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 Biographical Cyclopedia 
 
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 NEW JERSEY 
 
 PUBLISHED UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF 
 
 WILLIAM NELSON 
 
 Editor New Jersey Archives ; Author of Indians of New Jersey ; 
 
 Corresponding Secretary New Jersey Historical Society 
 
 VOLUME II 
 
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JOHN FAIRFIELD DRYDEN 
 
 ONE of the foremost men the insurance world has ever produced 
 was John F'airfield Dryden, founder of The Prudential, and 
 pioneer of industrial insurance in America. Mr. Dryden also 
 accomplished much for the material advancement of New Jersey. 
 It has been said of him, "He helped the masses to help themselves." 
 His career was an illustration of greatness arising out of a long and 
 determined struggle for achievement in a new and venturesome field 
 ot human endeavor. His monument is the magnificent institution of 
 which he was the creator and head, and which links his name with 
 the lives of millions of people. 
 
 For nearly forty years Mr. Dryden was a resident of Newark, 
 New Jersey, and one of its most highly honored citizens. He was 
 born August 7, 1S39, on a farm at Temple Mills, near Farmington, 
 Maine, and his lite is an illustration of what a young man of ordinary 
 means and honest birth can accomplish, and the kind of heritage he 
 can leave for the benefit of humanity. His parents were John and 
 Elizabeth B. Dr^'den, of old New England ancestry. 
 
 Removing with his parents from Maine to Massachusetts when 
 se\en years of age, he received his early education in the schools of 
 the latter State. As a youth he was distinguished by his studious 
 nature and his intellectual pursuits; and though his health was never 
 robust, he fitted himself for college, entering Yale in 1861. His 
 over-zealousness in study broke down his health and compelled him 
 to leave before the completion of his course. In later years, in recog- 
 nition of his after achievements, the university conferred upon him 
 the degree of Master of Arts; and his name was enrolled as one of 
 the graduates of the class of 1865. 
 
 Perhaps Mr. Dryden's glimpse of the frailty of health set him 
 to thinking about life insurance, pointing him in the direction of what 
 proved so conclusively to be his work in life; for immediately after 
 lea\'ing college he became interested in the subject, particularly in its 
 application to the practical solution of the economic problems of the 
 poor. His attention had been attracted to the methods of The Pru- 
 dential Assurance Company of London, which some years previously 
 
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 had commenced the writing of industrial insurance, or Hfe Insurance 
 for wage earners, on the weekly payment phin; and he was greatly 
 impressed with the success which had attended its methods. 1 he 
 matter had been discussed in Parliament and elsewhere and had 
 gained a wide publicity: and in the annual reports of the Massachu- 
 setts Insurance Department had received the notice of Professor 
 Elizur Wright, the State Insurance Commissioner. Procuring the 
 reports of the London company and all available information, Mr. 
 Dryden studied and analyzed the matter, acquainting himself with 
 the foundation principles, the practical details, and the results both 
 from the standpoint of the company and that of the policyholder. 
 He became convinced of the practicability of Americanizing the 
 methods of the English company and establishing industrial insur- 
 ance in this country. Fascinated by the idea of putting an insurance 
 policy into every tenement house and poor man's cabin, he deter- 
 mined to achieve this great blessing for the poor. He began at the 
 foundation, was full of ambitious enterprise, with an unbounded 
 confidence in himself and the ultimate success of his idea, and it is 
 owing to him that the poor man gets his policy of life insurance. 
 
 In 1873 he came to Newark. The long continued business de- 
 pression of that period, with its attendant panic and its bank failures, 
 made his task a doubly hard one; but he succeeded eventually in inter- 
 esting Horace Ailing; William H. iMurphy, father of former Gov- 
 ernor Murphy; Noah F. Blanchard, a leading leather manufacturer 
 of the city; Dr. Leslie D. Ward, a practicing physician; and others. 
 Obtaining a charter from the State Legislature, he organized "The 
 Widows' and Orphans' Friendly Society," Mr. Dryden becoming the 
 secretary. An office was secured in the basement of the bank at 810 
 Broad street, Newark; and here in The Prudential's office he helped 
 to lay the cornerstone of the present financial importance of the city 
 of Newark, whose largest institution to-day is The Prudential. 
 
 He started the company in an inexpensive way and without any 
 salary for himself, the economy practiced enabling it to weather the 
 early days. It was not many years, however, before the institution 
 was self-supporting. Shortly after its organization the name of the 
 society was changed to "The Prudential Friendly Society," the inten- 
 tion being at that time to found a workingmen's benefit institution 
 which would cover all of the more important contingencies affecting 
 the lives of wage earners; that is, giving them financial relief in the 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 451 
 
 event of accident, sickness or death, and granting an annuity in old 
 age. The time had not yet come to cover so ambitious a field as this, 
 however, and the plan was changed to provide for the payment of 
 sums at death. Thinking it best to learn if possible more about the 
 methods of the English Prudential, Mr. Dryden crossed the ocean 
 and made the acquaintance of Sir Henry Harben, founder of indus- 
 trial insurance in the United Kingdom, and for many years president 
 of the English Prudential. The courtesy with which he was received 
 by the London institution and its officers, their willingness to impart 
 information about the work, and the opportunities which they gave 
 him of studying their ways of doing business, stranger that he was, 
 were a tribute to Mr. Dryden's personality. 
 
 After Mr. Dryden's return the name of The Prudential Friendly 
 Society was changed to "The Prudential Insurance Company of 
 America." From the earliest beginnings the undertaking was strictly 
 limited to wage earners' insurance or industrial insurance on the 
 weekly payment plan, with the premiums collected from the houses 
 of the insured. A better plan than this could scarcely have been 
 devised, for reasons inherent to the lives and conditions of the earners 
 of weekly wages. The workingman was taught the value of saving. 
 To the high standards maintained by Mr. Dryden's management is 
 due the respect in which industrial insurance is held in this country 
 to-day. In 1881 Mr. Dryden became president of The Prudential, 
 in which office he continued for thirty years, and until his death. 
 
 He had a genius for organization, and excelled in the manage- 
 ment of men. From the beginning he led the forces of The Pru- 
 dential by kind and gentle ways, creating in their minds a trust in 
 him personally and a complete confidence in his word, the result 
 being a force of well-disciplined employees who were loyal to their 
 leader. Mr. Dr}'den was an excellent judge of character; his own 
 early experience taught him to be sympathetic with the trials of his 
 agents, and he was constantly endeavoring to better their condition, 
 finding ways of making their work easier and more successful. A 
 man of diligence and integrity, cool and courageous, he inspired those 
 about him with like qualities. Mr. Dryden's conception of the social 
 service that accompanied and underlaid every view of his business 
 was ever uppermost in his mind. So strong and loyal is the memory 
 held for Mr. Dr^'den by employees of The Pnidential that a beauti- 
 ful bronze statue has been erected by them in the corridor of The 
 
452 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 Prudential building, Newark, as a tribute of esteem and affection 
 from the field and home office force of the company. 
 
 In 1886, The Prudential commenced the issue of ordinary 
 policies in amounts of $1,000 and over, with premiums payable quar- 
 terly, and at longer intervals ; the result being a very large and rapidly 
 growing ordinary business whose development was such that on 
 January i, 19 13, the company had over eight hundred and sixty 
 million dollars of ordinary business on its books. A large amount 
 of this insurance is secured by industrial agents, and thus the benefits 
 of every form of safe life insurance are brought home to the mass of 
 the people. The Prudential has at present over 11,000,000 industrial 
 and ordinary policies in force, for over $2,211,000,000 industrial 
 and ordinary life insurance, and is indeed a veritable rock of Gibraltar 
 for the protection of the workingman and his family. By issuing 
 the two forms of insurance through one institution, Mr. Dryden 
 secured for Ihe Prudential a foremost position among the life insur- 
 ance companies of the world. 
 
 Mr. Dryden was identified with the best business interests and 
 prosperity of the city of Newark; he entered into the affairs of vari- 
 ous large organizations with a keen foresight and a sound judgment 
 that won the regard of his associates wherever he moved. He 
 created for the city an immense amount of taxable wealth, and gave 
 large additional values to existing property by the improvements he 
 projected. He contributed to the beautifying of the city by the 
 erection of stately buildings, setting the example for others to follow. 
 Transforming the old-tashioned and slow-going banking system, he 
 helped to give new life and a new growth to Newark, making it a 
 great financial centre. Suffice it to say that Ihe Prudential now has 
 over three hundred million dollars assets. He established a network 
 of thrift from the lowest to the highest, showing the working people 
 how to make the best use of their money in life insurance, and advis- 
 ing financial and other organizations how to conduct their enterprises 
 to the best public advantage. 
 
 The Important part enacted by The Prudential in the city of 
 Newark and the State of New Jersey Is shown by the fact that that 
 company since Its organization has contributed to the city and the 
 State In the form of taxes over eight million dollars, much of which 
 has gone toward the maintenance of schools, hospitals and other 
 State and local interests. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 453 
 
 In appreciation of Mr. Dryden's invaluable public services New 
 Jersey chose him in 1896 and in 1900 as presidential elector. On 
 January 29, 1902, he was elected to the United States Senate. An 
 active Republican all his life and keenly interested in public affairs, 
 he entered at once into public work, receiving a number of prominent 
 Senate committee appointments and making his first speech on the 
 subject of the Chinese exclusion bill. As a member of the Inter- 
 Oceanic Canal Committee of the Senate, he was brought into close per- 
 sonal cooperation and friendship with ex-President Taft, then Secre- 
 tary of War, and rendered distinguished service in bringing about the 
 legislation which made possible the completion of the great water- 
 way between the two oceans. As a member of the Senate library 
 committee and the committee on public buildings and grounds, he 
 secured action upon a number of important measures; and as a mem- 
 ber of the committee on immigration he gave material aid in effecting 
 desirable legislation. His amendment to the railroad rate bill, fixing 
 the time for divorcing the control of mining properties from the rail- 
 roads, proved a wise and most important enactment. 
 
 The dignity of his character and the marked abilities which he 
 displayed gave him a strong influence with legislators and officials, 
 and ser\'ed to smooth the way for important State and local benefits; 
 he was thus enabled to obtain for New Jersey appropriations aggre- 
 gating five million dollars. He secured for the State the construction 
 of some of the government's largest war vessels, and enriched the 
 State treasury by over six hundred thousand dollars due from the 
 Federal Government on unpaid Civil War claims. Not the least of 
 his activities as Senator was his bringing to a successful issue a large 
 number of the special bills and claims before the pension office for 
 the relief of old soldiers and their widows; and to every case show- 
 ing extreme want his personal attention was given. He also presented 
 while in the United States Senate a valuable trophy, known as the 
 Dryden Trophy, with the purpose of increasing the efficiency in mark- 
 manship among the National Guard, the Army and the Navy. In- 
 deed, his interest and his services covered almost every subject of 
 State or National importance; and in the discharge of the duties of 
 his high office he displayed the same breadth of view and the same 
 keenness of intellect that characterized his administration of The 
 Prudential Insurance Company. 
 
 Mr. Dryden's term as United States Senator expired on March 
 
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 4, 1907, and his health not being good he withdrew from the contest 
 for reelection, leaving the field clear to his successor. Upon recuper- 
 ating his energies, however, he again became active in business life 
 and in public affairs; and during the panic year of 1907 assisted 
 materially in warding off a financial crisis, doing much in the two 
 following years to extend The Prudential's field of operations. Addi- 
 tional structures were planned and completed, so that the four large 
 office buildings in Newark now owned and occupied by the company, 
 are considered one of the finest groups of office buildings in the world, 
 and a model in point of architectual beauty and utility for business 
 purposes, the home office employees of the company working under 
 the very best possible office conditions. 
 
 Senator Dryden was one of the committee that erected the Mc- 
 Kinley Memorial at Canton, Ohio; and was appointed chairman of 
 the committee which had in charge the raising of the Cleveland 
 monument at Princeton, having started the movement and organized 
 the Cleveland Monument Association. He personally conducted the 
 movement to successful accomplishment, the fund of one hundred 
 and twenty-six thousand dollars, which was raised through popular 
 subscription, actually exceeding the amount originally suggested for 
 the project. 
 
 Mr. Dryden was a member of the Presbyterian church, and 
 was a contributor to religious movements and charitable enterprises 
 along many lines. Believing always in a great future for the city of 
 Newark, he cooperated in all movements to make the city more 
 widely known among the great commercial and industrial centres, 
 and was a director in many of the larger financial institutions of the 
 city. State and country. He was an officer in or director of the fol- 
 lowing corporations: The Pnjdential Insurance Company of Amer- 
 ica, president and director; Fidelity Trust Company, Newark, vice- 
 president and director; Union National Bank, Newark, director; 
 United States Steel Corporation, director; United States Casualty 
 Company, New York, director; National Bank of Commerce, New 
 York, director; Equitable Trust Company, New York, director; 
 Public Service Corporation of New Jersey, director. 
 
 Of the Fidelity Trust Company of Newark, he was one of the 
 originators; and he was also one of the prime movers in the consoli- 
 dation that resulted in the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 455 
 
 It was in 1903 that he was made a director of the United States 
 Steel Corporation in which he was active until his death. 
 
 It was not only in his daily life but in his speeches and writings 
 that Mr. Dryden was enabled to exert so important an influence upon 
 his fellow countrymen. In 1895 he demonstrated in a speech before 
 the insurance committee of the Massachusetts Legislature the fallacies 
 of a proposed bill to prohibit the insurance of children, and succeeded 
 in defeating the measure. His writings upon insurance questions are 
 among the classics of the business; and his able volume, "Addresses 
 and Papers on Life Insurance and Other Subjects," is widely recog- 
 nized as a reference book, on all matters of this nature, especially 
 upcm the subject of industrial insurance. Treating on the benefits of 
 industrial insurance, Mr. Dryden described it as one of the most 
 effective means of family protection ever devised. He told also of 
 the new life insurance plan successfully undertaken by his company 
 of guaranteeing the payment of monthly income checks through the 
 entire lifetime of a widow or other dependent rather than paying the 
 full sum of the policy at the death of the insured. He believed this 
 method to be more directly in line with the American ideal of the 
 highest degree of economic independence in old age. This was a 
 growing part of The Prudential's business at the time of his death. 
 
 A widely quoted article upon the subject of longevity, written 
 by him in September, 1901, states his conclusions, based upon the 
 experience of The Prudential, that the American people are advanc- 
 ing toward physical supremacy and distinctly longer lives. He also 
 called attention to the opportunities of life insurance as a career and 
 discussed with keen insight the questions of taxation of life insur- 
 ance and its regulation by Congress, presenting strong arguments for 
 a reduction in the tax by the various States, and the placing of the 
 business under National supervision, in order to bring about uni- 
 form laws for its conduct. Mr. Dryden stated that his own course 
 in public and business life was largely influenced by the fundamental 
 principles of party responsibility and the high ideals in political, busi- 
 ness and social life of Abraham Lincoln and Alexander Hamilton. 
 
 His letters to his agents won for him a reputation as a clear and 
 logical writer, and showed him to be a man of strong and original 
 thought. He was thoroughly posted and well-informed on an un- 
 usual number of important subjects, indicating a wide mental scope 
 and great judicial force. He was a great student of literature and 
 
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 the arts. Large and valuable libraries were accumulated by him at 
 his Newark residence and in his summer home at Bernardsville, New 
 Jersey. He was an acknowledged connoisseur in paintings, and his 
 art collection in Newark, which included a number of modern master- 
 pieces, was one of the most ably and intelligently selected collections 
 in the State. Mr. Dryden was also deeply interested in the develop- 
 ment of forestr)-, and began the establishment of a game preserve 
 on his property, having purchased in the year 191 1 the old Ruther- 
 ford estate, seven thousand acres in extent, in Sussex county. New 
 Jersey. 
 
 As an evidence of Mr. Dryden's belief in a great future pros- 
 perity lor New Jersey, he made this interesting prediction in an ad- 
 dress before the New Jersey State Bankers Association at Atlantic 
 City in 1906: "Drawing much of her energy and capital from the 
 great city of New York on the one hand, and from the great city of 
 Philadelphia on the other, she (New Jersey) yet preserves an inde- 
 pent'ent attitude and pursues an independent policy. Between these 
 two cities, New Jersey, with an area of some seven thousand square 
 miles, occupies what, without (question, will in course of time become 
 the most \aluahle real estate in America." 
 
 Mr. Dryden was a member of the Union League Club, New 
 York; New York Yacht Club; Railroad Club; Automobile Club of 
 America; Metropolitan Club of Washington; Essex Club; Essex 
 County Country Club, and the Automobile and Motor Club of New 
 Jersey. 
 
 His home life was ideal. Married, in 1864, at New Haven, 
 Connecticut, to Miss Cynthia J. P'airchild, he had two children: 
 Forrest F. Dryden, who succeeded his father as president of The 
 Prudential; and Susie Dryden, who married Colonel Anthony R. 
 Kuser, of Trenton. 
 
 Mr. Dryden's death occurred after a short illness, at his resi- 
 dence in Newark, November 24, 191 1, he being then in his seventy- 
 third year. It was said of him, at his death, that a pillar of the State 
 hail fallen, and from the world of insurance a towering figure was 
 removed which for more than a generation had commanded the 
 respect and admiration of his contemporaries. 
 
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FORREST FAIRCHILD DRYDEN 
 
 FORREST FAIRCHILD DRYDEN, who succeeded his dis- 
 tinguished father, John F. Dryden, as president of The Pru- 
 dential Insurance Company of America, is the youngest man 
 ever selected as chief executive of a company of the rank and impor- 
 tance of 7 he Prudential. He is well equipped for the post, bringing 
 to it a natural ability, which by training and experience has reached 
 a high point of efficiency. In his administration of the affairs of the 
 company the wise and progressive policies of its founder are followed 
 unswervingly and with continually increasing breadth. He has won 
 for himself prominence in the world of business and established, 
 upon his own merits, a sound reputation for foresight, clear under- 
 standing and excellent judgment. 
 
 Mr. Dryden was born at Bedford, Ohio, December 26, 1864, 
 but moved at an early age with his parents to New Jersey, which has 
 always been the seat of his business activities. As the only son of 
 his parents he received a most careful upbringing; and his mother, 
 who had been Miss Cynthia Fairchild, neglected no opportunity for 
 impressing upon his mind the tenets which make for a well-rounded 
 character. His first schooling was received at the Newark (New 
 Jersey) Academy. Anxious to get into business, however, he entered 
 the service of The Prudential as a clerk in 1882, but later went to 
 Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts. 
 
 At the conclusion of his studies he decided upon life insurance 
 as a career and joined The Prudential staff again in 1888, beginning 
 at the very foundation in acquiring the principles of the business. 
 Displaying aptitude and readiness he was detailed for duty as field 
 inspector, a work thoroughly congenial to a man of his mettle and 
 activity. In 1889, so far had he advanced in his qualifications for 
 insurance work, that he was appointed superintendent for The Pru- 
 dential at Elizabeth, New Jersey, the enterprise having then attained 
 a vigorous growth and sohdity. Mr. Dryden's enthusiasm and pro- 
 gressiveness kept pace with the company's wonderful development 
 and there were no features of the business with which he did not 
 become familiar. 
 
458 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 In I 890 he was elected a member of the board of directors and 
 appointed assistant secretary, and later in the same year secretary. 
 In this capacity he added to his reputation as a keen, far-sighted 
 insurance man, displaying maturity of judgment and wisdom in the 
 estimate of those by whom he was surrounded. Mr. Dryden be- 
 came his father's right-hand man in The Prudential following the 
 latter's election to the United States Senate in 1902 by the Legisla- 
 ture of New Jersey and for the five years of Senator Dryden's term 
 of office many and various duties and responsibilities fell upon the 
 shoulders of the younger man who discharged them with ability, pro- 
 ducing a large increase in the business under his control. In the 
 year 1903 he was elected to the post of third vice-president of the 
 company, followed by his election in 1906 as second vice-president, 
 and his advancement five years later to the responsibilities of the 
 vice-presidency. The experience which he gained prepared him for 
 his ultimate succession to the presidency, and the full confidence 
 placed in him by all connected with The Prudential. 
 
 Forrest F. Dr)'den, as a field general, has become known as one 
 of the leaders in the insurance business and many of the most useful 
 methods now in operation were introduced by him. With his asso- 
 ciates and subordinates he is popular and in his field management is 
 known throughout the country, his frequent trips having taken him 
 to most parts of the United States. His visits to the field invariably 
 result in a great development of the business, and a strengthening 
 of the esteem held for him by the big Prudential staff. His memory 
 of persons is unusual, and it is said of him that he knows practically 
 every field worker whom he has ever met. He is a judge of human 
 nature, estimating men by their merits and the quality of their work, 
 and it is to his tact, energy and enthusiasm, characteristics inherited 
 from The Prudential's founder that his success is due. 
 
 After the death of his father, I'orrest F. Dryden was elected 
 on January 8, 19 12, to till the vacant post, and became president of 
 one of the greatest and most influential corporations in the world. 
 He entered upon his new and weighty duties with the approval of 
 every person interested in the welfare of the vast company and has 
 proved himself well qualified for the position of command in the 
 world of finance and insurance to which he was elevated. There is 
 no branch of The Prudential's enormous business with which he is 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 459 
 
 not familiar, and none of its wide and progressive policies with which 
 he is not in complete sympathy. The organization under his control 
 is conducted along the same vigorous and practical lines as during the 
 long presidency of his father. The company, whose entire staff now 
 exceeds twenty-nine thousand agents, examiners, etc., has in force 
 eleven million policies aggregating in face values two billion, two 
 hundred and eleven million dollars; and the responsibilities entailed 
 in the management of such a large company, it can be seen, demand 
 the best of executive qualifications. 
 
 That the business of The Prudential, and insurance in general, 
 have been the chief consideration of Mr. Dryden during all of his 
 business life, may be gathered at once from his conversation and his 
 every official action. His personality is magnetic; he is optimistic, 
 affable and cordial and his manner endears him to all with whom he 
 comes in contact. Genial and ready of speech he is popular wherever 
 he goes and the success of his career may well be an inspiration to all 
 young men. He is a man of robust physique and youthful appear- 
 ance, of medium height, dignified bearing and pleasing countenance. 
 
 Like his father, Mr. Dryden is a staunch member of the Pres- 
 byterian church in which he was reared; and like his father, equally 
 a staunch Republican. He is a director of the Public Service Cor- 
 poration of New Jersey, the Union National Bank of Newark, the 
 South Jersey Gas, Electric and Traction Company, the United States 
 Casualty Company, New York, the American Insurance Company, 
 Newark, the Peoples Gas Improvement Company of Trenton, and 
 the Fidelity Trust Company of Newark, of which his father was one 
 of the founders and in which he displayed the keenest interest 
 throughout his life. Mr. Dryden is interested in the National Guard 
 of New Jersey and bears the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He was 
 a member of the Essex Troop and for some time chief commissary 
 on the staff of Major-General P. F. Wanser. Mr. Dryden was 
 elected to his father's place in the executive committee of the Asso- 
 ciation of Life Insurance Presidents. He holds membership in the 
 Essex Club, Newark; Essex County Country Club, West Orange; 
 Baltusrol Golf Club, Somerset Hills Country Club, Morris County 
 Golf Club, The Economic Club of New York and the Down Town 
 Club of Newark. He was elected one of the vice-presidents and 
 chairman of the executive committee of the newly organized New 
 Jersey State Chamber of Commerce. 
 
460 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 Mr. Dryden also holds membership in the Newark Board of 
 Trade, the National Citizens' League, the New Jersey State Rifle 
 Association, the North Jersey Society for the Promotion of Agri- 
 culture and life membership in the Newark Museum Association 
 and the Academy of Political Science in the City of New York. He 
 is also a director in the National body of the Boy Scouts of America 
 and belongs to the Civic Forum of New York. 
 
 Colonel Dryden was married, in 1890, to Miss Grace Carleton, 
 daughter of Dr. Isaac N. Carleton, of Bradford, Massachusetts, and 
 has three children, a son and two daughters — John F. Dryden (2nd), 
 Dorothy, and Elizabeth Butterfield Dryden. He has a town resi- 
 dence at No. 59 Lincoln Park, Newark, and a summer home at 
 Bernardsville, New Jersey. 
 
 It is to such men of the younger generation as Forrest F. Dry- 
 den and other distinguished sons of distinguished fathers, that the 
 country may lock for continued prosperity in the coming years, along 
 the same lines that have been pursued by their illustrious progenitors. 
 
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ANDREW KIRKPATHICK 
 
 JUDGE ANDREW KIRKPATRICK, a modern jurist of dis- 
 tinction, was the son of John Bayard and Margaret (Weaver) 
 
 Kirkpatrick, born in Washington, D. C, October 8, 1844, died 
 in Newark, New Jersey, May 4, 1904. His ancestry, referred to in 
 an earlier sketch will be briefly noted here. The social refinement of 
 his family, supplemented by intellectual achievements and official 
 position in each generation, made them leaders in the organization 
 of the State of New Jersey from the colonial government of the 
 eighteenth century. His grandfather, Andrew Kirkpatrick, gained 
 eminence as one of the greatest Chief Justices of the Supreme Court 
 in New Jersey, who also served a portion of a term in the New Jer- 
 sey Assembly, and whose decisions are standards in the guidance of 
 litigation to this day. His father, David Kirkpatrick, a plain farmer, 
 of sternly religious bent, lived to more than ninety years of age, and 
 was responsible for his son's early education in preparation for col- 
 lege and his first chosen profession of the ministry. His father was 
 the American emigrant, an outlawed follower of the dethroned pre- 
 tenders of the Stuart family to the English crown, who died in 1758. 
 
 Andrew Kirkpatrick (2) was born during the temporary resi- 
 dence of his parents in Washington, while his father was Third 
 Auditor of the Treasury Department. They were thus familiar vvith 
 all the interesting people who formed the upper social circles of that 
 day. John Bayard Kirkpatrick himself was a wealthy merchant, one 
 of those who first engaged in the romantic foreip:n trade, after the 
 opening of the treaty ports in China and Japan. He was thus a note- 
 worthy figure among the enterprising business men that made Amer- 
 ica a synonym for great and daring achievement along line of trade 
 never attempted before. Soon after Andrew's birth the family again 
 made its home in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Here he received 
 his elementary education, and received the preliminary preparation 
 for college at the Rutgers College Grammar School. He then 
 entered Union College, at Schenectady, New York, and was gradu- 
 ated in 1863, receiving the degree of B. A. Princeton University 
 in 1870 conferred upon him an honorary degree of M. A., and Union 
 
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 College further expressed its appreciation of his legal achievements 
 in bestowing that of LL. D. In 1903. Having chosen the profession 
 of law, his ambition being spurred on Its course by the Illuminating 
 example of his grandfather, young Kirkpatrick entered the office of 
 the Hon. PVederick T. Frellnghuysen, of Newark, himself a noble 
 example to any man. The student of law worked diligently and was 
 admitted as an attorney at the New Jersey bar in 1866, becoming a 
 counsellor In i 869. 
 
 With Mr. Frelinghuysen's friendship and advice, he eagerly 
 accepted the invitation to become a member of the firm under which 
 he had studied, and for several years they enjoyed the association In 
 practice to their mutual advantage. Later Mr. Kirkpatrick formed 
 a partnership with the Hon. Frederick H. Teese, and attained a 
 brilliant reputation at the bar, where he soon became one of the 
 foremost legal lights. His first appointment was received In April, 
 1885, when Governor Abbett made him Law Judge of the Essex 
 County Court of Common Pleas, In which position he continued until 
 1896 by reappointments. He then resigned this position on receiv- 
 ing the chair of Judge of the L'nited States District Court for New 
 Jersey, from President Cleveland, and which important office he held 
 until the end of his days. Many complimentary things have been 
 said of Judge Kirkpatrick's long and honorable career on the New 
 Jersey bench. One of these may be quoted in part: "His legal 
 knowledge was brought to bear on the cases, to the disentanglement 
 of many knotty problems. His record as a Federal judge was bril- 
 liant, and to his courtesy and humanity there were hundreds to testify. 
 * * * * Because of the soundness of his judgment his opin- 
 ions carried weight In the legal world. They were regarded as 
 peculiarly clear In statement, and had the quality of being easily 
 comprehended by the lay mind." 
 
 Some of the most noteworthy cases which came up for his deci- 
 sion were connected with the United States Steel Company, the 
 L'nited States Shipbuilding Company, and the "Asphalt Trust." His 
 admlnlstratl\e ability was as great as his capacity for the duties of 
 a judge, and at one time he was made receiver of the Domestic 
 Manufacturing Company, upon Its failure in 1893. He had author- 
 ity to continue its production of Domestic Sewing Machines, and was 
 also to keep the factories open, in spite of the panicky atmosphere of 
 
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 business at that period, and hundreds of employees were able to keep 
 at work. At the end of his receivership he was able to deliver the 
 property to its stockholders, entirely clear of all its embarrassments, 
 and with sufficient assets to pay its creditors in full. His business 
 interests were many, and he helped to organize the Federal Trust 
 Company, of which he was at one time president; he was a director 
 in the Howard Savings Institution, treasurer of the T. P. Howell 
 Company, director of the Fidelity Title and Deposit Company, and 
 of the Newark Gas Company. He also was one of the Newark City 
 Hall Commissioners and a member of the Sinking Fund Commission. 
 
 In club life he was a popular member of several organizations. 
 He was one of the original governors of the Essex Club, and one of 
 the organizers of the Sons of the American Revolution, and a mem- 
 ber of the Jeffersonian Club. 
 
 Andrew Kirkpatrick married (first) in 1869, Alice, daughter of 
 Joel W. Condit, by whom he had three children: Andrew, John 
 Bayard and Alice. He married (second) Louise C, daughter of 
 Theodore P. Howell. They also had three children: Littleton, Isa- 
 belle and Elizabeth. 
 
J. BAYAKU KIRKPATKICK 
 
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 BAYARD KIRKPATRICK, president of various important 
 
 corporations, was born in Newark, May i, 1872, and is the 
 
 son of Judge Andrew Kirkpatrick and his first wife, Alice 
 
 Condit. His distinguished ancestry and their record in courts of 
 
 law easily settled the question of Mr. Kirkpatrick's profession. 
 
 His preparatory education was received at the St. Paul School, 
 Concord, New Hampshire, for five years. He then entered Harvard 
 College, whence he was graduated in 1894. A further course in the 
 Harvard Law School fitted him for his career, and he received his 
 diploma in 1897. His first practical experience was obtained in the 
 office of Coult & Howell, and he received his admission as attorney 
 in February, 1898. In 1901 he became a counsellor. His ability in 
 this chosen field was quickly shown and he has built up an ever in- 
 creasing clientele. Future honors no doubt await one so eminently 
 fitted to occupy a prominent place at the New Jersey bar. 
 
 Mr. Kirkpatrick already holds the office of president in the 
 New Jersey Title and Abstract Company; the same honor is accorded 
 him with the Lawyer's Title Guaranty Company. At one time he 
 was secretar)' of the Neptune Meter Company, which is one of the 
 largest organizations of its kind in the country. His political con- 
 nections are Democratic. 
 
 Mr. Kirkpatrick is a great worker among societies and is an 
 Interested member of the New Jersey Historical Society, Washing- 
 ton Association of Morristown, Engineers' Club of New York, Har- 
 vard Club of New York, Harvard Club of Pennsylvania, Harvard 
 Club of New Jersey, and the Union Club of Newark. He is con- 
 nected with Grace Episcopal Church of Newark. He is also a 
 tnistec of St. Matthew's German Episcopal Church of Newark. 
 
RICHARD MATLACK COOPER 
 
 THE Cooper family of New Jersey is representative of the best 
 type of the fine old landed aristocracy which grew up in the 
 early times, when settlers in the New World had a practically un- 
 limited field in which to acquire possessions. The Patroons of New 
 York, whose personal holdings rivaled in magnitude the territory 
 of many a European State, until compelled by the new regime to 
 surrender much of their huge patrimonies, are the most familiar 
 example, and from this aristocratic root and similar roots in the 
 other States has democratic America derived some of her most emi- 
 nent men and ardent patriots. The Coopers themselves have yielded 
 many such to their country's roster of worthy names, the most distin- 
 guished of which is undoubtedly that of James Fenimore Cooper. 
 The first of the name to come from England to the Colonies 
 was one William Cooper, a resident of Coleshill, Hertfordshire, 
 where he was born in 1632. He became early a member of the 
 Society of Friends, and with them suffered all the trials of persecu- 
 tion which that age, so intolerant of religious differences, heaped 
 upon the heads of that devoted body. At length, preferring to 
 brave the perils of the untried wilderness to longer enduring their 
 sufferings at home, a determined band, of which the said William 
 Cooper formed one, came to America and settled in Burlington, 
 New Jersey, but a few years after the founding of that little settle- 
 ment. William Cooper did not remain there, however, but went to 
 what was called Pyne Point, on the Delaware River, now Cooper's 
 Point, opposite the place where a few years later was founded the 
 city of Philadelphia. At his house in this place and at one other 
 house across the river, the first meetings of the Friends took, place, 
 in a fear of the Indians only surpassed by their fear of God. As 
 time went on the Cooper family, which had acquired settlers' rights 
 
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 to a large region in the locality, became wealthy and grew to great 
 prominence in the community. 
 
 Richard Matlack Cooper was born in Gloucester county, New 
 Jersey, February 29, 1768. He inherited large estates, and both 
 this fact and his own natural abilities brought him quickly into public 
 notice. Interested in the politics of his time and place, taking an 
 active part in the community's affairs, he seemed the appropriate 
 candidate for the region to the State Legislature, and accordingly 
 served a number of terms in that body. He became president of the 
 State Bank at Camden in 18 13, a position he held until 1842, when 
 he declined further reelection. He was elected in 1829 to the House 
 of Representatives in the Lfnited States Congress, and again in 1831, 
 and for several years held the office of Presiding Justice of the 
 courts of Gloucester county. He died March 10, i S44. 
 
THOMAS B. PEDDIE 
 
 THOMAS B. PEDDIE is the type of foreign born citizen so 
 many of whom, having heard at home the wonderful tales 
 of the wealth to be found in the New World, of the gold almost to 
 be picked up in the streets, have ventured to the land of promise to 
 find the tales, if not literally true, at least possible of fulfilment. 
 Certainly the golden dreams of fortune and power were in a large 
 measure realized in his career in the land of his adoption. 
 
 He was born and educated in Scotland, his parents being pos- 
 sessed of moderate means, and was early an earnest reader of the 
 literature of the day. It was at a time when the wonderful growth 
 and progress of the western republic was impressing itself upon the 
 minds and imaginations of the peoples of Europe, and there were 
 many references to it in the current literature. The stories which 
 young Peddie saw were calculated to whet his fancy and tempt him 
 to try his fortune in a land where opportunity had not been all 
 preempted as at home. Accordingly he set sail, and in 1833 arrived 
 in the United States and began a search for a location in keeping 
 with his ideas. After a survey of many towns and cities he at length 
 selected Newark as an ideal location for the young man about enter- 
 ing business, coming as it was into a new life of manufacture and 
 development. The wisdom of the choice was proven in the event. 
 Noting the importance of the leather industry there, an importance 
 which seemed to him on the increase, he entered a saddler's factory, 
 and at the end of two years had laid by a sufficiency to enable him to 
 begin the manufacture of trunks and leather bags on his own account. 
 From this most modest beginning his business never paused in its 
 growth upwards until it eventually became the largest of its kind in 
 the country if not in the world. Indeed, it may be not unjustly 
 urged that through this enormous industry, as well as through his 
 many other financial connections, Mr. Peddie exerted no small effect 
 
468 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 upon the industrial development of the city and contributed not a 
 little to its importance in the manufacturing world. But Mr. Ped- 
 die's activity was not confined within the narrow limits of a personal 
 business interest, however valuable this may indirectly have been to 
 his city. On the contrary, he took a deep interest in the religious, 
 political and social affairs of Newark, and played an energetic part 
 therein. He absented himself for a whole year from his business, 
 and during the time made an extended European tour, observing as 
 he went about the various means adopted by communities, especially 
 in England, to foster the industries within their borders. Return- 
 ing at length to America, he strongly advocated a more intimate 
 concern on the part of cities and States, in the trades and manu- 
 factories which contributed to their wealth and importance, and 
 even urged the establishment of an additional department of the 
 national government in Washington, to be added to that of Agri- 
 culture, and to be called Trade and Commerce. 
 
 In 1863 Mr. Peddie was sent to the State Legislature, and in 
 1876 was elected a Representative from New Jersey to the Forty- 
 fifth Congress. He also served for four years as mayor of Newark. 
 He was a staunch Republican in politics, and his advice was sought 
 in the councils of his party. Mr. Peddie was always greatly inter- 
 ested in the cause of education and contributed largely to its sup- 
 port. The academy at Hightstown, New Jersey, was especially a 
 recipient of his benefactions, and was finally named for him, the 
 Peddie Institute. He was also a strong Baptist in religion, and was 
 long a member of the First Baptist Church of Newark, to which he 
 contributed generously, and the last act of his life was the erection 
 of the large church edifice on Broad street, Newark, a gift to the 
 congregation of which he had been for many years a member. He 
 did not live to view its completion, and after his death, which 
 occurred February 16, 1889, his grateful fellow worshipers named it 
 the Peddie Memorial Church. 
 
JAMES BUCHANAN 
 
 THE name of James Buchanan is of course so intimately asso- 
 ciated with the fifteenth President, that to many it may be 
 surprising to learn of another eminent man who also bore it, and 
 attained to a high preferment through the suffrage of his fellow 
 citizens, in a period when the questions which threatened to disrupt 
 the nation during the administration of President Buchanan, had 
 come to an issue so dreadful yet so triumphant for the Union. 
 
 James Buchanan, leader of the bar, jurist and Representative 
 to the United States Congress from New Jersey, was born at 
 Ringoes, Hunterdon county, in that State, June 17, 1839. His fam- 
 ily was of Scotch origin, and had come to America a few years be- 
 fore the Revolution, and had finally settled in Hunterdon county, in 
 which great agricultural region they had become successful farmers. 
 It was in this occupation, one which has given to America so many 
 of her greatest men, that we find one Samuel Buchanan engaged at 
 the time of the birth of his son, the subject of this sketch. 
 
 James Buchanan was educated in the Hunterdon county public 
 schools, and in the Clinton Academy at Clinton. Upon concluding 
 his general studies he engaged in reading law in the office of the 
 Hon. John T. Bird, of Flemington, New Jersey, that being the pro- 
 fession he had chosen. The better to fit himself in the technical and 
 theoretical side of his subject, he entered the law school of the Uni- 
 versity of Albany in 1863, and there took a year's course, at the end 
 of which he was admitted to the bar of his native State. He at once 
 began practice in Trenton, and there laid the foundation of what 
 became eventually an unusually large and important practice. In 
 1866, before his cases became too engrossing to permit of unlimited 
 outside duties, he was elected reading clerk of the State Assembly, 
 but declined a reelection on account of his growing business. This, 
 indeed, increased in a rapid manner, a natural circumstance, as his 
 
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 talents qualified him admirably for the profession he had chosen. 
 A naturally brilliant mind and close application had given him a 
 comprehensive grasp of legal principles, and his skill in applying 
 these to the case in point, his resources as an advocate, together with 
 his power and persuasiveness as a speaker, recommended him highly 
 to those to embark upon the perils of legal action, and he soon be- 
 came a leading figure before the bar of his State. He was a mem- 
 ber of the Trenton School Board, but declined reelection. He was 
 at this time taking a considerable part in the political affairs of the 
 community, and in 1872 was sent a delegate to the Republican Na- 
 tional Convention which renominated General Grant to the presi- 
 dency. In 1874 he was appointed by the State Legislature to suc- 
 ceed Justice Reed as the Presiding Judge of Mercer county, a posi- 
 tion which he held for six years. He served his fellow citizens also 
 in the important office of Representative in the United States House 
 of Representatives, being sent successively to the Forty-ninth, 
 Fiftieth, Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses. 
 
 Mr. Buchanan's activities, in spite of the great call made upon 
 them by his private practice and official duties, were extremely 
 varied. He was a member of the Trenton Board of Trade, a trustee 
 of the Peddie Institute, and president of the State Congress of New 
 Jersey Baptists. In 1875 the University of Lewisburg, Pennsyl- 
 vania, conferred upon him the honorary degree of A. M. 
 
EDWIN R. V. WRIGHT 
 
 IT is seldom that one with a great diversity of interests is capable 
 of winning distinction in all. For this is required an unusual 
 order of ability, and the old saw, jack-of-all-trades, master of none, 
 is generally applicable. This was not the case with Edwin R. V. 
 Wright, soldier, educator and legislator, whose talents were as 
 diverse as his tastes and who tried his hand at the most various tasks 
 with success in all. 
 
 He was born January 2, 18 12, in Hoboken, New Jersey, and 
 received an academic education, which he turned to the greatest 
 practical advantage, and which paved the way for the great interest 
 he took in after years in the whole subject of education, which 
 caused him to spend much time in the furtherance of its cause. After 
 leaving school he took up the trade of printer, which he speedily 
 learned, so that in 1835, when he was still but twenty-three years 
 old, he edited and published a paper called "The Jersey Blue." 
 But Mr. Wright's attention was called to the law as affording the 
 shortest route to the young men of his day to political preferment, 
 and he engaged accordingly in the study of this profession with such 
 good success that he was admitted to the bar in 1839. His activity 
 did not stop here, for he took so energetic a part in the affairs of the 
 community that four years later he was elected to the New Jersey 
 State Senate, an office which he used to further his campaign in the 
 cause of education. He was a strong advocate of the present system 
 of New Jersey schools, which was then under consideration, and he 
 brought the full strength of his influence to bear for its introduction. 
 In 1 81; I he was appointed District Attorney for Hudson county, 
 and held this office for five years. 
 
