive laundry at Freehold, Monmouth county, New Jersey, is a son of John J. and Mary Meek Curley, and was l)orn in Aug., 1858, in Freehold, New Jersey. He is of mixed extraction, inheriting warm French blood from the maternal side, and from the paternal side he de- rives the cool, phlegmatic blood of the Anglo-Saxon. His paternal- ancestors were natives of Lancaster, Ijancastershire, England. John J. Curley (father) settled at Freehold, New Jersej', where he con- tinued in successful fiirming from 1849 to 1881. In religion he was a member of tlie Freehold Protestant Episcopal church, but in politics he was never in the least interested. He was married to Mary Meek, and they were the parents of four children : Kate, who married a Mr. Soden ; Annie, married to a Mr. Conway, and now residing in Colorado; William E. ; and John J., engatjed in the laundry business at Freehold with his bidtlici'. I'pdu the fatiier's demise, he left intact for his family the old home- Biographical Sketches. 765 stead at Froohold, whi<'h is now occupied by Mrs. Sodeu, Mr. Ciirlcy's sister. William E. Curley acquired his educa- tion in the public schools at Freehold, after which, until 1881, he was engaged with his lather at larniing. In that year he opened a laundry in the town, com- mencing in a small way catering to the wants, in his line, of the local trade exclusively. His business grew and ex- panded, year by year, until now he oper- ates a large plant employing forty hands, at Freehold, where, in addition to his home trade, he has an extensive trade with New York city and Philadi'lphia, besides owning and ct)nducting branch laundries in the following other towns of Monmouth county : Red Bank, Long Branch and Asbury Park. Mr. Curley is the pioneer launderer at Freehold, and has constantly made additions to the l)uilding located on Bowers avenue. He abso owns the adjoining real estate to the extent of a whole block, thus affording himself ample room for further enlarge- ments. During the years 1891-'92-'93, he was also engaged in a wholesale and retail tobacco business, but relinquished that trade in order to meet the demands of his swelling volume of laundry work. The niachincr\' and appliances for turn- ing out nothing but the most approved specimens of the launderer's art are new, modern and well-arranged, with a view to economy of time and labor. Mr. Cur- ley is thoroughly experienced in the.>^e(iuently engaged with H. L. Fairchilds, proprietor of Dr. Dut- ton's Vegetable Discovery, as a clerk, and in this establishment and business he successfully worked his way until he was promoted to the position of managei-, and this position he has occupied for the past five years. The business of this concern is extensive. Mr. Morrison was luanicil to Mi.ss Rebecca J. II. McOwen in 1884, and they have had born to them the following children: Lilian, Helen J., Jessie L., and George R. rp C. HAZARD, founder of the E. C. -*-^* Hazard Co., importers, in New York city, and manufacturers of iancv groceries in Shrewsbury, Monmouth count}-. New Jersey, and a resident of the latter place, is a son of Bowdoin and Theresa (Clark) 768 BiOGRAniicAL Sketches. Hazard, and was l)orn April 4, 1831, at Mumford's Mills, II. I. Mr. Hazard attended the coininoii schools at Narragansett, R. I., until he was about eighteen years of age, after which time, filled with a spirit of com- mercial enterpri.se, he went to New York city, where, with horse and wagon, he became engaged at vending, as well as introducing to the grocery- trade special articles of fancy groceries, more par- ticularl}' goods of foreign manufacture. Eleven years later, in 1860, Mr. Hazard became regularly engaged in an establish- ment of his own at No. 09 Barcas street. This was the primitive beginning of the house of E. C. Hazard & Co., Hudson and North Moore streets. New York city, whose name is a household word to-day. In 1883 Mr. Hazard, after prospecting for a suitable place for carrying out a previously matured intention of produc- ing a pure article of tomato ketchup from " love apples," fresh from the vine, pur- chased a fine farm of one hundred and sixty-five acres at Shrewsbury, New Jer- sey, in honor of which town he names his various brands of goods, and erected thereon extensive factories, including handsome offices and one of the best- ecjuipped laboratories in this country. He made a specialty at first of " Shrews- bury " tomato ketchup, so j ustly celebrated for its purit}^ and excellence, but subse- quently added canned tomatoes and canned baked beans to his line of manu- facture. Later he commenced to culti- vate and can mu.shrooms, his attention being drawn in this direction because of the impurities existing in the imported nmshrooms packed in brine. Mr. Hazard conceived the idea of packing and preserv- ing them ill their own juice alter cultivat- ingthem in hisowncellars,aseriesof which he constructed on his farm, situated on a peninsula forined by the north and south branches of the Shrewsbury river. In their construction he was guided by suggestions derived from a rejjort to this government made by the United States consul at Nantes, France, which treated, among other subjects, of the methods of mushroom cultivation in that country. Mr. Hazard has passed the ex- perimental stage in the culture of this excellent fungus, and has more than realized his expectations, for, from the raising of a crop in 1895 valued at $1200, the value of the crop of 1896 will proba- bly reach $50,000. It is Mr. Hazard's prediction that, notwithstanding the American product has to compete with foreign low wages and an unfair tarifi', it will drive from the market the French mushroom, unless the latter is packed after better methods. In the prosecution of this extensive industry he employs several hundred hands, and there is no scene more inspir- ing to the eyes of a visitor than to gaze upon those broad acres, upoji which a horde of lal)orers are ])usy picking the blood-red fruit of the trailing vine and robbing the soil of their treasures of asparagus, okra, peppers, tarragon, and other aromatic plants for immediate use in the preparation of table delicacies by throngs of other contented workers in the steaming factory near at hand. It is also interesting to promenade along the alleys of the subterranean planta- tion and observe the various stages of de- velopment; in row after row, and tier upon tier, the epicure's delight of phe- nomenally rapid growth — the succulent mushroom. In addition to packing toma- toes, tomato ketchup, and mushrooms, Mr. Hazard packs and ships to his dis- Biographical Skktches. 769 tributiiii^ point, his house in Now York city, c'hilt', pi-ppcr, ami hiiriit onion sauces, mayonnaise salad dressing, as- paragus, various kinds of jellies, and other tasty condiments. Mr. Hazard was the presiding ollicer of" the convention held in Madison Square garden, in 1892, by the Pure Food Asso- ciation. He is a member of the New York Mercantile Exchange, of the Com- mercial Cluli of New York city, and of the Masonic rnitci-nit \ . WII>LIAM T.VANDYKE, an exten- sive wholesale and retail dealer in fish at Ijong Branch, Monmouth count}', New Jersey, is a son of Vincent W. and Hannah (West) Van Dyke, and was born iit Long Branch in 1837. The family is of Dutch origin, but, inasmuch as no an- cestral archives have been kept, it is im- possible to trace the history of the branches of the primeval tree to a point beyond the father of the subject of this sketch. Vincent W. Van Dyke (father) was a farmer and a fisherman all his life. In politics he was an old-line whig; in re- ligion an active, ever-zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal church, so filled with fervor in the cause that he held stated meetings tor religious praise and worship in his own house. He married Hannah West, and his death occurred on a Sal)l)ath morning, July 10, having been killed instantly byai)assing train of cars, while endeavoring to cross a railroad track in Long Branch. His widow de- ceased two years later in the same city, leaving six children : Michael, Saul, Henry, Isaac, William T., and Hannah, married to William H. Denise. William T. Van Dyke (subject), alter attending the public schools at Long Branch for several years, and acquiring a good English education, assisted his father in his fishing o])erations. Hesul>- sequently engaged in that business for himself, and, during the past fifteen years, has conducted, very successfully, a large Avholesale and retail trade in that line of industry, packing and shipi)ing salt-water fish to all parts of this country. He is an industrious and hard-working man, possessing an enviai)le reputation among his customers for upright business meth- ods, as well as the respect of the people of his community, by whom he is re- garded as a good man and a worth>- citi- zen. In political matters Mr. Van Dyke is a modest and unassuming democrat, and has never aspired to the distinction of holding even local offices. In relig- ious affairs the sanctity that pervaded his childhood's home still dominates him, as lie leads a christian life, and is a mem- ber of the Methodist E})iscopal church at Long Branch. Mr. Van Dyke married Henrietta Ireland, daughter of John Ire- land, who is ninety-six }ears of age, at Long Branch. To Mr. and Mrs. Van Dyke have been born eight children. TT A. CURTIS is tiie senior partner ^-*-* of the firm of Curtis & Frencli, dealers in musical instruments at lied Bank, Monmouth county, New Jersey. He attended the public schools for a few years, and shortly after entering Ins teens went to work upon a farm. When he arrived at the age of fifteen years his uncle, a sea-captain, took the young man aljoard his vessel and taught him to plough the wave as skillfully as he had pre- viously ploughed the ground. After a service of" four \ears as a mariner Mr. 770 Biographical Sketches. Curtis quitted the sea to engage in mer- cantile pursuits with his father. In this association he remained for several years, conducting a general store, but finally succeeded to the entire business. He was appointed postmaster of the town, and gave cffit-ient service in that capacity during the whole of President Cleveland's first administration. He removed to Red Bank, New Jersey, where he formed a partnership, known for three years as Peck & Curtis, dealers in musical instru- ments. At the expiration of the thii'd year this partnership was dissolved, Mr. Curtis remaining in the business single-handed for a year. Subsequently the present firm of Cur- tis & French was organized, consisting of our subject and Mr. French. They have a large and growing trade, which is due, in a great measure, to the indomitable energy and limitless enterprise, superior tact, and careful management of the senior partner. Mr. Curtis is also interested in the manufacture of the first successful device for crown- and bridge-work in dentistry, known as Dr. Mason's detachable porce- lain on crown, which has been aptly designated as a labor-saver for the dentist, and a time- and temper-saver to the patient. In politics Mr. Curtis is a democrat, and served as a member of the first board of commissioners at Manasquan, New Jersey, after the incorporation of the town, which he also was instruuiental in having laid out. lie was a member of the executive committee of Slirewsbury township for two years, and for three years he has been a memlH'r of tiie board of education of Red ]^ank. In secret organizations he is alliliated with the following orders: Lodge No. 21, Free and Accepted Masons ; Lodge No. 233, B. P. 0. Elks, both of Red Bank, and Lodge No. 51, Knights of P}thias, at Shrewsbury. Mr. Curtis was married December 25, 1880, to Virginia, a daughter of the late Captain John Arnold, who resided at Point Pleasant. To their nuirriage have been born three children : Osborne, El- wood, and Harold. IVTATHAN ALLEN, senior raemljer of -'-^ the firm of Allen & Young, enter- prising and successful grocers of New Brunswick, New Jersey, is a son of C. N. and Eliza G. Allen, and was born at Neshanic, Somerset county, New Jersey, April 6, 1848. C. N. Allen (hither) was born at Ne- shanic, Somerset county. New Jersey, and, though given but a common-school education, was a man of extraordinary intelligence, and well versed in the current events of the times. He owned a large farm near Neshanic, in Hillsborough township, and was regarded as a model farmer. He Avas an active democrat, and soon rose to prominence in political circles. He was justice of the peace at .Neshanic for several years, and was a member of the general as.sembly in 1857. Mr. Allen was a regular attendant at the Reformed church at Neshanic, New Jersey, and gave liberally of his means to support the good cause of church work. Mr. C. N. Allen was united in mar- riage to Miss Eliza Gano, daughter of Stephen Gano, of Neshanic, and the chil- dren comprising their family are as fol- lows : Cornelius A., Martha (deceased), Sarah J. (Mrs. George Young), Stephen G., Ellen A. (Mrs. Augustus Dilts), Abra- ham, Nathan, Ezekiel B., John, George, Biographical Sketches. 771 and Curoliiu' (Mrs. George Bateniaii). C. N. Allen (lied in Oct., 1801, and his wife .survived until Feb., 1880. Nathan Allen (subject) passed out oi' the coniinon schools at the age of fil'teen years, and became a clerk lor Mr. II. B. Apgar, at Pottstown, New Jersey, where he remained three years. In 187U he en- gaged in the grocery business for liim.self at Flagtown, New Jersey, and after one year removed to Montgomery, where for three years he managed a store, in con- nection with farming. lie finally located, in 1877, in New Brunswick, and estab- lished the grocery business, wliich has since become prosperous. In 18'J1 Mr. Allen took Mr. Cornelius Young, his nephew, into partnership wi\h himself, and this firm, trading under the style of Allen & Young, do a nice trade. Mr. Allen is a democrat, and an earnest and consistentmemberof the Reformed ciiurch of New Brunswick, and has served as an elder and deacon. On Oct. 3, 1877, Nathan Allen married .Mrs. C. A. Voor- hees, daughter of Daniel and Sarah Strvker. rpRANCIS BENNINGTON MORRIS, -»- general shipping agent for the Le- high Valley Railroad Co., and general manager of the Bee Line Transportation Co. at Perth Amboy, is also one of the most prominent and highly respected citi- zens of that city. He is descended from an old line of American ancestors of Scotch origin, and the immigrant was one of three brothers, John, Daniel and Wil- liam, who came to America in 1651. Daniel had borne a commission in Oliver Cromwell's army and came U) this land as a refugee. They settled in Connecti- cut and were among the founders of that state. Joseph Morris, the great-great- 40 grandfather of F. B. Morris, bore tiie rank of major in the Continental armjof the Revolution undcrthe immortal Wash- ington. Jonathan Ford Morris (grandfather) came to New Jersey and .settled at Mid- dlebush, Somerset county, where William Cullom Morris was born. He was edu- cated at Rutgers College, from which lie graduated and took up the study of law in the oflice of David Shired, at Belvi- dere. New Jersey; was duly admitted to practice, in which he continued at Belvi- dere. He was appointed to a position in tile custom house at New York by Presi- dent Fillmore for four years. He iilter- wards removed to Jersey Cit\, where he was elected judge of the courts, in which high and honorable position he served for several years. He had diversified busi- ness interests outside of his profession, and was identified with the savings bank of Jersey City. In politics he was an ac- tive whig, was once a candidate for the legislature and stumped part of the state of New Jerse\^ for Clay and Frelinghuy- sen. Frelinghuysen was a first cousin to his wife. He was a devout christian of the Presbyterian faith and was an elder in his church for fifty years. He mar- ried Mary Magdelina Stryker ; the}- had seven sons and six daughters. He died at the advanced age of eighty-four years, and his good wife lived to the age of fifty- seven years. Francis Bennington Morris was born at Belvidere on the 24th of Sept., 18.S9, the youngest of thirteen children. He was educated in private schools in that town and graduated from the Lyceinn of Jersey City. He sub.sequently became a clerk in the dry-goods house of Anthony & Van Dyke for two years, and in 1854 left their employ, and for the ensuing few 772 Biographical Sketches. years filled various clerkships until 1863, when he went to Philadelphia. He entered the service of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. in 1865 at Rockport, Pa., and in 1868 was promoted to general car agent. He rose rapidly bj- the following promotions as assistant road master, as- sistant forwarding agent, forwarding agent and in 1882 was made shipping agent at Perth Amboy and general manager of the Bee Line Transportation Co., both of which responsible positions he still holds. His offices for the latter are in New York city, where he goes every day. The busi- ness of this company employs forty-six vessels and two hundred men, while he has under him as shipping agent lor the railroad company six hundred men. In his extensive offices at Perth Amboy he employs twenty-seven clerks, besides nineteen superintendents and six fore- men. The business of his office consists in the shipping of coal for the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. from Perth Amboy and South Plainfield, and in 1895 he handled 2,815,712 tons of coal, shipping to all points of the world. They do the most extensive coal shipping business from their yards done in the country, and their road next to the Pliiladelphia and Reading handles more coal than any other, by virtue of which Mr. Morris' position is one of the highest department offices of the road. Politically he is a democrat and has always refused office. Frater- nally he is a member of I. 0. 0. F., the Royal Arcanum, Knights of Honor and the Royal Additional Beneficial Society. He is a member of the board ol" health of Perth Amboy and served one year as its president. He is a member and presi- dent of the board of trustees of tlie Pres- byterian church ot Perth Amboy, and a trustee and treasurer of the I'ree public library of Perth Amboy. Mr. Morris has been twice married. His first wife, Emma Girvan, daughter of John Girvan, a merchant of Jersey City, whom he mar- ried in June, 1860, bore him seven chil- dren, as follows : Ella, who died at the age ol' twelve years ; William Collum, who is a director and also secretary and treasurer of the Christy Fire Clay Co. at St. Louis ; Charles and Wallace, twins, both of whom died at the age of one year; Emma, who is a missionary in India under the auspices of the Presbyterian board of foreign missions ; Mary, who is at home, and Francis B., who died in in- fancy. Mr. Morris lost his first wife in the spring of 1874 at the age of thirty- four years. ' In 1876 he married lor his present wife Miss Ella J. Baker, a daugh- ter of Josiah Baker, a farmer of Shrews- bury, Mass., and one child, Julia Lind- sey, has come to this union. y^AVID WILLIAM MORTON, an en- -^-^ terprising blacksmith of ]\Ianas- tjuan. New Jersey, was born in that town Feb. 17, 1840, and is a son of Joseph C. and Hannah (Longstreet) Morton. His grandfather on the paternal side, Walter II. Morton, was born in Scotland and came to this country when a lad and married Elizabeth Johnson in 1779, and was a successful farmer in this county. Joseph C. Morton (father) was born on his father's farm near Allenwood. He obtained a common educaticm at the dis- trict .schools, and entered upon the call- ing of a farmer in Wall townshij), which he steadily pursued until his death in 1882. He was a republican, but took no interest in political work. He was a member of the Methodist Protestant Biographical Sketches. 773 churi'li. To his married life were born ten cliildren, two of wlioin died in in- fiiney; the others were: Sanuiel d.,, Joseph A., David William, (leorge II., Elizabetli, married to William Potter; Sarah A.., mar- ried toThomas White, since deceased; Re- becca, married to Charles Seaman, and since deceased ; and Matilda, married to David Allen. Joseph (,'. Morton died in the year 18S2, and his wile in 1880. David William Morton (snbjeet) re- ceived a common edncation at the district schools near Manasquan, and at the age of seventeen was indentnred to William H. Craig, with whom he learned the blacksmith trade. He continued steadily at this occnpation till early in the yt'ar 1862, when he enlisted as a private in company D, Fourteenth regiment. New Jersey volunteers, and with it joined the Army of the Potomac in Virginia, being attached to the Sixth corps. Much of the term of service of his regiment was spent in the Shenandoah Valley, and it was conspicuous during the celebrated raid of CJeneral FiCe into Pennsylvania. Upon tlie expiration of liis military serr vice Mr. Morton returned to Manasquan and shortly afterwards removed to Free- hold, where he engaged as a journeyman blacksmith with William Ilankinson. Subsequently he removed to llightstown, and entered into a partnership with bis brother. S. C. Morton, in the blacksmith- ing business a nundjci- of years. In 1872 they dissolved partnership; he continued until 18^2, when his shop was destroyed by fu'e. He then removed to Manasquan, and established himself in a shop of his own in which he has since thrived and prospiM'ed. In politics Mr. Morton is a republican. Itut takes little interest in political work. In 1894 he was (irst elected a meml)er of the board of educa- tion for a term of two years, and was re- elected in 18!Jt) for a second term of three years. Mr. Morton takes zealous inter- est in religious work, and is an onicial mendjer of the Methodist Episcop.al church at Manasquan. lie is also inter- ested in its Sunday-school work, and in its progress and success he is especiall}' interested. He is a member of the I. 0. O. F. and the encampment at Hight.'<- town, and of the Knights of Pytiiias, and is a past oilicer in each of these so- cieties. Mr. Morton married Margaret xM. Cottrell. daughter of William D. Cottrell, of Fairlield, Monmoutli county, in the year 1865, and their union has been blessed with ten children, two of whom. Harvey and Frank, died in child- hood ; the others were : Clara B., mar- ried to Orbell Kankins ; Hubert a, Joseph H., Ellenetta, Ernest H.. Raymond L., Harrison C, and Pearl L. T M. BLEW, Est}., the superintendent ^ • of Sayre & Fisher Company's im- mense brick plant at Sayreville, New Jersey, is a son of John S. and Ann M. Blew, and was born in Seneca county, N. Y., on Sept. 9, IS.^JO. His paternal grandfather was Samuel Blew, who was born at Kingston, New Jersey, and who emigrated to New York in the year 1806, and became one of the pioneer farmers of Seneca county, that state. One of his sons, .John S. Blew, was a prosperous and successful farmer of Seneca county all his life. J. M. Blew obtained such mental dis- cipline as the district schools of his native county aflbrded in that day, and upon attaining his majority succeeded in the management of his father's estate, his father having died. He continued agri- 774 Biographical Sketches. cultural pursuits until I8T0, when he came to Sajrcville, and entered the em- ploy of the Sayre & Fisher Companj', one of the leading bi'ick manufacturing com- panies of the United States. lie worked in every department of this immense plant, thoroughly familiarizing himself with every detail of the business, and in lh88 the company, in recognition of his ability, promoted him to the general superintendency of the department in which building bricks are manufactured. Energetic and attentive to business, he possesses the entire confidence of his em- ployers, and is popular and well liked by those who work under his supervision. A LBERT L. FORCE, editor and pro- -^^ prietor of the Plainfield (New Jersey) Daily Press and Weekly Constitu- tionalist, was born in that city in 1846, and has been closely identified with its growth and improvement from a small country town to one of the leading cities of New Jersey. He was the 3oungest of a family of four boys and two girls. He received only a common-school education, and in 1858 entered the Somerset and Union Gazette office as " devil." For four years he performed all the duties of the printing-office imp, from sweeping out to setting type. He afterwards worked in the Plainfield Union office as pressman, and in 1863 went to New York. A year later lie set type lor John A. Gray & (jreen, the Frankfort street prin- ters, and at the close of the civil war returned to Plainfield and again secured work in the Union o[\\q.v. In 1867 Mr. Force and his brother, W. Ij. Force, started a job-printing establishment. The Const iliifionalist, under the editorship of the two brotliers, made its appearance in 1868 as a democratic weekly', and has been issued continuously since that time as a staunch democratic journal, and to- day has a large rural constituency, among whom it wields much influence. The pub- lication of the Daily Press was commenced by them May 10, 1887, independent in politics and largely devoted to local interests. In July, 1893, W. L. Force, the senior partner, died, and the subject of this sketch purchased the half interest of his brother's widow and became sole proprietor of both papers. The success and popularity of the Daily Press is best evidenced in the f\ict that it is to-day a six-column folio, just double the size of what it was when started eight years ago. The Press each day devotes from nine to twelve columns to local news, which, considering the fact that Plainfield has only 18,000 popula- tion, is a piece of enterprise equaled by the papers of no other New Jersey city. Though laboring zealously through the Coiistitiifionalist for the success of the Democratic party at all eleetions, Mr. Force has never sought political prefer- ment, and has, in fact, al waj's avoided it at the difl'erent times he has been solicited to accept nomination lor public office, rang- ing from borough councilman to member of assembly by his fellow-democrats, but has steadfastly refused to enter public life, preferring to remain in the (luietudc of private lil'e. TpDWARD A. Wl'LST, our of the leading -*-^ business men of Sea Bright, Mon- mouth county, New Jersey, is a son of ,Iolm II. and Isabella (Emery) West, and was born Nov. 11, 1859, at Fresh Pond (now called Monmouth Beach). Monmouth county, New Jersey. Biographical Sketches. 77d The pateniiil graiidfatlicr, Oliailiuli West, was also a native ol' the uld-tiiue viUage of Fresli Pond, and his term of residence there was equal to his span of life, and his oceupation was that of a tisherinan and hoatuian. John H. West (father) was horn at Monmouth Beaeh, where he still resides, adjacent to the old family homestead, in ease and eomlbrt, the result of a compe- tence acquired after many ^ears of toil upon the water. He was also engaged in the life-saving service for a numher of years, in which noble and humane calling he was among the first to engage in this country. lie was married to Isabella Emery, who deceased in 1880, after rear- ing two children : Edward A., our sub- ject; and Mary A., wlio resides with her father. Edward A. West, after receiving his education from the« i)ublic .schools of Atlanticville (now North Long Branch), moved to Sea Bright, his present liome, in 1878, and obtained a position as clerk in a grocery store conducted by J. W. Sherman, with whom he remained three years. In 1882, he and W. H. Knapp, of Red Bank, New Jensey, purchased tiie Sherman estal)lishment and entered into the same line of business, under the firm name of Kna[)p & West. Mr. West took charge of the store and superintended its numagement, while Mr. Knapp was en- gaged as a traveling salesman. In 18'.>1 the latter retired I'rom the road, and since that time has managed the financial end of tile business, Mr. West being general manager and superintendent of the other departments. The business transacted by the firm is an extensive one, and requires for its tacilitation a corps of eleven clerks, and the employ- ment of a total of five wa":ons. The aggregate annual sales range from $50,- 000 to $00,000 per annum. Twice lias the establishment been consumed by fire, the first conllagration occurring in 1888, and the second on June 10, 1891. The ])ri'sent store building is a handsome, connnodious brick structure, three stories in height, with a frontage of seventy-five and a depth of one hundred and fifteen feet. The upper stories of their building form six tlats containing fifty-si.x rooms, furni.shed in modern style, and all occu- pied by good tenantry. The up-building of this immense business in Sea Bright, and its evident success, are largely due to the indelatigable energy and enterprise of Mr. West, who is a tireless worker. He is a thorough business man, and me- thodical in all his habit,s, as wi'll as in the arrangement and display of liis goods. In point of neatness and of management, it is equal to any mercan- tile house in northern New Jersey. Mr. West is a member of Long Branch Lodge, No. 78, F. and A. M., and of Council No. 28, Jr. 0. U. A. M. He married Ella A. Brown, of Sea Bright, New Jersey. Mr. West is a gen- tleman of pleasing, attractive personality, and is an engaging conver.sationalist. He is not a politician ; never has been, nor have his father and grandfather l)efore him ever taken any interest in political matters, lie is wedded to his business, and has no tinu- for distractions that promise much and \ icld little. T3l'FUS tXiDEN, the sou of Henry Lett -^*' and Rebecca Ogden, was born in New York city, June 2:5, 1828. He be- longs to the Westchester county, N. Y., branch of the Ogden family, (bunded by John Ogden, of Rye, in that county, 776 Biographical Sketches. whose Puritan fatlior came over from England about 1639. John, of Rye, nuir- ried Judith Budd. He was an important man of his day. Among other things, he was a member of the general court of Hartford, under John Winthrop. He was also deputy-governor of Connecticut from Rye (then a pai't of that colony) in 1674, which entitles his male descendants to membership in the Society of Colonial Wars. It is said that John, of Rj'e, was a cousin of John, of Elizabeth, New Jer- sey, who died in 1683. John Ogden, of Rye, died in 1682. The direct line of descent from John Ogden, of Rye, to Rufus Ogden is as fol- lows : Richard, a son of John, of Rye ; Daniel, a son of Richard ; Ichabod, a son of Daniel ; Rufus, a son of Ichabod ; Henry L., a son of Rufus ; and Rufus, the subject of this sketch, a son of Henry L. Rufus Ogden's great-grandfather, Icha- bod, was a farmer and an ardent patriot in Westchester county, N. Y., during the Revolution. Ichabod was born, May 8, 1742, at Greenwich (Horseneck). He was a son of Daniel and Mary Ogden. Ichabod married Mary Reynolds, daugh- ter of (Jideon and Bertha Reynolds. A price was set by the British for the capture of Ichabod, and to quote from " Bolton's History," Vol. I, p. 72 : " On July 1, 1779, when the village of Bed- ford was burned by the British, they fired, on their retreat, the house occupied by Ichabod Ogden, where the militia had (juarters. and which was afterwards owned and occupied as a tavern by John Smith." During the Revolution the resi- dents of Westchester county had a hard time of it, between 1776 and 1783. They lived between the lines, so to speak. Ichabod Ogden escaped, and, it is said went over into the American lines, and so on to Esopus with his family, where later he left for Virginia, and was drowned in the Chesapeake Bay. Henry L. Ogden, the father of Rufus, was a native of Newport, R. I., where he was reared. He was engaged in business on Broadway, New York city, until 1870, when he removed to Keyport, New Jer- sey. In politics he was a democrat. He was a member of the Methodist Episco- pal church, and was known and esteemed as an earnest and devoted christian. Henry L. married Rebecca Hurley. They were the parents of eight children : Rufus, HeiH'ietta, Josephine, Harriet W., Richard H., John II., Lavinia, and Chris- tine. Rufus Ogden, alter obtaining a com- mon-school education, learned the trade of a harnessmakcr, with Charles Francis, in New York city. He married, Feb. 3, 1850, Miss Susan 'Burdge, daughter of Benjamin and Deborah Burdge, at the old homestead on the Burdge farm. Clay Pit creek, Navesink, New Jersey. Their marriage was blessed with thirteen chil- dren : David, who died in infan'cy ; Hen- rietta, now deceased, the wife of ex-Judge Alfred Walling, Jr. ; Cilbert (!., a lawyer now residing in Chicago ; Charles E. H., deceased ; Benjamin B., a lawyer at Key- port; Henry L., a druggist, deceased; Ella R. ; Elizabeth B. ; Susan B. ; Rufus L. ; Alfred W., a chemist ; Josephine A., and Grace A. Following his trade for a l)rief time, tirst at Farmingdale, then at Middletown, he finally, in 1851, settled in Keyi)ort, New Jersey, where he has .since remained in the successful prosecution of his call- ing. While tiui' to bis trade, lie has, from time to time, been interested in other enterprises. He conducted the only ice business from 1865 to 1889, a Biographical Sketches. 777 stationery business from 1865 to 1891, was a promoter, secretary, iind treasurer ol'tlic Fanners' Transportation Co., which l)iiilt and operatran the ic Son^ AmTtgy. ic poiixus Bfr. TreemaL i a repniiLicaii. xer&. is a memlier 0: xbt P?es"iTrK2aaii - iias Deeii ant ..-iftef ::u Be "iraf r ^mK ^tir uiessec v _LLiiarei! ; ^M.t»^i anci Trim ]B. '^ — -^- anc inr a unm^r of 1 I ±J^ r^ *■ '"^•»T:'E.frsrtX a liigF- innMrnam a&se of r^semairrt t:iii'/if!n aafl ^ — - -™r- Ttromii. - .^ .ucan. of neffi" ^ctt Mar- - sei. Iffidditsex couiii \ . S-pw ^srsey. i a -I I ;n.Tni - ~. §■- JBaXtba *"■ ?iinnni *- lit Tras a "wiiiT -77 ugediil pan in JO. ■ fc Mf ai Hon Ui \v »UL 'iO ffcnca v?«yn-v aQCC^^K. WiltaiBErr :j--i.rr- -aooB, :»oae- stvji ue^ Inanxne. -iaea. II. is atnaa*i Trtinii -jne 31^ Sarser. ~ — oittei tnaicaiaukc- 790 Biographical Sketches. from twelve to twenty-two feet, requir- ing twenty thousand square feet of glass. Mr. Withington has marketed as man}- as seven hundred and fifty thousand vio- let blooms in one season, an average of nioi-e than three thousand daily for the season, one week just before Easter his sales having reached seventy-five thou- sand blooms. His principal markets are New York, Pittslnirg, and Chicago. He has contributed numerous articles on his specialty, the violet, to such papers as the Florist Exchange, American Garden- ing, and American Florist, and is re- garded as an authority on the culture of violets. Before leaving New York Mr. Withington for several years possessed much local distinction in amateur theatri- cals, and was a member of such promi- nent theatrical societies and clubs as " Tlie Wallack " and " The Minosa," of New York ; " The Amaranth," " The Kemble," and " The Gilbert," of Brook- lyn ; "The Home" and "The ({arrick," of Newark. Mr. Withington has two brothers and four sisters: the Rev. Irving P. With- ington, now lociited iit Minneapolis, and Chandler Withington, a civil engineer b\ profession, but at present connected with the ollice of Ashl)el P. Fitch, Esq., comp- troller oi' tiie city of New York, as con- sulting engineer to the finance de2)art- ment. Their paternal grandfather was Phineas Withington, whom older resi- dents well remember as (me of the j)ro- prietors of the old Union line of stages running between New York and I'll i la- del phi a. Mr. Withington was niarrieil Sept. 2(1. 1S88, to Miss Eva Van Duyn, youngest (laughter of the late (Cornelius Van Duyn. ol" Kingston, and the one cloud that crosses their domestic horizon was the loss of their only son, Roshore, the rec- ord of whose brief life may be thus epit- omized : Born July 27, 1890, died Feb. 5, 1892. In religious faith Mr. Withing- ton is a Presbyterian, and is at present the secretary of the board of trustees of that church in Kingston. He is a demo- crat, but not a jiolitician or party .slave, and i)ossesses independence enough to consult reason in things political. He has never sought office, having found in the superintendency of the old fai-m, in the cultivation of his violets, in the pur- suit of his studies and in the wielding of his pen the " Summum Bonum" of life. TAPHIA VANDYKE, the popular and ^ efficient postmaster of Long Branch, New Jersey, is a son of Vincent W. and Hannah Vand^-ke, and was born at Long Branch, March 25, 1845. Born of a stur- dy German ancestry, Mr. Vandyke ap- |)lied himself tenaciously to the problems and tasks of a common-school education, and with the same industry and perse- verance when he learned his trade as a painter. This latter occupation he fol- lowed until 1893, when he was appointed [)ostniaster of Long Branch. His busi- ness as a contractor lor painting was very successful, and gave general satis- I'action. Mr. Vandyke has been a very active worker in the democratic ranks, and, among other offices, was at one time a iVeeholder of Ocean township, which olfice he resigned in 1893 to take charge of the post-ollice. Fraternally, Mr. Van- dyke is a member of the F. and A. M., .\o. 78, of Long Branch. He married Maggie M. Curtis, and this happy event has l)een further blessed by the birth of two sons and one daughter: E. M., Richard B., and Alice R. Biographical vSketches. in As aliraily stated, tlie Vandykes are of (leriiKiii extraction, and tlie I'aniily have taken an important part in the early his- tory ol' New York and New Jersey, where tiiey first settled, iieiny Van- dyke, paternal grandfather, was a farnicr, and dealt extensively in land in ,Mnn- nionth county. New Jersey, lie was a democrat, and an active and inlluential meiid)er of the Methodist Kpiscopal churcli at Mechanicshuri;'. .Monmouth connty (now West Lonji' Hrancli). New Jersey. lie married Miss Katie Martin. and they hecanie the parents of six chil- dren ; amonjjj these i)eing Vincent W.. the father of Mr. Vandyke. Vincent W. Vandyke (father) was horn on a farm at Uranciiport, New Jersey, and n[)on leaving school engaged in (ishingas an occii[)ation. In the conr.se of time he had acipiired a small farm of excellent land near Long Branch. In his political alliliations, Mr. Vandyke's father was al- lied to the Democratic party, hut never took an active j^art in party affairs; and thougli he never served in any official capacity, ^et he was an earnest and active christian worker, and an influ- ential memher of the Methodist Episco- pal cimrch. His admirahle character and kind and benevolent deeds gained for him many friends, to a large circle of whom his unfortunate and tragic death was a great shock. While crossing a track near Long Branch, owing partly to the sharp curve at that point, and parth' to his deafness, father Vandyke was struck hy a fast moving train, which re- sulted in his death on July 10, l88o. Vincent W. Vandyke and his wife. Hannah, were the parents of the follow- ing children f George, deceased; W. F. ; John, deceased ; Mary ('. (Mrs. Hamp- ton); Japhia, and Louisa (Mrs. West). pvR. DAYTON E. DECKER, one of the -*-^ most prominent physicians of Wood- hridge. New Jersey, was horn, August 1, 185:'). ;it Metucheii. New Jersey, and is a son of Daytiiii and .Martha ('. (JMitici') Decker. 'file family originally came iVum Ijiillaiid, and were among the early .settlers in this country. Dr. Deckers paternal grandfather, Isaac Decker, was a life-long farmer at Fo.\ Hill, in the northern part of the state, ami dii-il then- in 1S;!4. His children were: Jan.son ; Horace; Harrison: Alfred. (K-ceaseil at an early age: l)a\t|)ular young plissieian ol iMiddlelinsli. Somerset connty, Ni-w dei- sev, is a son of Dr. A. M. and Eli/.ai)etli (Kidge) Cooper, and was horn May. IS(17. at Point Pleasant. Bneks eonnty, Pa. Dr. A. M. ("ooper (father) is a splendid e.\iiin[)le of tlie self-niaile man. By at- tending faitld'idy to his stn()piilar and much res[)ected. T roW'ARI) C.ILKS, a [.roiniiient liard- ^ -'- ware-dealer of Dunellen. and one of the best-known citi/.eiis of that town, is a son of Samuel S. and Catherine (Van Nees) Giles, and was born Se[)t. 'J(j, 1SG3, at New Brooklyn, New Jersey. He re- ceived a common-school education at Kandolphville. When fourteen years old he left school, and worked on a farm for ten years, and subsequently became clerk in a hardware store, where he learned the business. In 1891 he established his present well-known store, at the corner of North street and Washington avenue, Dunellen. where he carries an extensive line of hardware, tools and house-furnish- ing goods, and enjoys a wide and pros- perous patronage. Mr. Giles is a strong n-publican in politics. He is a member of W. G. Ilolten Council, Jr. 0. U. A M., and of the Order of Foresters. In 18SG he was married to Mi.ss Nellie I. Duncan, by whom he has had four children : William, Harve}-, Irene, and Hattie. Mr. Giles is energetic and enterprising r94 Biographical Sketches. ill liis l)iisiiK'«s, and as a result has been liiiilily .sucot'.ssfiil. His store is a liaiid- sonie, well-equipped one, and his trade extends to many points in the surround- ing county. He is active in political ^vork, is a favorite socially, and is well- known and respected throughout Fis- cataway township. Mr. Giles is of English descent. His paternal grandfather, Sanniel Giles, was a thriving fanner all his life near Pos- sunitown, Middlesex county. His chil- dren were : Samuel S., George, Joel, and Enoch. Mr. Giles' father, Samuel S. Giles, is a native of Randolph ville, New Jers(^y, where he was educated, and where he was a l)lacksmith during all the active part of his lii'e. He still resides in that town, and is widely-known aud respected as one of the leading citizens of the place. He has always heen a republican, ami active in public alfairs. He was elected surveyor of highways of Piscatavvay township, and served in that capacity for a number of years, liis wife was Miss (jatherine Van Nees, by whom he had twelve children : Isaac, living at Bound Brook ; John De Witt, of Bound Brook ; Charles, a farmer in Piscataway township; Howard, our subject ; Nelson B., living at Asbury Park; William, liv- ing at Bound Brook; Lincoln, living at Bound Brook; Harvey, living at Bound Brook; Maggie, deceased in childhood ; Lizzie, living at New Market; Ijuura. living in Piscatavvay township; and Gussie, living in Pi,scataway townshij). Mr. Giles' mother died in 1888. "OEV. I'F/rKK .STKYKER, D. I).,of As- -*-*' bury Park, New Jersey, has had a notable career as a gospel minister. For a ])eriod of over forty years he has been human and divine thought ;ind action. The son of Rev. Herman B. and Bleu- dina Caduuis Stryker, lu- was born at Fairfield, Essex county, Ni'w Jersey, April 8, 1826. Both branches of this eminent family (Strijcker, meaning a ■stroker) are of pure Holland origin, and the famil}' name is widely known. Mot- ley, in his history of the Dutch Republic, speaks of one Hernuin Strijcker, formerly a Romanist monk, who in 1502 preached the gospel to innnense crowds of people in the open fields of the Netherlands. The Ameiican history of the Strykers owes its beginning to the I)rotIiers Jan and Jacoby. Ur. Stryker is descended from the elder brother, Jan. He was l)orn in Holland in 1G15 and endgrated from the town of Renen, in the province of Dreuthe, with his wife, two sons and four daughters, coming to New Amster- dam, now New York, in 1052. He soon became prominently identified with large landed interests, and was a powerful fac- tor in the development and perpetuation of new settlements on Dutcdi soil. Jan's children were: Altji'. Jannetj-e, Garset, Jan.se, Angenietje, Hendrick, Eytie, Pie- ter and Lava. A careful review of the Stryker family tree shows that in the line of descent from Jan Stryker are the following ma\v representatives : Jan, born Hilo; Pietcr. l(;r).'', ; Jan. 1084; Pieter, IVlt-K Jacobus. 1720; Pieter, 1703; Herman. 17'.U, and Peter, our subject, IS2(i. .lacoljus (or Janu's), the great-grand- father of Dr. Stryker. resided in New York city, and was a tanner and currier. He was a man of remarkable vigor, and lived to be ninety-four years old. He UKirried Sarah Metsellaer, and their chil- dren were .Vnn, Johannes. Jane and Peter. BlOGRAPHICAI, SkKTCHES. 795 PettT, jiniiidliitlifi- oC Dr. Stryker was ail aluiiuiiis of Coliiinhia Colk'ge, New York, and suI)S(.'([iieiitly a ininister in tlic Dutfli Refonncd cliurcli tor over sixty years. He was oiumiI' the most eloquent men of" liis day. Hi' marrii-d Sarah Barkuloo. who Imrc him live rhihhcn : Elizabetii, .lames, Herman. Saiah Cathr- rine and .John. Elizabetli uiarricd Dr. John B. Kirord ; she was a noted teacher and author, and lier son, Hon. Frederick W. Kicord, now judge, has been sheritl of Essex county. New Jersey, and mayor of the city (if Newark. James was a lawyer and judi;e, and had live sons in tiie Episcopal ministry. John was con- sul llirthe United States in Mexico prior to the war with that cnuntry. and dii'd in Brownsville. Tex. Rev. Herman B. Stryker. father of Dr. Stryker, was born at Port Riciimond, Staten Island. He was lieutenant in the war of IS 12. For a short period he was in mercantile life. Subscipu-ntly he pur- sued a course of study in tile theological seminary at New Brunsw ick, from which he was graduated in 1822. He was pas- tor successively in Fairfield, New Jersey, and in Amsterdam, St. Johnsville, and Scotia^ New York. From IS. ",7 to 1861 he was prevented liy a hioiichial afl'ec- tion from engaging in pastoral work, and occupied a part of this tinu- in teaching. In ISCil he became pastor of the Re- formed church of Huguenot, Staten Island, and was liap[)y and did good ser- vice in tluit lield up to the day of his de- cease, Dec. 11, 1871. Domine Stryker, as he was familiarly called, coming from a family long known for their intellectual strength, became a natural-born student, especially along the line of tlu'ological research. Politically he was iirst a whig and then a republi- can ; but although he had decided con- victions wiis always gentle in the expres- sion of his views on all the cpiestions of the day. His wife, Blendina Cadmus, was a daughter of Abraham iind Marga- retta Cadmus, of Bellevilli'. 'i'heir live cliildrcii Wfrc: .Margaretta. whi> died when fiMir years old ; Abraham Cadmus, linrii Oct. -J'.t, IS-J.;. a merchant; Peter, the subject of this sketch ; Sarah Eliza- beth, born June 2. 1830. married to Nel- son B. Smock, anil .Mary Biciidina. born April 1. 18::!7. Peter Stiykcr prepared for college at the old academy in Schenectady. He entered the IVeslnnan class in the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania in 1841. In 1848 he removed to llutgers College, and was graduiited from that institution in l84o as one of the honor men of his class. He completed his theological course (jf study in the New Brunswick Seminary in 1848. Oct. 10th he was ordained and installed pastor of the Third Reformed church of llaritan. New Jersey. In 1852 he be- came [lastor of the Reformed church of Rhinebeck, New York. In May, 1856, he was called to the Broome Street Re- formed church. .New York city. This church was moved up to Thirty-fourth street in 1860, and had a rapid and healthy growth. During Dr. Strvker's pastorate of twehe jears in New York over nine hundred members were added to the church roll, a heavy debt was paid and the Sabbath-.'^chool became one of the largest in the city. His next call was to the North Broad Street Presbyterian church, Philadel- phia. From thence he went to the First Presbyterian church of Rome, N. Y. In 187G he was invited to take charge of the First Presbyterian church of Sara- toga Springs. In that important and de- 796 Biographical Sketches. liglitl'ul lioUl he remained for nearly eight years. On Jan. 1, 1884, in response to a unanimous and urgent call, he became pastor of the Andrew Pre.sl)yterian church of Minneapolis, Minn. After continuing in that pleasant I'elation for some six years he resigned in order to join his daughter in the i)nncipalship of Stryker Seminary, a school for 3'oung ladies, of which he was the president. But it was not the will of Providence that he should demit the [)astorate. Almost immedi- ately he was called back to his old and beloved charge in Thirty-lourth street, New York city, after he had been absent from them for twenty-one years. A paper signed by sixty-nine A'oung people urging him to come could not l^e resisted. After laboring there most earnestly and success- fully for six years Dr. Stryker, much against the will of his people, on account of his declinhig years was induced to ac- cept a call to the pastorate of the Asbury Park Reformed church, and was installed in that relation Jan. IC, 180G. The subject of this sketch has always been a very active man. For forty-eight years he has been engaged in pastoral work without intermission, lie has only lost four Sabbaths in all that long period from sickness. He has been president and corresponding secretary of the New York Temperance Society, grand worthy patriarch of the Sons of Temperance in Minnesota and Eastern New York, and director of the National Temperance So- ciety from its organization in 18G5. He has written largely for the papers from his youth, and is the author of a number of volumes, among them "Gems for the Saviour's Crown " and a book of poems entitled, " Words of Comfort." He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, to which none are eligible except college graduates who have stood in the first rank of their respective classes. In 186G he was honored with the degree of D. D. by the University of New York, in recogni- tion of his literary and scholarly talents. Dr. Stryker was united in marriage June 6, 1849, to Miss Caroline II. Smock, daughter of Henry and Maria Smock, of Freehold, New Jersey. Their children, all living, are Elizabeth, Henry C, Herman B., Margaretta L., and Anna R. Henry was an alumnus of Rutgers College, and a graduate of the Columbia Law School, attorney and counsellor-at- law in Minneapolis. Margaretta is the wife of William W. Conner, a graduate of Princeton College, and they have three children. Anna has for several years been the principal of Stryker Seminary. The mother of these children, a highly accomplished and devoted christian wo- man, died May 127. 1889, and Oct. 12, 1891, Dr. Stryker was married to Emily S. Hanaway, principal of the Fortieth Street Primary School, New York city. This gifted lady ])()ssesses rare literary talents. Besides contributing extensively to ditferent papers she is the author of several poems. Dr. Stryker is now occupying an im- portant field in Asbury Park as pastor of the Reformed church. He was president of the general synod of the Reformed (Innci! of America in 1895. He is con- stantly in demand to lecture and deliver special sermons and addresses, and al- though well along in life seems to l)e in his prime and good for another score of years" work. That which gives vitality to him is his trust in (!od and a remark- able degree of cheerfulness. He is full of humor, as all will testify who have heard him deliver his popular lecture entitled, " The Funny Side of a Pastor's Life." Biographical .Sketches. 