 Mr. Wright, not content with his literary, legal and legislative 
 labors, a sufficient task, one would think, for most men, had entered 
 the National Guard of New Jersey, in which service he rose until 
 
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 he became and was for several years major-general of militia, com- 
 manding the Second Division of the State Guard. During these 
 active years in the service of his fellow citizens, General Wright's 
 popularity had been steadily on the increase, and in 1859 the Demo- 
 cratic party chose him as their logical candidate for Governor of the 
 State. General Wright accepted the nomination and made a vigor- 
 ous campaign, but was defeated by a small majority in the election 
 by Charles S. Olden, his Republican opponent. He was elected to 
 the United States House of Representatives in the Thirty-ninth Con- 
 gress, serving during his term on the House committee on appropria- 
 tions, and on the special committee appointed on the death of Presi- 
 dent Lincoln. Mr. Wright's death occurred in Jersey City, on Janu- 
 ary- 19, 1876. 
 
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HOWARD MICKLE COOPER 
 
 HOWARD MICKLE COOPER, of Camden, New Jersey, Is 
 descended from an old colonial family of the name, whose 
 emigrant ancestor, William Cooper, settled at Burlington, New 
 Jersey about 1679. Burlington was settled in 1677 ^y a colony of 
 English Quakers, and was named Burlington after the Yorkshire 
 home of many of the settlers. It is the most interesting town of 
 West Jersey, on account of its intimate association with the early 
 history of New Jersey, and many families of the State trace their 
 ancestry to emigrant families who settled at Burlington and Camden. 
 
 The last mentioned city was settled largely by Quakers in 1681, 
 but for a century or more the settlement consisted of isolated farms 
 and a small group of houses about the ferry by which travelers from 
 the east crossed to Philadelphia. In 1773, Jacob Cooper laid out a 
 town near the ferry and gave it the name of Camden, in honor of 
 Lord Chancellor Camden, who had been one of the strongest oppo- 
 nents of the "Stamp Act." The settlement, however, was variously 
 known as "Pluckemin," "The Ferry," and "Cooper's Ferry," until 
 about the time of the war of 1812. The Cooper Hospital still per- 
 petuates the name so closely identified with the early history of the 
 city, which is noted for its various public buildings and commercial 
 enterprises. 
 
 William and Margaret Cooper came from England, and first 
 settled in Burlington, New Jersey, in 1679, but in the following 
 year they moved to Camden. William Cooper, a descendant, was 
 born November 24, 1770, at Woodbury, and married Sarah Mor- 
 gan, who lived near Palmyra, New Jersey; he died June 24, 1850, 
 at the house of his son-in-law, Charles Kaighn, Camden. 
 
 John Kaighn, from the Isle of Man, Great Britain, came to 
 America in 1684; he first settled at Byberry, Pennsylvania, but in 
 1696 moved to Camden, New Jersey, where some of the family 
 
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 have resided until the present time. Joseph Kaighn, a descendant, 
 was born March i8, 1774, at Camden, married Sarah Mickle, of 
 the same place, and died there February 23, 1841. 
 
 John Cooper, son of William and Sarah (Morgan) Cooper, 
 was born July 15, 18 14, at Woodbury, New Jersey. He moved to 
 Camden and married Mary Mickle Kaighn, daughter of Joseph 
 and Sarah (Mickle) Kaighn, of Camden, New Jersey. He was 
 a merchant noted for his business ability, good judgment and posi- 
 tive character. 
 
 Howard Mickle Cooper, son of John and Mary Mickle 
 (Kaighn) Cooper, was born June 24, 1844, at Camden, New Jersey. 
 His early education was secured in the elementary schools of his 
 native city; in 1858-1861 he attended the Friends' Central School 
 in Philadelphia, and then attended Haverford College, at Haver- 
 ford, Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1864 as A. B., and 
 in 1867 received the M. A. degree therefrom. In 1864 he began 
 the study of law under Peter L. Voorhees, of Camden. He was ad- 
 mitted to the practice of law in all the State Courts of New Jersey 
 in 1867, and has attained distinction in the practice of his profession 
 before the local bar of Camden. 
 
 He has been a director and solicitor for the Camden National 
 Bank since its organization in 1885; was president of the Security 
 Trust Company from 1892 to 1900 inclusive; was a State Examiner 
 for admission to the New Jersey bar from 1902 to 1912; and has 
 been president of the Camden County Bar Association since 1905; 
 he is a trustee of the Camden Free Library and has been since its 
 opening in 1898, and was a member of the New Jersey Public 
 Library Commission from the spring of 1906 to a like date in 1913. 
 He has been identified with library and professional work for a 
 number of years. He is a Republican in politics, but has never held 
 political office; and is a member of the Society of Friends, at Cam- 
 den. 
 
 He married (first) Alice M. Mears, daughter of Dr. Benja- 
 min R. and Mary (Howell) Mears, the 28th day of October, 1872; 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 475 
 
 she died July ii, 1873, at Camden, New Jersey. He married 
 (second) Lucy Smyth, daughter of William C. and Emily (Betts) 
 Smyth, the 22nd day of April, 1884, by whom there was issue, one 
 daughter, Emily Smyth Cooper, who resides with her parents at 
 Camden. 
 
 THOMAS J. HILLERY 
 
 THOMAS J. HILLERY was born November 18, 1871, at 
 Hibernia, Morris county. New Jersey. He attended the 
 public school at Hibernia up to the age of twelve years, and the fol- 
 lowing two years at the Rockaway public school, graduating from 
 the latter place. 
 
 He then entered the mercantile establishment of B. K. & G. W. 
 Stickle, where he spent four years. In 1890 he entered the office of 
 Lewis Van Duyne, civil engineer, and engaged in engineering work 
 for the next eight years. During a portion of this time he studied 
 law in the office of N. S. Kitchell, and later attended the New York 
 University Law School, and was admitted to the bar as an attorney 
 in 1901, and was admitted as a counsellor in 1904. 
 
 In the fall of 1902 he was elected to the Assembly, and re- 
 turned again in 1903. In 1904 he was elected to the Senate of New 
 Jersey, and became leader of the Republican majority, which posi- 
 tion he held for two years. He was then made president of the 
 Senate, and was Acting Governor for a short period during the ab- 
 sence of Governor Fort, in this State. He was appointed a member 
 of the Public Utility Commissioners of New Jersey, in 1909, in 
 which capacity he is serving at the present time. He was at one 
 time president of the United Water Supply Company and the Boon- 
 ton Electric Company, and served in an official capacity in several 
 small manufacturing and insurance companies. 
 
EZRA BOWEN 
 
 THE life of Ezra Bowen was one of those quiet, useful ones, 
 which build up the prosperity of any community, and which 
 tend to develop interests of great magnitude. He was identified 
 with some of the most important enterprises in financial circles in 
 the city in which the active years of his life were spent, and his death 
 was regarded in the light of a public calamity. 
 
 Mr. Bowen was born in the city of Philadelphia, December 
 i6, 1831, and his death occurred June 29, 1901. His earliest edu- 
 cational training was received under the auspices of the Rev. Dr. 
 Williams, at Fifteenth and Spruce streets, and for many years from 
 his eighth year he studied under the Rev. Samuel Phinney, at New- 
 burgh-on-the-Hudson. He entered upon his business career in the 
 banking house of Brown & Bowen, in Philadelphia, and later formed 
 a business association with George S. Fox, in the conduct of a bank- 
 ing house at No. 132 South Third street. His social connections 
 were with the Art Club of Philadelphia, the Union League Club, 
 the Historical Society, and a number of others. He was a vestryman 
 of Holy Trinity Church, Nineteenth and Walnut streets, Philadel- 
 phia, from its very earliest creation, and after he came to St. Mary's 
 Church, in Burlington. 
 
 Mr. Bowen was married, at the Church of the Epiphany, Fif- 
 teenth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, October 13, 1858, to Eliz- 
 abeth Brown, a daughter of Tilton and Lydia Wallace (Brown) 
 Wildes; her father came of a Kentish family in England. She was 
 born February 12, 1833, in the village of Arney, Burlington county. 
 New Jersey. This village was named in early colonial days for the 
 De Arney family. Mrs. Bowen was educated in Downington, Ches- 
 ter county, Pennsylvania. Her father was born in New Jersey, and 
 was a large landowner. Mr. Bowen delighted in doing good and his 
 charities were many. He was of rigid devotion to the highest prin- 
 
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 ciples of integrity, both in business life and socially, and was always 
 serious and in earnest in whatever he undertook. He lived solely 
 for his family and friends, and he never tired in their behalf. 
 
ARTHUR W. BISHOP 
 
 ARTHUR W. BISHOP, of Paterson, New Jersey, is a native 
 of the South, having been born in the State of Georgia. When 
 he was at an early age his parents came North, first locating in New 
 York City for a short time, and then coming to Paterson, New 
 Jersey, in 1856, and there engaging in the hosiery and fancy goods 
 business until 1872, when the father, John Bishop, retired, and the 
 business was continued by the son. In 1893 he also retired from 
 business, since that time devoting his time to his iron and coal invest- 
 ments in Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 
 
 During the last year Mr. Bishop discovered a high grade of 
 potash-rock in his iron mines at Pompton, New Jersey, and has 
 added the mining of potash for the use of fertilizer manufacturers 
 to his many other investments. The mines discovered are the richest 
 yet discovered in the United States, and are producing heavily. Mr. 
 Bishop retired from the silk business a few years ago, being suc- 
 ceeded by the Rumler Hat Band Company, of New York. 
 
 Mr. Bishop is a selfmade man in regard to educational mat- 
 ters, having begun work in his father's store at the age of seven 
 years, with educational opportunities covering about four months at 
 pri\ate school, the remainder of his education being secured with 
 school books after and before work hours. In the spring of 1862 he 
 served as water and lint boy in the United States Hospital at Havre 
 tie Grace, Maryland, also again in the summer and fall of the fol- 
 lowing year, and gained the knowledge of the horrors of war as seen 
 by the surgeon and his assistant. 
 
 In public life Mr. Bishf)p has taken little interest, serving as 
 Commissioner of Education for several years, also as member of the 
 Board of Freeholders of Passaic county. In charity work he has 
 been active, organizing the Passaic County Society for the Pre- 
 vention of Cruelty to Animals, also the Passaic County Society for 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 479 
 
 the Prevention of Cruelty to Children — of both societies serving as 
 president a term of twelve and ten years respectively. In 1902 he 
 was elected president of the New Jersey State Society for the Pre- 
 vention of Cruelty to Children, also appointed probation officer for 
 the county of Passaic in cases pertaining to children. He is honorary 
 member of the before named societies of the following counties: 
 Bergen, Essex, Morris, Hunterdon, Union and Hudson. The 
 manuals and digest of laws pertaining to children and animal protec- 
 tion was arranged and published gratuitously for the use of societies 
 and courts by Mr. Bishnp, who also secured the passage of over a 
 do7.cn laws and amendments to laws pertaining to the protection of 
 children and animals, among them the so-called Bishop's liquor law. 
 In society work he has also taken some interest, being the organ- 
 izer of the following bodies of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows : Ark Lodge, No. iio; Falls City Lodge, No. 194; Rebekah 
 Degree Lodge, No. 3 ; Progress Encampment, and Patriarchs 
 Militant. In Masonic matters he is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, 
 No. 88, and has taken all the degrees in the York and Scottish Rite 
 up to the 32nd degree, and in the Memphis to the 96th degree; is 
 also life member of Mecca Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles 
 of the Mystic Shrine. In religious belief Mr. Bishop is an Epis- 
 copalian, and a member of St. Mark's Church, of Paterson. In 
 politics Mr. Bishop has been a Republican since his first vote. 
 
PATRICK RIELLY 
 
 THE world is not slow to pass judgment upon the individual, 
 and when a man has won the high respect of those with 
 whom business and social relations have brought him in contact, it is 
 by reason of a well spent and honorable life. Condemnation comes 
 quickly from the public, and esteem therefore indicates the posses- 
 sion of worthy qualities and characteristics. When we say that the 
 late Patrick Rielly, head of the leather manufacturing firm of P. 
 Rielly & Son, of Newark, New Jersey, was one of the most highly 
 respected men in the city in which he resided, it is equivalent to say- 
 ing that his life was one well worthy of emulation. 
 
 Mr. Rielly was born in county Cavan, Ireland, February 5, 
 1834, and died at his home in Newark, New Jersey, at the age of 
 seventy-eight years. He was educated in a school of his native 
 country and, being a bright and observant boy, who took a lively 
 interest in the current events of other countries as well as in those 
 of his own, he soon came to the wise conclusion that the United 
 States offered better and more numerous opportunities for advance- 
 ment to a young lad of ambition, energy and determination, than 
 could be found at home. He accordingly came to America in his 
 early manhood, and decided upon Newark, New Jersey, as the scene 
 of his future activities. He obtained a position in one of the few 
 leather shops which were at that time established in the city, and 
 applied himself with such diligence to mastering all the numerous 
 details connected with this line of business, that he rapidly attained 
 proficiency. He held his first position for a period of five years, 
 then went directly from this to become superintendent of the leather 
 factory of William Dunn, and this enterprise prospered under his 
 management for a period of six years. Mr. Rielly then desired to 
 obtain an interest in the business, but this was not in accordance with 
 the ideas of Mr. Dunn, and Mr. Rielly promptly severed the busi- 
 
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 ness connection, and organized a company of his own, his associates 
 being Messrs. IVlcL'latchey, kielly and bmith, the tirin operating a 
 plant six years, and dissolving their association in 1S76. Mr. Rielly 
 then established himself in business independently, making a spe- 
 cialty of patent leather, and his output was in great demand through- 
 out the country. He carried oft every prize at the World's Fair Ex- 
 position, Chicago, to which he had sent samples of various kinds, 
 bome years ago Air. Kielly admitted his son to a partnership in the 
 business, at which time the firm name was changed to read P. Rielly 
 & Son, and their present large plant is at Mott street and Passaic 
 avenue, where their workshops are equipped with every appliance 
 which will tend to the comfort of their numerous employes, or which 
 will facilitate or lighten labor. There were many other business 
 interests of the city of Newark which claimed a share of the atten- 
 tion of Mr. Rielly, and he was a director in the Enterprise Building 
 and Loan Association. His political affiliations were with the Dem- 
 ocratic party, and he was a devout member of the St. Patrick's Cathe- 
 dral. At the time of his death the Patent & Enamel Leather Manu- 
 facturers' Association appointed a committee to draw resolutions on 
 his demise. 
 
 Mr. Rielly married, September 29, 1854, Margaret, daughter 
 of Michael Tormey, and of the ten children born to them, seven 
 died in childhood. Those now living are: James E. ; Mrs. George 
 Enger, of South Orange, New Jersey; and Margaret A., who were 
 with their father when he passed away. His wife died May 15, 
 191 1. Mr. Rielly always took a commendable interest in all move- 
 ments calculated to improve the general welfare, and poor and rich 
 alike received justice at his hands. He never had occasion to regret 
 his determination of making America the place of his abode, for 
 fortune favored him here, and he secured a good business, a pleasant 
 home and many friends. 
 
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ALEXANDER GILBERT 
 
 ALEXANDER GILBERT, for more than a half century con- 
 nected with the bank, of which he is still the president, can 
 fairly be ranked an-.ong the ablest financiers of the United States. 
 The responsibilities which have devolved upon him during his long 
 period of service have been borne with a calmness and deliberation 
 which has enabled the institution, of which he Is the head, to weather 
 numerous financial storms which have overwhelmed many less suc- 
 cessfully guided institutions. 
 
 He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, August lo, 1839, and 
 acquired his education, which was a thorough one, in private schools 
 in his native State, and in a preparatory school in New Haven, Con- 
 necticut. His father, Thomas Gilbert, was born in Ireland, in 1805, 
 and came to this country when only six months old. His parents, 
 William Gilbert and Ann Leslie, were of good old English stock. 
 They settled in Newark, New Jersey, on the easterly side of the 
 Passaic, where the Kearny estate is located. Thomas Gilbert re- 
 ceived a good education, had good executive ability, and through 
 his business connections was well and favorably known in his day. 
 Alexander was the third of eleven children, six of whom are still 
 living. Upon the completion of his education he spent six years in 
 commercial business, after which he entered the banking business, 
 accepting an inferior position in the Market Bank of New York, and 
 the connection thus formed has continued to the present time. 
 
 Banking proved a congenial occupation for Mr. Gilbert, and, 
 while attending to the routine duties of his position, he commenced 
 a comprehensive and thorough study of the theory and practice of 
 finance and economics, the wisdom of this course having been amply 
 proved by the excellent results he has achieved. He is a forceful 
 and logical speaker, and has written numerous articles on economic 
 questions. He has filletl many important positions and is identified 
 with numerous business and social organizations, among which are 
 the following: Secretary of the New York Clearing House Associa- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 483 
 
 tion, 1894-95; member of the New York Clearing House Commit- 
 tee, 1904-1905; president of the New York. Clearing House, 1906- 
 1907; member of the American Bankers' Association, Chamber of 
 Commerce of New York, Chamber of Commerce of Plainfield, the 
 State Board of Trade of New Jersey, the New York Board of Trade 
 and Fransportation, the Academy of Political and Social Science, 
 the Pilgrim Soclet}', the Union League Club of New York, the Ful- 
 ton Club of New York, the Country Club and Park Club of Plain- 
 field, New Jersey. 
 
 His progress has been steadily upward. In 1859 he went into 
 the Market Bank as second assistant receiving teller, and by 1863 
 had been promoted to the cashiership. He was then well known as 
 the youngest cashier in New York. By 1890 he was appointed vice- 
 president. He declined the presidency of the Old Fulton Bank in 
 1887, and on his declination a combination was brought about, con- 
 solidating the two banks under the title of the Market & Fulton Na- 
 tional Bank of New York. The presidency of the Southern Na- 
 tional Bank of New York was offered him in 1896 and declined, but 
 through his effective agency this bank was also consolidated with the 
 other two. After this, in 1896, he was elected president of the 
 Market & Fulton National Bank. He declined overtures from sev- 
 eral other banks which sought his ability to direct their efforts and 
 manage their finances. His well-balanced and energetic mind proved 
 equal to all the problems incident to the career of a bank president, 
 and he has made his bank one of the foremost institutions of its kind 
 in New York. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Gilbert has lent the influence of his name to 
 the Republican party. After settling in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 
 1866, he became interested in public affairs, serving for a number of 
 years in the Common Council. He was appointed a member of the 
 commission to revise the city charter. He was influential in secur- 
 ing action on the part of the Central Railroad of New Jersey to ele- 
 vate its tracks through the city. He organized the Hillside Ceme- 
 tery Association of Plainfield, becoming its treasurer. Having such 
 intimate connection with the early improvements of Plainfield, he 
 attracted popular attention as a suitable candidate for the mayoralty, 
 
484 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 and was elected to this important post in 1890 and served until 1896, 
 practically without opposition. He was in 1888 delegated to repre- 
 sent New Jersey at the Minneapolis Presidential Convention, and 
 was appointed a member of the committee to notify President Harri- 
 son of his renomination. He was one of the founders of the Young 
 Men's Christian Association in Plainfield, and was elected its first 
 president. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Plainfield 
 and has been for more than twenty years one of its trustees. He is 
 president of the Plainfield Public Librar)' at the present time. 
 
 Mr. Gilbert married, June 6, 1865, Louise, daughter of Isaac 
 F. and Isabelle F. Randolph, and had one son, Alexander Gilbert 
 Jr., who died in early life. Mrs. Gilbert was a lady of culture and re- 
 finement, beloved by all who knew her, and was actively identified 
 with the social and philanthropic movements of her day. She died 
 in 1900. 
 
HON. ANDREW BELL COBB 
 
 THE earliest records of the Cobb family in America tell of 
 Henry Cobb, born 1596, in county Kent, England, and com- 
 ing in the ship "Anne" to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1629. 
 
 His great-grandson, Ebenezer Cobb, was a resident of Taun- 
 ton, Massachusetts, where he took a prominent part in public affairs. 
 He married Mehitable Robinson, daughter of Increase and Mehit- 
 able (Williams) Robinson, granddaughter of Increase and Sarah 
 (Penniman) Robinson, and great-granddaughter of William Robin- 
 son, bnrn about 161 5, in Canterbury, England, from whence he 
 came to Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1635. Sarah (Penniman) 
 Robinson was a daughter of James and Lydia (Eliot) Penniman, 
 the latter of whom was a sister of John Eliot, the "apostle to the 
 Indians." 
 
 The youngest son of Ebenezer and Mehitable (Robinson) 
 Cobb, named Edward, was born in Massachusetts, in 1731, died 
 18 13. He removed from Massachusetts to New Jersey, locating 
 near Parsippany, where he conducted a farm from which he derived 
 a goodly livelihood. He married Elizabeth Bowers, born 1746, 
 died 1788, and among their children was Lemuel. 
 
 Colonel Lemuel Cobb, son of Edward and Elizabeth (Bowers) 
 Cobb, was born at his father's home near Parsippany, New Jersey, 
 May 15, 1762, died April i, 1831. He was a man of indomitable 
 energy of character, surmounting all obstacles in the way of his early 
 advancement, and thus developed those qualities which fitted him for 
 his subsequent successful career, and which were in turn inherited by 
 his son. He devoted the greater part of his time to civil engineering 
 and surveying, in which he was highly proficient. Prominent in 
 military affairs and in politics, he was equally prominent in the de- 
 velopment of the locality. For a number of years he served as judge 
 of the court, and also filled other places of trust. He was a member 
 of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of the State, 
 and for many vears was Surveyor-General of that division. He 
 
486 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 married (first) Mary Smith, daughter of Benjamin Smith, of Troy, 
 whose only surviving child, Elizabeth, became the wife of Benjamin 
 Howell. He married (second) Susan Farrand, daughter of Eben- 
 ezer and Rebecca (Parrott) Farrand, by whom he had six children 
 of whom two only survived him, namely : Julia A., wife of W. C. H. 
 Waddell; and Andrew Bell. He married (third) Elizabeth Lindsley 
 Shaw, by whom he had no children. Ebenezer Farrand, aforemen- 
 tioned, was a descendant of Nathaniel Farrand, who resided in Mil- 
 ford, Connecticut, in 1645, coming there from Yorkshire, England, 
 and earlier still from Montpelier, Prance. They were a titled family, 
 said to be of Huguenot origin. Nathaniel Farrand's great-grandson, 
 Ebenezer, removed with his parents to Newark, New Jersey, in 
 171 1, and subsequently married Rebecca Ward; their son Ebenezer, 
 born 1734, died 1807, married Rebecca Parrott, born 1740, died 
 1783, and they were the parents of Susan, aforementioned. Rebecca 
 (Ward) Farrand, above mentioned, was a descendant of Robert 
 Ward, of Northamptonshire, England, a family of Norman de- 
 scent, the name originally being De La Warde. Her ancestors came 
 to New England in 1630, and settled in Wethersfield, Connecticut, 
 in 1635. 
 
 Hon. Andrew Bell Cobb, son of Colonel Lemuel and Susan 
 (Farrand) Cobb, was born at Parsippany, New Jersey, June 7, 
 1804, in the house where he resided until his death, January 31, 
 1873. He received an excellent academic education. His youth 
 was spent in assisting his father in the care of his landed estate, and 
 upon the death of the latter, April i, 1 831, he came into possession 
 of a large portion of that estate, including the homestead at Parsip- 
 pany, and to the management and cultivation of the same he devoted 
 the greater part of his time. He was deeply interested in mining and 
 in the development of the iron interests of the county, and at a late 
 period in his life was an extensive iron manufacturer. He also 
 erected and operated a furnace at Split Rock. Mr. Cobb took an 
 active part in public and political affairs. He was a man of exten- 
 sive information and a good citizen. Of unquestionable integrity 
 and with high sense of honor, he had many earnest and devoted 
 friends and was several times chosen to fill offices of public trust. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 487 
 
 In politics he was first a Whig, becoming an adherent of the Demo- 
 cratic party about the year 1S53. In 1838 he was appointed Judge 
 of the Court of Common Pleas of Morris county, faithfully per- 
 forming the duties thereof for about five years. In 1849-50 he was 
 a member of the General Assembly from this county and was again 
 elected in 1853, although his party was not in the majority in his 
 district, and this was an eloquent testimonial to his character and 
 worth. He was a leading member of the House in the session of 
 1854, and was one of the active factors in promoting the legislation 
 of that session which resulted in the limitation of the monopoly of 
 the "Joint Companies" to January i, 1869. In 1856 he was elected 
 to the State Senate, where he ser\ed efficiently during three sessions. 
 For a number of years he was a member of the Board of Proprietors 
 of East New Jersey. Judge Cobb was a man of marked individual- 
 ity and to a natural dignity of manner he added a geniality that won 
 him hosts of friends and made him welcome everywhere. He was 
 hospitable, charitable, generous, with a ready sympathy for those in 
 affliction or need. A keynote to his success in his many undertakings 
 was his executive force and mastery of detail in whatever engaged 
 his attention. 
 
 Mr. Cobb married (first) Elizabeth F. Kirkpatrick, daughter 
 of Captain David Kirkpatrick. She died December 11, 1857, leav- 
 ing a daughter, Julia Kirkpatrick, who died September 14, 1894. 
 He married (second) Frances E. Condit, daughter of Nathaniel 
 Ogden Condit. Their children are: Andrew Lemuel and Elizabeth. 
 
 Andrew Lemuel Cobb, son of Andrew Bell and Frances E. 
 (Condit) Cobb, was born in Hanover township, Morris county, 
 New Jersey, September 5, 1867. He attended the schools of South 
 Williamstown, Massachusetts, graduating in the year 1887. His 
 entire active career since the completion of his studies has been de- 
 voted to the administration of the estate left to the family at his 
 father's death, which was not only extensive but extremely valuable, 
 owing to the excellent management of his father. Mr. Cobb has 
 inherited in marked degree many of the characteristics of his ances- 
 tors, and is therefore one of the leading and representative agricul- 
 turists of his section of the State, the general appearance of his 
 
488 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 broad acres indicating the interest he manifests in their development. 
 Scrupulously honorable in all his dealings with mankind, he bears a 
 reputation that is to be envied, and being sociable and genial has a 
 host of friends, v/ho appreciate him for his many noble qualities. 
 
 Mr. Cobb married, September 15, 1892, Mary Righter, daugh- 
 ter of George E. Righter. They have three children — Andrew 
 Lemuel, Marion antl Prances Condit. 
 
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DAVID SCHENCK CRATER 
 
 DAVID S. CRATER, for many years Surrogate for Monmouth 
 county, New Jersey, can look back over a long life in which 
 he has viewed broadly the questions which concern mankind, and by 
 continuous thought and study he rendered himself well fit for the 
 responsible and manifold duties which have devolved upon him. 
 The family from which he is descended came originally from Hol- 
 land and were among the early settlers in New Jersey. 
 
 Isaac Crater, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born 
 in Somerset county. New Jersey, and followed the occupation of 
 farming near Peapack, in that county, for many years. Subsequently 
 he removed to Somerville, where he died in his eighty-seventh year. 
 His son, John A. Crater, was born in Peapack, New Jersey, and 
 engaged in business as a farmer and grain and lumber dealer at 
 Clarksburg, Mercer county, New Jersey. Later he conducted the 
 United Stntes Hotel at I.ong Branch, New Jersey, for many years, 
 and died in Hoboken, New Jersey, at the age of seventy-three years. 
 He miarried Catherine Jeroloman, who died at the age of seventy- 
 one years. 
 
 David S. Crater was born at Clarksburg, Mercer county. New 
 Jersey, July 19, 1846. For a time he was a pupil in the schools at 
 Long Branch, and then studied for a time under private instruction. 
 At a suitable age after he had left school he entered the office of 
 "The Monmouth Democrat," at Freehold, where for a period of 
 three years he was taught the trade of printing. In 1868 he became 
 the clerk of A. R. Throckmorton, the surrogate of Monmouth 
 count)', and remained in that position until the resignation of Mr. 
 Throckmorton in 1882. Governor Ludlow appointed Mr. Crater 
 to fill the vacant office until the regular election in the fall of that 
 year, when he was elected to succeed himself in this office, without 
 opposition either for the nomination or the election. He was re- 
 elected several times, serving in all more than a quarter of a century 
 in this office. Mr. Crater had studied law with Surrogate Throck- 
 
490 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 morton, was admitted to the bar as an attorney, November 6, 1879, 
 and as a counsellor, June 3, 1886. He was chosen treasurer of the 
 town of Freehold, New Jersey, in 1876, and was in office for a long 
 period of time. In his political affiliations Mr. Crater has always been 
 a strong Democrat, and has been heartily in accord with any move- 
 ment which has had for its object the improvement and welfare of 
 the town. 
 
 Mr. Crater married, January 19, 1876, Anna W., daughter of 
 Gilbert Combs, Esq., of Freehold, New Jersey. They have had two 
 children: Annie M. and Gilberta. 
 
 Mr. Crater has been a member of the Freehold Board of Trade 
 for many years. He is a charter member of the Freehold Fire De- 
 partment, which was established in 1872, and he was the organizer 
 of the Firemen's Relief Association of Freehold, and is still an active 
 member of that body. By virtue of his descent he is entitled to 
 membership in the Sons of the Revolution, but until the present time 
 has not joined the ranks of this body. Mr. Crater possesses great 
 individuality and strength of character. In his manner, although 
 dignified, he is courteous and affable, and has the power of making 
 one feel thoroughly at ease. His name and talents make him a wel- 
 come guest wherever he goes, and he is highly regarded, not alone 
 because of his intellectual qualities, but on account of his congenial 
 and sympathetic character. 
 
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HENRY C. WINSOR 
 
 HENRY C. WINSOR, a leading figure among New Jersey 
 financiers, was born in Bound Brook, New Jersey, a city his 
 grandfather helped establish, the son of Thomas and Aletta (Chris- 
 topher) Winsor. 
 
 He came of sturdy English ancestry, his grandfather and his 
 father, George Winsor and Thomas Winsor, respectively, having 
 emigrated from their Devonshire, England, home in 1816. Thomas 
 was then four years old. The elder Winsor settled in New Jersey, 
 acquired extensive landed holdings and became a farmer. When 
 the communit}' grew, he helped to establish the village of Bound 
 Brook. Politically he was a Whig. In religious affairs he associated 
 himself faithfully with the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
 Thomas Winsor grew up on the farm, and when his education 
 at the district school had been completed, took up farming. He was 
 an active member of the Republican party, which was now an out- 
 growth of the Whigs of his father's day, and, like his father, he was 
 a devoted and energetic church worker in the Methodist denomina- 
 tion. He was particularly devoted to the Bound Brook Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, in which at different periods he filled the offices of 
 steward and trustee. His marriage to Aletta, daughter of Joseph 
 Christopher, of Revolutionary descent, was blessed with several 
 children, among them Henry C. Winsor. 
 
 1 homas Winsor removed to Farmingdale in i8i;6, where he 
 established the Winsor Stock Farm, a seat famous in that section of 
 New Jersey. Henry Winsor was ready for the public schools when 
 his parents had established a new home, and he attended the Farm- 
 ingdale school and afterward completed his education at Pennington 
 Seminary, Pennington, New Jersey, and the Freehold Institute, from 
 which he was graduated in 1870. 
 
 Mr. Winsor began his professional career as a teacher, being 
 located his first year at Georgia, Monmouth county, where he re- 
 mained a year. Afterwards he held a similar position at Whites- 
 
492 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 ville, in the same county, and three years later, in 1873, he removed 
 to Asbury Park. This was then a young village, with bright pros- 
 pects before it and in dire need of virile, capable young men to direct 
 its upbuilding. Henr)' C. Winsor soon made his presence felt in the 
 budding town, and soon he became associated with the active workers 
 who were directing the business and financial affairs of the future 
 city. In 1877 he became secretary of the Asbury Park Building & 
 Loan Association, a position he still hokls, and in an organization 
 which he has helped make one of the strongest in the State. 
 
 When the establishment of a national bank was undertaken in 
 Asbury Park in i 886, it was a big undertaking. Mr. Winsor became 
 president of the institution, the First National Bank, and continued 
 in that office for three years. Later he became one of the organizers 
 of the Asbury Park and Ocean Grove Bank, which opened in 1889. 
 He was made its first president, and continues in that office. More 
 recently he assisted in the organization of the Manasquan National 
 Bank, and is one of its directors. 
 
 His management of the interests of every institution with which 
 he has been associated has been conscientious and attended with un- 
 usual success. Mr. Winsor has served the city of Asbury Park in 
 many important developments. His cooperation and advice have 
 been repeatedly sought in critical times. In 1903 Mr. Winsor was 
 commissioned to serve the city in the transaction whereby Asbury 
 Park purchased of James A. Bradley the ocean front. Mr. Winsor 
 conducted the negotiations and turned over to Mr. Bradley a draft 
 for $1 i;o,ooo for the purchase of the beach. W^hen the city organ- 
 ized the Public Grounds Commission as the administrative organiza- 
 tion of beach affairs, Mr. Winsor was made a member of the first 
 boanl atid served as the first president. This commission constructed 
 the boardwalk antl several of the handsome boardwalk buildings and 
 iaitl the groundwork of a system of finances whereby the beach and 
 its boardwalk buildings ami enterprises, now valued at more than 
 $1,000,000, became self-sustaining. On his retirement, the city 
 council tendered him a vote of thanks for his untiring efforts. As 
 an owner of Asbury Park real estate, Mr. Winsor has an influential 
 v^oice in town matters. His foresight and ability have been tre- 
 mendous factors in the advancement of Asbury Park. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 493 
 
 Mr. Winsor, lik.e his father and grandfather, is a member of 
 the Methodist Episcopal church and has acted as steward or trustee 
 of the First Church or Asbury Park since 1878. In fraternal affairs 
 he is prominent as a member of Asbury Park Lodge, No. 142, Free 
 and Accepted JVlasons; Asbury Council, No. 23, Junior Order of 
 United American Mechanics; and of Monmouth Chapter, Sons of 
 the American Revolution. He is a Republican. 
 
 Mr. Winsor married, on December 31, 1876, Miss Mary Bart- 
 ram, daughter of James and Mary Bartram, of Philadelphia, Penn- 
 sylvania. Mrs. Winsor is a member of the John Bartram Associa- 
 tion, of which she is a descendant. The Winsor home is at No. 701 
 First avenue, Asbury Park. Their children are: A. Mabel Winsor, 
 Bessie (Mrs. William O. Pettit), Marie E., and H. Harold Win- 
 sor. 
 
CHARLES HENRY WARDELL 
 
 ALTHOUGH Charles Henry Wardell was born in New York 
 City, September i6, 1838, yet during practically the whole 
 of his lifetime he has been identified with the local history of Mon- 
 mouth county, New Jersey. His parents, Robert Wardell and Jane 
 Williams-Wardell, lived in New York at the time of his birth and 
 for some years thereafter, but later they moved to Eatontown, Mon- 
 mouth county. New Jersey, when the father was engaged in the 
 mercantile business, and thus the son, Charles Henry Wardell, be- 
 came a resident of Monmouth county, which has continued to be his 
 home during an entire lifetime. 
 
 He attended the local schools at Eatontown and at Shrewsbury, 
 Monmouth county; also Ocean Institute, near Eatontown. In the 
 meantime he became more or less familiar with business as a clerk 
 in his father's store, and while in the employ of B. C. White, a mer- 
 chant at Eatontown, New Jersey. Afterwards he became an em- 
 ployee in a wholesale dry goods store in New York City; and in June, 
 1864, began as bookkeeper of the Farmers' & Merchants' Bank at 
 Matawan, New Jersey. He served in that institution in various 
 clerical capacities and in 1873 was elected cashier of the bank, where 
 he continues to ser\e. 
 
 He was a member of the Matawan Borough Commission for 
 many years, and president of its board of commissioners. He is 
 treasurer of the Presbyterian Church at Matawan, and secretary of 
 the Matawan Literary Society. In 1862 and 1863 he served as 
 pri\ate in the 29th Regiment of New Jersey Volunteers during the 
 War of the Rebellion. He and his wife are members of the Pres- 
 byterian church of Matawan, 'New Jersey. 
 
 He married Mary Elizabeth Simpson, daughter of Francis P. 
 Simpson and Charlotte (Vanderbilt) Simpson, the 26th day of Au- 
 gust, 1875, at Matawan, New Jersey; there are no children as 
 issue of this marriage. Mrs. Wardell died June 25, 19 13. 
 
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WILLIAM MINDRED JOHNSON 
 
 AMONG the members of the New Jersey bar who have attained 
 success in their chosen profession, the direct result of close 
 application, thorough and comprehensive knowledge, and ability of 
 a high order, may be mentioned William M. Johnson, a native of 
 Newton, Sussex county. New Jersey, born December 2, 1847, only 
 son of Whitlield Schaeffer and Ellen (Green) Johnson, grandson 
 of Judge John and Maria Catherine (Schaeffer) Johnson, and a 
 lineal descendant of Andres Jansen, born on Long Island in 1665, 
 who was probably descended from one of the immigrants from Hol- 
 land, who came thither in early days. 
 
 William M. Johnson attended the Model School, Trenton, 
 alter a course in the public schools of his native town, and later 
 matriculated in the College of New Jersey (Princeton), from which 
 institution he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1867, and 
 that of Master of Arts in 1870. In the latter named year he was 
 admitted to the bar of New Jersey as an attorney, and three years 
 later as a counsellor. From 1870 to 1874 he was actively engaged 
 in his profession in Trenton, gaining an experience which added 
 greatly to the knowledge acquired during his course of study. In 
 1875 he removed to Hackensack, where he has since resided, and 
 continued his chosen profession in all the courts of the State and in 
 the district and circuit courts of the United States. In addition to 
 his law practice, which is extensive and lucrative, he is interested in 
 the business and financial institutions of that city, is director of 
 many, and president of the Hackensack Trust Company, in which he 
 is a large shareholder. He has also taken an active interest in the 
 politics of his State, serving as State Senator from Bergen county in 
 1891; and reelected in 1 898. He was president of the Senate during 
 the session of 1900, and during the absence of Governor Voorhees 
 in Europe in May and June, 1900, he was ex-officio Governor of the 
 State of New Jersey. In August, 1900, he was appointed by Presi- 
 dent McKinley first assistant Postmaster-General of the United 
 
496 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 States and served in that capacity until April, 1902, when he ten- 
 dered his resignation. He was a delegate from New Jersey to the 
 Republican National Con\"entions of 1888 and 1904, and served as 
 chairman of the Republican State Conventions of 1900 and 1904. 
 
 Mr. Johnson has ever manifested a particular interest in Hack- 
 ensack, which is evidenced by the fact that he erected the Johnson 
 Public Library, which was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies 
 in 1901, there being present many of the men particularly interested 
 in the cause of education and in the welfare of the city. In 1875 
 he was admitted to membership in the Second Reformed Church of 
 Hackensack by letter from Trenton, and in 1901; he presented to 
 the church an excellent pipe organ, and when the church and its 
 contents were destroyed by fire in 1907 he added a considerable sum 
 to the insurance money paid for the loss of the organ, and thus 
 enabled the consistory to procure one of the finest organs in use in 
 Bergen county, of which the members of the church are very proud. 
 His membership in the Holland Society of New York is due to his 
 Holland ancestry, and he is also affiliated with the Lawyers' and 
 Princeton clubs of New York City, the New Jersey Historical Soci- 
 ety, the Washington Association and other societies and clubs, and is 
 a director of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of New- 
 ark. 
 
 Mr. Johnson married, October 22, 1872, Maria E., daughter 
 of William and Hannah (Haines) White, of Trenton, New Jersey. 
 Children: i. W^alter Whitfield, born in Trenton, April 13, 1875, 
 died March 16, 189 1. 2. George White, born in Hackensack, July 
 26, 1877. 3. William Kempton, born in Hackensack, February 25, 
 1883. 
 
ANTHONY Q. KEA8BEY 
 
 ANTHONY Q. KEASBEY, one of the leading lawyers of 
 Essex county, engaged in practice in Newark for more than 
 forty years, was born in Salem county and began his practice there 
 in 1847. ^^^ "'IS ^^^ s°" ^^ Edward Quinton and Mary Parry 
 (Aertsen) Keasbey, and was a descendant on his father's side of 
 early settlers in West New Jersey. His mother was a descendant 
 of General Caleb Parry, who was killed in the battle of Long Island. 
 Edward Keasbey, the first of the family who came from Eng- 
 land, settled in Salem about 1694. He was a member of the 
 Society of Friends, and took an active part in their affairs. There 
 is a record of his contribution to the erection of the Friends' Meet- 
 ing House on Broadway street, which was completed in 1701. On 
 December 11, in that year, he married Elizabeth Smart, widow of 
 Isaac Smart, and daughter of Andrew and Isabella Thompson. His 
 second child, Edward Keasbey, born in 1705, married Elizabeth 
 Bradway, in 1725. She was the daughter of Edward Bradway Jr., 
 and granddaughter of Edward Bradway, a Judge of the first Su- 
 preme Court of West Jersey, in March, 1680. Their son, Edward 
 Keasbey, born in 1726, became one of the most prominent men of 
 his day. He served as representative of Salem and Cumberland 
 counties in the General Assembly from November, 1763, to 1769; 
 was elected deputy from Salem to the Provincial Congress which 
 met in October, 1775, in Trenton, and he attended its session in 
 1776 at New Brunswick, where this Congress adopted a State Con- 
 stitution for New Jersey and ratified its place in the newly formed 
 federation of the colonies. On April 4, 1778, he was appointed 
 chairman of the Council of Safety, and he proved his faithfulness in 
 this capacity until the end of the Revolutionary War. He married 
 (first) Prudence, and (second) Sarah, daughters of Edward Quin- 
 ton, son of Tobias Quinton, one of the settlers in the village of 
 Quinton, in Salem county. West New Jersey. His son, Anthony 
 
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498 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 Kcasbey, was for a long time county clerk at Salem. He was a 
 member of the Cieneial Assembly from 1798 to 1801, and was later 
 a Judge of the Court of Co?iimon Pleas. His son, Edward Quinton 
 Keasbey, was born in 1793. xAfter a medical course in Philadelphia, 
 he practiced in Salem until his death in 1847. In 1840 he was ap- 
 pointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and in i S44 was 
 chosen a Presidential elector by the Whig party to vote for Henry 
 Clay. All his life he was a resident of Salem. He married NLiry 
 Parry Aertscn, a daughter of Gilliaem Aertsen, of Charleston, South 
 Carolina, who came from the Dutch West Indies. She was then 
 living with her brothers, Robert, John and James Aertsen, in Phila- 
 delphia. (Jf his two sons, one, Anthony Quinton, is the subject of 
 this sketch; the other, Edward Keasbey, born August, 1827, became 
 president of the Raritan Hollow & Porous Brick Company at Perth 
 Amboy. His daughter, Annie Aertsen, is the widow of Wheeler H. 
 Peckham, late of New York. 
 
 Anthony Quinton Keasbey was brought up in his father's home 
 and became an ambitious student in the Salem Academy, where he 
 was the first youth prepared for college. He entered the sophomore 
 class at Yale, and was graduated in 1843, at the age of nineteen. 
 While he was in college he and Theodore Runyon were among the 
 founders of the Scroll and Keys Society in 1842. They were both 
 present at the celebration of its fiftieth anni\ersary in 1892, and de- 
 livered addresses. Mr. Keasbey studied law for a while in Salem 
 with l-rancis Law Macculloch, son of George Parrott Macculloch, 
 of Morristown, and finished his study tor the bar In Newark under 
 Cortlandt Parker. After his admission as attorney in 1846, he re- 
 turned to Salem, where he practiced law until 1852, attending the 
 circuit also in Cumberland and Cape May. He married, October 
 18, 1848, Elizabeth, second daughter of Jacob W. Miller, of 
 Morristown, then United States Senator from New Jersey. Three 
 children were born to them in Salem — Edward Quinton, mentioned 
 below; George Macculloch, and Elizabeth Miller. His wife died 
 there. Mr. Keasbey, after a trip to Europe with his sister Annie, 
 removed to Newark. 
 
 On September 30, 1854, he married Edwina Louisa Miller, 
 
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 eldest daughter of Jacob W. Miller, and by her he had eight chil- 
 dren, six of whom are now living. 
 
 He and Cortlandt Parker formed the first law partnership 
 under section 2 of the practice act of March 17, 1855. The firm 
 of Parker & Keasbey continued to exist until March i, 1876, when 
 both formed partnerships with their sons under the names of Cort- 
 landt & Wayne Parker, and A. Q. Keasbey & Sons. While beginning 
 his practice in Essex county, Mr. Keasbey kept his clients in West 
 New Jersey, and had suits for insurance in connection with the burn- 
 ing of the Mount Vernon Hotel. In 1859, when New Jersey had no 
 Chancellor, Mr. Keasbey, while spending a summer at Cape May, 
 invoked the jurisdiction of the United States Court for clients from 
 Philadelphia, going with the bill and affidavits to Judge Dickerson, 
 who was fishing on Jamaica Bay, and returning with an injunction 
 to Cape May. 
 
 Appointed first by President Lincoln in April, 1861, and after- 
 wards by Presidents Johnson, Grant, Hayes and Arthur, Mr. Keas- 
 bey served for twenty-five years as United States Attorney for New 
 Jersey. During the Civil War the duties of the office increased very 
 much in number and importance, and involved large responsibilities. 
 For many years there were many large cases under the revenue laws, 
 some of them involving wide-spread frauds against the government, 
 extending over several States. The discovery of a conspiracy to de- 
 fraud the government of one million dollars bequeathed by Joseph 
 L. Lewis, a Hoboken miser, to be applied towards the payment of 
 the national debt, was one of his most important and successful cases, 
 resulting in the conviction of the guilty persons and the securing of 
 its legacy. Mr. Keasbey was United States Attorney when Judge 
 Greer held the Circuit Court in New Jersey, and he served during the 
 terms of Judges Field, Nixon and Green. His was the longest 
 service of any United States Attorney of his time, and the frequent 
 reappointments testified to the faithfulness and ability with which 
 he discharged his duties both as an advocate and as a representative 
 of the government in matters of legal business of great delicacy and 
 importance. Mr. Keasbey was very effective as an advocate in 
 criminal cases, as well as capable in the management of the busmess 
 
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 of the office, and, while very zealous for the government, he was 
 eminently fair, and never pressed a prosecution unless he was satis- 
 fied that it was his duty to do so. His general practice was large 
 during the whole term of his office as District Attorney. As counsel 
 for the Mutual Life Insurance Company in New Jersey, he examined 
 applications for loans and titles to land from 1868 to 1876. He 
 was counsel also for the Baltimore ^' Ohio Railroad Company in its 
 contest over the building of a bridge across the Arthur Kill. He 
 was especially remarkable as a trial lawyer, for his skillful handling 
 of a case in court and keen cross-examination of witnesses. He had 
 a large practice in the United States courts, and was one of the best 
 known of the New Jersey lawyers in the Supreme Court of the 
 United States. Patent cases, which attracted him through his inter- 
 est in new discoveries, as well as his ilesire to preserve the principles 
 of equity, were brought to him frequently in preference to men whose 
 practice was entirely confined to the law of patents. 
 
 The organization of the Republican party, about 1856, engaged 
 his active attention, and to the end of his life he was one of its leaders 
 and earnest supporters by tongue and pen. He was greatly inter- 
 ested in the growth and development of Newark and suggested and 
 took part in many plans for its improvement. He was counsel for 
 and part owner in one of the lines of horse railways, and took part 
 in the purchases and consolidation which led to the equipment and 
 operation of all the lines with electricity. 
 
 He was an incorporator of the Howard Savings Institution, a 
 founder of the Hospital of St. Barnabas, and from its organization 
 in 1867, until his death, a member of the board of trustees; a charter 
 member and for m.any years on the board of governors of the Essex 
 Club; and was connected with the Historical Society, to which he 
 contributed addresses on Judges Field and Nixon, a paper on the 
 bicentennial of the purchase of East New Jersey, and other impor- 
 tant articles. His expressions of political and legal opinions ap- 
 peared in the public press; and his wide reading familiarized him 
 with literature past and present, and every department of modern 
 progress especially in the fields of science and invention. 
 
 Mr. Keasbey built a country house in Morristown in 1891, and 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 501 
 
 in 1894 he gave up his home on Clinton avenue, Newark, and took 
 his extensive hbrai^ to Morristown. He lived scarcely a year after 
 this, and died suddenly in Rome, while he was travelling in Italy with 
 his daughters. His wife, Edwina L. Keasbey, died August 18, 1888. 
 An estimate of his ability expressed in the "Newark Daily Ad- 
 vertiser," on the occasion of his death, was as follows: 
 
 In learning, in culture, in refinement, in the profundity of his legal 
 knowledge, in the sagacity of his business judgment, in the clarity of his 
 intellectual opinions, in his appreciation of the true, the beautiful and the 
 good, and in the warmth of his social life and the intensity of his friend- 
 ship he was a remarkable and distinguished man. Few men in our State 
 have the wide range and sweep that marked Mr. Keasbey's intellectual 
 equipment. He could have shone in many fields of endeavor, but he 
 chose the law. in which he achieved so many and brilliant triumphs. In 
 the world of letters, had he chosen to walk in that field, he would have 
 made a high name and fame for himself, so rich was his power of expres- 
 sion, so well stored his mind, and so wide his grasp of essential things. 
 Even in his busy career he found time to write much, and in everything 
 he wrote there was a firmness of expression, a delicacy of touch, a force, a 
 vigor and a charm which disclosed the true man. 
 
 There are eight children of Mr. Keasbey now living. By the 
 first marriage: Edward Quinton, whose sketch follows, and George 
 Macculloch. By the second marriage: Henry Miller, Rowland 
 Parry, Frances Hitchcock, I^uisa Edwina, Lindley Miller, and 
 Frederick Winston. 
 
EDWARD QUINTON KEASBEY 
 
 EDWARD QUINTON KEASBEY, son of Anthony Quinton 
 and Elizabeth (Miller) Keasbey, the latter a daughter of 
 the Hon. Jacob Whitton Miller, was born in Salem, New Jersey, 
 July 27, 1849, ^nJ 's now living in Morristown, New Jersey. 
 
 He early attended the private school of Rev. Julius H. Rose, 
 in Newark, and was prepared for college at the Newark Academy. 
 After taking the freshman year in Columbia College he entered 
 Princeton College from which he was graduated with first honors in 
 1869. He received the degree of A. M. in 1872 and delivered the 
 master's oration. He began the study of law in the office of Parker 
 & Keasbey immediately after leaving college in 1869, entered Har- 
 vard Law School the following year, and in 1871 received the degree 
 of LL. D. and remained in the school under Professor Langdell 
 until June, 1872. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar as attor- 
 ney at the June term that year and immediately entered upon the 
 practice of his profession at Newark. In 1875 he received his license 
 as counsellor. On the dissolution of the firm of Parker & Keasbey, 
 in March, 1876, he joined with his father and brother, George M. 
 Keasbey, in forming the firm of A. Q. Keasbey & Sons, and this 
 firm style was preserved after the death of his father, April 4, 1895, 
 and until 1904, when it was changed to Edward Q. & George M. 
 Keasbey. He is a Supreme Court Commissioner and a Special 
 Master in Chancery and served as a United States Commissioner 
 for many years. 
 
 Mr. Keasbey has had an extensive and varied practice in his 
 office and in the State and Federal Courts. A careful student of 
 the law, he is thorough in the preparation of his briefs on legal ques- 
 tions and with the faculty of clear statement and logical argument 
 is especially effective in the presentation of legal questions in the 
 Appellate Courts, and has made some notable arguments in impor- 
 tant cases both at law and in equity. He took part in the argument 
 before the Court of Errors in the case involving the constitutionality 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 503 
 
 of the statute providing for assembly districts, in which it was held, 
 as he insisted, that the statute was unconstitutional. He has had 
 experience in patent litigation, and has argued cases of this char- 
 acter in the L'nited States Supreme Court and the United States 
 Circuit Court of Appeals. In all his career he has held the highest 
 standards of both personal and professional conduct, and his record 
 is absolutely untainted. 
 
 Mr. Keasbey is recognized as a forceful and industrious author 
 along professional lines, and his writings have enjoyed wide and 
 favorable publicity. It was in the line of his professional studies 
 that he edited and wrote for the "New Jersey Law Journal" from 
 1879 to 1898. He has contributed articles on legal topics to the 
 "Har\ard Law Review," the "Columbia Law Review," the "Yale 
 Law Journal" and the "Green Bag." He delivered an address be- 
 fore the American Bar Association at Buffalo in 1899 on "New 
 Jersey and the Great Corporations," which was published in the 
 "Harvard Law Review," and also in pamphlet form. He wrote a 
 sketch of the life and judicial decisions of Chancellor Henry W. 
 Green for a volume of biographies of "Great Judges and Lawyers 
 in the United States." He is the author of a law book entitled 
 "I^Iectric Wires in Streets and Highways," published by Callaghan 
 & Company in 1892, and again in an enlarged edition in 1900. He 
 is author of "Courts and Lawyers of New Jersey," published in 
 1912. He was from 1888 until 1912 the editor of a monthly paper, 
 "The Hospital Review," published for the benefit of the Hospital of 
 St. Barnabas, in Newark, and his writings in this have co\ered a 
 \-arietv of subjects. 
 
 Mr. Keasbey was a member of the State Legislature from Essex 
 count)' in 1884 and 1885 and took a prominent part in the legislation 
 of his second term, when the Republican party was in control. He is 
 the counsel in New Jersey and a director of the North American 
 Company, the Baltimore & Ohio Railway system and many other 
 important corporations. He is a member of the board of trustees 
 of the Hospital of St. Barnabas and of the board of trustees of the 
 Episcopal Fund of the Diocese of Newark; a member of the board 
 of managers of the Howard Savings Institution of Newark, and a 
 
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 vestryman of St. Peter's Church, Morristown. He is a charter 
 member ot the Essex Cluh; and a member of the Morristown Club 
 the Morris County Golf Club; the Harvard Club, of New York 
 the Princeton Club, of Newark; the Harvard Club, of New Jersey 
 the Lawyers' Club, of Essex county; the American Bar Association, 
 and the New Jersey State Bar Association. 
 
 Mr. Keasbey married, in Grace Church, Newark, New Jersey, 
 October 22, 1885, Eliza Gray, daughter of Henry Gray and Anne 
 McKenzie (Drake) Darcy. 
 
THOMAS NESBITT McCARTER 
 
 THOMAS NESBITT McCARTER, president of the Public 
 Service Corporation of New Jersey, and a lawyer of promi- 
 nence and distinction, winning success and renown in the practice of 
 his profession, is a native of Newark, New Jersey, born October 20, 
 1867, son of Thomas Nesbitt and Mary Louisa McCarter, the 
 former of whom was a prominent lawyer in his day. 
 
 Thomas Nesbitt McCarter was a student in the Newark Acad- 
 emy, Newark, New Jersey; Dr. Pingrey's School, Elizabeth, New 
 Jersey; Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, a graduate of 
 the class of 18S8; and Columbia Law School, New York City. He 
 studied law in the office of his father, was admitted to the New 
 Jersey bar as an attorney in June, 1891, as a counsellor in June, 
 1894, and as a member of the firm of McCarter, Williamson & Mc- 
 Carter, July I, 1894. His ability as a lawyer won for him the ap- 
 pointment of Judge of the First District Court of Newark, the ap- 
 pointment being made by Governor Griggs, April i, 1896, and he 
 discharged the duties of the office with fidelit)' and impartiality. He 
 was elected State Senator from Essex county in November, 1899, 
 and in March, 1902, was appointed Attorney-General of New Jer- 
 sey by Governor Murphy for a five-year term, but resigned from the 
 same, May 20, 1903, and accepted the office of president of the 
 Public Service Corporation of New Jersey, in which capacity he is 
 serving at the present time (1913), his long tenure of office demon- 
 strating plainly his capability for the position and the esteem in 
 which he is held by his associates. He is a director of the Fidelity 
 Trust Company and Union National Bank, of Newark, and the Red 
 Bank Trust Company, of Red Bank. He holds membership in the 
 Essex Club of Newark, Hamilton Club of Paterson, University 
 Club of New York, Racquet and Tennis Club of New York, Racquet 
 Club of Philadelphia, Nassau Club of Princeton, and Rumson Coun- 
 tn,' Club of Rumson. 
 
 Mr. McCarter married, in Baltimore, Maryland, February 9, 
 
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 1897, Madeleine George, daughter of George and Ellen (Schaefer) 
 Barker. Children: Ellen George, born May 9, 1898; Thomas Nes- 
 bitt Jr., November 29, 1899; Uzal Haggerty, October 15, 1901; 
 Madeleine Barker, September 20, 1904. The family attend the 
 Episcopal church. 
 
GEORGE PERCIVAL VAN RIPER 
 
 THE name Van Riper is supposed to be a corruption of Rypen, 
 the name of an ancient city on the north bank of the river 
 Nibbs, sometimes called Xipsick, or Gram. In turn it was derived 
 from the Latin Ripa, which later became the name of the diocese of 
 North Jutland, stretchinir along the Baltic Sea, and from which 
 locality it is claimed that the first Van Riper ( Ripen, Reipen, Rey- 
 pen, Reiper, Reyper or Ryper, as the name is variously spelled) 
 came to America. Rypen once had a commodious harbor and a 
 profitable commerce; but its commercial greatness has long since 
 passed to other more favored centers, and its ancient roadsteads are 
 relegated to fisherman's marts. The name in various forms appears 
 in early New Jersey records. 
 
 The lineage record of George Percival Van Riper is reported 
 to be as follows: (I) Thomas Van Riper, born in 1610, presumably 
 in Holland; (II) Thomas Van Riper, born in Rypend, Netherlands, 
 1640; (III) Harmon Van Riper, born in Bergen, December 8, 
 1686; (IV) Jacob Van Riper, born in Passaic, February 8, 172S; 
 (V) Thomas Van Riper, born July 12, 1770, who is supposed to be 
 "Thomas Van Riper, the Smith," in old Passaic records; (VI) 
 Peter V. H. Van Riper, born at Cedar Grove, near Paterson, New 
 Jersey, in the brown stone dwelling erected by his grandfather, Jacob 
 Van Riper, during the eighteenth century, and which building is in 
 a good state of preservation at this date. 
 
 Thomas Van Riper began the manufacture of bobbins for use 
 in the textile mills around Paterson about 1796. He started with a 
 small factory at Cedar Grove, New Jersey, and continued there until 
 about 1827, when he moved his factory to Paterson. Being of a 
 patriotic nature, he served his government during the war of 1812. 
 After his death the business was continued by his son, Peter Van 
 Houten Van Riper, who in 1850 added the manufacture of leather 
 belting to that of bobbins; and the business was carried on by him 
 until his death, and then continued by his son. 
 
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 Thomas Van Riper, the founder of the above mentioned bobbin 
 manufactory, married Marie Van Houten, and had among other 
 children, a son, Peter Van Houten Van Riper, born September 12, 
 1S17, at the Cedar Grove homestead, and died October 13, 1869, 
 at Paterson, New Jersey. He married Ann Brown, daughter of 
 William and Mary Ann (Downs) Brown, at Paterson, she having 
 been born at Baltimore, Maryland; and had among other children, 
 a son, George Percival Van Riper, of Paterson, New Jersey. 
 
 He was born June 24, 1845, at Paterson, New Jersey, and 
 secured such education as was afforded by the local public school 
 of his native city; he also studied Latin and Greek, under Professor 
 Samuel C. Hossford, who was the principal of that school. He then 
 went into his father's factory and learned the practical details of 
 the business, and was taken into partnership by his father in 1866. 
 After the deatii of the elder Van Riper in 1869, the business was 
 incorporated by a special act of legislature as the Van Riper Manu- 
 facturing Company of Paterson, New Jersey, and George Percival 
 Van Riper has been the principal owner, president and treasurer of 
 the corporation since that time. 
 
 In politics he has always voted the Republican ticket, but never 
 held any local or State office. He is a member of the First Particular 
 Baptist Church of Paterson, and for about fifteen years has been 
 president of its board of trustees. After the great fire of February 
 9, 1902, he was chosen as chairman of its building committee, and 
 took an active part in the erection of their new granite edifice. 
 
 He married Charlotte C. Beardsley, daughter of James and 
 Phoebe (Paxton) Beardsley, June 12, 1867, at Paterson, New 
 Jersey. They had nine children as issue of this marriage, of whom 
 the following survive: i. Lauretta Van Riper, married William A. 
 Lawrence, and had two daughters — Helen Lawrence and Lucille 
 Lawrence. 2. Lotta Van Riper, married Frank T. Burnett. 3. 
 Ethel Van Riper. 4. Walter Irving Van Riper, married Maude 
 Bentley; they have one daughter, Janice Van Riper. The family 
 resides at 143 Hamilton avenue, Paterson, New Jersey, their sum- 
 mer home being among the hills of Orange county, at Goshen, New 
 York. 
 
JOHN JARRETT ALBERTSON 
 
 JOHN JARRETT ALBERTSON, actively and prominently 
 identified with the various interests of Camden county, New 
 Jersey, where he resides, and where he is looked upon as one of its 
 representative citizens, traces his ancestry back, to the seventeenth 
 century, members of the family aiding in the development of the 
 sections wherein they resided, transmitting to their descendants many 
 of their excellent characteristics. 
 
 John Clement, in his "Early Settlers of Newton Township," 
 states, "William Albertson located a tract of land in Newton town- 
 ship, between the south and middle branch of the creek that bears 
 that name, in 1682." He settled on this location, but he lived in 
 this neighborhood before this date, as he was one of the first trustees 
 of Newton Meeting in 1681. It does not appear whence he came, 
 but the probability is that he was of Dutch extraction and that his 
 parents were among the "Hollanders of New York." Bunker's 
 "Genealogy of Long Island" gives the name of Albert Albertson in 
 a family which is recorded there in 1655, this family living at the 
 west end of Long Island. There is a probability that the William 
 Albertson, who located the land in Newton township in 1682, is a 
 descendant of some branch of the Long Island Albertson family. 
 The name is found a number of times in the records of the early 
 Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam, and not found in the lists of 
 English emigrants who settled West Jersey. 
 
 An account of the Albertson family, written by John Clement, 
 after he had published his "Early Settlers of Newton Township," 
 states "William Albertson's original house is still standing." The 
 property is known as the "Deer Park Farm," and is located on the 
 stone road leading from Audabon to Gloucester and has been in the 
 possession of the descendants of William Albertson until within a 
 few years. William Albertson is given by Teaming and Spicer as 
 one of the members of the New Jersey Colonial Legislature in 1685. 
 The minutes of the Council of Proprietors state he was one of the 
 
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 proprietors. He deeded the homestead place to his son William, and 
 removed to Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He died soon after 1709 
 (the date of his will) at Poquesin, Bucks county, where he owned 
 grain and saw mills and considerable other property. He also located 
 three tracts of land in Gloucester (now Camden) county, New Jer- 
 sey — one in Gloucester township, on a branch of Timber creek called 
 Otter branch, 12, 16, 1688 (see Book T, page 310, Surveyor-Gen- 
 eral's ollice in Burlington, New Jersey), and by his last will devised 
 this tract to his son Josiah, 12, 17, 1709. He was survived by his 
 wife, Hannah Albertson, and by all but one of his children. 
 
 Josiah Albertson, son of William and Hannah Albertson, mar- 
 ried Ann Austin, daughter of Francis Austin, of Evesham, Burling- 
 ton county. New Jersey, in 1727, and among their children was 
 Josiah, of whom we shall speak further. 
 
 Josiah Albertson, son of Josiah and Ann Austin Albertson, 
 married (first) Elenor Tomlinson, in 1767, and after her death, 
 Judith Boggs, and one of his children, a boy named John, we shall 
 also hear of again. 
 
 John Albertson, son of Josiah and Elenor Tomlinson Albert- 
 son, inherited the homestead place on Otter branch in Gloucester 
 township, and settled there at the time of his marriage. His grand- 
 father, Josiah Albertson, built thereon a large brick house in 1743, 
 which is still in good repair, and occupied by Charles S. Albertson, 
 the present Camden County Superintendent of Education. There is 
 a tradition that provisions for the Colonial army were stored in the 
 cellar of this old house during the Revolution. Another account 
 tells how the second Josiah Albertson, together with Aaron Chew 
 and Miles Sage, were captured near Chew's Landing by the British. 
 They were held as prisoners in a fence corner over night; the guard 
 fell asleep, and the prisoners attempted to escape, but were detected. 
 However, the soldier's powder was damp and the three men were 
 saved. The guards tried to capture them, but only succeeded in over- 
 taking Aaron Chew, as Albertson and Sage were too fleet-footed for 
 the British. Miles Sage and Aaron Chew had other adventures, but 
 Josiah Albertson, as he was a Quaker, after one exciting experience 
 with the Red Coats, took care to keep out of their way. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 511 
 
 In 1794 John Albertson married Ann Pine, daughter of Isaac 
 and Rachel Burrough Pine, and among their children was Chalkley, 
 who after the death of his father purchased the homestead and con- 
 tinued the business of farming. He was very active in the develop- 
 ment of Camden county. He was for several sessions a member of 
 the New Jersey Legislature. In 1850 he married Annie Stokes, 
 daughter of Charles and Tacy Jarrett Stokes, of Raucocas, Burling- 
 ton county, New Jersey, and their children were: i. Tacy, married 
 William R. Lippincott, of Moorestown, New Jersey. 2. Charles 
 Stokes, married Sarah V'on Lear, of Norristown, Pennsylvania. 3. 
 John Jarrett, of whom further. 4. Anna, married Walter Corson, of 
 Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, 1883, died in 1884. 5. Mary 
 Albertson, and 6. Martha H., live in Magnolia, in a house built on 
 part of the original location. There were two other children who 
 died in infancy. After the death of Chalkley Albertson, Charles S. 
 and John J., his sons, purchased the interests of the other heirs in 
 the homestead farm, which is still in their possession. 
 
 In 1858, John Jarrett Albertson, youngest son of Chalkley and 
 Annie Stokes Albertson, was born in the old homestead built in 1743. 
 He received his education in the city of Philadelphia. He began his 
 active career by teaching public school for a year in the neighborhood 
 of his home. In 1879, when the Atlantic City railroad was built, he 
 was assistant to the engineer in charge, and in this way acquired con- 
 siderable practical information that has proven valuable to him in his 
 engineering work. He afterward associated himself with the late 
 Judge John Clement, who was the leading surveyor of South Jersey. 
 In 1892 he was elected county engineer for Camden county. This 
 exacting position he has held continuously to the present time 
 (19 13), a fact which proves clearly his capability and efficiency. 
 In 1893 '"'-'^ went abroad to study road building in the old world, and 
 gained a vast amount of valuable information which he freely im- 
 parted to others just launching in the field of highway improvement, 
 which proved that he was of a generous disposition. He engineered 
 all the State roads built in Gloucester county previous to 1898, when 
 he again went abroad for further research. He was also engineer 
 for Atlantic county for many years. His crowning effort there is the 
 
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 famous Meadow Boulevard, with its numerous bridges. The idea 
 of hydraulic road building, that was used in constructing this high- 
 way, originated with Mr. Albertson; he used large steam dredges to 
 pump the sand necessary to make the fill over the treacherous salt 
 marsh from the adjacent Egg Harbor Bay. He was also chief engi- 
 neer on the great automobile highway between Philadelphia and 
 Atlantic City. He is untiring in his experiments with road materials, 
 and has read several progressive papers before the New Jersey 
 County Engineers Society, of which^ he was president for several 
 years; many of his papers are published in the road commissioners' 
 reports of New Jersey. He was associated with the Camden County 
 Court House Commission, which built the magnificent county build- 
 ing in 1904. This building was constructed without the least criti- 
 cism as to the honesty or capability of those in charge. He was the 
 engineer for the lift bridge over Cooper river, built in 1907; he also 
 had charge of many less important bridges in Camden and Atlantic 
 counties. He is engineer for the boroughs of Haddon Heights, 
 Oaklyn, Collingswood and Audabon, and at the last named place 
 he is building a sanitary sewage disposal plant with thirteen miles 
 of sewers. 
 
 Mr. Albertson's interests are varied and numerous. He is the 
 owner and manager of many horticultural and agricultural enter- 
 prises, including three farms in New Jersey and one in Florida. He 
 is president of the Defiance Fruit Company and of the Atlantic 
 Cranberry Company, the latter being one of the largest in the State. 
 He is also an authority on fruit and nut culture. He is an enthusi- 
 astic believer in cooperative building and loan associations, and has 
 served as secretary of the Mutual Building & Loan Association of 
 Magnolia, New Jersey, for twenty-four years. He is a director of 
 the Woodbury Trust Company, also of the First National Bank of 
 Camden, and has been and still is executor and trustee for many 
 estates. He is an active member of the Society of Friends, and a 
 birthriaht member of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting. Owing to his 
 inherited Quaker principles he has never used tobacco nor alcohol 
 in any form. 
 
 In 1886, Mr. Albertson married Elizabeth S. Wills, of Pough- 
 
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 keepsie, New York, daughter of Daniel J. and Elizabeth Swift 
 Wilis, the former named being a lineal descendant of Dr. Daniel 
 Wills, one of the first English settlers of Burlington county, New 
 Jersey. They have one child, Anna M., who married Lester Collins, 
 son of John S. and Rachel A. Rogers Collins, in 1912; they reside 
 at Moorestown, New Jersey. At the time of his marriage, Mr. 
 Albertson erected a house on part of the original Otter branch tract, 
 and has since resided there; it is now part of the town of Magnolia, 
 New Jersey. With the death of Mr. Albertson will end an unbroken 
 chain of title in the Albertson name of a large tract of land owned 
 and occupied by them continuously for two hundred and twenty-five 
 years. 
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REV. HENRY A. BUTTZ. D. D.. LL. D. 
 
 REV. HENRY A. BUTTZ, D. D., LL. D., formerly president 
 of Drew Theological Seminary at Madison, New Jersey, 
 and eminent in both educational and theological fields, was the son 
 of Seely and Elizabeth (Hanna) Buttz, and was born April i8, 
 1835, in Middle Smithfield, Pennsylvania. He moved to New Jer- 
 sey in boyhood, receiving in that State his early education, and after- 
 wards attending Blairstown Academy, in Warren county. New Jer- 
 sey; Newton Academy, in Sussex county. New Jersey, and Union 
 College, Schenectady, New York. He then attended Princeton Col- 
 lege, and was graduated therefrom in 1858. 
 
 As a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, he became a 
 member of the Newark Conference in 1858, and since then for sev- 
 eral years held some of the more important pastorates in New Jer- 
 sey. His last charge was at Morristown, New Jersey, where he built 
 the present edifice. A professorship at Drew Theological Seminary, 
 which was just organized, was then tendered him and accepted. His 
 profound knowledge both of the truths of religion and the tenets of 
 theology, his special aptitude in Hebrew and Greek, and his wide 
 general learning both of bool^s and men, made him a leading author- 
 ity. Such was his high reputation that in 1880 he was elected presi- 
 dent of the Drew Theological Seminary, and held the position for 
 thirty-two years. His marked executive ability', strong character and 
 remarkable powers of mind have been severely tested at the post 
 assigned him by providence, but he has performed his labors so 
 zealously that they have produced large increase both in the prestige 
 of the college and his own laurels. L'nder his guidance the institu- 
 tion has more than doubled in size, number of students, ami endow- 
 ment. 
 
 Ex-President Buttz has achieved great recognition both as edu- 
 cator and preacher, and has won a wide circle of friends who have 
 been attracted by his accomplishments and his strong and amiable 
 character. As a minister he has six times been a delegate to the 
 
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 General Conference, and also three times delegate to the Ecumenical 
 Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of 
 the American Philological Association, the American Society of 
 Biblical Literature and Exegesis, and belongs to various church 
 organizations. 
 
 Henry A. Buttz married, April ii, i860, Emily Hoagland, 
 daughter of Amos and Phoebe (Lanning) Hoagland. She was born 
 in 1 840, in Townsbury, New Jersey. Their children were : i . Felicia 
 Hemans, born i86i ; married Nathaniel Walling Clark, and has had 
 three children. 2. Julia Cobb, born 1871 ; married Charles Fremont 
 Sitterly, and has had seven children. 
 
GEORGE LAWRENCE RECORD 
 
 GEORGE LAWRENCE RECORD, son of Calvin and Me- 
 lancy (Beals) Record, was born March 13, 1859, at Au- 
 burn, Maine. His father was a lawyer in that little city of industry. 
 The family is of staid old New England ancestry, and the name is 
 variously spelled as Reckord, Rickard and Reckard, in different 
 localities. 
 
 He was educated in the local schools of his native place, and at 
 Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, where he graduated in 1881. 
 Lewiston is an adjacent town to Auburn, with only the Androscoggin 
 river between them, and practically the two municipalities may be 
 reckoned as a single industrial unit. Auburn was first settled in 
 1786, and it with Lewiston is noted as an important modern com- 
 mercial and manufacturing center in southwest Maine. 
 
 Amidst this environment George Lawrence Record began his 
 early business career, but, like many another ambitious youth, he soon 
 gravitated to the great metropolitan center. New York City. He 
 became a stenographer in the law office of Strong & Cadwallader, in 
 New York, and studied law while he followed his vocation as stenog- 
 rapher for a livelihood. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 
 1887, at Jersey City, where he resided, and has continued to practice 
 law in the New Jersey courts there since that time. He was a mem- 
 ber of the Jersey City Board of Education from 1885 to 1887; 
 counsel to the New Jersey Riparian Commission from 1893 ^o 1902; 
 was Corporation Counsel of Jersey City from 1902 to 1908, inclu- 
 sive; and in 191 1 was appointed a member of the State Board of 
 Assessors. In politics he was originally a Democrat, but became a 
 Republican on the Free Silver issues of 1896, and in 19 12 espoused 
 the principles of the National Progressive party; he is a member of 
 the Republican Club of New York City. 
 
 He married Eliza Hanscom, February 22, 1888, at Auburn, 
 Maine, and has made Jersey City, New Jersey, his home since the 
 early eighties. 
 
SAMUEL KALISCH 
 
 JUSTICE KALISCH, one of the most prominent trial lawyers 
 in the State of New Jersey, serving as counsel in many notable 
 cases, both civil and criminal, and whose elevation to his present 
 responsible office is the result of his own efforts and the use he has 
 made of his rare attainments, is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, born 
 April I 8, I 85 I, son of Isidor Kalisch, D. D., one of the most dis- 
 tinguished rabbis of his time, born in Krotoschin, Duchy of Posen, 
 Prussia, November 5, 1816, died in Newark, New Jersey, May 9, 
 I 886, and a grandson of the Rev. Burnham Kalisch of Krotoschin, a 
 prominent citizen of that city, whose death occurred there, September 
 I, 1856. 
 
 Samuel Kalisch studied under the competent preceptorship of 
 his talented father, and thus acquired a proficient training in ancient 
 and modern languages. He also attended the public schools of 
 Lawrence, Massachusetts, and Detroit, Michigan. He pursued his 
 law studies in the Columbia Law School, New York City, from 
 which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 
 1869, and then entered the office of the late William B. Guild Jr., 
 with whom he studied until his admission to the bar of New Jersey 
 at the February term, 1871; he was admitted as counsellor at the 
 February term, 1874. Shortly after his admission as an attorney he 
 began active practice in Newark, where he has since resided. His 
 practice was along general lines, and he soon gained a reputation and 
 an extensive patronage. Later he became an expert in criminal law, 
 and among his noted criminal cases may be mentioned that of Joseph 
 Koerner, indicted for murder, whose acquittal he secured in 1878. 
 He also successfully defended Westbrook, of Newton, and Burke, 
 Noonan and Dunn, of L^nion county. In 1880 he secured a reversal 
 in the Supreme Court in the judgment in the case of Dr. Gedicke, 
 and secured a verdict of manslaughter in the seemingly hopeless case 
 of George Stickert, "Fiddler" Smith, William Hoffman, John Weiss, 
 
518 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 Thomas Hefferan and Wildinghaus. He carried the famous cases 
 of James B. Graves and John Chisholm (the latter indicted for wife 
 murder) through the higher courts before rehnquishing his efforts. 
 In his appeals to the higher courts he was remarkably successful, 
 often establishing precedents and frequently surprising the bench by 
 unearthing forgotten statutes. He was the first lawyer in the State 
 of New Jersey to obtain the release of a convict from the State 
 prison under a writ of habeas corpus. In recent years he has devoted 
 himself exclusively to important civil litigation, in which branch 
 he has been equally prominent and successful. 
 
 In 1875 he was appointed city attorney for Newark, his tenure 
 of office being noted for efficiency. For two years, 1 877-1 879, he 
 served as counsel for the American Protective Association. He fre- 
 quently represented labor organizations in important litigations. 
 He refused retainers from corporations, preferring to give his serv- 
 ices to the people when needed. In 1879 he was nominated for the 
 New Jersey Assembly, on the Democratic ticket, but was defeated 
 by a narrow margin. Twice, in two successive periods, 1899 and 
 1902, he was nominated by his party for State Senator in a Repub- 
 lican stronghold, but was defeated both times by greatly reduced 
 majorities. In April, 191 1, he was appointed by Governor Wood- 
 row Wilson a justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, for the 
 term of seven years, to succeed Hon. Alfred Reed, whose term 
 expired June 16, 191 1. Justice Kalisch's circuit comprises the coun- 
 ties of Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Salem. 
 
 It had long been the boast of the politicians of Atlantic that so 
 long as they had the sheriff they need not stand in fear of grand 
 juries and the enforcement of the law. For nearly a quarter of a 
 century it was an utter impossibility to obtain an indictment against 
 transgressors of the law, if they possessed the least political influ- 
 ence. Justice Kalisch's advent upon the bench was marked by a 
 prompt, determined and vigorous action on his part to awaken the 
 conscience of the people of Atlantic county. He disqualified the 
 sheriff from selecting and summoning a grand jury to investigate 
 election frauds, in which it appeared that the sheriff himself was 
 
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 implicated, and appointed two elisors in his stead to perform that 
 duty. This resuhed in the selection of a grand jury composed of 
 the best citizens of the county, who, in the conscientious discharge of 
 their duties indicted the sheriff and many prominent public officials. 
 Justice Kalisch presided at the trials, which resulted in the conviction 
 of the principal transgressors, and nearly all of those who were not 
 brought to trial pleaded guilty. 
 
 Justice Kalisch is equally prominent in journalism, both as 
 editor and special writer, and is the author of poems, essays, sketches 
 of travel and other miscellany. He is the author of the memorial 
 of Dr. Kalisch, published in 1886, and article on "Influence of 
 Women on American Juries," "Up the Hudson," "Newark to Nash- 
 ville," and "Legend of the Talmud." His series of articles on 
 '"Legal Abuses" are credited with having "led to the reform of the 
 minor judiciary and the establishment of the district courts." He is 
 the possessor of a \cry valuable library, part of which was inherited 
 from his father, and to which he has added considerably during his 
 extensive travels abroad. He is a member of the American Bar 
 Association and of the New Jersey State Bar Association, elected 
 president of the same in June, 1909, and a member of the Society of 
 Medical Jurisprudence of New York, and of the Grolier Club, 
 .•\merican Academy of Political and Social Science, and is a thirty- 
 second degree Mason. 
 
MATHIAS T. WELSH 
 
 AMONG those who have contributed in a large measure to the 
 industrial and financial prosperity of the community in which 
 they have resided, and whose fine abilities have been directed to the 
 accomplishment of valuable results, ever dominated and guided by 
 the most indexible integrity and honesty of purpose, Mathias T. 
 Welsh must be accorded a distinct prestige and a position of high 
 h(!nor. 
 
 Mathias T. Welsh, son of the late John C. Welsh, was born in 
 the town of Middle Valley, New Jersey, July 27, 1857. His earliest 
 years were spent in that town, and later he was sent to Phillips Acad- 
 emy, Andover, Massachusetts, from which he was graduated as a 
 meir.her of the class of 1878. Naturally of an energetic and am- 
 bitious nature, even his vacations were not spent in idleness, but he 
 acted as his brother's assistant in the store which had been estab- 
 lished by his father, and in this manner acquired a practical knowl- 
 edge of business life as well as an excellent education in the field of 
 learning. Not long after his graduation he established himself in 
 business on his own account in German Valley, Morris county, New 
 Jersey, choosing the coal and lumber line, and in this he met with 
 most decided success. In 1894, after having been in this tine of 
 business for a period of eleven years, he purchased property next to 
 the station, and, broadening the scope of his business, added to it 
 paints and hardware of all kinds, in fact, almost all materials neces- 
 sary to the building business. In 1905 he established a home in 
 Hackettstown, New Jersey, where he has large real estate interests, 
 and later sold out his lumber business to his oldest son. In the course 
 of time he also became identified with a number of financial enter- 
 prises, among them being the Hackettstown National Bank, in which 
 he was a director for many years, and has also served as vice-presi- 
 dent. In 1906 he resigned as director and vice-president to take 
 the vice-presiilency ami cashiership of the Peoples National Bank of 
 Hackettstown, of which he was one of the organizers. He still 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 521 
 
 holds the office of cashier, with his son, J. M. Welsh, as assistant 
 cashier. I he iVlorris County Insurance Company is another cor- 
 poration which has had the benefit of the services of Mr. Welsh as a 
 member of its board of directors, also the Hackettstown Mutual 
 Fire Insurance Company, of Hackettstown, New Jersey. 
 
 Mr. Welsh married, September i, 1880, Mary E., daughter of 
 Jacob M. and Adaline (Hunt) Hager, and they have four children: 
 E. Cristy, J. Miller, Harrison M., and Ralph. 
 
 The cause of education is one which has always had an especial 
 interest for Mr. Welsh, and the personal influence he has brought 
 to bear in this direction for many years has been productive of ex- 
 cellent results in many respects and directions. He was a member 
 of (he Board of Education of Washington township, Morris county. 
 New Jersey, for many years, and as president of this body has been 
 able to raise the standard of the schools of the entire township. He 
 was closely identified with the Presbyterian church of German Val- 
 ley for many years, was a member of the board of trustees and the 
 church treasurer for twenty years, also superintendent of the Sunday 
 school for se\era! years. Personally, Mr. Welsh is of a frank and 
 genial disposition, and has the happy faculty of turning naturally to 
 the bright side of matters. 
 
PAUL GUENTHER 
 
 PAUL GUENTHER, a manufacturer of Dover, Morris county, 
 New Jersey, is at the head of one of the leading industries of 
 the State, and perhaps of the world, and has built up a business of 
 extensive proportions that yields a handsome income to the owner, 
 as well as being a benefit to the community by reason of the employ- 
 ment which it furnishes to a large force of workmen. Keen discrimi- 
 nation, careful oversight, energy and progressiveness — these are his 
 chief characteristics, and are the qualities which have brought to him 
 success and insure him a continuance of the prosperity which is now 
 attending his efforts. His life has been a preeminently busy and use- 
 ful one, de\oted to the accumulation of a fortune by strictly honor- 
 ably methods, to the betterment of his fellow-men, to the happiness 
 of his family, and to advancement along many lines of progress. 
 
 Paul Guenther was born in Geithain, Saxony, Germany, May 
 13, 1S60, and is a son of Bruno and Therese (Wuensch) Guenther, 
 and a grandson of Gottlob and Christiane Guenther. His father was 
 a farmer, and his entire life was spent in his native land of Germany. 
 Mr. Guenther was educated in the public schools of his section of 
 the countr}', and at a suitable age he entered upon his business career, 
 his first position being in the office of a commercial house. He 
 acquired a thorough and practical knowledge of the methods of busi- 
 ness in use in the commercial as well as the industrial world of Ger- 
 many, and came to this country well equipped to fight the battle of 
 life in almost any direction. After he arrived here he was employed 
 in a variety of capacities until he found the opening he desired in 
 manufacturing lines, with which he has since been identified so ad- 
 vantageously. Por a number of years he has now been at the head 
 of and the leading spirit of the firm known as Paul Guenther. Inc., 
 manufacturers of full fashioned silk hosiery, in Dover, New Jersey, 
 which was established in 1897, and which has a larger capacity than 
 any other factory of its kind in the world. Mr. Guenther is a man 
 with a stern sense fif justice and a heart filled with kindly feelings 
 
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BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 523 
 
 toward his fellow-men. The natural result of this combination is 
 that, while the rules governing his establishment are enforced to the 
 letter, every complaint is thoroughly investigated and changes made 
 if found justifiable, and his working force have come to regard him 
 not alone as "the boss," but as a fatherly friend to whom they may 
 go for sympathy and advice and feel assured that they will receive 
 both. Thus the relations between master and man are of the most 
 amicable character, a state of affairs not frequently met with in these 
 days of labor disturbances. 
 