797 A NDREW BOr.LSCHWKILER, a re- -^-^ spectod citi/.fii and an oNcclk'nt iinisiciaii ol' IN rtli Aiiiliuv, Now .Irrsoy, is a t^Dii 1)1 I* rcdi'rick and Catliarinc (Keel'er) Bollscliwfik'r. ami was Itorn April 2C.. lS(iO. His iiatcrnai -land- I'atluT, Frcdi'iick I'mllscli wiiliT. was a native of (IcrniaiiN. w licre liis lili'-tinic cicrn|iatinn was that nl' fariiiini;. i''i-iMl- criciv iJi)llsc'liwi'iicr. liis fatlifi-. alter rr- i'C'ivin;i' an education at the conuudn schools, possessed liinisell' of an untlit consisting of a liorso and wagon and a stock of ivailily salaMc incrcliandisc. with which he tiavclcd throngh the country districts and smaller towns solic- iting puiviiaseis for his wares. lie was subsequently apiiointed a roadmaster. which ]iosition he occu|)ie(l for mau\' yeais. In religious faith he adhered to the doctrines taught 1)\ Martin Luther, and in the embrace of tin- church founded by that celebrated (Jernian e.\-nioid\ he died in 1S74. lie was married to Catha- rine Keel'er. They were the parents of nine children : Katharine. Rosa. Tiist'tta. Rhinehalt. l!oi)ert. I''reilerit'k, Pauline, Ernest, and Andrew. Andrew Bollschweiler receixt'd a coni- inon-school education at his birthplace. and at an early age went with his i)rotiier to acquire a knowledge of tlie manufac- ture of terra-cotta w;ire. He subse- quently went to various places in Switzer- land and worked in estal)lishinents de- voted to that business. His brothei- and he were together during this time, ami later when he turned his feet back to his native tow ii. the brother was by his sidi'. In 1882 he immigrated to this country, and at Perth Amboy found employment. He remained but two weeks in this ser- vice, then went to Boston, and later to other places in search of work. He again returned to Perth And)oy, staying three months; went to Chicago, remain- ing half a year; thence to Boston for the secoml time, where he continued to reside for six months. In 1SS8 he settled down at Perth .\niboy. where he has since re- nndned. -Mr. Hollschweiler has had a thorough musical e(liicatinn. and was l<)rinerl\' leader of the band at Perth Andioy. In politics he is a democrat, although free enough from party shackles to vote for the best man. He was married in March. ISS'.I. to a daughter of William llartman. and they ha\e had born to them one son. Albeit, and a daughter, Katharine, w ho died in inl'ancw /GEORGE A. CLIXTO.X. jnoprietor of ^^ the Middlesex (Jranite and Marble Works, at New Brunswick, New .ler.sey. is a son of William and Lydia Clinton, and was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 9, 1858. His i)arents at the time were residents of Brooklyn, N. Y., but subse- i|Uently removed to a farm at Franklin Park, New Jersey. Mr. Clinton received a common-school education, and was early trained to work u[)on the larin. He remained at lumie with his father until he was nineteen years of age, w hen he went to learn the stone-cutting tradi- at New Brunswick, New Jersey. This tradi' mastereil, lie Ibllowed it up to the present time. In IS'.I;; he starte(l business in New Bruns- wick. New Jersey, and is now the pro- prietor of the Middlesex (Iranite and Marble Works, having the largest run of trade in New Brunswick. He is an active and enterprising business man, with full conception of the manifold de- tails of his large business, and possesses 798 Biographical vSketches. the executive facilities essential to suc- cessfully manage it. He is an active re- publican, but not necessarily a strong- partisan. He is a member of the First Reformed church of New Brunswick, and delights in active churcli work. He is also identified with several IVatcrnal organizations, such as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 6, of New Brunswick ; the Order of Free and Accepted Masons, Lodge No. Ill, of New Brunswick ; the Junior Order of Ameri- can Mechanics, at Milltown, New Jer- sey ; and lielief Council, No. 40, 0. U. A. M., of New Brunswick. Mr. Clinton married Miss Mary Voor- hees, daughter of Jacob Voorhees, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, Nov. 1, 1881, and they have two children : El- mer v., and George De Witt. DM. WILLIAM ROBERT MATTISON, a retired physician and a leading citizen of North Plainfield, Somerset county, New Jersey, is a son of Elijah K. and Catharine (Egbert) Mattison, and was born at Reading, Steuben Co., N. Y., March 22, 1822. He is descended from a sturdy and highly reputable Scotch ancestry ; and his paternal grandfather. John Mattison, who was a native and life-long resident of New Jersey, was a farmer by occupation. He was killed at lioar's Head, Somerset county, wliilc on a trip on horseback from his lionic in New York state to the scenes of his boy- hood at that place, by falling from a horse. He married Miss Krchnui, and had a large family of childri'ii. Elijah K. Mattison (father) was liorn at Boar's Head, in Somerset count_), New Jersey. He was . a farmer, and about 1812 migrated to Steuben county. N. Y., and later removed to Ontario county, where he raised his family, and resided up to his death, in Nov., 1847, which resulted by being thrown out of his carriage. He and is wife were good prcsbyterians rcligionsly. Dr. Mattison obtained a good academic education, and subsequently taught three years in the public schools of New York and Xew Jersey. In 1S49 he entered upon the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. Firman Field, of Mount Pleasant, Hunterdon county, this state, with whom he read three years, in the meantime attending lectures in the College of Piiysicians and Surgeons, New York, gradnating in 1S52. Soon after his graduation he engaged in the practice of his profession at Hope, Warren coun- ty, this state, where he continued suc- cessfully until the breaking out of the civil war. In Aug., 1SG2, he entered the service as an assistant surgeon of the Third New Jersey regiment, but resigned, owing to illness in his family, Avhere- npon he practiced at Somerville, this state, where he continued Until 1864. Owing to ill-health he was forced to retire from active j^ractice, and in 1882 lie located at North Plainlield, where he established his present drug business, in which he has since continued. Politi- cally he is a democrat, and served as the first clerk and treasurer of the borough of North Plainneld, and is now serving as justice of the peace and notary public. lie is prominently identilicd with the masonic fraternity, and was the first com- nuindcr of Winlleld Scott Post, (J. A. R. He uKirried Fannie T., a daughter t)f Andrew Race, of Milford. Hunterdon county, New Jersey, and to them have been born six children : Edgar B., a mechanic residing at New Brunswick, Biographical Sketches. 799 New Jersey; Ciith.iriiie E., decease'd, who was a graduate of the New Jersey State Normal School, and a lady oi' liril- liaiit attaiiiiiieiit.s ; Jeaiietta A., and Fanny E., both of whom are located at Biltmore, N. C, wliere the former is a piano instructor, and the hitter is a mem- her of Vanderhilt's Memorial chnrcli choir, at that place; William ¥,.. and Fraid< E., wlio died young. The original immigrant of the Egbert family was the maternal great-graml- father, who came from England with some others, and located on Staten Island. N. Y., and it is a family tradition that Ethel Egbert was in a direct line of ascent. Benjamin Egbert was a tanner, and resided in Hunterdon county, New Jersey. He was a democrat, and served thirty 3ears on the bench ol" Hunterdon county, and was an able judge. His children were li\c in number: one of whom was William, who was a lay-judge on the Hunterdon county Itencli. TTKXRY WIKDEAHAUIT is one of ^^ the large class of the German- American citizens who have added so materially to the wealth and prosperity ol' the United States during the past two or three decades. He is one of the most successful business men of Perth Ambo>% and is a son of William and Wilhelnnna (Foss) Wie(U'nliau[)t,and was born at (Jub- litz, in l]randenl)urij. (lermanv. March, 25, 1852. William Wiedenhaupt (father) was born at Sehifellein, in (lermany, and re- sided in that country all his life. He began life as a shoemaki'r. which he fol- lowed for a nundter of vears. Later in life he engaged in truck-farming and marlvet^gardening, and accunndated con- siderable real estate. Mr. Wiedenhaupt served in the German army for fifteen years. In recognition of his valuable service he received a grant of money and was ollered a government position, which, liowever, he refused to accept. In relig- ious matters Mr. Wiedi-nhaupt was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married Wilhelnnna Foss, a daughter of William Foss, of (Jublitz, (iermany, and to this union were born inne children : Hermann. William. Wil- helnnna, IIenr\-. Bertha, deceased ; Fran- cis, Albert. Frederick, and Theresa. William Wiedenhaupt, Sr., died at Bran- denburg, Germany, in 1882, and his wife in 1871, at the .same ])iace. where both are buried. Henry Wiedenhaupt, at the early age of twelve years, left school to learn the trade of bntchering and dressing of meats. In 1807 he came to America, landing at Castle Garden, New York; he proceeded to South Norwalk, Conn., where he found a home with an uncle of his mother. He afterwards followed his trade at New York for one and a half years, and later at Hoboken and Jersey City. He sub.se- (piently was employed as a foreman hy the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. for filteen years. In 1883 Mr. Wiedenhaupt es- tablished his butchering business at No. 90 Smith street, Perth Amboy, where he has since built u[) a large and nourishing trade. Inheriting the religious beliefs and principles of his famih', he is a substan- tial member and supporter of St. Peters Lutheran church, of Perth Amboy. and frati'rnally belongs to the Algon(juin Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of the .same place. Mr. Wiedenhaupt wedded Miss Sophia Rice in 1872, who died June 2, 1895, having become the mother of a 800 Biographical Sketches. I'amily ot eiulit oliildreu : Elizabeth, Henry, engaged in butchering at West- field, New Jersey ; William, associated with his father ; Sophia, Ida, and Edward, Josephine, and Minnie, the last three de- ceased. Mr. Wiedenhaupt occupies the front rank of Perth Andjoy's substantial and enterprising citizens. TDERNARD RODDY, of South Ainboy, -'--' New Jersey, is a prominent man in the affairs of that borough, and is en- gaged in business as a cigar-maker and tobacconist. He is a son of Robert and Ann (Glover) Roddy, and was born Dec. 25, 1832, in New York city. The Roddy family is of Danish descent, but the di- rect ancestors of our sul)ject settled in Ireland. Mr. Roddy attended the common schools of his native city until he was twelve years of age. He learned the trade of cigar-making in New York city, ;ni(l in 18C4 came to South Amboy and opened a cigar factory and store, where he continued very successfully for twenty- five years. He erected a new stone dwell- ing in 1889 near his old location, which he lias occupied since. He has been n building and loan stock solicitor for tlu' "Enterpri.se," the "South .Vnilioy." ;inil the "Star" building and loan associa- tions. He conducts real estate and in- surance agencies. He also acts in the capacity of a public and private auction- eer. In 18S1 he was conunissioni'd a notary public, and lie lias served as com- missioner of deeds since 1882. Mr. Roddy has been a republican in politics since the formation of that party, in 1856. He has held various local oilices in South Amboy, having served as county coroner for three years, from 187tj to 1879, and was township coinmitteeraau. He was an ardent advocate for the borough, and presided at the public meetings that were held for discussion as to the advisability of corporate change. He served in the first council alter the borough of South Amboy was formed. He has been a member of the Republican executive committee of Middlesex county for the last twenty years, and at the pres- ent time is its vice-president. He is one of the commissioners of the sinking fund of South Amboy, and also a member of the board of health. Mr. Roddy is an active and earnest christian, and devotes a great deal of his time to advancing the interests of the First Baptist church in South Amboy, of which he is a member, and of its Sunday-school, wherein he has been superintendent for the past fourteen years, and chairman of the board of trustees. Mr. Roddy is a mason and a Knight of Pythias. He belongs to St. Stephen's Lodge, No. 63, F. and A. M., of South Amboy, and has presided as its worshipful master. He is one of the original members of Good- Samaritan Lodge, No. 52, K. of P., at South Am- l)oy, and was its first representative in the (irand Lodge; treasurer of its board of trustees, and a nienilierof a committee to build a new hall at South Amboy, costing $15,000. Mr. Roddy was married May 8, 1856, to Mary E. Fearson. Tp this union were born two sons: Bernard, a foreman on tiie Pennsylvania Railroad Co.'s docks, and Charles A., a carpenter in the employ of that company. The paternal grandfather, John G. Roddj^, lived and died in Ireland. Jle was a cloth merchant at Clones, County Cavan, Ireland, and lor many years was engaged with his son Charles in the manu- facture of watch crvstals in Belfast. He Biographical Skktciies. 801 liad four woiis : .lolin Ci., Jr., Cliailfs, Bornurd, and Koln-rt, all of whom, ('xct'[)t the lattt'V, fiiadiiati'il I'l-Diii 'rriiiity Col- lege. Koln-rt Roddy (latlu'r) was Imni in Ireland. He came to tiiis country at tlie age of eleven years and attended i)rivate scliools in New York city until he was sixteen, wlicn he became a drug clerk in the employ of liis brother John, on ''Old Slip," in that city. He followed this business for four years, after which he engaged in the fur trade, first as a clerk in the house of Reyniond & Co., New York city, wdiere he remained several years, and subsequently as a trader and shipper on his own account at various points in the west and in Albany, N. Y. In 1846 he enlisted in a company of New York volunteers. He served until the close of the war with Mexico, and returned wear- ing a sergeant's stripes. Sergeant Roddy resumed the fur business until l8Gli, when he again volunteered in the service of the United States army, and in the Xineteenth army corps, commanded b}' (Jeneral Banks, was in active duty as far south as the Culf of Mexico for more tlian ,1 yrar, lir was wounded and made a prisdiuT at Bia/.o, near New Orleans, l)ut was subsequently exchanged and placeil in the convalescent camp near Lake Pontehartrain, where he died in 1863. lie was originally a democrat in politics, and was one of a committee ol' citizens of New York city appointed to receive Andrew Jackson upon the occa- sion of his visit there in 1832. He changed his political views when the Mexican war endi'd, in 1848, and liccaine a whig and an enthusiastic su[)purti'r of Zachary Taylor. His wife died June 13, I84'.l. They had nine children : William and Fannv, both deceased : Bernard, Robert, .Io.se[)hiiie, decea.'^ed ; .John (i., Fanny, afterwards Mrs. William Day- ton ; Josephine, who married William M. Ilatlierh . ami James. rySCAR SCHROEDKR, a successful ^-^ wholesale liquor dealer and bottler til' IVrtli Amboy, Middlesex county, New Jersey, is a son of Adolph and Julia (Barr) Schroeder, and was born, Feb. 24, 1864, at Fraustadt, CJerman}'. His father became a hussar in the Prussian army, and served as such during the Franco- Prussian war. He was a member of the nK)unted police fori'e from 1871 to 1878, and was presented with the '"Iron Cross " in 1871. He was the burgomaster or mayor of Soborm from 1878 until his death, in 1892. His widow is still sur- viving, and lives in the Fatherland. Their children are : Oscar, Max, and Arthur. Oscar Schroeder attended school at Fraustadt until the age of fourteen vears. He learned the printing trade, and in 1880, at the early age of sixteen, came to this country, and immediately secured employment as a typographer on Frank Lenlie's Weeldijai New York. He worked at this occupation until the close of the memorable printers' strike of that year, when he became a waiter and general helper in restaurants. He was engaged in this capacity primarily at New York, subsequently- visiting and working in restaurants at New Orleans, St. Louis, and Chicago. In 1884 he enlisted in the United States regular army for the term of five ^ears, serving the first three years as cook and baker, and two years in the hos[)ital corps. He received an honor- able discharge from the army in 1889, and then made a brief visit to the home 802 Biographical Sketches. of his birth in Gerniany. lie returned to America in the spring of 1890, and located in Perth Ainboy, where he opened a wholesale liquor and beer-ljottling busi- ness, under the uame of 11. 0. Bower & (Jo. In 1892 he acquired, by purchase, the sole proprietorship and entire control of the business, which he located at No. 24 Smith street, Perth Amboy. Mr. Schroe- der was married, Sept. 22, 1892, to Agnes Siebeu, a daughter of Jacob Sieben, of Keyport, New Jersey. To their union have been born two children : Gertrude, and Oscar, Jr. /CHARLES CHAUNCEY HOMMANN, ^^ counsellor-at-law, a civil engineer, and the prescnit city surveyor of Perth Amboy, Middlesex county, New Jersey, is a son of William and Fidelia (Smith) Hommann, and was born. May 21, 1851, at Green Bay, Wis. The name Hom- mann is of German origin, the ancestors of our subject, down to his grandfather's day and generation, liaving been natives of Saxony. Charles C. liommann received iiis ear- lier education in the public schools ol' various towns, a sort of itinerant educa- tion forced by changes in pastorate of his father, who was an Kpiscopal clergyman. He entered Lafayette College in his seven- teenth year, but lelt before graduation. After leaving college he entered the office of General Egbert L. Viele, in New York city, as a student in civil engineering. He followed the profession of civil engi- neering, and was engaged in that work on various i-ailroads in the United States and in Central America. In 1870 lie went to South Amboy, New Jersey, and studied law with the late Charles Morgan, Esq. He was admitted to the bar, from that gentleman's office, as an attorne}' in 1880, and as a councellor in 188G. In 1880 he removed to Perth Amboy, where lie entered into the active practice of his profession, and has since resided. He holds the office of city survej'or of Perth Amboy, in which capacity, during the last twelve jears, he has done the engi- neering on all the municipal improve- ments undertaken by that town. He is a democrat politically, and member of St. Peter's Episcopal church at Perth Am- boy. He is an active member of that well-known military organization, the First Troop of New Jersey, the Essex Troop, of Newark, commanded ))}• Cap- tain Frederick Frelinghuysen, a son of ex-United States Senator Frelinghuysen, of tliis state. Mr. Honnnann was mar- ried, in March, 1886, to Mrs. Bessie Hig- gins, a widow, having two sons, Eugene Elliott, and John de Bree. Mrs. Hom- mann has one child by her second mar- riage, Charles Chauncey, Jr. The paternal grandfather, .loiiii Chris- topher Homniaun, was the original emi- grant of the I'amily from Saxony to this country. He landed on these shores sliortly after the close of tlie Revolutioii- ar}^ war, and settled in Philadeijihia, where he renuiined until his death, in 1837, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. Before coming to this country he was an officer in the regular standing army of Siixony. In religious faith and I practice he was a disciple of Martin Luther. His wife, Constantia (Herbert) Hommann, bore him eight children : Con- stantia Ilupfeld, wife ol" Cliarles Fred- erick Hupleld ; John Christopher, Char- lotte, wife of Kev. Isaac Smith ; Charles, Sarah, married to Charles Harrison ; Amelia, who married Dr. Levi Bartlett ; Jane, married Kev. Williams; and Wil- Biographical Sketciiks. 803 liiiiii. Coiistaiitia Hiipfeld, the i-ldcr, de- ceased in 18811, at tlie age <»(' ninety-live years. William lloiniiiann. i'atiier of C. C. Ilonnnann, was liorn in Mareli, 1814, in IMiiladelpliia. lie was a gentleiinin oi' collegiate edneation, and a gradnate, in 1835, of the Cicneial Theological Semi- nary of New York, and the Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal chnrcli. He was a clergyman of the Episcopal church for thirty-five years. lie was the heloved and respected rector of many of the churches of Pennsylvania, Missouri, Wisconsin, and, latterly, in this state. lie departed this lile, i\farcli 12, 1870, at the age of (il'ty-si.x years; his wife hav- ing died in March, KSCll, in {\\v lifty- second year of her ago. They left two children : Charles Chaunce}-, and James W. The latter (liewn citizen of Perth .Vndjoy. Mr. Walker is shrewd and energetic in business, pleasing in manners and taste- ful in address. He has a wide circle of friends, is possessed of rare social talents. and is everywhere respected as one of the solid business men of this prosperous citv. J A. SEXTON, of South Amboy, New • Jersey, is a member of the firm of Sexton & Donnell. operating an extensive mill in that city for the manufacture and sale of all kinds of material entering into the construction of houses. He is the only son of William and Mary Elizabeth (Aken) Sexton, and was born May 9, 1852, in New York city. lie received his early education in St. Louis, Mo., whither his father had removed and re- mained for a time ; subsequently he at- tended Pennington Seminary for two years. He began active life in 1S70. working at his chosen trade of carpenter- ing. He spent a winter in Florida, in the same line of work, and then came to South Amboy, where he became a con- tractor and builder, and successfully pur- sued that calling until the year J 872. memorable in the annals of this country as the beginning of a protracted .sea.son of paralysis to our commercial and in- dustrial business, and to every form of enterprise. Mr. Sexton then became as.sociated with liis father in the furni- ture business for a year or two. In lS7(i he went to Kansas, and at Ottawa, in that state, pursued his trade as a con- tractor for upwards of a year, and thence returned to South Amboy. During the period covered by the years 1879-1891 Mr. Sexton was a builder of houses, with headquarters at South Amboy, and be enjoyed a good degree of success. He became a mendjer of the firm of Sexton, Miller & Donnell ; their business con- sisted of dealing in building material of all kinds, their specialty being mill-work. The lirm name was sul)se([uently changed to Se.xton & Donnell, which was necessi- tated by the retirement of Mr. Miller, and the business is carried on under that title to the present time. It is the largest and most successful one of its kind in Mid- dlesex county, which is due. in great measure, to Mr. Sexton's ability and long experience. Mr. Sexton is a memlwr of the Episcopal church, and politically he 806 Biographical Sketches. is a democrat. He is a member of sev- eral secret societies : I. 0. R. M. ; I. 0. 0. F. ; Knights of Pythias, and Knights of the Golden Eagle. lie was elected pi-esident of the Star Building and Loan Association of South Amboy, and served in that capacity for three years. He be- came connnodore of the South Amboy Yacht Club, and is an active and elhcient member of the fire department of tliat town. Mr. Sexton was married Dec. 22, 1872, to Lucretia S. Herring. To this union were born four children : Mai-y Elizabeth, •losephiue Aken, James Andrew, and William. William Sexton (father) was born in Monmouth county, New Jersey, and re- ceived a common-school education. He left school at an early age and worked lor several years on a farm. At the age [ of seventeen years he commenced to learn the trade of stair-building, in which I calling he worked faithfully until he attained his majority'. He spent the en- suing three years as a ship's carpenter on a whaler, after which he migrated to California, where he remained about twelve months. He made a second trip to the Pacific slope in 1852. He came to South Amboy in 1854, and engaged in business as a builder. This trade he pursued the remainder of his life at vari- ous places in the United States. He was successively in Keokidt, Iowa; St. Louis. Mo.; and Memphis, Tenn. He was in the latter city during a portion of the civil war, and secured a large and prolit- al)lc contract ibr making tent-pins for tiie confederate government. After leaving Memphis he returned north, and resided lor a time in Titusviile, Pa. He subse- (juentiy returned to South Amboy and entered the furniture business, which he conducted with considerable success for sevei'al years. He superintended the construction of the Jerome Race Course, at Fordham, N. Y. Mr. Sexton was a member of the Episcopal church, and politically was a republican. He died in 1894 ; his widow is yet living, and re- sides at South Amboy. ny /TILAN ROSS, a successful real-estate -^-*- and insurance broker and collector, also treasurer of the borough of Asbury Park, Monmouth county. New Jersey, is a son of Milan and Elizabeth (Dolbier) Ross, and was born Jan. G, 1861, at Rail- way, Union county. New Jersey, his pa- ternal ancestrj' being English. He re- sided in Railway, attending the public schools, until he was filteen j^ears of age, and in 187G removed to Asbury Park, where for about a year he remained in the emijloyment as junior clerk of Hon. James A. Bradley. In the spring of 1877 Mr. Ross entered the real-estale of- fice of Willislbrd Dey, the leading broker of Asl)urv Park at that time, and during the space of si.x years Avas continuousl}' in the employment of this gentleman, filling consecutively the positions of clerk, cashier and mauager of his office busi- ness. On January 1, 1885, he opened the Milan Ross real-estate and insurance business agency at No. 208 Main street, in the town first above mentioned, and continues to this time in successful uian- agemeut of an extremely pros[)crous busi- ness. He is to-day the leading man in that line of important occupation on the North Jersey coast, and conducts a gen- eral insurance and brokerage agency. Mr. Ross is also an owner and a devel- oper of local real estate, and is the pro- moter and successful manager of the Deal BlOGRAPIIICAI, SkKTCIIES. 809 Beach Land Co., a syndicate of which Mr. Ross is a iiicinbur, that purchased through him the Hathaway, Drumiiioiul and lIeii(h-i'.'ksoii farms near Ashury Park. The transaction was a hirj;e one. involving an aggregate of $:)S(),()00, the hargest broker's sale ever made in that section. His company is now deveh)p- ing this tract and tlie new iiamlet Cidletl " Darhngton " gives every promise of soon Ijecoming a thriving town. In 1894 Mr. Ko.ss admitted to a partnership in liis business Kandolph Uoss, his brother, tlius forming a strong combination of two active, energetic and enterprising men oi" alfairs. Mr. Ross is a [)rominent figure in the affairs of the Kepul)lican part}- at Asbury I'ark, having been many times elected as a delegate to county and ^tate conventions, and in various ways he stands conspicuous as a party leader, lie has served as collector and treasurer of the borough since 1884, and was elected each time with no opposition, endorsed by the citizens irrespective of party save once. In 1889 he w^as elected a director in the First National Bank of Asbury Park, serving continuously since then and active in the management of its af- fairs. He is also a director in the Mon- mouth Trust and Safe Deposit Co., and is treasurer of two amusement companies there, the " Neptune " and the '' Asbury Park," both of which are " star " attrac- tions to summer visitors. Mr. Ross was a member of the Wesley Engine Com- pany from 1877 to 1894, serving five years as its forennui, and he is now an honorary member of the Asbury Park fuv department. In matters of religion he is a member of the First Methodist Efiiscopal church of Asl)ury Park, and a memberof its olVicial board. In fraternal and social a Hairs he is a member of the following organizations : Asbury Lodge, No. 142, F. and A. M. ; Standard Chap- ter, No. 35, R. A. M., and Carson Com- mandery, No. 15, Knights Templar, all ol' Asljury Park, and Mecca Temple, No. 1, Ancient Arabic Ordei- ol Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at New York. Mr. Ross was united in marriage Nov. 4, 188G, to Nellie, a daughter of David H. and Lydia W^ckolf, of Matawan, New •lersey. This union was bles.sed .luly M, 1891, by a son, Milan, Jr. Mr. Ross has fashioned himself from a boy, just from school and crude in business all'airs, into a (piick, enterprising, shrewd and suc- cessful man of meansand icsources. His stride has l)een rapid from clerk to capi- talist ill his adopteil town, and he is well nil tiie road to alUuence. While always a busy man he is not too deeply en- grossed in his own business to take an interest in educational as well as other matteis of moment of his town, and he is known and esteemed as a progressive citizen cordially enlisted in every work of borough improvement. Personally he is a gentleman of engaging nniinicrs, popular both within and outside his of- fice, and he is a member of the Monmouth Social Club. WR. TOIUAS, the third .'*oii and • fourth child of William and Nellie Tobias, was born near the city of Reading, Berks count}-. Pa., on Dec. 7, 1849. The Tobias family is one of well-known prominence in eastern Pennsylvania, its ancestors being among those early innui- grants who came from the Palatinate ami located along the line of the Schuylkill river and its northern tributaries, passing through the counties of Berks and Mont- jfomerv. 810 Biographical Sketches. John Tobias, his grandfather, was a ' tlirif'tyand industrious farmer and builder, and spent all his life in Berks county, the place of his nativity. He was an exem- plary member of the community in which he resided, and a consistent communicant of the Lutheran church. He raised a family of seven children. The second son, William, father of AV. R. Tobias, was a farmer and builder for many 3'ears. near Reading, Pa.. Later in life he went to Lidiana, to live with his daughter, and remained there until his death. He was a life-long democrat and a member of the Lutheran church. W. R. Tobias left home at the early age of eight years, and never enjoyed a day's schooling in his life. He worked upon a fiirm until he arrived at the age of fourteen years, when he took to rail- roading,, at which he spent the next four years. He at the same time had, how- ever, devoted all his spare moments to study and the acquirement of knowledge, so tliat he was now enabled to do some newspaper work, and later on he made a trip to South America, on a sketching tour as an art student. His intention at the time was to study and follow the art of painting and drawing, but returning, he devoted his time instead to art sketches, at which he continued until he was twenty-eight years of age. He then started the photographing business in New York, and conducted it there until 18S1, when he removed to Northuml)erland, Pa. Here he remained until 1886, when became to Perth Amboy, and estabished himself in his present business. Mr. Tobias is also engaged in the bic^'cle business, being interested in the estab- lishment conducted by the firm of Tobias & Watson, dealers in and manufacturers i>r bicvcles and sundries. Mr. Tobias married Miss Jessie Palmer, daughter of John Palmer. May 28, 1877. /"CHARLES E. BUELL, son of Joseph ^-^ Case and Mary (Kellogg) Buell, is a resident of North Plainfield, New Jersey, Init was born at AVollcottsville. in the town of Torrington, Litchfield county, Conn., May -4, 184L He received his education in the public schools and at the Wesleyan Academy, at Wilbraham, Mass., where his early life was passed, and from which town he enlisted to serve his country in the great civil war, hav- ing enlisted as early as April 20, 1861, for three months' service in the Third Massachusetts regiment ; and afterwards for three years in the Tenth Massachu- setts regiment, serving until April 23, 1863, when he was honorably dischai'ged. His regiment was in the campaign around Richmond, under McClellan, and at the battle of Fair Oaks, Va., one of the l)loodiest battles known in the annals of war, he was wounded while in the line of duty. Upon his return fom the army he en- tered upon the study of electrical science and the art of telegraphy, becoming an efficient telegraph manager, and finally promoted to be a superintendent of tele- graph. In the years 1872 to 1880 he was employed as accountant in the car ilepartmeiitof the New York, New Haven and Hartlbrd Railroad Co., at New Haven. Cimiii. In 18S0 he accepted a place in the tenth census, as an exj^ert accountant and statistician, in the pre- paration of the financial statistics of the railroads of the United States. Subse- quently he was placed in charge of the preparation of the extensive tables of statistics relating to the s^'stems of tele- Biographical Sketches. 811 grapli aiistablishmeiit was erected in 1884, and has been operated by the Messrs. Siuionson since the spring ol" 1893. It is I'urnislied and fitted up ■witli all first-class appointment.s, and maintains a large patronage throughout the entire year. Edward Siinonson, junior member oi the firm, was born at Suffield, Hartford county, Conn., and spent his early life in New York city, where he also received his education. In 1884 he came to Free- hold, Monmouth county, and secured a position as clerk in the Monmouth House, then as ])r()prietor at New Bedford, Holm- del, and Farmingdale, and in 1895 came to Spring Lake, where he entered into partnership with his brother Charles, and became one of the proprietors of the Simonson house. Edward Simonson is an active jwlitician and a leading demo- crat in his district. He is one of the in- cor|)orators of the Farmingdale Tribe, I. 0. li. M., and is a member of the local order of K. G. E., Spring Lake. Charles W. Simonson was born at Suffield, Conn., and, like his brother Ed- ward, was given a pul)lic-school education in the city of New York. He began life as a printer in New York, and worked at that for some years, coming to Mon- mouth county in 1888, and was clerk in Jernee's hotel, Spring Lake, until 1893, when he purchased the property and operated the same until the spring of 1895. At that time, as above stated, the firm of Messrs. Simonson Brothers was established and the Sinujuson house has since been operated by tliem. They are wholesale district agents for the Bal- lantine Brewing Co., and do a large busi- ness in that line, furnishing a large patronage with all the wants and re- quirements of shore trade. Charles W. Simonson is prominently idcntilied with the political afiairs of his county, and as a democrat is a leader in his comnuniity and i)rogressive as a citizen. Messrs. Simon.son are prominent in social circles, and as business men well deserve the success that has followed their career. / 1HARLES E. KELLY, the enterprising ^-^ merchant of New Market, Middle- sex county. New Jersey, is a .son of Patrick and Sarah (Ei)brecht) Kelly, of Hagerstown, Washington county, Md., where he was born March '2i'>. 1848. The Kelly ancestry is one ol' the most prominent and In'st known in the nnuals of Irish history. The branch to which he belongs, however, traces its .source to Hugh Kelly and Mary (Dull'.y ) Kelly, of Seven Churches, Kings county, Ireland, the paternal grandfather, who was a sterling Irish patriot and a warm friend of Ireland's great leaders, Emuictt. ( )'( "on- nell, and Robert Peel. Patrick Kelly was born in Kings county, Ireland, in 1810. He came to America while ^yet a young mun, and lo- cated at Hagerstown, Washington county, Md., where he resided ever after. He engaged in railroading, at which he con- tinued until 1861, when he met with an accident which cau.sed the partial loss of his eyesight, and eventually its total lo.ss in 1884, when he died. lie married Miss Sarah Ebbrecht, daughter of .lolin Eb- brecht, of Wasiiington county, and grand- daughter of John Moyer and Susan (Bach- tell) Moyer, in 1838, and they had born to them the following childri'u : Mary, Elizabeth, Hugh, Charles E., Ellen, Jos- eph, Annie, and Jennie. Charles E. Kelly received a coninion- scliool education at Hagerstown, Md., and at the age of fourteen went to Washing- BlOGKAPHICAI, SkKTCIIKS. 813 toil, I). C, ami souiilit ('iii|iliiyiiiciit. 'I'liis was aljout 1SG2, ami la- seciiivd a posi- tion on the Washington and Alexandria railroad, which was then operated hy the govt-rnnient. Tiiis [xtsition he retained I'ur aI)out thii^e years, after whieh he re- tnrned to llagerstown. lie enj!;aged with Zellei' & Son, ol' Ilaj^erstown, (K-alers in coal, Innihei', and lertili/ers. with whom he was employed lor ahoiit tlnce \cars. Suhseqnently he moved to New Jerst-y, and secured employment on the Morris and Essex railroad, wiicre he continued tor nine months. lie then eniia^cd with the contractors who wen- ahont to eon- strnct the Lehigh V^dley railroad olPenn- sylvania. an\' tlic pnor and of roads. He was a l)eliever in the doctrines of the Presbyterian church, and married Miss Elizabeth Crow, and they had eight sons and four daughters : Daniel Thompson, Marguerett, Matilda, Francis, Samuel, Biographical Skktches. 815 .TaiiR's. Kllis. I'liili|), ]\Iar\ , Amaiiila. Martiia, and .loliii (>. .FaiiK'S Wait attcinlcd tin' (■niiiinmi scliools of Pi'rtli Aiiil)i)v. Ill; k-anic'd the baking trade witli hi^ lather, ami at the age ol' tweutv-one was given an interest in the hiisiness. He continued three yeans with liis I'athei-. when he withdrew and established his present business on his own account. He has been successlul, and during the course of his energetic and well-managed life as a business man has accumulated a eompe- tenee, and takes much pleasure in look- ing over his tine farm of one hundred and thirtv acres, situated in Woodbridge township, a rich agricultural district. Mr. Wait is a democrat, and has st'rxed his communily as collector, and as a mendier of council. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and in Sept.. 1848, was united in marriage to Miss Anna Hughes. Eight children were born to this union : Anna (Mrs. Edward Belp). .Tames. Bessie (deceased), Anna, Francis. George, Leon, and Jennie (the latter three deceased). V H. F.VRE, a prominent insurance -^^' agent and well-known citizen of Somerville, Somerset county, is a son of William A. and Sarah (Smith) Fare, and was born May 5, 1848, at Sunny.side Post OlHce, Hunterdon county, New Jer- sey. His paternal grandfather, Andrew Fare, was a thriving farmer all his life, was a stainu'h democrat in politics, and a member of the Presbvterian church. His children were: Elizabeth. Mary, William A.. Grant, and Philip. William A. Fare (father) was a pro.s- perous farmer in Hunterdon county until 1877. when he entered the insurance business with his son, the subject, and reniaini'il with him until his death, in IS'.il. He was active in politics on tiie ili'iiiocratic side during early lile, and was a devoted adherent and eliler of the l\eformed church. His children were: .\. !).. the suljject ; Anna, born 1850; .1. W.. Ijorn 1852; Peter, born 1854; fjouis, born 185G; Sarah, born 1859; .Mary, bom 18()2; Ellen, born 1SG6. and Kmma. A. B. Fare was I'ducated in the com- mon schools of Sunnyside, in Hunterdon county, and spent his boyhood on his father's farm at that place. In July, lS7o, he entered the sewing-machine business at Eastoii, Pa., and in Decem- ber. 1874. became agent at that place for the Mutual ]}eiielit Lite Insurance (.'o., of Newark, New Jersey, and the Girard Fire Insurance Co., of Philadelphia. He came to Somerville in January, 1804, where he has since Iteen stationed as special agent of the Mutual Benetit Life Insurance Co. of Newark, having charge of the Trenton - ciated with him Dr. James G. Palmer, and continued the business under the liini name of Hull & Palmer until 1888, wiien Dr. Harvey Iredell having pur- chased Dr. Palmer's interest, the firm name was changed to Hull & Iredell, as now continued. Dr. Hull is a past president of the New .Jersey State Dental Societ\- ; an active member in the Northern New Jer- sey Dental Society, and also a member of the American Academy of Dental B lOG R A PI I ICA U Sk KTCH ES. 821 Surgt'iy. The linn of Hull it Iredell do ii large and lucrative business, having l()r their patrons the hest citizens of New Brunswick and Middlesex county. Dr. Hull is a man of acknowledged business ability, and is interested in many important enterprises in his city. He is one of the managers of the New Bruns- wick Savings Institution ; president of the Fourth Excelsior Building and Loan Association, and a director in the Second Merchants" Building and Loan Associa- tion. In politics he is a republican, and takes an active part in local allairs, hav- ing represented the people of the Fourth ward as alderman lor two years, and served as a meml)er of the b(jard of edu- cation for a like term. Being of a genial, sunny disposition, he values highly the social relations of life, and is an active member of the several masonic bodies from entered apprentice through lodge, cha[)ter, council, commandery K. T., and consistory to the olid degree, not except- ing the mystifying " Nobles of the Mvs- tic Shrine;"' Dr. Hull being a mendjcr of Mecca Temple, of New York city. He is a past high priest in his chapter, and a. past eminent commander in his commandery, and while he is honored and respected by all who know him, those who know him best honor him most. T SA.VC S. H.MiNEl), jn.stice of the peace -*- of Perth And)oy, was born in that town April .!(», 1818. He is a son of Al)raham Ilarned. His paternal grand- father, .lonathan Ilarned, was born in Wooilbridge town.ship. New Jersey, and was a methodist minister. To his mar- ried life were born six children : Abra- ham, deceased; Nathan, decea.sed ; Cor- nelius, deceased; Jonathan and Ellis. Abraham Harned (father) received a conimon-.school education. He then en- gaged in farming near Perth Amboy. He was a lil'e-long democrat. His mar- riage was blessed with eight childifii, as follows : Isaac S., Lewis M., deceased ; Nancy, married to Joseph Palmer, and since deceased ; Elizabeth, deceased ; Mary Jane, married to Thomas Stacey, who has since died ; Susan and Lydia, deceased ; and Frank. Isaac S. Ilarned received his education at a country school, and then worked on a farm lor live years. He then removed to New Brunswick and secured a position in a grocery store, where he lemained four years. In 1837 he went to New York city, where he secured a position in the grocery business. In 184o he en- gaged in the grocery business on his own account, and he has successfull}- con- ducted that business since, a period of thirty-one years. For twenty years S(juire Harned has been a justice of the peace, and continues to hold that office, he being now the oldest justice in the city. For a time he was a member of the city council. He is a republican in politics, and has been a member of the Presby- terian church since 1837. Squire Har- ned is one of the most public-spirited men of Perth Amboy, and has taken i'or many years an especial interest in the matter of improving the streets of that town. He married Ann Acres, and to them have been born the following children : Thomas P., Isabella, married to William Zeprill ; Abraham and Fremont. 'XT/'ILLLV.M \V. .\Nl)KR.SON, a .sa.sh and blind manufacturer at Bound Brook. Somerset county, a represent- ative citizen of Somerville, New Jer- sey, and for many years a prominent 822 Biographical Sketches. contractor and builder at the latter place, is a son of Jacob and Mary (Brown) Anderson, and was born March 4, 1848, at Milford, New Jersey. The name is of Scotch origin. Jacob Anderson (lather) was born at Perrinville, Monmouth county, and was a carpenter by trade. He was a well- known and successful contractor and builder at Milford and afterwards at New Sharon, Somerset county, until his death. During the last ten years ol' his life he resided upon a farm wliicli he owned near New Sharon. He was a republican in politics, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at New Sharon, and at one time a member of the I. 0. O. F. His wife was Miss Mary Brown, and they had seven children : Carrie M., wife of John B. Bi'own, deceased, a farmer at New Windsor, New Jersey ; Abijah, a carpenter and builder at Allentown, New Jersey ; William W. ; George W., en- gaged in the lumber business at Hunter. N. Y., in the Catskill mountains ; Thomas B., a carpenter and builder at Crosswicks, Burlington county ; Lydia li., wife of J. B. Flock, a fanner of Mercer count}' ; Jacob, deceased. William W. Ander.son received his education in the New Sharon public schools, lie learned the carpenter trade with his brother, Abijah Anderson, at Allentown, New Jersey, and for twelve 3'ears he successfully followed this trade at Hamilton Square, Mercer county. In 1887 he removed to Somerville and gradually enlarged his business until he became one of the most prominent con- tractors and builders in that section of Somerset county. He retired in 1889, but shortly prior established a sash and blind factory at Bound Brook, which he has continued to operate successfully ever since. Mr. Anderson is a republican in politics, a member of the Baptist church at Somerville, and a member of the Royal Arcanum. In February, 1874, he was married to Miss Mary McCabe, a daugh- ter of John McCabe, a farmer of New- town, New Jensey, and they have had one child, Jennie M. Anderson. T EWLS D. EASTBURN, the popular -'—^ young druggist of New Brunswick, New Jerse}-, is the son of the late Robert Eastburn and Julia (Solomon) Eastburn, of New Brunswick, and a native of the same citv, having been horn on Nov. 7, 1865. The late Robert Eastburn (father) was the founder of the est:il)lishment now presided over by the son. He hnd been for many years one of New Brunswick's most reliable and enterprising merchant.'^, and was held in the highest esteem ]>y the entire community-. His life and busi- ness career were marked with every char- acteristic of honorable and fair dealing, and his activity and good judgment were rewarded with a well-deserved success. After leaving school he entered a dr}'- goods establishment, where he spent several j'ears in learning the business, and subsequently he engagod in the same business upon his own account. He dis- posed of the dr^-goods business and went into the drug business at New Bruns- wick, which he carried on until his death, in Jan., 1886. He had been in former years a democrat in politics, but during the later years of his life he supported the Republican party and its principles. He was active in all church work, and a sincere and earnest christian, holding membership in the Presl)yterian church of New Brunswick, and of which he had Biographical Sketches. 823 heen l)otli a deacon and an older. Ho had roiircliildroii : Cliarles, Kubert, Anna, and Lewis D. Lewis D. Ivisthurn was the youngest sun of Robert Eastburn, and received his education in the public schools ol" New Brunswick. At an early age he entered his lathers drug store as a clerk, where he remained constantly up to the time of his father's death, actively assisting in the management of the business. After the death of his father he bought the store from his mother, and since then has conducted it in his own interest. He is doing an excellent business. He is an ardent republican in politics, and is an active member of the Junior Order ol' United American Mechanics, lie mar- ried Miss Anna Davi.s, a daughter of .Mr. William Davis, and has four children : Helen. Robert, fada. and Frederick. Tj'^LUJENE F. MOKRKLL, a i.roniin.nt -■-^ and active insurance man ol' Som- erville, and one of the best-known young business men in Somerset county, is the only living son of John and Sarah (Anten) Morrell, and was born, July 18. LS58, at Somerville. His education was obtained in the [)ublic schools of his native town, and in a military school in Trenton, which he attended for three months. He then learned the carpen- ter's trade, and api>lied himself to it until he was sixteen years old. Mr. Morrell is the local representative of the Metro- politan Life Insurance Co. of New York at Soini'rville, handling all the all'airs of that corporation in Somerset county. He is a rei)ublican, and an active worker in county afl'airs. He is an industrious raemlter of the Sons of Temperance, and of the Jr. 0. U. A. M., of Somerville. 