 Mr. Guenther married, October 12, 1896, Olga, daughter of 
 Charles and Louise (Homagk) Mechel, and they have one child: 
 Margaret, born in Paterson, New Jersey, June 19, 1897. 
 
 Mr. Guenther is a Republican in politics, and a Presbyterian in 
 his religious affiliations. His fraternal connection is with Dover 
 Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is in every respect 
 a selfmade man, and his success and prosperity in life have been 
 accomplished by his individual efforts. By reason of his kindly dis- 
 position and honorable business methods he has made many warm 
 friends, and exerts a considerable influence in the town in which he 
 lives. He has never consented to accept public office, being content 
 to fill the position of a good citizen of his adopted country. 
 
EDWARD HARRIS STOKES 
 
 EDWARD HARRIS STOKES, who was for a number of years 
 the leading photographer of the city of Trenton, New Jersey, 
 was descended from a family which was of Norman origin, and 
 which traced its ancestry to the famous house of iMontespedon, now 
 extinct in Normandy. They probably went to England after the 
 conquest of that country by William of Normandy, and honors and 
 possessions were bestowed upon them. It is only since the time of 
 Edward II. that we find uninterrupted records of this family. Sir 
 Adam De Stokke was seized of the manor of Sandee, with other 
 lands in Wiltshire, and Roger, his second son, the manors of Wol- 
 shall, Sanarnagrit and Hungerford, in the same county. This Roger, 
 with his father, Sir Adam, were interred in the church of Great Bed- 
 win, to which they had been benefactors, and where their monuments 
 and effigies are still to be seen. John, a descendant of Thomas, 
 represented the county in Parliament in the time of Charles II. In 
 the reign of Elizabeth we find the Stockys (the first change in the 
 orthography of the name) erected the chapel or church of Sandee, 
 and lies there interred. In the fifteenth century Christopher Stokes 
 (when the name finally changed) held the manor of Stanhawes, with 
 other lands in Gloucestershire. The arms of the Stokes family: A 
 lion rampant, doubled gnewed erm. Crest: A dove with wings ex- 
 panded; in the mouth an olive branch, all ppr. Motto: Fertis qui 
 insons. 
 
 Thomas Stokes, the American progenitor of this family, be- 
 longed to the Devonshire House Meeting, and was a contemporary 
 of George Fox, the religious reformer and founder of the Society of 
 Friends. Owing to religious persecution, Thomas Stokes, with his 
 wife, Man' Bernard, and his family, sailed for America, arriving 
 here in 1677. He resided in New Jersey until his death. The line 
 of descent to Edward Harris Stokes is as follows : Thomas and Mar)' 
 (Bernard) Stokes; Joseph and Judith (Lippincott) Stokes; Samuel 
 and Hannah (Hinchman) Stokes; Samuel and Sarah (Ellis) Stokes: 
 Samuel and Marion (Conrow) Stokes; Edward Harris Stokes. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 525 
 
 Edward Harris Stokes was born at Moorestown, Burlington 
 county, New Jersey, June 22, 1824, and died February 17, 1900, at 
 Woodlawn, his residence in the city of Trenton, New Jersey. He 
 left his home in 1 840 and settled in Trenton, where for several years 
 he was a leading photographer. Being a man of great foresight and 
 keen discernment, he noticed the trend of the times in real estate mat- 
 ters and invested largely in landed property. The ample fortune he 
 realized when he disposed of some of these holdings proved the 
 soundness of his judgment. His ability and sterling integrity as a 
 young man won him the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens, 
 from whose hands he received many positions of honor and trust. 
 He served as a director for the Mechanics National Bank and the 
 Trenton Savings Fund Societ}'. He was Democratic in his political 
 affiliations, and served for a long time as a school trustee. His fra- 
 ternal associations were with the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows, in whose interests he was an active worker for many years. As 
 an earnest member of the Second Presbyterian Church of Trenton 
 he aided greatly in the upbuilding of that institution. He was a 
 popular member of many years standing of the New Jersey Histor- 
 ical Society, and his own private library occupied a spacious room in 
 "Old Woodlawn," and was the delight of enthusiastic book-lovers. 
 
 Woodlawn, the residence of Mr. Stokes, and now in the pos- 
 session of his son, Edward Ansley, was built in 1720. It is a large 
 brick and frame structure, the brick coming from England as ballast 
 on sailing vessels, set amid beautiful surroundings, which include 
 trees known to be upward of two hundred years old, and has an 
 eventful history. The wide colonial doorways and long halls, the 
 great chimneys and the broad staircase, bring to the mind memories 
 of the long ago. The house was once owned by Mahlon Stacey and 
 Governor Morris, of Pennsylvania, from whose control it passed 
 into the hands of the Trents, for whom Trenton was named; then 
 followed Governor Cox as owner, and was known originally as 
 "Kingsbury," and later as "Bloomsbury." Next followed as owners, 
 James M. Redmand, Governor Price and ex-Mayor Woods, of 
 Trenton, the daughter of the latter becoming the wife of Edward 
 Harris Stokes. Considered in the light of history, Woodlawn is one 
 
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 of the many links connecting the centuries, a landmark, quaint and 
 oluen. 
 
 Edward Harris Stokes married, at Trenton, June 21, i860, 
 Permelia S., daughter of ex-Mayor Joseph Wood, of Trenton, and 
 of Permelia S. Wood; and a cousin of the late Benjamin and Fer- 
 nando Wood, of New York. They had children: i. Joseph Henry, 
 born September 7, 1861. 2. Marion H., born April 18, 1864; mar- 
 ried Charles H. Swan. 3. Edward Ansley, born February 18, 1866, 
 is a lawyer in Trenton, New Jersey. 4. John Woolverton, born 
 August 12, 1869. 5. Sadie Virginia, died in infancy. 6. Alice 
 White, died in infancy. 
 
 The distinguished old home of Mr. Stokes, added to his own 
 congeniality, drew many friends of all classes to seek his society, his 
 charity and benevolence being familiar to those who knew him; and, 
 while a man of large wealth, he was absolutely without ostentation. 
 Industry, frugality and temperance, together with a bright mind, 
 opened the doors of success to him. In personal appearance and 
 bearing he was prepossessing, and his natural dignity did not detract 
 from his amiable disposition or make him unapproachable, and his 
 wealth did not change the even tenor of his ways. He died as he 
 had lived, a man beloved by all who knew him. He was an ideal man 
 in his home life, being a devoted husband, an indulgent father, and 
 a fascinating host, with a never-failing charm of manner. 
 
ROBERT DOWNIE KENT 
 
 AS an example of the usefulness and prominence to which men 
 of character and determination may attain, it is but necessary 
 to chronicle the life of Robert D. Kent, of Passaic, who at the pres- 
 ent tiiTie (1913) is president of the Merchants' Bank of Passaic, 
 vice-president of the Stapleton National Bank and of the Metuchen 
 National Bank, a director in the Port Richmond National Bank, and 
 a recognized authority on monetary principles. He is a native of 
 Wilmington, Delaware, born October 24, 1855, son of Scotch par- 
 ents, James and Janet S. Kent, the former named a florist by pro- 
 fession. 
 
 Robert D. Kent attended the graded schools of Philadelphia, 
 Pennsyhania, graduating from the high school. The first four 
 years of his active career were spent in a real estate office, where he 
 gained a valuable experience, which was later supplemented by a 
 clerkship of six years in the Mechanics' National Bank of Philadel- 
 phia, which service he entered in 1874. He then organized and be- 
 came the cashier of the first bank in Atlantic City, the Atlantic City 
 National Bank, which had a remarkably successful career from the 
 beginning, and at the present time stands first in New Jersey in its 
 relation of earned surplus to capital. In 1886 Mr. Kent removed 
 to Passaic from Atlantic City, and enlisting the cooperation of the 
 leading business men, organized the first bank in that city, the Pas- 
 saic National Bank. Mr. Kent served as the cashier of this bank for 
 thirteen years. In 1887 Mr. Kent and some of his associates in the 
 Passaic National Bank organized the Passaic Trust & Safe Deposit 
 Company, of which he became vice-president. Both of these organ- 
 izations have been highly successful, owing to the business acumen, 
 sagacity and foresight of the officers, and the latter has deposits 
 amounting to over $4,000,000. In 1899 Mr. Kent resigned the 
 above positions, and since that time has been an active factor in the 
 organization and management of a number of banks in this section 
 of the country. Among them are: The First National Bank of 
 
528 ISIOGRAI'HICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 Spring Valley, New York; the First National Bank of Ridgewood, 
 New Jersey; the Rutherford National Bank, Rutherford, New Jer- 
 sey; the Riverside National Bank of Riverside, New Jersey; the 
 Metuchen National Bank of Metuchen, New Jersey; the Rockland 
 County Trust Company of Nyack, New York; the Port Richmond 
 National Bank, and the Stapleton National Bank, both of Staten 
 Island; and the Merchants' Bank of Passaic, New Jersey. In 1904 
 Mr. Kent organized the Maiden Lane National Bank of New York, 
 with a capital of $300,000, and was its president for over a year, 
 when a controlling interest in its stock was purchased by the Metro- 
 politan Life Insurance Company, and it was reorganized as the 
 Metropolitan Bank, with a capital of $1,000,000. 
 
 Mr. Kent has for a number of years made a study of and has 
 written considerably on the subject of monetary principles. The 
 following extracts are taken from a paper read to the Passaic Board 
 of Trade by Mr. Kent, June 30, 19 10, the title being "The Urgent 
 Need of an Expansion Joint in our Monetary System, or the conse- 
 quences of doing business with an Inelastic Currency:" 
 
 My excuse for this paper is a genera! banking experience of thirty- 
 five years and during the last ten years of that period a somewhat thought- 
 ful consideration of the special questions involved. The expansion joint 
 is a well known device in mechanics, and from this I will endeavor to illus- 
 trate some of the ill efifects we experience because we have no expansion 
 joint in connection with our circulation of currency or because in the 
 terms of the old, but I fear not generally understood expression, "our 
 currency lacks elasticity." Last year the value of our principal crops 
 amoiuited to 4,652 million dollars. Practically all of this is harvested and 
 marketed in the fall, hence we require great amounts of money to "move 
 the crops." If the farmer had a bank account and deposited his receipts 
 to his credit with the bank, such money could be used over and over again, 
 and when the active shipping to the East was over the surplus money in 
 the banks of the western and southern towns would in a comparatively 
 short time find its way back to the money centers of the country, and the 
 banks of these centers would send their surplus supply to New York. We 
 can have no accurate statement of the amount of money needed each fall 
 to move the crops, nor just how long it will be before it gets back again to 
 the money centers, but a fair estimate would be that 200 or 300 million 
 dollars is required each fall for this purpose, and that in January, Febru- 
 ary and March nearly all of the crop-moving money will be restored to 
 ordinary circulation. To a very limited extent do the banks at the money 
 
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 centers carry much over their legal reserve from which to contribute. 
 They do, however, have considerable in demand loans which are called in, 
 to the disturbance of the security market. Next they refuse much needed 
 accommodation to merchants and manufacturers to whom they would 
 willingly lend at other seasons of the year. The banks also collect — all 
 maturing time paper which may have been purchased from commercial 
 paper dealers from April to July. In other words, financial strain is 
 caused on every hand. So far I have dealt with the trouble caused by the 
 lack of the ability of our currency to expand when special funds are 
 needed. Now for a few words on the results of the inability to contract 
 when money is unduly abundant. In the spring and early summer of 
 1909 when the crop-moving money had all been returned to the money 
 centers, there was a considerable time when call-money was plentiful from 
 15^ to 2 per cent. For a period of two or three months later than this, 
 the dealers in commercial paper were going about among the business 
 houses in New York, and probably elsewhere, offering amounts of from 
 $25,000 to $100,000 or more on the single name paper of the firms at 3J/2 
 per cent. It needs but little imagination to see how this condition would 
 lead to undue inflation of the prices of securities, to the flotation of unwise 
 ventures, and to the undue use of credit by the commercial and manu- 
 facturing community. Mr. Kent's proposed plan, while it does not cover 
 all the ground, would go a great way in checking the evils of our over- 
 supply of money at one season of the year, and our shortage at the other, 
 and until we have a Central Bank or some other system to answer the 
 same purpose, will greatly help the situation. The plan is that not less 
 than four or five of the leading New York banks unite to discourage the 
 accumulation of money in New York from about March to September, 
 by lowering the rate of interest they will pay for balances from out-of- 
 town banks and others to whom tliey pay interest to the extent of one-half 
 or one per cent, or more if necessary, and that from September to Febru- 
 ary they encourage the shipment of money to New York by raising the 
 rate to correspond with its supply and the demand there may be for it. 
 If four or five of the larger banks in New York would adopt the policy of 
 changing the interest rate as suggested the others would be forced to fol- 
 low their example. This in turn would compel the banks of Chicago and 
 St. Louis, the other Central Reserve Cities, to take similar action. The 
 banks in the ordinary Reserve Cities — Pliiladelphia, Boston, Albany, Pitts- 
 burgh, Cincinnati, and the rest would feel the force of the action, and 
 would be compelled to govern their methods accordingly. I believe that 
 the policy I advocate would pay each individual bank in New York better 
 than the present method, and the interest received by the out-of-town 
 banks would average about the same as they now receive, but even if there 
 should be some slight loss in either direction, it would be compensated for 
 many times over by the advantage of doing business on a more stable 
 basis. It is imperative for the best results in business that legislation be 
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 enacted to eliminate the evils incident to our present rigid supply of cur- 
 rency and credit. Business men who realize the hazard of commercial 
 operations as now conducted should urge the remedy — the Central Bank 
 under strict governmental control. Meanwhile the interest-regulating 
 coalition such as I have suggested would provide immediate relief and 
 would constitute as well a valuahle permanent feature of our machinery of 
 monetary regulation. 
 
 The following extracts are from an article on "Danger of Over- 
 Expansion in Aldrich Plan" by Mr. Kent, which appeared in the 
 "New York. F.vening Post" of January i6, 1912: 
 
 Sir : — Your columns have repeatedly sounded a note of warning 
 against the prospect of over-expansion from the workings of the Aldrich 
 plan of monetary reform in its present form. The writer, as a delegate to 
 the Convention of the American Bankers' Association recently held in 
 New Orleans, from the floor of the convention, asked Senator Aldrich 
 what provisions there were to prevent excessive exjjansion. The Senator 
 replied at considerable length, but frankly admitted that there was no 
 special provision, and stated in effect that he thought the good faith and 
 good sense of the management and of the business public could be 
 depended upon to avoid such a result. My own opinion, based upon a 
 banking experience of thirty-seven }ears, is that there is great danger in 
 the direction indicated. At present our credit cannot expand as it should 
 each fall to enable us to finance our vast crops. The writer would sug- 
 gest that for a few years it would be better to limit our ])olicy of expan- 
 sion first to the matter of extending the opportunity for rediscounts, and 
 second to permit the balances due from the Reserve Association to count 
 as reserve. If after such time it was found that we used our new powers 
 wisely and more expansion of credit seemed required, the other features 
 could then be added. 
 
 The following are extracts from an article by Mr. Kent which 
 appeared in the "New York Evening Post" of March 5, i<)i3, en- 
 titled "An Appeal to the Officers and Directors of National Banks 
 of Central Reserve Cities to consider thoughtfully the unscientific 
 way in which they are conducting business:" 
 
 Money Demand and Su[)ply. — The recent letter of J. P. Morgan and 
 Company to the Pujo Committee comments strongly on the operations of 
 the economic law of supply and demand. As a practical banker and a 
 student of monetary principles I venture the assertion that a larfje part of 
 our present monetary trouble comes from the complete disregard bv the 
 national banks of New York of that law. I wonder if it is generally 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 531 
 
 understood that there is no elasticity to the monetary system of Great 
 Britain. The sole means of regulation is that exercised by the Bank of 
 England in raising and lowering its discount rate to correspond with the 
 supply and demand of money. The action I advocate for New York 
 banks would have a similar result. 
 
 Mr. Kent has always taken an active interest in politics, but 
 has never sought nor held public office, preferring to devote his time 
 to the interests related above. He is a member and elder of the 
 First Presbyterian Church of Passaic, and a member of the Hard- 
 ware Club of New York. 
 
 Mr. Kent married (first) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Octo- 
 ber 23, 1879, Ella R., daughter of Henry C. and Jane A. King. 
 They had one child, Janet S., born July 19, 1880. He married 
 (second) in Woodbury, New Jersey, December 11, 1886, Caroline 
 E., daughter of William and Mary A. Riddle. They have one 
 child, William R., born March 28, 1890. 
 
JACOB WALDER 
 
 JACOB WALDER was bom in the village of Horgen, Switzer- 
 land, March i8, 1839. After learning the trade of reed- 
 maker in his home, he went to England to perfect himself in the 
 craft. Like thousands of others, his thoughts constantly turned to 
 America, the land of promise, and obeying that impulse he sailed for 
 America in 1866, and settled in Paterson, New Jersey, where he 
 engaged in the manufacture of reeds and harness and mill supplies 
 for silk workers. 
 
 With a thorough knowledge of his work, with an engaging 
 personality, and earnest determination to produce only the best, he 
 soon achieved a name as a maker of reliable and trustworthy mer- 
 chandise. Possessing a keen and inventive mind, he designed and 
 developed the machinery used in his business, notably the French 
 loom for harness-making. This invention marked an important 
 epoch in the development of the industry, which, combined with his 
 reputation for honesty, soon placed his establishment in the front 
 rank of mill supply houses, where his progressive policies have kept 
 it ever since. 
 
 On September 12, 1869, at Paterson, New Jersey, he married 
 Marie, daughter of Frederick and Anna (Weibel) Baer, a family 
 famous as master craftsmen in silk weaving. This marriage was a 
 most happy one, and the issue were: i. Anna M., who married John 
 Bluntschli. 2. Marie W., wife of John G. Taylor. 3. Minnie, who 
 died in childhood. 4. Jacob W., who married Clara Huntoon. 5. 
 Bertha, wife of Edward Beam. 
 
 Of a kind and jovial nature, with a capacity for making friends, 
 he soon became a man of importance in the community. Honors 
 were thrust upon him by his townsmen, but refusing political prefer- 
 ment, he devoted himself to social welfare, on every worthy occasion 
 beinu; ready with advice and financial assistance. He died on De- 
 cember 28, 1897, secure in the knowledge that his life had been a 
 useful and successful one. 
 
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 His only son, Jacob W., on reaching his majority, assumed the 
 management of the mills, and has carried on successfully his father's 
 policies and ideas. 
 
 MICHAEL DUNN 
 
 MICHAEL DUNN, son of James and Bridget (O'Connell) 
 Dunn, was born August 27, 1858, at Newton, Sussex 
 county, New Jersey. His father was a native of Ireland, who set- 
 tled at Newton in 1847; and his mother was the daughter of Irish 
 parents, who lived there in 1855. Their son was sent to the local 
 schools and attended the Newton Collegiate Institute, where he pre- 
 pared to enter Princeton University, and was graduated therefrom 
 in the class of 1880 with the A. B. degree; afterward he received the 
 A. M. degree. He then studied law at Newton, New Jersey, and 
 was admitted as attorney at the June term, 1882, and in 1885 as 
 counsellor-at-law. 
 
 He engaged in the practice of his profession at Newton, but 
 soon became more or less interested in local politics; he was under- 
 sheriff of Sussex county. New Jersey, from November, 1881, to No- 
 vember, 1884. He afterwards located at Paterson and became city 
 counsel of Paterson in May, 1900, and served to January i, 1904; 
 later he was appointed Prosecutor of the Pleas of Passaic county, on 
 April 22, 191 1, for a term of five years, in which capacity he is now 
 serving. He is identified with the Democratic party, and a member 
 of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church of Paterson, New Jersey; and 
 is a member of the Knights of Columbus, Paterson; the Princeton 
 Club, of New York; likewise of the Hamilton Club, of Paterson, 
 and spends his vacations in hunting, fishing, and in travel. 
 
 He married Amelia M. Donnelly, daughter of Arthur and 
 Amelia Donnelly, September 3, iS^^o, at Paterson, New Jersey; and 
 had as issue of this marriage seve, children, of whom the following 
 survive, namely: James M. Dunn, Arthur C. Dunn, Edward J. 
 Dunn, Amelia M. Dunn, Louise E. Dunn, Eugene Stevenson Dunn. 
 The familv resides at Paterson, New Jersey. 
 
FILOMENO SANSONE 
 
 THERE is no more highly esteemed or honorable factor of the 
 various interests in the city of Hackensack, New Jersey, than 
 Filomeno Sansone, at present engaged in the real estate and insur- 
 ance business, and who has for many years been noted for his sterling 
 qualities, his fearless loyalty to his honest convictions, and his discre- 
 tion and tact in legal and commercial circles. He is the son of An- 
 tonio P. Sansone, a native of Italy, who was a merchant in Hacken- 
 sack, New Jersey, from the time of his coming there in August, 1900, 
 until his death in December, 19 12. 
 
 Filomeno Sansone was born in Guardia, Sanframondi, Italy, 
 F'ebruary 4, i 883. At a suitable age he was sent to school, eight years 
 being spent in the Tilesun Gymnasium, and one year and a half in 
 the study of law at the University of Naples, Italy. Upon the com- 
 pletion of this course of study he came to America, where he became 
 a resident of Hackensack, which has been his place of residence since 
 that time. He established himself in the real estate and insurance 
 brokerage business with which he has been identified in an extensive 
 manner. From the earliest days of his residence in this country Mr. 
 Sansone has taken a deep and intelligent interest in all public matters, 
 and this has not been without beneficial result to the community. In 
 19 10 he was elected as a justice of the peace, is now serving a second 
 term in this office, and has had a number of cases of the utmost public 
 importance brought before him. By means of home study he has 
 continued his reading of the law, and has become well versed in the 
 metfiocls of application in this country. He has acted as interpreter 
 in all the higher courts of the State of New Jersey, and his legal 
 knowledge combined with his linguistic ability, have made him an 
 ideal official in this capacity, one whose intelligent work has been 
 appreciated to the fullest extent by judges and litigating attorneys 
 alike. He is a member and official in the First Ward Republican 
 Club, and is a considerable power in local politics. 
 
 Mr. Sansone married Catherine Groce, of New York City, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 535 
 
 and he and his wife are members of St. Michael's Roman Catholic 
 Church. He is a member of Bergen Lodge, No. 73, Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows; Tere Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons 
 of Newark; Union League Club, of Hackensack; Theosophical 
 Club, of New York City; also a number of real estate and insurance 
 corporations; was president of the Italian Progressive League Con- 
 vention, 1905; contributing editor to "Italiano-Americano," New 
 York City, and to several other publications. As a collector Mr. San- 
 sone is quite noted, his collection of photographs being especially 
 rich, and he has also a number of valuable and fine paintings. In 
 the discharge of all the duties of citizenship, Mr. Sansone is true and 
 faithful. In manner he is pleasant and genial and his many fine traits 
 commend him to all. 
 
 
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BIRD W. SPENCER 
 
 THE achievement of Bird W. Spencer indicates a solidarity of 
 character that is admirable because of its elemental worth. 
 For many years he held positions of trust in a great railway corpora- 
 tion, was identified with local political affairs, and at the same time 
 was active in the State military organization. 
 
 In I 86^ he entered the service of the Erie Railroad Company 
 as clerk in the general superintendent's department at Jersey City, 
 New Jersey; later he was assigned to duty in the accounting depart- 
 ment, and then in the treasury department, advancing therein through 
 the successive grades up to treasurer of the department, to which 
 office he was elected in 1878 by the board of directors. He served 
 as treasurer from 1878 to 1886, when he was appointed by order of 
 court, receiver and general manager of the lonawanda Valley & 
 Cuba railroad, also receiver of the Bradford, Eldred & Cuba rail- 
 road. These two properties were managed by him for about five 
 years. Each was reorganized in the interest of the Erie stockholders, 
 and they were subsequently merged into the present Erie railroad 
 system. 
 
 He has been connected with se\eral military companies; in 
 1865 he enlisted in the Seventh Regiment, National Guard of New 
 York, where he served for about five years; and meanwhile, ha\-ing 
 removed to Passaic, he was elected, in 1871, captain of Company 
 K, Ninth Regiment, New York National Guard. Afterward he 
 was elected lieutenant-colonel of the same regiment; in 187^ he was 
 appointetl aide-de-camp on the staff of Governor Bedie, of New 
 Jersey, and continued to serve on the staff, also in the State Quarter- 
 master-General's office, until 1881, when he was appointed inspector- 
 general of rifle practice with the rank of brigadier-general, in which 
 capacitv he has ser\ed contmuously. 
 
 Mr. Spencer has always been more or less identified with local 
 and State political affairs. His first entrance into official life was in 
 1873, by election to the City Council of Passaic from the Third 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 537 
 
 Ward, in which capacity he served for three years. In 1875 he was 
 elected mayor of Passaic, and was twice reelected, serving in all 
 three terms of two years each. Subsequently he was again elected a 
 member of the Passaic City Council, and served altogether in these 
 se\eral capacities about twenty years. In 1909 he was again elected 
 mayor of the city of Passaic, and ser\ed something more than two 
 years, until the autumn of 191 1, when the executive was transformed 
 into a commission form of city government. He was appointed a 
 member of the State Board of Assessors in 1889, ^Y Governor 
 Greene, again appointed to the same office by Governor Werts, and 
 a third time by Governor John W. Griggs, and served in all three 
 successi\'e tenuis of two years each. 
 
 After leaving the service of the Erie Railroad Company, Mr. 
 Spencer organized the Peoples Bank & Trust Company of Passaic, 
 New Jersey; he became its first president, and is a member of the 
 board of directors; and, it may be added, that the success of the 
 institution is largely due to his personal efforts and personal direction. 
 In politics he has always affiliated with the Republican party. He is 
 a member of the Episcopal church of the New Jersey diocese, in 
 which he has been an active church member and worker for many 
 years; and in piety and good works has not departed from the pre- 
 cepts of his father, who was a prominent clergyman. 
 
TICHENOR-FAIRCHILD 
 
 THE Tichenor family of Newark, New Jersey, are descendants 
 of Martin Tichenor, or Tichenell, whom tradition says came 
 from France. He took the oath of allegiance to the New Haven 
 Colony in August, 1644, ^nd came to Newark, New Jersey, with the 
 second colony, in 1677, that settled there. He married Mary 
 Charles, in 165 1, and had children, namely: John, born in 1653; 
 Abigail, born in 1655; Daniel, born in 1656; Hannah, born in 1659; 
 and Samuel, born in 1660, in the New Haven Colony. His will, 
 dated in 1681, named children: John, Daniel, Samuel, Jonathan (a 
 minor), and Abigail; also a son-in-law. Ensign John Treat, at New- 
 ark. Numerous descendants in Essex and other counties of New 
 Jersey trace their origin to these first settlers of Newark; and James 
 H. Tichenor, of Newark, New Jersey, was a lineal descendant of 
 the above mentioned Martin Tichenor. His father, James Tich- 
 enor, married Abigail Huntington Hedden, and had issue among 
 others, a son, whose record follows. 
 
 James Hedden Tichenor, third son of James and Abigail (Hed- 
 den) Tichenor, was born March 23, 1809, at Newark, New Jersey. 
 He was educated in the local schools of his native city and at the 
 Newark Academy. After leaving school he engaged in the retail 
 shoe business with his father, in Newark; in time he became the 
 junior partner of the business, and retired from active commercial 
 pursuits with a competence, at about fifty years of age. He was an 
 enter^irising, public-spirited citizen who was interested in the com- 
 mercial welfare of Newark, and did whatever possible to secure civic 
 improvement of his native city. He was a member of the Board of 
 Estimate, New Jersey Proprietors, and was president of that board 
 for several years. His first vote was cast for John Quincy Adams 
 for President of the United States; but in the later alignment of the 
 old Whig and Democratic parties, he espoused the latter party and 
 remnined a staunch Democrat until his death. He was baptized in 
 the First Presbyterinn Church of Newark, during infancy; his father 
 
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 was one of the deacons of that church, but during his latter years he 
 affiliated with the Episcopal church, and died in that faith. He was 
 noted for his strict personal integrity of character, and his word was 
 held as sacred as his bond. He died June i8, 1883, in Newark, 
 New Jersey- 
 He married Lydia Tuttle \uttman, youngest daughter of Isaac and Ruth 
 Nuttman, May 30. 1830. at Newark, New Jersey. Slie was the mother of several 
 children, of wliom particular mention is made of the following only. 
 
 Ruth Elizabeth Tichenor, their eldest daughter, was born November 21. 
 1834, at Xew-ark, New Jersey. She was the granddaughter of James Tichenor and 
 Abigail Huntington Hedden in the paternal line; and of Isaac Nuttman and Ruth 
 Cooley on the maternal side. Her education was a matter of much personal 
 solicitude by her parents. She was placed in the best select schools in Newark 
 and later in New York, and graduated from the latter June 13, 1866. Afterward 
 she married Dr. Richard Van Wyck Fairchild, a practicing physician of Parsip- 
 pany, Morris county, New Jersey, and resided there subsequently. He was a 
 descendant of a Colonial family of the name who settled at Morristown before the 
 Revolution. She has devoted much of her life to charities, and is connected 
 with various local and State social organizations. She is a life member of the 
 Daughters of the American Revolution, and regent of the Parsippany Chapter; 
 also a life member of the Woman's Branch of the New Jersey Historical Society,, 
 at Newark, New Jersey. 
 
 Francis Marion Tichenor, son of James Hedden and Lydia Tuttle (Nutt- 
 man) Tichenor, was born December 20, 1840, at Newark, New Jersey. He was 
 educated in the public schools of Newark, and graduated from the Newark High 
 School about 1858: he then attended a boarding school at Hudson, New York, 
 where he remained for about two years and in i8i62 began the study of law in the 
 law office of John Q. Hayes, of Newark, New Jersey. In 1S66 he was admitted to 
 the Newark bar as an attorney-at-law. and in 1S69 as counsellor. He practiced 
 law in the local and State courts of New Jersey, but his business was largely in 
 the Chancery, Probate and Orphans' Courts of Esse.x county. He was president 
 of the Board of Proprietors of East New Jersey, and held many positions of trust 
 in the city of Newark. He was a member of the New Jersey Historical Society 
 at Newark from 1869 until his death; a trustee of the Washington .Association of 
 Morristown, New Jersey: and a life member of the Memorial Society at Somer- 
 ville. New Jersey. 
 
 He married Elizabeth T. Cornell, daughter of Dr. John Freelinghuysen 
 and Elizabeth (Hall) Cornell, October 8, 1879, at Somerville, New Jersey. She 
 died July 3, 1901, at Newark, New Jersey, and her remains were interred in 
 Greenwood Cemetery, New Jersey. No issue. 
 
 Francis Marion Tichenor died October 22, 1906, at Newark, and his 
 remains were laid beside those of his wife in the family burial plot. Greenwood 
 Cemetery, near Newark, New Jersey. Thus passed the lives of husband and wife 
 ■ — the former, a kind friend, trusted adviser, and respected citizen, among his fellow 
 countrymen. 
 
 FAIRCHILD 
 
 Since 1735 the name Fairchild has been well known in Morris county. 
 Thomas Fairchild, a native of England, crossed the Atlantic to the Colony of 
 Connecticut in 1639. Caleb Fairchild, the direct ancestor of the branch of the 
 Fairchild family living in Morris county, located in Whippauy, New Jersey, in 
 I7.35. and died in May, 1777, aged 84 years. His wife and he were 'members of the 
 First Presbyterian Church as early as 1742. Mathew, the eldest son, born in 1720, 
 died June 5, 1790, aged 69 years. His ten children were all baptized in the First 
 Presbyterian Church in Morristown. The seventh son, Jonathan Fairchild, was 
 
540 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 born November .3, 1751, baptized December 10, 175J. On September 8, 1733, he 
 married Sarah Howell. He died August 5, 1813, aged 63 years. 
 
 Dr. Stephen Fairchild, their youngest son. was born in Littleton, Morris 
 county, Octolier 2S, 1792. He was a man of strong mentality, possessing a very 
 studious nature. After acquiring a common school education he prepared himself 
 for the practice of medicine. He pursued his studies under the direction of Dr. 
 Ebenezer and Charles E. Pierson, of Morristown, New Jersey; attended medical 
 lectures in Philadelphia for a year, and engaged in practice in New York. Upon 
 the urgent solicitation of many friends he removed to Parsippany, New Jersey, as 
 the successor of Dr. Hartwell. who had recently died. For thirty-six years he 
 was successfully engaged in the practice of his chosen calling, and his pronounced 
 skill and ability made him the leader of his profession. He was not only an emi- 
 nent physician, but was an earnest and devout Christian. Few physicians have 
 ever been more loved or honored than Dr. Stephen Fairchild. Death came to him 
 after a long illness, marked by the greatest suffering. He bore it with Christian 
 fortitude; his faith never faltered. He died July 13, 1872, and was laid to rest in 
 the cemetery of Parsippany. 
 
 Dr. Stephen F'airchild enjoyed an ideal home life. He was married. May 18, 
 1818, to Miss Euphcmia M. Brinkerhtiff, born in Mount Hope, New Jersey, Sep- 
 tember, 1796, daughter of George D. BrinkerliofT and Euphemia Ashfield. Mr. 
 Hrinkerhoff retired from business, purchased a home in Parsippany, and removed 
 his family in 1797. The residence had been a noted tavern in Revolutionary times. 
 It became the birthplace of the children of Dr. Stephen and Euphemia Fairchild. 
 It was destroyed by fire in November, 1874, but was rebuilt i>n the old site and 
 continued to be the home of Mrs. Euphemia Fairchild through her last years. She 
 died June 20, 1882. She was a lady of the old school — amialjle, educated, refined, 
 and a sincere Christian. 
 
 The children of Dr. Stephen Fairchild and wife were: Richard Van Wyck, 
 born February 22, 1819. and Eliza S., born October 19, 1820, but died in infancy. 
 The only son followed in his father's footsteps, and the two were associated in 
 business for a number of years, a most ideal relation e-xisting between them. The 
 son was prepared for college in the classical school conducted by Ezra F'air- 
 child, in Mendham, New Jersey. In 1837 he entered the junior class at Princeton 
 College, where he was graduated in 1839. He studied medicine under the pro- 
 fessional guidance of his father, and subsequently under Dr. McClennan, of Phil- 
 adelphia, and Dr. Mott, of New York. He entered upon practice with his father 
 in 1843, and attained eminence in professional circles, for his knowledge was com- 
 prehensive and accurate, possessing exceptional skill in the diagnosis of cases 
 and the administration of proper remedies. 
 
 Dr. Richard Van Wyck Fairchild was twice married. In November, 1852, 
 Elizabeth Kirkpatrick became his wife, but she died January 16, 1862. On June 
 13, 1866, Dr. Richard Fairchild married (second) Ruth E. Tichenor, daughter 
 of James H. Tichenor and Lydia T. Nuttman Tichenor, of Newark, New Jersey. 
 Dr. Richard Van Wyck F'airchild died very suddenly. February 24, 1874, and was 
 laid to rest in the family plot in the burial ground at Parsippany. He survived 
 his father hardly two years, and thus tliey who were united in such tics of love 
 and interested in life were not long sejjarated in death. Many admirable qualities 
 endeared Dr. Fairchild to those who came in contact with him. .-Xs a friend he 
 was kind and generous. At Princeton he was the college wit. and this strong 
 vein of humor, combined with his power of imitation and representation, together 
 with his wide and varied information, made him a most agreeable companion and 
 entertaining gentleman. He was an able writer. His nature was not without the 
 poetic side, nor did he lack in musical culture; he was fond of all the arts and inter- 
 ests that elevate humanity and his memory is revered throughout Morris county, 
 New Jersey. 
 
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CHARLES CURIE 
 
 THK life histor)- of Charles Curie exemplifies in a remarkable 
 degree not only the achievements of a man of great natural 
 talent, but the wonderful possibilities in America, whereby an 
 alien born emigrant may attain distinction in the community and 
 State of his adoption, during the span of a single lifetime. 
 
 He was born October 20, 1842, at Audincourt, in the Depart- 
 ment of Doubs, France, near the ancient city of Montebeliard; and 
 was brought by his parents to America during infancy. They set- 
 tled at Paterson, New Jersey, and thus that city became the home of 
 his adoptioi-. 
 
 Frederick Curie, the father of Charles Curie, was a native of 
 Audincourt, a village noted for its iron manufactures, and learned 
 the trade of machinist, which he followed there until he emigrated to 
 America in the year 1843. He had visited the United States prior to 
 that time, and made contracts with Thomas Rogers, a millwright of 
 Paterson, New Jersey, for the service of himself and several other 
 French machinists; and then came hither with his family in the year 
 1843, to Paterson, where he followed his trade and lived during the 
 remainder of his lifetime. 
 
 Charles Curie, the son, was descended from French Huguenot 
 ancestors. The paternal line of Curie was allied by marriage with 
 the Cuviers and Jacots of France; while his mother, Dorothe Mal- 
 vena Diemer, was descended from the Lamberti and other ancestors, 
 some of whom resided in the cantons of Switzerland adjacent to du 
 Doubs, which is a frontier department of eastern France. Du Doubs 
 was formed in 1790, out of the ancient principality of Montebeliard, 
 and a part of the province of Franche-Comte. It is bounded east 
 and southeast by Switzerland, north by the territory of Bel fort and 
 by Haute Saone, and west and southwest by Jura. Doubs takes its 
 name from the river of like name, which flows through the territory; 
 and about three miles southeast of Montebeliard is the village of 
 Audincourt, noted for its large iron foundries. The region is historic 
 
542 IJIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 and picturesque; it is the place of European residence of the Curie 
 family before they came to Paterson, New Jersey; and the birthplace 
 of Charles Curie, whose career has been more or less identified with 
 Paterson during the last fifty years. 
 
 The latter attended the local schools of Paterson, and gradu- 
 ated from tlie Paterson High School in 1856, at fourteen years of 
 age. He then went to Cleveland, Ohio, to accept a position as clerk 
 in the tobacco store of his aunt, the widow of F. A. Keppler, where 
 he remained about three years. During that period he took a busi- 
 ness course at Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College in Cleveland, 
 Ohio, and returned to Paterson during the year 1859. Soon after- 
 ward he became a customs clerk with the importing house of Koop, 
 Sattler & Company, at 38 Broad street. New York City, where he 
 was employed until the outbreak of the War of the Rebellion. 
 
 Charles Curie enlisted as a private in Company C, Ninth New 
 York Infantry Volunteers, known as "Hawkins' Zouaves," on April 
 19, 1861, and was mustered into the United States service for two 
 years on May 4, 1861. He was honorably discharged from service 
 Febniary 13, 1863, to accept promotion; was appointed and com- 
 missioned first lieutenant in the Second Battalion of Hawkins' Zou- 
 aves on the same date; said battalion was soon consolidated with 
 other organizations and afterward designated as the 178th New 
 York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment on June 22, 1863. Lieu- 
 tenant Curie was promoted to captain in the Second Battalion on 
 May 8, 1864, in which capacity he served until December 20, 1864, 
 when he was honorably discharged for disability incurred in line of 
 duty. 
 