43 Mr. Morrell married Miss Mary A. (". Hellis, daughter of Jacob M. Bellis, In whom he has had three children : Kav- inond S., Eugene R., and John, ile- ceased. There is no more successful and enter- prising young business man in Somerset county tliaii Mr. Morrell. During the twentN-two years that he has spent in in- surance work, he has proven himsell' en- ergetic and clear-headed. He is well- known and popular all through the county, and is one of the most inlluen- tial men of Somerville in reliiiious. politi- cal and social matters. p]lijah Morrell (great-grandfather) was a caliinet-maker during his entire life, a piominent member of the Dutch Re- formed church, and ju.stice of the peace tlitie for twenty years. His children were : Elizabeth ; Sarah, wife of (ieorge Proboice, and Nettie. .lohn Morrell (grandfather) was a well- known wheelwright and undertakt'r all his life. He was an active republican, and a member of tlie Reformed church. His children were: John. Jerry, and Wil- liam. John Morrell (father) was born at Som- erville, where he was a successful cabinet- maker. He was widel}' known and re- spected, was very well-informed on all the (juestions of the day, and was active in both church and political work. He married Miss Sarah Anten, l)y whom he had four children : Thomas. Julia, and Rhoda E.. all dec(>ased ; and Eut:rene F. OFA'. JAMES T. SCIIOCK, pastor of *-*' the Reformed church, and presi- dent of the board of education of Key- port. Monmouth county. New Jersey, is a son of Edwin and Ann Katharine 824 Biographical Sketches. (Linderwrith) Schock, and was born April 22, 1851, at Centre Post Office, Salem county, New Jersey. . The family name is of German origin and was primaril}' spelled Shoch. Later it was changed to Sclioch, which gave it more euphony to the German ear. A second change transformed it to Schock. The paternal grandfather, Henry Schock, acquired a connuon-school edu- cation, and subsequentl}' learned the trade of a baker. He followed that calling all his life in the city of Philadelphia. In religion he was a member of the Lutheran cliurch, and in politics an old-line whig. He was married to Sarah Castor. She died in 1852, at Frankford, Pa. They were the parents of thirteen children : Rebecca, born Dec. -3, 1789; Jacob, born April 14, 1791 ; Henry, born Oct. 20, 1792; Hannah, born Nov. 20, 1794; Elizabeth, born Doc. 20, 179G; Isaac, born Dec. 25, 1798; Maria, born Oct. 8, 1800; Jonathan, born Dec. 17, 1802; William, born Nov., 1804 ; David, born Oct. 24, 1806; Nicholas, born Feb. 23, 1807, and Sarah and Edwin, twins, born January 1, 1811. Edwin Schock was born at Frankford, Philadelphia. He received a common- school education in his early boyhood. He supplemented this by an extensive reading of books, of which he was very fond. He was a hard student, and prac- tically educated himself. He became a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church, at the age of twenty-eight j'ears, and ofliciated at various places in southern New Jersey. He was president oi' the conference of that church at the time ol' his death. July '■'>, 1S54. Li ])olitics he was a wliig-republican. and a mendjer ol the Iiulependent Order of Odd Fellows. His widow is now livinjiatColiiniiswood. Camden count}'. New Jersey, aged eighty- three years. They had seven children : William, deceased; Sarah E., David H., a clergy- man in Philadelphia ; Emma K., Melissa, deceased at the age of thirteen 3'ears ; Mar}', and Rev. James T. Rev. James T. Schock received his preparatory training at Pennington Semi- nary, New Jerse}'. after which he took a collegiate course at Wesleyan University. He was appointed April 1, 1876, princi- ]ml of the Bayard street public school. New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he remained until June 30, 1887. In that 3ear he accepted a call to the pastorate of the Reformed church of Bound Brook, remaining in that charge for more than four years. On Sept. 1, 1891, he was transferred to Keyport, and became pas- tor of the Reformed church of that place. Rev. Schock is a republican in politics. He was elected president of the board of education of Keyport, in March, 1895, and he holds that important office at the present time. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He was united in the bonds of mar- riage, June 28, 1876, with Lydia B. Reed, a daughter of William B. Reed. The result of this union was four chil- dren : Viola, deceased ; Beulah, jMartha, and Emma, deceased in her si.xtb year. Rev. Schock takes a deep and an abid- ing interest in the work of his church and school, and he is much engrossed in the general educational affairs of Key- port. TTTILLTAM H. KNAPP, a successful ' ' grocer at Red Bank, Monmouth county, New .Ierse\-, wiiere he resides, and partner in tiie enterprising firm of Knapp & West, general merchants at Biographical Sketches. 825 Sea Bright, in tlie same county and state, i is a son of Jacot) and Harriet Brown Knapp, and was born, Nov. 29, 1841, at Madison, Morris eonnty, New Jersey. Tlie family is of (Jernian origin, tiir Knapp immigrant having left the ohl rountry and si'ttled at Bridgt'[)ort, Conn., in 1080. One of his I'ight sons was tlie great-grandsire of Mr. Knapp, and the lather of Rufus Knap[), and subsequently settled in Stamford, Conn., where lu- died. Jacob Knapp, son of Rufus and father of William 11., who heads this sketch, was born at Stamford, in 1814, and died 1882, at Madison, New Jersey, whither he emigrated when yet a young man. He was a successi'ul and prosperous far- mer by occupation, and in addition to his other crops he raised large quantities of broom corn, which during the winter season he would manufacture into ijrooms. He was also a railroad builder. In politics he was an uncompromising whig, and later a republican ; bearing his share of active work for his party, but in- variably refusing pul)lic oilice. In spirit- ual matters he was a member of the Presbyterian church. His wife, Harriet Brown, was born in 1812, at Madison, wlu-re she yet resides on the homestead farm. Their marriage resulted in the birth of three sons and three daughters : Charles A,, William H., Benjamin V.. Sarah E., decea.sed ; Mary L.. and Su- san B. Willian II. Knapp attended the [)ublic schools at Madison, and later a select school in the same ttjwn. After leaving school he followed clerking, and later learned broom manufacturing with his father, and became a broom manufac- turer and dealer in broom-corn at New York city ; he spent a year as assistant superintendent of a company engaged in operations in the oil regions at Pitt Hole Creek; was with his brother, Charles A., for two years in a tinware and stove business at Millburn, New Jersey ; re- sumed the manufacture of brooms on a large scale, at which he continued for si.\ years, then .sold out and engaged as a traveling salesman i'or Freeman Brotliers. Mr. Knapp, during a portion of the i)eriod of his service with the New York Biiscuit Company, was also connected with the John W. Castree Company, and subse- quently with James G. Powers & Co. In 1881 he removed U) Red Bank, New Jer.sey, and in the following year associ- ated himsell" in partnership witii K. A. West, of Sea Bright. New Jer.sty . under the hrm name of Kna[)p & West, suc- ceeding. Ijy purchase, to the general mer- chandise business of J. W. Sherman, in that town. Mr. Knapp formerl}' spent most of his time as traveling .salesman for the firm. In 1891 he retired from the load, and thenceibrward has devoted his time to managing the fuiancial affairs of his firm, and looking after other inter- ests in Red Bank. The Sea Bright store, twice destroyed by tire, once in 1888, later on June 10, 1891, covers, in addi- tion to an area of its own of 8025 .scjuare feet, the entire first floor of an adjoining building, all of which space is occu[iied in an enornums stock of general merchan- ilise. methodically yet attractively ar- langed. The two upper stories of the commodious brick store-building have been converted into a series of handsome flats. Their annual .sales aggregate Sf'O.- 000. Feb. 19, 1887. Mr. Knapp, in part- nership with S. II. Allen, opened a gro- cery business at Red Bank, under the name of Knapp & Allen. This firm re- mained intact initil Au-r. 21. ol' that vear. 826 Biographical Sketchks. when Mr. Knapp assumed control of the business. In politics he is a republican, in relig- ion a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in fraternity a member of Mystic Brotherhood Lodge, No. 21, Free and Accepted Masons. Mr. Knapp was united in marriage, Jan. G, 1863, to Mary J. Hammond. This union has resulted in the birtli of four children : Frank, H. E., engaged in a successful boot and shoe trade at Red Bank, New Jersey ; E. R., in his senior year at Stevens Institute ; and Mary A. In 1890 Mr. Knapp erected a beautiful home on Riverside avenue. Red Bank. It is after the Queen Anne stjle of archi- tecture. Xp C. VAN DERWATER, the energetic -L • jvnd successful proprietor of the condensed milk manul'actory, is one of the most promising young business men of Millstone and vicinity. He is the son of Stephen Van Derwater, and was born in the state of New York, 18Go. Tlir Van Derwaters are of Holland descent, and the name dates back to the remote events of New York's early settlement. Adolph Van Derwater (pateraal grand- father) was a builder. To him and his estimable wife were born the following cliildren : Stephen ; second, unknown ; Phoebe, married Mr. C. Green ; and Katharine, wife of .Fames Dome, hut wlio died in 18:>4. Stephen Van Derwater ( father) re- ceived a connnon-school education, and, upon h'aving sciiool, apprenticed himself to learn a trade, which he followed for some years. He then establislicd a foun- dry, and later engaged in the milk busi- ness, and fmally became the proprietor oi' a grocery store. He was one ol' the most active politicians of his day. His re- ligious ideas led him to connect himself with the Dutch Rel'ormed church, of which he was a substantial member. Among other important relations, he was an officer in the standing army. Stephen Van Derwater's fiimily consisted of the following children : Jeane, Edwin (de- ceased), James, Stephen, William C, and our subject. The i'ather passed away in August of 1893. F. C. Van Derwater (subject) Ibr four years was engaged in the etching busi- ness, and afterwards engaged in dealing in horses for two years. Mr. Van Der- water grasped the opportunity of en- gaging in the manufacture of condensed milk, and, as above stated, is to-daj- lo- cated at Millstone, New Jersey, and op- erates one of the most successful plants of this kind in the state. By strict, detailed attention to the growing de- mands of his business, Mr. Van Derwater has placed his enterprise upon a firm Ijasis, and in the I'ront rank with his fellow-competitors. He has strong repub- lican proclivities, and eagerlj- shares the burden of the work and responsibility with his fellow party leaders. In June, 1887, F. C. Van Derwater married Edna E., a daughter of William A. Hyde, and this marriage has resulted in the birth of one daughter and two sons : Edna, born 1889 ; Stephen, born in 1S!I| ; am! Carrett, born in 1893. JOHN H. LU'PlNt'OTT, a jirominent '^ farmer, and highly reputable citizen of Little Silver, Monmouth county. New Jersey, is a son of Charles and Sarah (Wortiiley) Lippincott, and was born near his present place of abode, then known as Rump.son, on Inauguration day, March 4, 1835. '"4 J.j^hn^ Biographic A I, vSketches. 829 Ik' is ol' Eiiulisli (k'scent, and the fam- il\ of wliicli lir is a mcinhcr was InuiKli'i] ill this coiiiilrv ill [irc-IJ('\-(iliitiiiiiarv tiiiK'.s. Tilt' I'aiiiiU' is an extensive nnc. and in('iid)ers of it may ho round in nearly every stale ol'tlie ITiuon. A more complete geneal(),i;;ical reconl of tlie fam- ih' will !)(' i'onnd in thf sketch of .lames E. Lipjiincutt. George Lippiiicott (i;randfather) was a fanner and hotel-keeper of Shrewshury township, Monmouth county, and mar- rii'd Ilulda Lyttle, who bore iiiin seven children, three sons and four daughters: Henry, George, Charles, Patience, Eliza. Sarah, and Fannie, all of whom are de- ceased . Charles liip[)inc()tt (father) was also a native of iMonmouth county, horn in Shrewshury township, in 1 T'.li), and died in that township in 187G, having passed his entire life near the scene of his hirth. He was reared upon a farm. Iiiit in early life learned the carpenter trade, and did carpentering, contracting, and building for twenty years. He relinquished that trade, and resumed farming the remainder of his life. In early life he was a staunch whig, being a great admirer of that prominent statesman, Henry Clay; but u[)on the organization of the present Re- publican party in 18.56, he became iden- tified with its fortunes, voting for its first candidate, John C. Fremont. He married Sarah Worthley, who has since ])assed away, having given birth to three children that grew to maturity : fjouisa, the wife of Timothy White ; William C, and John H.. all of Shrews- bury township. John H. Lipfjincott was l)()rn and reared in Shrewsbury townshi[), and has always resided there, engaged in the tranquil and peaceful pursuits of husbandry. He, together with his brother, William ('., owns and cultivates the old homestead, which comprises one hundred acres of \aliiai)le land, fertile, well-improved, and under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Li[)piiicott has always been identified with the Republican party. He has been closely identified with the Episcopal church for more than a quarter of a cen- tur\. He was largely instrumental in having a new church erected in Little .Silver, which is located upon his prop- ert}'. During his long and continued service in connection with the Episcopal church, he has filled every office in that organization, anil is the present treasurer. He usually represents the chiu-ch in its annual convention.s, and his has ever iH'en the home of the clergy, irrespective ol' church or creed. In 18(37 he nnirried Deborah C. Parker, a daughter of Cap- tain Henry B. Parker. They are the parents of three children : Lucy, Loui.sa, and Harry. TAMES H. SKXTON, a leading funeral ^-^ director in Monmouth county, at Asbury Park, New Jersey, is also one of the most enterprising and progressive citizens of the state. He is a son of Michael and Frances (Todd) Sexton, and was born Feb. 15, 1847, near M;inas- quan, Mtmmouth county. Tlu- history of the life and success of James II. Sex- ton from schoolboy to the prominent posi- tion he occupies as a citizen, presents a notable example and proof of the possi- bilities open to industry, ability and in- tegrity such as have been displayed in all of Mr. Sexton's varied relations. He re- ceived his educational training in the common schools of Wall township, after which he prepared under private tutors to enter upon a theological course at 830 Biographical Sketches. Pciiiiingtoii SoniinaiT, Init owing tt) seri- ous throat trouljle wliicli he contracted he was ol)liged to abandon the pursuit of tliis early but noble ambition. He sub- sequently, in response to the solicitation of friends in his neiglil)orhood, was in- duced to supply an urgent demand for an undertaker in that community. After serving a short time as an assistant in undertaking and the upholstery business he prepared him.self for the regular prose- cution of that business by opening up rooms at Farmingdale, where he re- )nained for one and one-half years. From this initiative beginning he came to As- bury Park in 1873, where he has built up one of the largest undertaking patron- ages in the state of New Jersey. lie is the proprietor of two establishments at Asbury Park, and is interested with his brother, J. G., in the firm of Sexton Brothers in furniture and undertaking at I Long Branch, where they have continued ] since 1888. Mr. Sexton, it will be ob- served, is almost entirely self-educated , and trained by study and observation in the conduct of his business, which has modernly grown to the dignity of a pro- fession. His superior knowledge and skill and mastery of his profession arc am- ply attested in his financial success and the name he has established for himself. He is extensively interested in various other business enterprises. He was one of the projectors and founders of the Glenwood Cemetery Company at Long Branch, and is at present its vice-|)r('si- dent. He was president of the Lidus- trial Loan and Investment Co. of Tren- ton, at Asbury Park, and vice-president of the Republican Loan and Investment Co. He owns the old Sexton homestead farm near Spring Lake, New Jersey, be- sides valuable rcal-e.state interests at As- bury Park, and is superintendent of Mt. Prospect Cemetery at that place. He is a valuable member of the Asbury Park board of trade, and has always been found in support of all nn)venieuts of enterprise tending toward the betterment of the town. Politically he is a gold democrat, but never takes any active part in politics. Fraternally he is speci- ally prominent, being a member of Mecca Temple, Knights of the Mystic Shrine, at New York cit}- ; the Commandery at Asbury Park, and of the Blue Lodge and the R. A. M., both of Manascpuin. He is a member of the Knights of the tlolden Eagle, of Town City Council, and the Red Cross. Religiously he has been specially active and useful, being a member of the official board of the First Methodist Epis- copal church in Asbury Park, superin- tendent of the Sunday-school for many years, at present an exhorter .and is soon to be elevated to the highest function within the reach of laymen, that of local preacher. In Sunday-school work he de- serves special credit as well as in musi- cal circles of both church and Sunday- school, having established a number of the latter in country districts which have led to the erecti(m of churches. He is an earnest temperance worker and has personally secured three thousand faith- ful nicnnbers to the pledge, having served si.x \cars as president of the Asbury Park Temperance Association. On Oct. 20, 1880. he was married to Lillie T., the only child of Elwood and Mary (Bush) Rodgers. Their children, three in number, all died in infancy. The .Sexton name, of which James H. Sexton is the worthy scion and highly creditable representative, is of sturdy German ori- gin, the American progenitor having been James Sexton, who with his two BiOGRAPHicAr, .Skktchks. 831 lirotlicrs, .Idliti and K'nlicrt, caiiu' to this c'uniitrv IVoiii (UTiiiaiiy about il^'2, and located at New Diirliaiii, on tlic banks ol' the IIikIsou. in tlic state ol' New .Jersey. William Sexton (grandfather) was a son oi' James Sexton, the inuniurant ancestor, anLK, of the firm of ^ MandervilletS: Hall, enterprising and successful real-estate and insurance men, and also heavy brokers in building nnite- rials at Perth Amboy. is a son of h-a 0. and J]llen K. (Welch) Manderville. and was born at Foundryville. Pa.. April 'J'.). 18G5. Ira .Manderville (grandfather) was a carpenter and later a farmer at Trucks- ville, Pa., lor many years. He was a whig, and a member of the Baptist church. His children were: Samuel, Maria, Charles. Elijah. Ezra, Ira ()., Alon/.o, and Uelphine. Ira (). Manderville (father) was Ixiru on his fathers I'arm at Trucksville, Pa., and attended the district school. He be- came road foreman for the Lackawanna and Bloomsburg railroad, and afterwards became assistant road nnister for the Lehigh and Luzerne railroad, which posi- tion he still fills. He resides at present in llazleton. Pa. In addition to his ollicial duties above rel'erred to. Mr. .Manderville deals exten- sively in real estate. In local affairs he is very active. His children are : Ilarrv Ellsworth, and Ira J. Ira J. Manderville received his eaily instruction in the public sc1kk>Is and graduated from the llazleton high school with the class of 1880. After leaving school he became a ticket and freight agent for the Lehigh Valley railroad, and also learned telegraphy. He then ac- cepted a position as coal shipper for Par- dee Sons & Co., of Mt. Pleasant, Pa., and remained with them ibr three and one- half years, wlien he entered a partner- ship with his brother. This firm, known as II. E. Manderville & Co., were engaged in the manufacture of sheet metal, wire, and jobbers of grocery sundries. He was as.sociated with his brother at llazleton for three years, an[' tlie Methodist cliurch, and an active cliristiaii. lie was a steward and trustee ol' his church, and possessed tlu' high regard of ail Jiis neigii- bors. He died Oct. 28, 18S(). William II. Peterson was born at South Hiver in I808. lie was sent to the public schools of his native town, and at a proper age commenced to work with his father as a boatman. At the end of five years he was apprenticed to learn tlie trade of stone-mason, which he has followed ever since, becoming a most suc- cessful contractor and builder. Mr. Peter- son is a republican. He has been very active in politics, and for seven years has held the position of couunissioner of South River. He is coiniecti'd with but one fraternal society, the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Peterson married Miss Mary F. Reid, and one child, Martha R.. was born to them. This daughter m;ir- ried J. .1. Kline. Mr. Peterson has for upwards of iorty years been actively coiniected with the Methodist Epi.scopal church, and has been one of the oflicers of his church for many years. He is not only an active christian worker, but he is a good, con- scientious citizen, whose aim has always been to aid in the advancement of the connnunitv in which be lived. A BRAIIA.M II. BACH, a young and -'-^ an enterprising merchant of South Amboy, Middlesex county, New Jersey, is a son of Marcus and Rebekah (Lesen) Bach, and was born Sept. 18, 1873, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He descends from a Inug line of German Israelites, who have nourished as manufacturers and trades- men in Cologne, Rhenish province, Cer- many, since A. D. I'JOO. The paternal grandfather, Abrahaui Bach, was a native of Germany, and was born about the year 1702. After receiv- ing his education he entered into a gen- eral mercantile business. He closed out his business affairs in Germany and. iii 1860, at the remarkable age of aliout nne hundred and fourteen years, came to America to reside with his sons, who had long preceded him hither. He had a lengthy, an honorable, and a successful business career. He died in 1872 at Brooklyn, N. Y. His wife died in 1831. They were the parents of seven chil- dren : Elias, Waltham, Marcus, Simon, Hermaini, Carolina, and Beina. ^liircus Bach was born at Cologne, Germany, in 1823. He entered his father's store as a clerk, remaining about six years. In 18-15 he inunigrated to this country, settled in Belleville, 111., and for live years conducted a very successful mercantile business. In 1853 he came east, located in Brookhn, N. Y., and for a period of thirty-four years remained in business there. In 1887 he retired from business in favor of his second son. Isaac M. In politics he supports tiie party of Jackson and Jefferson, and in religion clings to the traditions of tlii' elders and the doctrines of the Jewish .synagogue. His wife, Rebekah, died in 1879. The issue of their marriage was six children : Henry, Isaac M., Sauuiel. Abndiam II., Sallie, married to Louis Hersh, and Jo.sephine, the consort of Alexander Schiff. Abraham II. Bach, the youngest son, received his earlier education at the pub lie schools of Brooklyn, from which he 846 Biographical Sketches. was tiTaduated in 1890. He subsequently graduated from tlie Long Island Business College. He read law for eighteen months, but abandoned his aspirations to the bar and entered the emjilo}- of his brothers in the dry-goods business lor two years, and on March 2, 189G, removed to South Amboy, where he opened up a business of his own, comprising dry goods, boots and shoes, millinery, and gentlemen's furnish- ings. He conducts the largest store in South Amboy. He has thus far been successful in his enterprise. He is of the Jewish faith and persuasion, and is a trustee of the Hebrew Orphan As\'lum of Brooklyn. Cycling is one of his pas- times, which is evidenced by his member- ship in the bicycle club of South Amboy. Mr. Bach was wedded April 5, 189G, to Sophia Herzog. WILLIAM BIRMINGHAM, a promi- nent grocer, as well as a leading- citizen of South Amboy, New Jersey, is a son of Daniel and Honora (Mahat) Binningham, and was born at Borden- town, in that state, Jan. 1, 1850. His father resided at Bordentown, New Jersey, the greater part of his life. He was a fireman on the Camden and Am- bo}' rail mad fnr a inimber of years, and sul)se(piently served the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. in the same capaeit}. He died in 1891. He was !i member of the Catholic churcli. and in |inliticai faitli a democrat. His widow, Honora, died in 1893, leaving three eiiildren : William. James, and Katharine. William Birmingliam attended tlie com- mon schools at Bordentown until the year of his ma joritv, when he came to South AmlidN and toulv a |i(isitinii as clerk. In 1875 he launched into his present gro- cery business for himself, at South Am- boy. Mr. l)irmingliam is an active and '/.vn\- ous democrat, and has held a number of local ofllees in South Amboy. He served as justice of the peace and commissioner of deeds. In 1881 he was elected township clerk, and subsequently became the clerk of the borough. He has been a trustee of the public schools of South Amboy since 188.3, and was elected a member of its board of education. He is treasurer of the Star Building and Loan Associa^ tion of South Amboy, and an agent in that town tor the Trenton Building and Loan Investment Co. He is also a local agent lor several fire insurance com- panies. Mr. Birmingham is a Roman Catholic, and a member ol' that church in South Amboy. He was nuirried, Sept. 6, 1894, to Mary C. Coan ; they have one child : Mary. Mr. Birmingham is an active and useful man in his communitj^ and is held in high esteem by his fellow-citizens. JAMES (iUIllK. of the linn of Messrs. Quirk & Quirk, one of the leading and most successful pUnnbing establish- ments of the West End. Long Branch, New Jerse}', is a son of Patrick and Annie (Connors) Quirk, and was born at Deal, Monmouth county, New Jersej', Oct. 14, 1857. Ireland is the ancestral linnie of the (^hiirk family, aiul James Quirk, paternal grandfather, was born in County Kings, where he resided all his life and pursued the calling of iilacksmithing. (Jrandfather Quirk was a member of the Roman Catholic church, and took an active part in the affairs of his ediigfega- tion. His children were: William, BlOGRAPFIICAI. vSkKTCHES. 847 .laiiics, Patrick, Mary (Mrs. William Ferns), Stcplu'ii ami Thomas. JaiiR's Quirk, Sr., was accidentally killed while sluicing a vicious horse, (irand- mother (^uirk was a woman ol" remark- able vitality and vigor, and lived to the rare age ol" one hundred and seven years. Patrick (^lirk was born in Kings county. Ireland. Itocametothc Unitcil States and located linally in Long Branch. lie was an active democrat and an en- thusiastic working nuMuber nftlie Catho- lic church ol" Long Branch. He married Miss Aiiiiic Connors. Their family ol" children is as tiillows : Maria Ann, James, Mary Jane, Annie and Ella. The mother of Mr. Quirk died at Long Branch in Dec, 1803, and the father, July 15, 1882. James Quirk is another of that highly- esteemed class of men who have fought and gained the victory over adverse cir- cumstances, and have won place and position among their fellows. He was educated in the public schools of Long Branch, attending the same until only ten years of age, when he was obliged to face the stern realities of life and carve out his own career. He had several years' experience upon a farm after leaving school. After spending six months in the Ocean Hotel ho learned the plumbing trade, which he followed for a period of twenty-three ^ears, when he started in the same business on his own account, and has contiinied it ever since. He takes a deep interest in the politi- cal affairs of his district, but holds no of- fices. He is a democrat. The Catholic church of Long Branch finds in Mr. Quirk one of its strongest supporters and most diligent workers. He is fraternally connected with the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Ancient Order nf Foresters. On Sept. 1, 1879, Mr. James Quirk married Mi.ss Catherine McElligott, a daughter of Mr. John and Catherine Mc- Elligott. This ha[)py union has been blessed by the birth of lliiu' (diildren : Catherine, 'riinmas. .bilm and James. TOIIN MULVEV. th.' well-known alder- '^ man of the Sixth ward of New Brunswick, New Jersey, is a son of Thomas and Eleanor (('onle^) Mulvey, and was born April D, 1805, in that city. His paternal grandfather, James Mulvey, was an early settler in New Brunswick, and for many years a highly-esteemed citizen. He was a farmer by occupation, and thrifty and industrious by nature. He was a mendier of the Catholic church, and in politics was an alliliant of the Democratic party. His children were: Hose, Catharine, and Thomas. Thomas .Mulvey was boini in New Brunswick, and received his education in the parochial school of the parish of St. Peter's. He learned the carpenter trade, in which he engaged for the greater part of his life. He was an ardent democrat in politics, and served as an alderman in New Brunswick for two terms. He was a highly respected URMuber of St. Peter's Roman Catholic church, and greatly esteemed for his consistent and exemplary (le[iortment. both as a citizen and a chris- tian. His children were: James, now a resident of New York city ; John, Thomas, since deceased; and Frank, now a resi- dent of Bound Brook, New Jersey. Alderman John Mulvey- attended the puljlic schools of New Brunswick until lie attained the age of sixteen years, when he engaged in the nursery busi- 848 Biographical Sketches. ness, iuid lor Hve years devoted himself diligently to that occupation. Siibse- r[uentl\' he engaged in the wholesale liquor trade. He next started a retail li(|iior store, of which he is still proprie- tor. He is an active democrat ; was elected a member of the New Jersey as- sembly of 1887-88. In 1890 he " was elected alderman of the Sixth ward of New Brunswick, which position he has held ever since, having been re-elected, and is now serving his third term. He is a member of St. Peter's church and one of its most active supporters. He was married to Miss Mary Garrigan, and to them liave been born the following children: Kate, Mary. Thomas, who died in infanc}' ; John, Edward, and Frank. Mr. Furnian married Miss Catherine Fisher, daughter of Peter Fisher, of the Sayre & Fisher Brick Co., who was a pioneer brick manufiicturer in this vicin- ity. He occupies a handsome residence in Sayreville, living there the year round. While not an active politician Mr. Fur- man has always been identified with the Democratic party, and served as free- holder from Sayreville in 1885, 1886, and 1887. Tj^DWIN FURMAN, son of Noah Fur- -*— ^ man, deceased, is one of the active and especiall}^ successful business men of Savreville. Born at South Amboy, Aug. 15, 1857, he belongs to a family which for four generations has been a leading one in the business and social life of his liirtliplace, and one of the first to settle tTTere. Upon leaving the Lawrenceville pre- paratory school, at South Amboy, he en- tered Princeton College, and took the classical course, graduating in the class of '79. He did not commence his busi- ness career until 1883, when he came to Sayreville, and assumed charge of his lather's business estaljli.shment. long and favorably known as the ■' Old Wortliing- ton Brick Works," manufacturing build- ing and sewer brick. These works are situated on the South Amboy road. The works have a capacity of twenty-five millions of bricks amiually, and ciiqiioN one hnndred and eighty operatives. 'y HEODORE JOLINE, a leading grocer ^ and ex-postmaster of North Long Branch, Monmouth count}', New^ Jersey, is a son of James and Edie B. Clane, and was born June 21, 1846, at Branch Port, New Jersey. His maternal grandfiither was one of the original founders of Jersey City, where he held extensive tracts of land, the enhancement of which in value as the city grew made him a very wealthy man. The Joline family is of French origin. James Joline was born at Long Branch, New Jer.sey. He was a speculator and dealer in unimproved lands. He owned a large tract near Long Branch, where he resided. He was also largely engaged in the 03'ster business. In politics he was a democrat, and in religious faith a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was the father of the following chil- dren: John, William, James, Henry, Bar- tine, R., Harriet, Lydia, Jeanne, Anna, and Phwbe, deceased. James Joline (father) was born at Branch Port, Monmouth county, where lie attended the public schools. He be- came engaged in the oyster trade. He also owned a small farm in Ocean town- ship, Monmouth county, which he culti- vated. In i)olitical matters he was a democrat, but not an active worker for Biographical Sketches. 840 tlic piirty, iind in (U'votioual iilluirs he was a proiiiiiK'iit iiit'iiilicr, olass-k'adi'r, steward and trusU'e (»l" tlit' ML'tliodist K[)isL'()pal cluiffli. He deceased Marcli S, I SS7, ,-iiid is siii-\i\cil l)v Ills willow, iinw ill licr fi'^lit v-lillli \ cai'. 'V\\^•\ had Ixn'ii until t Ik'Iii li\ (' I'liildi'i'ii : I >a iiii'l. Sarah. .Iraiiiu'. dt-eeased ; Theiidiirc. and aiKitliiT. Tlieodore .loliiie attt'nded tlie pid>lie schools of Hraueli Port, and aeqnired tlie trade ol" luasoni-y. wliich lie i'olhnved e.\- tensively llir two ileeailes, as a contractor and liuiider at [jong Branch. He suhse- ((uentiy hccame larn'tdy interested in tin' pound lisliery l)usiness aloni;' the coast. witii headipiarters at fjonu' Hranch. In 1884 lie opened a urocerv Inisiness at North Long Branch, which he conducted peisonally for .several ^a^ars, hut at present has his son, (leorjie 1*. Joline, as.sociated with him. Mr. Joline is a democrat, a wih)rris Post. No. IH, (i. A, K.. of Long Branidi, and an acti\i- nu'mla'r of the fire company. Mr. Joline was united in matrimony, March S, ISliti, to .\m(dia Potter, a daughter of Jeisse Potter, of North Ijong Branch, and to this union were horn three children : George P., a grocer, to whom reierence has been previously made ; Ida liell, and Mattie, organist in tlir .Mi-th- odist E|)iscopal church at .\oitli Long Branch, supported hy hn- hrothfr. who leads the choir. piHARLES Y. SHROPSHIRE, of the ^-^ firm of Shropshire & Fary, contrac- tors and liuilders of Sea Bright, New Jersey, is a son of James E. and Phoebe (Vannamon) Shropshire, and was born May 22, 18G-"), at Mauricetown, Cund)er- land county, New Jersey. After attend- ing the conunon schools of that village he learned the carpenter trade under his i'athir. and afterwards followed the same as a journeyman until 1894, when he be- came associated in the present firm of Shropshire & Fary, as successors to Hon. ('. L. Walters, deceased. They arc skill- ful artisans, good business men, and are enjoying prosperity in their business rela- tions. The}' are popular builders, and the man}' handsome residences erected at Sea Bright and elsewhere bj- them eminently attest the meritsof their handi- work. Mr. Shropshire is a republican, and takes an active interest in the success of the party and its j)rinciples, but has never aspired to public oflice. He is a nicml)cr of Navesink Tribe, No. 148, 1. 850 Biographical Sketches. 0. R. M., of Oceanic ; Ashland Council, No. 28, Junior 0. U. A. M., and a past councilor of that order. Robert Shropsliire (grandfather) was a native and life-long resident of Ilester- ville, Monmouth county, Kew Jersey, and a inoniber of one of the oldest families of South Jerse\\ He became a larmer. which occupation he ibllowed all his lil'e. James E. Shropshire (father) was born Aug. 14, 1828. He learned the carpenter trade, Avhieh occupation, as a contractor and builder, he has pursued all his life. He has now practically retired from active business, taking only an occasional con- tract. He is a republican in politics. He married Phoel)e Vannamon, a daugh- ter of Josepii Vannamon, who was a native and life-long resident of Maurice- town. She was born June 7, 1834, and became the mother of five sons and two daughters: Millard, a carpenter at Mor- ristown ; Mosalene, Letty, the wife of A. L. Mills, at Morristown; Charles V., liiiuis. Kinsly, and Carlton. TTENRY G. PARKER, cashier of the ^^ National Bank of New Jersey, New Brunswick, Middlesex county, is a son of William and Anna (Griflith) Parker, and was born Sept. 2, 186G, in that city. The name is of English origin. Tiie paternal grandfather. William Parker, was a native of England, wiien> he was born. He died Dec. 26, 1876, at the age of forty-nine years and three months. William Parker (father of subject) was born at Nottingham, England. He received an academic education, and sub- sequently learned the manul'acture ol" hosiery. After coming to this country he followed that occupation for a time in Connecticut, and later at New Bruns- wick. He was in the northern army during the civil war. In politics he was a republican, and in religion a member of Christ's Episcopal church at New Brunswick. He was mar- ried twice ; his first Avife bore him one son : George E. His second wife bore him two sons : Henry G. and William Fi-ank, a graduate of Rutgers College, in the class of 1895, now associated with his stepfather, Alfred March, in knit- goods manuhicturing, at New Bruns- wick, under the firm name of Alfred March & Co. Henry G. Parker (subject of this sketch) received his primary education in the public schools of his native city. He subsequently, in 1895, was graduated from the New Brunswick High school. After leaving school he was appointed to a clerkship in the Ninth National Bank of New York cit}', where he remained two years, and then occupied a similar position for about four years in the Mer- chants' National Bank, at 42 Wall street. In 1891 he was, by its directors, elected paying-teller of the National Baidc of New Jersey, at New Brunswick, wbich he accepted. He was promoted to the position of cashier of that bank in 1894, which important office he still faitlifully and satisfactorily fills. Mr. Parker is a republican in politics, and a member and vestryman of Christ's Episcopal church at New Brunswick. He is a director in three institutions at New Brunswick : the Mutual Fire Insur- ance Co., Security Building and Loan Association, and the Young Men's Chris- tian Association, of which latter he is iilso the secretary. He is a member and regent of Adelpliis Council. No. lOlo. Royal Arcanum. Biographical Sketchks. 851 Mr. Parker, altliougli a young man, is liilly i'(|nal to the ivsponsibilitie.s of liis position. Ili.s si.\ ycar.s' (•.sijd'ricncr in banks in New York t'it\, worth nioie to any 3'onng man than a linndred treatises on finance, uave him enhirged views and ideas in huamial matters, and tlie necessary t()rce to utilize them to the liest interests ul" his hank. TOHN II. L()\'E, the ellicient principal ^ ol' the i)ul)lic .si'hools at Woodbridp'. New Jersey, is ol" English birth, and was born at lianley, Stallordshire, England. Dec. 7, 1808. He i.s a son of William S. and Mary A. (Brindle\) Love. His paternal grandfathei- was a very success- ful potter in Enghmd. and left an issue of three childrei\ : Louis, William S., and Bessie. William S. Love was educated at the connnon schools in Englanil, and while yet a l)oy learned the pottery trade. He emigrated to the United States in LS8G and located at Trenton, New .Tensey. where he engaged in the pottery busi- ness, and in which he has been gratify- ingly successful. He is independent in politics. He is an active christian, and a member of Grace Episcopal church at Trenton. He is a member of the Order of Shepherds and Foresters, and of the Order of Red Men. .lohn H. Love was e. M. \V. BURKE, widow ol the -L>-L late M. W. Burke, who was a dealer in meats at Perth Amboy for many years, is conducting a grocery busi- farmer, and a highly representative citizen, residing at Woodl)ridge, Middle- sex count), New Jersey, is a son of James M. and P. J. H. Brown, and was born on the old paternal homestead, where he re- sides, on August 11, 18-48. He is of 856 Biographical Sketches. Scotch descent, the iniiiiignint luicestor, George Brown, the American progen- itor of the family, having come from Scothind to this conntrj when about seventeen years of age, and located at Woodbridgo, where his name appears as one of the first trustees of the first Pres- byterian cliurch organized in that place. Thomas C. Brown, paternal grand- father of Thomas C. Brown, Sr., Avas a son of John, w^as born Dec. 23, 1787, and married Abigail Moores, also of Scotch extraction. He died March 12, 1845. His father was John Brown, son of Tliomas, and was born Nov. 1, 1752, and died on the homestead Feb., 1828. James M. Brown, father of Tliomas C. Brown, was Ijorn at Wood bridge, August 5, 1819. lie c()mi)leted his education in the public schools of Woodljridge, where- upon he served as a clerk for lour years in the general store of W. & P. Brown, at Railway, and afterwards in a store of his brother at New York. Owing to feeble health he subsequently spent seven years on a coasting vessel, but ujjon the death of his father, in the spring of 1845, he returned to Woodljridge to assist in the management of the farm, where he resided in the successful occupation of the same up to his death in 1888, at the age of sixty-four yeai's. He married Plioebe J., a daughter of Crowell and Fannie L. Madden, of Brooklyn, N. Y., ■who bore him two children : Louis, who died at tlie age of seven years, and Tliomas C. Both Mr. and Mrs. Brown were zealous memljcrs of the Presbyte- rian church of Woodbridge. She was a lady of rare intellectual attainments and culture, and was well aecomplished in both vocal and instrumental music. She died Dec. G, 1880, aged fifty-three years. Mr. Brown was for man}' years a mem- ber of the board of trustees, and a deacon ill the Presbyterian church at Wood- bridge. Politically he was a republican, but, as a whig, in 1840 cast his first vote for William Henry Harrison, and up to his death adhered strictly to that line of political faith. He was president of the Rondout and Kingston Gas Light Co., of Rondout, N. Y. Thomas C. Brown received his educa- tion in the common schools of Wood- bridge township, and the Elizabeth Acad- emy. Upon leaving school he remained with his father upon the larm, associated with him until his father's death in 1883. when he succeeded to the proprietorship of the same, and which he has since operated. He owns seventy-five acres of well-improved and highh-productive land, and under the best state of cultivation. He is a republican in politics, but has never been an active partisan. He has been elected overseer of roads by the township three times, an evidence that he is the right man in tiie right place. He is a meml)er of the Presbyterian church at Woodbridge, and has been a trustee of tlie church for a long time. He is active and zealous in all church work and church affairs, either temporal or spiritual. He built the se.xton's house, which was the carrying out of his lather's idea, and also finished up the Sunday- school building. WILLL\1SI CLINTON is one of New Brunswick's well-known self-made men. He is an active and prosperous business man and the proprietor of an extensive steam granite and marble- works. He is a descendant of one of the thrifty, enterprising Scottish families which have given stamina to so many Biographical Skktches. 857 cuiiiiiuinitit's in tlio new wurltl, and is a son of William ami Marj Clinton. He was hoiii in Scotland in 1831, and spent tlie early })art of his life in his native land. After obtaining snch elementary education as the common scliools allorded he went to work on a farm, thns laying the i'oundation for that physical vigor and indomital)le I'liergy which contrib- uted so much to his success in after lil'e. In 1S4'J he came to the United States, and lor some years sought his fortune in many places, lie worked for a short time in New York city, then went to Boviiuv, Delawai'c count\', N. Y. Here he worked upon a farm lor a short time, but soon becoming dissatisfied with his surR)undings. returned to the metropolis. His next venture was in the west. He went to Minnesota and located on a gov- ernment grant of one hundred and sixty acres of land. His stay here was not all that he expected, the held for his ambi- tion being too limited in the then uncul- tivated condition of tlie west, ami after two months he started eastward again. He worked for short periods in Chicago, Milwaukee, Bufl'alo, and Brooklyn, and linally in the latter cit\' became inter- ested in a marble works. This proved to be the turning point in his life, and by clo.se a})plication, diligence, and the adop- tion of correct Inisiness methods he de- veloped the [)lant very extensively. After that he removed to New Brunswick and started the wt'll-known steam granite and marble works, which he now operates. In addition to his bu^yness establishment he owns and operates a handsome farm at Franklin Park, New Jersey. Mr. Clinton is a republican in politics. He is a member of the I. 0. O. F. He was married to jNIiss Lydia Rinehart, daugh- ter of Richard Rinehart, of Philadelphia, and their union has been blessed with live children: William S., (leorge Iv, Mary, Helen, and Kinma (!. Robert Andrew Clinton, grandfather of thr sultject, was a native of Scotland and a well-known farmer in that coun- try. William Clinton, the subject's father, was also a native of Scotland. He was possessed of a good common-school edu- cation, and was a farmer all his life. He had the following children: James, Hugh, and Laura, all now dei'cased, and Wil- liam. "TOHN FEE, JR., the popular proprietor ^ of the Riverside Hotel, and a pro- gressive and well-to-do business nuin of South River, New Jersey, was born at Sayreville, Middlesex county, this state, March 20, 18G1. He is of Irish extraction, and his father, John Fee, who was a native of Ireland, emigrated to America and settled at Sayreville. There he entered the em- ploy of Sayre, Fisher & Co., and finall>- became a large property owner, and a man of considerable affluence in his com- munity. He now lives in happy retire- ment, making his home with the subject. John Pee, Jr., married Miss Cora Mackey, and they are the parents of two daughters: Alice and Florence. At the age of five Mr. Fee was brought to South River by his parents, and here obtained such mental training as her public schools afforded. In 187ti he went to Newark, New Jersey, and there ob- tained employment in a grocery for three years. Returning to South River at the expiration of this time, he embarked in the cigar business, in which he continued five years. In 188-1 he engaged in the hotel business at No. 13 River street, 858 Biographical Sketches. Newark, and two years later we liiid liiin in the employ of Mr. Vorliees, at Wash- ington Hotel, South Eiver. Here, how- ever, he remained but a short time, when he opened the Riverside Hotel, of which he has since bt-en proprietor. In addition to his hotel business, Mr. Fee is district agent for the Home Brewing Co. of New- ark, and Hodkin's mineral waters. He is active and influential in the coun- cils of the Democratic party. He has never been an "office seeker," yet he has filled several positions of honor and trust, among which are : Freeholder of East Brunswick township, two tei'ms, from 1889 to 1893, inclusive; assistant ser- geant-at-arms of the assembly of New Jersey, and chairman of a bridge com- mittee. T EONARD SHEIDIG, proprietor of one -'-^ of the leading saloons of New Brunswick, is one of the few men in his line of business wdio have become masters of their profession. He is of German an- cestry ; a son of Fred and Katharine (Peters) Sheidig, and was born at South River, Middlesex county, New Jersey, March 31, 1855. Fred. Sheidig was born in Germany, where he was educated in Accordance with the educational system of common schools of that country. In 1852 Mr. Sheidig came to the United States and located in Middlesex county. New Jer- sey, and has been engaged in farming at South River up to the present time. He is a firm believer in the ideas of legislation and i)rinciples as advocated by the Re|)ul)lican party. He is an active member of the Dutch Reformed cliureh. Mr. Sheidig married Miss Katharine Peters, and the}' have had born to them uiue children : Leonard, Miirgaret (Mrs. Kelthong), Edward, Eliza (Mrs. Kel- tliong), John, Fred, Mary, Henry, de- ceased, and George. Leonard Sheidig was born and reared on his lather's farm in Middlesex county, New Jersej-, and while a boy attended the common schools of his home district. He then engaged in farming for his father, and continued that occupation for a period of nine years, when he came to New Brunswick and tended bar for Mr. R. H. Bicker. He remained with him for nine years, and in 1888 engaged in the saloon business on his own account, and has been very successful in his chosen line of trade. Mr. Sheidig is a republican in politics, but always votes for the best man. He is a member in good standing of the fol- lowing fraternal and beneficial organiza- tions : Jr. 0. U. A. M., Red Men, Ger- man Benevolent Society of Milltown, and is a member of the New Brunswick fire department. On Dec. 23, 1889, he w;is united in matrimony to Miss Olger, and to this union have been born four. children : Laura, Pauline, Leonard, deceased, and Tressie, deceased. ^jlLTON A. EDGAR, an extensive clay -'-'-'- miner of Perth Amboy, Middlesex county, New Jersey, is a son of Albert and Susan Tapi)en Edgar, and was barn Nov. 17, 1850, in Woodbridge township, county and state above mentioned. Wood- bridge was also tha place of nativity and home of Capt. Samuel Edgar, the great- grandfather of the subject. His occupa- tion was farming, and he was a captain in the Continental army, during the Ri'vo- lutionary war. He came to his boiiie on temporary leave, and one night a small 0^:k)^x^^ Biographical Sketches. 861 band of IJritisli cavalry, who liad Ik'ch iiit'oriiR'd liy torios, caiiit.' up and atU-iiipti-d to capturi' hiiii, and failing in this they shui;j;litered hi.s .swine. \Us wife, seeing tlie trail of blood, and thinking her hus- band had been murdered, fell to the ground a corpse. In politics Capt. Edgar was a republican, and in religion a mem- ber anil elder of the Presbyterian church. Thomas Edgar, the paternal grand- fathei', received a common school educa- tion and subsequently became a successful farmer, lie served in the war of 1812. as captain of a cavalry regiment, and at its close resumed and continued farming for several years, in Woodbridge town- ship, and at a latter period removed to New York city, where for a long time he occupied the position of a United States inspector of customs. He was also a very successful speculator in wood. In politit-s be was formerly a national republican, al- though he voted for Andrew Jackson and later l)ecame an old-line whig. In reli- gious matters he was an active member, as well as an elder of the Presbyterian cburcli. He died in 1849, of cholera, and his wife succumbed to the same disea.se within twenty-four hours after his death. Their children were : I.sabella. married to Josiah Dunn ; .Tames, deceased at the age of eiglit\-nine years ; Freeman, de- ceased in youth ; Caroline, wife of John Van Nortwick ; Smith, died while young; Allu-rt. Benjamin. Freeman, deceased in his .seventy-eighth year, and Mary, mar- ried to N. C. TapiKMi. Albert Edgar (lather) was born Nov. 27, 1813, in Woodbridge township. New Jersey, moved to New York city when seven years old, where he acquired a common-school education and learned the trade of a mason. He carried on this occupation for about ton years, a part of 45 the time in the employ of others, and the re.st of which was on his own account. The major portion of his life, however, lie spent in farming, and a few years i)rii)r to his death became associated with his .sons in cla}' mining, in which he was very successful. In politics he was a republi- can, and in his energetic work for his party he was actuated b}' no selfish mo- tives of acquiring honor, offices, or gain, inasmuch as he steadfastly relii.sed to ac- cept any offices whatever. In religion he was for many years a presbyterian of the old school, but in the later years he em- braced the doctrines of the Reformed church. He was a very religious and conscientious man, a man whose life was clean and without reproach, whose word was a good and sufficient surety, and whose lips never uttered an impure ex- pression. He was three times married. His first wife, Martha Latbrge, bore him one child. Louisa, who died at the age of tliirteen years. By his second wife, Susan Tappen, he Ix'came the father of four children : William T., Charles S., Milton A. and Mary Amelia, who died in her thirteenth year. His third wife, Emeline Drake, is still living. He died in 1877. at the age of sixty-four years. Milton A. Edgar attended the connnnn preparatory sch(M)ls in Middlesex county, and sub.sequentlyentered Rutgers Col lege. New Brunswick, where he was preparing for a collegiate course, when sickness and an alVection of one of his eyes intervened to prevent the further prosecution of his studies. He subsequently taught two years in Middlesex county. About this time clay was discovered on the farm owned by his father, with whom and with his brothers he became a.ssociated in the business of mining and marketing that commodity. 862 Biographical Sketches. Later they disposed of this property to good advantage, and the business was continued on lands subsequently pur- chased by thcni. In 1872 the partnership was dissolved and our subject removed to Perth And)oy, New Jerse^^, where for two years lie was successfully engaged in general merchandising. He associated himself with Edward F. Roberts, of South Amboy, and resumed the mining of clay on lands which they leased for that pur- pose. At the expiration of a year he dis- posed of his interest and again formed a partnership with his father and brother in the same business, at Perth Amboy. In coiniection therewith he conducted a dairy. He subsequently bought ani)ther clay property in Raritan township, which became extremely valuable, and which he worked until 1883, when he sold out. In 1883 Mr. Edgar was appointed col- lector of the port at Perth Am)>oy, by President Arthur, which position he filled in a manner highly ci'cditable to himself and l)eneficial to the government service until Sept., 1885, when he was removed by President Cleveland for being an oflensive partisan. He was elected a m»'Md)er of the board of aldermen in 1881, and din-ing his term of three years took an active and intelligent part in nuuiicipal alhiirs. He is still engaged in the cla\ l)usiiiess and owns plants at South Kivcr and one at Perth Ambn\ . which have a daily capat'ity of from live hundred to six hundred tons. He is a recognized authority throughout the state of New Jersey on clay, both as to quality and facility of production, as well as the best uses to which the various grades may be put. Mr. Edgar is a republican, an 1'. V.VN DEVKXTKR, chair- ^-^ man of the board of education and a prosperous I'arnicr and brick manufac- turer of Matawan, Moinnouth conntj'. New Jerse}-, is a son of Jacob and Wessa Van Deventer, and was born Sept. 2, 1833, at that town. Great-grandfather Van Deventer was a native and fanner of Middlesex countv. The family records reveal very little con- ceniiiig him, except that he was captured by the British forces, and imprisoned in the "'old sugar house," at New York city, where he died. ChristopherVan Deventcrlgrandfatherj was born in Middlesex county, where he acijuirt'd a common-sidiool education and became a, farmer. He was a soldiei' in the war of the Hexolution. and was en- gaged in the battles of Monmouth, I'l'ince- ton, Brandywine. and other historic fhdds. In politics he was a democrat, and in religion a member of the l'resii\ terian iluirch. He was twice nnirried; the lirst time to Raclud Vreeland, and after her death he esp(nised Anna Willit. lie died ill ISIO. He was the father of si.\ chil- dren, none of whom are now li\ing : Abraham, Isaac, Jacol). John, /eiius, ami Peter. Jacob Van Deventer (fathei) was born in 1789 at Little Washington, .Middlesex county, New Jersey. He received a good education at the hands ol' an ac- complished tutor, and subsecjuently be- came a civil engineer and tiller of the soil. He was a very capable and ener- getic man, and was very successful in his dual occnpatiims. Politically he was a democrat, and in religion an active mem- ber of the Baptist church. He died at •Matawan in 1843, and was survived by his wife until 1875. Tliey were the par- ents of five children : Zenus, now resid- ing in Wilmington, Del.; Jacob, killed during the civil war; Gustavus, a civil engineer; Anna L., married to William J. Maggs ; and David Provost. David P. Van Deventer attended the public schools, and subsequently the Cilenwood Institute at Matawan, until he attained his sixteenth year. He then turned his attention to agricultural pur- suits, which he still carries on near Mat- Biographical Sketches. awaii. lie is also ciitiauvil in mercantile business in that town. He owns a fine larni in that vicinity, on which, sevcn'al years since, he developed a clay mine. This he turned to profitable account by establisliinji- thereon a plant for the manu- liuiture of brick, and in its direction, as well as in his other affairs, he is enjo3ing the fruits of success. In political matters Mr. Van Deventer is a republican, and is at present the chairman of the board of education in his township, and evinces a deep interest in the Avelfare of the pub- lic schools. In spiritual matters he sub- scribes to the doctrines of the Presby- terian church, and is an attendant at that church in Matawan. Mr. Van De\enter married fjouise Shea, a daughter of James >Shea. They are the parents of four children : Florence, married to Clarence E. Secor ; David P., a law student; Josephine and Raphael. gallant soldier in the Union cause during the great American confiict from 18G1 to 1865. Mr. Burns has been successful in business, and owns valuable property in- terests in New Brunswick. As a citizen of the town in which he rt-sides he is progressive and enter[)rising. In politics he is an ardent repuljlican, and at one time served as a commissioner of New Brunswick. '^PHOMAS BURNS, a prominent retired ^ citizen of New Brunswick, New Jer- sey, is a son of Thomas Burns, and was born in Ireland, where he received his education. His lather was a man of su- perior educational attainments, having followed the profession of teaching all iiis life as instructor in schools and as private tutor. He came to this country in 18G6. His children were: Thomas, Patrick, deceased; John, and James. Thomas Burns, Jr., left the lyric isle of Erin and came to New York city in ISOl. subscM^uently locating at New Brunswick, where he became exten- sively engaged in the transportation business between that citj' and Philadel- piiia, Baltimore, Richmond, and otln r ports. Pie owned his own vessels, and continued successfully in tlils business up to 1892, wlien he retired. He was a A LOTS MUELLER, one of the leading -^-^ and best-known Horists of New Brunswick, and a botanist of consider- able repute, is a .son of Thaddeus and Martha (Henger) Mueller, and was born in Wurtemburg, (Jernian^y. His educa- tion was obtained in the public .schools of his native town. At the age ol four- teen years he entered the employ oi' a florist in Germany, and served an ap- prenticeship, obtaining practical familiar- ity with every branch of the business. in 1857 he came to the United States, and was a dealer in plants and flowers in New York city for nine years. He re- moved to New Brunswick in 1866, and established his present business. His operations were on a very small scale at first, but the business has proven so successful under Mr. Mueller's careful, energetic management that his grounds now cover twenty-four building-lots. He (ievotcs particidar attention to licildiug plants and cut-flowei's, and has also at- tained a reputation for his orchids, of which he grows a great numl)er. He is well versed in the science of botany, hav- ing taken a special cour.se on that subject ill the university e.xtension term. He is a ri'[)ubli('an in pt)litics. and a inciiibcr ol' the Roman Catholic cliurch at New Brunswick. In 1871 he was married to Miss Marj^aret Dilson. RlOCRAI'IIICAI, SKhTCHES. 809 Mr. -Miii'llcr's Imsiness success lia.s been pniotical su|i|)(irtfr nl" uoilliv cliiiritalilc line to liis thonnmli knowledge of plants niovenients. aii. E., of New Brunswick. His children are : Lillie May and Sidney Charles. His [laterual graudl'athei-. Sauuiel Hul- sizer, was a prosperous and respected farmer near Clinton, where he resided all his life, married, and as the result of said marriage became the father of five children. He died at a ripe age, and at the close of a useful career. Nicholas Hulsizer (fatiier) was born in 1820, and was engaged in the hotel busi- ness all his life. His children were : William, John, Maggie. Lizzie, Levina, Sidney and Mary. Biographical Sketches. 879 pv AXIEL BONHAAf, a well-known gar- -L^ (k'lior, is a son of Thomas and Marv (Bonne) Bonliani. and was born at N()rtiiani[)ti)n, England, March 20, l8o4. In Nov., 1851, he oame to the United States and spent five years at Bergen. New Jersey ; three years at Armstrong, New Jersey-, and three years in New York state, conducting the gardening business witli varying success at those places. He removed to New Brunswick in 18G2. and after five years bought his present place of six acres on the road from New Brunswick to Bound Brook. Mr. Bonham has been twice married. In 1859 he wedded Miss Mary Motcheir, who died after having borne him iburchil- dren : AVilliam, May Anna, Emma and Henry. He afterwards married Miss Eliza Black. /^1I1.VI;L1:s W. .skdaM, ajusti.'c of the ^-^ peace of New Brunswick, and an iutluential man of alfairs of that city, is a son of K. and Anna E. (Cheeseman) Sedani, and was born Sept. 20, 1S55. al New Brunswick. He was edueate(l in the New Brunswick high school. After leaving school he became n telejirapii operator, and afterwards chief clerk ami collector for the Delaware and Raritan Camil (.'o. He resigned from this employ and established an indepentleut transpor- tation business. Mr. Sedam is a stauiu'h republican in politics, has always taken an active part in local atrairs, and was elected justice of the peace in the Fifth ward, New Brunswick, an office which he retains at the present time. He is also a notary public and commissioner of deeds. He is a charter member of the Knights of Honor, and a member of the First Presbyterian church, having been librarian in the primary department of 46 the Sunday-school for five years. On Feb. 3, 1880, he was married to Miss Amelia lludnut, and they have had five children: Amelia M., Charles W., .Jr., Fanny P., deceased ; Walter B., and Frank B., deceased. Mr. Sedam is well known and respected throughout New lirunswick. R. Sedam, paternal grandiather, was born in New Brunswick, and was a farmer throughout his life. He was a whig in politics. He died in 1834, having been the father of four children : Sarah, Iv., Agnes, and Rachael. R. Sedam (father) is still living, and a respected citizen of New Brun.swick, is a native of that city, and has been a car- penter all his life. His wife, who was -Miss Anna E. Chee.seman, bore him thirteen children: Anna, deceased; Jo- seph A., Katherine L., Rica, Jame.s John S., (leorge, Charles W., Henry E.. .lohn I., Lillian, wife of Silas Christ\ ; Minnie L., and Alice B. J )KV. OLK .IACX)15SKN, pastor of St. ^ *■ Stephen's Danish Lutheran church, at Perth Amboy, Middlesex county, New Ji'rsey, is a son of Neils and Maren (Chrisen) Jacobsen, and was born .lune 15, 1860, at Utland, Denmark. The grandfather, Jacob Neilst)n .lacnli- sen, and likewise the father of our sub- ject, were natives of Denmark. They each received a common-school educa- tion, and devoted their lives to farming. Rev. Jacobsen received his educational training in the public schools of Den- mark. He subsequently went to work on his father's farm, and there i-emained until he arrived at the age of twenty years. He went to Copenhagen with the intention of becoming a lawyer, and, with 880 Biographical Sketches. that end in view, entered an office and began to read law. After studious appli- cation for about eighteen months his mind underwent a revulsion of feeling from that profession, and he commenced a course oi preparatit)n for missionarj' labor in India, which occupied five years and six months. Ill health intervened to frustrate his long- cherished purpose, and his trip to India was abandoned. He came to this coun- try in 1887, and settled at Perth Amboy, where he at once commenced the labors of a missionary. He was ordained a minister of the Lutheran church Oct. 30, 1887, and at once set to work to found a church and to erect a place of worship. His efforts were soon blessed with a church edifice, which he christened the St. Stephen's Danish Lutheran church. Rev. Jacob.sen was married June 15, 1888, to Sophia (Chrisen) Henriksen, and botli are tireless workers in the cause of Christ. In personality he is modest and unaffected. pi A. L.\ HUE, a wholesale and retail ^^* dealer in coal, tlour, grain and feed at South Amboy, Middlesex county, New- Jersey, is a son of John and Celesta (Mar- rel) La Hue, and was born Jan. 11. 1839, in Dresden, Washington county, N. Y. G. A. La Hue, alter leaving the com- mon schocjJs, learned the milling trade, and for three years was manager at Cen- tre Hartford, Windsor county, Vt.,ofthe Hope Mills. He also ran m mill for two years at White Hall, N. V. He purchased a number of canal-boats and ibr twenty jears conducted a suc- cessful business as a fi-eighter to New York city, Rome, N. Y., Montreal, Can- ada, and New Haven, Conn. He later was engaged in the transportation of sand from South Amboj' to Troy and Cohoes, N. Y'^. In 1882 he embarked in cla}- and sand mining. In connection with this occujjation, for five years he .served the Adams Express Co. as its agent at South Ambo}-, and in the same town and for a like period of time he conducted a livery stable. In 1888 he opened a wholesale and re- tail feed, tlour, grain and coal business at South Ambov. He is a stockholder, secretary, treasurer and general manager of the American Graphite Mining Co. He is a republican and in religion a Methodist, and a steward and trustee of the church. In fraternity he is a mem- ber of St. Stephen's Lodge, No. 63, Free and Accepted Masons. Mr. La Hue was married June 24, 1891, to Mary L. Thomas. r OUGHLEY NUXALLY was born at ^-^ New Orleans, La., in 1871, and is a son of William A. and Sai'ah A. (^Chee- oers) Nunally. The origin of this well- known family is Englisii, and the pa- ternal grsindfather was a wealthy planter and lived at Huntsville. Ala. He was a democrat and a member of the Presby- terian church. His tamily of childien consisted of John C, William .V.. and Carrie, who died unmarried. William A. Nunally was boni at liuiits- ville, Ala., in 1837. He was given a lili- eral college education at several dillerent colleges. And when he had attained his majority was in charge of the California Inanch of the Wells Fargo PLxpress Co. lie visited South America and accepted a })osition as checker of a Pacific steam- boat company, which position he held until he contracted the fever, and was compelled to resign. He became con- nected with the St. Charles Hotel at ^^^-<;^^^S^^>^U Biographical Sketches. 883 New Orleans, as assistant steward, for twelve years. He then became steward of the West End Hotel of Long Branch. Politically he was a democrat, and his marriage with Sarah A. Cheeoers was blessed with seven children : Florence, Loiighle}', Louis, Atwood, Blakeley, Rey- mond, and Alma. Loughley Nunally spent his early boy- hood days in New Orleans. He there attended a private school, and later fni- ished his education in the high school of Long Branch, lie then became a clerk in the Windsor Hotel, at New York city. On May 23, 1893, he was appointed postmaster by Postmaster-General Bis- sell, and at that time was the youngest official of that rank in the state. Mr. Nunally is a notary public and a promi- nent and energetic young business num. He is a democrat in jjolitical faith and an active supporter of his party. r^EORGK i;. SM'DEK, an cxtensivi- ^-^ oyster dealer of Fair Haven, mem- ber of the New Jersey assembly from Monmouth county, and a promineen made to incUide the retailing of coal. They weiv burnt out in ISOo. sutVeriuii heavy loss. He is a stauneh adheriMit of the Republican party, and was elected overseer of the pLKir in 1S94. He is also a communicant of the Methodist Episco- pal church, and very active in church work. He has been married twice : first to Catharine Liddle, who died shortly after the marriage. He married his second wife, Christiana D. Hope, on Nov. 0. 187S. The following are their chil- dren : Howard. Katie. Grace, deceased : Fanny. Eddie, and Ik^'tha and Agnes, twins, deceased. TTOWARD \VE.SSELLS. an active and -*--*- pmniinent politician of New Bruns- wick. New Jci-sey. is the son of Andrew and Katharine Wessells. and was born Nov. 10. 1850, in that city. His paternal grandfather was a progivssive and well- to-do farmer, and had three childivn : John, William and Charles. Andrew Wessells (father) after complet- ing his education at the public schools, learned the carriage-making trade, and came to New Brunswick in ISoO. to make that his permanent home, and establish his business on a firmer and broader foun- dation. This he was successful in doing, and for many veal's carried on an exten- sive business, and accumulated a hand- some competency. During the war he was a deputy United States marshal. Ill' is a member of St. James' chun^h. To his wife, who died in 1804. wei-e born five children : William (who died at an early age). Howard. Sarah (decea}»edi, James and George. Howard Wessels \ei\ the public schools at the age of sixteen years, and engaged in the b«x>k and stationery business, in wliich he remained for twelve years. In the meantime he was appointed deputy- sherilV of Middlesex county under Sherifi" Roljerts. in which position he remained during the incumbency of Mr. Rol)erts. He has also been clerk of the court for two yeai-s. Mr. Wessells is a member ot the masonic order, being a past-master as well as a Knight Templar. TOHX DRKSON, a noted inventor and ^ manufacturer of New Brunswick, was born in England in 1853. His pater- nal grandfather, likewise named John, was an extensive and pi-ospei-ous manu- factuivr of soap in England, and reputed as a man of substance and character. He was a member of the Protestant Episco- pal chuivh. and one of its most active workei-s. The fruits of his marriage were four sons : John. James. David and Henry. John Dickson (father), at\er graduat- ing fix)m the public school, joined his lather in business, and eventually suc- ceeded him as a manufacturer. He be- came a member of the Episcopal church early in life, and was always a zealous worker in it. To his marriage were lK)rn five children : Joseph. Francis. John. Martha, and Emma. Our subject came to the United States in 1872, Ix'ing then nineteen years of age. Previous to this he had ivceived a sound education in the English public schcK.>ls, and had been taught the trade of a ma- chinist. On his arrival in this country he made the city of Philadelphia his home, and then entered into the employ of the well-known establishment of Wil- liam Sellers & Co.. with whom he re- 890 Biographical Sketches. inained for a number of years. Being possessed of a studious turn of mind, which was allied to a commendable am- bition to improve his condition, he zeal- ously and closely applied himself to the study of tiie mechanical sciences. Such was his success, added to a natural in- ventive talent, that he succeeded in ob- taining a United States patent for a me- chanical invention before he had reached his twenty-first year. Mr. Dickson removed from Philadel- phia to New Brunswick in 1886, and con- nected himself with the New Brunswick Consolidated Fruit Jar Co. of that city. With this company he remained until the year 1893, when he entered into his present business on his own account as a manufacturer of metal goods, making a si)ecialty of the manufacture of a bicycle pump, of which he is the inventor, and lor which he has made a reputation of a high character. The business was re- cently changed from the individual pro- prietorship of Mr. Dickson to that of an incorporated compan3\ of which he is the president and active manager. Mr. Dick- son is a member of the American Legion of Honor. To his marriage have been horn two children : Ilenrv and Anna. JOHN D. WATSON, ROliERT W. \VA T- SON AND FR.\NK E. WATSON, com- l)()sing the well-known firm of J. D. Watson & Co., manufacturers of paints and colors at New Brunswick, are sons of Robert B. and Marie II. (Dean) Watson. and were born as follows: John D., Feb. 2, 1852; Robert W., May 1, 1800; Frank E., Feb. 2G, 1802. All are natives ol" New York city, where they received common-school educations. Their father, Robert B. Watson, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, where he was a block-cutter in a wall-paper factorv. He died Dec. 25, 1867. John, Robert and Frank, our subjects, served apprenticeships in the paint busi- ness in early life. They removed to New Brunswick, and formed the present co-partnership in 1882. They tirst es- tablished their business in a small l)uild- ing at Catherine and Washington streets, then removed to the Par.sons building on Neilson street, and on April 15, 1890, purchased the site of their present estal> lishment on Water street. The ground is 120 feet x 120 feet, upon which they erected in 1890 a three-story brick biiihling. .loini D. Watson, the senior member of the firm, is a republican in politics and a memlter of the Episcopal church at New Brunswick. In 1878 he was mar- ried to Miss Kate Pendergrast, by wdiom he has three children : John M., Archi- bald and Ida. Robert W. Watsim is a republican in [)olitics, and a member of the first Pres- l)yterian church of New Brunswick. In 1892 he enlisted in the Tiiird regiment, N. G. N. J., and is now first lieutenant of Company D. He is a member of Good Will Co'uncil, No. 32, Jr. 0. U. A. M. ; Friendship Lodge, K. of P. ; Lodge No. ;521, B. P. 0. K; Scottish Rite Masons, Knights Templar, and New York Temple, .Vucient Order Arabic of Mystic Shrine, ;ind Lodge No. 1015, Roj'al Arcanum. He is actively interested in out-door sports and is a member of the New Brunswick Boat Club and the New Brunswick Gun Club. On Feb. 15, 1888, lie was mar- ried to Miss Mary I). Whitehead, and they have three children : Harold L., Florence C, and Robert B. Frank E. Watson is a republican in Biographical Sketches. 891 politics and a luoinber of the First Dutch Keforined church of New Brunswick. He is a member of ReHef Council, No. 40, Jr. 0. U. A. M.; Lodge No. 1015, Roj'al Arcanum, and Adelphia Council. He was married Sept. 24, 1884, to Miss Elizabeth Painter, bv whom he has had four children : Russell. Parker. F. Leon. and Dudley. /"^APTALN SAMUEL W. HORNSliY, ^-^ well known in shipping,' circles, and one of the most active citizens of Perth Aniboy, New Jersey, is a son of John and Mary Ann (Horsey) Hornsby, and was born at Bristol, England, April 9, 1849. Samuel iiornsh}- (paternal graiidl'a- ther) lived in En;^land, where he was engaged in the manufacture of bricks for many years. He became the father of the following children : Samuel. Eliza- beth and J(»hii. John Hornsby was liorn in England. He entered the employ of his father and learned the brick business, and for ten years was a foreman for him. In 1857 Mr. Hornsby came to America and lo- cated in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he se- cured employment in the navy yard. He then spent si.\ months in the Blayen Star Brick Works on Staten Island ; thence at Sandford, Conn., as a brick moulder, engaging in a partnership in tlie same business for only a short time, lie was later employed at New Haven, and then at Crow's Mills, Ctmn., where he took charge of a fire-brick establish- ment, and ran the business successfully on his own account up to 1889, after which he was engaged in contracting for clay work until his death, Sept. 13, 1895. Politically he was a republican, and in religious matters coincided with the be- lief of the Latter-Day Saints. He was the father of nine children : Samuel, Jane, John, dead ; Joseph, dead ; Libbj', Samantha, James, Thomas, deceased ; and Alice. Samuel W. Hornsby attended the pub- lic schools of Stamford, Conn., and at till' age of fourteen years learned Ijrick- inaking. He then turned his attention to freighting by water, and has continued that until the present time. He takes an active and lively interest in the po- litical affairs of his city, and, as a repul>- lican, stands high as a reliable party worker. He is at present serving his second term as a member of the board of aldermen. He is a member of the Pro- testant Episcopal church, and is well known in fraternal circles, being a mem- Iter of the following orders : Raritan Lodge, No. 61, Masonic; Order of Odd Fellows for twentj-six years ; and the Washington Hose, No. 2, Fire Depart- ment, for six years. On July 26, 1872, Samuel W. Hornsby married Mi.'ss Jane Gordon. This union has resulted in the birth of seven chil- dren: John, Emma, Nettie, Su.san, Henry, deceased; Joseph and Willie. MICHAEL WELSH, proprietor of the Railroad Hotel at South Amboy, and a prominent man in the public af- fairs of that town, is a son of Oliver and Margut>rite (Bergen) Welsh, and was Ijorn, Jan. 12, 1851, in Ireland. His father, Oliver Welsh, was a native of Ireland, and a descendant of a wealthy and influential family in that country. He came to the United States in 1855, and spent ten years at Kingston, New Jersey, where he was first employed as a repairman on the railroad, and was sub- 892 Biographical Sketches. sequent!}' promoted to tlie position of foreman. He was an active democrat in political affairs, and a devoted member of the Roman Catholic church. His wife was Marguerite Bergen, by whom he liad seven children : Lawrence, Katherine. John, Ellen, Michael, Patrick, and Mar- guerite. He died in 1874, his wife hav- ing preceded him in 1854. Michael Welsh received a good public- school education at Kingston, New Jer- sey. At the age of seventeen years he drove a mule team on the Delaware and Raritan canal for a short time, and then spent seven years in the employ of J. B. Woodward & Co., general storekeepers at Bordentown. New Jense}-, where he began by driving a delivery team, and was sub- sequentl}' promoted to a responsible cler- ical position. He then engaged in the grocery business near Weston, which he conducted successfully for eighteen months, and was afterwards engaged in the same business at South Amboy for three years. He later became proprietor of the Railroad Hotel at South And)oy. and has remained at the head of that well-known hostelry ever since. He is at present actively identified with Demo- cratic politics. He was a member of the borough council of South Amboy for three years, a member of the board of chosen Freeholders for eight years, and a director of that body for three years. His religious affiliations arc with tlie Roman Catholic church. On Feb. 17, 1872, he was married to Miss Margaret Coughlin, by whom he has had ten children : Margaret, Oliver, deci'ased ; Joseph, deceased ; Mary, de- ceased ; John, deceased ; Oliver, Ceorge, Michael, Francis, Sylvester, and Helen. 'yHOMAS LOVELY, a well-known and ^ successful hardware dealer and tin- worker at South Amboy, is a son of Luke and Ann (Landy) Lovely, and was born Feb. 22, 1869, at Port Jervis, N. Y. His [)aternal grandfather, Thonias Lovely, was a laborer at Middletown, N. Y., where he acquired a comfortable home- stead. His children were : John A., Luke, Maria, and Mary. He died in 1864, and our subject's grandmother died in 1877. Luke Lovely is at present an expert machinist in the Pennsylvania railroad shops at South Amboy, and was born at Middletown, N. Y. He learned the trade of a machine blacksmith in his boyhood, at Monroe, N. Y., and was subsequentl}' in the employ of the New York. Lake Erie and Western railway, at their shops at Jersey City for two years, and at Port Jervis, N. Y., for two years and a half He then entered the Camden and Amboy shops at Bordentown, New Jersey, where he remained for five years. He then located at South Amboy, and has been employed in the Pennsylvaniii railroad shops there ever since. He is a demo- crat in politics, and an adherent of the Roman Catholic church. He is a promi- nent member of the Catholic Benevolent League, and of the Father Kelly Bene- volent Society of South Amboy. He married Miss Ann Landy, by whom he has had seven children : Thomas, Mar- guerite, deceased ; Mary, Charles, John, Luke, deceased ; and Henry, deceased. Thomas Lovely was educated in the l)ublic schools of South Amboy. At the age of fourteen years he learned the tin- smith trade with Henry Timmons. at South Amboy, and sul)sequently remaiin'il in his employ until 189U. He then formed a business co-2)artnership with Biographical Sketches. 893 James Carhorry, under the fiiiii iiaiiie of Carberry & Lovely, and tliey condiutcd a succossf'iil busine.ss as hardware dealers and tin and sheet-iron workers until 1893, when tlie firm was dissolved. Mr. Lovely has since continued the business under his own name. He is a democrat in politics, a Roman Cathohc in religion, and is a leading nuMuber of the St. Mark's Temperance Society. On Feb. 24, 1892, he nuirried Miss Nellie Rea, and they have two children : Luke and Nellie. OOBERT J. SMITH, manager of the -^^ Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co.'s ex- tensive business in New Brunswick, and a prominent member of the board of education of that city, is a son of Wil- liam and Hannah (MacGill) Smith, and was born April 4,1858, in county- Tyrone, Ireland. His ancestry was Irish on his father's side, and Scotch on his mother's side. His father. William Smith, was an extensive stock-raiser and farmer in Ire- land, and an untiinching nuMuber of the Protestant Episcopal church. His chil- dren Averc : Matthew, Priscilla, Robert .1.. Archibald, Sarah Ann, Thomas B., William J., Andrew, and Hannah. Mr. Smith died in May, 1894. Robert J. Smith was educated in private schools in county Tyrone, and came to the United States in 1875. He entered the employ of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., in New York city, in the wrapi)ing department, was subsequently promoted to the retail department, and, in 1877, was sent to New Brunswick to act as clerk in the company's store in that city, where his brother, Matthew, was manager, and later he assumed charge of the business, which position he has held ever since. Mr. Smith is an active re- publican in politics. In 1893 he was elected a member of the board of educa- tion, and was re-cdected in 1895. He has served on several committees, and has done much to advance the cit>'s school interests. He is prominently identified with Christ's Protestant Epis- copal church, and is a member of Lodge No. 320, F. and A. M. ; Knights of Pythias, and the Odd Fellows. He is also a charter member of the New Bruns- wick Bt)at Club, and the New Brunswick Gun Club. In the autumn of 1887 he was married to Miss Jennie V. Dey, b}- whom he has had four children : Robert Pickett, deceased ; Helen, Raymond Dey, and Dorothy. JOSEPH M. MILLER, proprietor of the ^ Park House, New Brunswick, and alderman from the Second ward of that city, was born Oct. 27, 1832. He came to the United States in the autumn of 1847, and first located at Delaware City, Del., where he spent a year and a half learning harness-making. He then worked on the Su.squehanna Canal for some time, and was subsequently em- ployed on a steamboat. In 1868 he entered the saloon business at the foot of Commercial avenue, New Brunswick, where he remained for five years, at the end of which time he returned to boating, and for two years was in charge of one of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co.'s tugs I)lving between Perth Amboy and New York. In 187G he estalilished a saloon on Pea street, New Brunswick ; later he leased the ('ommercial Hotel, now known as the Park House, which he has con- tinued to operate ever since. Mr. Miller is a republican in politics, and in 1894 was elected on the ticket of 894 Biographical Sketches. that party as aldenuaii Iroiii the Second ward, New Brunswick, and re-elected in 1896. He was a nieral)er of Engine Company No. 14 of the New Briniswick fire department, for about eight years. In 1859 he was married to Miss Eliza- beth O'Neill, who died in 1873. They had five children : Thomas, Elizabeth, Carrie, Joseph, Jr., and Margaret. Mr. Millers family is of German ori- gin, and his immediate ancestors never left the fatherland. His father, Joseph Miller, was a native of Germany. He was the father of two children : August and Joseph, Jr. TOHN J. QUAID, a business man, resid- ^ ing at Sayreville, Middlesex county, is a son of Timothy and Catharine (Mills) Quaid, and was born at Sayre- ville, New Jersey, Oct. 3, 18GG. He is descended from an old and highly- reputable family of Limerick, Ireland, whence his grandfather, Timothy Quaid, Sr., emigrated to the United States. Tim- othy Quaid, Jr., was but five years of age when his father and famii}- came to this country. He received his education in the district scliools. In 18G0 he removed to Sayreville and became interested in a number of schooners, which were used in transporting brick from tliat place to New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and other points. In his death, which occurred June 28, 1889, ere he had passed the meridian of life, and while he was in the midst of a successful business career, his county lost a useful citizen. His mar- riage to Catharine Mills resulted in the birth of ten children : Mary E. C, Cath- arine B., John J., Timothy, James K., Michael F., Alice, and Elizabeth O. The last two are deceased. John J. Quaid was educated in the public schools of South River and Sayre- ville, and in the Christian Brethren school, a denominational school of New York city. Leaving school he became asso- ciated in business with his father for a time, and in 1878 took passage to New London, Conn., and there entered the United States navy, on board the " Con- stitution." He served two years on the eastern coast, and then re-enlisted for three years on board the "Alliance," coasting along Florida, South America, and New Mexico. At the expiration of this time he returned to Sayreville, and became captain of one of his father's schooners. Since then he has become the owner of several schooners as well as other valuable property in Sayreville. He is a public-spirited and progressive business man, and is prominently identi- fied with the Democratic party. Mr. Quaid was appointed commissioner of deeds by Governor Werts ; has served as a member of the township counnittee two terms, and is at present chairman. He is a consistent member of the Roman Catholic church. 1\/rARCUS A. 15ROWX, a leading drug- J-VX ,/^^l .|j,(} ex-})ostmaster of Wood- Ijridge, Middlesex county, New Jersey, is a son of Alexander and Jane (Ostrander) Brown, and was born, Nov. 19, 1845, in New York city. He is of Scotch ances- try. His paternal grandfather i)ursued the trade of cabinet-making for many years. His wife bore him three children : Isabella, Robert, and Alexander. Alexander Brown (father) obtained a common-school education in New York city. His earlier trade was that of a butcher, which lie followed successfully at Washington market, New York, until Biographical Skbtchks, 895 1846. Tie tlien piuThased an iiiteivst in the business of William II. Berry & Co., fire-brick nianuliicturers at Woodbridge, which he retained until 188'J, one ^ear prior to iiis death, when he disposed ot it to his son, Marcus A. lie wa.s an old- line whig, and later a republican, in pol- itics, and was active in municipal afl'airs. He served a term as assessor in New York city, and was treasurer and a trus- tee of the free-land school fund, lie was a trustee of the Woodbridge Methodist church for several years, and an active christian worker. lie was an enthusi- ast in militar}- matters. He joined the masonic fraternity, becoming a member of Eastern Star Lodge, F. and. A. M. Mr. Brown and his wife both died in 1890, the former in August, at the age of eighty-five ; the latter in December, in her seventj'-ninth jear. They had four children: David H.. who died in Charleston, S. C, during the late war. while .serving as a volunteer in Compan\- H, Fifth New York regiment, under Gens. Mct'lellan and Pattenson ; Eleanor A. (Mrs. J. 0. Campbell, of Plaiidield. New Jersey), Wilbur F., a business man of New York, and Marcus A. Marcus A. Brown spent the first twenty-four years of his life in New York city. He attended the public schools of that city, as well as the Fort Edward | Collegiate Institute at Fort Edward, New York. In 1870 Mr. Brown opened a drug store of his own at Woodbridge, which he has since conducted with con- summate skill and al)ility. lie acquired in 1889, as heretofore stated, his deceased father's share in the (ire-brick manufac- tory operated l)y William II. Berry & Co., and owns other important and profit- able interests. Politically Mr. Brown is a republican, and has held the following offices in Woodbridge : a member of the township committee, treasurer of the township, and served three years as school tru.stee. He served as postmaster of Woodbridge for seven years. He is an elder in the Presbyterian church at Wood- bridge, and was its Sunday-school super- intendent for several years. In religious matters he is active and untiring. Mr. Brown was married to Antoinette E. Dally, a daughter of Charles M. Dally, of Woodbridge, New Jersey. They have but one child, Eleanor E. CHARLES P. ROSE, who is extensively engaged in operating clay mines near South Amboy, and one of the lead- ing public-spirited citizens of South Am- boy townshijj. New Jersey, is a son of Elias R. and Mary (Wood) Rose, and was born on the old Rose homestead, in that township, Dec. 25, 1842. Ephraim Rose, grandlather, lived at Jack.sonville, New Jersey, and was a farmer and a IVeighter. He was an earnest worker in the Bap- tist church and one of its most libi'ral supporters. Hiscbildren were : Elias R., Susan Jane, Elmira, Jack.son and Louisa. Elias R. Rose (father) was born Feb. 22, 1818, at Jacksonville, New Jersey, and educated in the common schools of that locality. He began boating and running a packet out ofChee.se creek for a innnber of years, and then followed farming until his decease, June 29, 1895. At the same time he was engaged in min- ing and dealing in clay near Perth Am- boy, accumulating a large amount of real estate and other property. In politics he was a democrat and was a member of the board of chosen freeholders. He be- longed to the Baptist church, and, as a result of his marriage to Miss Mary E. 896 Biographical Sketches. Wood, became the lather of three chil- dren : Elias, died in 185'2 ; Charles, and Madora (Mrs. W. F. Fisher). Charles P. Rose attended the common schools until he was eighteen years of age and then entered the Franklin Institute, where he remained two terms. He then became associated with his father in farm- ing and operating the clay mines, and upon the event of the latter's death, in 1895, took full charge of all these inter- ests, with which he has been connected since 1871. In political afl'airs he is an active party worker, and has been elected to many local offices of trust and re- sponsibility by his fellow-democrats. He has been a freeholder, chairman of the finance committee, town committeeman, collector and road overseer. He is Epis- copalian in religious belief C. P. Ross married Cornelia Burlew, and the\' have one son, Charles R., a graduate of the Trenton Model School, and later of Co- lumbia College, N. Y. TTENRY VAN DOREN, a substantial -L-L farmer and a prominent citizen of Franklin township, Somerset county, New Jersey, residing near Franklin Park, is a son of Garrett T. and Maria (Covert) Van Doren, and was born Nov. 19, 1827, at Griggstown, the same county. The name is, as it indicates, of Holland- Dutch origin and orthography, the origi- nal American progenitor who first planted the family in this countr}' being the great-great-grandfather of Henry Van Doren, a member of an old Dutch family that came to this country many years prior to the Revolution. He located first on Long Island, but subsequently removed to New York, and thence came to New Jersey, and Ijecame a pioneer in the set- tlement of Franklin township, Somerset county. There he reared a family of fifteen children, one of whom was John, great-grandfather of Henry A'an Doren, who owned and resided upon a farm near Millstone in Hillsboro township. The house upon this farm is renowned as having been the frequent stopping-place of Washington during his campaigns in New Jersey, and, in the same connection, and contemporaneous with it, the Hes- sians cleared the land and built their hospital upon this farm. His wife was Marrette Lott, who was taken prisoner by the British troops in that campaign, and after a rope was fastened around her neck, an attempt was made to force her to disclose certain valuable information concerning the enemy, but, being unsuc- cessful, she was released. She died April 27, 1855. aged seventy-seven years. Their children were: Abraham. Christian, John, Cornelius, Jacob I., William, and Mrs. Tunis Hoagland. Abraham Van Doren (grandiather) was born in Franklin township, Somer- set county. He was a farmer all his life, and a member of the Reformed church. He married Catharine Turoon, and their children were : Garrett. John, Durj-ee, William, Wilmina, and Ann Van Doren . Garrett Van Doren (father) was born on the old homestead farm in Franklin townshi}). He was a life-long farmer, and never engaged in any other busi- ness to any extent. He was a useful member of the Franklin Park Reformed Dutch church, having served as elder and deacon for many years. Politically he was a republican. His children were: Catharine Ann. wife of Luke Baker; Henry, John and Abram D. Henry Van Doren's limited educa- Biographical Sketches. 807 tional training was obtained in the dis- trict scliools of his native township. Leaving school early, he remained with his lather on the fann until after his marriage, when he engaged in the busi- ness on his own account in Franklin township, and has continued in that occupation ever since. Mr. Van Doren belongs to that intelligent and enter- prising class oi" lariners who believe in keeping abreast with the wonderl'ul ad- vance of the age. He has made the subject of fanning a study upon scien- tific principles, with reference to culti- vating the soil and the application of chemicals iur the promotion of plant life and vegetable growth. Mr. Van Doren holds intelligent views on all subjects pertaining to agriculture, and introduces advanced ideas and methods in his farm- ing, lie owns a farm of eighty acres of fertile and very productive land, well improved with all the apartment build- ings necessary for all purposes of success- ful farming. While active and indus- trious as a farmer, he has been chietl\ prominent in his church affiliations, hav- ing served as elder and deacon of Frank liu Park Association for numy years, superintendent of the Sunday-.-nths, when he went to Spottswood, Middlesex county. New Jer.sey. He returned to South River four years later and became foreman of the shirt department in the factor}- of Herrmann, Aukam & Co., and afterwards entered into partnership with Jo.seph Mark, of South River, in his present shirt manufacturing business. He is a Methodist, and in politics an active demo- crat, and served from 1890 to 1893 as a member of the board of commissioners of e^-i-^^^,.;,^^^.-^ C=^ BioGRAPHicAi, Sketches. 899 the horougli of Washington and was cliairniaii of tliiit body two years. Ho is a nionilxT of Riveisido CoiiiR-il, No. o3, Jr. (). U. A. M. Mr. Davidson was mar- ried Doccniber 21, 1882, to Kninia Aiiu- lia Marks. Tlicy had one child, wiiicii ilird in inl'ancN. TOSIOI'H FISIIKli, one of the most ^ highly respected and most sidjstan- tial husiness men ol' New Brnnswick, is a son of Joseph and Adaline (Ilocknian) Fislier. and was born in that city, where his father, who was a son of James Fisher, was also born. Joseph Fisher, Sr., was a dealer in live stock by occupation, and retired at fort\-five years of age and resided tiie remainder of his life at New Rninswick. lie became one of the nio.st liruininent citizens of the town, and was identilied with various business enter- |irisos connected therewith, being a direc- tor in the New Brunswick Rubber Co.; the New Brunswick Fire Insurance Co., and the old State Bank. Politically he was a republican and served as a mem- ber of the board of water commissioners of New Briuiswick ; religiously^ a zealous member of the First Reformed church. Joseph Fisher received ids education in the public schools of New Brunswick. Rutgers College, and graduated from Eastman's Business College. Poughkeep- sie, New York, in 1804. In the meantime he spent two years as a clerk in the cloth- ing house of O. B. Gaston at New Bruns- wick. Alter leaving college he became a clerk ni the county clerk's ollice, in which position he remained for five years lie subsequently was engaged in the soap business in New York for two years, and then returned to New Brunswick, and became a general bookkeeper and acting cashier iu the First National Bank of New Jer.so}-, for two years. He was for the ensuing ten years engaged in the coal business in connection with which he established his present general business agency. He is a director iu the I'eople's National baidc. New Brunswick ; the New Brunswick Fire Insurance Co., and the National Water Tube Boiler Co. He is one ol' the board of managers of the New Bnuiswick .Savings Institution and treasurer of the board of educa- tion. He is a member of the Methodist K[)iscopal church, and president of the board of trustees of that church, at that city. Sociall}- he is a member and treasurer of the New Brunswick (lun Club and a member of the New Bruns- wick Boat Club. Mr. Fislier has been twice marrieil. Ilis first wife was Mary Frances Marsh, a daughter of Henry Marsh, of New Brunswick. lie wedded Nov. 18, 1870; she died xMarch 17, 1877. On Oct. 0, 1882, he was again married to Miss Sarah Fielder, a daughter of J. W. Fielder, of New Brunswick, and they have one daughter, Adaline. TOSKPII A. THROCKMORTON, the ^ third son of Edmund Throckmorton, was born on the 3d of July, 1827, in the dwelling at Red Baidv which is his pre- sent home. He was educated at Eliza- beth, N. J., and early deciding upon a mercantile career, in 1842 removed to Tennessee, where he engaged in the fur business, returning in 1848 for a brief period to Red Bank, alter which he, in 1S4'J, joined the numerous throng of emi- grants for the gold-fields of Califoriua. Here he engaged in miiung operations, remaining until 1856, when, on resuming again his residence in Red Bank, ii(> end)arked in the lumber business, and 900 Biographical Sketchks. now ranks among the leading and suc- cessful capitalists of" the place. He was, on the organization ot" the P^irst National Bank of Red Bank, made one of its direc- tors, and now fills the same office in con- nection with the Second National Bank. He is director of the Red Bank and Eatontown Turnpike Companj', having formerly filled the same office in connec- tion with the Leedsville and Red Bank Turnpike Company. He is also a direc- tor of tlu' Mutual Fire Insurance Com- pany of Shrewsbury'. With a loyal alTection for the place of his nativity, Mr. Throckmorton has entered heartily into nearly all tin' important schemes which have promoted its growth and affected its moral well-being. True to the traditions of his family, he early espoused the principles of the old-line Whig party, and on the organization of the Republican party became a warm partisan in its cause. He has frequently served as delegate to state and county conventions, but declines all })roffers of office, preferring to be a worker in the ranks rather than a sharer in the honors that follow in the path of success. He is often sought for such positions as exe- cutor and guardian and for various other trusts involving nuich responsibility. Mr. Throckmorton's early religious teachings have caused him to adhere to the Pres- byterian faith and to contribute geiuM- ously to the support of that church. TpLLIS W. WAIT, a baker and confec- ^-^ tioner of Perth Amboy, Middlesex coiiiity, New Jersey, is a son of Ellis C. iind Sarali (Van Brant) Waif, and was born March 18, 1852, at Perth Amiioy. He attended the j)ublic schools of his native town until he arrived at the age of twelve years. During the four years ensuing he was variously employed : first, as clerk in a grocery store at Perth Amboy ; then at working in a florist's garden, and later in a factor^*, where he was engaged in the manufacture of door- knobs. At sixteen years of age he learned the trade of a house carpenter, and at twenty engaged in business for himself as a builder and contractor. He was the youngest contractor in Perth Am- boy at that time, but his youth neither retarded his business nor hindered his success, and he remained profitably en- gaged in that occupation until 1895, when he adopted the profession of an architect. In the latter part of 1895 he removed to Florida and I'ugaged in market garden- ing. Mr. Wait was married in 1872 to Annie M. Freeman. To their nuirriage have been born six t'hildren : Ellis F., Mary E., Leonard, Clarence, Jennie and Lucy. A (1. BOLTON', a retired coastwise -^-^' aptain, now an extensive dealer in building brick at South Amboy, Middle- sex county, New Jersey, is a son of An- drew and Annie (Campbell) Bolton, and was born Dec. 18, 1811, in the town above mentioned. He is of mixed extraction, his ancestors on the paternal side having been natives of Ireland, while those on the maternal side, as the name (,'ampbell indicates, claimed Scotland as their native heath. Tiie paternal grandfather, after a resi- dence of many years in Ireland, emi- grated to tbis country and settled in Soutii .\nd)oy, where lie lived a rctln'd life on the means whicii he iiiid ;ice|uircd in the old I'ountry. He died at the ad- vanced age of one hundred and nine years. In religious faith he was a ])res- byterian, and was an earnest and devoted Biographical Sketches. 901 cliristiiiii. I lis children were tliroc in niiinl)cr : 'I'lioinas, Hnj;li, and Androw. Andrew Bolton left his native Ireland, and located at South Aniboj, in 1832, where he became extensively and suc- ci'ssfuUy engaged for a nninhcr of years in tiif pnttci'y ImsiiH'ss. lie siilisc qnently removed to Sayreviile, Mi lie affairs. He has for some jears been a j)rominent member of the Kniglits of Pythias. He was happily wedded on June 18, 1885, to Miss Emma A. Bab- cock, a daughter of John J. Babcock, late editor of the New Bninsicick FreiJonian, and they have had four children : Ray- mond L., born March 19, 1888, who is at [jresi'iit attending school at Neshanic; Herbert L., born March 28, 1891; Har- old D., born March 7. 