 He did a varied and arduous service on many battlefields and 
 in different parts of the country. Company C, Ninth New York 
 Volunteer Infantry, in which he enlisted, left the State for Newport 
 News, Virginia, June 6, 1861, and served in the forced march to Big 
 Bethel, Virginia, June 10, 1861. He was in the minor actions at 
 Baker Lee's and near Bethel, Virginia, that followed; and was in 
 the expedition against Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, August 26, 
 1 86 1, which captured Forts Hatteras and Clarke, August 28-29, 
 1861 ; and on October 5-6 went to the relief of the Twentieth Indi- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 543 
 
 ana Regiment at Chickamicomico, North Carolina. In January, 
 1862, the regiment was attached to Parke's Third Brigade of Burn- 
 side's Expeditionary Corps in North Carolina, which captured Hat- 
 teras Inlet, January 7, and Roanoke Island, February 7, 1862; was 
 in the battle of Roanoke Island of February 8, and from February 
 18 to 20; and on an expedition up Chowan River to Winton, North 
 Carolina, which returned to Hatteras Inlet on the last mentioned 
 date; and served in an expedition against Elizabeth City, April 7-8, 
 i8.'J2. Was in the battle of Camden, South Mills, April 19; in an 
 expedition up Chowan River, May 7-9, 1862, and on duty at 
 Roanoke Island to July 5, 1S62 ; thence to Newport News, Virginia, 
 and on to Fredericksburg, Virginia, when the regiment was on duty 
 to August 30, 1862. Moved to Brook's Station, Virginia, Septem- 
 ber 3, thence on to Washington, D. C, and participated in the Mary- 
 land campaign of September-October, 1862. Was at Frederick, 
 Maryland, September 12, 1862, battle of South Mountain, Sep- 
 tember 14, and of Antietam, Maryland, September 16-17, 1862, 
 where he was wounded, but remained on duty. The regiment was 
 consolidated with the Second Brigade, First Division, Ninth Army 
 Corps, Army of the Potomac, under command of General Pope; and 
 Curie was detached from the regiment on recruiting service in New- 
 York from October, 1862, to February, 1863. He was promoted to 
 first lieutenant in the Second Battalion, Hawkins' Zouaves, Februar)' 
 13, 1863, which became a part of the 178th New York Veteran Vol- 
 unteer Infantry Regiment. It was attached to De Russy's Division 
 of the 22nd Corps to July, 1863, and did sen-ice as provost guard 
 at Washington, D. C, and Fairfax Seminary, July to October, 1863, 
 during which time Lieutenant Curie served as acting assistant picket 
 officer; and on October 31, 1863, he was ordered to Eastport. Mis- 
 sissippi, on the Tennessee river, where the regiment became part of 
 the Second Brigade, Third Division, i6th Army Corps, Army of 
 the Tennessee and the Gulf, until February, 1864. Lieutenant Curie 
 was on duty at Eastport, Mississippi; Columbus, Kentucky; Port Pil- 
 low, Tennessee; and Vicksburg, Mississippi, until February, 1864; 
 was in Sherman's campaign against Meridian, Mississippi, February 
 3 to March 5, 1864; and in the offensive movements against General 
 
544 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 Price and at Pearl River on the 6th. He was detached at various 
 times to serve as acting adjutant, acting ordnance officer of brigade 
 and division during the campaign. On March lo, 1864, his regi- 
 ment was attached to Banks' Red River Expedition in Louisiana and 
 Texas. Was in numerous engagements and minor conflicts during 
 this movement, viz.: Port de Russey, Louisiana, March 14, 1864; 
 Alexandria, March 16; Bayou Rapids, the 21st; Grand Ecore, April 
 4; Pleasant Hill, April 9; Natchitoches, April 21 ; Luciaville, April 
 23-25, and Cane River Crossing on the latter date. April 30 and 
 later, engaged in construction of the dam at Alexandria, Louisiana, 
 and May 13 to 22 in retreat to Morganza, Louisiana, including sev- 
 eral defensive operations at Mansura, Avoyelle's Prairie, and Yel- 
 low Bayou. In June, 1864, he was on an expedition sent into Arkan- 
 sas after the Confederate General Marmaduke, and was in the bat- 
 tles of Lake Chicot and Old Lake Village, Arkansas; but his com- 
 mand returned to Collierville, Tennessee, on June 23, and later 
 joined General A. J. Smith's expedition to Tupelo, Mississippi, on 
 July 5 to 12, and against Oxford, Mississippi, August 5 to 30, 1864. 
 The scene of conflict quickly shifted to Missouri; he was in pursuit 
 of Price, September 26 to November 19, when he was taken sick on 
 the march, and was sent to Jefferson Barracks Hospital, near St. 
 Louis, Missouri, where he remained until he was honorably dis- 
 charged, December 20, 1864, for disability incurred in line of duty. 
 Captain Curie returned to Paterson, New Jersey, where he 
 remained until returning health permitted him to engage in business. 
 He then secured employment as customs clerk in New York, which 
 position he held until January i, 1868, when he engaged in business 
 for himself as a custom house broker, with a partner, under the firm 
 name of Binge & Curie, in New York City. Prior to this he had 
 studied law in the office of Thomas D. Hoxsey, of Paterson, New 
 Jersey, and in the office of Hawkins, Barnet & Pannes, of New York 
 City; so he later renewed his law studies at the New York University, 
 where he graduated in 1883 as LL. B.; however, in May, 1882, he 
 secured admission to the New York State bar, at Poughkeepsie, New 
 York. Mr. Curie specialized on customs and revenue law, and in the 
 years that followed built up a large and profitable legal business in 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 545 
 
 New York City. He was a member of the law firm of Curie, Smith 
 & Mackie in 1890, which became Curie & Smith in 1897, and Curie, 
 Smith & Maxwell in 1900, until Mr. Curie retired from active prac- 
 tice in 1905. 
 
 Although Mr. Curie resided in New York during the later 
 years of his life, he was, nevertheless, largely interested in various 
 industrial enterprises in New Jersey and round about Paterson. He 
 was a director of the Passaic Water Company, the Paterson & Ram- 
 apo Railroad Company, the Second National Bank of Paterson, the 
 Rutherford & Carlstadt Land & Building Company, the North Jer- 
 sey Rapid Transit Company, the A. & N. Realty Company, the 
 Holtz. &: Freystedt Company, the Home Land & Building Company, 
 the Lamond & Robertson Company, and the Laurel Grove Cemetery 
 Company; also president of the Press-Chronicle Company of Pater- 
 son, New Jersey, and of the Alphano Company. 
 
 In 1879, Captain Curie was one of the organizers and subse- 
 quently the senior captain of the Paterson Light Guard, afterward 
 known as the First Battalion of the New Jersey National Guard. 
 He was captain of Company B when the First New Jersey Battalion, 
 of which that company was a part, on October 20, 1881, won the 
 prize cup at the Centennial Anniversary at Yorktown, Virginia. He 
 was past president of the Hawkins' Zouaves Asscxiation in 1882- 
 1884; president of the Roanoke Association, 1 895-1 897, and like- 
 wise of the Society of Burnside's Expedition and Ninth Army Corps, 
 from 1 896 to 1 897. He was chancellor of the Military Order of the 
 Loyal Legion, Commandery of the State of New York, 1899 and 
 1900; also department commander of New Jersey, Grand Army of 
 the Republic, in 1905 and 1906; was a member of Farragut Post, 
 No. 28, G. A. R., of Paterson, New Jersey; and was president of 
 the Society of the Army of the Potomac in 19 10, at the time of his 
 death. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Curie has generally adhered to the Republican 
 party, though he did not hesitate to break party ties when that course 
 seemed best calculated to secure desired political reforms. In addi- 
 tion he was affiliated with various social betterment organizations, as 
 
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 the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and the Peace 
 Society of New York. He was a member of the National Geographic 
 Society, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Botanical Gardens, 
 the American Science and Historic Preservation Society, the Amer- 
 ican Association for the Advancement of Science, the Academy of 
 Political Science, and Ivanhoe Lodge, F. and A. M., of Paterson, 
 New Jersey. 
 
 Socially he held membership in the following clubs, viz.: The 
 Union League of Brooklyn, the Union League of New York City, 
 the Hamilton of Paterson, New Jersey; the New York Athletic 
 Club, the Arion Society of New York, the Lawyers" Club, and was 
 a member and governor of the Arm(' and Navy Club, New York. 
 During the later years of his life Mr. Curie lived in Brooklyn, but in 
 1900 he changed his city residence to No. i West 94th street, bor- 
 ough of Manhattan, New York; and from 1890 to the time of his 
 death he maintained a summer residence at "Idlewild," Cornwall-on- 
 Hudson, once the home of N. P. Willis, the noted American author. 
 
 Charles Curie married Jennie Andrews, daughter of James and 
 Mary (Gordon) Andrews, the 24th day of March, 1870, in Pater- 
 son, New Jersey. As issue of the marriage there were two children, 
 namely: i. Laura Curie, born December 17, 1870, at Paterson, who 
 married Dr. William H. Allee. 2. Charles Curie Jr., born March 
 4, 1872, at Paterson, who was educated for the legal profession, is a 
 prominent member of the New York bar, and has succeeded his 
 father as a representative of various legal and industrial enterprises. 
 He is a counsellor-at-law with oflices in the Hudson Building, 32 
 Broadway, New York; and is a director of the Second National 
 Bank of Paterson, New Jersey; the Paterson & Ramapo Railroad 
 Company, the Laurel Grove Cemetery Company of Paterson, the 
 New York Militan' Academy Realty Company, the Holtz & Frey- 
 stedt Companv, and the Alphano Company. He is vice-president 
 and director of the Highland Realty Company, and likewise of the 
 Rutherford & Carlstadt Land & Building Company; treasurer and 
 director of the A. & N. Realty Company; president and treasurer of 
 the Press-Chronicle Company; and trustee of the New York Military 
 .Academy. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 547 
 
 The elder Charles Curie died May 9, 1910, in New York City, 
 and by his demise the community in which he lived and the people of 
 Paterson lost a valued friend and counselor. Not only was he a 
 distinguished citizen of his adopted city, but a man of excellent 
 character and admirable qualities that endeared him not only to those 
 who knew him, but especially to the business and social community as 
 a whole. 
 
JAMES FAIRMAN FIELDER 
 
 JAMES FAIRMAN FIELDER, President of the State Senate 
 and Acting Governor of New Jersey, was formally elected to 
 the former, and in effect to the latter position, upon the recent acces- 
 sion of the Democratic party to power. After the election of 1912, 
 which gave New Jersey a Democratic Legislature and elevated Gov- 
 ernor Wilson to the Presidency of the United States, the newly con- 
 stituted Senate was under the responsibility of electing, in effect, the 
 Governor of the State, since, upon the resignation of Governor Wil- 
 son, that office would devolve upon die President of the Senate. The 
 only name seriously considered was that of Senator Fielder, and he 
 was elected to his new honors and responsibilities practically without 
 opposition. 
 
 Senator Fielder's characteristic virtues were never shown to 
 better advantage than during the somewhat trying time between his 
 election to the presidency of the Senate and his assumption of the 
 executive duties, and, despite the high dignity that was so soon to be 
 his, he displayed the same modesty, the same quiet attention to busi- 
 ness and the adherence to conviction without regard to the effect 
 upon the opinions of others, as had always marked his official life. 
 In view of the two elements at that time so vigorously disputing the 
 control of the party. Senator Fielder's record as a party man, yet one 
 who would not hesitate to differ with the machine when he saw fit to do 
 so, was one which, to descend to the vernacular, "had them guessing." 
 It was pretty generally conceded, indeed, that he was likely to "gang 
 his ain gait," without much reference to outside pressure, whether it 
 rnme from machine or the progressive leadership of the Wilson Dem- 
 ocrats, but whither his gait would lead, whether he would prefer the 
 old machine or the new progressive way, was by no means so certain. 
 And all this time the Senator himself gave no sign, keeping steadily at 
 work and making no boasts as to what he should or should not do in 
 the future. In spite of his reticence, there have not been wanting 
 political prophets to declare they knew which way the wind blew, and 
 that the new Governor would be found arrayed squarely with the Pro- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 549 
 
 gressives when the time came. And the event has proven them about 
 right. In the bitter fight which has been in progress in New Jersey 
 over the jury reform urged by President Wilson, the Acting Gov- 
 ernor has done his utmost to bring about the much needed legislation, 
 besides urging other measures all in the line of progress and the 
 rehabilitation of political methods in the State. 
 
 James Fairman Fielder was born in Jersey City, February 26, 
 1867, and has always lived in his native town. His education was 
 acquired in the Jersey City public schools and high school, with the 
 exception of one year spent in a boarding and preparatory school 
 from which he went to the office of ex-Senator William Brinkerhoff 
 to study law, the profession he had chosen for himself. Here he 
 pursued his studies to such good effect that in 1888, when he was 
 twenty-one years old, he was admitted as attorney to the New Jersey 
 bar at the June term, and as counsellor-at-law at the June term in 
 1892. He then became a partner of his sometime preceptor, and 
 practiced law successfully in the courts of his State, and finally secur- 
 ing a very large and lucrative business. This partnership was con- 
 tinued until October i, 191 2, when Senator Fielder withdrew and 
 opened offices of his own. 
 
 From his early youth he had taken a lively interest in politics 
 and civic affairs in his city, and in 1902 he was elected a member of 
 the House of Assembly in the Hudson county delegation. In this 
 election he ran ahead of his ticket, polling more votes than any of his 
 fellow candidates. He was reelected for the following term, but 
 upon its expiration he withdrew temporarily from public life and 
 devoted himself to his private law practice. In 1907, however, he 
 became a candidate for State Senator from Hudson county, and was 
 elected by a plurality of 8,65 ^ votes. His conduct in his new office 
 was such that people began to realize that, in spite of his strong 
 party affiliations, he was not one to be tamely whipped into line by 
 the bosses, but was capable of independent judgment and action. He 
 was returned to the Senate for the next term by a plurality of 23,743 
 votes, approximately three times his former margin, and the largest 
 plurality ever given a State Senator in Hudson county. While the 
 Republican party was in control of the Senate, he was twice chosen 
 
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 by the Democratic minority as their leader on the floor, and when 
 the change in control came, he was elected president. During his 
 senatorial service he has been a member of the committees on Banks 
 and Insurance, Judiciary, Riparian Rights, Passed Bills, School for 
 the Deaf and Soldiers' Home. His election by the Senate to its 
 presidency was done in the full knowledge that it involved his becom- 
 ing Acting Governor of the State for nearly the whole of the last 
 year of Governor Wilson's term. Upon the resignation of the latter, 
 Senator Fielder assumed the executive function which he has ever 
 since performed with dignity, wisdom and discretion. An interesting 
 legal point was raised as to the actual status of the President of the 
 Senate when he assumes the Governorship upon the resignation or 
 death of the Governor. Upon this point the opinion of the Attorney- 
 General of New Jersey was interesting. He advised Senator Fielder 
 that, while the duties, prerogatives and emoluments of the office 
 accrued to the Acting Governor, that, nevertheless, he was in fact 
 not the Governor but the President of the Senate and as such had the 
 right to preside over that body and cast his vote therein. 
 
 Senator Fielder's personality is an attractive one. Physically 
 he is large and powerfully built and well proportioned. He is fond 
 of outdoor sports and pastimes, especially golf. He is a hard worker, 
 fond of reading and devoted to children, a fondness which is re- 
 turned. He is broad-minded and slow to make up his mind, yet very 
 positive when once decided. He is withal tolerant of the opinions 
 of others even when most divergent from his own. Connected closely 
 with this last trait is his essentially democratic spirit, one of the prime 
 causes of his popularity. He is preeminently the gentleman. 
 
 Senator Fielder has asserted that the end of his political ambi- 
 tion is the Go\ernorship of New Jersey, and that he seeks no higher 
 preferment, but there would seem to be no reason to assume that 
 therefore he will retire into private life upon the expiration of his 
 term. Associated as he is with the coming force in politics, having 
 already performed a notable service to his State in his champion- 
 ship of much needed reforms, in the very prime of manhood (having 
 just passed his forty-sixth year) there is every reason why he should 
 continue to serve many years in honorable capacities. 
 
CHARLES BENJAMIN BOYER 
 
 THERE are no rules for building character, as there are no rules 
 for achieving success. The man who can rise to a leading 
 position In any line is the man who can see and utilize the opportun- 
 ities that surround his path. Charles Benjamin Boyer, who has been 
 identified with the educational affairs of Atlantic City, New Jersey, 
 and other towns, for many years, has attained his present high posi- 
 tion by dint of hard and unremitting labor, and richly deserves the 
 honi.rs which have been showered upon him. 
 
 His father, Solomon Boyer, born in 1828, died in 1905, was 
 a stone mason by occupation, and in his later years devoted his time 
 and attention to farming. He was the son of Samuel Boyer, and he 
 married Susanna, daughter of Benjamin Gardner. 
 
 Charles Benjamin Boyer was born in Hamburg, Berks county, 
 Pennsylvania, August 8, i860. Reared on the farm, from his earli- 
 est years he was obliged to assist in all kinds of farm labors, and his 
 plain and practical education was acquired in the public schools of 
 the district. The farm was located at Orwigsburg, Schuylkill county, 
 Pennsylvania, a very beautiful region, and it was there that Mr. 
 Boyer imbibed that intense love for nature which has never deserted 
 him, and which has been the source of great pleasure throughout his 
 life. At the age of twenty years he decided to branch out in life for 
 himself, and, having always been of an ambition which was very 
 creditable to him, he took up the profession of teaching, for which 
 he was naturally well equipped. He had no difficulty in securing a 
 position as a teacher, and was engaged in this profession for a period 
 of two years prior to his attendance at the Kutztown Normal School, 
 from which he was graduated in the year 1882. The following year 
 he took a post-graduate course before he resumed teaching at Perk- 
 asie, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and his record from that time was 
 as follows: Principal of borough schools, Perkasie, Bucks county, 
 Pennsylvania, 18 83- 18 86; principal of borough schools, Newtown, 
 Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 18 86-1 890; principal of the high school, 
 
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 Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1890- 1893; superintendent of the Atlan- 
 tic City piililic schools, 1S93-1913. Mr. Boyer came to Atlantic 
 City ill iieptember, 1S90, being invited to till the o!nce of principal 
 of the high school under Supenisor W. A. Dereiner. Upon the 
 death of iVIr. Derenier three years later, Professor Boyer was chosen 
 as his successor, a position he has iilled with dignity, ability and suc- 
 cess since that time. His progressive and original ideas have raised 
 the standard of the schools to a remarkable degree, and he has the 
 hearty respect and cooperation of teachers and pupils alike. In busi- 
 ness matters he has displayed the same ability that has characterized 
 his professional career. His political affiliations have been with the 
 Republican party, and his religious allegiance is given to the Pres- 
 byterian church, in which he is an elder. 
 
 Professor Boyer married, June 28, 1887, Amanda L., daughter 
 of Abraham and Mary (Landis) Benner. They have had two chil- 
 dren, of whom one died, the other bemg: Elizabeth Leona, now a 
 senior in Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts. Professor 
 Boyer attributes his success in his chosen career, to hard work com- 
 bined with a fixed purpose and well laid and well considered plans. 
 Skill in dealing with difficult problems and tact in his intercourse with 
 all classes of people have been important contributing causes. He 
 has an apparently inexhaustible stock of patience, and he has culti- 
 vated the power of concentration until it has become a fine art. 
 
 
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CHARLES WALTER McCUTCHEN 
 
 CHARLES VV. McCUlXHEN, a wholesale merchant of more 
 than thirty years' experience, during which time he has been 
 a member and is now the executive head of the firm of Holt & Com- 
 pany, one of the very oldest New York commercial houses, also a 
 prominent resident of Plainfield, New Jersey, is a native New 
 Yorker, having been bom in the Williamsburg section of what is now 
 tile Borough of Brooklyn, January 5, 1845, son of William Moore 
 and Eli/'a (St. John) McCutchen, grandson of Thomas McCutchen, 
 who was bom at Newton Ards, near Belfast, Ireland, and a descend- 
 ant on the paternal side of Scotch-Irish stock, and of English on the 
 maternal side, members of both branches having established them- 
 selves in this country during the latter part of the eighteenth century. 
 William Moore McCutchen was born in New York City, January 
 5, 1803, was for many years engaged as a contractor in Brooklyn, 
 New York, and died in Plainfield, New Jersey, August i, 1889. His 
 wife was a native of Connecticut. 
 
 Charles W. McCutchen was educated at the Polytechnic Insti- 
 tute of Brooklyn, graduating with the class of 1862. He at once 
 accepted a position as clerk in the employ of Sawyer, Wallace & 
 Company, which was at that time a leading commission house. He 
 had a clear intellect and keen grasp of business details, and im- 
 proved every opportunity offered him to receive a thorough business 
 training. In 1879 he entered the firm of Holt & Company, as a 
 member of the concern, and has since the death of his original part- 
 ners had the management of its affairs, and at the present time 
 (19 13) Is the senior partner, having survived his two partners, Mr. 
 Robert S. Holt and Mr. Leonard J. Busby, both deceased, with 
 whom he was associated for about thirty years. In the period of his 
 incumbency Mr. McCutchen has with his partners administered the 
 operations of the enterprise in the years of its greatest growth, has 
 directed its fortunes through the most stormy financial seasons, which 
 it passed through without the slightest disturbance of its credit and 
 
554 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 without seeking financial aid from any source, and not only main- 
 tained its old prestige, but has materially added to the same. 
 
 The house of Holt & Company was founded in 1802, and has 
 continued for over a century in the manufacture and sale of its well- 
 known brands of flour for the markets of the West Indies, Central 
 America and South America, handling flour especially adopted to 
 those tropical climates. The founder was Stephen Holt, who came 
 here from New London, Connecticut, and engaged in this line of 
 commerce. He was successful from the beginning, and in a short 
 period of time the business assumed proportions of some importance. 
 The firm name became Stephen Holt & Company, and was known by 
 that title for several years. When the elder Mr. Holt died the 
 name was changed to Philetus H. Holt, who was the son of the 
 founder. In 1852 it was altered to Holt & Company, its present 
 style, and now (19 13) Philetus H. Holt, a great-grandson of the 
 founder of the firm, is an active member of the same. From the be- 
 ginning their products were in great demand, the extent of their 
 business showing a steady increase with the advancing years, and 
 they are now firmly established throughout the breadth of this conti- 
 nent, West India Islands, and South America. 
 
 Mr. McCutchen's connection with the house of Holt & Com- 
 pany has brought him into some prominence in relation to the Amer- 
 ican export trade, and he is also active in various other enterprises. 
 The Corn Exchange Bank of New York, the Plainfield Tnist Com- 
 pany of Plainfield, New Jersey, and the People's National Bank of 
 Westfield, New Jersey, include him as a director in their several 
 boards, while he is director, secretary and treasurer of the Adiron- 
 dack Company. He is also a member of the New York Produce 
 Exchange, the Maritime Exchange of New York and the Chamber 
 of Commerce of the State of New York. He is a trustee of the Uni- 
 versity of Rochester, Rochester, New York, and the Peddie Institute 
 of Hightstown, New Jersey. He holds membership in the Metropol- 
 itan Museum of Art, the New England Society of New York, the 
 Union League Club, Atlantic Yacht Club, National Arts, Plainfield 
 Country, Park, Park Golf and Lake Placid Yacht clubs. He is a 
 Republican in politics, but has never sought or held public office, pre- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 555 
 
 ferring to devote his time to his other interests. He derives his chief 
 pleasure from travel and his trips have included several excursions 
 to Europe, going out of the beaten paths as far as possible, to the 
 Pacific Coast, to the West Indies, South America, Egypt, etc., from 
 which he has gained considerable experience and knowledge. 
 
 Mr. McCutchen married, April 28, 1880, Mary Isabella Simp- 
 son, at Annapolis, Maryland. Children: Margaret Wilson and 
 Brunson Simpson. The family home is at Plalnfield, New Jersey, 
 where he has resided since his removal there in 1867, and they have 
 a summer residence at Camp Asulykit, Lake Placid, New York. 
 
CHARLES MANDRED LUM 
 
 CHARLES MANDRED LUM, a lawyer of recognized ability 
 of Newark, was born in Chatham, Morris county, New Jer- 
 sey, March 9, i860. i\fter a suitable preparatory education he 
 entered Columbia College, from which he was graduated in 1881 
 with honors, and is president of his class. His interest in his alma 
 mater has not abated in the course of years, and he is a member of 
 the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. He commenced reading law in the 
 office of Guild & Lum, in Newark, New Jersey, being admitted to 
 the bar as an attorney in 1884, and as a counsellor five years later. 
 At this time, February, 1889, he was also admitted to a partnership 
 in the firm under whose auspices he had pursued his studies, which 
 in known as Lum, Tamblyn & Colyer, with offices in the Firemen's 
 Building, Newark. Many of the most important cases in the Essex 
 county courts have been argued under their conduct, Mr. Lum 
 making a specialty of office work, and acting for the most part as coun- 
 sellor. He has the innate faculty of presenting facts in a logical con- 
 vincing manner, which rarely fails of producing the effect he has in 
 view, and he is retained as counsel by many estates and corporations. 
 He makes his home in Chatham, where he was born, and his efforts 
 for the improvement of the town have greatly advanced it in every 
 direction. The field of education has attracted his especial interest, 
 and as president of the Chatham Free Public Library from its incep- 
 tion, his services have been invaluable. His other interests are 
 numerous and varied. He has been president of the Chatham Fish 
 and Game Protection Association and of the Chatham Board of 
 Trade. Lie is vice-president of the Canoe Brook Country Club; 
 trustee and vice-president of the New Jersey Historical Society; and 
 a member of the Washington Society. He is noted for his patriot- 
 ism and as chairman of the Chatham Republican Committee, and a 
 member of the Republican County Committee, he has frequently 
 pnued that he has the best interests of the community deeply at 
 heart. He mari-icil, October 4, 1894, Elizabeth S., daufThter of 
 Jacob H. and Sarah H. (Swinnerton) Kirkpatrick, of Chatham, and 
 they have one child, Elizabeth Kirkpatrick. 
 
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MAHLON PITNEY 
 
 MAHLON PITNEY, a lawyer and jurist of signal ability and 
 who has served usefully in the State Senate and National 
 Congress and now as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the 
 United States, is the second son of the distinguished Vice-Chancellor, 
 Henry C. Pitney, and was bom in Morristown, New Jersey, Febru- 
 ary 5, 1858. 
 
 He was prepared for college in classical schools in his town and 
 in 1875 entered Princeton University, where he was graduated in 
 1879, upon the completion of the four years' course, with the degree 
 of Bachelor of Arts. He received the Master's degree in 1882. He 
 had meantime engaged in the study of law in the office of his father, 
 who was then a practicing lawyer in Morristown. He was admitted 
 to the bar in June, 1882, and at once entered upon practice in Dover, 
 Morris county, New Jersey. In 1885 he was licensed as a counsellor. 
 In 1889 he returned to Morristown, where he has since resided. 
 He early gained a large clientele and an enviable reputation, and 
 continued actively engaged in his profession until his elevation to 
 the bench. He was connected with much important litigation, and 
 gave evidence of superior powers before both court and jury. On 
 February 5, 1901, he was nominated by Governor Voorhees as Jus- 
 tice of the Supreme Court, to succeed Justice Gummere, and the 
 nomination was at once confirmed by the Senate. On November 
 19, 1 90 1, Justice Pitney qualified and took his seat for a term of 
 seven years. Before the expiration of this term he was nominated 
 by Governor Fort as Chancellor, January 22, 1908, to succeed Chan- 
 cellor Magie, and at once confirmed by the Senate for a term of 
 seven years, to expire January 21, 19 15. His record upon the bench 
 has been most creditable and he is noted for candor and freedom 
 from bias, and for his thorough study of the cases that come before 
 him for decision. In the Supreme Court, in the Court of Chancery, 
 and in the Court of Errors and Appeals he has delivered opinions 
 in many cases of the utmost importance. 
 
558 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 Chancellor Pitney, before his elevation to the bench, served 
 with prominence in the legislative bodies of both State and Nation. 
 In 1894 he was elected to Congress as a Republican by a plurality 
 of 1,407 over Johnston Cornish, in the old Fourth District, which 
 was normally Democratic by a large majority. In 1896 he was re- 
 elected by the increased plurality of 2,977, his own county of Morris 
 giving him a plurality of 3,627, despite the fact that his Democratic 
 opponent, Augustus W. Cutler, was also a resident of that county. 
 Mr. Pitney took an active part in the work of the House of Repre- 
 sentatives, and rendered important service upon the Committee on 
 Appropriations in opposing extravagant and useless appropriations. 
 In 1S9S he was elected to the State Senate from Morris county, in 
 1900 was the leader of his party on the floor of that body, and 190 1 
 served as president. He was appointed by President Taft to be an 
 Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, March 
 13, 1912, and took the oath of office and entered upon its duties 
 March 18. 
 
 Until his appointment to the bench he was a recognized Re- 
 publican leader in his section of the State. In 1891; he was tem- 
 porar)' chairman of the State Convention which nominated John W. 
 Griggs for Governor. In the campaign of 1896 he made a vigorous 
 canvass, and took an uncompromising stand in favor of sound money. 
 He is a forcible, earnest and convincing speaker and not less accom- 
 plished as a writer, his pen productions having the literary finish of 
 the scholar as well as the eloquence of the orator. In 1908 he re- 
 ceived from Princeton Universit}' the degree of LL. D. 
 
 Mr. Pitney married, November 14, 1891, Florence Theodora 
 Shelton. They are members of the First Presbyterian Church of 
 Morristown, and sustain high social relations. Their children are: 
 Guy Shelton, Mahlon Jr., Beatrice Louise. 
 
JOHN OLIVER HALSTED PITNEY 
 
 JOHN OLIVER HALSTED PITNEY, third son of ex-Vlce- 
 Chancellor Pitney, was born in Morristown, New Jersey, April 
 14, i860. In the private schools of his native town he was prepared 
 for college and matriculated at Princeton University, from which he 
 was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in the class of 
 1 88 1, and was awarded the degree of Master of Arts in 1884. 
 
 Following in the footsteps of his illustrious father, Mr. Pitney 
 chose the law as his life work, and commenced his legal studies under 
 the auspices of the Vice-Chancellor. In 1884 he was appointed to 
 the bar of New Jersey as an attorney and in 1887 as a counsellor. 
 He at once engaged in the practice of his profession in Newark, New 
 Jersey, and has continued there up to the present time. Ten years 
 were spent in a partnership with Frederick H. Teese, and in later 
 years a similar connection was established with John R. Hardin, 
 A. F. Skinner being subsequently admitted to partnership, and under 
 the firm name of Pitney, Hardin & Skinner they are practicing at the 
 present time. Their reputation has spread throughout the State of 
 New Jersey and their extensive and important business is constantly 
 increasing in scope and quantity. Many important cases have claimed 
 the attention of Mr. Pitney and this is notably the case with corpora- 
 tions and those desiring to have the best available legal talent to care 
 for their interests, a confidence which has never been misplaced. 
 Mr. Pitney's knowledge of law and all matters connected with it, 
 however remotely, is most profound, and his careful preparation of 
 cases and convincing manner of marshalling his facts are an equip- 
 ment productive of the best results. In manner he is courteous and 
 dignified, and he is a fluent and ready speaker. 
 
 His other business interests are with the Mutual Benefit Life 
 Insurance Company, the National Newark Banking Company, and 
 the American Insurance Company, in each of which he is a director. 
 He is an earnest supporter of the principles of the Republican party, 
 but contents himself with casting his vote, and has never sought 
 
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 public office, which indeed his other business interests would not 
 permit him to accept. 
 
 He is a member of the F'irst Presbyterian Church of Morris- 
 town, and also holds membership in the following social organiza- 
 tions: The Essex, University, New York Yacht, Morristown Golf 
 and Morristown clubs. 
 
 Mr. Pitney married, January 15, 1890, Roberta A., daughter 
 of Robert F. and Annie E. Ballantine, and their children are: John 
 B. and Robert H. 
 
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JONATHAN WILLIAM ROBERTS 
 
 JONATHAN WILLIAM ROBERTS, who for forty-five years 
 resided at his ideal country home known as Glenbrook, at 
 Morris Plains, New Jersey, was one of those broad-minded men who 
 made himself felt in many departments of public service. He was 
 born September i, 1821, in Hartford county, Connecticut, and was 
 the son of William Martin and Maria (McMillan) Roberts. They 
 were both of Scotch-Irish descent, and the paternal name was origi- 
 nally written in the form MacRoberts, the prefix Mac being dropped 
 in the progress of time. Their ancestors came to America before the 
 Colonies struggled for their independence, and both families were 
 represented in the ranks of Revolutionary soldiers from the Green 
 Mountain State. 
 
 Jonathan W. Roberts lived until 1842 in Connecticut, receiving 
 there his early education. Coming to New York City when about 
 twenty-one years of age, he entered the employ of Amos R. Eno, 
 the head of a wholesale dry goods house. He became a member of 
 the firm in later years, when it was reorganized under the name of 
 Eno, Mahoney & Company. Further changes in its make-up caused 
 another change of style, and the establishment was entitled Eno, 
 Roberts & Company, then Roberts, Rhodes & Company, and finally 
 J. W. Roberts & Company. In spite of the business difficulties inci- 
 dent to the Civil War, which ruined so many prosperous business 
 men, Mr. Roberts, by well directed effort, Iceen sagacity, remarkable 
 executive ability and unfaltering determination acquired a com- 
 petence, and from his retirement in 1866, on account of failing 
 health, was able to live a retired life, unworried by business cares. 
 
 The following year he became connected with the South Street 
 Presbyterian Church, of Morrlstown, New Jersey. Soon after he 
 was made an elder, and later received the dignities of superlntend- 
 ency of the Sunday school, presidency of the board of trustees, and 
 chairmanship of the building committee. In the latter position he 
 
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 accomplished the erection or the beautiful new church edifice, its 
 completion, without leaving a dollar of debt, being due largely to his 
 efforts. Three different times he was elected president of the Young 
 Men's Christian Association in Morristown, of which he was one 
 of the founders. In this organization he also became chairman of 
 the building committee, and drew up designs which were followed 
 almost entirely in erecting its handsome building on South street. 
 This also left no debt, for Mr. Roberts' principles of life forbade 
 him to assist in any public enterprise, or private one, which would 
 tend to encourage indebtedness. His well-known characteristics of 
 frugality and industry made him an ideal president for some years 
 of the Morristown Institution for Savings. His energy and business 
 methods saved it, at a critical period, from great losses. 
 
 The Washington Association oi New Jersey, an organization 
 formed to preserve the historic building at Morristown which Gen- 
 eral Washington used during the winter of 1779-80 for his head- 
 quarters, was proud to welcome Mr. Roberts as one of its trustees 
 in 1884, and he became chairman of its executive committee. In 
 1887 he was elected its president, holding this office until his death, 
 November i, 1912. Its membership increased fivefold under his 
 unflagging zeal, its territory was more than doubled during his ad- 
 ministration, its accumulated debt paid off entirely, and by his per- 
 sonal efforts Mr. Roberts secured the larger portion of its valuable 
 collection of relics — all this without incurring a penny's indebted- 
 ness. As a slight token of their appreciation of his services, the 
 Association made him an honoran,' member in 1901. He was also 
 vice-president and chairman of the executi\e committee of the old 
 organization, and one of the trustees and president, under the newer 
 regime, of the New Jersey Historical Society. He was elected presi- 
 dent of the society November 14, 1900, retaining the office for only 
 one year. In 1901-02 he serA-ed as a member of the board of trustees 
 and of the finance committee, and in 1903 he was persuaded to re- 
 sume the presidency, which office he thereafter held until his death. 
 Here, too, his generosity and business methods were of great benefit 
 to the society. His humanitarianism and uprightness of life were 
 marked in every aspect of his long career. He took an active part 
 
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 in all movements of public interest, but did not care for political 
 office, although offers were tendered to him. In his party, however, 
 he served as a member of the Republican State Committee, and as a 
 delegate to conventions. 
 
 Mr. Roberts married, in 1850, Mary King, who was born in 
 1832, a daughter of Hezekiah King, of Bristol, Pennsylvania. The 
 King homestead was situated pleasantly on the banks of the Dela- 
 ware river, where her father lived retired. Mrs. Roberts was noted 
 for her loveliness of appearance, and her charming disposition made 
 their married life one of great happiness. It was terminated at the 
 end of forty-four years by her death in 1894. She was one of the 
 honorary members of the Washington Association. In this capacity 
 she gave a large number of autograph letters, known as the "Roberts 
 Collection," to the Washington Association, which are kept in the 
 Headquarters at Morristown. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts had no chil- 
 dren. 
 
GEORGE W. McGUIRE 
 
 GEORGE W. McGUIRE, one of the leading citizens of Tren- 
 ton, New Jersey, has attained a distinct recognition for the 
 ser\ices performed by him in ad\ancing the health and welfare, not 
 alone of the community in which he dwells, but that of the entire 
 State. In his present office of Chief Inspector of Food and Drugs 
 in the State of New Jersey, his work has gained an importance that 
 can scarcely be overestimated. He worthily represents the family 
 of which he is a member, whose earlier representatives were among 
 the pioneer settlers of the State, and were of English, Swedish, Irish 
 and German or French descent. 
 
 John McGuire, grandfather of him whose name heads this 
 sketch, was the American progenitor of the family in the paternal 
 line. About the year 1815 he came to Trenton, New Jersey, from 
 Ireland, the land of his birth, and for almost a quarter of a century 
 prior to his death was the successful manager and proprietor of the 
 National Hotel, in Broad street, Trenton. He married Sarah 
 Ilandlin. 
 
 James H. McGuire, eldest son of John McGuire, was born in 
 Trenton, where he was also educated. Throughout his life he held 
 a prominent position in public affairs. During the Civil War he 
 was inspector of anns and ordnance at various factories established 
 in the States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, and 
 for a period of twelve years prior to his death had been in office as 
 health inspector for the city of Trenton. He married Elizabeth De 
 Barger, whose ancestor, John Archer, of Swedish or English origin, 
 was one of the early settlers of Delaware (then Chester) county, 
 Pennsylvania; his great-granddaughter, Elizabeth, married Henry 
 De Barger, who came to this country from the borders of France or 
 Germany in the latter part of the eighteenth century. 
 
 George W. McGuire, son of James H.and Elizabeth (De Barger) 
 McGuire, was born in Trenton, New Jersey, October 3, 1849. The 
 public schools of Trenton were the scenes of his preparatory studies, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 565 
 
 and he then attended the State Model School, from which he was 
 graduated with honor. Upon the completion of this portion of his 
 education he found a position in the firm of Robert Shoemaker & 
 Company, druggists, Philadelphia, intending to make the drug busi- 
 ness his life work, and he remained with this firm for a period of 
 four years. He had matriculated in the Philadelphia College of 
 Pharmacy in 1867, but ill health obliged him to retire from active 
 business life for an entire year, after he had completed a two years' 
 course. Returning to Trenton, he established himself in the retail 
 drug business, opening one drug store in Trenton and another in 
 Morrisville, Pennsylvania, and, having conducted them until 1874, 
 he disposed of them very profitably. The coal business next en- 
 gaged his attention until 1886, in which year Dr. William K. New- 
 ton appointed him as his assistant as a dairy commissioner, and he 
 succeeded Dr. Newton as State Commissioner, May 4, 1890. In 
 1 90 1 this office was discontinued, and, the office of chief inspector 
 of food and drugs having been created, Mr. McGuire was appointed 
 to fill it, and has been in office, greatly to the benefit of the State, up 
 to the present time. The duties of this office are very arduous at 
 times, and Mr. McGuire is devoted to his calling. His leisure time 
 is largely employed in reading up in the various scientific lines so 
 closely connected with the work he has in hand, and he keeps well 
 abreast of the times, especially as regards any practical innovations 
 that may be made in his department in this or foreign countries. 
 
 Mr. McGuire married, March 12, 1873, Anna Runyan, daugh- 
 ter of Ralph C. and Elizabeth (Runyan) Skillman; she died with- 
 out leaving children, in January, 1875. Mr. McGuire married 
 (second) April 30. 1878, Agnes E., daughter of Robert H. and 
 Cornelia (Davis) Gibson, and granddaughter of Robert Gibson. 
 Children : George W., Frederick H. and William C. N. 
 
 The political affiliations of Mr. McGuire are with the Demo- 
 cratic party, but he has ne\-er taken an active part in their delibera- 
 tions. His religious connection is with the Baptist church. Fra- 
 ternally he is associated with the following organizations: New 
 Jersey Pharmaceutical Association; Trenton Pharmaceutical Asso- 
 ciation; New Jersey Sanitary Association; Mercer Lodge, No. 50, 
 
566 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 Free and Accepted Masons. He is one of the most popular and 
 best known men of Trenton, not alone because of the services he has 
 rendered, but because of his manly, upright character and many 
 sterling qualities, which have won him friends in all classes. His 
 thorough and practical knowledge of business and its methods, com- 
 bined with exhaustive research, enable him to fill the responsible 
 duties devolving upon him in a highly efficient manner. 
 
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JAMES COOPER JR. 
 
 JAMES COOPER JR., a leading pharmacist and city official of 
 Red Bank, New Jersey, born August lo, 1858, in Monmouth 
 county. New Jersey, was the son of Jehu Patterson and Cath- 
 erine Kerr (Pringle) Cooper, of New York. City. Jehu Patterson 
 Cooper was one of the largest farmers of Monmouth county. 
 Always connected witli the Democratic party, he figured many times 
 on it'j ticket, and was elected clerk of Middletown township, hold- 
 ing this office for thirty years. For ten years he was a freeholder 
 of Middletown. In his Masonic connections he was also held in 
 high esteem, and attained the post of grand high king of the Royal 
 Arch Chapter in Middletown. 
 
 James Cooper Jr. received the usual training in the public 
 schools, and an academic course. However, he began his business 
 career at a comparatively early age, entering the drugstore of F. T. 
 Chadwick, in Red Bank, where he remained nine years, learning 
 the business thoroughly. By that time he had determined on an 
 independent conduct of business, and started his own establishment 
 in Red Bank, at the corner of Broad and White streets. His place 
 is one of the best equipped wholesale and retail drug stores in Mon- 
 mouth county. He is also connected with the firm of Antoniiles & 
 Cooper, whose drug firm is situated on Main street, Atlantic High- 
 lands, New Jersey. 
 
 In Masonic matters, Mr. Cooper is deeply interested, being 
 a member of Mystic Brotherhood, No. 21, Free and Accepted Ma- 
 sons; Hiram Chapter, No. i. Royal Arch Masons; has attained the 
 position of past chancellor in the Knights of Pythias; and is also a 
 member of the Independent Order of Foresters, the Ancient Order 
 of Foresters, as well as other organizations, and several local clubs. 
 
 Mr. Cooper married Laura, daughter of George W. Vander- 
 veer, of Freehold, New Jersey; she died on December 31, 1896. 
 Their children were: James Oakley, George Vanderveer and Jehu 
 Patterson. 
 
JOHN STORY CHAMBERS 
 
 JOHN STORY CHAMBERS, who held many positions of note 
 in the city of Trenton, New Jersey, was a descendant of John 
 Chambers, born 1677, in Scotland, who was the progenitor of the 
 Chambers family in this country. He belonged to those sturdy 
 Presbyterians who fled to Ireland in the last quarter of the seven- 
 teenth century and settled in the county of Antrim, North of Ire- 
 land. When fifty-two years of age he emigrated to America, settled 
 in Trenton, New Jersey, and built the house on the northeast corner 
 of Second and Quarry streets (now State and Willow). His family 
 consisted of two sons, David and Alexander, and five daughters. 
 John Chambers died in 1747, aged seventy, and is buried in the 
 First Presbyterian churchyard. 
 