1894 ; and Nellie L., who died Nov. 23, 1891. Mr. Schenck's practice is extensive and lucrative. He is energetic and hard- Biographical vSkktciiks. 003 working, ruitliliil to the interests ol" his chent.s. tlioroughly versed in every hruiieh of legal practice, and possessed of a com- manding figure and persuasive eloquence. During his connection with the school l)oard, as nieniher and president, he has done much to advance the cause of edu- cation in Newark schools through tlif introihu'tion of modern appliances and s\ stems of teachiu"'. T G. DEXELsmocK, M. I)., towushi|> " • pli3'sician of Spottswood, and a leading practitioner of Middlesex county, New Jersey, is a son of David and Ruth (Gasling) Denelsheck, and was horn in Salem county, New Jersey. He de- scends from good old Holland-Dutch line- age, capahle, honest and stui'dy. He at- tended the puhlic schools and a private school ; took a course of two j'ears at St. Joseph's College, Vt., and studied medi- cine with Dr. Henry Bennett at Jersey City. He entered the University of Ver- mont in 1888, and graduated with dis- tinction ill 18!»(). Dr. Denelsheck, in order to perfect him- self in his chosen profession, received spe- cial instructions from a trio of eminent physicians: Dr. Ashaln'l P. Grinnell. Prof W. 11. Liiidsley,and Prof A. F. A. King, of Washington, D. C. He located for practice at ^ronmouth Junction, Mid- dlesex county, in 1890, but removed to Spottswood in 1892, wliere he now is en- joying a large and lucrative patronage. He is a deacon of the Reformed church in Spottswood, and was for a time super- intendent of its Sunday-school. He is a democrat in politics, and holds the oflices of township physician and member of the l)oard of health of Spottswood. He is a member of tiie Jr. O. U. A. M. of that town. Ill 1885 he was married to Kliza M. Nickerson. Tiiey have four children : Josephine, Julius Otis, Margaret and Ruth. His paternal giaiidl'ather, Frederick Deiielsbeck, was the original settler of Salem county. New Jersey. He was a farmer and dealer in horses and accumu- lated much pro{)erty. He was a trustee of the Baptist church lor many years. He died in 18G7 at tiie age (d' ninety -one after presenting each of his children with a home. The}' were : Daniel, Matthias, Solomon, John, Jacob, Joseph, David, Mary and Catharine, who draws a pen- sion from the government as the widow of Robert Ayers, who was a soldier in the war of 1812. David Denelsheck (father) is the .sev- enth son of Frederick Denelslieck. He received a common-school education and became a farmer ; afterward a carpenter, builder and contractor, lie is a iiieinber of the Baptist church, and in politics a democrat. His first wife was Jane Hutch- inson, who bore him four children : 'riidimis, Mary Ann, Joust and Ellwood. IJy his second wife, Ruth Gasling, he had six chihlren : Dr. J. G., Franklin B., Charles N., Jennie, Jacob and Ethel. O AMUEL E. ENSIGN, a prominent gro- ^ cer and citizen of Woodi)ridge, Mid- dlesex county, New Jersey, for nearly fort}' years, is a son of Eriah and Lucre- tia (Humphrey) Ensign, and was born Aug. 24, 1823, at Simsbury, Conn. The family is of English origin, the forefathers of the present generation of that name coming to this country and settling in Hartford, Conn. The pater- nal grandfather, Isaac, resided in Sim.s- bury, where he followed the occupations 904 Biographical Sketches. of fiinner and blackfiinitli the greater part of his life. He was a lueiiiber of tlie Congregational cliurch at Simshury, and in 2)olitical faith a democrat. His children were : Isaac, Isaiah, Zeba, Za- pher, Ariel, Bildad, Eriali, Moses and Lanrana. Eriah Ensign received a common- school education, and later learned the tinsmith trade, which he followed until he inherited a farm from his father, when he turned his attention to culti- vating the soil near Simsbury, which avocation he continued during life. He was a public-spirited citizen of his native town, and an active democrat in poli- tics. He attended the Congregational church. His children were : Amelia L., John N., Erastus H., and Samuel E. Siimuel E. Ensign, after attending the public schools of Simsbury, Conn., sev- eral years, completed his education at an academy at Wilbriham, Mass. He then became a teacher for a number of years ; first in Bonhamton, New Jersey, then in Sims])ury, Conn., and later in Wood- bridge, New Jersey. Mr. Ensign aban- doned teaching in 1859 and opened a grocery store in Woodbridge, in which business he is still engaged. In 18G5, he associated himself with James Commess, which connection continued for thirty years. He purchased Mr. Commess' in- terest in the business in July, 1895, and has been sole owner and ])roprietor since that time. Politically, Mr. Ensign is a iepul)lican. He was formerly a demo- crat, but changed his views at the open- ing of the war. He has always been activelv interested in the affairs of his party and his township. He served six years as justice of the peace in his county. He is a trustee of the Metho- dist church in Woodbridge, which posi- tion he has held many years, and has been a steward of that church and super- intendent of its Sunday-school. He is a member of the Sons of Temperance. Mr. Ensign was married in 184:7, to Carmenlia Vinning. a daugliter of Samuel and Lydia Vinning. They have four children : Helen Amelia (Mrs. Samuel Ewing), Samuel Albert, Evei-ett Clinton and Carrie Estelle, all of whom are living. JOHN N. PETERSON, an active and en- " terprising .young business man of Perth Amboy, Middlesex county. New Jcr.sey, is a son of Peter and Inger (Lar- scn) Peterson, and was born, June 27, 1871, in Denmark. Ilis paternal grandfather, Peter Peter- son, was a Danish subject. He spent his days in cultivating the soil of his native country, and died a very prosperous man. Peter commenced life as a farmer in Denmark. He had natural taste for ma- chinery, which he fostered until he de- veloped into an ingenious and noted me- chanic. In all his undertakings he was more than successful, and became quite wealtiiy. He has eight children, all of whom are living: Maren, Peter, Lars, Christine, Annie, Nels, Christian, and John N. John N. Peterson learned the trade of tailoring, and pursued that business until 1890, when he emigrated to the United States, landing in New York city on March 25th of that year. He came thence to Perth Amboy, and resumed his trade, and afterwards followed various emplo3ments until he opened a tailoring establishment for himself in that town, where he has enjoyed a most profitable trade, as a tailor and gents' furnisher. Mr. Peterson is brimful of energ}"- and Biographical Sketches. 905 enterprise, and is now engaged in the erection of an extensive plant in I'ertli Amboy lor tlie brewing of malt li(|Uors. 1KA I!. TICE, general vanhnaster of the Lehigh Vallev Railroad Co.. at Perth Ainhoj, is one of the most promi- nent citizens of that city, as lie is also a good example of the si'U-made man. His present high position with that great coal-carrying corporation was earned after years of \aliiable service, and was ri'aclied by stead}- stages of promotion. .Mr. Tice is the son of a patriotic house. \\ hose ancestry comes from Austria, but whose early representatives in this coun- try were firm supporters and defenders of the Declaration of Independence, and the forms of government established by our Colonial Congress. Mr. Tice was born at West Groton, Tompkins county, N. Y., on Dec. 13, 184'.l. and is the son of Simeon L. and Harriet 8. (Webley) Tice. Hisoriginal paternal ancestor was one of three brothers who came from Austria. John Tice, his grandfather, was a far- mer in Hectortownship, Schuyler county. N. v.. and his farm of three hundred and lifty acres was situated near the romantic Watkins (Hen. Here he resided all his life and amassed a considerable competency-. He was a whig in politics, and a vigorous patriot. He served in the war of 1812 with distinction, and not only bared his breast to the bullets of the British, but also assisted the cau.se with his substance. In the matter of religious belief, he was a methodist and an active church worker. John Tice was married twice. His first mar- riage was fruitful of two children : Sim- eon and Archellis. His second wife bore him one child, Beardsley. Simeon Tice (father) was born in Hector township, Schuyler county, N. Y., Aug. 2G, 1813. By occupation he was a carriage manufacturer, first at West Groton, and then at Moravia, N. Y., where he continued until retirement from business in 188G, after an active career of forty years. On retiring from business he took up his residence at Beardsley's Corners, Tompkins county, N. Y., twelve miles from Ithaca, where he is now enjoying a well-earned rest from active pursuits. Mr. Tice was at (irst a whig, but afterward a republican. He never sought nor held public oIKce. He has always been very active in Meth- odist church circles, and is a senior war- den. He was married twice. Three children were the result of the first union: Mar}- Woolsey, deceased ; Ira B., and John, who is a carriage decorator at Syracuse, N. Y. There were no children by the second marriage. The mother of our subject died in 1872, at the ago of lifty-three years. Ira B. Tice received his education in the schools of Moravia, New York. On leaving school he secured employment with the Western Union Telegraph Co. at Moravia, where he remained two years. He then became a telegraph ope- raU)V for the Erie Canal, and at the end of three years accepted a .'similar position with the Lehigh Valley Railroad. He afterwards became forwarding agent tor the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co.. at Wilkesbarre, which position he retained one year. In 1875 he removed to Perth Amboy, and for four years was train in- spector for the Lehigh Valle}^ railroad, being afterwards promoted to the posi- tion of yardmaster. This last position he filled for sixteen years, or until Jan. 1, 1896, when he was made gen- 906 Biographical Sketches. eral yardinaster at Perth Amboy, in which capacity he lias charge of all the yards at that place, having under hini three hundred men. Mr. Tice was married in November, 1890, to Florence E., a daughter of Captain Thomas B. Siddell, of" Perth Auiboy. This union has been productive of two children : Harriett and Ira B., Jr. Mr. Tice has always been identified actively with the interests of his town. He is vice-presi- dent of the Citizens' Building and Loan Association and a director of the Perth Amboy Home and Mutual Building and Loan association. He is also a prominent mason, l)eing a member of Raritan Lodge, No. Gl, and is a trustee of this lodge. He is captain-general of Temple Command- ery, No. IS, at Metuchen, New Jersey. He is also past regent of Middlesex Coun- cil, No. 1100, Royal Arcanum, and is past councillor of Alpha Council, No. 1, Loj'al Additional Benefit fund. He is vice-president of the Exempt Firemen's Association, and president of the board of trustees of the Firemen's Relief As- sociation. He is likewise one of the most active members of the "Old-Time" Telegraphers' and Historical A.ssociation. A staunch republican, Mr. Tice has al- ways taken great interest in politics. He was elected a member of the board of free- holders, and in 189G was elected mayor of Perth Amboy. In 1887, he was a candidate for the state senate, but, being on the minority ticket, was not elected. "OOBERT II.VIiTMAX, the pr()i)rietor -^*' of Hartman's hotel, and e.x-chief of the fire department of Perth Amboy, Mid- dlesex Co., New Jer.sey, is a son of Wil- liam and Amelia (KelK-rmaii) Hartman, and wa« born Aug. 27, 18G4, in Newark, New Jersey. Mr. Hartman attended the public schools of his native town until he reached the age of nine jears. During this time he also grounded him.self in the mother tongue by a cour.se of instruction at a private German School. He then removed with his parents to Perth Am- boy, and for five years pursued his studies in the public schools of that town. He then learned the trade of a house-car{)en- ter. He worked faithfully for five years, and at the expiration of that time he went into that business for himself, and enjoyed for the next half decade a very prosperous trade. He retired from such active pursuits, and then succeeded his father in the ownership and management of that well-known inn on Front street, Hartman's hotel, where he still conducts, quite successfully, his hotel business. Mr. Hartman is a republican in politics. He professes the Lutheran faith, and is a member of a Lutheran church in Perth Amboy, and he also exhibits a lively in- terest in the affairs of the fire department of that city, and is at present a member of Washington Hose Company, No. 2. He is al.so an exempt from Lincoln Hose Com- pany, and has served as cliief of the fire dej)artiiK'nt of Perth Amboy. GEORGE T. COMINGS, a popular and successful liveryman of Perth Amboy, and a member of the gallant Fourteenth regiment. New Jersey volun- teers, during the late war, is a son of Gil- man T. and Rhoda (Worthington) Com- ings, and was born at Petersburg, Morris county, New Jersev, May 2.3, 1841. His father, Gilman T. Comings, was a native of Ni-w Hampshire. His educa- tion was acquired in the district schools Biographical Sketches. 907 of that locality, and tlioii li-arued the track- ol' inillw riglit, and hitcr hoiiglit a I'arin and a mill, which he managed con- jointly lor sixteen years, when he dis- posed of this ijroperty and removed to Middlesex county, New Jerse}', where he purchased a farm, operating the same successfully until his death, in 187G. In political laith and [)ractice lie was a democrat, and afterwards a repuhlican. He married Khoda Worthington, and to them were horn six children : George, deceased; Elvira (Mrs. Henry Farge) ; Cieorge T., Jeanette. Martin L., hoth of whom are dead; and Daniel G. Rhoda (Worthington) Comings died iu 1882. George T. Comings was born and reared on his father's farm, and received his early intellectuiil training in the com- mon schools of his native township. He worked on the homestead farm until the outbreak of the war, and then enlisted in the famous Fourteenth regiment. New Jensey volunteers, which passed through the bloody campaigns projected for the (■ai)ture of Kichmond, and was engaged in many of the deadly contlicts in Vir- ginia, as the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, and many others. Mr. Comings served until the cud of the war, and after his discharge spent three years on the farm, and then removed to Woodbridge, where he re- mained until 1872. He then went to Kansas, where for three and a half years he was engaged in farming, returning home at the expiration of that time to resume larming. In 1885 he located in Perth Amboy, where he has established a very successful livery business, and enjoys all the advantages of a popular reputation and a liberal patronage. Po- litically, Mr. Comings is a republican, and an active member of the G. A. R. Post of Perth Amboy. In March, 1807, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Cory, and this union has resulted in the JMrth of two daughters and six sons: Virgie G., Ella C, Worthington G., Rol> ert M., Frank, Ravinond C, Harrv E., and WaltcT W. pvIJ. 11. M. KKACi:, who is a success- ^-^ ful medical practitioner of Perth Amboy, Middlesex county. New Jersey, is a son of Harry Brace, and was born at Catskill-on-the-Hudson, in 1809. Dr. Abel Brace, paternal grandlather, was also a native of Catskill, and prac- ticed medicine there and in that vicinity all his life. He was an active and ener- getic man, and ranked among the able and skillful })h3'siciaiis and surgeons of his time. He was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church, and con- tril)uted liberally to the support of the church. Politically he was successively' a whig and repulilicau, but never .sought political pivlernicnt. Harry Brace (father) was born at Cats- kill. He took a law course iu Yale Col- lege, from which he was graduated. He has since been actively engaged in the practice of his chosen profession at New York. After acquiring a good elementary edu- tation. Dr. H. Martyon Brace read the recpiired length of time, and then gradu- ated from the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons. In 1881 he became connected with Charitv Hospital of New York city, and the following jear opened an olHce in that city. There he practiced two years, and afterwards located and practiced six years at Port Jervis, New Jersey, and in 1892 came to Perth Amboy. He has an extensive 908 Biographical Sketches. general practice, but makes a specialty of gyiia?cology, in which he has met with luiironn success. lie is a republican in politics, and is now serving as coroner of Middlesex county. Religiously he is a nieuiber of the Presbyterian church, and fraternally is identified with a number of secret and benevolent organizations, as the K. of P., I. 0. 0. F., I. 0. R. M., Jr. 0. U. A. M., and the American Protection League. Dr. Brace is a careful and con- scientious practitioner. Affable, conge- nial and attentive to his professional duties, he possesses the universal confi- dence and esteem of the people of his section. ~\ /T F. KOHN, the enterprising pro- -'-'-*-• prietor of tlie leading meat mar- ket in Long Branch, Monmouth county. NeAV Jersey, was born Sept. 1, 185S, in New York city. Abraham Kohn (father) was born at Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, where he received a common-school education and followed the business of buying and selling cattle until his departure from the " Fatherland." He resumed the cattle trade upon his arrival in New York city, where he settled, and during the remainder of his life continued to be a heavy dealer in li\(' stock. He es- poused the demoeratit- cause, and always voted with that party. In religious nuitters he was a member of the associa- tion called Free Sons of Isr.ael, in New York city ; also a member and regular attendant of the Hebrew synagogue in that city. He died July 17. 1874. leav- ing two children : M. F., and Bertha. M. F. Kohn was graduated from the grammar school in New York city at tlie age of thirteen years, and went to work in a meat market, continuing in that occupation several years. In 1879 he formed an association with Henry Bar, called Bar & Kohn, and opened a busi- ness for the slaughter and sale of cattle. In 1880 he removed to Long Branch, and formed a partnership as Kohn & Bennett, engaging in the same business. In 1881 this partnership was dissolved, and Mv. Kohn established a new piirt- nership with George Corlies, remaining associated under the name of Kohn & Corlies for two years. In 1884 he opened a meat market, which has grown with the town, until now he conducts the largest and oldest-established business of its kind in the city. Mr. Kohn is a stockholder in a numlx-r of building and loan associations at Long Branch, and is president of a branch of the Central Building and Loan Association of New- ark, New Jersey. He is also interested in the Long Branch Sewer Co., and is a member of the Long Branch Burial Asso- ciation. In party matters he is classed as an active republican. In fraternal affairs he is deeply interested in and is a member of several orders : Long Branch Lodge, No. 78, F. and A. M.; Standard Chapter, No. 35, R. A. M.; Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at New York city; Ocean Lodge, No. 73, K. of P., of Long Branch ; Empire Lodge, No. 174, I. 0. 0. F., and Long Branch Encampment, No. 49, both of Long Branch. Mr. Kohn was married Nov. 4, 1883, to Rosa II. Lowenstein. They are the parents of four children : Arthur A., .Morrill C, Montefiore G., and Anna A. T^IIF.ODOUK SIMMENS, a successful ^ putter and baker of Perth Amboy, Middlesex county. New Jersey, is a son of Henry and Fredericka (Doutteil) Sim- Biographical Sketches. 90!) iiieiis. and was boni Jan. 20, 1851, in (it'i'iiiaii V. lie foint's ol' a inixcil anccs- trv. tlir |iatci-iial urandlatln'r liaviiii;- ilc- s( Tiuk'd tVe)in an old Knylish l'aniil\ , and tlic maternal grandsirc being a native of Franco and a snrgeon in the anny. Tlicodore Sinunens attended the " vil- lage " schools, and then learned the trade of a potter. After pnrsning this hnsi- ness for four years at home, he spent several years abroad working in the pot- teries of various European cities. He came to the United States in 1881, and settled at llolM.ken. New Jersey, lie built a [lottery of small dimensions and began business for himself in a liuiitt il way. Success was wavering in the bal- ance, but he toiled - se(juently engaged for a year in the slioe business in Brooklyn, N. Y., at the ex[)iration of which time he removed to Long Branch, taking charge of, and man- aging for the seven years succeeding, the Mansion IIou.se in that city. He gave up the hotel business and became a dealer in real estate, which enterprise he suc- cessfully handled until 187:2. In that \ear he was appointed police justice of Long Branch, in which office he is now serving his third term. In politics Ju.s- tice Van Doren is an active member nf the Republican party, is captain of the famed (Jrant Clubol' Long Branch, and has filled all the ofhcial positions in Morris Post, No. 40, G. A. R., of which he is a worth}' and respected member. Justice Van Doren was married Dec. 24, 1S67, to Eleanor Williamson. To their marriage was born one daughter, Anna May. __^_^^^^ O L. BURT, a successful business man ^~^' and citizen of Long Branch, was born at Flushing, Long Island, Dec. 25, 1804. B. L. Burt attended the common schools of Long Branch and Ke\port, New Jersey, until he was eleven years of age, when he secured a position as clerk in the hat store of H. Curtis, Long Branch, and after one and a half years' .service there, was employed in the same capacity for three years in a grocery store. He then learned butchering with Mr. Georjie 914 Biographical Sketches. Colies, of Long Branch, and remained with the above establisliment for a period of seven years. He then established a business on his own account at Long Branch, and by good judgment and strict attention to evei'y detail of his business, has built up a substantial and growing trade. Politically he is a democrat, and actively labors for the cause of his party. He is an attendant of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a member in good standing of the following secret orders : Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and Encampment. He was united in mar- riage to Miss Lauretta Wells. This happy union has been blessed by the birth of three children : B. L., Elizabeth, and Sellar (deceased). n^ H. VALENTINE, ex-keeper of Life- -*- • Saving Station, No. 4, of the Fourth district, Atlanticville, New Jersey, and one of the most highly-respected and esteemed citizens of Long Branch, New Jersey, is another example of that class of self-made men whom the American jieople delight to honor. His people are of Scotch descent, and his i)areiits were (ieorge and Kate (Morris) Valentine, and he was born at Long Branch, New Jer- sey, in June, 1824. George V^alentine (lather) was given a common-school education. He married Miss Kate Morris, and this union was blessed by the birth of one .>lican. Fraternally, our sul)ject is connected with Lodge No. 77, I. (.). O. v., of Long Branch, and has _ been a member of the same lor forty ^eais. For forty years Mr. Valentine has led an active christian life, and has been a leadiu"' and infiuential member of ''«4=5' A^ «i /SW"^' y^?-^^ (3^ ^^H/u^^^^^ Biographical Sketches. 9iy the Methodist Episcopal church of Long ]}r;uich. He lias been a class leader lor forty jears, and a member and president (if the board of trustees for many terms, and is regarded as one of the most sub- stantial and consistent of christians. The maiden name of our subject's wife was Miss R. Minnie Woole}, daughter of Ficker and Mary Ann Wooley, and the} were married Dec. 3, 18-lG. T. H. Valen- tine is one of the oldest residents of the city of Long Branch, and built the second house erected in North Lons Branch. JOHN STILLWELL APPLEGATE num- ^ bera among his ancestors some of the earliest and most prominent settlers ol' America. Among these were : Thomas Applegate, of Massachusetts, in 1G35; Richard Gibbons, Richard Stout and James Grover, three of the patentees ol" till' famous Monmouth patent; Richard llartshorne, James Bowne, William Law- rence, John Tlirockmorton, Lieut. Nicho- las StillwcU and Rev. John Bray. The father of John was Joseph Slillwcil Ap[)legate, a grandson of John .Stillwrll. a connnissary in the Revolutionarj- war. of the First regiment, Monmouth militia. His mother, Ann Bray, was a descendant of John Bray, a Baptist minister from England, whosettled in Monmouthoounty about the year 1G84, and who donated the building and land for the first Bap- tist church edifice at Holmdel. John Stillwell Ai)piegate was liorn in the township of ^Lddletown, Monmouth county, where his ancestors had lived for five generations. He was graduated at Colgate University, New York, in 1858, and licensed in New Jersey as a lawyer in 18GL He began and has con- tinued tlie exercise of his profession at Red Bank, New Jersey, practicing in the state and federal courts. Among the more important reported cases of public interest with which he has been con- nected are the New York and Long Branch railroad again.st Taylor ; the Second National Bank against Farr; the Western Union Telegraph Co. against Rogers; township of Middletown against Hallenbake ; city of Long Branch against Sloane ; George W. Childs against col- lector of Long Branch ; New York and fjong Branch Railroad Co. against bor- ough of South Amboy ; Holmdel against Shrewsbury; the State against the bor- ough of Atlantic Highlands; and the case of Barbour against Fitzgerald, in the United States Court of Appeals. Between 1875 and 1879 he was as.soci- ated in the law business with Hon. Henry M. Nevius, present judge of the Hudson circuit court, and in 1884 he formed a co-partnership with Frederick W. Hope, which still continues in the name ol' Applegate & Hope. During the civil war, he was special deput\- for Mon- mouth county of the Union League of America, and organized a number of chapters of that patriotic organization. Li 18G2, he was nominated and elected by the Republican party as school super- intendent for Shrewsbury township, and three times re-elected to the same posi- tion. He served as a member of the State Republican Committee in the suc- cessful gubernatorial campaign of Mar- cus L. Ward in 18G5, and lor a nuniljer of years was a member of his county Republican Executive Committee, and for a portion e- came associated with his father under the linn name of Morgan & Son, conducting a general blacksmithing busine!^ until the following year, since when lie has had entire control. Mr. Morgan is a democrat in politics, and is actively iden- tified with the conduct of borough af- fairs. He was elected a member of the hoard of town commissioners in 1893, re- elected in 1895, and has been chairman of the board since the latter year, al- though it comprises three republican and but two democratic members. He is ahso a member and foreman of the Washington Fire Co., of South River. He married Miss Theresa Gertrude Perry, by whom he has had four chil- dren : Ethel, Florence, Arline and Ivan. Mr. Morgan is widely known as one of the most progressive and enterprising citizens of South River. During his two terms as town commissioner, he has ef- fected many measures looking towards the welfare of the borough. T ITTLETOX WHITE, an auditor of -*-^ Monmouth county, now residing at Eatontown, New Jerse}', is a son of Elislia and Mary (Lewis) White, and was born April 7, 1833, at Red Bank, New Jersey. He is of English origin. The paternal grandfather. Robert R. White, of Quaker stock, was born near Red Bank, and after obtaining a common- school education, settled down as a farmer in Shrewsbury township, where he con- 928 Biographical Sketches. tinued to reside during his entire life- time. In politics he was a whig, and in religion a member of the Society of Friends. He died in 1815. His chil- dren, all deceased, were : Elisha, Little- ton, Ashur, and Ann. Elisha Wiiite (father) was born in 1791, near Red Bank, New Jersey, and after attending the country schools for a time, near Shrewsbury, learned the trade of a carpenter, which he pursued first at Eatontown and later at Red Bank. He was very successful, and became possessed of several properties. In religion he was a member of the Protestant Episco- pal church, being known as a sincere and devout christian, and politically he was a whig. He died in Mai'ch, 18G8, and his widow in 1892, at the advanced age of ninety-four years. They were the parents of eleven children : Reding L., John P., Foreman, Anna Eliza, Gordon D., Katharine, and Mary C, all de- ceased; Littleton, Braziba, Jeanne, and Caroline. Samuel Dennis, the original immi- grant, on the maternal side, to this country, came to Shrewsbury, New Jer- sey, from Great Britain, in 1775. He was a prominent personage in his day. He was a member of the Provisional Assembly, and liis sons took an active part in the war of the Revolution. He married Increase Lippincott. Their son. Jacob, was married to Clemence Wood- ward, a daughter of Anthony Wood- ward, and one ol' the sons, also named Jacob, was married to Margaret, a daugh- ter of Joseph Price. Their daughter, Clemence, was our sul)ject's grand- mother. Littlet^tn White attended the com- mon schools at Red Bank, and sul)sc- quently learned the trade of a tinner. He prosecuted tliis business for a time in his native town, later at Long Branch, and eventuall}' settled at Eatontown, where he continued in the same vocation until 1892. Mr. White has always been a republican in politics. He was a scliool trustee for a number of years, and for the last nine years lias been a free- holder of Eatontown township. In 1896 he ^vas elected county auditor of Mon- mouth, which position he is now filling in a very acceptable manner. In relig- ious matters he is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church of Eaton- town, in which he also holds a seat in the vestrv. He is a member of Ocean Port Tribe, I. O. R. M. Mr. White was married, Feb. 4, 1853, to Mary Land)ert- son, a daughter of Joshua Lambertson. To their union have been born four chil- dren : Anna Eliza, deceased; William L., Cornelia, and Harry. TT^ERDINAND BROWN, an enterpris- *~ ing plumber, gas and steam-litter at Asbury Park. Monmouth county, New Jersey, is a son of Bartine and- Deborah Schibley Brown, and was born July 3, 1863, at Hamilton, Somerset county. New Jersey. George Cornelius Brown (grandfather) resided at Long Branch. In politics he was a democrat, and in religion an active member and trustee of the Methodist church. His children were : Louisa, who married Robert Bennett, of Long Branch ; Alfred, Bartine, Abraham, Jennie, Jack- son, of West Long Branch, and Ellen, deceased. Bartine Brown was born at Cedar Creek. He was successively- engaged in farming at Hamilton, Glendale, Long Branch and (Jreengrove. He afterwards made A.sbury Park his permanent place Biographical Sketches. 929 of abode, where he at first eoiidiictcd a stage and express husiiiess, and hiter re- sinned agrieultnral pnrsnits. His atTau's thrived and prospered, and as a resnlt he is tlie owner of eonsiderahle real estate. He married Deborah Schiblej. In poli- tics he is a democrat, and in religion a member of the Methodist Episcopal eliiuvh. There were born to Mr. and Mrs. Brown eleven children : Elizabetii. married to Joseph Van Brunt, of West Park, New Jersey ; George C, a resident of West Park ; Rachel ; Ferdinand ; Ida, deceased ; Lewis, Charles, Joseph and Alfred, all deceased ; Sadie, and Debbie, deceased. Ferdinand Brown attended the public schools of Asbury Park, after which for a period of ten years he was variously employed before entering into business for himself In 1890 Mr. Brown opened a plumbing, gas and steam-iitting estab- lishment of his own in his native city. His several years of practical experience in the luisiness enabled him at once to suc<'essfully compete with the older es- tablished houses in that line. In politics he is a democrat, and in religious associa- tion a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Asbury Park. He is a member and the treasurer of A. R. Cook Hose Company, No. 3, of that city, and is also a member of the Grand Fra- ternity. Mr. Brown was joined in mar- riage Feb. 10. 1884, to llettie Applegate. To their union have been born six chil- dren : Frederick, aged eleven ; Ethel, aged nine, and Florence, aged eight ; Lilian and Helen, deceased, and Hazel. JOHN FORMAN, an extensive and pros- ^ perous coal dealer at Asbury Park. Monmouth count}', New Jersey, is a son of John D. and Ann (West) Forman, and was born Oct. 26, 1844, in Freehold, Monmouth county. New Jersey. John D. Forman was born on the farm above mentioned, and after receiving ail education at the public school, pur- clia.sed the farm homestead and entered upon agricultural pursuits, which he fol- lowed up to his third-score year. He tlien removed to Asbury Park, where he engaged in real-estate speculations, which netted him very handsome returns. He was a democrat, and was at all times very active in furthering the interests of his party. In religious affairs, he was a member of St. Peter's Protestant Episco- pal church at Freehold, and for man}' years was one of its leading vestrymen. He was one of the largest shareholders in the Freehold Banking Co., in which he was a director until his death, and b}' his careful and prudent advice, conserved its affairs and contributed in no small degree to the maintenance of its integrity. He died in 1881, and was survived b}' his wife until 18SG. They were the parents of five children : Anna, married to Stew- art Brown, of Frei'hold ; John, William W., and Charles, both deceased ; ami Wil- liam H., an attorney -at-law in Freehold. John Forman was the recipient of a thorough education in the public schools of Freehold, the Freehold Institute, and the Glenwood Institute at Matawan. He subsequently gave seven years of faithful service to his lather on the farm, at the end of which period he married and took possession of the homestead, continuing in agricultural operations during the en- suing ten years. He later leased the farm and removed to Asbury Park, where he retired. In March, 1893, he established himself in the coal business in that town, whicli he has developed into large pi-oportions. He still owns the 930 Biographical Sketches. old homestead near Freehold, and his handsome residence at No. 300 Third avenue, Asbury Park. In politics Mr. Forrnan is a democrat, and in religion a member of the Protestant Episcopal church, and a vestryman for twelve \ears, at Asburj' Park. His marriage, Nov. 10, 1871, to Louisa Clayton, who deceased Jan. 17, 1892, re- sulted in the birth of two children : Anna L., married to J. E. Nickerson, formerly of Boston, now a book-seller at Troy, N. Y. ; and Laura B., residing at home. Mr. Fonnan was again married Feb. 10, 1896, his second wife being Mae Buzbey Rogers. TTON C. F. MERTON, of Woodbridge, -*--*- New Jerse}', is a son of Alanson and Asenath (Phillips) Merton, of New York city, where he was born in April^ 1825. The Mertons were a family of note in England, and the ancestral re- cords trace the I'amily pedigree to an eminent Episcopal clergyman of that name, who in his time gained fame and repute as an eloquent divine and scholar. The great-grandfather, and the immigrant ancestor, was a strong patriot, and warndy espoused tiie cause of the colonies against tlie mother country. He early enlisted in the American army, and was engaged in almost all of the great battles fought by General Washington. He was also one of those that wintered with Wash- ington on the bleak hills of Valley Forge. Tlie paternal grandfather was a farmer the greater part of his life, and owned a fine farm at AVashington, Conn. He raised a family' of five sons, all of whom became prominent men. One of these five sons was Alanson Merton, father of our subject. He was educated in the public schools of Connecticut, and subsequently took a college course. Leav- ing college he taught school in New York city for some time, and then w'as placed in charge of what was designated at that time as a select school ; of this school he had charge for fifteen years. In 1832 he bought a farm at Woodbridge, Middlesex county. New Jersey, and moved his family there. He then devoted the greater part of his time to the interests of his farm and to surveying. He was the only one of the five sons who received a college education. He was always a strong democrat, and took an active in- terest in the affairs of the township. He served as a justice of the peace of Wood- bridge for twenty-five years, and was an associate judge of the court of common pleas for five years. He also filled every one of the township offices, such as com- mitteeman, collector, assessor, etc. He was an exemplary and devoted christian, a member of the Episcopal church at Woodbridge, and for several years a ves- tryman. He was an active factor in all church work. He was also a member of the masonic fraternity, affiliating with Lafayette Lodge of New York city. He was married to Miss Asenath Phillips, and they had born to them the follow- ing children : C. F.. Henry, George, and Mary A. Hon. C. F. Merton received a connnon- school education, and this was afterwards strongly supplemented by the training he received at the hands of his father, who was a skillful teacher. After leaving school he engaged as a clerk in a store in New York city for a time. Subsequently he entered the service of the Pencil Case Manufacturing Co., and was a traveling salesnum for that concern for some time. Afterwards he was admitted as a partner, and ultiuuitelv succeeded to the business. Biographical Skktches. 931 Wli«Mi the WAV broke out in 18G1 he en- listed in tlie Thirty-eighth regiment New York v()hinte(>rs, and served as quarter- master until tlie end of his term ot" enlist- ment, and was mustered out in 18G2. Alter returning from the service he re- sumed his business as pencil-case manu- facturer for some time, but finally dis- posed of his entire interest to partners. He then pureiiased the farm formerly owned by his father, and conducted the same for some time after, again disposing of it. He is a staunch democrat. He succeeded his father as justice of the peace, and has also held the ollice for the like period of twent^-tive years. He was fur ten years an associate judge of the court of common pleas of Middlesex county, and faithfully duplicated the splendid record made by his honored and nuich-respected father in the same i position. He was appointed in 1893, b\' i President Cleveland, postmaster of Wood- 1 nidge. Xew Jersey, and this position he | now (ills. He was chairman of the ' county committee of his party for lour years, and has always been quite active in township aHairs. He is a member of tlie Episcopal church of Woodbridge, and is alike active in all church work. ' Judge Merton is a member of several j fraternal orders also, such as the masonic fraternity, iiolding membership in Metro- politan Lodge, New York city, of which ' III' is a charter member and a past-mas- ter. He is a member of the New York riiapter of the Koyal Arcanum ; of Mar- tin Commandery of Knights Templar of New York city ; and of New Y'ork Con- sistory, S. P. R. S., 32° He is also an Odd Fellow, and was a past grand ot Washington Lodge, L 0. 0. F. ' Judge Merton was married to Miss Alayfield, by whom he had one child, Charles A. He was married to his present wife, Miss Josephine Gorisse, in 188G. r^ EOlUiE M. HEIGHT, a memljcr ol" ^-^ the firm of Burnett & Height, meat and fish merchants, and one of the most prominent and active business men of North Spring Lake, New Jersey, is a son of E. H. and Mary (Hewett) Height, and was born in Howell township, Monmouth county. Paternal grandfather was a wealth}- pioneer land-owner of Monmouth countv, and was the holder of fine farms located in Howell township, and also operated a stage line between the village and Manas- quan and Keyport. E. H. Height (father) was reared in Howell township, and followed farming as a business. George M. Height was born and reared in Howell township, and received his early education in the common schools of that district. As a boy he was especially apt with a gun, and at the early age of eleven years became the champion shot of the state of New Jersey, defeating all comers at glass-ball shooting. As a busi- ness man, he learned tlie butchering trade, and in the spring of 1889 formed a partnership and commenced business at Como, Monmouth county, under the caption of Burnett & Height, dealers in meats, tish, etc. In 1891 Messrs. Burnett & Height removed to North Spring Lake, New Jer.se\, where they purchased and built their present place of business, on Third avenue, and have since established a large trade. They also handle large quantities of western cattle. This young firm has had a successful career. He is a stockholder in the local water company and an active supporter of all public im- 932 Biographical Sketches. provemonts and whatever may tend to advance the interests of his town. Geo. M. Height was united in marriage to Miss Charlotte A. White, of Manasquan. This union has resulted in the birth of one child, a daughter, Lorenda. XT^LENTINE P. BUCK, one of the ' best-known and most prosperous farmers of Freehold township, Monmouth couutv, is a son of David and Cornelia (Thompson) Buck, and was born June 8, 1840, in Freehold township. The family name is of English origin. John Buck (grandfather) located at Marl- boro, four miles from Freehold, and was a prominent farmer and hotel-keeper there during the latter part of the last century. He was an active old-line whig in politics, and a leading spirit in the Marlboro Dutch Reformed church. His children were : Mollie, wife of John Hyers ; Ellen, wife of Cortenas Hyers ; Eliza, wife of John M. Conover; David, father of our subject ; John, Henry, and Sylvester, well-known farmers in Free- hold township, and Louisa, wife of Co- vartus Schwenck. David Buck, our subject's father, was born Jan. 10, 1799, at Marlboro, and was educated in the district schools there. He was a ])rosperous farmer throughout his lifetime, owning and operating a large and profitable tract of land one mile from Freehold. He was also an ex- tensive wholesale dealer in produce and sea products, and occupied a wholesale produce and fish stand, in Philadelphia for seventeen years, from which he sup- plied Philadcl[)liia, Lancaster, Trenton, and nuiuy other points in West Jersey and eastern Penn.sylvania. All his busi- ness was done by teaming, and his car- reer was active and successful. He was one of the early members of the Dutch Reformed church, and was very active in its affairs, holding the offices of deacon and elder for a number of years. In politics he was a whig and subsequently a republican, was an active part}' man, and was at one time a school trustee in West Freehold. He w'as possessed of literary tastes to a high degree, and was practicall}' self-educated. He died in 1880, at the age of eighty-one jears. By his wife, Cornelia Thompson, he had ten children : William Thompson, de- ceased ; Jacob West, Margaret A., de- ceased ; Angeline, C. Louisa, deceased ; Valentine P., Melville P., Emily T., de- ceased ; John, deceased in infancy, and Daniel H. Valentine P. Buck was educated in the district schools of Freehold township, and Fi'eehold Institute. When seven- teen years of age he went to work on his father's farm near Freehold, where he remained until 1875. He then operated the Smock farm, at llolmdel, ibr one year, and a farm near Marlboro for five years. During the past twelve years he has operated the well-known Butcher farm, near Freehold. He is a prominent mem- ber of the Monmouth County Agricul- tural Society, and the New Jerse}' State Agricultural Society, and has been a deacon and an elder in the Freehold Dutch Reformed church for a number of years. In politics he is a staunch repub- lican. He was married in 1869 to Miss Sarah Schwenck Smock. Mr. Buck is well known as an active, progressive larmer, and one who keeps abreast of the times, bringing every modern method and appliance to his aid in his successful agri- cultural work. He is a popular and re- spected citizen, a devout church member, and a substantial man of his community. Biographical Sketches. ft:5:5 TT T. VAX FLEKT, of till' well-known * • firni of Biilluiitine & Van Fleet, leading carriage and harness dealers of tlie state of New Jersey, loeated at Somerville, is one of the most energetic, enterprising and .successful business men in the state, and was born, March 19, 1855, in Somerset county, New Jerse}'. His paternal grandparent, Elias Van Fleet, was a republican in politics, a member of the liefoniicd chincli, and an active worker in all religious nuitters. and was honored by his fellow-church- men with all the offices within their gift. He was a farmer during his entire lile. anil :i man universally esteemed lor the proljity and upiightness of his character. V. T. Van Fleet's father followed the example sot him by his father, and en- gaged in the pursuit of farming. Like him also, he was a republican, and a member of the Reformed church of South Branch, New. Tersev, and at various times held all the oftices within its gift. To his marriage were born nine children : Peter. Klias. Philip. .lohn. Henry. V. T.. Abraham. Willi;nii. and Mary .lane, iiiar- lied. V. T. Van Fleet, after graduating fnnii the pul)lic schools, at the age of sixteen, was offered and accepted a position as clerk in a store at South Branch, New Jersey, and remained there three years. From there he went to Flemington, New Jersey, where he occupied a similar posi- tion in a store for one year, at the end of which time he entered into the clothing business with his present partner at New- ark. From thence he came to Somer- ville, and continued in the same line of liusiness ft)r lour 3ears. He then engaged in the carriage and harness business under the firm name of Ballantine & Van Fleet, and so successfully has this business been 49 carried on, Avith so much wisdom, energy and .sound business judgment, that it is to-day the largest business of its kind in the state; the firm constantly carrying a stock of between three and four hundred wagons. Mr. Van Fleet is a political worker on the republican side, and a member of the Second Reformed church. His marriage has been blessed with three children : Bertha T., deceased ; IManche H., and Earl. TA.MES FAY is a prominent business '-' nuin of Elberon, New Jersey, and was born at Trenton, this state, June 1 1. 1841. James Fay attended the com- mon schools of Manchester, New Jerse\'. He learned telegraphy, and was then em- ployed in a telegra[)h office of the New Jersey Southern Railroad Co. He subse- (piently became a correspondent of the New York //e/v/A/, Phila(k'l[:hia fiH/nirer, Philadel[)hia Ereiiin;/ Tth cliapter at IJahway ; a member of the Scottish Kite at Jersey City, and the Mystic Shrine, Mecca Temple, New York Mr. Schoder was married in 1850, to Mary Antoinette Jaecpies, of Woodbridge, and to their marria<;;e have been born : Barron .1.. married to Mary Ruhl, now residing in New York city; and Fan- nie .!., married to a .Mr. Teed, (>!' Los An-eles, Tal. G 1 l-:OU(;i-: RODICR is a typical repre- and prosperous German element which has contributed so much to the develop- ment and strength of oui' re[)iilili«'. lb- was born in the CJerman empire — one of the five great nations of the world — No- vember, 1838. His education was ac- quired in the common schools of his native country, where he grew to man- hood. At the age of twenty he left tlic fatherland to seek a home in the new world, which seemed to ofl'er better op- portunities for the ambitious youth. He landed at the port of New York on Oct. 25, 1858, and immediately set out to find employment. Later he located at Mill- town, Monmouth county, New Jei-sey, which has since been his home. Here he found employment in the Milltown Rub- ber factory until the breaking out of the late war. Thoroughly Americanized and imbued with patriotic sentiments, he en- listed in the defence of " Old Olory." He enlisted Sept. 4, 1801, and served to the close of the war. After his return from the war he worked in the rubber factory until 1871, when he engaged in merchan- dising at Milltown, in which he has met with uniform success. He is a democrat, active and influential in the councils of his party. He was appointed postmaster of .Milltown under President Cleveland's .second adniinistratiim, and is now satis- factorily filling that oflice. Fraternally he is a member of Lodge No. 71, I. 0. 0. F., at New Brunswick, this state, and is closelv and actively identified with two benevolent societies, one at Milltown and 938 Biographical Sketches. tlie other at South River, New Jersey. He is a member of the German Reformed church at Milltovvn, and is a regular at- tendant and a con.sistont christian. His marriage with Elizal)eth Kohleft' was celebrated April 22, 1866, and they are the parents of six children : Katie, May, Carrie, Charles, Lizzie, and Philip. TDEV. FRANK C. COLBY, pastor of the -L*' Baptist church at Atlantic High- lands, New Jersey, is a son of Colonel N. T. (a distinguished volunteer officer in the late war) and Mary E. (Chase) Colby, and was born in New York. The paternal ancestry of the Colbys is of Puritan stock, from Massachusetts, and our subject is a lineal descendant of Governor Anthony, of the same state. Col. N. T. Colby (father) was transporta- tion manager for the Erie railroad. He was a member of Company B., New York State militia, serving as first lieutenant of his company. When the war broke out he enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventh New York infantry, and was commissioned captain of the company, and assigned to the army of the Potomac. Capt. Colby won special distinction as a volunteer officer, and was brevetted lieu- tenant-colonel. At the close of the war he retired to civil life, and located at Philadelphia, where he became paying- teller of the Commercial National bank, and for some years held the position as examiner for the Pension Bureau there. Politically, he is an ardent republican, and an active worker in party affiiirs. He at present is inspector of department ofpuljlic works at New York city. Col. Colby has always been closely identified witli the Ba[)tist church, and is a strong supporter of its doctrines and material interests. He married Miss Mary E. Chase, and their children are as follows : Fred. L., Frank C, Walter W., and Jeanette (now Mrs. Jas. Fronheiser). Frank C. Colb\' spent his early life in New York state, and was educated in the public schools and an academy. He served three years in the United States navy as a junior signal officer on the man-of-war " Brooklyn," and later was employed in a mercantile house at Phila^ delphia. He afterwards became a ship- [)ing clerk at Lambertville, New Jersey, until 1879, when he began his career as a local preacher. He served a congrega- tion at Point Pleasant, Bucks county. Pa., and continued to preach for two years, and in 1881 entered the Crozier seminary, at Chester, Pa., completing the prescribed theological course in 1883, when he was called to fill the pulpit of the Calvary Baptist church. Fifth and Carpenter streets, at Philadelphia. Rev. Colby labored here with marked success until 1886, when he received and accepted a call from the First Baptist church of .