 Alexander Chambers, born in 17 16, in the county of Antrim, 
 North of Ireland, came to Trenton with his father at the age of 
 thirteen years. When of age he married Rose Craig, born in Ireland, 
 1720, and resided on the property of his father described above. 
 He had four sons: John, David, James and Alexander, three of 
 whom were in the Revolutionary War, and four daughters. His 
 occupation was that of a turner and spinning wheel maker, and he 
 conducted his business at the corner of Second and Quarr^' streets in 
 this city. He was one of the corporators of the First Presbyterian 
 Church. September 8, 1756, and a trustee until his death, 179S. a 
 period of forty-two years. May 6, 1766, he was made treasurer of 
 the board, and performed the duties for thirty years, resigning be- 
 cause of advancing years. May 1;, 1783, he became president of the 
 board, and in 1787, an elder, which positions he filled until his death. 
 He was commissary in the Revolutionary War, under General Wash- 
 ington, and was one of the commissioners of the township committee 
 to purchase and receive lead for the use of the army. I^eaden 
 weights of windows, clocks, lead in shops, stores, and in mills of 
 one pound weight and upwards, were ordered to be collected. His 
 wife Rose was a daughter of John Craig, who settled in Bedminster 
 
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BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 569 
 
 township, Somerset county, New Jersey, and was one of the organ- 
 izers of the Lamington church, 1740. Her tombstone is in the 
 churchyard, bearing the date of her death. May 23, 1753. There 
 is in the possession of Thomas S. Chambers, her great-great-grand- 
 son, a Bible inscribed: "Rose Craig, Belentopin (in the parish of 
 Clownish, within a mile of Monaghan, Ireland). Presented by her 
 pastor upon her tiilrtcenth birthday." 
 
 John Chambers, son of Alexander and Rose (Craig) Chambers, 
 was born March 3, 1741. He married Elizabeth Story, born May 12, 
 1747, of Cranbury. He purchased in 1788 the property on Princeton 
 avenue, paying £59 5 s. lawful money of New York. April 23, 1792, 
 he acquired the lot on Brunswick avenue for £42 gold and silver 
 money of New Jersey. General Stryker, of New Jersey, in his book, 
 "The Battle of Trenton," refers to this locality as the spot that 
 General Washington occupied to watch the battle on King and 
 Queen streets, now Warren and Broad streets. This ground has 
 been kept as pasture land from 1792 to the present time, and is 
 now occupied by General Thomas S. Chambers. John Chambers 
 bought an original share of the Trenton i\cademy, and was also one 
 of the proprietors of the Trenton Library in 1797. His daughter 
 Rose was one of the young women who strewed flowers in the path- 
 way of General Washington at the reception held in Trenton, 1789. 
 Two children : John Story and Rose. His wife Elizabeth was the 
 daughter of John Story, of Middlesex county, who served in the 
 Revolution. She died June 3, 1821. Mr. Chambers died Novem- 
 ber 13, 1 8 13, aged seventy-two years, the death of both occurring 
 in Trenton. They are buried in the First Presbyterian churchyard. 
 
 John Story Chambers, son of John and Elizabeth (Story) 
 Chambers, was born in Trenton, New Jersey, October 18, 1782. At 
 an early age he entered the mercantile business in Geneva, New York, 
 and later was interested in the lumber trade in Trenton. He married, 
 November 28, 1822, Elizabeth Scudder, born April 9, 1800, died 
 December 24, i 878. They had a son John Stor}'. From November 
 24, 1823, until 1834, Mr. Chambers was trustee of the First Presby- 
 terian Church, and president of the board two years, 1833-34. He 
 was one of the trustees of the Trenton Academy from 1830 until his 
 
570 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 death, 1834. He was secretary of the Hand and Hand Fire Com- 
 pany (volunteer department). His wife EHzabeth was the daugh- 
 ter of John Scudder, of Scudders Falls, Ewing township, and of his 
 wife, Mary (Keen) Scudder, born February 3, 1766, died October 
 3, 1839, married Xo\ember 21, 1791. 
 
 John Scudder, of Scudders Falls, Ewing township, born Au- 
 gust 31, 1765, died April 16, 1830, was the son of Amos Scudder, 
 born F'ebruar}' 14, 1739, died August 11, 1824, and his wife, 
 Phoebe (Rose) Scudder, born September 27, 1739, died January 
 9, 1 77-; married, December 29, 1763; he was the son of John 
 Scuiider. born 1701, died May 10, 1748, and his wife Phoebe 
 (Howell) Scudder, born September 28, 1707, died January 31, 
 1787, married, February 2, 1733; he was the son of Richard B. 
 Scudder, born 1671, died March 14, 1754, and his wife, Hannah 
 (Reeder) Scudder, died 1734; he was the son of John Scudder, 
 died 1732, and his wife Joanna (Betts) Scudder, married 1669; 
 he was the son of John Scudder and Mary (King) Scudder, born 
 1623, married about 1642; he was the son of Thomas Scudder, 
 found at Salem, Massachusetts, as early as 1635, where he resided 
 until his death in 1658. Amos Scudder was one of the guides to 
 Genera! Washington at the battle of Trenton, December 26, 1776. 
 (See "History of New Jersey," by Barber & Howe, page 296; and 
 "Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War," by 
 W. S. Stryker, page 456). 
 
 Mary (Keen) Scudder, born February 3, 1766, died October 
 3, 1839, was the daughter of Jacob Keen, died 1796, and Hannah 
 (Holme) Keen, died July 11, 1828, interred in the First Baptist 
 churchyard, Trenton, New Jersey, married February 1;, 1760. He 
 was the son of John Keen, born 1691;, died February 22, 1758, mar- 
 ried, November, 17 13, Susanna Steelman, died November 9, 1753. 
 He was the son of Matthias Keen, born 1667, died July 13, 17 14, 
 married Henricka Claasen. He was the son of Hans Keen, died in 
 1693. ^^^ ^v<is the son of Joran Keen, born in Sweden in 1620, and 
 came to America in company with Governor John Printz, in the 
 ship "Fama," which sailed from Stockholm, August 16, 1642, and 
 arrived February 15, 1643. (See "Pennsylvania Magazine," 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 571 
 
 volume ii, page 325). Governor Printz established settlements on 
 the island of Tinicum, near the present Chester, Pennsylvania; at 
 the mouth of Salem creek, New Jersey; and near the mouth of the 
 Schuylkill river, Pennsylvania. (See "Encyclopedia Brittanica," 
 eleventh edition, volume vii, page 949). He was Governor of 
 Pennsylvania under Swedish rule, 1642-1653. (See "Encyclopedia 
 Brittanica," volume xxi, page 113, and volume vii, page 950). 
 Joran Keen was a soldier in the Governor's Guard at Tinicum in 
 1644, and afterward chief colonist at Upland. (See "Pennsylvania 
 Magazine," volume iii, page 409). Hans Kyn or Keen, it may be 
 in America, was endowed with two hundred acres of land in 1668, 
 a part of the original tract. (See "Pennsylvania Magazine," 
 volume ii, page 332, and volume v, page 87) . Matthias Keen mar- 
 ried twice, and had five children by the first wife and one by the 
 second. He was vestryman, Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, 
 Pennsylvania, and chairman of the committee in building, and a 
 subscriber to the largest individual amount. He was a slave owner. 
 (See "Pennsylvania Magazine," volume ii, pages 450, 451-456). 
 He was a member of the Assembly for Philadelphia county, 17 13. 
 (See "Pennsylvania Magazine," volume ix, page 736, second 
 series). He and his son, John Keen, signed a petition to the Gen- 
 eral Assembly of the Province relating to encroachments on lands 
 held by the Swedes before the advent of the Quaker proprietors. 
 (See "Pennsylvania Magazine," volume iii, page 335)- His wife's 
 father, Jan Claasen, of Swedish or Dutch extraction, was the origi- 
 nal grantee in 1666 of Leasy Point. (See "Pennsylvania Maga- 
 zine," volume ii, page 454). John Keen was warden, Gloria Dei 
 Church, Philadelphia, which is still standing on Swanson street, near 
 the former locality of the navy yard. (See "History of Philadel- 
 phia," volume ii, page 1235). Jacob Keen, born in Oxford town- 
 ship, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, was one of the executors 
 of his father's will. He moved to Trenton, New Jersey, about 1 773, 
 and lived on King, now Warren street, about opposite Chauncey 
 street. Private in Captain Reading's company, Second Regiment, 
 Continental troops, Jersey Line. (See "Officers and Men of New 
 Jersey in the Revolutionar)' War," by W. S. Stryker, page 225). 
 
572 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 Mr. Keen was not at home on the day of the battle of Trenton, 
 New Jersey, being with the Jersey troops at Morristown. (See 
 "Trenton One Hundred Years Ago," by W. S. Stryker, page 8). 
 He was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, and passed 
 the winter at \'alley Forge. Was with General Lafayette in New 
 Jersey in 1778, and at the battle of Monmouth. He was present 
 at the siege and surrender of Yorktown, Virginia, and returned 
 home on the proclamation of peace. (See "Pennsylvania Maga- 
 zine," volume iv, page 355). He was \'estryman. United Swedish 
 Lutheran churches of Wicocoa, Kingsessing andL'pper Marion, their 
 charter being from Thomas and Richard Penn, 1765. (See "Penn- 
 sylvania Magazine," volume iv, page 357). His daughter, Mary 
 (Keen) Scudder, was one of the thirteen flower girls who repre- 
 sented the several States at the reception tendered Washington by 
 the people of New Jersey, at Trenton, April 21, 1789. (See "Penn- 
 sylvania Magazine," volume iv, page 357, and "Washington's Re- 
 ception by The People of New Jersey," by W. S. Stryker, page 16). 
 His wife, Hannah (Holme) Keen, was a woman of singular 
 fortitude, illustrated while a portion of the English army was quar- 
 tered in Trenton. A company of Hessians came to her house, com- 
 manded her to unlock her bureau where her money was kept and 
 her silver deposited. With perfect composure she resisted their de- 
 mands. They were pointing their bayonets at her with every sign 
 of violence. Turning to one of her children, she secretly told him 
 to go for an English officer, meanwhile she diverted the Hessians 
 from their purpose by giving them something to eat. In a short 
 time the officer came, and the soldiers speedily left the house. (See 
 "P'uneral Sermon, Hannah Holme Keen," in the possession of Miss 
 Matilda Scudder, 25 Prospect street, 7>enton, New Jersey). She 
 was a zealous Baptist, and one of the organizers of the Baptist 
 church in Trenton. (See "Pennsylvania Magazine," volume iv, 
 page 357). She was the daughter of John Holme, of Lower Dub- 
 lin township, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, born September 
 20, 1706, dieil 1775, and Jane (Morgan) Holme, died May 18, 
 1798. He was the son of John Holme, died 1741, and Martha 
 (Jaquis) Holme: he was the son of John Holme, died 1701, a 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 573 
 
 native of Somersetshire, England, who came to Philadelphia in 
 1685. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly for Philadel- 
 phia county, 1692-93; justice of the peace for Salem county, New 
 Jersey, at the time of his death in 1701. The village of Holmes- 
 burg, Pennsylvania, derives its name from this family. (See "Penn- 
 sylvania Magazine," volume iv, page 356). Jane (Morgan) 
 Holme died May 18, 1798, aged eighty-four, was a daughter of the 
 Rev. Abel Morgan, a native of Alltgoch, in the parish of Llan- 
 wenog, county of Cardigan, Wales, born 1673, died December 16, 
 1723, and Priscilla (Powell) Morgan, of Abergavenny, Wales. 
 He was pastor of the United Baptist churches of Pennypack and 
 Philadelphia, 171 1 to 1722, and was the chief organizer of the 
 churches at Brandywine, Chester county, Pennsylvania; and Mont- 
 gomery, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania; and aided in forming 
 the church at Hopewell, Mercer county, Nev/ Jersey. (See "Penn- 
 sylvania Magazine," volume iv, pages 356-357). The greatest 
 work of his life was the preparation of a Welsh Concordance of 
 the Holy Scriptures, which was dedicated to the Hon. David Lloyd, 
 Chief Justice of Pennsylvania. 
 
 John Story Chambers, son of John Story and Elizabeth (Scud- 
 der) Chambers, was born in Trenton, New Jersey, November 27, 
 1823, in a house which stood where Monument Park is now located. 
 He was educated at the Trenton Academy and the Lawrenceville 
 High School. Ten years he devoted to farming, owning a farm on 
 the Brunswick road in Lawrence township. June 23, 1856, he was 
 elected treasurer of the Trenton Gas Light Company. This was the 
 first company formed in Trenton for the purpose of lighting the city. 
 June S, I 857, he was made a director and general manager, and these 
 offices he held until 1898. In early life he took a great interest in 
 military affairs, and in 1843 became a corporal in Captain Samuel 
 R. Hamilton's troop of cavalry, Mercer brigade. He was also a 
 member of Captain Samuel Dickinson's company of infantry, and 
 in 1846 a sergeant. In those times the members of the company 
 paid their own expenses. In 1861 Mr. Chambers joined Company 
 A, City Battalion, National Guard, and was made second sergeant. 
 He was with the company when it went to Harrisburg with the 
 
574 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 emergency men. The officers of the company at that time were: 
 Captain William R. Murphy, F'irst Lieutenant Robert C. Belleville, 
 Second Lieutenant Joseph Ott. Mr. Chambers was also interested 
 in the affairs of the Fire Department, and was elected a member of 
 the Union Fire Company in 1841. His popularity led to his elec- 
 tion as secretary of the company in 1846, and as president in i860. 
 In 1859 he was elected a trustee of the Trenton Academy, being 
 made secretary at the same time, and in 1872 was made treasurer. 
 These offices he held until December 11, 1889, when the associa- 
 tion was dissolved by the Court of Chancery, pursuant to the peti- 
 tion of the proprietors. 
 
 Mr. Chambers was a manager of the Trenton Savings Fund 
 Society, elected January 15, 1859. He resigned the office, March 
 13, 1866, and the same day was elected secretary and treasurer. 
 Resigning these offices, August 28, 1869, he was elected the follow- 
 ing Septen^ber 4, to again fill the office of manager, and he resigned 
 from this January 24, 1871. He was elected manager for the third 
 time, October 21, 1884, and served as a member of the finance com- 
 mittee until his death, February' 23, 1901. Recognizing his worth, 
 the management of the Mechanics' National Bank elected him a 
 director in January, 1879; was elected vice-president in 1888, and 
 declined a reelection to either office in January, 1889. In January, 
 1899, he was elected a director of the Trenton Banking Company, 
 an office he was still holding at the time of his death. 
 
 July 14, 1865, he was elected Commissioner of the Sinking 
 Fund, by the Common Council of the city of Trenton. Messrs. 
 T. W. Hill, R. H. Shreve and C. W. Van Syckel were appointed a 
 committee to wait upon Mr. Chambers and ask him to accept the 
 office, as he was the unanimous choice of the Common Council. The 
 amount of the fund turned over to him by his predecessor, the late 
 Henry W. Green, was seventeen thousand eight hundred dollars, 
 and when he resigned, April 13, 1899, he turned over to the finance 
 committee bonds and cash amounting to one million eleven thousand 
 and six dollars and thirty-eight cents. This fund was entrusted to 
 him without the requirement of security, nor was it ever the subject 
 of a moment's regret or suspicion upon the part of his fellow citi- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 575 
 
 zens. As Commissioner of the City Sinking Fund, Mr. Chambers 
 established a great record, having served the city faithfully thirty- 
 four years, and without compensation. February 27, 1897, the 
 Common Council passed a resolution appointing a committee to con- 
 vey to Mr. Chambers the grateful acknowledgments of the Com- 
 mon Council for his management of said fund, and express their 
 desire to have his portrait to be placed in the council room, "to the 
 end that public memory of his services and of his example of citizen- 
 ship ever may be preserved, and that the committee make all pro- 
 visions for the painting and framing of such portrait and that pay- 
 ment therefore be made out of the contingent fund." A portrait was 
 painted by the artist, Charles VV. Wright, hung in the council cham- 
 ber, unveiled in the presence of council, and received September 7, 
 1897, by the mayor on behalf of the city. When Mr. Chambers 
 retired in 1899, the common council passed resolutions expressing 
 the appreciation of his great public service as follows: 
 
 Whereas, John S. Chambers, of the city of Trenton, was duly 
 appointed and entered upon the duties of the "Commissioner of the Sink- 
 ing Fund" on the fourteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, 
 and from that time served with great efficiency and fidelity until the 
 thirteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, a period of 
 thirty-four years, and until the creation of the Sinking Fund Commission, 
 which was created by reason of the resignation of the said John S. 
 Chambers, and 
 
 Whereas, said John S. Chambers, throughout the said entire period 
 of thirty-four years, served without compensation and safely invested 
 millions of dollars entrusted to his care without the loss or expense to said 
 city, and 
 
 Whereas, Common Coimcil deems it but just that some memorial 
 be placed upon the records of the city in attestation of the patriotic 
 and splendid services of her most distinguished fellow citizen, John S. 
 Chambers, therefore be it 
 
 Resolved, That Common Council hereby tenders to John S. Cham- 
 bers, Esquire, its grateful appreciation of the work which he has so faith- 
 fully performed during his long and unprecedented term of public service, 
 and be it further 
 
 Resolved, That a copy of these preambles and resolutions, suitably 
 engrossed, be presented to the said John S. Chambers. 
 
 He was elected a director of the Merchants' Transportation 
 
576 BIOGRAPHICAL EiNXTCLOPEDIA 
 
 Company, commencing his duties Febriiar}' 5, 1883, and was elected 
 as president of the same company, December 10, 1884. 
 
 Joining the First Presbyterian Church of Trenton, he engaged 
 actively in its religious work. A mission school connected therewith 
 was situated on Princeton avenue, on a lot which was the gift of Mr. 
 Chambers, and for thirteen years he was a faithful teacher within 
 its walls. He was clerk of the board of trustees from 185710 1874; 
 was trustee from January, 1865, to 1874, and elder from 1866 to 
 1874. Resigning from these offices, he became interested in the 
 movement to organize the Fifth Presbyterian Church on Princeton 
 avenue, near his home. The first meeting of the trustees was held 
 at his house, but he later reunited with the First Presbyterian 
 Church, was again elected trustee, December 13, 1899, and was in 
 office at the time of his death. 
 
 Mr. Chambers married, October 28, 1846, Emma M., a 
 daughter of the late Benjamin Fish, of Trenton. They had four 
 sons: John Story Jr., a civil engineer, died March 30, 1904; Wil- 
 liam Moore, died August 23, 1871; Benjamin Fish, a counsellor-at- 
 law, who died August 22, 1885; and Thomas Stryker, concerning 
 whom see forward. John S. Chambers died February 23, 1901, 
 and was interred in the Ewing Presbyterian churchyard. In life he 
 was eminently useful, possessing intelligence, thrift, piety and a 
 high sense of duty and honor. The many organizations, religious, 
 commercial, financial, military, etc., which he served, bear testimony 
 to his worth and the esteem in which he was held. His wife, Emma 
 M. (Fish) Chambers, born December 27, 1821;, died April 16, 
 19 10, was born, educated and married in Trenton. She was for 
 many years an interested member of the societv for organizing 
 charity (which sprung from the old Dorcas society), of the Trenton 
 Female Tract Society, and a faithful member of the First Presby- 
 terian Church, assisting her husband in his religious work and in 
 the organization of the Fifth Presbyterian Church. Her father, 
 Benjamin Fish, was born November 15, 1785, in Ewing township, 
 upon his father's farm. He came to Trenton in 1S08, when it con- 
 tained but one thousand people, and engaged in business in South 
 Trenton, then called Bloomsbury, establishing a line of vessels be- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 577 
 
 tween that point and the city of Philadelphia. During the construc- 
 tion of the first railroads in the United States he undertook to con- 
 nect New York, and Philadelphia by rail. His rule was to wait one 
 hour for a train and then send a locomotive to look for it. During 
 the war of 1S12 he transported stores and ordnance for the govern- 
 ment, and later was connected with various enterprises as follows: 
 Union Line Stage & Steamboat Company, 1825; Camden & Amboy 
 Railroad Company, 1830 to 1880; an organizer and director of the 
 Delaware & Raritan Canal Company; Camden & Philadelphia 
 Ferry Company; Freehold & Jamesburg Railroad Company; presi- 
 dent of the Delaware Bridge Company; director of the Trenton 
 Banking Company, 1833 ^° 1880; trustee of the First Presbyterian 
 Church, 1825 to 1880, and president of the trustees, 1864 to 1880; 
 member of the House of Assembly, 1835; president of the Dela- 
 ware Fire Company, 1821; manager of the Trenton Savings Fund 
 Society; president of the Merchants' Transportation Company; 
 senior partner in Fish & Green, lumber merchants, 1837 to 1877. 
 He attended services at the First Presbyterian Church for more than 
 seventy years. He was a subscriber to "The Presbyterian," when 
 it was first published, April 7, 1833, and continued to be until 1880. 
 His daughter, Mrs. Chambers, continued the subscription, and which 
 is continued by her son, Thomas S. Chambers, to the present time. 
 Mr. Fish married Maria Moore, April 7, 18 12. Their family 
 numbered five sons and one daughter. Mr. Fish died June 22, 
 1880, and is buried in the family lot within the Presbyterian church- 
 yard at Ewing. He was the son of Benjamin Fish, born August 
 10, 1740, died July 2, 1808, and his wife, Abigail (Howell) Fish; 
 he was the son of Benjamin Fish, born May 12, 1697, died October 
 18, 1773, married, January 11, 1728, and Sarah (Moore) Fish, 
 born September 29, 1706, died March 17, 1790; son of Nathan 
 Fish, died August i, 1734; son of Jonathan Fish, died about 1663. 
 The English family of Fish is a branch of a Saxon family, Fisch. 
 Jonathan Fish came to America in 1637, landed at Cape Cod, re- 
 moved to Lynn, Massachusetts, from thence to Newtown, Long 
 NC-37 
 
578 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 Island, 1659. He was one of the magistrates under the Dutch in 
 1661-1662. 
 
 Abigail (Howell) Fish was born March 15, 1750, died Novem- 
 ber I I, 1S22. She was the daughter of Joshua Howell, born Octo- 
 ber 1 1, 1722, and his wife, Rebecca (Reed) Howell. Son of Daniel 
 Howell, born 16S0, died April 25, 1732. Son of Richard Howell, 
 born 1627, and Elizabeth (Halsey) Howell. Son of Edward 
 Howell, baptized July 22, 1584. Son of Henry Howell, died July 
 20, 1625. Son of William Howell and Anne (Hampton) Howell. 
 The Howell family came from Wedan, Marsh Gibbon Estate, Eng- 
 land. Edward came to America in 1637, settled in Boston, removed 
 to Lynn, Massachusetts, 1640, and thence to Southampton, Long 
 Island. Pie was one of the magistrates and member of the Colonial 
 Legislature at Hartford, Connecticut. Elizabeth (Halsey) Howell 
 was the daughter of Thomas Halsey, who served in the Colonial 
 assemblies of Hartford, and was an officer in the militia of South- 
 ampton. 
 
 Maria (Moore) Fish, born April 26, 1792, was the daughter 
 of William Sackett Moore, born September 23, 1758, died Febru- 
 ary 3, 1825, and Elizabeth Moore, born February 3, 1758, died 
 November 14, 1828. He was the son of Benjamin Moore, bom 
 September 3, 17 16, died June 5, 1792, and Mary (Hart) Moore, 
 born 1 7 16, died December 5, 1789, daughter of John Hart, of 
 Pennington. He was the son of Joseph Moore, born December 1 1, 
 1679, died July 10, 1756, and Elizabeth (Sackett) Moore, his 
 first wife. He was the son of Samuel Moore, who died July 25, 
 17 17, and Mary (Reed) Moore, who died May 4, 1738, a daugh- 
 ter of Thomas Reed. He was the son of the Rev. John Moore, 
 died 1657, and Margaret (Howell) Moore, baptized November 
 24, 1622. The Rev. John Moore came from the county of Kent, 
 England, in company with Mr. Stephens, in the "Defence," which 
 vessel arrivetl at Boston, 1635. He settled at Cambridge. He 
 attended meeting at general court, Massachusetts; was representa- 
 tive at Hartford, Connecticut, 1644; deputy to negotiate union with 
 the New England colonies; appointed to collect subscriptions for 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 579 
 
 Harvard College; was the first minister at Newtown, Long Island, 
 and died there, 1657. 
 
 Elizabeth (Sackett) Moore was the daughter of Captain 
 Joseph Sackett, born February 23, 1656, died 17 19, and Elizabeth 
 (Betts) Sackett, daughter of Judge Richard Betts, died November 
 18, 1 7 13. Judge Betts emigrated to New England, 1648, and is 
 found at Ipswich. Later he located on Long Island, where he occu- 
 pied positions of honor and trust. Was high sheriff of Yorkshire, 
 Long Island, 1678-81. For a series of years he performed the duties 
 of magistrate, and was a member of the High Court of Assize, then 
 the supreme power in the province. Captain Sackett was the son of 
 Simon Sackett, died July 1659, and Sarah (Bloomfield) Sackett, 
 daughter of William Bloomfield, a man of estate who came with the 
 first Puritan emigration to this country, settling in Massachusetts 
 and finally in Newtown. One of the Colonial governors of New 
 Jersey bore this name and doubtless sprang from the same parent 
 stem. 
 
 Elizabeth Moore, mother of Maria (Moore) Fish, wife of 
 Benjamin Fish, was the daughter of Benjamin Moore, born No- 
 vember 19, 1732, died November 9, 18 13, and Elizabeth Moore, 
 born May 17, 1729, died January 8, 1803; he was the son of Na- 
 thaniel, born March 14, 1687, died September 6, 1759; married 
 (first) December i, 1713, Joanna Prudden; he was the son of 
 Samuel Moore, died July 25, 17 17, and Mary Reed, died May 4, 
 
 1738- 
 
 Elizabeth Moore, born May 17, 1729, was the daughter of 
 Captain Samuel Moore, died January 3, 1758, married, April i, 
 1705, Charity Hallett, born March 16, 1685; he was the son of 
 Samuel, died July 25, 1717; Charity (Hallett) Moore, was the 
 daughter of Captain William Hallett Jr., of Flushing, and Sarah 
 (Woolsey) Hallett. 
 
 Joanna (Prudden) Moore was the daughter of the Rev. John 
 Prudden, son of Rev. Peter Prudden, who came from Yorkshire, 
 England, to Boston, with Davenport, 1637, and was one of the 
 founders of the New Haven Colony, and pastor of the First Church 
 at Milford, 1639, over which he presided until his death, 1656. 
 
580 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 He was a man of remarkable tact, and renowned as a peace maker. 
 He serv^ed as Colonial Judge, 1641, and as a preacher of election 
 sermons, 1653. On August 25, 1889, the two hundred and fiftieth 
 anniversary of the First Church, of Milford, Connecticut, a tablet 
 to the memor)' of the Rev. Peter Prudden was unveiled. On August 
 28, 1889, a memorial bridge in honor of the founder of the town 
 was dedicated. One of the parapets contains a stone inscribed to 
 the Rev. Peter Prudden. In the Memorial Hall at Hartford is a 
 memorial window to Hooker, Davenport and Prudden. The Rev. 
 John Prudden was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of New- 
 ark, New Jersey, succeeding the Rev. Abraham Pierson, in 1701, 
 and served twelve years. He was graduated from Harvard, 1668, 
 and was a member of the New York Assembly, 1672. He died 
 December 11, 1725, and is buried in the First Presbyterian church- 
 yard, Newark, New Jersey. 
 
 John Story Chambers Jr., eldest son of John Story and Emma 
 M. (Fish) Chambers, was born April i, 1S48. His early educa- 
 tion was obtained at the Trenton Academy, from whence he went 
 to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, and was 
 graduated from that institution in 1881, as a civil and mechanical 
 engineer. He learned the trade of a machinist in the shops of the 
 Phoenix Iron Company, Trenton, New Jersey, after which he 
 worked in the railroad shops at Bordentown, from 1870 to 1872. 
 He was called to Lynn, Massachusetts, by Morris Tasker & Com- 
 pany, to assist in the construction of the Gas Works, September, 
 1872, to April, 1873. He was on the sun'eying staff for the Ger- 
 mantown branch of the Pennsylvania railroad from 1881 to 1884. 
 When the Market street bridge across the Schuylkill was rebuilt in 
 1S84 he was made one of the inspectors. February, 1885, he was 
 made inspector of structural iron work for the Pennsylvania rail- 
 road, and in May, 1888, he was specially located at Pittsburgh, 
 Pennsylvania. He was a member of Company A, National Guard, 
 under Captain Stevens. During the riots of 1877 the Governor 
 ordered this company, July 23, to New Brunswick, to guard the 
 bridge. Later it was ordered to Phillipsburg for a similar duty. 
 Mr. Chambers accompanied his comrades in arms upon both expedi- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL EXCYCLOPEDIA 581 
 
 tions. He was a man of scholarly attainments, and an interesting 
 conversationalist. His sudden death, March 30, 1904, came as a 
 great shock to his friends. His remains were brought to Trenton 
 and interred in the family plot in Ewing Presbyterian churchyard. 
 
 William Moore Chambers, second son of John Story and 
 Emma M. (Fish) Chambers, was born March 22, 1849. He com- 
 pleted his education at an early age, then entered the Trenton Gas 
 Light Company and displayed marked ability and diligence. Mr. 
 Perdicaris, a large stockholder in the Orange Gas Light Company, 
 urged him, at the age of twenty, to go to Orange, New Jersey, as 
 treasurer of that company, a position he held at the time of his death. 
 He was a member of Company A, National Guard, under Captain 
 Robert C. Bellville. He died August 23, 1871, young and full of 
 promise. 
 
 Benjamin Fish, third son of John Story and Emma M. (Fish) 
 Chambers, was born August 15, 1850. He was educated at the 
 Trenton Academy, entered the sophomore class of Princeton Col- 
 lege, and was graduated in the class of 1872. He studied law with 
 James S. Aitken, was admitted to the bar as an attorney in 1875, 
 and as a counsellor in 1S78. He was a member of Company A, 
 Seventh Regiment, National Guard, under Captain Thomas S. Ste- 
 vens, March 17, 1873, and served as a private, corporal and ser- 
 geant. He was appointed by Colonel A. W. Angel, judge advocate 
 on the staff, with the rank of captain, March 25, 1879. On April 
 I, 1879, he was elected major of the regiment. The following year, 
 1880, he was elected lieutenant-colonel. April 24, 1882, he was 
 appointed by Major-General Mott upon the division staff as colonel 
 and assistant adjutant-general, and remained on the staff until the 
 death of General Mott. He resigned April 7, 1885. He went to 
 New Brunswick and Phillipsburg with Company A during the rail- 
 road riots of 1877. In the fall of 1888 he was elected a member 
 of the Legislature. During this session he was chairman of the 
 committee on militia and a member of the committee on the revision 
 of laws. He was a member of Column Lodge, No. 120, Ancient 
 Free and Accepted Masons, member of the Republican Club, and of 
 the Trenton Battle Monument Association. He was clerk of the 
 
582 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 board of trustees of the First Presbyterian Church, January ii, 
 1876, until his death, August 22, 1885. He was also teacher of a 
 class in the mission school connected with the First Presbyterian 
 Church. His untimely death severed many useful relations and 
 brought sorrow to a host of friends. 
 
 General Thomas Str)'ker Chambers, fourth son of John Story 
 and Emma M. (Fish) Chambers, was born in Lawrence township, 
 Mercer county, in 1852. He was educated at Trenton Academy 
 under George S. Grosvcnor, and after finishing the course, entered 
 the office of the Trenton Gas Light Company, 1870, and served as 
 clerk and secretary until 1898. He enlisted in Company A, Seventh 
 Regiment, National Guard, 1873, under Captain Thomas S. Ste- 
 vens; elected second lieutenant, March 28, 1878. February 18, 
 1880, Brigadier-General William J. Sewell appointed him captain 
 and aide-de-camp; June 30, 1881, lieutenant-colonel and assistant 
 adjutant-general on Second Brigade staff. When General Sewell 
 was promoted, April 15, 1899, to the position of major-general of 
 the National Guard, Lieutenant-Colonel Chambers was appointed 
 assistant adjutant-general of the division, with the rank of colonel. 
 He was commissioned colonel and adjutant-general, Adjutant-Gen- 
 eral's Department, December 10, 1907, to rank April 15, 1899, 
 and detailed as chief of staff of the division under command of 
 Major-General Peter F. W^anser. In 1898 he entered the army 
 for the war with Spain, being appointed by Governor Voorhees 
 major in the Fourth New Jersey Infantry, LTnited States Volunteers, 
 during which service he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and re- 
 mained with the regiment until the close of the war, being mustered 
 out at Greenville, South Carolina, April 6, 1899. March 31, 1913, 
 upon his own request, he was relieved from duty and placed upon the 
 retired list with rank of brevet brigadier-general. The General 
 Order published by the adjutant-general concludes with this para- 
 graph: "The retirement of Colonel Chambers terminates a period 
 of thirty-five years efficient and honorable service as an officer in the 
 National Guard." 
 
 General Chambers was elected a director of the Trenton Bank- 
 ing Company, February, 1892, and resigned in February, 1899. He 
 
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BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 583 
 
 is a member of the Trenton Battle Monument Association, succeed- 
 ing his brother, and served on the building and dedication commit- 
 tees, also for arranging the ceremonies connected with the laying of 
 the corner stone. He was one of the committee to secure appropria- 
 tions from the original Thirteen States. Connecticut and Pennsyl- 
 vania responded through their legislatures to the appeal for financial 
 aid. He is now treasurer and secretary of the Association. Colonel 
 Chambers was one of the organizers of the Young Men's Repub- 
 lican Club (now the Republican Club) and was its president, 1886- 
 87-S8. He was secretary and treasurer of the Mercer County Re- 
 publican Executive Committee, September 24, 1887, to June 30, 
 1898, vacating both offices upon entering the United States Volun- 
 teer senice during the Spanish-American War. He was elected to 
 the House of Assembly for the year 1889 by the Republicans, and 
 served on the committee for militia. He was a member of the 
 Board of Health for Trenton from its organization, July 19, 1882, 
 and its president from December 6, 1909, to December 20, 191 1, 
 when the duties of the board were assumed by the City Commis- 
 sioners. He is past master of Column Lodge, No. 120, Ancient 
 Free and Accepted Masons; treasurer of the First Presbyterian 
 Church, March, 1885, to 1899, was elected trustee April 29, 1901, 
 and was a teacher and librarian in the mission chapel connected 
 therewith. On November 22, 1899, he was appointed State Bank 
 Examiner by Hon. William Bettle, Commissioner of Banking and 
 Insurance, which position he resigned to assume the duties of man- 
 ager of the Clearing House for the Banks of Trenton, in September, 
 191 1. In June, 1913, he was elected a manager of the Trenton 
 Savings Fund Society. 
 
HON. GEORGE RICHARDS 
 
 TO attain distinction in a certain line of enterprise argues the 
 possession of those qualities which invariably imply a con- 
 stant progress toward that success which distinguishes the goal of 
 every man's ambition and urges him to seek, the highest altitude of 
 human endeavor. It is, therefore, a matter of particular gratifica- 
 tion when one has not only achieved renown in a single branch of 
 industry, but has acquired prominence in various lines of business 
 necessitating the expansion of more than an ordinary amount of in- 
 tellectual force and executive ability. In this connection it is 
 peculiarly appropriate to introduce the name of Hon. George Rich- 
 ards, who stands conspicuously identified with the commercial and 
 financial interests of Do\'er. 
 
 Hon. George Richards, banker, railroad president, mine oper- 
 ator, manufacturer and merchant, was born in Pottsville, Pennsyl- 
 vania, in 1833, and is a son of Henry Richards, a mine operator of 
 that city. He received a common school education and, being at an 
 early age thrown upon his own resources, his eighteenth year found 
 him employed in an iron mine at Hurdtown, New Jersey, operated 
 by the Glendon Iron Company, which had extensive interests 
 throughout Northern New Jersey, as well as in Pennsylvania. It 
 was at the Hurdtown mine that Mr. Richards laid the foundation 
 for that practical knowledge which characterized his subsequent 
 endeavors, and it was not long before his close attention to the duties 
 assigned him rccei\"ed recognition at the hands of his employers, the 
 logical result of which was his promotion from weighmaster to shift 
 boss. This was at that time considered a position of great impor- 
 tance, yet it fell far short of the measure of young Richards' capac- 
 ity, and his promotion to the office of superintendent, in 1853, be- 
 fore he had reached his majority, was a fitting acknowledgment of 
 the remarkable industry, energy and ability- displayed by him in the 
 brief time he had been in the employ of the company. 
 
 Not long after becoming superintendent Mr. Richards was 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 585 
 
 made manager of the entire Glendon Iron Company's interests in 
 mines in New Jersey, tilling that position for upwards of forty years. 
 But even the duties of this latter post, important as they were, were 
 performed by him with perfect ease, and from time to time, as 
 opportunity offered, he identified himself with other ventures, or, 
 to be more exact, other ventures were originated by him, as, for 
 example, when machinery was needed in the operation of the mines, 
 Mr. Richards established a company to build it, and the Morris 
 County Machine &: Iron Company sprang into existence with Mr. 
 Richards as president; lumber was required, and the Dover Lumber 
 Company was formed, Mr. Richards being made its president. 
 With this spirit of expansion dominating him, it was but a step to 
 organize the Dover Iron Company, to work up, in part, the product 
 of the mines under his superintendency ; to organize various branch 
 railroads for the transportation of ores, etc.; to organize a bank, 
 which institution the multiplication of mining, manufacturing and 
 mercantile institutions made necessary; until finally Mr. Richards' 
 interests became diversified to an almost incredible degree, as will 
 be seen by a perusal of the following arrav of posts of usefulness 
 of which he was simultaneously the incumbent: President of the 
 Dover Iron Company; the Dover & Rockaway Railroad Company; 
 the Morris County Machine & Iron Company; the Ogden Mine 
 Railroad Company; the Hibernia Mine Railroad Company; the 
 Hibernia Underground Railroad Company; the National Union 
 Bank; the Dover Lumber Company; the Dover Printing Company; 
 and the George Richards Company, controlling four of the largest 
 stores in Dover. He is a director in the following: Delaware & 
 Bound Brook Railroad Company; East Tennessee & Western North 
 Carolina Railroad Company; Cranberrv Iron & Coal Company; 
 Chester Iron Company; Ross &: Baker Silk Mill, at Port Oram; the 
 American Sheet Iron Company; and Lincoln Lithia Water Com- 
 pany, of North Carolina. These varied interests made Mr. Rich- 
 ards the most prominent man identified with iron and other indus- 
 tries in Northern New Jersey, and recognition of another kind fol- 
 lowed as a matter of course. 
 
 In 1 87 1 Mr. Richards was appointed State Director of the 
 
586 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 United Railroads of New Jersey, his office being to supervise the 
 vast trust funds of the State invested in those securities. During 
 his term of office the important question of the lease of these roads 
 to the Pennsylvania Railroad arose, and Mr. Richards' position in 
 the controversy, as State Director, though at first decided adversely 
 by Chancellor Zabriskie, was subsequently approved by the court 
 of appeals. The point taken by him was that under a somewhat 
 blind act of the Legislature, passed, however, for the purpose, it 
 was not lawful for the old companies to make the lease. The final 
 decision rendered further legislation necessary. Mr. Richards 
 labored earnestly against the efforts of the monopoly and its adher- 
 ents, and not only compassed their defeat, but went much further, 
 and the general railroad law now on the statute books, one of the 
 most beneficent laws ever enacted by the New Jersey Legislature, 
 stands as a monument to the unremitting aggressiveness and excel- 
 lent generalship displayed by Mr. Richards in the great fight of the 
 people against that erstwhile dominant monopoly, the Permsylvania 
 Railroad Company. 
 
 Mr. Richards' political affiliations are strongly with the Repub- 
 lican party, and he is the member of the Republican State Commit- 
 tee from Morris county. In 1872 he was appointed master in chan- 
 cery by Chancellor Abraham Zabriskie; in 1873 he was made notary 
 public by Governor Joel Parker, and in 1891 Governor Leon Abbett 
 appointed him a member of the board of managers of the State 
 Lunatic Asylums, and, although he was the only Republican on the 
 board, his colleagues accorded to him the honor of being elected 
 vice-president of the body. In 1894 the board was legislated out of 
 office for the purpose of instituting a non-partisan organization, and 
 Mr. Richards was the only member of the old board who was hon- 
 ored with reappointment by Governor Werts, officiating under the 
 new regime as president. He was appointed a member of the State 
 Board of Geological Survey, he is a life member of the Washing- 
 ton Association, of Morristown, and his interest in agricultural mat- 
 ters led him to become a member of the State Agricultural Society. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Richards was solemnized in i860, when 
 he was united in m.atrimony to Miss Elizabeth Ann McCarty, of 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 587 
 
 Morris county, and they have one son, George Richards Jr., who 
 is connected with one of his father's numerous mercantile enter- 
 prises. Mr. and Mrs. Richards reside in a beautiful mansion in 
 Dover, situated on a farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres, in 
 the cultivation of which Mr. Richards finds unlimited pleasure. 
 His charming and cultured wife presides over the domestic arrange- 
 ments with infinite grace and entertains with cordial hospitality their 
 many friends. 
 
 
HENRY ROSEXOFF. D. D. S. 
 
 ONE of the most progressive young professional men in the 
 city of Hoboken, New Jersey, is to be found in the person 
 of Henry Rosenoft, a son of Isaac Rosenoff, a lumber dealer in 
 Russia. 
 
 Dr. Rosenoff was born in the town of Mogilow, Russia, De- 
 cember 2, 1880, and was educated in private schools of his native 
 country until his entrance into the Dental College conducted by 
 James Levy, at Warsaw, Russia. He was graduated from this 
 institution in the class of 1903, then studied for the period of one 
 year at the University of Harklow, which conferred upon him the 
 degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. He then took and success- 
 fully passed the necessary examination, in order to obtain the Im- 
 perial license to practice. He established himself in the practice of 
 his profession in Russia, but after a very short time decided to come 
 to America. He arrived in New York in May, 1904, opened offices 
 for professional practice, and continued this until 1907, at which 
 time he entered upon a two years' course (post-graduate) at the 
 University of Pennsylvania Dental College, being graduated in the 
 class of 1909, and receiving his diploma and the degree of Doctor 
 of Dental Surgery. While a student at this university he became 
 an active member of the Leffman Dental Society and the Alpha 
 Omega dental fraternity. For one year after his graduation he held 
 the position on the medical staff of the Philadelphia Hospital of oral 
 surgeon, then opened his present offices at No. 520 Washington 
 street, Hoboken, New Jersey. These, and the laboratories connected 
 with them, are finely equipped with the most modern appliances 
 known to the art of dentistry, and everything possible is tlone to 
 ensure the comfort and convenience of the numerous patients treated 
 there. The practice of Dr. Rosenoff is large, and he keeps well in 
 touch with all progress that is made In the methods In vogue in his 
 profession. He is a member of the New Jersey State Dental and 
 the Central Dental societies, and retains his interest and member- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 589 
 
 ship in the Alpha Omega dental fraternity, and the University of 
 Pennsylvania Dental Alumni. 
 
 Dr. Rosenoff married Lillian E., daughter of Isaac Barkam, 
 of Jersey City. Mrs. Rosenoff was graduated from the Jersey City 
 High School and St. Dominic's Academy. She is a member of the 
 Eastern Star Lodge, the American Aid Society, the Hoboken Aid 
 Societ}', and a number of other organizations. 
 
 In the world of politics, Dr. Rosenoff entertains exceedingly 
 high ideals of public service, and as a member of the Fifth Ward 
 Republican Club he endeavors to put these into practice as far as 
 lies in his power. He is progressive in his ideas, but thinks reforms 
 should be made gradually, as the effect will be attained more readily 
 than by more drastic measures. He is a member of Hoboken 
 Lodge, No. 35, Free and Accepted Masons; National Lodge, No. 
 30, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Workmen Circle, of Ho- 
 boken; Brith Abraham Congregation of Jersey City; National Vol- 
 unteer Emergency Service; and is a stockholder in the Jefferson 
 Trust Company and the Young Men's Building & Loan Association. 
 
BENEDICT PRIETH 
 
 BENEDICT PRIETH, son of Gabriel Prieth and Anna Frank- 
 Prieth, was born January 27, 1827, at Graun, Tyrol, in 
 Austria, a village in the heart of the Tyrolean Alps. His father 
 was a lawyer, parish clerk, and descended from ancestry native to 
 that picturesque and historic region — a region of mountain passes, 
 swift running streams, and the gateway of nations, that has been the 
 vantage ground sought by contending armies time after time for a 
 thousand years. 
 
 The region was originally inhabited by the Taurisci, a Celtic 
 tribe, before the opening of the Christian era. They were conquered 
 by the Romans about 14 B. C. under Drusus and Tiberius, and were 
 later organized into the Roman province of Raetia. In the fifth and 
 following centuries the northern portion was Teutonized mainly by 
 the Baiouarii (Bavarians), but the Teutonic Longabordi, who 
 pressed up from the south, themselves became Romanized, so that 
 the double character of the inhabitants of Tyrol appears in early 
 time. They under\vent considerable vicissitudes during the Prank- 
 ish reigns and down to and Including the middle ages. This region 
 was one of the few places where the waves of Protestantism never 
 reached, and the peasants of the Tyrolean mountains ever remained 
 firm adherents of the Roman Catholic church, even in time of the 
 harrowing period of the Thirty Years War. The people of that 
 country still remain true to the faith of their fathers; and Benedict 
 Prieth, also other members of his family in America, still adheres to 
 the Roman Catholic church. 
 
 He received preparatory instruction in the schools at Innsbruck, 
 Tyrol; and studied at several Austrian and German universities, and 
 received the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence at Tubingen, in Ger- 
 many. He took up journalism as a profession, and wrote for news- 
 papers in Vienna, also for Swiss papers, until he came to America. 
 During the turbulent period of the revolutionary upheaval of Cen- 
 tral Europe in 1848, he was active in the revolutionary outbreak 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 591 
 
 which resulted in the siege of Vienna, September-October, 1848; 
 and, after the capture of the city by the Imperial troops, October 
 30, 1848, he was imprisoned as a political offender for a year, at 
 Salzberg, Austria. After his release he came to the United States 
 and settled at Newark, New Jersey. In 1858 he acquired by pur- 
 chase the property of a German newspaper in Newark, and changed 
 its name to the "New Jersey Frei Zeitung," which he edited there- 
 after until his death. 
 
 Benedict Prieth married Theodora Sautermeister, daughter of 
 Thaddeus Sautermeister and Maria (Kuhlmann) Sautermeister, in 
 1859, at Newark, New Jersey. Of this union five children were 
 born, two sons and three daughters, namely: Anna Prieth-Frank; 
 Benedict Prieth, born April 18, 1868, at Newark; a daughter; Ed- 
 win S. Prieth, born November 22, 1876; and Gabriel Prieth. The 
 sons have succeeded their father in the editorial and business man- 
 agement of the newspaper established by him, in Newark, New 
 Jersey. 
 
 Benedict Prieth attained a position of influence in the community 
 in which he lived; was a director of the State Banking Company of 
 Newark, New Jersey; a member of the Oriental Lodge of Free 
 Masons; and died October 29, 1879, at Newark, New Jersey. In 
 his demise there passed a valiant champion of human liberty, and a 
 respected citizen. 
 
WILLIAM ELMER POTTER 
 
 WILLIAM ELMER POTTER, the subject of this sketch, 
 was a descendant of Matthew Potter, who emigrated from 
 Scotland to Ballyeaston, county Antrim, Ireland, during the year 
 1733. He previously had married Jane McCreight, of Edinburgh. 
 They formed a part of the great Presbyterian exodus from Ireland 
 to this country in 1740, and settled in Philadelphia, where the 
 records of the First Presbyterian Church of that city show they were 
 members of that denomination. Matthew Potter resumed his occu- 
 pation as a merchant, and died in Philadelphia many years before his 
 wife, with a reputation for honesty, integrity and fair dealing. His 
 wife li\"ed to be over ninety years of age, dying on August 11, 
 iSoo, leaving seven surviving children. David Potter, a fifth child 
 of Matthew, was born November 27, 1745, and died December 10, 
 1805. He was twice married. His first wife was Mary Mason, 
 from the West Indies, who was born in 1749 and died in 1783. 
 Soon after this marriage David Potter removed to Bridgeton, Cum- 
 berland county, New Jersey, then known as Bridge Town, estab- 
 lishing himself as a merchant, and quickly attained a leading posi- 
 tion in the community, becoming very influential in all matters polit- 
 ical and civic throughout the county, serving for many years as high 
 sheriff, that office being then one of much honor and distinction. 
 After the death of his first wife he married Sarah Boyd, daughter 
 of James and Mary Boyd. James Boyd, father of Sarah Boyd, 
 emigrated to the vicinity of Bridge Town about 1766, from Bally- 
 easton, his family being Scotch. He soon established himself and 
 sent for his wife and children, three in number. Upon their arrival 
 they found that James Boyd had died previously. Mrs. Boyd was 
 a woman of great force of character, and opened a general store in 
 Bridge Town, and by her thrift and industry managed to support 
 her family in comparative comfort. Her second daughter, Mary, 
 married Maskell Ewing, of Greenwich township, they becoming the 
 progenitors of the famous Ewing family of Ohio. The only son, 
 
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 James Boyd Jr., died in early manhood in Piiiladelphia, a victim 
 of cholera. 
 
 At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, in the spring of 
 1775, David Potter was elected captain of one of the volunteer 
 militia companies, and in the autumn of 1776 was appointed colonel 
 of the Second Battalion of Cumberland County, which later became 
 a part of what were known as "State Troops." He was some time 
 afterwards offered a commission as brigadier-general, but declined 
 that office, expressing a desire to remain with his local troops. He 
 was taken prisoner by the British either at Germantown or some of 
 the skirmishes preceding it; but a journal which he kept for many 
 years was lost or destroyed early in the nineteenth century, and the 
 facts of his capture are now uncertain. It is known, however, that 
 he was a prisoner in Philadelphia, then upon Long Island, and 
 later in the prison hulk "Jersey," in New York Harbor. After 
 more than a year had elapsed he was paroled and was so held for 
 several years, as appears by copies in his letter-book; he protesting 
 against the injustice of holding him on parole as late as March, 
 17S1, as he was thereby restrained from entering into business for 
 fear his parole might be recalled. In the "State Gazette," published 
 in Trenton in 1805, is to be found a eulogium written after his death 
 in the somewhat florid style of that day, in which it speaks of his 
 great zeal, fidelity and integrity in various offices held by him. In 
 disposition he was humane and generous, of liberal and unvarying 
 hospitality, and dignified and upright of deportment. He had four 
 sons who grev/ to manhood : David, who was drowned at the age 
 of twenty-one; James Boyd, Robert Bail and William. Robert Bail 
 was in early life a merchant in Bridge Town and later in Philadel- 
 phia. William served with distinction as a lieutenant-colonel in the 
 war of I 8 12, and died in Ohio. 
 
 James Boyd Potter, fifth child of Colonel David and Sarah 
 (Boyd) Potter, was born in Bridge Town, February 7, 1796. He 
 married Jane Harper Barron, of Pennsylvania, daughter of John 
 and Susanna (Ferguson) Barron, who was bom May 23, 1798. 
 John Barron was born November 10, 1755, and died February 9, 
 
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 1820. His wife, Susanna Ferguson, was born in Scotland, January 
 28, 1761, and died July 23, 1842. John Barron had emigrated to 
 Pennsylvania from county Antrim, Ireland, and was of the imme- 
 diate family of Commodore Barron. James Boyd Potter and Jane 
 (Barron) Potter had ten children, seven living to maturity. James 
 Boyd Potter died October 26, 1865. He was a prosperous mer- 
 chant in Bridge Town, (or Bridgeton, as it afterward became), for 
 fifty years, as well as president of the Cumberland National Bank. 
 No citizen of that part of the State was more generally known or 
 more highly esteemed. He was of upright character, a fervid 
 patriot, an enterprising citizen, and an earnest, sympathetic friend. 
 He had five sons and two daughters, as follows: David, James 
 Barron, Francis Henry, Robert Barron, William Elmer, Sarah Boyd 
 and Margaret Elmer. Of these, the eldest, David, was one of the 
 most prominent men of his community, and was familiarly known as 
 "General" Potter, by reason of his being for years in command of 
 one of the brigades of State troops prior to and during the Civil War. 
 James Barron became the leading physician of the community, while 
 Francis Henry was engaged in the banking business in Philadelphia 
 and died in Iowa. Robert Barron was a journalist of note and a 
 writer upon many subjects, and served with distinction as a lieutenant 
 in the 24th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. Sarah Boyd married 
 William G. Nixon, who succeeded his father-in-law as president of 
 the Cumberland National Bank, and William Elmer is the subject 
 of this sketch, and the only son who married. 
 
 William Elmer Potter, youngest son of James Boyd and Jane 
 (Barron) Potter, was born on June 13, 1840. His early education was 
 acquired at Harmony and West Jersey Academies in Bridgeton. 
 Having determined upon law as a profession, in 1857 he entered 
 the law office of Hon. John T. Nixon, afterwards United States 
 District Judge for New Jersey, but later attended Har\-ard Law 
 School and was graduated therefrom in 1861 with the degree of 
 LL. B. Although fired with patriotism, and of legal age, he adhered to 
 the wishes of his father and entered the junior class of Princeton Col- 
 lege, but under the spur of patriotic ardor he abandoned college in 
 
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 June, 1862, and enlisted in the 12th Regiment, New Jersey Volun- 
 teer Infantry. In July of that year he was commissioned second 
 lieutenant, promoted to first lieutenant August 6, 1862, and captain 
 of Company G of that regiment, February 4, 1864. On May i, 
 1865, by order of the President of the United States, he was 
 brevetted major for "meritorious services." While in the field with 
 his regiment he was detailed as ordnance officer of the Third Divi- 
 sion, Second Army Corps, and acted as such in the campaigns of 
 Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, on the staffs of Major-General 
 William H. French and Brigadier-General Alexander Hays. He was 
 wounded in the battle of the Wilderness, while in command of his 
 company, but reported for duty again within a month thereafter. 
 He serv'Cd as aide-de-camp to Colonel Thomas A. Smyth, Third 
 Brigade, Second Army Corps, and later as Judge Advocate on 
 Major-General John Gibbons' staff. At the close of the war he was 
 Judge-Advocate-General of the 24th Army Corps. He was present 
 at the surrender of General Lee, and by order from headquarters 
 was detailed with five other officers to deliver to Hon. Edward M. 
 Stanton, Secretary of War, the entire stand of colors surrendered 
 by General Lee. This ceremony occurred May i, 1865, at Wash- 
 ington, and his selection for this duty was considered by Colonel 
 Potter as the greatest compliment paid him during his military 
 service. L^pon the close of hostilities he was tendered a commission 
 as captain in the regular establishment, but declined. After the 
 war he served on the staff of Governor Marcus M. Ward, of New 
 Jersey, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and forever thereafter 
 was known and spoken of as Colonel Potter. 
 
 The degree of A. B. was conferred upon him by Princeton Col- 
 lege in 1863, and of A. M. in 1866. He was admitted to the Bar of 
 New Jersey as attorney in 1865, and as a counsellor in 1869, and in 
 1870 formed a partnership with his nephew, James Boyd Nixon, 
 which existed throughout their respective lives. 
 
 In politics Colonel Potter was a Republican. In 1868 he was 
 a delegate to the National Republican Convention in Chicago, and 
 again in 1876 at Cincinnati, and in 1880 was an elector on the 
 
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 Garfield and Arthur ticket. His active participation in politics 
 ceased in that year, but he was thereafter freely consulted upon 
 political matters by the leaders of the party in his section of the 
 State, and his services were frequently demanded and never refused 
 in the party councils. He frequently was urged to allow his name 
 to be used for Congress but persistently declined on the ground that 
 his growing family required his strict attention to his profession. 
 Immediately upon his admission to the Bar he forged to the front 
 both as a trial lawyer and as an advocate, and during the later years 
 of his life there were few cases of any importance throughout the 
 southern part of the State in which he was not engaged. In the late 
 6o's and early 70's he was Prosecutor of Pleas for both Cape May 
 and Atlantic counties, serving with much distinction. As counsel 
 for the largest interests in Atlantic City, he was a potent factor in the 
 development of that resort. He was a man of letters, with a 
 remarkable memory and an abilit\- to obtain the gist of a book in a 
 rapid survey, gifted in oratory, and with a fund of historic and poetic 
 lore which caused him to be in great demand as a speaker for patri- 
 otic celebrations. During his military career he displayed gallantry 
 and judgment which won him the highest encomiums from his 
 superior officers. If he had not been a lawyer of such marked abil- 
 ity, he might easily have won laurels in literary work, as he was 
 a ready writer of verse, and his prose articles were recognized as 
 being of great merit. He possessed a warm, generous heart, ready 
 to do a favor, or respond to charity, often to an extent beyond hie 
 means. He was conscientious in business and in his profession, and 
 though unusually reticent on religious subjects, he was a member of 
 the Presbyterian church and loyal to its traditions, and the faith of 
 his fathers was unshaken. His view of the essentials for success may 
 best be expressed in his own words uttered while addressing a grad- 
 uating class: "Fnr success a man needs a healthy constitution, a 
 bright acti\'e mind, good memory, with the dominant qualities of 
 honesty, integrity, a high sense of honor and general manliness of 
 character. With these, success in law as in other business Is assured 
 by two things — opportunity and hard work, including continuous 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 597 
 
 study. A laggard in study may earn something, but he will be found 
 in the rear ranks. A broad and liberal education is very important, 
 although not an absolute essential element of success." Summing up. 
 Colonel Potter may be said to have been a patriot, an orator, a 
 scholar, an able lawyer and a gentleman. He died November 9, 
 1S96. He was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal 
 Legion, an honorary member of the Society of the Cincinnati, a 
 member of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, of Meade Post, 
 No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic, and of Brearly Lodge, No. 2, 
 Free and Accepted Masons, of New Jersey. 
 
 In May, 1869, Colonel Potter married Alice Augusta Eddy, 
 daughter of Rev. Alfred and Catharine (Wilcox) Eddy. The Rev. 
 Dr. Eddy was a direct descendant of Samuel Eddy, of Cranbrook, 
 Kent county, England, who arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 
 October, 1630, on the Ship "Handmaid," John Grant, master. A 
 son of Samuel Eddy, also named Samuel, married Lydia Alden, 
 granddaughter of John and Priscilla Alden. Catharine (Wilcox) 
 Eddy was a direct descendant of John and Elizabeth Spofford, the 
 first settlers of Georgetown, Massachusetts, in 1638. 
 
 William Elmer Potter and Alice Augusta (Eddy) Potter had 
 five children : Alfred Eddy, born March, 1870, died March, 1908, 
 unmarried; James Boyd, born January, 1873; David, born Decem- 
 ber, 1875; Alice, born February, 1877; and Francis Delavan, born 
 May, 1880. 
 
 James Boyd Potter, second son of William Elmer Potter, was 
 graduated from West Jersey Academy at Bridgeton in 18S9, and 
 from the United States Naval Academy in 1893. He served in the 
 Navy until July, 1895, when he entered the law office of his father, and 
 was admitted to the Bar of New Jersey as an attorney in 1896, and 
 as a counsellor in 1899. He practiced his profession in the City of 
 Bridgeton until January, 1907, when he removed to New York 
 City and was admitted to the Bar of that State during that month. 
 He was corporation counsel of Bridgeton for three successive terms, 
 and while never occupying any other political office, took active 
 part in politics, his affiliations being Republican. He served in the 
 
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 New Jersey Naval Reserve as lieutenant, junior grade, lieutenant 
 and commander, being now on the retired list of that State with the 
 latter rank. He served throughout the entire incumbency of Gov- 
 ernor Foster M. Voorhees on his staff with the relative rank of lieu- 
 tenant-colonel. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War he 
 volunteered his services and was commissioned a lieutenant in the 
 Volunteer Navy, being ordered to duty at League Island Navy 
 Yard two days before the declaration of war. He served through- 
 out the entire period of hostilities, being honorably discharged with 
 the thanks of the Navy Department, in October, 1898. 
 
 He is a member of the Naval Order of the United States, 
 Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War, and of the 
 University Club of Philadelphia, and the Army and Navy Club 
 of Washington. He is past master of Brearly Lodge, No. 2, Free 
 and Accepted Masons, of New Jersey, and past exalted ruler of Lodge 
 ^o- 733i Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He maintains 
 offices at No. 149 Broadway, New York City, and in the Essex 
 Building, Newark, New Jersey, and resides at Plainfield. In May, 
 1907, he married Florence Augusta Greenleaf, of California, a 
 descendant of the New England Greenleaf family, and of the family 
 of James Monroe, one time President of the L^nited States. 
 
 David Potter, the third son of the subject of this sketch, was 
 graduated from the West Jersey Academy at Bridgeton in 1892, and 
 from Princeton University in 1896. He entered the law office of his 
 father and later that of his brother, and was admitted to the Bar 
 of New Jersey as an attorney in 1897. He at once formed a part- 
 nership with his brother, which, however, was shortly severed by 
 reason of his receiving a commission as assistant paymaster in the 
 United States Navy in February, 1898. He served throughout the 
 Spanish-American War, and immediately thereafter was ordered to 
 duty in the Philippine Islands, where he bore an active part in the 
 Aguinaldo insurrection. At present he is division paymaster of one 
 of the divisions of the North Atlantic Fleet, stationed on board the 
 U. S. S. "Minnesota." He is the author of several novels. In 
 1904 he married Jane Grey, a daughter of Hon. Martin P. Grey, 
 
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 of Salem, New Jersey, then one of the Vice-Chancellors of that 
 State. 
 
 Francis Delavan Potter, the youngest son of Colonel William E. 
 Potter, was graduated from the West Jersey Academy in 1907 and 
 has since been engaged in commercial life. In the summer of 19 12 
 he became identified with the Progressive party, being a delegate 
 from New Jersey to the Republican National Convention at Chicago, 
 pledged to Theodore Roosevelt, and a delegate to the convention 
 held later in the same city at which the Progressive party really had 
 its birth. He later received the nomination for Congress from the 
 Second Congressional District of New Jersey, and in spite of his 
 youth and the handicap of a new party, he came very near being 
 elected. At present he is the Organizing Secretary of the Progressive 
 Party of New Jersey. 
 
 Alice, the only daughter of the subject of this sketch, married 
 Charles T. Elliott, in October, 1903. She now resides with her 
 husband in Plainfield, and has three children : Charles T. Elliott Jr., 
 William Potter Elliott, and David Pearson Elliott. 
 
JOHN J. GARDNER 
 
 THE subject of this review is known and honored as one of the 
 public spirited and representative men of the State of New 
 Jersey, and has been a resident of Atlantic City all his life. He has 
 taken an abiding and practical interest in all that concerned the 
 welfare of the community in which he resides as well as that of the 
 entire State, and for the greater number of his mature years has been 
 prominently in the public eye as the holder of official position. 
 
 John J. Gardner was born in Atlantic county, New Jersey, Octo- 
 ber 17, 1845. In his youth he had but few opportunities for obtain- 
 ing an education, but being naturally ambitious, he made up for this 
 lack by close observance, and an energy and industry which were well 
 worthy of emulation. August 9, 1861, he enlisted as a private in 
 Company G, Sixth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers, and was mus- 
 tered in August 26. He was enrolled as a corporal in Company F, 
 Tenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers, January i, 1S62, being 
 mustered in in this rank, February 7, 1862. February 11, 1865, he 
 was mustered out of service, with the general commendation of those 
 under whom he had served, for modesty and bravery. 
 
 Shortly after his return to Atlantic Cit}', he was elected mayor 
 of the city, and served in this office i 868-1 872, inclusive, and 1874- 
 1875. Upon the expiration of the last named term of office, he was 
 elected as a councilman, and about the same time as one of the coro- 
 ners of the county. He was elected to the State Senate from Atlantic 
 count}' in 1877, and was elected to succeed himself for five consecu- 
 tive terms, this being the only case of the kind on record in Atlantic 
 county. He was considered the leader of his party in the Senate and 
 was chosen as president of that body in 1883. He served as chair- 
 man of the committee which was entrusted with the investi (Ration 
 of the election frauds in Hudson county, this resulting in a number of 
 ballot box stuffers being sent to the State's prison. In 1884 Mr. 
 Gartiner was chosen as a delegate-at-!arge from New Jersey to the 
 National Convention at Chicago. He was the member of the State 
 
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 Committee for a number of years, and served four terms as a Con- 
 gressman. 
 
 Mr. Gardner married, January i, 1873, Mittie, daughter of 
 Andrew Scull. Of their five children — Larner, Mary, Josephine, 
 Thomas and Albert — the two eldest died young, and the youngest 
 was killed at a grade crossing at Egg Harbor City, December 8, 
 1899. Mr. Gardner claims Atlantic City as his place of residence 
 in legal matters, but his home is in Galloway township, near Egg 
 Harbor City, where the family is mostly to be found. Mr. Gardner 
 is a truly selfmade man. The prosperity which he has achieved is 
 the logical sequence of well directed and honorable effort. He has a 
 pleasing personality which has readily won him friends, but this is 
 also owing to his warm heart and sympathetic nature, which makes 
 him ever quick to see distress or sorrow in others, and anxious to 
 relieve it if it is in his power to do so. 
 
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WILLIAM C. CLAKK 
 
 THE name of Clark has been so closely and successfully identi- 
 fied for many years, both in this country and in the Old 
 World, with the manufacture of thread, that a more extended men- 
 tion of this industry in this review seems unnecessary. The late 
 William C. Clark, of Newark, New Jersey, was no exception to the 
 ability which has characterized the other members of his family in 
 this particular field of industry, and was president of the Clark 
 Thread Works in Newark at the time of his death. 
 
 He was born in Paisley, Scotland, son of James Clark, a thread 
 
 maker, and grandson of :— Clark, also a thread manufacturer. 
 
 He received a fine education in the private school of Dr. Bryce, in 
 Edinburgh, Scotland, and came to the United States at the age of 
 sixteen years. Here he completed his education by a two years' 
 course at Rutgers College, after which he became actively interested 
 in the Clark Thread Works, with which he was associated in various 
 capacities until his death, when he had filled the office of president 
 for a considerable length of time. Mr. Clark was but forty-nine 
 years of age at the time of his death, this being directly brought 
 about as the result of an automobile accident two years previous, in 
 which Mr. Clark had received a severe injury to his hip. From that 
 time he was under constant medical care until his passing away. He 
 bore his intense sufferings with marvelous patience, and his mind 
 retained its brilliancy until the end. The Clark Thread Works was 
 not the only enterprise in which Mr. Clark was interested. So well 
 was his executive ability recognized, that his services were in demand 
 to fill official positions in other undertakings, and he held the office 
 of director in a number of financial institutions. 
 
 Mr. Clark married, 1885, Estelle, daughter of the late Thomas 
 T. Kinney, a newspaper publisher, and he is survived by her and 
 two daughters. He was a man of advanced and liberal ideas and 
 always took a strong stand for the cause of higher education. Self- 
 
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BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 603 
 
 sacrificing, earnest and conscientious, he took a leading part in every 
 movement which tended to the advancement and improvement of the 
 moral and social condition of the community. While in no way 
 lacking the courage of his convictions, he would sacrifice his own 
 interests rather than wound the feelings of another. He was a per- 
 fect type of a noble, American citizen, and manliness, patriotism, 
 sincerity and friendship are instinctively associated with his name. 
 
 WILLIAM FRANCIS PERPENTE, D. D. S. 
 
 PROMINENT among the members of the dental profession 
 engaged in active practice in West Hoboken, whose skill and 
 ability have been the means of alleviating the sufferings of mankind, 
 thereby making their work beneficial to a marked degree, may be 
 mentioned Dr. Perpente, whose birth occurred September i8, 1883, 
 
 son of August and (Neubecker) Perpente, the former named 
 
 bom April 14, 1839, died December 24, 19 10, a mechanical sheet 
 and metal worker, and grandson of Karl Frederick Perpente. 
 
 Dr. Perpente obtained his preliminary education in the Jersey 
 City High School, and then matriculated in the New York College 
 of Dentistry, graduating from that well known institution in the class 
 of 1905. In the year 1902 he served as an assistant with Dr. Kerr, 
 D. D. S., and since his graduation has practiced in West Hoboken. 
 Dr. Perpente is a member of Psi Psi Phi fraternity, and the Berkley 
 Anchor Athletic Club, and he derives his greatest pleasure during his 
 leisure moments from rowing and automobiling. He Is thorough 
 and painstaking In the performance of his work, of which he has a 
 complete knowledge, and therefore well merits the generous patron- 
 age accorded him. He married, April 16, 19 13, a Miss Howell. 
 
ISAAC FARLEE RICHEY 
 
 ISAAC FARLEE RICHEY, a noted corporation counsel of Tren- 
 ton, New Jersey, is recognized as a keen student of human 
 nature and a man of great force of character. These qualifications 
 have undoubtedly been the secret of his professional success and he is 
 to be congratulated upon the noble manner in which he discharges the 
 difficult duties of his profession. 
 
 His grandfather, William Richey, was a prosperous farmer 
 of Warren county, New Jersey. Augustus Godley Richey, father 
 of Isaac F. Richey, was born March 17, 18 19, in Warren 
 county, and died in Trenton, New Jersey, January 15, 1894. He 
 was admitted to the bar in 1844, and for a number of years was the 
 oldest practicing attorney in the city of Trenton, and had the largest 
 practice in the entire county. He was the counsel for a number of 
 railroad and other corporations, trustee of Lafayette College, and 
 of the American Sunday-school Union, and held a number of high 
 official positions in the Prospect Street Presbyterian Church of Tren- 
 ton. He was elected Republican State Senator from Mercer county 
 in 1865. He married Anna G., daughter of General Isaac G. 
 Farlee, of Flemington, New Jersey, and their three children were: 
 Isaac Farlee, Mary and Mrs. Charles J. Fisk. 
 
 Isaac Farlee Richey was born in Asbury, Warren county. 
 New Jersey, May 3, 1851. His academical education was obtained 
 in the Lawrenceville High School and at the Trenton Academy, 
 from which he was graduated, and he commenced the study of law in 
 the offices of Richey & Emery, under the preceptorship of his father, 
 and completed his legal studies at the Harvard Law School, from 
 which he was graduated with honor in the class of 1875. He was 
 admitted to the bar of New Jersey as an attorney, June 2, 1875, and 
 as a counsellor-at-law, in November, 1878. Among the important 
 corporations with which he has been connected in the capacity of 
 counsel, and in some of which he holds other official position, may be 
 mentioned: The Philadelphia & Reading and Delaware & Bound 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 605 
 
 Brook railroad companies; Mechanics' National Bank of Trenton, 
 Trenton Savings Fund Society, Trenton Gas Company, Enterprise 
 Land Company, Penn Gas Coal Company of Philadelphia. The 
 life of Mr. Richey has been one of unquestioned integrity, of fidelity 
 to duty and of sterling worth, and the numerous admirers he has 
 won in both public and private life bear testimony to this fact. 
 
 JAMES A. BRADLEY 
 
 SENATOR JAMES A. BRADLEY was born at Rossville, Staten 
 Island, February 14, 1830, but went to New York City, which 
 then occupied but a small fraction of Manhattan Island, for his edu- 
 cation, which he received in the Madison Street Public School. He 
 did not spend a great deal of time here, however, but went to New 
 Jersey and hired out at twelve years of age, as a boy of all work on 
 the farm and in the paper mill of William Davies at Bloomfield. But 
 farming was not the work at which Senator Bradley chose to spend 
 his life, and returning to the city, he became foreman at the age of 
 twenty-one in the factory of Francis P. Furnald of Pearl street. 
 New York, a manufacturer of brushes. During the seven years he 
 remained here, he grew proficient in this trade and, appreciating the 
 opportunity lying therein, he severed his connection with his employ- 
 ers and in 1857 established a similar business of his own and in i860 
 located at 251 Pearl street. Fifty-three years in the same business 
 at the same place is an unusual record, but it is Senator Bradley's, who 
 is still actively engaged in the manufacture of brushes at the original 
 address. 
 
 For many years the Senator was a Commissioner of the City of 
 Asbury Park and for several terms Mayor. In 1893 ^e was elected 
 to the New Jersey State Legislature. 
 
JOHN ALEXANDER CAMPBELL 
 
 THERE are no rules for building character; there is no one rule 
 for achieving success. The man who can rise to a leading 
 position in any line is he who can see and utilize the opportunities 
 that surround his path. The essential conditions of human life are 
 ever the same, the surroundings of individuals differ but slightly; 
 and when one man passes another on the highway to reach the goal 
 of prosperity before others who perhaps started out before him, it is 
 because he has the power to use advantages which probably encom- 
 pass the whole human race. John Alexander Campbell, of Trenton, 
 New Jersey, is a man of this caliber. He is not alone president of the 
 important corporation known as the Trenton Pottery Company, but 
 he is a leading spirit in a number of other business organizations 
 and in social life. The paternal ancestors of Mr. Campbell are to be 
 traced to Scotland, while those in the maternal line took a prominent 
 part in the defence of the country during the revolutionary period. 
 
 The Rev. Peter Campbell, grandfather of Mr. Campbell, was 
 born in Scotland, and became pastor of the United Presbyterian 
 church in Florida, New York. His son, Peter Campbell, married 
 Mary J. Montgomery, granddaughter of John Montgomery, who 
 was an active participant in the battles of Saratoga and Bennington 
 during the Revolutionary War. 
 
 John Alexander, son of Peter and Mary J. (Montgomery) 
 Campbell, was born in Shushan, Washington county. New York, 
 January 31, 1856. His preparation for the university was an excel- 
 lent one and was acquired at the Collegiate School of Dr. Chapin, 
 New York City. Upon leaving this institution he matriculated at 
 Princeton University, New Jersey, from which he was graduated in 
 the class of 1877. Having made a thorough and practical study 
 and investigation of the pottery industry he purchased in 1879 an 
 interest in the International Pottery Company of Trenton. In 
 1893 he became the general manager of the Trenton Pottery Com- 
 pany, of Trenton, the largest concern of its kind in the world, and it 
 
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 is due to his executive ability and his enterprising and progressive 
 ideas that this company holds its present proud position. In financial 
 matters Mr. Campbell has displayed the same ability to cope with 
 difficult problems that he has shown in the industrial field, and he 
 has been chosen as the president of the Trenton Banking Company, 
 and honored with the position of manager of the Trenton Savings 
 Fund Society. All matters which concern the welfare of the city 
 have engaged a share of his attention for many years, and he has 
 thrown himself into everything of this nature with a spirit worthy 
 of emulation. As a member of the Board of Education of the City 
 of Trenton he has introduced a number of new and very practical 
 ideas; his influence has been a beneficial and far-reaching one in his 
 office of president of the Young Men's Christian Association of 
 Trenton, and as a trustee of the Trenton Free Public Library he 
 has also done excellent service. 
 
 Mr. Campbell married, October 30, 1879, at Shushan, Wash- 
 ington county, New York, Fannie Cleveland, and they have one 
 child: Fannie Cleveland. Both in public and private life, Mr. 
 Campbell is exact, methodical and judicious. One of his most 
 marked characteristics is a stern sense of justice. This has com.e to 
 be recognized by those whom he has in charge, and he has won the 
 affection as well as the respect of the men under him. 
 
WILLIAM B. GOURLEY 
 
 PROMINENT among the representative citizens of Paterson, 
 who trace their ancestry to foreign countries from whence 
 come so many of our successful men of affairs, stands out promi- 
 nently William B. Gourley, a native of county Down, Ireland, his 
 birth date being March 2, 1857. 
 
 He came to the United States in 1866, at the early age of nine 
 years, settling in Paterson, New Jersey, his present residence. He 
 obtained a practical education in the public schools, which was 
 amplified by a course of study under private tutors. He chose the 
 profession of law for his life work, and accordingly placed himself 
 under the supervision of James Evans, who had served as city coun- 
 sel of Paterson, and under Albert Comstock, a prominent lawyer 
 of Paterson. He was admitted as an attorney at the bar of New 
 Jersey in June, 1880, as counsellor in June, 1883, and subsequently 
 was admitted to the bar of United States Circuit and District 
 Courts. He engaged in active practice in the city of Paterson, and 
 possessing the attributes of a successful lawyer, integrity of character, 
 judicial instinct and a rare appreciation of the two sides of every 
 question, soon became well known and built up an extensive and 
 profitable practice, his specialty being corporation law, in which he 
 has been eminently successful. 
 
 Upon attaining his majority he cast his vote with the Demo- 
 cratic part\% and thenceforth was active and zealous in its behalf, 
 performing effective work. When the Fourth Assembly District of 
 Passaic county was formed in 1881 he became the independent can- 
 didate for the office of assemblyman, his opponent being Hon. 
 Thomas Flynn, the regular nominee. Although he was defeated, 
 he made a splendid showing, the chief reason of his failure being his 
 age, he being only twenty-four years of age. Four years later he was 
 regularly nominated by the Democratic party, and this time was 
 successful, his plurality being 1,300, the largest majority ever given 
 to a candidate for that office in that county up to that time. He 
 
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 served creditably and well until April i, 1886. On one occasion he 
 spoke continuously for five hours, winning great renown, his theme 
 being against the measure to prevent the bridging of the Arthur 
 Kill. For two terms of five years each he served as Prosecutor of the 
 Pleas of Passaic county, his tenure of office being noted for efficiency 
 and promptness in every detail. Prior to December, 1895, ^^ 
 served as chairman of the sub-committee on organization of the 
 Passaic county committee for ten years, resigning therefrom in order 
 to devote his entire time and energy to the office he was then called 
 upon to fill. He was chairman of the Democratic State Committee 
 from 1898 to 1907, when he tendered his resignation on account of 
 ill health, and from 1900 to 1908 he was a member from New Jersey 
 on the Democratic National Committee, resigning from active partic- 
 ipation in politics in the latter named year on account of ill health. 
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JONATHAN BONNEL 
 
 JONATHAN BONNEL, whose eminent position in financial and 
 railroad circles and prominence in general public life demand 
 for him especial recognition in the history of Union county, is of 
 the fifth generation of his family in this county, and is descended 
 from ancestors who have been closely connected with the develop- 
 ment and advancement of the communities in which they have 
 resided. His ancestors, as tradition says, were French Huguenots 
 who were compelled by the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes to 
 seek protection in foreign lands. They came to America, settled on 
 Long Island, and from that section Nathaniel Bonnell removed to 
 Elizabethtown, New Jersey, where he was one of the first company 
 of "Elizabeth Town Associates," which implied very early identifi- 
 cation with the State interests. He was honored with the military 
 title of captain, and his final place of residence was in Chatham, 
 Morris county. New Jersey. 
 
 His son, Nathaniel Bonnel, was born in 1731, died in July, 
 1809. His son, also Nathaniel Bonnel, was born in June, 1756, 
 died April 15, 1814. He married Martha Crane, also descended 
 from an old and prominent family, and they became the parents of 
 seven children. 
 
 Jonathan C, son of Nathaniel and Martha (Crane) Bonnel, 
 was born in Chatham, Morris county. New Jersey, September 29, 
 1790. His education was acquired in the public schools of his native 
 town, and at a comparatively early age he became actively identified 
 with his father in the lumber business which had been established by 
 the latter. After the death of his father, which occurred when 
 young Mr. Bonnel was but a few years past his majority, he assumed 
 full control of this business, and supplied many of the leading ship 
 builders with the necessary timber during the War of 181 2. The 
 numler of his workmen was considered very large for that time and 
 his trade was an extended one. His business was located at a place 
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 there until 1840. He was one of the projectors, in 1836, of the 
 Morris & Essex railroad, now a part of the Delaware, Lackawanna 
 & Western Company, and was one of the most prominent promoters 
 of the enterprise in every direction. He always retained his residence 
 in Chatham, but became so closely and prominently connected with 
 the affairs of Union county as to be entitled to representation there. 
 During his connection with the railroad interests mentioned above, 
 he personally purchased two hundred acres of land in Summit town- 
 ship. Union county, and although he never became a resident of this 
 county many of his interests centered there. He erected a large 
 summer hotel in Summit in 1858, secured a very competent manager, 
 and operated it very successfully. The beautiful little town of Sum- 
 mit was practically built about this hotel, which was destroyed by 
 fire in 1868. The town itself is located on a portion of the two 
 hundred acre tract purchased by Mr. Bonnel, this being laid out in 
 building plats and sold. He never cared to hold public office, but he 
 was a staunch supporter of the Whig party, later transferring his 
 allegiance to the Republican party. He was a Presbyterian in 
 religious faith and served for many years as a trustee of the Presby- 
 terian church in New Providence. He married, 1814, Phoebe, 
 daughter of Ichabod and Ester Ward, of Chatham, descendants of 
 old Morris county families. Children: Mehitabel, now the widow 
 of William Littell, of Summit; Julia, widow of Dr. John S. Smith, 
 of New Providence; Harriet; Charity F. ; Emmaline, also of Sum- 
 mit; Jonathan; David Ward, of Summit, who is also prominent in 
 the development of that town. 
 
 Jonathan Bonnel, son of the preceding, has been active in carry- 
 ing on the work instituted by his father, and in adapting it in a prac- 
 tical and progressive manner to the changing needs of the present 
 times. While his ideas are conservative to a certain extent, he keeps 
 well in touch with the trend of the times, and incorporates in his plans 
 for the development of the property in his charge the best ideas to be 
 gathered from developments of a similar kind in various other 
 sections. He is a man of strong convictions, which he advocates 
 with emphasis; of strong principles, to which he consistently adheres; 
 yet when the general good appears to demand it he can yield with 
 grace to the will of the majority. 
 
ANDREW CROZER REEVES 
 
 ANDREW CROZER REEVES, of Trenton, New Jersey, presi- 
 dent of the corporation known as Muschert, Reeves & Com- 
 pany, and holding official position in numerous other corporations, 
 has for many years been active in advancing the welfare of the city 
 and county in many directions and is a representative of an old and 
 honored English family. The name was originally spelled Reeve, 
 and when the American pioneer of this family, Walter Reeve, came 
 here, he settled in the province of West Jersey before 1682. He 
 purchased a plantation on Rancocas creek and there erected his home- 
 stead. In all probability he came directly from England, but he 
 may have lived for a time in Southold, Long Island. He was chiefly 
 occupied with farming, but was also engaged to a certain extent in 
 commerce. At the time of his death he was the owner of two plan- 
 tations aggregating four hundred and sixty acres. John Reeves, a 
 lineal descendant in the fourth generation, was a soldier during the 
 Revolutionary War, enlisting from Burlington county. New Jersey, 
 in the Continental line and the State militia. 
 
 Andrew Crozer Reeves, son of Andrew Crozer and Mary Jane 
 (Moon) Reeves, a lineal descendant in the seventh generation from the 
 emigrant ancestor, Walter Reeve, was born nearYardley, Bucks county, 
 Pennsylvania, December 3, 1867. He was educated in the public 
 schools of Penns Manor, Pennsylvania, and the State Model School 
 of New Jersey, and prepared for the entrance college examination. 
 However, he changed his mind before the time to take the examina- 
 tion had approached, and decided to devote himself to business inter- 
 ests, feeling that he was better adapted to a life of that kind. He 
 established himself as a commission merchant in Philadelphia in 
 association with F. W. Muschert and in this enterprise was suc- 
 cessful. W^hen Jonathan Steward, a prominent resident of Trenton, 
 New Jersey, failed in business, Mr. Reeves removed to Trenton, and 
 in association with Mr. Steward established the firm of Jonathan 
 Steward & Company, wholesale grocers. This firm was incorporated 
 
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 in 1907 under the name of Muschcrt, Reeves & Company, Mr. 
 Reeves being chosen to fill the responsible office of president. As 
 the city grew in importance the matter of transportation became one 
 of the most important ones requiring consideration, and Mr. Reeves 
 was one of the leading spirits in solving this difficult problem. As 
 one of the organizers and directors of the Trenton, Lawrenceville & 
 Princeton, and the Philadelphia, Trenton & Bristol roads, he ren- 
 dered excellent service. In transportation matters in Philadelphia 
 he was no less energetic, and was an official in the Southwestern Rail- 
 way Company, the Billingsport & Philadelphia Ferry Company and 
 the Washington Seaboard and Norfolk Railway Company. His 
 official connection with other corporations is as follows: Director of 
 the Broad Street National Bank and the School of Industrial Arts 
 of Trenton; treasurer of the Sea-Degan Pump Company; director 
 and former treasurer of the Reeves Engine and Machine Company; 
 and president of the Times Publishing Company when that paper 
 had the largest circulation of any south of Newark, New Jersey. 
 