•Vsbury Park, New Jer.sey. In -October, 189.S, Rev. Colby was called upon to organize the Central Baptist church of Atlantic Highlands. During this brief period a line edifice and church property, worth $20,000, has become the home of this once small congregation, and the membership has since grown beyond the highest expectations. Li political affiiirs Rev. Colby is independent, and figures locally as a reformer, h.aving stumped tiie district for reform at one time. In connection with his ministerial and pas- toral duties, he is deeply interested in the fishing settlement at Sandy Hook, where he officiates as chaplain of the mission. He married Miss Eliza R. Smith, of Philadelphia, and to them have been %{:m^ J^^^-^z^k^ ^•<9. ^ BlOGRAPIIICAI, vSkETCIIKS. 041 horn a family of live children : Ilowanl M., Ucna 13., Mary, Frank, and Paul. HARVEY IREDKL, D. D. S., a moni- bor of the lirni of Hull & Iredtd. wiio rank among the leading dentists in the state of New Jersey, is one of the most popular and successful citizens of New IJrunswick. He is the son of James P. and Sarah (Watson) Iredel. and was born in 1850. Elisha Iredel, paternal grandfnther. followed butchering and tailoring, respec- tively, until he retired. In politics he was a republican, and in church belief a mem- ber of the Society of Friends. His chil- dren were : Anna (Mrs. Joseph Webster). Sarah Ann. Henrietta, Mar\' Elizabeth, and James P. James P. Iredel (father) attended the common .schools, and afterwards fitted him- self for teaching, which profession he fol- lowed for .some time. He then engaged in the manufacture of shoes at Trenton. New Jersey, where he is still engaged in a very profitable business. He married Miss Sarah Watson, and this union has resulted in the birth of one son, Ilarvej-. and one daughter, Ella, now Mrs. Wm. T. Wykoff. Politically he is a repub- lican. Harvey Iredel attended the common schools of his native town, and entered the High School of Philadelphia, where lie remained until sixteen years of age. when he entered the employ of his uncle, and learned the trade of cutting uppers for shoes. He subsequently entered the Philadelphia Dental College, graduating in the class of 1880. In July of the same year he came to New Brunswick and assisted Dr. Palmer, and continued with him for the eight ensuing vears, when he [)urchased Dr. Palmer's prac- tice, and immediately formed a partnei-- ship with Dr. H. If. Ilidl. under tlir style of Drs. Hull & Iredel. 'I'his firm liiis ;iii immense prtactice, and :ire in the Iront rank of the profession in this country. He has recently been elected president of the New Jersey State Den- t:d Association. ;ind is also president of the New Jerse}' Central Dental Society. He is widely known in fraternal circles, and is a ver}' popular memlier of the Masonic Lodge of New Brunswick, in which he has pa.ssed the thirty-second de- gree ; he is also past master of the Blue Lodge (masonic), a brother in the Koyal Arcanum of New Brunswick, and a member of the New Brunswick Cerman Club, a social organization. In his politi- cal opinions Dr. Iredel is a staunch re- publican. In religious doctrine and as- .sociations he is an episcopalian, and has been actively engaged in the work of the church and Sunday-school, of which he served as superintendent for several years. On June 20. 1882, Dr. Iredel wedded Mary Anna Williams, and they have reared a family of three children : Alma II., Russell Walter, and Albert W. Dr. Iredel is a public-spirited and useful citizen, and lias earned an enviable repu- tation. T3ETER ('. OSBORX, a noted horseman ^ anil trainer of horses at New Mar- ket, New Jersey, is a son of John B. and Rachel (Clark.son) Osborn, and was horn Oct. 4, 1842, in West Dunellen, on the road leading to \ewtown, and is of Eng- lish descent. His paternal grandfather, William Osborn, resided at Scotch Plains during the greater portion of his life, and was a soldier during the Revolutionary war, and fought on the side of the Colo- 942 Biographical Sketches. iiic's. Ill politics he was a democrat. His children were : Mary, Adair, Eliza, Lambert and Haggart. John B. Osborii, during the greater portion of his life, was a somewhat exten- sive manufacturer of cider in Piscata^ way township. He v/as a member oi" the Democratic party. His children were : Mary, married to Jacob Seton ; Peter C, William D., Eliza, Hires and John B. Peter C. Osborn attended the conimon schools of his native place until he was fourteen years of age, when he engaged in farming. He passed several years at this occu^^ation, and in 1871 entered into the business of training horses for the track. He has a farm ])roperty of about seventy-five acres in J^iscataway town- ship, about one mile from New Market, fitted up with the necessary stabling con- veniences and a half-mile track for speed- ing purposes. Here he generally has on hand about twelve head of horses, sent to him from various parts of the country to be trained. He enjoys a high I'eputation as a careful, conscientious and successful trainer, and his business is a steadily profitable one. He is a member of the Democratic i)arty and has been twice married, his first wife having been Etta Blair. She died in May, 1885. To their marriage was born one daughter, Etta, who died in infancy. He married Ida Fulton in 18S7, and their marriage has been blessed with one child, Leo. C. nV/TILLAKD F. JUKI), a well-known -'^ ^ provision merchant, and a promi- nent citizen of Asbury Park, Ni'w Jer- sey, is a son of James H. and Sarah H. (Githens) Bird, and was born in New York city, N. Y., June 2, 1858. James Bird, paternal grandfather, came to New Y'ork city from Carlisle, England, when quite a young man, where he be- came a policeman. In politics he was a republican, and, though at first an epis- copalian, later became a methodist. His children were : Isaac and James H. James H. Bird (father) was born in New Y^ork city, and finally learned the trade of stone-cutting. Among the man}- evidences of his mechanical ability and aitistic power may be noticed a handsome slate frame (now in possession of our subject) witli tlic father's picture in the side, and the following are some of his work: the brown-stone stoop in front of the old Havemeyer homestead, and the pillars in front of Judge Hilton's house. Mr. Bird purchased tlie Knickerbocker market (established 1840) in 1801, and shortly after went into the army, enlist- ing in the Twelfth New York volunteers. After his return from the sci'iies of war, Mr. Bird resumed his former business, and continued the same with much suc- cess until 1882, when he came to Asbury Park, New Jersey, and estabjished a butchering business until October, 1895, when he sold out to his son, Millard. He has been president of the Asbury Park board of trade lor eight years, is a prom- inent member of the C. K. Hall Post, No. 41, G. A. R., and is past senior vice- commander, department of New ,Jerse\'. He has also been prominently identified with the city fire department, having been twice unanimously chosen chief. Politically he is a democrat. He is a member of the Episcopal church, and is among the leading s|)irits in the Glen- wood Lodge, No. 4G7 (nuisonic), and the Adelphia Chapter, Corscm Commandery. Mr. Bird also belongs to tlu' Old (iuard Association of the Twelfth Regiment, Biographical vSketches. 043 New York. lie was uiiiteil in inarriagi" to Miss Sarah II. (litlioiis. and tliev have two sons and one ihiughter: MiUard F.. John T., a physician in New York, and Carrie K. MiUard F. Wivd attended a private school, tlieii a grammar school, finally Trinity i'arochial School. Leaving .school he entered the employ oi' his lather, with whom he remained nntil 1888, he was then with tlie Monmontli Trnst and Sale Deposit Co. of Ashury Park tor t'onr years, and in 1892 went to New York to work lor a retail provision Iionse. liiiter he engaged in the wholesale provision bus- iness, and in 1895 purchased his lather's established trade and stock, and has since continued the same. He is a democrat, and an active member of the Episcopal church. .Mr. Bird is a member in good standing of tlie Royal Arcanum, and is a past regent, and was formerly an Elk. lie is a mendjer of Neptune engine com- pany. No. 2. of the Asbury Park fire de- partment, and for several years was a member of Company B, Twenty-second regiment, N. G. N. Y. lie married Miss Enniia Lommeir, and their children are : Sarah. Elizabeth M.. Grace Johnson, Frederick James, and Hannah Morlbrd. r<^HN EKII.Virr, the [x.pular and emi- '^ nently successful grocer of James- l)urg, is the son of Hezekiah Davidson Erliart. and was born near Jamesbnrg. Dec. 2(1, 18.')1. The Erhart family are of (Jerman extraction on the father's side, and the sterling qualities of honesty, in- dustry, perseverance and thrift have been ininded down from generation to genera- tion, and truly in a large measure to the suljject of this sketch. Grandfather Jonathan Erhart received the usual educational privileges accorded to the hoy of his remote era, and took [)art in the stirring events of his youth by serving as a teamster in the war of 1812. He was a member of the Episco- pal church, and married a Miss Silice-bo3' in New York city, which he retained for five years. He later accepted a position as assistant general bookkeeper with the Central Railroad Co. of New Jersey, which position he now holds. He founded the Weekly Call at Dunellen, which, under his energetic and intelligent man- agement, is rapidly .securing a reputation as a first-class weekly news|)ai)er. Mr. Lowrie is a republican in politics, ami since 1894 has been district clerk of the board of public works. He is a member of the Baptist church, and for three years was one of its trustees. He was married to Bertha Hosina Close, in December. 1SS5, and to their marriage have been born three children : Robert, Susan, and G. Elston, Jr. T W. BALLAXTINE, an extensive car- ^ • riage manufacturer, and a promi- nent citizen and leading business man of Somerville, is a son of John J. and Cath- erini' iWillett) Ballantine, and was boi'n at Meudham. Morris county. New Jersev, Jan. 15, 1834. He received his education in the Mend- ham academy and select school. He gave up school when he was fifteen years old, and became a clerk in his father's store until becoming of age. He then clerked in a wholesale dry-goods house in New York city; he subsequently re- turned, and lor nine years was associated with James Ander.son in mercantile lousi- ness at Meudham, Morris county. New Jersey. He served as surrogate of Mor- ris county from 1862 to 1872, and the latter year was elected mayor of Morris- town, serving 1872-73. In 1874 he en- gaged in the wholesale and retail clothing business at Newark, and continued until 1882, when he became interested in a clothing store at Somerville, with which he remained actively identified until 1888, and which he still owns, but has since been conducted by his son, John J. In the latter year he purchased the inter- est of H. G. Prall, of the firm of Prall & Van Fleit, carriage dealers and manufac- turers at Somerville. In 1892 the pres- ent association of Ballantine & Van Fleit, carriage manufacturing company, was incorporated. Mr. Ballantine is president of the company. They manufacture and handle all kinds of wagons and carriages. Mr. Ballantine is a director in the First National Bank of Bound Brook, and in 1884 purchased a forty-acre pine- apple plantation in Brevard count}', Flor- ida, where he has since been spending his winters in the diversion of fruit-grow- ing. Politically he is a democrat, an enthusiastic political worker, and promi- nent in the local councils of his party. Religiously he is a member of the Epis- copal church, and for .several ^ears .«erved as a vestrynum at Somerville. Frater- nally he is a inendfl?r of Solomon's Lodge, F. and A. M., at Somerville. On Sept. 3, 1854, he married Adaline P., a daughter of Judge Samuel 0. Bryant, who for sevei'al years was president judge 948 BioGRAPHicAi. Sketches. of Morris Co., New Jersey. Their chil- dren are as follows : Elizabeth, the wife of J. B. Betz; Mary, the Avife of J. F. Lec-oq ; Helen, and John J., who mar- ried Jnlia Davenport, and who reside at Somerville. The story of the life and success of Mr. Ballantine, thus briefly epitomized in the above, is a revelation of possibilities open to industry, ability, and proper business methods, which seem to stand as the touchstones to his success. As a business man he is possessed of rare good judgment and of the utmost relia- bility, while as a citizen of the community in which he resides he is popular and stands deservedly high, and is regarded as one of Somerset county's most sub- stantial men. The name is of Scotch origin and or- thography, John Ballantine (grandlather) was driven from his natal city of Belfast during the Scotch rebelHon, and then lo(;ated at Londonderry, Ireland, where he resided until his death. He was an agriculturalist, and a member of the Epi.scopal church. His children were: Jolm J. (I'iitlier); Willinm, Samuel, Sa- rah, and Jane. John J. Ballantine (father) received a superior education in the free schools of Ireland. At the age of twenty-two years he came to this country, locating at Philadelphia; thence located at Pluck- aniiu, Somerset county, New Jersey, and subsequently removed to Mendham, Mor- ris county, where he died. He was one of the few early prolessional teachers. He was a proficient teacher, and became possessed of superior educational attain- ments and intelligence. Latterly, at Mendham, he was engaged in the mer- cantile business, and served as postmaster at that place many years, and one term as county collector, besides other local offices. He was a mason, and a member and trustee of the Presbyterian church. He was the father of the following chil- dren : Mary Hilliard, Jane Cramer, Nan- cy Pitney, J. W., William and John C. ly/TICHAEL QUIRK, a prosperous plum- -'--*- ber and president, and superin- tendent, of the Hollywood Hotel, at West Long Branch, Monmouth countj-, New Jersey, is a son of Martin and Bridget (Nolan) Quirk, and was born Sept. 6, 1857, at West Long Branch. The family is of Irish origin. Martin Quirk was born in Kings county, Ireland, and emigrated to this country some years ago. In politics he was a democrat, and in religion a member, and trustee for thi'ee years, of the Catholic church. He was married to Bridget Nolan, who still survives, residing at West Long Branch. He was the father of seven children : Mary Ann, William, deceased : John, Kate, Ellen, Patrick, and Michael. Michael Quirk attended the connnon schools until he was thirteen years of age, when he was put to work as a com- mon laboi'er. He then learned the trade of a plumber, and is at present engaged in that business at Long Brgnch, New Jersey, which has grown, year by year, . under Mr. Quirk's good management, and is prospering in ever}' way. He is an active member and trustee of the Roman Catholic church. ''PlIEUDOltE A. WOOD, a highly pro.x- -^ perous farmer of Raritan townshij), a justice of the pence of Metuchen, and one of the leading citizens of that town, is a son of Daniel and Adeline (Rich) Wood, and was born July 30, 1832, at New York city. He was educated in the Biographical Sketches. asi QutikiT schools of New York. He was among the first to answer Lincoln's call lor volunteers, enlisting in the First Min- nesota regiment, eoinnumded by (-'ol. W. A. Gorman, and going into the service in the army ol' the Potomac in May, 18G1. His first term ol' service was three years, at the end of which time he re-enlist«d and served a year and seven months longer, thus participating in active dut}' during the entire war. He was engaged at the first battle of Bull Run, at Ball's Blair, Winchester, all through the Penin- sular campaign and the Seven Days" Fight,at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chan- cellorsville, South Mountain, second Bull Run, Ciettysburg and Mine Run. He was quartermaster sergeant of the regi- ment, and served as dispatch-carrier dur- ing the battle of Antietam. After the war Mr. ^yood settled upon his present finely-located and fertile farm of one hun- dred and sixty-five acres in Raritan town- sliip. New Jersey, which he has operated successfull}- ever since. He has alwa^'s lieen a staunch democrat in politics. In 1870 he was elected by that party as ju.s- tice of the peace of Metuchen, and has been continuously re-elected ever since. He was township assessor of Raritan township for eighteen years, has been a member of the township committee for the past four years, and township clerk for two years. He is a member of St. liuke's Protestant Episcopal church of Metuchen, has been a warden for a num- ber of years, and has always been closely identified with eluuvh all'airs. Mr. Wood has l)een twice married, his first wife hav- ing been Miss Anna A. Edgar, a daugh- ter of Thomas Edgar, of Raritan town- ship, to whom he was wedded in 1864, and who died in 1880, after having borne him two children : Anne E. and Theo- dore E., both of whom reside in New York city. His second wife was Miss Margaret Josephine Brewster, whom he nuirried in June, 1800. For over a quar- ter of a century Mr. Wood has been one of the best-known and most infiuential men in Raritan township. Mr. Wood is of Scotch descent on his father's side and French on his mother's. His pateriKil grandfather, John Wood, was a wealthy wholesale Hour merchant in New York city, owned a number of ships, and conducted a prosperous busi- ness to the time of his death. He was a whig in politics, a quaker in religious al- fdiations. His children were ten in num- ber : Daniel, David, Henry, John, Ste- phen, Edward, Charles, (Jeorgc, Eliza- beth and Mary. Daniel Wood (father) was born in New York city in 1812, where he was well educated in the public schools. He studied law and subsequently located ill the state of Wi.sconsin, where he prac- ticed for a time and afterwards served as judge for si.x 3'ears. He then went to Nebraska and established a large lumber business. In politics he was a whig until 1855, when he became a democrat. In early life his religious views were with the quakers, but he afterwards be- came a methodist, and was instrumental in building and supporting five churches of that denomination. He was the father of nine children : John H., Theodore A., Stephen, Anna. Emily. Martha, Gertrude, Caroline and Frank. Xp H. WILCOX, the ellicient superin- -^-^' tendent and treasurer of the United Ice Co. of Asbury Park, Monmouth county, New Jersey, was born, August 23, 1844, at Rahway, New Jersey. 952 Biographical Sketches. E. AVilcox (father) was the owuer of a good farm of one hundred and ten acres, situated between Rahvvay and WestfieUl, New Jersey, to the cultivation of which he devoted a busy life, and was fairly prosperous. In politics he was a demo- crat, and in religion he was a member of the Presbyterian church. His marriage to Mary Drummond, Avho deceased in 1845, resulted in the birth of si.x chil- dren : Emily, Matilda, Mary, John, Dan- iel, and E. H. E. H. Wilcox attended the public school for several years, and subsequentl}' entered Freehold Institute, where he was preparing for a liberal education. At this period unforeseen events arose to in- terfere with his plans, and it became nec- essary that he should earn a livelihood. He left his uncompleted studies, and for \ several years drifted hither and thither, i employed in but contingent labor. In 1865, subsequent to his marriage with Annie E. Quinby, Mr. Wilcox returned to Railway, and engaged in farming for a twelvemonth. The succeeding year was occupied by him in the tillage of bis father- in-law's farm. He then purchased a tract of land at Trenton Falls, New Jer- ! sey, and for the ensuing ten years was engaged in agriculture. Later he formed a partnership, and engaged in the ice manufacturing business at Asbury Park, ' conducting for eight years a very profit- able Ijusiness. The partnershii) was dis- solved later, Mr. Wilcox assuming the t)wnershii) and control of the ice busi- ness. After successfully maintaining the sole management of his constantly in- creasing trade, during a period of seven j years, he projected what is now known as the United Ice company of Asbury Park, in which he took a large number of the shares of its capital stock. He, at its organization, was elected treasurer and supei-intendent of the company. Under the capable management of Mr. Wilcox the company's business has grown to large proportions. /CHARLES WHITEHEAD, at the head ^ of the Whitehead Sand and Clay Co., of South River, the largest concern of its kind in the United States, and who is one of the best known and most in- lluential men of Middlesex count}-, is a son of Samuel Whitehead, and was born July 8, 1826, at South River, then called Washington. He is descended from an English family, well known in Lanca- shire, England, for three or I'our genera- tions. His father, Samuel Whitehead, the founder of the present business of this company, spent his early life in Lan- cashire, where he received a common- school education. He came to America, and located at Dunham's Corners, four miles from South River, where he pur- chased a tract of three hundred acres, and engaged in farming and fruit-grow- ing, combined with the nursery Ijusiness. About 1860 he began the digging and shipping of sand and cla}-, being one of tiie pioneers in this traffic in Middlesex county. He was also the founder of the Willits brick-yard, now operated b}' his son-in-law, Tlieodore Willits. In politics he is an old-line whig and republican, and active in party work, although not a seeker after office. His children were : Charles, our subject ; William, James, de- ceased ; John, Anna Maria, Sarah Jane, Isabella, deceased ; and Samuel. Mr. Whitehead, Sr., was one of the most notable men of Middlesex county. He was well known for his interest in chari- table organizations, and for his active Biographical Skktcuks. 955 financial support of churches irrespective of creed. He died in 187G. Charli's Whitehead received a limited education in the district schools of South River, and in private and night schools. He worked on his father's farm at Dun- hums Corners, and also assisted him in tlie sand and clay husiness until 1870, wiien, upon his fathers death, he assumed control of his all'airs. In ISU'i he as.so- ciated his hrothers, William, John, and Samuel, with him, and tiiey formed the present stock concern, known as the Whiteiiead Sand and Clay Co., the stock of wiiich is entirely held hy the family-. The business has grown to such an extent that it now penetrates into every state in the country. The company's sand pits are at North River, N. Y. ; its clay banks are locati^'d in various parts of New Jer- sey. Mr. Whitehead is a republican in politics, and a vahialile contributor to the success ol' that party in his congres- sional district. He was chairman of the republican executive committee of South River and East Brunswick townshi|) lor a nundjei' ol' years. He is one of the charter members and a past ollicer of Lodge No. 28, Knights of Pythias, ol" South River, of which he was trustee for two years. He resides in South River. On Feb. 21. 1851, Mr. Wliitehead was married to Miss Jennie Couzens, and they have five children : Samuel H.. Charles. Jr., Lavinia, wife of Samuel (lordon ; George, deceased at the age of eighteen years; and Edward. Mr. Whitelu'ad. like his father, is one of the most promi- nent business men and inlluential citizens of Middlesex countv. TpRANCIS WHITE, a dealer in real -*- estate, and a prominent citizen of Red Bank, Monmouth county. New Jer- 50 sey, is a son of Fraiu-isco and Mary (Maglies) White, and was born Oct. I'j. IS.;;;. The family is of English origin. Nor- man White (grandfatiier) was born in Kent county, England, where he obtained his education and successfully prosecuted his calling as an architect. He was a member of the Catholii' church. His son, Francisco White, father ol" sid)ject, was born in Kent county, and acquired a comnuui-school education. He was a man of studious habits and a great reader of l)Ooks, and at an early age developed a taste for military pursuits, which eventuated in his enlisting as a soldier in the French army. He emi- grated to America, locating temporarily in Charleston, removing thence to Hart- ford, Conn., where he joined the French colony of that city. After a time he moved to Stockbridge, Mass., making that place his permanent residence, and [)ursued the avocation of architect ami civil engineer. He was a member of the Catholic church, and, politically, was an nld-linc whig. He was the father of three children : Francis, Marie Louise (Mrs. Charles Piatt), and Theodore, de- ceased. He died in 18^]8, his widow sur- viving until 1887. Francis White received a conunon- school education. He was substMpiently sent to St. Marys Convent in New York tor a time, and later attended a public school in that city for three years. After leaving there he received private tute- lage for eighteen months from Professor James, iormerly of London, England. Mr. White opened a book-store on Dock street, Philadelphia, in 1854, but con- tinued in that business only six months. He returned to New York, finding em- l)loynient with William Hadden, a gold- 956 Biographical Sketches. leaf iiiaimt'acturer, whose daughter he siibsc'ciiR'iitly married. He then em- barked ill the grocery business on his own aoc'ount, on Grand street, New York city, for a year, and then resumed tlie making of gold leaf. He was employed during the war on Wall street, New York city, as an expert in the gold room, retiring thence to resume his old-time business of gold-beating. From 1886 to 1888 he was traveling manager of the Fisk Jubilee Club, after which he re- sumed his old trade for several years. He entered the real-estate business in 1895 at Red Bank, which proved a verj- successful undertaking. He owns a beau- tiful home in that town on the banks of the Shrewsbury river. He has been an active christian for many years, being a member and trustee of the Bap- tist church at Red Bank, and politically he is a republican, and served as commis- sioner of Red Baidv in 1892. He is a jiiember of tiie Free and Accepted Ma- sons of that town. Mr. White was nnirried Oct. 21, 1855, to Elizabeth B. Hadden, of New York city, by whom he had eight children : Walter, deceased; William H., deceased: (lertrude, now Mrs. John Bray; William H., Clarence, Everett, decea.sed ; Eveline and Mav Louise. TTARRY WAKDELL, of the United Ice -*— ^ Co. of Asbur}- Park, Monmouth county, New Jerse}-, is a son of Henry H. and Elizabeth Corlies (Borden) War- dell, a daughter of Thomas F. Borden, formerly of Hathaway inn, later oi Eatontown, New Jeisey, and was born, March 19, 1854, at Darlington, New Jersey. The Wardell family for man}- years li:i< been iiitiuiatelv identified with east central New Jersey, and at one time owned the whole of that now thickly populated stretch of land from Long IJranch to Sandy Hook. It was within tliat area, at Monmouth Beach, that Ben- jiunin Wardell, the great-grandfather, lived and died a successful farmer, and it was by a maternal ancestral connection of the family of Wai'dclls, one Richard Hartshorn, who married a Borden, that the United States were presented with a deed of gift of the property it possesses at Sandy Hook. The original deed, dated June 17, 1817, conveying these valuable lands to the government, is now in the possession of Ilarr}' Wardell. Benjamin Wardell became the father of five children : Sallie, who married Gabriel West, of Eatontown, New Jersey ; De- borah, who married Jacob Herbert ; ("bark's. Robert, and Harry. (Jrandfather Wardell, son of Benjamin, was born on the homestead at Monmouth Beach, and received a sound education. He was an influential man in his com- munity, a prominent politician of the old whig school, and potential in local af- fairs. His chief occupation was larming, l)ut he was the originator of wrecking operations on the Jersey coast, and in- vented, patented and owned the lirst ma- rine life-saving car. In local aflairs he served for thirty-three years as assessor of Ocean township. In religion he was a member of the Protestant Episcopal church, after seceding from the quakers, and was an active, charitable christian. I lis children were: Sarah A., who mar- ried Henry Ilowland ; Edward, residing at Long Branch ; Eliza, decea.sed ; Henry II., deceased in 1885; Herbert, residing at Port-au Peck, Long Branch ; and Josephine, who married William T. Cor- lies, of Red Bank, New Jersey. Biographical Sketches. 957 Homy II. Wardoll was horn on the homestead lUnn, Dec. 5, 1828, and re- ceived a liheral education. He became a I'armer at Long Branch, and for man} years was a contractor and huihler ol" roads. lie served most acceptably I'oi- one year as collector of Ocean townslii[). In spiritual matters he was a member ol the Protestant p]piscopal church, and led a life of purity and honesty. He was married to Elizabeth Corlies Borden, who survived him, aged sixty-four years, and resides with her children. To their mar- riage were born : Harry, our suljject : Susan, married to George A. Smock, of Asbury Park; and Elizabeth, wife of W. G. Schenck, of Spring Lake. Harry Wardell attended the puldic .schools at Long Branch until arriving at the age of tburteen years, when he en- tered the grocery store of Thomas T. Williams, and remained as clerk for ;i year. He was assistant steward at the Howland House, Long Branch, during one season, and later wa.s engaged for a year in the furniture business. He was appointed deputy-postmaster at Long Branch, serving .seven years. He organ- ized the Jamesburg Ice Co., with offices at Asbury Park, and storage at James- burg, New Jersey, with which successful enterpri.se he still remains as superin- tendent. In 1892 he, together with E. II. Wilcox and G. II. Smock, organized the United Ice Co. of Asbury Park, a con- cern that has developed into one of the most succes.sful enterprises in that town. In politics he is a republican, but not an office-seeker ; in church matters he is a Baptist, and in society aflairs he is a member of the Royal Arcanum. Mr. Wardell was united in marriage. May 22, 1877, to Maggie W. Green, a daughter of Captain George H. Green, lesiding near Long Branch. To their union have been born four children : Sadie, George, Ed- ward Burden, and Hester De Graw. TDIIILIP 11. SCHLOSSER, the wiil- -'■- known general merchant at Mill- town, Middlesex county. New Jersey, is a son of Philip and i^lizabeth Kuhlthan Schlosser, and was born August 22, 18(33, in the town named. His lamily is ol' Franco-German origin, and down to his father's time its members were natives of the province of Alsace, a bone of much contention between France and German}- until June, 1871, when, by the treaty of Brus.sels, ratified after Sedan and the fall of Paris before the arms of Bismarck and Von Moltke, it was re-annexed to Ger- many. His paternal grandfather was a farmer and land-owner before coming to this country in 1853, and after that event he lived in comparative retirement at Milltown, New Jersey, until his death. He was the father of three children : Henry, Philip, deceased, and Jacob, also deceased. Philip Schlosser was born Sept. 28, 1827. He attended the public schools and adopted the trade of a tailor. In 1852 he came to the United States, settling in New Brunswick. In 185.3 he removed to Milltown, where he was en- gaged at manufacturing gum-boots in a rubber factory lor fifteen }ears. In 1868 he opened a general .store in that town, and continued in successful merchandis- ing until 1888, when he died. He was a republican, but not a politician, and was a member of the German Reformed church. His relict, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Kuhlthan, succeeded to his business and still remains in prosper- ous proprietorship. She is the mother of four children : Philip II.. George, Wil- liam and Magdalena. 958 BioGRAPHicAi. Sketches. Philip II. Schlosser attended the pub- lic school at Milltown until he was fif- teen years old, and acquired a good, sub- stantial English education. His tastes running to barter and trade, he elected to (juit school and become a clerk, in which ca[)acity he assisted his lather for ten years. He thus acquired a thorough business training and was liilly qualified when the elder Schlosser deceased, in 1888, to enter into a successful manage- ment of the affairs of the establishment for his mother. During the eight years he has been thus dutifully occupied he has extended the business considerably, and by judicious handling and the volun- tary iip[)lication of acconnnodating and obliging methods, enforced by the spur of competition, he has largely augmented the earning power of the capital em- ployed in his trade. Mr. Schlosser is a republican in political sentiment, and in religious faith indorses the doctrines ; of the Reformed church, of which he is a member at Milltown. He is a member of Wickatunk Tribe, No. 135, I. O. R. M., of which he has been a trustee ; a mem- ber of Rescue Council, No. 4, Sr. 0. U. A. M. and C. L. Walters Council, No. 178, Jr. (). U. A. M. JOHN M. LAIGHT, a prosperous manu- facturer of building materials at Asbury Park, Monmouth county, New Jersc}', is a son ol' Thomas and Mary E. (Ilaight) Laight, and was born Jan. 18, 1830, in New York city. He descends from Holland-Dutch stock, of a family remarkable for the longevity of its mem- bers, his grandmother living to see her one hundred and si.xteenth birthday, and his great-grandsire one hundred and one years. His name was Thomas, and he came to this county from Holland, and settled on Manhattan Island, where he purchased a farm of thirty-seven acres. Here he spent a busy life in successful agriculture, and at his death was buried in one of the old churchyards of that city. He left a daughter named Martha, and three sons. Great-grandliither Laight was born near Williams Bridge, on the Bronx, near Yonkers, New York. He received an education in the common schools, and his subsequent life-time occu- pation as a farmer was subjected to an interruption of eight years, 1775 to 1783, during which period he was engaged in the service of the Revolution. He died, leaving two sons; David, who became a farmer at Golden Bridge, New Y'ork, and John. John Laight (grandfather) was born in Westchester county. New Y'ork. He became a prosperous agriculturist. In politics he was known as a Clintonian, and in religion a methodist. He de- ceased, leaving two daughters, named Martha and Mary, and one son. named Thomas. Thomas Laight (fatherj was born on the Westchester farm^ and was educated in the common schools. After pursuing the avocation of a farmer, dur- ing several years, he removed to New York city and established himself in a conimission business until his death, in 18GG. In politics he was a democrat; in religious aliairs a methodist, and in fra- ternal union a mason. Ilis marriage to Mary E. Haight, who survixcd him three years, resulted in the biitli of tiiree chil- dren : (ieorge, John M., and Evelyn. Jt)lin M. Laight, after being educated in the public schools of New York city, accjuired the trade of a wood turner. Alter following for several years liis trade as jtjurne} man, he established his present large and prosperous factor}- at BiOGRAPiucAi, Sketches. 959 Ashiiry Park. He is engagcil in woixl tiiriiiiiji. mill-work, and housework of all kinds; fiirnislies building materials of every deseription, and is conducting a handsome Imsiness. He is calso a suc- ct'ssl'ul spccidator in houses and unim- proved ical-estate, and is interested he- sides in fisheries at Ashury Park. In politics lie is a democrat of liberal views, and in religion a member of the Metho- dist Episcopal church. He has been a fireman since he was fifteen 3ears of age ; was a member of the old volunteer fire reached the rank of major, was presimt at the siege of Fort Pulaski, Morris Island, Charleston harbor and at Hilton Head Island. He was twice wounded during the siege of Fort Wagner, remaining in a hospital four months, and again was wounded at Cold Harbor; sent at first to the hospital, thence to his home lor three months. He subsequently rejoined the army at Petersburg, Va., and was engaged in all the battles from the Wilderness to Richmond. He was wounded for the fourth time during the attack on Fort Fisher, N. C, and did not recover in time for further active service. Major Lippincott, in Virginia, served in the commands of Generals Sherman, Mitchell, Hunter and Sti'ong at various times ; and in the regular-s, which he joined June 1, 1864, he was with Gen- eral Grant. After the war Major Lip- pincott returned home, and lor some time was engaged as a jobber in fruit at Phila- delphia. In 1880 he became a house- building contractor, and has continued up to the present time at Asbury Park in successful business. In religion Major Lippincott is an active member of the Presbyterian cIuutIi at Asbury Park, of which he has been an elder for many years, and in politics a republican. He was married, April 16, 1868, to Anna Clark. Mrs. Lippincott deceased April 8, 1894, leaving one son, Walter ('., an expert mechanic and foreman of his father's establishment at Asbury Park. Major Lippincott, the old-time brave and gallant soldier, now the practical, pros- perous num of business, is es[)ecially en- dowed with all the (puilities that consti- tute a successful builder. WILLIAM KNIGHT, M.l)., a success- ful practitioner of medicine, now located at South River, Middlesex county. New Jersey, and a man prominent in masonic and other secret society circles, is a son of Joseph and Rachel (Davis) Knight, and was born at Montgcjmer}- ville, Montgomery county, Pa., on Nov. o, 1847. The family is of English origin, its ancestors fu'st .settling in New York and Pliiladelphia. Dr. Knight acquired his earlier education in the district schools of Montgomery county, and then found employment as a teacher in a school in Richland township, Bucks county, Pa., for one year, wlien he entered the phar- Biographical Sketches. 963 macy of" Drs. Thomas & LiiKU'riiiaii, at Qiiakertowii, that i'()iiiit\ . as ilnm- ck'rk, for two 3'(.'ars. Il<' then nixMicd a diiiii store in North Walrs in his native cuiiiity, but sold out, at tlu' cud of a year, to Dr. 13. K. Johnson, witli wiioni he remained lor a time, lio\vt'\tr. lor the study ol medicine. lie next graduated from the University of I'fiinsylvaiiia, in the class of 1871, and located at Lebanon, Hunter- don county, New Jersey. In November of the same year he went to Annandale, where he remained for seven years. In tiic spring ol' ISHo he cawiv tn Snutii liiver. In |)()litics lie is a stauncli ic- publican, and a presbyterian in religious faith, being a member of the presbyterian church at Clinton. lie has always been an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of secret and beneficial societies, being a member of Stewart Lodge, No. 34, Free and Accepted iMasous, at Clinton, New Jersey, and past officer of that lodge; past grand ofCapoolong Lodge, Nt). 185. I. (). O. F., at Clinton ; past chancellor of Star Lodge, No. 113, K. of P., at Clin- ton ; and is past district deputy of the two latter orders. He is a charter member of Crescent Lodge, K. of P., at Flemington, New Jersey, as well as of Star Lodge, K. of P., at Clinton. In 1872 he was married to Matilda Krymer. a daughter of I). G. Krymer, residing at Annandale, their union being blesseL,a retired manufac- turer, and a prominent citi/en of Long Branch, traces his ancestry back to the lieather of the Scottish Highlands, that centuries since rang with the slogans of the Campbell clans. Representatives of this historic family emigrated from Scotland and settled in New Jer.sey. and family records show that John Campljell, the great-grandfather of our suliject, was born in Monmouth county. New Jersey, Nov. 0, 1719. He was a farmer by occu- pation, and a member of the Dutch Re- formed church. His wife's maiden name was Rachael W., a daughter of George 966 Biographical Sketches. and Sarah Walker. Their family of children were as follows : George, born Jan. 7, 1778, died Sept. 22, 1798; John, born Feb. 5, 1750, died March 28, 1783; Duncan, born April IG, 1763, died Jan. 12, 1813; Ellen, born Dec. U, 1755, died 1774; Elizabeth, born Jan., 175S, died Sept., 1760. John Campbell died May 10, 1761, while his wife survived hini until May 7, 1805. William Campbell (grandfather) was born near Freehold, New Jersey, Jan. 20, 1765. He was educated in the com- mon schools, and began life as a farmer, continuing until his decease. He served in the Revolutionary war, was wounded, and received a pension. He was a whig politically. His children were: John, born June 1, 1788; (Jeorge, born May 17, 1791 ; Eachael, born Aug. 20, 1793; Thomas, born Jan. 14, 1795; Nancy, born Nov. 4, 1798; William, born Aug. 30,1800; Henry, born May 20, 1805; Caroline, born April 19, 1808; and Rue, born April 2, 1813. Rue Campbell (father) was born at Freehold, New Jersey. He became a farmer. He adopted the principles of the Republican party, and was an active worker in the Dutch Reformed church. His children consisted of seven sons and two daughters : Tiiomas, James, Han- nah, deceased ; Tennis, decea,sed ; Mar- garet, deceased ; John, Peter, Rue and William, all of whom are deceased. James Campbell is a son of Rue and Deborah Campbell, and was born in Shrewsbury township, Monmouth county, New Jerse}', Sept. 14, 1843. Upon leav- ing the common schools, he worked in a country store at Phalanx, New Jerse}', until i'ourteen years of age. He then learned the blacksmith's trade. He served in the late Rebellion, enlisting for nine months in the Twenty-ninth New Jersey volunteers, and was nuistered out July 5, 1862. He then went to Wash- ington and re-enlisted, and remained in the service one year and seven months longer. He took part in the bloody and hard-fought battles of Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg. Receiving an hon- orable discharge, he went to New York city, and later to Brooklyn, where he worked at blacksmithing for one year, and then established a business on his own account in the same city, where he afterwards became engaged in the nninu- facture of trucks. This venture proved very successful, and he continued for twenty-two years, retiring and removing to Long Branch in 1890. In political opinion and practice he is an active re- publican, and for two years was connnis- sioner of Long Branch. He belongs to the following fraternal societies : the Ma- sonic Order, in whicii he has held vari- ous offices; L 0. 0. F., Sr. 0. U. A. M., and G. A. R. Post of Long Branch, of which he has been commander for the past three years. Mr. Campbell is a liard worker in Grand Army circles, and one of the pillars of his post. On Dec. 30, 1868, James Campbell married Eliza Ann King, and to tiiem have been born the following children : p]zekiel, deceased ; Ann. James, deceased; Ada, William and James. FT 1'. lUJNYON, |)resident of the Dry '^ ^* Dock Co. and one of the most prominent and inlluential citizens of Perth Andjoy, was born at New Bruns- wick, New Jersey, Dec. 3, 1861, and is a s(ni of John and Anna (Beck) Runyon. Our subject's family is of French origin, the origimd American ancestors coming from France and settling in New Jersev. Biographical Sketches. 967 Vincent Runyon, paUTiial grandtatlicr, was burn in Now Brunswick, New .Jer- sey, and for the major i)art of his life I'ol- lowed tlie sliip-building business. lie was a democrat and a leading local poli- tician, and also a member of the Baptist cliuicli of New Brunswick. lie had a I'amily ofseven children : f]lizalH'tli. Mary, Lucy, Katharine, Amanda, Reuben and John. (Irandfather and giamlmnther Runyon are both ilead. John Runyon was I)orn at New Bruns- wick, Middlesex county. New Jersey, and alter attending the connnon schools of that city learned the trade of ship- building with his father and followed that many years. He was an active worker in the democratic lines. Mr. Runyon, 8r., up to the time of his death, which occurred July 1.3, 1891, was a member of the Methodist Episco- pal church. His children are : F. P., George D., J. B., Theodore V., Amanda (Mrs. (ieorge Outcalt), Mary F., and our subject, who, as will be seen above, is the " seventh son of the seventh son." H. P. Runyon first passed through the connnon .schools of his native place, then attended the college preparatory school, and in 1881 graduated" from a business college at Newark, New Jersey. He then went to New York city, where he remained five Aears, attaining marked and substantial success. Mr. Runyon then became interested as a stockholder and .secretaiy of the Perth Amboy Dry Docks at Perth Ambo}', New Jersey, and later he and his present partner pur- j chased the entire property and organized the company now doing business under the caption of the Perth Amboy Dry j Dock Co., of which he is president. Mr. Runyon and his colleague do a large and successful business. He is an ardent democrat and takes a keen interest in the political situation and the adminis- tration of public ailairs. He served as a member and .secretarv of the Ijoard of water commissioners. Fraternally .Mr. Runyon is a mason, being a member of the lodge at New Brunswick. He was married in .June, 18'J5, to Miss Katha- rine E. Hancock. TT 0. HOOT, the attentive and capable * *-• manager of the telephone ollice at New Brunswick, New Jersey, is a son of Marcus and Loretta (Kennedy) Root, and was born in Philadelphia, Pa., on Dec. 19, 185G. Moses Root, his grandfather, was an estimable and highly-respected farmer. He was a republican in politics, and in religious convictions a presby- terian, having been a member of the Presliyterian church for many years. He died in 1874. He had a family of seven children : Samuel, Lewi.s, Marcus, Martha, and Mary ; two died in infancy. Marcus Root, the father of our subject, after ob- taining his primary training in the com- mon schools of his native town, entered college, in Ohio, and graduated therefrom. He then devoted himself to teaching, and ibr a time taught .school in various sec- tions of the country. In ISoi; be re- moved to the city of Philadelphia, and [)ermanently located there. He was a re- publican in politics, and was a devout and earnest member of the Presbyterian church. He died April 14, 1895, leaving the following children : William. Mar- cus, Charles, Albert, Laura, Hannah, and H. G. H. G. Root received a common-school education, and is a well-informed man. He removed to New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1894, and took charge of the 968 Biographical Sketches. telephone office, wliere he has been en- gaged ever since. He is a capable official, and one with whom it is a pleasure to come in contact, either socially or in a business way. He is a republican in politics, and ever manifests a livelj- interest in whatever most deeply affects the public welfare. He married Miss Mary Bassett, March 31, 1886, and has tliree children : Esther, .Junie, and Harry. GEORGE KRAUSE, a highly represen- tative type of the younger and more successful business men of New Brunswick, is a son of Daniel Krause, and was born in 1872. His father, Daniel Krau.se, was born in Germany, and came to this country, lo eating at Jersey City. He received a good common-school education in his native land, and then learned the trade of a baker, in which he continued during his residence in Germany, establishing himself in a shop of his own in Jersey City upon his arrival in the United States. He attached himself to no imr- ticular political party, but always re- mained independent in politics, and cast his vote for whoever in his judgment was the best man. His mariiage was blessed with two sons : George and Frank. George Krause was first educated in the public .schools, and then attended the high school, after which he took a course of study at a business college. Having completed his education, he entered his father's shop, and there learned the trade of a baker. He followed that trade for years, and then endear ked in the grocery business, in which he continued for one year, and on Oct. 1, 1890, bought out the New Brunswick Coal and Ice Co., in which business he has continued ever since. He is an energetic, pushing busi- ness man, well liked by his patrons, and esteemed by his fellow-citizens, and has had what may be termed a thoroughly successful business career. In politifs he is independent, and always votes for the best man. He is a member of Jr. 0. U. A. M. of New Brunswick, and of the 1. 0. 0. F., and Rojal Arcanum. T30BERT M. PURDY, junior mendjer -"-^ of the firm of Conover & Purdy, extensive merchants at Manasquan, New Jei'sey, is a son of Robert and Ellen (Compton) Purdy, and was born at Hightstown, Mercer county, where his family have been well-known residents for many years. The name is of Eng- lish origin. His grandfather, Robert Purdy, was a distiller near Hightstown, and followed a successful business career until his death. Our subject's father, Robert Purdy, was born and educated at Hightstown, and was engaged in the manulacture of cider and vinegar there for many years, ultimately becoming quite wealthy and owning considerable land in the vicinity. He was an active democrat in politics, and was school trustee in East Windsor township for a number of years. His wife was Ellen Compton, a daughter of John Compton, b}' whom he had ten children : Robert M., our subject ; Mar_)', wife of William Aldrige, of Burlington, New Jersey ; and eight deceased in in- fancy. Robert M. Purdy was educated in the public schools of Hightstown. When thirteen years of age he went to Phila- delphia as clerk in the dry -goods store of Sheppard, Arrison & Shei)pard. 1008 Chestnut street, where he remained for a Biographical Sketches. 969 year and a hall", suhscHjui'iitly s[)L'iKliiig two years as clerk in the ollice ul" tlie Pliihidelphia Ikrdld. lie removed to Ocean Grove, New Jersey, and estab- lished hiniseU" in the riirniture business, which he conducted successrully until he cntcrcil into co-partnership with .Mr. Conover, at Manasquan. Mr. I'urdy is trustee and steward in the Methodist Episcopal church at Manasquan, and is a member ol' Asbury I'ark lodges ol' Masons and Odd Fellows. He resides on Marcellus avenue, Manasquan, and is popular and respected among his fellow- citizens. He is actively interested in the progress of the town, and is a staunch supporter of all religious movements. Mr. Purdy married Miss Jo.sephine Con- over, daughter of his partner, and they have had one child. Adella, deceased in infancy. CHARLES ASA FRANCIS, a member of the New Jersey Assembly, and senator-elect from Monmouth county, is a prominent business man of North Long Branch, and a son of John and Amelia (Stillwell) Francis. He was born at Keyport, New Jersey, Oct. 28, 1851, and is of German and Scotch ancestry. Nehemiah Francis (paternal grand- father) was a native of Monmouth county, and was born in 1787. He was a farmer, and in politics a democrat. He and his wife died at Turkey, New Jersey, the former in 1S64. and the latter in 1869. Tiieir children were : Asa, John, Jonathan, and Susan, both the latter deceased. John Francis (father) was a native of Turkey, New Jersey, and was born June 6, 1820. His education was obtained in the common schools, and he engaged in carpentering and building up to his de- cea.sc, June 20, 1880. He was a very enthusiastic observer of political all'airs, and a stauncli republican, but never aspired fur or .sought after an oHice. Fraternally he was a member of tlie Knights of Pythias. During the civil war he responded to the call for troops, and enlisted at Freehold in the Thirty- ninth New Jersey volunteers. He was united in marriage to Miss Amelia Still- well, and their seven children are: Mary and William, decea.sed ; Sarah, Anna (Mrs. John llennessy), Charles Asa, Wil- liam, and David, deceased. Charles Asa Francis attended the common schools of Turkey, New Jersey, and later a private school at Freehold. He began life as a bookkeeper in a whole- sale butciiering establishment, and two years later clerked in a general store at Marlboro for the same length of time, when he came to North Long Hrancli, where he was employed as night clerk on the New Jersey Southern Railroad at Sandy Hook. Three years later he em- barked in the butchering business at North Long Branch, and then was em- ployed as clerk in a general store, which he and his present partner purchased in 1889, and have run with eminent success ever since. In addition to this large interest, Mr. Francis is also vice-presi- dent of the Atlantic Fish As.sociation. He early took an active part in political a Hairs, and has been an earnest worker in the cause of the Republican party since he attained his majority. He has been postmaster of North Long Branch for eight years, a member of common council from 1884 to 1889, and was again elected to the same office in 1892. He has been a member of the board of edu- cation since 1880, and at present is secre- tary of that body. He was elected to 970 Biographical Sketches. the General Assembly of New Jersey in 1894. Here he has shown the same ability and tireless energy that have marked his previous career, and his voice and vote have championed the cause of the schools of New Jersey and many other measures of vital importance to the general welfare and best interests of the state. lie is an attendant of the Methodist Episcopal church and a trustee in the same, but not a member, fie is also a member of the Ibllowing secret societies : the Odd Fellows, the Royal Arcanum, the Masons, and a commander in the Knights of the Mystic Shrine. Ou March 28, 1877, Charles Asa Francis married Mary Elizabeth Hoyt, daughter ol' Ge(jrge and Cynthia Hoyt, of North Long Branch, and they have one daugli- ter and two sons : Lulu Elsie, Seymour H., and Earl M., deceased. TT7ILLIAM F. FISHER, one of the ' * most extensive brick manufacturers in New Jersey, with yards located at South River, Sayreville township, Middlesex couuty, and a respected aud influential citizen of New Brunswick, is a son of David Fi.sher, and was born at Fishkill, N. Y. He is of English descent, and his ancestors for three generations back have been well-known residents of Fish- kill. He Wiis educated in the public schools of Fislikill, and at the Scliooley's Mountain Seminary, Warren county, New Jersey. Upon leaving school he was manager for Sayre & Fisher in a general store for seven j-eans, and subse- quently carried on a grocery business at Metuclien until he was twenty-four years old. He engaged in the brick-nuikiug business at Sayreville, which he con- ducted independently for one year, and in co-partnership with Edwin Furnum for two years, and at the end of which time he sold his interests to Mr. Furman. In the spring of 1880 he laid tlie founda- tions of his present business at South River, establishing a new yard at that place and purchasing the yard of the late Casper T. Waite, of Metuclien. The l)iisi- ness has increased steadily and healthily ever since, and Mr. Fisher at present also owns and operates an independent yard at Cheesewick, near South Amboy, foruierly the property of the Ross- Hill- ward Co., of which firm he was a mem- ber for five years. Mr. Fisher manufac- tures all kinds of building, sewer and general hard brick, besides adamantine brick, and other special kinds. His yards cover an area of 80 acres, employ 275 men, and have a combined capacity of 32,000,000 bricks annually. All the machinery and plant are new and im- proved, and only continuous kilns are used. The shipping points are Newark, Jersey City, Brooklyn and New York city. The bulk of the shipments are made by water, and he also owns and operates two schooners and six brick barges. He is a member of the New York Brick Exchange, and is well known in the metropolis as one of New Jer- sey's most successful and enterprising business men. His products go into all the large cities in the Middle States, and have a widespread reputation among builders and architects. He owns a hand- some residence on Livingston avenue. New Brunswick, whither he moved in 1892. He is a democrat in politics, usually takes an active part in local matters, and was a freeholder from 1877 to 1880. On Nov. 15, 1870, he was married to Miss Medora Rose, a daughter of Elias Rose, of Middlesex county, Ijy Biographical Sketches. •171 wlioiu ho has had st-von childivii : Leon and Ruliis, who died in infancy ; Wil- liam J., Jr.. Anita, Adrian. Maud and ElbefDn. A DAM ECKERT, a well-known nianu- -^-^ facturer, and a leading citizen ol Perth Anibo}-, New Jersey, is a menil)er of the firm of Schantz & Eckert, ma- chine and engine builders at that place. He is the son of Jacob and Mary (Ott) Eckert, and was born at BrcmholV, (ier- many, Sept. 13, 1849. He came to tiiis country with his parents when one year of age (1850), and attended the public schools of Albany, N. Y., and Freehold. New Jersey. He then proceeded to learn the trade of jeweler, and served an apprenticeship of six years at the same. For some years he assisted his father in the nnmagement of his hotel in Perth Amboy until 18SJ, when he turned \i'\^ attention to the construction of machincr\ and engines, and formed a partnership with Andrew Schantz, under the caption of Messrs. Schantz & Eckert, who have a very extensive and successful trade. Mr. P.ckert is a staunch supporter of the Democratic party, and takes a deej) inter- est in the public aflairs of his town and count}. He has been a member of the town cijuncil, and in 1892 was appointed superintendent of the Perth A-Vmboy water-works, and iib]y filled the [)osition to the evident satislaction of his friends and fellow-citizens. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythia.s, of Perth Amboy. The Eckert family emigrated from Germany within the present century. Joseph Eckert (paternal grandftither) was a native of Wertsburg, Germany, and was a forester all his life on the Liv- ingston estate. In religious faith, he 51 and his family were Roman Catholics, to which church they were strong adher- ents. His family of children was com- posed of six sons and one daughter : Ailam, John, George, Jacob, Joseph, Henry and Mary. Grandfather Eckert departed this life in 1884. Jacob Eckert (father) was born on the great Livingston estate in Gennany, antl received his education in the (JiMiiniii schools. He learned the trade oi' shoe- maker, which lie continued to follow for many years. In 1850 he embarked with liis family for America, and first located at Middletown, N. Y., where he carried on his trade for three years, when he re- moved to Albany, N. Y., and plied the same trade for two years. In 18G1 he came to Perth Amboy and established himself in the shoe bu.sine.ss, but in 1862 answered the call of President Lincoln, and enlisted in Battery K, Third New York liglit artillery, and fought for the land of his adoption until the clo.se of the war. when he received his discharge at llichmond. After his return, he went to New York city. Some time afterward lie came to Perth Amboy, where he con- ducted a hotel business until 1S90, when he retired. In politics he was a firm l)e- liever in the principles of the great Democratic party, in behalf of which he cast his vote and inlluence. He was also an active mendjer of the G. A. R. Post of Perth Atnbo}-. Jacob Eckert was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ott, of Germany, and to this union were born two sons and one daughter : Adam, George, and Marguerite. T^ LANE COXOVER, postma.ster of ^-^ ' Atlantic Highlands, proprietor of an extensive livery business in that town, and a leader in local politics, is a son of 972 Biographical Skktches. Cornelius and Edith (Vanderveer) Con- over, and was born in Holnidel township, July 3, 184G. The name is of HoHand- Dutch origin, and the family has had many prominent representatives in this section of New Jersey. Cornelius Con- over was a successful house carpenter at Marlboro, a democrat in politics, and a mendjer of the famous old " Brick Church." He was of quiet, domestic habits, and never participated actively in public aflairs. His children were : John, of New Brunswick ; James, of Perrine- ville ; Sarah, of Keyport ; and D. Lane. D. Lane Conover spent his early life at Holmdel, and received a rudimentary education in the district schools there. He was engaged in farming at Middle- town and Holmdel township until thirty 3'cars ol' age, and also conducted a suc- cessful business in contract grading and hauling. In 1880 he removed to Atlan- tic Highlands, and in connection with Mr. Stout, under the firm name of Stout & Conover, built the first livery stable in that town. Later Mr. Stout retired, and Mr. Conover has since conducted the busi- ness on his independent account. Mr. Conover is a democrat in politics, and has invariably been an active party man. In 1892 he was elected freeholder, and has since been re-elected for a second term. He was one of the first members of the borough commissioners, and has served three terms in that body. In Dec, 1895, he was appointed postmaster of Atlantic Highlands, to succeed James H. Leonard, deceased, his term of appointment being- four 3ears. Mr. Conover is chairnum of the township democratic executive com- mittee, and attends all the district, county and state conventions. He is one of the charter memlters of the fire dej)artuient, and a meml)er of the hook and ladder company. He is also a charter member of the local lodge, Knights of Pythias. He married Miss Kate Frances, and they have five children : Charles M., William [j., Frances, Ellen H., and George W. JAMES CARBP:RRV, a prominent and enterprising hardware merchant and tinsmith of South Ambo}-, is a son of John and Mary (Bannon) Carberry, and was born Oct. 5, 1855, at South Ambo}-. The name is of Irish origin. Our sub- ject's father, John Carberry, was a well- known citizen of South Amboy during the greater part of his life. For a num- ber of years he worked upon the farm of Reuben Morgan, near South Andio}-, and was subsequently employed for four years on the freight docks at that town, and afterwards in the shops of the Camden and Amboy Railroad at South Andjoy, where he remained for nearly twent\-two years. He was an expert workman, thrifty in his habits, and ultimately ac- quired a comfortable home in South Am- boy. He was a staunch democrat in politics, a devout Roman Catholic in re- ligion, and a member of St. Patrick's So- ciety. His wife was Miss Mary Bannon, by whom he had four children : James, Rose, Maggie and Mary. He died in 1893, his wife having preceded him in 1890. James Carberry attended a privatt' school and subsequently public schools in South Amboy, receiving a well-grounded education. At the age ol" fourteen jears he became errand-boy for Reuben Mor- gan, a farmer iieai- South Amboy. In 1870 he entered the Pennsylvania Rail- road shops and learned the trade of tin- smith, remaining for twenty years. In 1890 he formed a co-partnership with Biographical Sketches. 97.", Thomas Lovely, uinlcr tlic (inn iiainc of Carborry & Lovely, hardware dealers and tinsmiths, which partnership lasted until 1893. The firm was then dissolved, and Mr. Carberry has since conducted a liij;lily successful business on his own ac- count at No. 38 First street. lie has an extensive and flourishing trade and a completely-stocked establishment. In pol- itics he is independent, casting his suf- frages for the ablest candidates. lie is a Roman Catholic by faith and is a mem- ber of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and St. Patrick's Benevolent Society, No. 2. On May 23, 1883, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Eliza Conlogue. Mr. Car- berry is a successful and energetic busi- ness man, an expert in his trade, and a popular and respected citizen. T C. N. BROGGER, a prominent citizen -*— ^* and street commissioner of Perth Amboy, is a native of Denmark, where he was born, Oct. 21, 1847. His parents were N. C. N. and Anna Louise Brogger. His paternal grandhither, C. T. Brog- ger, followed the trade of a shoemaker all his life, and, though his occupation wa> humble, he was a man much respected I'ov the sterling qualities of his character. N. C. N. Brogger, after receiving the benefits of a common-school education, engaged in agricultural pursuits, and fol- lowed the occupation of a farmer during his entire life. He was a member of the Lutheran church. To his married life were born five children, all of whom arc deceased but the subject of this sketch. N. C. N. Brogger (father) died in ISO;). and his wife in 1878. L. C. N. Brogger received a common- school education in his native country, and was then employed on a farm for two years. He subsequently followed the occupation of a sailor for a period of eight 3'ears, when he came to the United States. He settled in Perth And)oy in 1871, and first secured employment in Hall's brick-yard. He afterwards learned the butcher trade, and then engaged in business on his own account, and carried it on successfully for fifteen years. At the expiration of this time he was, in May, 1 895, elected street commissioner of Perth Amboy, which office he now holds, and fills with signal ability, and to the gen- eral satisfaction of his fellow-townsmen. Mr. Brogger is a republican in politics, and an active worker for his part}'. He is a member of the Lutheran church, of the Masonic order, and of the I. O. 0. F. His six children are : L. C. N., Jr. ; A., Peter, Jennie, Annie, and Ulma. TES.se T. MONAH.iN, the well-known ^ and successful real-estate and insur- ance agent, and a wealthy citizen of North Long Branch, is a son •>!' W. C and Sarah A. (Potter) Monahau. and was born at North Long Branch. Ni'w Jer- sey, May 28, 18G1. The Monahans came of good old Irish stock, the paternal grandfather. Hugh K., having been born in New York cit}', where he received a common-school edu- cation, and established a wood, coal and lumber business, and was successful. He came to Long Branch, New Jersey, and purchased a hotel at the corner of Ocean avenue and North Broadway, and maiKiged that l)usiness for some time. His views on political subjects allied him with tlie Democratic party, and he was an ac- tive supporter of the ticket. Hugh R. Monahan was twice married, and the father of three children: .Mrs. Soles. W. C. and Katheriiie. W. ('. .Monaiiaii married .Mi.-s Sarah 974 Biographical Sketches. A. Ritter, and to them were born a family of thirteen children : W. H., Elizabeth, Katherine, Hugh A., J. T., John B.. Frances L., Jane A., Ada, Amelia, Frede- rick T., Rachel (deceased). Jesse T. Monahan was a pupil in the connnon schools and the high school ol' Long Branch, and then attended a night school in New York city. At the age ol' fourteen, he learned telegraph}- at High- lands, and was for twelve years operator, station agent and baggage-master at Mon- mouth Beach, when he opened the first telegraph office at that point. In the interval, he looked after and managed his father's business, and finally pur- chased the same, and is now doing a suc- cessful business as a dealer in real estate and insurance. Politically, Mr. Monahan is a republi- can. He is also a member of the Metho- dist Episcopal church, of which his father was a staunch and liberal supporter. He is a member in good standing of the fol- lowing secret oi'ders : Chapter Mason. L. B. Lodge, No. 78, Arioch Odd Fel- lows, Encampment, and the Royal Ar- canum. He was twice married, his first wife being Miss Emnui Wood, of Eng- land, who died ; and the second, Miss Lilly M. Warner. The result of this union has been the birth of Hazel and Norman. "DAUL F. BRAZO, .senior member ol' -*- Messrs. Brazo & Sons, manufac- turers of paints, and also a partner in tlie fu'm of Messrs. Mulligan & Brazo, dealers in 2»aints and paper, at Long Branch, New Jersey, is another example of the self-made man. As the name indicates, he is of French origin, and was born in the city of Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1847, being the son of Paul E. and Catherine (Murray) Brazo. Arthur Brazo, paternal grandfather, was a native of Paris, France. His youth was full ol' opportunities for edu- cational development, and he became liberally trained in the sciences and arts, taught in school and college, after which lie became interested in extensive land operations, spending the greater part of his life in Texas, developing new territory. He was a devout member of the Roman Catholic church. He died in Brookljn, N. Y., in 1849. He had three sons: Louis, Philip and Paul E. Paul E. Brazo (fatherj was born at Brooklyn, N. Y., and received a broad education. He engaged in the gents" furnishing goods business, hair, jewelr}-, etc., and built up the most extensive es- tablishment of that kind in Brooklyn, aud was ver}' successful and enterprising. In politics he was an active democrat, and was an energetic and substantial member of the Roman Catholic cliurch. He was united in nuirriage with (.'atherine Murray, and their children cojisisted of one daughter, Emily, and one son, Paul F. Paul F. Brazo attended the connnon schools of New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y., until he was fourteen years ol age, and then learned the painting trade. He came to Long Branch, New Jersej', in 1882, where he established a paint and paper house, trading under the style of Messrs. Mulligan & Brazo, and doing one of the most extensive trades in their line on the coast. They have a branch house also at New Brighton, Staten Island. Ill addition to this large interest, Mr. Brazo has built up an extensive paint works at Long Branch, and this firm, doing business under the caption of Brazo & Sons, now find a ready market for Biographical Sketches. 975 tlieir products In all sootiinis of" the United States. In his political views, he is an active democrat, and is deeply interested in all public concerns of his city, upon whose board of health he has served for four 3'ears. Mr. Brazo is an active participant in the affairs of the Catholic church of Long Branch, and is a liberal supporter, both morally and financially, of the same. Fraterualh he is a member of the following organi- zations : Long Branch Council, No. 83. K. of P., has been captain of the Uni- formed Tiodge for two years ; Lodge Xo. 70, Foresters, at Long Branch, in which he is at present deputy grand ranger: the Royal Arcanum, at Long Branch, and the (ire conipaiiy. lie married Miss Anna Burrows, and this happy union has been IjIcssciI with li\c chil- dren: I'aul A., .lohn W., M-iry (Mrs. Chas. White), Katie, decea.sed, and Ella. A II. MORTON, a wholesale grocer of -^--*-* New York city, and a retailer in the same line at Matawan, Monmouth county, New Jersey, is a son of James and Jane (RoUand) Morton, and was born July 12, 1863, in Matawan. The paternal grandfather, Thomas Morton, was a native of St. Helens, Lan- cashire, England. After completing his education, received in the English com- mon schools, he learned the trade of a watchmaker, to which he devoted his entire life. He was a godly man, a member of the church of England, and a faithful and regular attendant upon divine worship. The maiden name of the lady to whom he was married was Hannah. Sinsocks. They had five sons, all deceased, and two daughters: Thomas. William, Jame-s, George, and Richard : Mary and Frances. James Morton was born Feb. 11,1820, at St. Helens. He there received his ele- mentary education, and sub.seipiently he graduated from college. His occu[)ation, for several years prior to his coming to this country, Sept., 1852, was that of a bookkeeper. Upon his arrival in America he located at first in New Brunswick, and later in Somerville, New Jersey, in both of which places he was engaged in the glass business. At a subsequent period he removed to Matawan, and thence to Marlboro, in which towns he was em- ployed in teaching .school. He then went to New York city, where, for .several years, he carried on the glass business, eventually returning to Matawan, where he died, March 27, 1869. Politically he was a democrat, and religiously he was a member of the Protestant Episcopal church. He was married to Jane Hol- land, who still survives him, and is n enterprising and success- ful firm of Ruckman Brothers, are ex- tensive fertili/A'r manufacturers of near Franklin Park, New Jersey. The}' are sons of Renjamin and Jane (Allen) Ruck- man, and were liorn at Franklin Park. Xew Jersey. They received common- school educations, the latter having at- tended, for a short time, Rutgers College. After leaving school James renniined with his father on the farm, wiiere with him he became engaged in the fertilizer business, in connection with farming. Upon Mar- tin's leaving college he learned the car- [jenter trade, and then became a.ssociated with his brother, Jame.s, in the fertilizer manufacturing Inisiness near Franklin Park, where they carry on an extensive business, and have become quite prosper- ous. They own fifteen acres of" land, upon which they built their fertilizer [)lant. They established a place of busi- ness on Burnet street. New Brunswick, in 1895, where they ha\'e since built a store-house. They are republicans, and members of the Methodist E|)iscopaI church, and reside with their jjarents at Fraid\lin Park, where Benjamin Ruck- man owns and operates a farm, and at one time was engaged in the fertilizer business. He is a republican, and a mem- ber of the Methodist Epi.**erved as justice of the peace and subsequently as judge of the court of common pleas of Monnu)uth county, which office he filled for thirty years. He served, as a democrat, for three years in the New Jersey state sen- ate, called then the council. In religious matters he was one of the " pillars " of the church, and occupied all the lay of- fices of the Baptist church at Middle- town. He was married to Rachel Gor- don, by whom he had six children : Dr. Charles, deceased ; Annie, married to William Applegate ; Rebecca, wife of •lames Cooper; Mary, Rachel, Catha- rine and James. The grandfather died in 1852. .lames Patterson received a cominon- scliool education at Middletown, wliere he was Ijorn, and followed the occupa- tion of farming in that township all his life. He was the owner of an extensive Biographical Sketches. 985 tract of land, wliirli lie cultivated suc- cessfully and profitahly. He was an ac- tive democratic politician, and was a ineni- I)er of tlie townslii[) committee and of the lioai'd of freeholders for a long series of years, lie was elected a member of the New Jersey assembly for two years, and subsequenth' was a member and the pre- siding oflicer ol' the senate. Mr. Patter- son was twice married. By his first wife he had four children : George, deceased, who was graduated from Princeton ; he practiced law at Freehold, was elected clerk of Monmouth county, and died dur- ing his term of oOice ; Hannah, married to John Hopping ; Margaret, and Anna. His second wife gave him eleven chil- dren : John H., sherifl" of Monmouth county from 1869 to 1870, defeated for Congress in 1872, doorkeeper of the house of representatives from 1870 to 1877, keeper of the New Jersey- state prison from 188t) to 1890, and owner of the old homestead ; Dr. James H., who resided in Shrewsbury twenty-five years, was twice elected county clerk of Mon- mouth county, and deceased during his second term ; Samuel H., a farmer at Middletown and ex-member of the board of freeholders, after a service of several years ; Charles, graduated from Hamil- ton University and deceased shortly after his admission to the bar ; Allen, deceased ; C. Ewing ; Joseph, a farmer at Middle- town ; Henry, engaged at mining in New Mexico and Arizona ; Mary Emma ; Ke- becca, and Lydia (Mrs. Samuel H. Frost). The mother of our subject survived her husband until 1873, the latter having died in 1800. C. Ewing Patterson attended the pub- lic schools at the town of his birth and later the Red Bank high school. He studied law in the office of Robert Allen, Jr., Esq., of Red Bank, and then entered Columbia College, New York city, from which he was graduated in lS(i9. In that yenv he was appointed an under- sheriir of Monmouth county, in which j)osition he served during the incundjeiicy of his brother as sherifl'. He then opened a law oflice at Long Branch, where he continued in active practice until 1870, when his brother, who was then door- keeper of the house of representatives, appointed him his private .secretary. Upon his return to Long Branch he was elected a member of the board of com- missioners, which position he occupied until 1879. He removed to New Mex- ico in that year, and during the five years which ensued he was engaged in a law practice in Lincoln county. After leav- ing New Mexico he returned to New Jersey, and at Freehold he received the api)ointment of deputv county clerk under his brother. Dr. John H. He con- tinued in that position until his brother's death, which occurred in 1890, when he was appointed to fill the vacanc}- until the election thereafter ensuing. In 1891 he resumed his law practice at Long Branch, where he still remains. He oc- cupies the offices of cit}- solicitor and counsel for the board of freeholders. To the latter oflice he was first elected in 1894. and again in 1890. In politics he is a democrat, and he wields considerable influence in party aflairs in his county. He is a member ol" Olive Branch Lodge, No. 10, F. and A. M. of Freehold; Stand- ard Chapter, R. A. M. ; Levant Lodge, No. 09, K. of P., and A. (). U. W., and he is connected with the Eastern Build- ing and Loan Association and is a direc- tor in the Long Branch Iron Pier Co. Personally he is a gentleman of prepos- sessing appearance, and in address and 986 Biographical Sketches. manner is most pleasing. Mr. Patterson was married, April 1, 1879, to Sarah E. Hendrickson. To their marriage were born three children : Marguerita, Char- lot ta and Lydia, the latter of whom is deceased. T:)EV. W. F. cant well, a popular -*-^ and well-known clergyman of the Catholic church at Long Branch, is a son of Peter and Juanita (Buckley) Cantwell, and was born in Trenton, New Jersej^ Jan. 24, 1859. The Cantwell family is of Irish origin. Peter Cantwell (father) was born in Ire- land and received an excellent education, and was a man of studious nature and scholarly attainments. Having made fitting preparation, he engaged in teach- ing. He came to this country, locating at Trenton, New Jersey. He was a de- voted member of the Roman Catholic church, and married Miss Juanita Buck- ley, and their family consisted of four children : Margaret, who married John Walsh ; Catherine, wife of A. J. Smith ; Frank, now a physician, residing at Tren- ton, and W. F. W. F. Cantwell attended tlie parochial schools until he reached the age of thir- teen years, when he entered St. Charles' College, EUicott City, Md., where he remained for four years, and then ma- triculated at Hall's College, New Jer- sey, and graduated in 1879. He then entered the Theological Seminary at Se- ton Hall the same year, and remained three years, being ordained July 2, 1882. Father Cantwell's first appointment was that of assistant pastor of a Catholic church at New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he remained for three years, when lie was sent to Long Branch. Here he has since remained, laboring faithfully for the cause to which his life is devoted and the upbuilding of his church. In connection with his pastoral duties. Father Cantwell finds time to engage in literary work, and for some time has edited a paper at Long Branch known as Good Fridays. In his political connec- tions and affiliations he is a democrat. CONRAD F. HALL, ^ace-president of the Perth Amboy Terra Cotta Co.. is a son of Eber H. and Sarah (Golden) Hall, and was born at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Nov. 29, 1865. Eber H. Hall was a native of Ohio, born near Cleveland, and spent the early part of his life there. He was possessed of a superior education. Conrad F. Hall attended the public schools of his mitive city until the age of sixteen, when he entered the emplo}' of the A. Hall Terra Cotta Co. at Perth Amboj'. Subsequently he was employed by the Northwestern Co., of Chicago, III. Returning to Perth Amboy, he re- entered the employ of the compauy with which he received his initiative training in the maiuifacture of terra cotta. Care- fully studying the business and familiar- izing himself with its every detail, he was soon taken into partnership, and the company' was merged into the Pertli Amboy Terra Cotta Co., Mr. Hall being elected vice-president, and his grandfa- ther president. The company did an ex- tensive business, turning out a superior quality of work, and employing three hundred men in the operation of its plant. In 1895 Messrs. Hall and Mon- devillc entered into a partnership under the firm name of Mandeville & Hall, brokers in clay and building material, with offices at No. 70 State street, Perth Biographical Sketches. 987 Amboy, and in tlie Traders' ami Build- ers' Exchange, Newark, New Jersey. They also, in eoiijunctiun with this, eon- duct a real estate and insurance busi- ness. In political texture, Mr. Hall is a democrat, and takes a lively interest in the political affairs of his town and county. lie was elected to the office of aldernuin-at-large in 1893, being among the first to till that uflice in Perth Am- boy. For nine years he was a member of the volunteer tire department, and of the board ol" trade, both of Perth Ambo\ . r^ EORGP: W. smith, a contractor and ^-^ builder at Fair Haven, Monmouth county. New Jersey, is a son of Alonzo and Sarah (Ashley) Smith, and was born May 15, 1854, in Williamsburg(Brooklvn) New York. His grandfather, Lewis H. Smith, was a native of Middietown town- ship, Monmouth county. New Jersey. His occupation was that of a waterman. His wife. Maria Hendrickson, presented him with sixteen children in all. six of whom deceased in early life. Alonzo Smith, a son of Lewis, was born Maj- 4, 1834, at Fair Haven, where he has re- sided ever since, with the exception of a ten years' residence at Williamsburg, Long Island. His trade is carpentry, at which he has been engaged for forty-five years. He is a member of thirty years' standing in the Methodist Kpi.scopal church at Fair Haven, during which three decades he has been in ollicial relationship with the church, and l)earing a lamp ever trimmed and burning. He sulfered two bereavements in his marital relations, and is now living with his third help- meet. His first wife, Sarah Ashley, de- ceased in 1873, aged thirty-five years, leaving two children : George W., our subject, and a daughter. Laura Murlatt, his second wife, deceased in 1891, with- out issue. George W. Smith attended tlif public school at Fair Haven, after leaving which he learned the carpenter trade, and fished and gardened for about sixteen years. From 187G to 1887 he was occupied as a journeyman carpenter, and in the latter 3ear enten-d into partnership with R. D. Chandler, and operaU-'d as a contractor and builder for six years under the firm name of Chandler & Smith. He dissolved the partnersliip at the expiration of this time, and for three ^ears was associated with A. E. Smith, under the style of (i. W. & A. E. Smith, contractors and builders. He is a skilled mechanic, a conscientious workman, and a close figurer on con- tracts. He has erected many of the finest residences in Monmouth county, notable among which is the handsome liuilding of Kuapp & West, at Sea Bright, and tile beautiful home of ex-Inspector Byrnes, of New York city, on the Shrew.s- • Iniry river. He is a republican in poli- tics. In fraternal union he is a member and the present treasurer of United Coun- cil, No. 141, Jr. 0. U. A. M. Mr. Smith lost his first wife, Caroline Murlatt, two years subsequent to their marriage, in 1872. and alter she had given birth to a daughter, named Laura. By his second wife, Ariadne Ayers. and who is still living, he had l\\t^ children : Sarah and Ralph, both deceased ; Ettie, George and Joel, twin lirothers, deceased. L'^DWAKl) C\ 15UKTT, a competent and -'-^ successful carriage-builder at Long Branch, Monmouth count}'. New Jersey, is a son of Selah II. and Clara (Penovia) Burtt, and was born Feb. 25, 1844, at Holmes, N. Y. 988 Biographical Sketches. Selah H. Burtt was born at Orange, New Jersey. He received a common- school education, after which he learned the trade of carriage-painting, and is still pursuing that occupation. He is probably the oldest and most competent coach- painter living to-day. Politically he is a democrat, and in religious matters he worships at no fixed shrine, but attends all the churches, selecting, from time to time, the one to which his inclination directs him. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons. His children are: Edward C, Thomas, Selah, Caroline, Thomas, and B. L. Edward C. Burtt attended the public schools of Long Branch, and then learned the trade of carriage-making. After six years he became manager of one of the largest carriage manufacturing establish- ments in Monmoutli county, at Long Branch. He at once gave a new impetus to the business of the concern, which is still doing a large and profitable trade under his able management. Li politics he is a democrat, and has served one term in the common council of Long Branch. In religion he inclines to the Reformed church, which he attends, but is not a member. He takes a great interest in masonic matters, and is an active mem- ber of Long Branch Lodge, No. 78, F. and A. M. Mr. Burtt was married Sept. 18, 1866, to Eliza M. Morris, a daughter of W. H. and Hannah Morris, and to their union was born a daughter, Jessie A. OTEU'AKT COOK, JR., senior member ^^ of the firm of Messrs. Cook & KeU tie, dealers in hardware, coal, wood, etc., and also the head of the firm of S. Cook & Co., the leading wholesale and retail dealers in ice at Nortii Long Branch, is a son of Stewart and Ann Maria (Brown) Cook, and was born at Long Branch ("Fish Pond"), New Jersey, July 16, 1846. Jesse Cook, paternal grandfather, was a native of southern New Jerse}-. Hav- ing acquired a common-school education, he began farming in Shrewsburv town- ship, Monmouth county, and continued until he removed to Long Branch, and engaged in fishing, which he pursued for the balance of his life. Five children were born to his marriage : Jesse, Jr., Jeane (Mrs. J. McWood, of New York), George (drowned by the capsizing of a boat in the Shrewsbury river), Stewart, and John. Jesse Cook, Jr., died March 21, 1896, surviving his wife twenty-six years. Stewart Cook, Sr. (father), was born at West Long Branch, then Hoppertown. He followed farming as a means of live- lihood all his life at West Long Branch. He was an adherent of the Repuljlicau par- tj', always voted, but was not a politician. In matters of a religious nature, he was deeply interested, and for forty-five years was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at North Long Branch, and helped to erect the first church of that denomination in that vicinity. In the work of his church he has been con- stantly active, and has held all the offi- cial positions within reach of the laity. He married Miss Ann A. Riddle, and their family of children was composed ol two sons and four daughters : Ellen (Mrs. Benjamin Laine), Stewart, Jr., Elizabeth (Mrs. Henry C. Maps), Alice (Mrs. James Crowtei-), George, Almira (Mrs. H. Shew- man), and Amelia. Stewart Cook, Jr., was early in life a pupil in the common schools of Long Branch, and then assisted his father in Biographical Sketches. !)«9 li.shing on a small scale, but now carries on that business on a large scale, being interested in the largest fishery in Mon- mouth count}-. In 1883 he I'ormed a part- nership with Melan Kettle in the hard- ware, wood and coal business at North Long Branch. Long experience and -strict attention to the details of their business have been the keys to the suc- cess that has attended the operations of this hrm. In 1879, Mr. Cook established the Hrst wholesale and retail ice business on this part of the Jersey coast, and this firm, trading under the style of Stewart Cook & Co., has an extensive trade. Mr. Cook is a wide-awake business man, and takes a keen interest in the turns and conditions of political affairs. He is a member of Lodge No. 78, F. and A. M., Lodge No. 74, 1. O. 0. F., Jr. 0. U. A. M., and the Ancient Order of United Work- men, all of Long Branch. In religious faith he is a methodist, and has been actively engaged in the affairs of that organization, having been both steward and trustee, and was for twenty years a teacher in the Sunday-school. Stewart Cook, Jr., was united in mar- riage to Miss Anna Riddle, daughter of James Riddle, and the children are as follows : L3dia (deceased), Charles E., Thomas R., Grace M.,and Stewart, the 3d. TTTILLIAM 11 YRES, a successful young '^ attorney-at-law, and at present a deputy sheriff of Monmouth county, re- siding at Freehold, is a son of .John B. and Amanda (Oakensen) Hyres, and was born Sept. 15, 1866, near Bennett's Mills. Ocean count}'. He is of Holland-Dutch descent, his ancestors having settled in this vicinity over one hundred and fifty years ago. His paternal great-grand- father, John Hyres, and his grandfather, John Hyres (2d), were well-known farmers and land-owners for many years near Bennett's Mills, the latter dying April 26, 1894, when eighty years of age. John B. Hyrea (father) was born and educated near Bennett's Mills. During early life he worked on his father's farm, and subsequently purcha.sed one of his own, which became known as the "Hyres Homestead." and where he now resides. His wile was Miss Amanda Oakensen, a daughter of James Oakensen. whose family were early settlers in East Jersey. William was the only child of this mar- riage. William Hyres was educated in the district schools of Ocean count}-, and when seventeen years old became both teacher and student, which double occu- pation he followed for six years. Fie then read law in the office of K. W. Arrowsmith, at Freehold, and was ad- mitted to the bar from his ollice. He immediately entered upon the practice of •his profession at Freehold, and at present has a large and growing cdientele. He is a republican in politics, and served as deputy sheriff under Sheriff Tlieo. Au- maek from 1891 to 1894. He is a uicni- ber of Tennent Lodge, K. of P., and a member and ex-secretary of the Freehold Royal Arcanum. Mr. Hyres was mar- ried to Mi.ss Mary A. Clayton, a daughter of George Clayton, ol' Freehold, and the}- have two sons: John and James. TOSIAH TICE, the well-known civil en- ^ gineer of New Brunswick, is a son of John R. and Rebecca (Campbell) Tice, and was born in WilliamstoAvn, New Jersey, on March 1, 1851. 990 Biographical Sketches. lie is a direct descendant from one of three brothers, who emigrated to this countrj- from Hungary, and from them are descended all of that name in this country. His paternal great-grandfather was Franklin D. Tice, and his grandfa- ther was Maj. John Ross Tice, who was a prosperous farmer in Williamstown, New Jerse}', all his life. Major Tice was an officer in the militar\' of his state, and was first a whig, and then a repub- lican in politics. He was a prominent member of the Methodist faith, and was an upright, conscientious and thoroughly patriotic citizen. He was the father of eight children : Mark N., John R., Sam- uel P., James, Miles S., Ellen, wife of Joseph Collins; Maiah, deceased; and Elizabeth. Major Tice i)assed from this life in March, 1886. John R. Tice, lather of the subject of this sketch, received a common-school education, and then learned the trade of car2X'nter. He never followed this busi- ness, however, but took to farming, an occupation he found more congenial, and which he pursued ever since. He was* an active whig, and then a republican, and was always foremost in the politics of his section, filling several important state and county offices. Like the other members of this family, Mr. Tice was an active member of the Methodif; in order when the Spanish Inig came on. Ten minutes after she stranded the life-saving crew, with the exception of one man absent on patrol, were abreast of her with the wreck-gun. The effort to reach her with the short line at once began, during which the brig worked within a hundred yards of the beach, when Surfman White, boldly run- ning down behind a receding sea, cast a line on board with a vigort)Us throw of the heaving-stick. This feat enabled the sailors to haul on board the whip-line, by which the breeches-buoy was sent ofl' for their deliverance. " I have the honor to be. " Very respectfully, John Sherman. Serrefnri/." After one of the most perilous and daring undertakings in the gilded his- tory of the life-saving service, the pas- sengers on Ijoard the wrecked ''Augu.'^- tina" were miracubjusly rescued. The name is of English origin, the pa- terind grandfather, Ebenezer Lockwood, having been a native of England, but who came to this country, locating in the vicinity of Darien, Conn., where he be- came the possessor of a farm of two hun- dred acres. Politically he was an old- line whig. One of his sons, Benjamin Lockwood, was born in 1818, and lived 1000 Biographical Sketches. on the homestead farm until removing to New Jersey, where he resided until hh death in 1853. He was activel}^ inter- ested in politics, and was at one time a candidate for shcrifl' of Monmouth county. He married Ellen West, who was born in 1812. TTON. JAMES H. VAN CLEEF, a lead- -•— *- ing member of the Middlesex county bar, ex-mayor of New Bruns- wick, and ex-asseiublyman of New Jer- sey, is the only son of Peter A. and Eliza (Hutchings) Van Cleef, and was born July 12, 1841, at Branchville, Somerset county, New Jersey. He descends from old Dutch stock, from which Jans Van Cleef, the original immigrant to this country, separated by leaving Holland about the year 1659, settling at New Utrecht, L. I. Jans was born in 1628, married to Enjelye Lowerens prior to 1661, and was the fiither of eight children, the youngest being Cornelius. Cornelius married Femmeje Van Dewater, by Avhom he had several children, one ol" whom, Laurens, settled in New Jersey. Isaac, son of Laurens, was born in 1742, married to Dorcas Pumyea in 1769, and died June 30, 1804. Dorcas was born April 13, 1749, and died March 28, 1812. They had eleven children, among whom was Abraham, grandfather of our subject, born July 3, 1785, and died March 7, 1870. Abraham Van Cleef reared a family of seven children : Peter A., Hxtlier of our subject; Isaac, Jacob, Dumont, Richard, Jane, and Aim. Peter A. Van Cleel' married Eliza Hutching.s, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, and deceased in 1884. His wife's death occurred in the same year. They had but one child, James H. James Henry Van Cleef acquired his earlier education at the district school in Titusville, Mercer county, New Jersey. He subsequently entered Rutgers College grammar school, from which he was graduated witli honors, and four years later graduated from Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., having received the degree of A. B., which was supplemented by the facult}- of that college, in 1872, with the degree of A. M. His law studies, under Hon. Mercer Beasley and Hon. Edward T. Green, of Trenton, the former of whom is now chief justice of the supreme court of New Jersey, and the latter judge of the United States district court at Trenton, were completed in 1867, and in June of the same 3ear he was admitted to the bar as an attorney, and later as counselor. He located at New Bruns- wick for the practice of his profession, where he made rapid strides to a leading position at the bar. Mr. Van Cleef is an accomplished politician as well as an able lawyer. In political faith he has always been a disciple of Thomas Jeflerson and the principles of old-line denu)crac-3-. In tlie various pul)lic functions that he has been called upon to occupy he bears a conspicuous record of clean-handed ser- vice. He was elected counsel for the Middlesex county board of cliosen free- holders, and served 1873^ ; elected to the assembly of New Jersey in 1875 ; elected city attorney in 1877, by the board of aldermen, at that time a politi- cal tie, and re-elected to that office the subsequent year. In 1880 Mr. Van Cleef was returned to the assembly by a majority of si.x hundred and fifty-five votes, overcoming a majority of nine hundred and fifty-nine votes received the previous year by the republican caiidi- date. In 1881 he was re-elected without Biographical .Sketches. 1001 opposition, the republicans declining to inaUe a nomination. Wliile in the as- scnibU- he efl'ectively subserved the inter- ests of the people, and was the author and advocate of a number of important bills that were pas.s(>d. He was chair- man of the committee on Revision ol' Laws and Fi.-^heries. and a member ot Wa\s and Means, Judiciary, Corpora- tions, Reform School for Boys, and In- dustrial School for Girls committee. In 1889 he was elected mayor of New Brunswick, and re-elected by the unani- mous voice of the people after a joint nomination in 1891, and returned in 1893 for a third term. While yet serv- ing his third term in the majoralt}' he was nominated for state senator by his part3^ He is, and has been for several years, senior law-partner in the firm of Van Cleef, Daly & Woodl)ridge, composed of himself, George F. Daly, Esq., and Freeman Woodbridge, Esq. Mr. Van Cleef is a member of various .societies : The Holland Society ; the Historical So- ciet}' of New Jersey ; the Zeta Phi Si, of Lafayette College; the I. 0. 0. F. ; Knights of Pythias ; F. and A. M. ; and he is president of the New Brunswick Fire Insurance Co. The following tribute, written during Mr. Van Cleef's campaign for the state senate in 1894, is herewith reproduced as a fitting close to this sketch : " He (James H. Van Cleef) is a man who can neither be bought nor sold ; a strict believer in temperance, being him- self almost a total abstainer; he has high ideals of manhood and statesmansliip. and possesses every otiier qualification of an ideal representative. Though often in public office, there is not ciiarged up again.st him a single instance of a be- trayal of the trust reposed in him. On the contrary, he has been better liked at the end of every term, and each year of service lias installed him in the confi- dence of the people he has .served so well." T ERWIX Hir.LPOT.of the well-known '-' • firm of Hill[:ot & Ayres, general contractors, of Bound Brook, New Jer- sey, has had a most active career, and has become prominently identified witii the history of public improvements in many cities and states of tliis country. He is a son of Hugh F. and Mary R. (Freeling) Ilillpot, and was born in Tini- cuni township^ Bucks countv, Pa.. Julv 7, 1853. Mr. Hillpot's ancestry is of both Ger- man and English origin, the pat<-rnal name. Ilillpot, bi'ing a modification of tiie well-known name of Ilildebrandt. Jacob S. Freeling (maternal grand- father) was a native of Bucks county, Pa., where he followed the trade of shoe- maker. John G. Hillpot (paternal grandfather) was also a native of Bucks county, Pa., and conjointly conducted a I'arm and al.'so did blacksmitliing. later engaging exten- sively in l)uilding and speculating in houses. In politics he was an active democrat, and in church connection a member of the Lutheran denomination. By his marriage he had tiic following children : Eli, living at Bridgeton, Pa. ; Samuel, residing at Point Pleasant, Pa. ; William, a resident of Erwinna, Pa. ; Hugh F. ; Mary, deceased (Mrs. Conrad Stryker, of Erwinna, Pa.) ; and John, of New York. Hugh F. Ilillpot was born in Bucks county, Pa. He attended the public schools, and there received the mental preparation for liis future. For the 1002 Biographical Sketches. greater part of his life Mr. Hillpot was engaged in the carrying trade on the Erie, Delaware river, and Delaware and Raritan canals. In 1863 he enlisted in the One IlLindred and Fourth Ringgold regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, com- manded by Col. W. H. Davis, in the ser- vice of the northern army of the civil war. Mr. Hillpot served his country with credit until the close of the war, and then for some years returned to the water, and continued successfully until he located permanently in Trenton, New Jersey, where he is at present engaged in speculating. He is a democrat in his political ideas, and a very active mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church. Hugh F. Hillpot nuirried ^Nlary R. Free- ling, a daughter of Jacob S. Freeling, of Bucks county, Pa., and the children born to this marriage are : J. Erwin ; Cathe- rine, residing at home ; John, deceased at Dallas, Tex. ; Oliver, retail oil business, Easton, Pa.; Minnie, deceased, and Mar}-, who resides with her parents. Both father and mother are still living in good health at Trenton. J. Erwin Hillpot attended the com- mon schools of his native district until he reached the age of seventeen. He then learned the carpenter tr.ade, and later the pattern-making trade. After more than three years spent in the Baldwin Loco- motive Works of Philadelphia, he be- came constructing engineer for Isaac S. Cassin, and during the next several years was engaged principally in the erecting and constructing of water-works at Easton, Md. ; Mcrcliantville, New Jersey; Dover, New Jersey, and Canton. O. in 1880 Mr. Hillpot began his career as a contractor on his own account and turned his attention chietly to contracts for the erection of water-works, sewers, theatres, electric railroads, grading, and the macadamizing of public roads. Among the many pul)lic improvements under- taken and completed by him may be mentioned the following : ilolmesburg (Pa.) reservoir, Bound Brook (N. J.) water-works, Kevport (N. J.) water- works, Atlantic Highlands, watei'-works, sewers and grading for Dr. R. V. Pierce of Bound Brook, enlarging of Lambert- ville (N. J.) reservoir. Grand Opera House, Broad street, Philadelphia ; con- structing architect for the Grand Avenue Theatre, erected the storage warehouse at Tliirteenth and Mount Vei-non streets, Philadelphia ; Jersey City Opera House, Aug. 1, 1894 ; and the Bekeley Hotel, of Bound Brook, New Jersey. As may be seen by the above brief mention of our subject's business enterprises, his ability in that line of work has been recognized far and near, and the firm of which Mr. Hillpot is the senior member is one of tlie most successful in the county. He is an active democrat, a leader in the local affairs, and well known in the conven- tions of his party. He is at present a councilman of Bound Brook. Mr. Hill- pot is a mendx'r of the German Reiormed church, and a prominent secret society man, standing high in the following orders : Masonic at Jersey City, Lodge No. 74 ; Keystone Chapter, No. 25 ; Trinity Commander}^ No. 17; Ancient Accepted Scottish Rites ; Northern Ma- sonic Jurisdiction, V. S. A.. ; Valley of .lersey City, New Jei'sey ; Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. No. 211, Jer-sey City; Knights of Pythias, No. 500. Phil- adelphia, Pa.; Oronova Castle, K. of the G. E., No. 15, Philadelphia; and Im- proved Order of Red Men. of Jersey City. Mr. Hill|)ot has been twice mai*- ried : first to Miss Mary E. Johnke, Biographical Sketches. 1003 March 1, 1871. Slie died May 29, 1889, leaving iive cliildren ; Erwiii, deceased ; Minnie, bookkeeper in Philadelpliia ; Emma; Frank 1 1., deceased, and Artluir. lie remarried March 8, 189.3, his second wile Ix'ing Miss Elizal)eth Swift, of Wil- mington, Del., and to this union has been born one daughter, Elizabeth Drum- mond. TTOUSTON FIELDS, attorney-at-law, -'--*- and tlie gentlemanly sheriff-elect of Monmouth county. New Jer.sey. i.s a son of Tiieodore and Kacliel (Harris) Fields, and was born near Eatontown, in said county, Oct. 23, 1801. Britton Fields, his grandl'ather, was born, lived and died near Eatontown, and was a well-known and greatly-esteemed citizen of that section. He was a staunch democrat, and wielded considerable in- tluence toward the success of his party. Theodore Fields, father of our subject, was also born near Eatontown, and was educated at the old Ocean Hill Institute near Long Branch. He was a larmer near Eatontown up to 1887, when lie re- moved to Freehold, and is still interested in farming, having a farm several miles from the latter place. He is a democrat, and was alwa3s deeply interested in the success of his party. He removed from the farm to New Branch, now called Avon, where he engaged in the hotel business for about two years. After- wards he removed to Manasquan, having purchased the Osborne House at that place, and this hotel he conducted for the next six years. He then sold out and removed to the farm in Wall town- ship, Monmouth count}", and while liv- ing on the farm, in Nov., 1887, he was elected sheriff" of the county. He then moved his family to Freehold, the coun- ty-seat, where he resided until the clo.se of his term of oflice in 1890. He lived a life of retirement until 1S9(J, when he again became interested in farming on his present farm near Freehold. He served as a mendjer uf the board of free- holders of Monmouth county from 1870 to 188G, and was a director of the board for seven years. He was also interested in military afl'airs, having been lieutenant of a militia company organized at Tin- ton Falls. He is also a member of the board of health of Freehold. He was married to Miss Rachel Harris, and they have had born to them the following children : Houston. Delilah. Eva, Ida. Dean, Olive, Aldis and May. Houston Fields received his education in the public schools of Manasquan, the Freehold Institute, where he spent two years, and in the graded .schools at Long Branch for two years more. After leav- ing school, he removed with his father to Manasquan, where he became a baggage- master on the Penn.sylvania railroad be- tween Point Pleasant and Jersey City, in which position he served for five years. In 1887, when his father became sheriff" of I\Ionmoutli count}', his father selected him as his under-sheriff" and the warden of the prison for the term of three years. He was retained in the position by Sheriff" Woollev, his father's successor, and up to the present time he has served in the sheriff"'s office continuously for nine years, making for himself an excellent record for loyalty and fidelity to duty. He has never sought official preferment, but has always been actively identified with the interests of the party and its success. He was elected sheriff" of Mon- mouth county in 1896, after one of the hottest campaigns ever waged in that county, receiving the unprecedented ma- 1004 Biographical Sketches. joritj of nearly six hundred in Freehold district over his opponent. He is a mem- ber of the Masonic fraternity, Olive Branch Lodge, No. 16, of Freehold, New Jersey. He is also a Knight of Pythias, affiliating with Summit Lodge, No. 69, of Freehold. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum, and of Keith Council, No. 1501, Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is also a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of Goodwyn Chap- ter at Manasquan. He is a Knight Templar, and belongs to Corson Com- mandery of Asbury Park. He is a worshiper at the Mystic Shrine, and holds membership in Mecca Temple at New York city. Mr. Fields was married to Miss Lena E., a daughter of Thomas and Isabella Felton, of Manasquan, on June 15, 1880, and they have two children : Ada E. and Ernest. In June, 1894, after having become proGcient in the law and passed a satisfactory examination, he was duly admitted to the bar of Monmouth count}'. He was appointed a master in chancery in 1895, and is also a notary public, appointed for five years. quan, where he has since continued the active practice of his profession, in the meantime having established branch offices at Asbury Park and Ocean Grove, all of which he conducts at the present time. He has been eminently successful in his practice, and deserves to rank along with the leading dental surgeons of the state of New Jersey. His practice is a large and remunerative one. He occupies at Asbury Park large and com- modious parlors, handsomely appointed, with every convenience incident to the successful practice of his profession. He is a member of the Pre.'^bjterian church, the Knights of Pythias, Knights of the Golden Eagle, all of Asbury Park, and of Hook and Ladder Fii-e company. No. 1, of Manasquan, of which department he is vice-chief. He was united in mar- riage April 2, 1891, to Elizabeth DuBois Smock, a daughter of Uriah Smock, of Marlboro, and they have one child, Oliver C. Herbert. r^ EORGE B. HERBERT, D. D. S., a ^-^ leading dental surgeon of Mon- mouth county, with offices at Asbury Park and Manasquan, at which latter place he resides, was born at Marlboro, New Jersey. He received his education in the public schools, and afterwards at Petty Institute, at Hightstown, and sub- sequently graduated from the New York Dental College with the degree of D. D. S., in the class of 1888. He first located in the practice of dentistry at Spring Lake in the summer of 1888, but in the fall of that year located at Mauas- IDROP. D. E. SANFORD, the popular -*- and efficient principal of the Kings- ton Schools, New Jersey, is a son of Lyle and Elizabeth (Van Hise) Sanford, and was born May 6, 1858, at English town. New Jersey. The Sanfords are of Eng- lish descent. The paternal grandfather of D. E. San- ford, while a young man, worked for some time in a tailoring establishment, but after- wards took up the study of dentistry , which profession he followed with success until old age. In religious matters he was an ardent methodist, and for a number of years a local preacher. His wife's maiden name was Mary Tilton, and their chil- dren were : Lyle, Rebecca, Charles, who was in the South during the war and was compelled to join the Confederate army, Biographical Sketches. 1006 but liiis since resided in South America, and at present is a niulti-niillionaire ; William A., an attorney in Trenton, and Annie. Lyle Sanlord taught school while a young man, but alterwards studied veter- inary surgery and followed that profes- sion at Asbury Park, New Jersey, until his death. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and, in matters political, was a republican. He was also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In 1889 he died, his wife surviving him. His children are ; Daniel E., Garrett, a music teacher in IJrouklyn ; Olive, married to Milton Cross ; Harry, Frank, Sareta, who died while young ; Addison and Lizzie. Prol". D. E. Sanford received his ele- mentary scholastic training in various public schools, and at Petty Institute at Ilightstown, New Jersey, and subse- quently graduated from the New Jersey State Normal School, at Trenton, in the class of '91. Having pursued in this institution the prescribed course arranged specially for the preparation of teachers, he soon entered upon a position. After having taught a number of terms at dif- ferent places, including one term at Tren- ton, he accepted the jjosition of principal of the Kingston public schools, which position he has ably filled ever since. Due to Prof Sanford's superior training, he is truly progressive and of enterpris- ing spirit, which he has imparted to the educational sentiment of the community with good results. Besides Prof San- fords absorbing educational duties, he fnids time for the conduct of one of the largest poultry yards in Somerset county, over thirty-five hundred fowls being shipped from his yards annually. In politics he is a steadfast republican, but has never sought oflice. In 1882 he married Miss Mary E. Haney, a daugh- ter of Joseph Haney, of Asbur}' Paik, New Jersey. Their children are: Fletcher, Lill\ Mav, Kttie, Kdwaid and B\ron. / 11IARLES C. WEBER, an enterprising ^-^ member of the firm of A. Weber & S(jns, operating the extensive plant at Weber, Miildlesex county New Jersey-, is a son of Adam and Katharine E. (Krei- scher) Weber, and was born Nov. 2G, 1857, in New York city. Charles C Weber acquired a rudimentary education in a private school in New York city. He subsequentlv attended (irannnar School No. 35, in the same city. He then entered Columbia College, where he took a course of three jears in the classics. Alter leaving there he engaged in the manufac- ture of gas-retorts and firebrick, and re- mained in this service until his mastery of the business in all its details was thorough and complete. During this period he attended Packard's Business College in his leisure hours. In 1893 his plans, previously conceived, for the estab- lishment of a plant to manufacture fire- brick culminated in an association be- tween his father, his brother and himself, under the firm name of A. Weber & Sons, the purchase of a tract of forty acres, about three miles from Perth Amboy, New Jersey, on the line of the Lehigh Valley railroad, and the erection, equip- ment, and subsequent successful opera- tion of the works. Our subject assumed the management of these interests, and their present flourishing condition is due to his vigorous and capable application of sound business principles. The plant is situated on the old Potter homestead, on which a town, named Weber, has since 1006 Biographical Sketches. sprung up. The town's name subse- quenth- received the official sanction of the government bj the establishment of a post-office there, to which the name of Weber was given by the postmaster- general. Mr. Weber was ajjpointed, in 1894, postmaster of the town of his crea- tion, and he is still discharging the func- tions of that office. HON. WILLIAM TABER PARKER, ex-assemblyman from Monmouth county, a prominent banker and business man, residing at Little Silver, that county, this state, is one of the best-known men in the political affairs within the same limits. He is a son of William and Mary (Chadwick) Parker, and was born in Lit- tle Silver (formerly known as Town Neck), May 6, 1844. He was educated in the public schools and Ocean Institute, at Ocean Port, this county. Upon leaving school he pursued farming and ovstering, but upon the death of his father, two j-ears later, he succeeded to the conduct of the farm for tiie ensuing three or four years, when his brother Kichard became as.sociated with him in its operation, which relation has since continued. Be- sides Mr. Parker's farm interests, he is a director in the Second National Bank at Red Bank, and a stockholder in vari- ous other financial institutions. He is a director in the Lovett Nurser}' Co., own- ing at Little Silver the largest small-fruit nursery in the state. Politicalh- he is a republican, and one of the leaders of his party in that section of the state. Among the numerous positions of honor and trust his part}' has honored him with are the following : surveyor of highways for a number of 3ears ; member of board of township commissioners for several years, and for twelve years as chairman of the board, and down to the present time. He was a member of the general as.sem- bly of the state of New Jersey, during the sessions of 1891-2 and 1892-3, and as a member of which introduced the famous " Race Track Bill," commonly referred to as the " Parker Race Track Bill," during the session of 1891-2. He was reelected to the next session, during which, after a hard-fought battle on the assembly floor, he succeeded in getting his bill passed, the text of which is as follows : "Assembly Bill No. 299, entitled -An Act concerning the maintaining of the race course in the state of New Jersey, to provide for the licensing and regulat- ing the same.' No. 300, entitled, ' An Act to provide that betting and the prac- tice of betting, commonly known as book- making, upon horse races within the enclosed grounds of any incorporation, association or body in this state, or the keeping oi' a jjlace or places within such grounds to which persons may resort for such betting, shall not con.stitute any misdemeanor or criminal offence', when such association or incorporated body is not indictable for the carrying on said races therein.' No. 301, Supplement to an act entitled, 'An Act for the pun- ishment of crimes.' (Revision.) Approved March 27, 1894." This was one of the most important measures ever passed by that body, and excited much discussion and interest throughout the state. His succe.ssful championship of this popular measure gave him a wide reputation, and brought him into prominence and favor through- out the state. He was alwaj-s most active and aggressive in legislative dis- cussions, and much respected even by his *if's father, was borii at Prince Edward Island, where he received his education. He engaged in the business of ship-building, which he followed all his life. He was a strict business man, and markedly successful. His children were : Jennie, Isabel, Cath- arine, Mary, John, Donald, Hugh, and Georffe. TTON. BENJAMIN T. HOWELL, repre- -*— L sentative in Congress from the Third district of New Jersey, and a prom- inent linancicr in New Brunswick, Mid- dlesex county, that state, is a son of Edmund and Hannah (Nixon) Howell. He was born Jan. 27, 1844, in Cumber- land count}', New Jersey, and is of Hol- land-Dutch extraction. Benjamin T. Howell attended the Ce- Biographical Sketches. 1011 darville public schools, whore ho rocoivod a g(jod English education, and subso- (juontly took a course of instruction at the Fort Edward Institute, at Fort Ed- ward, N. Y., and was graduated from the conimorcial department. He continued his studies in other branches, however, until the summer vacation of 1862. and while at home he enlisted, Aug. 4th of that year, in the Twelfth New Jersey infantry, in the war of the Rebellion. He was engaged in active service with tiie Army of the Potomac under General Hancock, and was at the battles of Chan- cellorsville and Gettysburg, besides par- ticipating in several engagements of minor importance. At Gettysburg he was struck l)y a piece of shell, receiving a slight wound. He was mustered out of the sei-- vice July 12. 18G5. at Trenton, New Jersey, whence he went to .South Am- l)oy and engaged in business with his brother, E. 0. Howell. For several years they conducted an extensive busi- ness under the name of Howell & Bro., dealing in coal, lumber and general mer- chandise. He subsequently purchased his brothers interest and conducted the l)usiness alone up to 1879, when lie sold out. In 1882 Mr. Howell was elected surrogate ol" Middlesex county, and, after ably filling the position for live years, was re-elected lor a second term of like duration. Prior to this he had .served in various township ofllces at New Brunswick, as menibi'r of the I)oard of chosen freeholdens, member of the township committee, etc. He was elected president of the People's National Bank of New Brunswick at its organization, to which otlici' he has since been annually re elected. In 1888 he assisted in the organization of the First National Bank of South Ambov, of which he has been a director and the vice-president, iu close association with president Henry C. Per- rine, ever since. In 1891 Mr. Howell was elected a director and member of the board of managers of the New Brunswick Savings Bank, in which posi- tion he is a prominent member of the funding committee. In 1894 he was elected on the Kepublican ticket to represent the Third district in congress, and was re-elected in 1896. He is a valuable and efficient Tuembor, and rep- resents the commercial, industrial and manulacturing interests, and represents them faithfully and intelligently ; faith- fully, because lie is not in sympathy with political pettifoggery, and intelligently, because, being a thorough man of busi- ness, he knows the needs of his constitu- ents, and of the countiy. Had we more practical men like Representative Howell in Congress, and fewer theorists, the na- tion would sudor fewer complications in its political economy. Mr. Howell is a member of Janeway Post, G. A. R., Free and Accepted Masons, Knights of P^th- ias, and of the First Presbyterian ciiurch, all at New Brunswick. He was united in iiKiniage Jan. 27, 1869, to Amelia Furman, and to tiiis union was born one child, Maiy A., wife of II. V. M. Denis. Jr.. Esq., a practicing attorney at the New York bar, residing in New Brunswick. T3R0F. WILLIAM CAMPHFJJ., the -»- popular and efficient superintend- ent of the S(mth River public schools, is a native of the Emerald Isle, born near Belfast. April 20, 1859. His father, William Campbell, died in Ireland ; and his mother, Mary Camp- bell {»re McLaughlin), who still survives, resides with him. 1012 Biographical Sketches. Prof. Campbell attended the public schools of his native country, and in 1875 and '76 the Dublin Training College. Though his scholastic training was limi- ted to but a few years, he is a man of strong intellectual parts and scholarly attainments, the result of jears of close stud}' and diligent research. Immediately after leaving college he accepted a posi- tion as instructor in the government schools at Glasgow, Scotland. So effi- cient and so satisfactory was his work here that he retained this position eleven years. In 1887 he resigned, to conie to the United States, landing in New York city. In 1888 he was elected superintendent of the schools of South River, New Jer- sey', and he has since filled that position with credit to himself and satisfaction to his patrons. During this time the schools have been materially impi'oved. Prof. Campbell is a progressive teacher, who keeps thoroughly abreast of the latest advances in public-school education. He possesses good executive abilitj', shows tact in supervision and an ample scholarshi]) for the maintenance of a high educational standard in the .'ichools of South River. He is a member of Wash- ington Engine Company, No. 1 ; Lodge No. 28, K. of P., of which he is ex- chancellor ; Independent Order of Red Men, of which he is past grand sachem ; New Brunswick Lodge, No. 329, B. P. 0. of E., and other secret and fraternal organizations, lie is also manager of the South River Dramatie Club, and of the Board of (bounty Sciiool E.\aminerf<. rOHN .J. DEliX'llE, one of the enter- *^ prising and most successful mer- chants of Perth Amboy and Middlesex county. New Jerse}', is a son of Michael and Mary A. Deitche, late of Metuchen, New Jersey, where he was born on Jan. 22, 1850. His ancestry traces from the Teutonic source and is clearly indicated by the name. Michael Deitche (lather) was an upright and straightforward man, and a farmer by occupation at Metuchen, New Jei'sey, all his life. He was a quiet, un- assuming man, ever following the even tenor of his way, doing that which he had to do in a proper and systematic manner, and to the full satisfaction of himself as well as others. He was uni- versally regarded and respected by his neighbors as an honorable and strictlj' conscientious man, and worthy of their esteem. He was a democrat in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian church at Metuchen. As a politician he was but a silent factor, and as a church worker his influence was of the gentler sort, that which is so well represented by " the widow's mite." He gave not only all he had, but the sympathies of the heart went out with it in silent praj-er. He died at Metuchen, leaving five children : John J., our subject ; August, since de- ceased; L , also deceased; Etta, mar- ried to Ileiuj Pettit; and Mary E. John .1. Deitche, our subject, was edu- cated ill the piil)lic schools of New Jer- sey, and at an early age entered the store of Mr. Jolni Clarkson as a clerk, where he spent five years. Here he had also charge of the post-office, Mr. Clarkson be- ing the postmaster of the village. He then came to Perth Amboy and engaged in the grocery business as a clerk, where he continued lor the next three years. At this time he decided to enter business on his own account, and forming a part- nership with a gentleman of some means, began doing business at the present stand. BiOGRAPHicAi, Sketches. 1013 They continued thus iisso(iate^i>n, Judge Jacob J. He had made a specialty of peach-growing, in which he was suc- cessful, and became possessed of consid- erable means. He was as staunch a democrat as his son is a republican, and took an active interest in the local politi- cal affiiirs of his township, having filled all the various positions, as freeholder, etc. He was a member of the German 1020 BiocrRAPHicAL Sketches. Reformed church and a strict temperance man, and died in 1875. His children were : Jacob J., an extensive dealer in western grain, and a judge of the jus- tice court at Newark, New Jersey ; Sophia, the wife of Isaac P. Mannon, of Long Branch ; P. Hall ; Ezekiel, a farmer residing near Neshanic, Somerset county, .where he ov/ns two good farms ; and John J., deceased. TOHX G. KENNER, a well-known ^ saloon keeper at Somerville, New Jersej', is a son of Leonard Kenner, and was born Sept. 1, 1850, in Wittenburg, Germany. He received a common-school education, but by observation and wide experience has since become a man of con,siderable intelligence and a wide range of information. At the age of eight- een years he went to Philadelphia, where he became a I'lerk in a book store for a short time, and then learned the butcher trade, but sul^sequently removed to Trenton and became foreman in a pack- ing house there, and afterwards in a similar position at New Brun-swick. Li IS74 he went to liaritan. New Jersey, and engaged in sausage making, and afterwards in tlic butcher business at that place. He then spent two years in the butcher business at Raritan, when he came to Somerville and established his present business. He is an active democrat politically, having served as justice of the peace for five years, and at one time as notary public. Fraternally he is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, the Knights of Pytiiias, the Knights of Honor, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and a past mas- ter in all the foregoing lodges e.xcept the last-named. His marria";e relation with Kate Miller, on Aug. 17, 187-3, and who died Oct. 6, 189.3, was blessed with two children, Anna and Eddie. The Kenner family is of German origin, as the name indicates. Leonard Kenner, father of John G. Kenner, was a farmer by occu^^ation. His children were : Leonard, deceased ; John. Calvin, deceased ; Leonard, and Mary. TTTHITXEY F. WILLIAM.S, a leading '' contractor and builder, opei'ating under the style of Prichard & Williams, at Sea Bright, Monmouth county, New Jersey, is a son of Jacob C. and Eliza J. Williams, and was born at Long Branch, the above county and state, March 7, 1855. He received his education in the public schools, and subsequently learned the carpenter trade, and later became a foreman for his preceptor, Charles Jef- fries, in whose employ he remained two years. He then was in the employ of Emer}' & Zimmerman for two years, and subsequently with various other firms until 1888, when he entered the employ of lion. Charles L. Walters, with whom he continued as foreman for seven years, at Sea Bright. On June 28, 1894, he entered into a partnership with John G. Prichard, under the firm name and style of Prichard & Williams, contractors and builders at Sea Bright, since when they have built up a substantial and rap- idly increasing business. He is vice- president and a director in the State Mu- tual Building and Loan Association of New Jersey at Oceanic. Fraternalh" he is a member of Seaside Lodge, No. 47, K. of P. ; Narumsunk Tribe, No. 148, Improvnl Order of Red Men ; and Ash- laud Council, No. 28, Junior Order United American Mechanics. He is a member Btographicai, vSketches. 1021 of the Iliiy-MakiTs' Association, and first saclu'iii and oliit'l' liaj'-iuakor, as well as a iiit'inlKT of Naramatta Council, No. 23, of Pocahontas, and an cx-pri'sident of the Oceanic fire department. He takes an intelligent interest in politics, hut is not especially active. He is a democrat, and a member of the Methodist Episco- pal church of Oceanic, where he has re- sided since 1875, i)ut does business at Sea Bright. The Williams family is of Welsh ex- traction, and ]Vter Williams, grandfather of Whitney F. Williams, lived the greater part of his life at Long Branch, New Jersey, where he died in 1853, aged sixty years. By occupation he was a life-long fisherman, and to his marriage relation were born five children, four sons and one daughter. One of these was Jacob Wil- liams, who was born in Long Branch May 4, 1828, and has there resided iioarly all his life, pursuing the occupation of his father, in connection with which he served as a mcml)er of the life-saving ser- vice for a number of years, at Station No. 1 , at Sandy Hook ; also at Station No. 5, at Long Branch, being captain of a boat's crew at the former in 1872-73. He was drafted in the late civil war, but sent a substitute into the service, and during this [leriod was engaged in the transportation of o\sters from the Chesa- peake bay to Philadelphia. He is a dem- ocrat in politics, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His chil- dren consist of live in number, three sons and two daughters, who grew to ma- turity, as follows : Whitney F., Lina, the wife of Daniel Coles, of Long Briinch ; Charles E., a carpenter and builder, I'e- siding at Long Branch ; Louis R., ex- postmaster at Long Branch ; Susie E., the wife of Harry Seibel, residing at Long Branch, where he i> llic assistant postmastci'. Whitniv F. Williams was happily mar- ried to Jennie E. Seamen, a daughter of George A. Seamen, of Oceanic, Mon- mouth county, on Jan. 1, 1878, and they have had t\\(j children to grow up. A MZI McLEAX POSTI-:X, a leading ^-*- undertaker and embalmer, of" Mon- mouth county, located at Atlantic High- lands, Wiis born at Navesiid<, that county, Sept. 12, 1858. He received his educa- tional training in the public schools of his native village, and then remained with his father for ten years, assisting him at the blacksmith trade. He subseijuently became in the employ' of A. T. Taylor & Co., well-known imdertakers of New York city, where he first conceived the idea of his future occupation. He afterward graduated from the Massachusetts em- balming school, where he beeanie thorough in his knowledge of his business, and then locati'd on his own account, in 18S5. in the successful pursuit of his profession at Navesink. In 1891 he located at his present situation, at Atlantic Highlands, where he has enjo3ed prosperity and has been eminently" successful, due in a large measure to the valuable experience he had while in the employ of such an under- taking establishment as the A. T. Tay- lor & Co., and his sub.sequcnt pursuit at a leading institution of technical train- ing in the same. In connectinn with his undertaking parlors he conducts as a usual adjunct a successful upholstering and furniture business. Politically he is a democrat, and in 1890 was elected cor- oner of Monmouth county, serving three vears. In the spring of 1896 he was elected a member from Middletown town- 1022 Biographical Sketches. ship to the Monmouth county board of freeholders, in which capacity he is serv- ing at the present time, and as a member of which he has been specially active and useful in the work of the board. He is a member of the Central Baptist church of Atlantic Highlands, and in educational matters he takes a warm interest. He i.s a member of the Navesink fire depart- ment as well as the hook and ladder com- pany, and is treasurer of the Exempt Fire Relief Association. Fraternally he is a member of Anchor Lodge, No. -18, I. 0. 0. F., a past officer of the Encamp- ment of Atlantic Highlands, a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Royal Arca- num, and Monniouth Council, Sr. order of 0. U. A. M. To his marriage with Miss Kate Lewis, a daugliter of William Lewis, a well- known citizen of Monmouth county, have been born the following children: William Henry, Hazel, Herbert, and Amzi H. Mr. Posten enjoys the confidence of his community to a high degree, and is highly respected as an enterprising, progressive and useful citizen in the various move- ments of enterprise brought forward in his town or county contributing to the public good. He is po[)ular aud well known throughout the couuty. TOHN C. BRILL, a veteran of the late ^ civil war, a well-known house and sign painter, and a prominent citizen of Fair Haven, Monmouth county, N. J., is a son of Philip and Anna M. (Snyder) Brill, and was born in Jersey City, Hud- son county. New Jersey, Sept. 22, 1844. He was educated in the public schools of Jersc}' City, and after leaving which he learned the trade of maciiinist in New York city. Having completely mas- tered that trade he engaged in the manu- facture of gold and silver pencils at Ex- change Place, that city, for one year, when the great civil war burst upon the country, and he with true patriotic spirit cast in his fortunes for the cause of the Union, and accordingly enlisted April 7, 1861, in company I, of the Twelfth New Jersey volunteer infantry, and served throughout the entire war, being dis- charged July 5, 1865. Soon after enlist- ment he was promoted to commissary surgeon in the Third brigade. Second division. Second Army corps, under General Hancock, and was in all the engagements of his corps. Returning from the Avar he was located at Jersey City for a time, and then came to Fair Haven, where he has since resided. He soon engaged in house-painting and contract- ing, in which he has shice continued, and is enjoying an extensive business. Poli- tically he is a republican, and takes a lively interest in the affairs of liis party, having served as a delegate to various conventions. Li educational aflairs he renders valuable service, having served as a member for thirteen years of the board of education of Shrewsbury town- ship, and as secretary of the board during most of his term. He lias been a mem- ber of the Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, of Oceanic, for twenty years, and a member of Arrowsmith Post, No. 61, G. A. R., at Red Bank, and served as sergeant-major. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias of Sea Bright. He was married on May 20, 1866, to Miss Emma Harvey, a daughter of Samuel Harvey, of Oceanic, and they have been blessed with ten children : Grace, the wife of Dr. S. L. Ford, of Hensonville, Greene county, New York ; Artliur L., who is associated with his Biographical Sketches. 1023 father in business; Charles Dixon, who is a carpenter at Oceanic ; Jennie, Mar- garet, Samuel, Hettie, William, llarry, and Madeline, all at home. IMiilip Brill, grandfather of John V. Brill, was a native and life-long resident of Bavaria, Gernumy, where l-*hilip, the lather, was born and remained until early manhood, when he cjime to this country, locating first at New York city, then at Jersey City, New Jersey, but finally settled at Little Silver, Mon- mouth county, where he died in 1867, at the age of sixty-four years. He learned the rake-manufacturing business before coming to this country, which became his chief occupation while a resi- dent here. Although his manufacturing was carried on b}' tlie hand process, he became itnown as one of the leading rake manufacturers in tiie country at that day. His wife, who was a native of Bavaria, Germany, and whom he lost during his brief stay in Jersey' City, was the mother of his si.x children : Christo- pher, Joseph. William II., Christopher, John C, and Mary, all deceased except W. H. and John C. r^APTAIN ABXER H. WEST, the vet- ^^ eran life-saver occupying the re- sponsible position of keeper at Sea Bright station, is a son of James and Jane (WooUey) West, and was born at North Long Branch (then known as Atlantic- ville). New Jersey, Oct. 24, 1842. He was there reared, and received his limited educational training in the subscri2)tion schools of that place. His father having died when he was but fourteen years of age, he was largely thrown upon his own weak resources, and, at the age of eleven years, engaged in fishing, in which he (Continued for tliirty years. In 1872 he entered the lile-saving service as a surf- man, and two years later was promoted to keeper, in wiiich position he is serving at the present time at lile-saving station formerly known as No. 'i district, extend- ing one and one-half miles south and two miles north from Sea Bright, where he employs eight men to assist him. Mr. West is one of the founders and a pioneer of Sea Brigiit, formerly known as Nauvoo, and he has continued actively identified with the industrial development and the general building up of the town ever since, all the property of which in 1872 practically I)elonged to fisbernien. lie was one of the founders of the New York and Long Branch steamboat line in 1881, between New York and Long Branch, and is president and secretary of the lish association. Politically he is a republi- can, and a member of the Presbyterian church, formerly, however, having sul> scribed to the tenets of Wesley. Capt. West was married to Clementine, a daugh- ter of Jacob Warner, of Pleasure Hay, this county, and they have four cliildren : Laura B., the wife of John F. Lane, of Long Branch ; C. Gorden, who married Sarah Ferry, who resides at Sea Bright, where he is engaged in the fish business; Fannie G., the wife of William S. JeflV}-, of Sea Bright ; and Hettie R., at home. As a citizen of the connnunity in which he resides. Captain West enjoys the uni- versal esteem of all who know him. and is justly popular, and deserves to rank as one of the leading citizens of the thriving town of Sea Bright, and a rep- resentative citizen of the county. Benjamin West (grandfather) was born and became a life-long resident of Atlan- ticville, where he was engaged in the dual occupation of farmer and fisherman 1024 Biographical Sketches. until his death. Here he reared his family, one of whom was James West, who was born in 1800, and died in 185G, having resided his entire life at that place. He was also engaged in farming, but was essentialh' a fisherman by occu- pation. He was an active and influen- tial member of the Methodist Episcopal church for manj' years, having filled most of the official positions in the reach of the laity. During Capt. West's expe- rience in the life-saving service he was engaged in effecting some of the most perilous rescues known to the annals of the civil service department, and to his record for bravery and fortitude exhibited we onl}' think it fitting that a brief re- cord here be made of a few of the more notable Avrecks and rescues in wdiich he took part as follows: Sept. 19, 1875, of schooner ''Mabel Thomas;" March 16, 1876, of schooner "P. A. Saunders;" Dec. 24, 1876, of steamer "Philadelphia;" Jan. 7, 1877, of steamer " Amerique ;" Feb. 3, 1880, of brig "Castalia;" April 30, 1881, of bark " Melchior ;"' Sept. 22, ^ 1881, assisted the " Gypse," which was stranded in the Shrewsbury river; March 4, 1883, boarded the pilot boat "Ariel Patterson," and rescued her passengers; Sept. 23, 1883, rescued a little girl in a dying condition and restored her to lil'e by means of resuscitation ; May 20, 1885, schooner "Charlutt;" Jul}' 7, 188-, the barkentine " Amui;" Nov. 19, 1885, the yacht *■ Butler;" June 4, 1886, schooner " Republic ;" Dec. 14, 1887, rescued John Applegate from perishing, found fast in the ice; Sept. 11, 1889, assisted schooner " Hiram B. Edwards," in a sinking con- dition ; Jan. 13, 1891, rescued Charles Morris and Henry Warne; Oct. 12, 1892, schooner "Rebecca;" Jan. 12, 1893, pilot boat, No. 6, "James Gordon Bennett;" Jan. 31, 1893, assisted steam-tug "Anna," in distress; March 11, 1893, steamship "Wells City;" March 11, 1894, schooner "Cape Mackee;" July 22, 1894, schooner '• Robert Mitchell ;" Oct. 9, 1894, "Maria Louisa," and on Jan. 25, 1896, took part in the rescue of the passengers, consist- ing of six hundred and thirty in number, on board the " St. Paul," wrecked three and one-half miles south of the station. JACOB BYER, the leading general mer- ^ chandise dealer at Bound Brook, Somerset county. New Jersey, is a son of Charles and Rosa Byer, and was born at Chimney Rock, Somerset county, Feb. 6, 1869. He received his education at Wil- low Grove, and in the spring of 1896 first engaged in business on his own account by establishing his present merchandise store at Bound Brook, where he is en- joying a prosperous, profitable and rapid- ly-growing business. Politically he is a democrat, and religiously he is a member of the Presbyterian church and takes an active part in the choir services of that church at Bound Brook. He is a mem- ber of Pioneer Council, No. 58, Jr. 0. U. A. M., and the Knights of Pythias. He is unmarried and resides at home with his parents. His father, Charles Byer, is of German descent and nativity, having been born and educated in Germany. He came to this country when a young man and lo- cated at Greenville, where lie pursued the wheelwright trade, which he had learned in German}-. He successfully engaged in that business on his own ac- count until his retirement at Bound Brook, where he resides at present, and which has been his residence since 1880. He is a democrat, a memlier of the Pres- byterian church, and his marriage has Biographical Sketches. 1025 Im'l'II l>k'ssf(l with the following chiltlivii : Williiiiu, llt'iiiT, ileci'a.seil, .Sophia, IVtcr Abgar, Li/./.it'. Anna, Jarob, CharU-s, Car- ric, Mamie and Bismarck. Mr. Jacob Bycr belongs to that chiss of tiic younger business men ol' this country who are rapidly coming to the lore-front in the business world. He is enterprising, pro- tjressivc and industrious. Tj^SEK VVALCOTT, a retired minister of ^-^ the v?econd Adventist faith, residing at Eatoiitown, Monmouth county, New Jersey, is a son of Henry Walcott, and was born Jul}' 21, 1832, near Eatontown, where he now resides. He attendi-d the Eatontown Seminary until fourteen }ears of age, when he became a clerk in his father's grocery store at Ocean Point, and remained in his employ until he had arrived at the age of twenty-one years. He then became a member of the firm of Drumniond, llaynes & Co., with whom he remained associated for seven years. At this time he became imbued with a deep religious feeling and scriptural turn of mind, and for the ensuing few years applied himself industriously to the study of Latin, Greek, French, and to a more comprehensive and critical study of the scriptures. In the meantime he pur- sued, at intervals, the occupation of teaching. Since that time he has become a disciple of the Second Adventist faith, which he embraced twenty-one years ago, and to which he has zealously held and its doctrine expounded in pulpits at Key- port, this county, and at Eatontown, where he resides at present, retired. He here lives upon a farm which he owns and devotes to truck farming. Oliver Walcott, the original emigrant of the Walcott famil}-, had u son Henry, who was the grandfather of Esek Wal- cott. He was a farmer by occupation, and resided near Eatontown. He was of (^laker stock, and a strict member of the Society of Friends. His children were: John, Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Howland ; Zobel, Esek, Henry and Jacob. Henry Walcott (father) was born near Eatontown, on the old homestead, where he was engaged in farming, and, in con- nection with which, for a nundjer of years, he carted fish to the Philadelphia market. Politically he was an old-line whig, and served as collector of Shrew.s- bury township. He was a member of the board of chosen freeholders tiir eight years, and a commissictner of ajjpeals. The reli- gious traditions of his family and his early teachings inclined him toward the So- ciety of Friends, and although he always strongly advocated that society in his re- ligious tendencies, he could never become a communicant, having l)een defeated in a I)irth-riglit membership by his fathers marriage with his mother, who was not a mendjer. His children were: Sarah Ann, the wile of Jeremiah Brown; Clementine, the wife of David II. Brown, and Esek. By his second wife, Deborah Claj ton, they had one child: Margaret. He was personall}- a man of large stature and strong build, and possessed many estima- ble qualities of heart and head that warmly endeared him to all those who came in contact with him. /CHARLES McCUE, of the firm of ^ Buckelew & McCue, one of the most extensive livery firms in the state of New .Jersey, owning four stables at Lakewood, Ocean county, and the same number at Sea Bright, is a son of John and Mary (Martin) McCue, an'd 1026 Biographical Sketches. was boi'n at Marlboro, Monmouth county, New Jersey, Jan. 11, 18Co. He was educated in the pul^lic schools of his native village. In 1882 he entered the employ of A. S. Buckelew iu the livery business, and in June, 1893, in partner- ship with William Francis, purchased the business of his employer, and they continued to conduct the business, under the style of McCue & Francis, until Jan- uary, 1894. In this year C. R. Le Compte purchased the interest of Mr. Francis, and the firm became known as McCue & Le Compte up to Januar\, 1895, when Mr. Buckelew bought out the interest of Mr. Le Compte, and the present firm was established as Buckelew & McCue. Their livery interests consist in the proprietorship of eight stables, four at Sea Bright and lour at Lakewood, Ocean county. New Jersey. Their business em- ploys eighty horses for livery purposes ; and their stables alTord facilities ior board- ing from eighty to one iiundred or more. Mr. McCue is a member of the Roman Catholic church. His marital relations with Mary Sullivan, of New York city, were solemnized Nov. 27, 1890. She died in October, 1891. On June 12, 1895, he married Miss Nellie Ford, of Freehold, this county, and thej' have one child, Charles Ford. As a business man, Mr. McCue has won deserved success, and commands the utmost respect in the community in which he resides as an energetic, industrious and substantial business man. Personally he is possessed of great det^rminatitm and independence of character, as is clearly depicted in his Celtic physiognomy. John McCue (father) was a native of Ireland, where he was born in 1830, but emigrated to the United States in 1851 and located at Marlboro, New Jersey, where he has since resided, engaged in agricultural pursuits. His children con- sisted of two sons and two daughters : Patrick, who resides at Marlboro ; Tim- othy, at home ; Mary, the wife of James Baggut ; and Amelia, the wife of Michael Commons, of Marlboro. 1 OEV. ROBERT M.\cKELLAR,thepres- -*-*' ent popular and efficient pastor of the Episcopal church at Red Bank, is one of the most industrious and hard- working clergymen of his diocese. He is a son of Robert and Anna (Clevery) MacKellar, and was born Jan. 1, 1850, at Peekskill, N. Y. He received his education in the public schools of that city, and after attending various acade- mies he finally pursued his professional course in a theological seminary at New York, graduating in 1882. After officiat- ing in a number of charges in the west he served a pastorate of three years at Burlington, New Jersey, and subse- quently one and one-half years at Tren- ton, and in 1892 was called to his present pastorate at Red Bank. During his stay here his most zealous and industrious efl^brts have met with much spiritual and temporal blessing. His church member- ship has been doubled, and a general re- vival of religious sentiment and feeling has made its appearance in his church, and his inlluence has extended bejond to the town and community. Rev. Mac- Kellar is a thoroughly practical man in his ideas, and commands the highest re- spect from all sects and creeds. As a citizen of the community he is active and useful in the promotion of all moral and christian intluences for the uplifting of humanity. Politicalh" he is a demo- crat, but liberal in his suffirage, casting his vote in all local issues for the man Biographical Sketches. 10: best suited fur the odiee. Friitenially lie is u member of the masonic order, lie has been greatly interested in music all his life, having served as organist in some of the leading churches of New York. On Oct. 22, 1885, he wiis hai)[)ily married to Rosa Goldsmith, a daughter ol Dr. William (Joldsmith, of Louisville, Ky., and their marriage has been blessed with three children : Eleanor, Robert A. and Stewart E. Archibald MacKellar was of Scotch birth and nativity, having been born in Scotland, and afterwaids for a number ol" years served in the English army. He was a cooper by trade, which he followed for an occupation. Religiou.sly he was a member of the Presbyterian church. His children were : Thomas, William, Rob- ert, Agnes and Addie. Robert MacKellar (lather) was born in New York city, March 18, 1818; left school when twelve years old to learn the house and sign painting trade, which he continued to follow in New York until he removed to Peekskill, where he has since resided, but at present is engaged in the foundry business. Politically lie is a re- publican and has Iield some of the local offices. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in whicii he has served as trustee and cla.s.s-leader for many years. He has been twice mar- ried, iind to his first wife. Anna Clevery, were born .\rchil)ald, Susan and Rev. Robert. By his second wife, .Mrs. Fran- ces Hobby, who was a widow, the follow- ing chililren were born : Anna .1.. Knima and William. TAMK8 FR.WKLIX WESTCOTT, a ^ leading grocer and a-representative business man at New Brunswick. Middle- sex county, is a son of Rev. IKnrv and 5ii ' Mary (Matthews) Westcott, ami was born in Cumberland county, New Jersey, Dec. 2(), 18;57. He received his early educa- tion in the public schools of that county, ami then spent three years in Lewis- burg University; and subseipiently, in 18;37. graduated from the Chicago Uni- versity. He then came to Philadel[)hia, and obtained charge of the wholesale department of a tea and spice house in that city, where he continued for threi' years, when he located at Hightstown, New .lerse^-, anuits of domestic life, and it was in this character that his virtues were more con- spicuous ; as a husband and parent he was afi'ectionate, tender and indulgent, and as a friend he was warm and faith- lid. The odor of his virtues is precious, for he has died without reproach or stain, universally lamented and regretted." His children were : Jo.sepli, Anna Tallman, and Mary. .loseph W. Reckless, paternal grand- father, married HaiuKdi Knight, a daugh- ter of John Knight, of Bordeutown, New Jersey, July 25, 1809. She died Aug. 31, 1831. lie married for his second wife, Mrs. Mary Ann Patrick, who died in 1819. His children by his first mar- riage were: John, born Oct. 8, 1810; Joseph W., Jr., Iiorn Aug. 22, 1S12, who removed to Quakertown, Rucks county, Pa., where he died in 1877 ; Rebecca Mc- Knight, born Sept. 8, 1815, and who mar- ried Dr. G. W. Can field ; Cornelia Laura, who married E. M. Woodward ; (leorge Ann, born Jan. 24, 1819, and died May 4, 1820, and Anthony, father of Mc- Knight Reckless. He was born May 11, 1821, and died a merchant at Red Rank. Monmouth county. He was president of the Senate of Now Jersey in 18G4, col- lector of the United States Internal Revenue, connnissioner on building the State Insane Asylum at Morristown, president of the New York and Long Branch Railroad Co., besides filling many other positions of honcjr and trust. He married Mary E., a daughter of the late Gilbert Seaman, mayor of Ilightstown. New Jersey, and they have the following children: William McKnight, Charles S., Josephine, (iilbert S.. Jeinue S. and Mary E. %.