 Mr. Reeves married, October 28, 1891, Sara A., born April 29, 
 1867, daughter of David and Maria (Leiiferts) Conard, and has 
 three children; Marguerite, Mary Lucile and Dorothy. In the 
 Masonic order Mr. Reeves has attained the thirty-second degree; he 
 is a member of Mercer Lodge, No. 50, Free and Accepted Masons, 
 and has been master of this lodge; Palestine Commandery, No. 4, 
 Knights Templar; Scottish Rite Consistory, Valley of Trenton. The 
 business transactions of Mr. Reeves have been large and varied, but 
 they have always been conducted in such a manner that the city has 
 had at least as much profit from the successful carrying out of the 
 enterprises with which he was connected as he himself derived. 
 
WOOD McKEE 
 
 WOOD McKEE, prominent among the members of the legal 
 fraternity in the city of Paterson, and equally prominent in 
 public affairs, is a native of the city in which he now resides, born 
 November lo, 1866, son of James Willis and Margaret (Bush) 
 McKee, grandson of William and Eliza (Willis) (Berdan) McKee, 
 and a descendant of Scotch-Irish ancestry, from whence have sprung 
 so many of our best citizens. 
 
 Wood McKee attended the public schools of Paterson, and 
 the knowledge thus gained was supplemented by attendance at 
 Father McManus' Seminary. Deciding upon the profession of law 
 for his life work, he placed himself under the competent guidance of 
 Judge Francis Scott, and in 1888 was admitted as an attorney at the 
 New Jersey bar. He lost no time in entering upon the active practice 
 of his profession and it soon became evident that he was a man of 
 ability and energy, which coupled with his high character would win 
 for him merited distinction in his chosen line of work. From year 
 to year his practice grew in volume and importance. He is a man 
 of the highest integrity, greatly respected in the community, has 
 attained a high standing in the profession and enjoys a merited repu- 
 tation as an able and reliable attorney. Since attaining his majority 
 he has taken an active interest in politics, his allegiance being given to 
 the Republican party, and he has served as a member of the lower 
 house of the State Legislature and as a State Senator, his tenure of 
 office in the first-named position being from 1897 to 1899, and in 
 the latter from 1900 to 1906. Mr. McKee inherited from his father 
 a talent for vocal music, and is capably filling the position of basso 
 in the choir of St. Peter's Church, Paterson. His fraternal affiliations 
 are as follows: Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 88, Free and Accepted Masons; 
 Adelphic Chapter, No. 33, Royal Arch Masons; Terry Council, No. 
 6, Royal and Select Masters, Melita Commandery, No. 13, Knights 
 Templar; Silk City Conclave, No. 232, Order of Heptasophs; 
 Fabiola Lodge, Knights of Pythias; Pioneer Camp, No. 7734, 
 Modern Woodmen of America ; Paterson Lodge, No. 60, Benevolent 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 615 
 
 and Protective Order of Elks. He is also a member of the Mecca 
 and Hamilton clubs, of Paterson. 
 
 Mr. McKee married Margaret Ayres, born February 22, 1868, 
 died May 22, 1908, daughter of James G. and Ellen (Watson) 
 Ayres, the former of whom was for many years superintendent of the 
 Cooke Locomotive Works, of Paterson. Children : Dorothy, born 
 June 24, 1896; Jessie, July 3, 1898; Margaret, July 23, 1906. 
 
 JUDGE THOMAS P. COSTELLO 
 
 THOMAS P. COSTELLO, the present Judge of the Police 
 Court of Passaic, is a representative of that class of men who 
 by the force of their own ability and will rise to positions of honor, 
 trust and responsibility. He is a native of New Jersey, born in Pas- 
 saic, June 4, 1877, son of Martin and Annie (Hearn) Costello. 
 
 He received his education in a parochial school and in St. 
 Peter's College, Jersey City, New Jersey. Having determined upon 
 the profession of law as a life vocation, he entered the New York 
 Law School, and after duly pursuing the prescribed course was 
 admitted to the New Jersey bar as an attorney in February, 1899. 
 He began the practice of his profession in Passaic, since which time 
 he has been actively and successfully engaged in the same, having 
 won an honorable place in the front rank of his profession. In 
 January, 19 10, he was appointed to the position of Judge of the 
 Police Court of Passaic, to the duties of which he brings a wide and 
 varied experience. The dignity and efficiency he manifests in per- 
 forming his onerous tasks commend him highly to the consideration 
 of the residents of Passaic. He is well and favorably known in the 
 community, and is universally respected by all who know him. He is 
 a staunch adherent of the principles of the Republican party, believ- 
 ing they are conducive to the best form of government. He holds 
 membership in the Knights of Columbus, and the Passaic Club. 
 
 Mr. Costello married, April 15, 1903, Mary D. Meade, daugh- 
 ter of Nicholas and Annie Meade. They have had two children: 
 Mary Anita, Thomas P. Jr., died May 23, 1908. 
 
WILLIAM MANEWAL 
 
 WILLIAM MANEWAL, photographer, of Hoboken, New 
 Jersey, whose extensive business interests place him among 
 the leaders In his particular field of art, has achieved that success 
 which is the logical result of enterprise, systematic effort, resolute 
 purpose and straightforward dealing. LIpon the ladder of his own 
 building he has climbed to prominence and reputation, as well as 
 material prosperit)'. He is regarded as an expert in his art by far 
 more than local admirers, and his patronage comes to him from far 
 and wide. 
 
 William Manewal was born in Germany, September 6, 1872, 
 son of John Mancwal, who held public office in the city in which he 
 resided. When he had completed the prescribed course of study at 
 the common and high schools of his native city, William Manewal 
 became a student at an art school, where he was busily engaged for a 
 period of three and a half years, followed this with studies along the 
 same lines in Paris, France, for seven months, and concluded this 
 thorough study with ten months spent in Venice, Italy. In 1890 he 
 came to America, and located in Hoboken, New Jersey, where he 
 opened a photographic art gallery. So successful was he in this 
 undertaking that in the course of a very few years he was enabled 
 to purchase the place outright, and develop it to its present propor- 
 tions, making it one of the largest and best equipped studios of its 
 kind in the entire State. Mr. Manewal is constantly adding to his 
 knowledge of the photographic art, and has been the pioneer in 
 introducing many new ideas. In addition to his art studies and the 
 management of his business, Mr. Manewal is de\'Oted to athletic 
 sports of all kinds, whether on land or in the water. For a period of 
 ten years he was at the Hoboken Turn Verein as an instructor in 
 athletic sports, and his reputation in this fieUl is established in both 
 this country and abroad.' He has made numerous and extensive trips 
 throughout the country in the interests of athletics, and has been 
 a delegate to Turn Verein tournaments in Germany. He is a promi- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 617 
 
 ncnt member of the New Jersey State Photographic Art Association, 
 and is a member of the Hoboken Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; 
 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Oarsmen's Club; Rhein- 
 heim Society of Hoboken; Deutsche Club of Hoboken; and the 
 Hoboken Academy. With his family he attends the German Luth- 
 eran Church of Hoboken. 
 
 Mr. Manewal married Albertina Wassner, and they have chil- 
 dren: William Jr., Addie and Alice. Mr. Manewal has keen dis- 
 crimination and power of control, and this combined with his unusual 
 executive ability has resulted in bringing to him the patronage which 
 he so eminently deserves. His wealth has been worthily achieved, 
 and not only in business circles, but also in all the relations of life, he 
 commands the esteem and respect of all. 
 
 WALTER A. KIPP 
 
 WALTER ADRIANCE KIPP, a practicing lawyer of Ruth- 
 erford, New Jersey, who has attained distinction in his 
 chosen profession as a result of ability, natural and acquired, was 
 born in New York City, February 25, 1877, son of Stanley C. and 
 Sadie (Adriance) Kipp. 
 
 Walter A. Kipp received his education in the public schools of 
 Rutherford, New Jersey, where his parents moved in his boyhood, 
 and also the High School, and after completing his studies there 
 began the study of law under the guidance of E. J. Luce, this course 
 qualifying him for admission to the New Jersey bar, of which he 
 became a member in 1899, since which time he has been engaged in 
 active practice in partnership with his preceptor. They appear under 
 the firm name of Luce & Kipp, and are accorded a large share of 
 patronage in the community. Mr. Kipp is a Republican in politics, 
 serving as a member of the Republican County Committee. He 
 holds membership in the Bergen County Bar Association, LInion 
 Club of Rutherford, and the Yountaka Country Club. Mr. Kipp 
 married, in 1906, Janet, daughter of George Streat. Children: 
 Virginia and Walter Adriance Jr. 
 
COLONEL WILLIAM BARBOUR 
 
 THE lists of public men of New Jersey would be incomplete if 
 they did not contain the illustrious name and record of Colo- 
 nel William Barbour, whose distinguished career has been one of 
 usefulness and honor to his city and State. He is one of those rest- 
 less, energetic business men, whose entire life is an incessant battle, 
 whose clear brain brings order out of chaos, and whose touch trans- 
 mutes the baser metals into gold. It is needless to say that he exerts 
 a great influence on the affairs of his adopted city. 
 
 Colonel William Barbour was born in New York City, Septem- 
 ber 9, 1847, son of Thomas and Sarah Elizabeth Barbour, and a 
 direct descendant of an old and honored family of Paisley, Scotland. 
 John Barbour, one of the early members of the family, removed to 
 Lisburn, Ireland, about 1768, there engaged in flax spinning for a 
 number of years, and in 1784 founded what is now the oldest linen 
 thread manufacturing establishment in the world. Thomas Barbour, 
 a descendant of John Barbour, came to the United States about 
 1840, and was the American agent of the Lisburn establishment until 
 about 1864, when he was joined by his brother Robert (born in Lis- 
 burn, Ireland, in 1826, died in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1892) and 
 the two soon afterward established extensive thread works in Pater- 
 son, under the firm name of the Barbour Flax-Spinning Company. 
 
 Colonel William Barbour obtained his preliminary education in 
 a private school in Paterson, New Jersey, whither his parents 
 removed when he was a child, and later attended the High Street 
 Academy in Newark, New Jersey. He then spent three years in 
 Europe to acquire a familiarity with the languages of the old world, 
 two in Hanover, Germany, and one in Tours, France. Upon his 
 return to Paterson he became an employee of the Barbour Flax- 
 Spinning Company, which is one of the leading industries of its class 
 in the world, and has since been connected with the various Barbour 
 interests. The company was a success from the beginning, and the 
 thread manufactured by them has attained a world-wide reputation, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 619 
 
 finding a ready market ever^'where. Under the capable management 
 of Colonel Barbour the business has increased to a large extent, gain- 
 ing new honors with each passing year. 
 
 Colonel Barbour's business interests are not confined to the 
 above-named company, of which he is the capable head, as he holds a 
 number of offices in other important enterprises, namely: President 
 of the Hamilton Trust Company of Paterson; president of the Linen 
 Thread Company of New Jersey and manager director in the United 
 States of the Linen Thread Company, Ltd.; vice-president and 
 director of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation, and director in 
 the Hanover National Bank of New York, the United States Smelt- 
 ing, Refining & Mining Company, the American Cotton Oil Com- 
 pany, Safety Car Heating & Lighting Company, First National 
 Bank, Paterson Savings Institution, Paterson Safe Deposit & Trust 
 Company, and various water companies of New Jersey, and governor 
 of the Society of Useful Manufactures of Paterson. 
 
 In 1884 Colonel Barbour was a delegate from New Jersey to 
 the National Republican Convention at Chicago which nominated 
 James G. Blaine for the presidency, and has been a delegate from the 
 Sixth District of New Jersey at every National Convention since that 
 date. He was a close personal friend of the late President McKin- 
 ley. He was a delegate to the convention that nominated John W. 
 Griggs for Governor of New Jersey, and after Mr. Griggs' election 
 Mr. Barbour was appointed a member of his personal staff, with the 
 rank of colonel, a dignity that he resigned when Mr. Griggs was 
 appointed attorney-general of the United States. He is a member 
 of the L^nion League, Republican and Merchants' clubs of New 
 York, the Hamilton Club of Paterson, and the Central Presbyterian 
 Church of New York. 
 
 Colonel Barbour married, November 8, 1883, Julia Adelaide, 
 daughter of John H. Sprague, of New York City. Children: 
 Thomas, connected with Harvard University'; Robert, a graduate 
 of Columbia University; William Warren, assistant treasurer of the 
 Linen Thread Company; Fritz Krupp, named after the famous 
 Prussian gun maker, a close friend of Colonel Barbour. It can be 
 truly said of Colonel Barbour that he has served with credit, fidelity 
 and distinction in every capacity that he has been called upon to fill. 
 
ISAAC A. HALL 
 
 IF "biography is the home aspect of history," as Wilmott has 
 expressed it, it is certainly within the province of true history to 
 commemorate and perpetuate the lives of those men whose careers 
 have been of signal usefulness and honor to the city in which they reside, 
 and in this connection it is compatible that mention be made of Isaac 
 A. Hall, one of the leading citizens of Paterson, equally well known 
 in business and social circles. 
 
 Isaac A. Hall was born in Paterson, New Jersey, October 9, 
 i860, son of Albert Hall, who emigrated from Staleybridge, Eng- 
 land, arriving in Paterson, New Jersey, in September, 1857, and 
 three years later started to operate an establishment for the manu- 
 facture of reeds and harness for silk weaving, the first of its kind in 
 this country. He conducted the business successfully until his death, 
 August 4, 1870. The business was conducted in a small way until 
 January 2, 1883, when the present proprietor was admitted to part- 
 nership and the firm of I. A. Hall & Company was formed. 
 
 On the night of January 2, 1883, the company's factory, then 
 situated at No. 185 Division street (now Hamilton avenue) was 
 totally destroyed by fire, with all its contents, it being almost a total 
 loss owing to the fact that very little insurance was carried on the 
 property. The members of the company, nothing daunted by this 
 mishap, shortly resumed active operations, having an annex at No. 
 no Straight street. On May 6, 1886, Mr. Hall purchased entire 
 control and removed the business to more extensive quarters at Nos. 
 4-6-8 West street, where he conducted business until 1888, in which 
 year he erected a spacious structure adapted for the work, located 
 at Nos. 30-36 Hamilton avenue. He manufactures general weavers' 
 supplies, which are in great demand in the dty of Paterson, owing 
 to the number of mills located there, but are also used universally 
 throughout the entire country, and considerable quantities are shipped 
 to the principal European countries. He is the owner of many 
 valuable patents, and gives employment to several hundred operatives, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 621 
 
 this being one of the principal industries of that thriving city. He 
 is also manufacturers' agent for large French and English Interests. 
 
 Mr. Hall is also the owner of the well known Hall Mill in 
 Fulton street, Paterson, which was erected by him in i 898 for renting 
 purposes; this consists of four stories and basement, fifty by three 
 hundred and thirty feet, operated by a great Corliss engine and 
 three boilers, and has a lighting system generated by a direct con- 
 nected high speed engine and dynamo capable of producing one 
 thousand seven hundred lights. Mr. Hall is also the owner of New 
 Hall Mill, situated on Harrison street, exactly similar to Hall Mill. 
 He has also a manufacturing interest at Allentown, Pennsylvania, 
 similar to the one at Paterson, the mill being four stories and base- 
 ment in height, fifty by one hundred and sixty feet. These facts, 
 briefly set forth, denote the business sagacity and acumen of Mr. 
 Hall, who is scrupulously honorable in all his dealings with mankind, 
 and who bears a reputation for public and private integrity second to 
 none. 
 
 Mr. Hall is a Republican in his political affiliations, but has 
 always declined public office, although his name has been advanced for 
 the high offices of mayor of Paterson and Member of Congress. He 
 was appointed Commissioner of Public Instruction in February, 1893, 
 resigning in March, 1897, to become one of the members of the 
 Board of Park Commissioners, in which capacity he has served ever 
 since, bearing an enviable reputation for performing well his duties, 
 and he is also chairman of the Eastside Park Committee. 
 
 Mr. Hall is president of the Union Transit Company, vice- 
 president of the Hamilton Printing Company and the Title Guaran- 
 tee Land Company, a director of the Passaic County Building Asso- 
 ciation and other land companies, a director of the Nassau & Suffolk 
 Lighting Company, a member of the advisory board of the Paterson 
 General Hospital, and an associate member of the Young Men's 
 Christian Association. He is a member of the Improved Order of 
 Red Men, being a past sachem of Osseo Tribe; member of Paterson 
 Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; member of Ivan- 
 hoe Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Chapter Rose Croix, 
 Council of Princes of Jerusalem, of Paterson Lodge of Perfection, of 
 
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 the Sovereign Consistory (Jersey City) and of Mecca Temple, 
 Mystic Shrine (New Yoriv). He also holds membership in the 
 Hamilton Club of Paterson, the North Jersey Country Club of 
 Warren Point, the Livingston Club of Allentown, Pennsylvania, the 
 North Jersey Agricultural and Driving Association, the Mecca Club 
 of Paterson, the Paterson Cricket Club, the Hibernia Bowling Club, 
 the Paterson Silk Industry Association, the Silk Association of Amer- 
 ica, the Lake Hopatcong Club, the Lotos and Knickerbocker clubs 
 of New York City, and the North Jersey Automobile Club. He 
 was appointed by Governor Fort to be one of New Jersey's commis- 
 sioners to the Alaska-Yukon Exposition, and spent several months 
 at the Exposition, performing the duties required in a highly satis- 
 factory manner. 
 
 This brief resume of Mr. Hall's many spheres of activity proves 
 the broadness of his mental vision, and whether considered as 
 employer, official business associate or clubman, he is always found to 
 be true to himself and to his fellows. 
 
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RICHARD MORRELL 
 
 RICHARD MORRELL, who through his long line of distin- 
 guished ancestors (he being in the sixth generation) has inher- 
 ited many excellent characteristics, they having exemplified in their 
 lives the traits of honesty, thrift, sagacity and enterprise, is a native 
 of New Jersey, his birth occurring in Jersey City, January 27, 1859, 
 son of Richard and Emily Louise (Randal) Morrell, the former of 
 whom was a member of Morrell & Post, lumber merchants, for many 
 years, later a member of Morrell & Vanderbeek, lumber merchants; 
 and the latter named, after the death of her husband became the wife 
 of Dr. Richard A. Terhune. 
 
 Richard Morrell, who was born after his father's death, was 
 reared by his mother and stepfather. His education was obtained in 
 the public schools of his native city, at the Military Academy at 
 Mount Pleasant, Sing Sing, New York, and at the Passaic Classical 
 Institute. In early life he evinced a decided talent for business, and 
 his first employment was as clerk in a banking house in Wall street, 
 New York City, in which capacity he served for a number of years, 
 gaining a valuable experience along those lines. In 1881 he made a 
 complete change of business, forming a partnership with David 
 Campbell, of Passaic, who was at that time conducting a small flour 
 and feed store on Passaic street, under the style of Campbell & Mor- 
 rell. Their business gradually increased in volume and importance, 
 and they added thereto various commodities, namely, coal, and 
 building materials, conducting a wholesale as well as retail trade. In 
 1886 the business was formed into a corporation entitled Campbell 
 & Morrell Company, and shortly afterward Mr. Morrell and the 
 other members of the company purchased the interest of the senior 
 partner and still further expanded the business, which subsequently 
 became one of the leading concerns in the city of Passaic. In 1884, 
 prior to the firm becoming a corporation, Mr. Morrell secured the 
 eastern agency for the sale of anthracite coal mined by the Erie Rail- 
 way Company, holding the position for a number of years, and 
 
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 during this time they suppHed all the large mills in Paterson, Passaic 
 and other manufacturing centers of eastern New Jersey with that 
 necessary commodity, from which they derived a handsome income. 
 In like proportion their sale for the other articles they handled grew, 
 extending throughout the State, their facilities for carrying on their 
 great work being of the best. 
 
 Men of wide and varied experience, of business sagacity and 
 acumen, are always chosen for membership on the boards and com- 
 mittees of prominent institutions, and accordingly Mr. Morrell 
 served as director in the People's Bank and Trust Company, in the 
 National Brick and Terra Cotta Company of Passaic, the Passaic 
 Board of Trade, and in the Passaic & New York Railroad, also as 
 treasurer of the General Hospital Association, founded by Dr. Ter- 
 hune, his stepfather. In 1881, at the early age of tvventy-two years, 
 he was elected School Commissioner from the Second Ward of Pas- 
 saic, thus gaining the distinction of being the youngest man ever 
 elected on that board in Passaic. So faithfully did he perform his 
 duties that he was reelected, without opposition, this demonstrating 
 clearly his fitness for the office. Mayor Charles M. Howe appointed 
 him Police Justice of Passaic, and he served with credit for three 
 years, from 1887 to 1890. He was an active factor in the organiza- 
 tion of Company B, Fourth Regiment National Guard, State of New 
 Jersey, known as Passaic Ciuards, in 1879, this being the first com- 
 pany organized in the city. By faithful service he rose through the 
 various ranks until he attained a first lieutenancy, and after a number 
 of years he resigned from this post, in order to devote his entire time 
 to business affairs, which were exceedingly pressing, and his resigna- 
 tion was reluctantly accepted by the governor in 1885. 
 
 Mr. Mnrrell married, July 29, 1885, Josephine A., daughter of 
 John A. and Jane Ann (Torrey) Willetts, of Passaic, the former of 
 whom was at one time mayor of the city, prominently connected with 
 its various interests. Children: Louise Willetts and Richard Wil- 
 letts. 
 
JESSE B. THOMPSON, M. D. 
 
 THE world instinctively pays deference to the man whose suc- 
 cess has been worthily achieved and whose prominence is not 
 the less the result of an irreproachable life than of natural talents and 
 acquired ability in the field of his chosen labor. Dr. Thompson occu- 
 pies a position of distinction as a representative of the medical pro- 
 fession in Atlantic City and the best evidence of his capability in the 
 line of his chosen work is the large patronage which is accorded him. 
 
 Dr. Jesse B. Thompson was born at Hurffville, Gloucester 
 county, New Jersey, January 17, 1857. His early educational train- 
 ing was obtained in the public schools of his native place and at the 
 age of seventeen years he left school in order to become a clerk in a 
 general store. He was employed as clerk in various cities for the 
 ensuing ten years and at the expiration of that time decided to enter 
 the medical profession. He was admitted to practice in the State of 
 New Jersey in May, 1888, and immediately located in Atlantic City, 
 where he has since resided and where he has won distinctive prestige 
 as one of the leading physicians and surgeons in this section of the 
 State. His medical training was obtained in the University of Penn- 
 sylvania. 
 
 In addition to his professional work Dr. Thompson has been 
 deeply interested in real estate operations. He was one of the fore- 
 most promoters of the addition known as Chelsea, and has received 
 large returns on his investments made in that section when it was 
 practically an undeveloped tract of land. Chelsea is now one of the 
 most attractive sections of Atlantic City and oae of its famous hostel- 
 ries is the Hotel Chelsea, which was erected by Dr. Thompson in 
 1899 and which was later increased to three times its original size. 
 
 In politics Dr. Thompson maintains an independent attitude. 
 While undoubtedly he has not been without that honorable ambition 
 which is so powerful and useful as an incentive to activity in public 
 affairs, he regards the pursuits of private life as being in themselves 
 
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 abundantly worthy of his best efforts. In community affairs he is 
 active and influential and his support is readily and generously given 
 to many measures for the general progress and improvement. His 
 life history is certainly worthy of commendation and of emulation, 
 for along honorable and straightforward lines he has won the suc- 
 cess which crowns his efforts and which makes him one of the sub- 
 stantial residents of Atlantic City. 
 
 FRANK BERGEN 
 
 AMONG the attorneys of note, actively engaged in the practice 
 of their profession in the city of Newark, is Frank Bergen, 
 whose birth occurred in Hillsboro township, Somerset county. New 
 Jersey, son of Peter S. and Rebecca M. Bergen. 
 
 Frank Bergen acquired a practical education in the schools of 
 Somerville, and he prepared for his profession under the competent 
 preceptorship of Isaiah N. Dilts. He was examined before the 
 Supreme Court of New Jersey at Trenton, and was admitted to the 
 bar of New Jersey as an attorney at the November term, 1873, and 
 as a counsellor at the November term, 1876. He began the active 
 practice of his profession in Elizabeth, New Jersey, continuing for 
 many years, his patronage increasing in volume and importance, and 
 later opened an office in Newark, where he is now actively engaged as 
 general counsel for the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey, 
 having been appointed June i, 1903. He served as citv attornev of 
 Flizabeth from January i, i 881, to March i, 1890, and during that 
 time conducted much important litigation arising from local indebted- 
 ness. He gave studied preparation to all his cases, was eloquent and 
 convincing before a jury, and therefore merited the success which 
 crowned his efforts. He is a member of the Lawyers' Club of New 
 York, Essex Club of Newark, Mattano Club of Elizabeth, the Town 
 and Country of Elizabeth, Lotos Club of New York, and Somerset 
 Hills Countr)' Club. 
 
 Mr. Bergen married, May 24, 1887, Lydia NL Gardiner, 
 daughter of Robert and Louisa M. Gardiner, of Mystic, Connecticut. 
 
JACOB HAUSSLING 
 
 JACOB HAUSSLING, serving at the present time (19 13) as 
 mayor of Newark, in which capacity he is giving eminent satis- 
 faction by an administration in which all the best Interests of the peo- 
 ple as a whole have been ably and zealously defended and advanced, 
 is a native of Newark, born February 22, 1855, in the ward in which 
 he has ever since resided. 
 
 Henry Haussling, the father of Jacob Haussling, was a native 
 of Bavaria, from whence he came to this country in 1848, in young 
 manhood. He learned the trades of blacksmith and locksmith, and 
 for a number of years after his arrival in this country worked along 
 these lines. Later in life he engaged in the mineral water business, 
 an industry which has been carried on by his son upon a more exten-- 
 sive scale. In the beginning one horse and wagon was all that was 
 necessary for the deliveries, but as their patronage increased others 
 were added from time to time, and It Is now one of the largest con- 
 cerns of the kind In the city. Mr. Haussllng's business sagacity 
 saw the need for the manufacture in large quantities of the machinery 
 for making soda water, and consequently he organized a corpora- 
 tion for that purpose which has proved a highly successful venture. 
 Mr. Haussling was a man of marked influence and popularity In the 
 German-American community of Newark, and he bore a reputation 
 for public and private Integrity which was indeed enviable. 
 
 Jacob Haussling was educated In St. Mary's Parochial School, 
 the Second Ward Grammar School, and then pursued a course in 
 Stratton's Business College. He then served an apprenticeship at 
 the trade of marble cutting, thus following the old German Idea of 
 his father to learn a trade to have as a resource upon which to fall 
 back upon In case of need. It Is said that the sons of the Kaiser are 
 all taught a trade, the Crown Prince being an expert cabinetmaker. 
 At the age of seventeen, after sen-ing his apprenticeship, Jacob 
 Haussling went Into business with his father and has continued in the 
 same to the present time, achieving a large degree of success, the 
 result of Industry, perseverance and excellent business methods. 
 
628 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 In 1888 Mr. Haussling, having formerly allied himself with the 
 Democratic party, received the nomination for the office of sheriff, 
 and was elected by a large plurality vote. In 1889 he received 
 the nomination for county register, but after a hotly contested fight 
 was defeated by a margin of seventeen by the Republican candidate, 
 Richard Coogan, the total number of votes polled being 62,000. In 
 1896 the Democratic party had been decimated by the defection of 
 many of its number through the free silver agitation, and it was with 
 reluctance that Mr. Haussling consented to stand as candidate for 
 sheriff; he was defeated by his opponent, Mr. Doremus, although 
 Mr. Haussling ran 8,000 ahead of his ticket. In 1898 he was nomi- 
 nated by his party for the Assembly, the ticket of that year being 
 popularly known as the "Big Ticket," on account of all the Demo- 
 cratic nominees being men of such prominence. In 1899 Mr. Hauss- 
 ling ran as shrievalty candidate for the third time; his opponent, the 
 Republican nominee, John Bonnell, retired a week before the elec- 
 tion, but the Republicans nominated George Virtue in his place and 
 Mr. Virtue received the larger number of votes. In 1900 he again 
 ran for the office of sheriff and was elected with a plurality of 3,000 
 over his Republican opponent, Henry M. Doremus. In 1906, at a 
 time when political excitement ran high, Mr. Haussling consented, 
 not without considerable urging from his friends, to run for the 
 office of mayor. The recent legislation with regard to the liquor 
 traffic by the bill known as the Bishop's Bill, and the heavy increase 
 in the taxes in Newark, had combined to produce an exceedingly 
 tense feeling in the political situation. Notwithstanding this Mr. 
 Haussling received the nomination over a number of other candi- 
 dates at the primaries, and in the election was victorious, gaining the 
 majority over the votes cast for the Republican and Independent 
 opponents. His term as mayor of Newark began January i, 1907, 
 and he was again elected in 1908, the second term dating from Janu- 
 ary I, 1909, and in 19 12 was again reelected with a majority of 
 6,300, this fact testifying to his popularity and his efficiency. Mr. 
 Haussling is a man of ability and tireless energy, which, coupled with 
 his high character, have won for him merited distinction. 
 
 Mr. Haussling married, January 11, 1874, Ellen Elligott. 
 Children: Ilenn' J., Elizabeth, Jacob, Josephine. 
 
ADAM EXTON 
 
 AMONG those of foreign birth who became prominent in busi- 
 ness circles in Trenton, New Jersey, was Adam Exton, whose 
 success in all his undertakings was so marked that his methods must 
 be of interest to the commercial world. He based his business prin- 
 ciples and actions upon strict adherence to the rules which govern 
 industry', economy and strict integrity. His enterprise and progres- 
 sive spirit made him a tv'pical American in every sense of the word, 
 and he well deserves mention in a work treating of the business life 
 and substantial development of the city of Trenton. His own energy 
 and willing hands made him what he was, and his work was of great 
 benefit to the entire community. A number of the ancestors of Adam 
 Exton held high official position under the British government, and 
 his grandfather was an officer in the British army and was present at 
 the battle of Waterloo. His father, William Exton, was a preacher 
 in the Wesleyan Methodist church, a leader in the reform labor 
 movement in England, and a man whose mental and moral qualities 
 were of an unusually high order. He married Mary Turner. 
 
 Adam Exton was born in Euxton-Barth, Lancashire, England, 
 July 5, 1823, and died in Trenton, New Jersey, August 17, 1887. 
 He was from his earliest years of more than ordinary ambition and 
 energy, and not satisfied with the education he had acquired in the 
 day schools found employment for himself in a cotton mill and with 
 the money so earned paid for his tuition in night school. Every 
 sum of money he could possibly spare was put aside with one object 
 in view, this being the idea of going to America where he felt 
 instinctively there would be a better opportunity for him to develop the 
 ideas with which his brain was teeming. By the time he was eighteen 
 years of age he had saved a sufficient amount to pay his passage to 
 America, and having persuaded his brother William, who was his 
 senior by two years, to accompany him, they sailed from Liverpool, 
 April 4, 1842. Upon landing in New York, May 10, they intended 
 going directly to Philadelphia, but decided to first call upon Robert 
 
630 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 Sumner, of Paterson, New Jersey, who had been a friend of their 
 father. This gentleman gave them a very cordial reception but it 
 was not in his power to aid them in finding employment, so they left 
 in his care such articles as they could not conveniently carry with 
 them. It had been their intention to make their way to Philadelphia 
 on foot and seek their fortune in that city, but at Trenton they met 
 Joshua Wright, a warm-hearted Quaker, who was deeply impressed 
 with the manly traits displayed by Adam Exton, and secured employ- 
 ment for him on the farm of his brother-in-law, William Lee, not far 
 from the city. A year and a half were spent here, during which a 
 strong friendship was cemented between Mr. Exton and the family 
 of his employer, and at the expiration of this time he came to the 
 conclusion that it was advisable to seek more lucrative employment 
 and one in which his naturally inventive and mechanical mind would 
 have better opportunities for development. A print factor)' was the 
 next scene of his activity, and there he remained somewhat more than 
 one year, and during this time he so frequently worked overtime 
 that he averaged eight and a half working days per week. A better 
 position having been offered him in a nearby cotton mill, he accepted 
 this, and so highly were his talents and skill valued that he remained 
 in this mill until he established himself independently. 
 
 In 1846, in association with his brother-in-law, Richard Apsdcn, 
 Mr. Exton purchased some land on which he erected several frame 
 houses in one of which he operated a cake and cracker factory. Mr. 
 Apsden died in less than a year after this establishment was opened, 
 and Mr. Exton conducted this enterprise alone with such consummate 
 ability that he found It advisable in 1850 to abandon all other enter- 
 prises with which he was connected, and devote himself exclusively 
 to this venture. He invented a machine in i 861 which did away with 
 the necessity of hand labor to a large extent in the cracker industry, 
 and obtained the patent rights on this invention. His delicate health 
 would not permit him to take an active part in the Civil War, but he 
 assisted the government to the fullest extent of his power by sup- 
 plying wholesome breadstuffs for the army and navy until his health 
 broke down entirely under the heavy strain. In 1866 he invented 
 two other cracker making machines, which enabled him to more than 
 
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 treble his output. In 1872 Mr. Exton admitted his brother John, 
 and his son-in-law, William H. Brokaw, to partnership with him on 
 most liberal terms, and the firm name was changed to read Adam 
 Exton & Company. Later he devised a system of profit-sharing 
 with his employes, but the novelty of the idea did not appeal to them 
 and this idea was abandoned. In 1876, at the Centennial Exposition 
 in Philadelphia, an award was made to the output of the factories of 
 Mr. Exton, and a number of similar awards were subsequently 
 bestowed. 
 
 Mr. Exton married, February 17, 1845, Elizabeth Apsden, a 
 noble-minded woman, who played the dual role of counselor and 
 companion. Children: Mary E., married Stephen A. Bainbridge, 
 of Philadelphia; Ann, married William H. Brokaw, of Trenton; 
 Elizabeth, married Wesley H. Owens, of Trenton; Catherine J., 
 married Charles Youmans Bamford, of Trenton; Sarah, married 
 Dr. H. B. Costill, of Trenton; Elinor, married Dr. Robert C. 
 Hutchinson, of Trenton. 
 
 Loyally devoted to the welfare of the community, Mr. Exton 
 was a firm believer in the principles of popular government. He was 
 Republican in his political affiliations, and held a number of public 
 offices, which he filled with dignity and efficiency. Among these were 
 the following: Cit\' councilman for a number of years; chairman of 
 the highway committee; a member of the Trenton Board of Trade 
 from the time of its organization; at the time of his death he was 
 chairman of the Republican County Committee and president of the 
 Republican Club. One of the plans for the public good which he 
 had very closely at heart was that of housing the working classes 
 with more comfort than the conditions of that time permitted. He 
 gave this idea much and careful consideration and came to the con- 
 clusion that the only way to improve matters would be to provide 
 transportation facilities so that the working classes could live in less 
 crowded sections which were not within walking distance, and yet be 
 able to get to their places of business at small cost. In accordance 
 with this idea he organized the City Railway Company in 1871;, 
 and was the president of this until his death. The marketing problem 
 also engaged his attention, and the Washington Market Association 
 
632 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 having been organized and been unsuccessfully managed for some 
 time, he associated himself with this enteq^rise and put it in good 
 running order. The present market was erected by Mr. Exton, and 
 he presented to it a marble bust of Washington which had been 
 exhibited at the Centennial Exposition. Intensely patriotic from his 
 earliest years, this feeling increased as the years passed by, and he 
 conceived the idea of celebrating the past, especially the battle of 
 Trenton, by an annual accurate reproduction. The "Exton Guards," 
 with a membership of about four hundred, was organized by him, 
 and he provided their complete equipment and defrayed all the 
 expenses for a number of years. In matters connected with public 
 charity the name of Mr. Exton was always found at the head of the 
 list or very near it, and in matters of private charity none but the 
 recipients will ever know the extent of his benefactions, for he loved 
 to give in a quiet, unostentatious manner. 
 
 
JAMES JOHN BENSON, M. D. 
 
 ALTHOUGH not a native of this section, Dr. James J. Benson, 
 who has resided here in the practice of his profession for 
 many years, has grown to be one of the leading citizens of West New 
 York, and a man who thoroughly possesses the confidence of the com- 
 munity in professional as well as in civic matters. 
 
 He is a native of Troy, New York State, where he was born 
 December i8, 1876. His father, John Benson, was a brick manu- 
 facturer in that city, and his mother was a Miss Margaret Farmer 
 before her marriage. Dr. Benson received his primary education in 
 the schools of Troy, and in 1893, ^t the age of seventeen years, 
 entered Union College. Here he remained for three years, being 
 graduated in the class of 1896 and receiving his degree of B. A. 
 Turning his attention to the study of medicine, he was admitted to 
 the Albany (New York) Medical College, where he acquitted him- 
 self with great credit and was graduated in 1899, with the degree of 
 M. D. While at college he was exceedingly popular among his 
 fellow students, entering into the social and fraternal interests, as well 
 as the studious pursuits of those by whom he was surrounded. He 
 was a member of the Phi Chi fraternity, and still retains his mem- 
 bership in that body. After his graduation Dr. Benson entered 
 Cohoes City Hospital as interne, remaining there for a year; for the 
 following nine months he was in the Albany Hospital in the same 
 capacity. 
 
 After having thus served as interne for a period of nearly two 
 years, Dr. Benson entered regularly upon the practice of his profes- 
 sion, spending some time in Massachusetts, and then locating at his 
 present offices in West New York, New Jersey. He has remained in 
 this city for the past twelve years, in command of a large and con- 
 stantlv growing practice; and has acquired the highest respect and 
 esteem of the community amid which he has cast his lot. He has 
 performed most important services in civic affairs as well as along 
 medical and professional lines, contributing to the welfare of his 
 
634 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 fellow citizens in many ways. He has been president of the Board 
 of Health, having served in that capacity for a period of five years; 
 and is a member of the leading medical societies here, being presi- 
 dent of the North Hudson Medical Society, and a member of the 
 North New Jersey Academy of Medicine. He is also a member of 
 the Alumni Associations of Union and Albany colleges. 
 
 Dr. Benson is closely concerned in the interests of several of the- 
 leading hospitals in this city; and is a member of the staff of North 
 Hudson Hospital and of the Burns Private Hospital. He is the 
 examining physician to the Order of Iroquois, the Elks, and Junior 
 Order of American Mechanics, in which he holds membership. He 
 has membership in other fraternal organizations, belonging to the 
 Masons, Foresters of America, Red Men, and the Royal Arcanum. 
 His civic services included the presidency of the Board of Education 
 of West New York, which office he held for a year. He is an Inde- 
 pendent in politics, and has strong opinions of what he deems best for 
 the public good. Dr. Benson married Bertha E. Eggers, of Cohoes, 
 New York, and they have one son, Harold J. Benson, now a most 
 promising student at Hoboken Academy. 
 
WALTER G. ALEXANDER, M. D. 
 
 AMONG the best known and most able physicians of Orange, 
 Dr. Walter Gilbert Alexander takes a most conspicuous place 
 in the esteem and confidence of the community, being not only a phy- 
 sician of unusual qualifications, but a leading factor in the social 
 and fraternal life of the city in which he has continued the practice 
 of his profession for so many years. 
 
 Dr. Alexander was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, December 3, 
 1880. His father, Royal Alexander, a hotel keeper of Lynchburg, 
 gave him the best possible educational advantages; and he attended 
 the schools of Lynchburg until he was fifteen years of age. Having 
 thus acquired a solid fundamental and general education, he entered 
 Lincoln University in 1895. Completing the four years' curriculum 
 and distinguishing himself by his application to his studies, he was 
 graduated in 1899, obtaining his degree of Bachelor of Arts. Deter- 
 mining upon the adoption of a medical career in life for which he 
 was eminently fitted by taste and inclination, he was immediately 
 after his graduation admitted to the Boston College of Physicians 
 and Surgeons. Here he continued his studies for the ensuing four 
 years, being graduated in the class of 1903 and obtaining his degree 
 of M. D. He then entered the North End Hospital and Dispensary 
 in Boston as interne; and at the conclusion of his residence there 
 entered upon the active practice of his profession, in which he has 
 since continued with so much distinction. 
 
 Dr. Alexander is a member of the Essex County, New Jersey 
 State, and the American Medical societies, and enjoys the highest 
 regard and esteem among his associates in the medical fraternity. 
 He is also a member of the William Pierson Medical Library Asso- 
 ciation of Orange, manifesting a keen interest in the status of medi- 
 cine in his adopted city and exerting a very beneficial influence in the 
 association. His voice is also one of authority in civic and political 
 matters, and as a member of the Progressive Republican party, his 
 name appeared on the Essex county ticket in 19 12 as a candidate 
 
636 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 for the State Assembly. He is a director of the Orange Building and 
 Loan Association. In fraternal circles Dr. Alexander holds a very 
 exalted position, being past noble grand ruler of the Grand Lodge, 
 Independent Order Odd Fellows, past chancellor and conductor of 
 the Knights of Pythias, and past exalted ruler of the Elks. He takes 
 keen interest in out-of-door sports, and is an enthusiastic automobilist, 
 being a member of the New Jersey Motor Club. He is a member of 
 the Orange Presbyterian Church, as is also his wife, who was a Miss 
 Elizabeth Henning, of Boston. Dr. and Mrs. Alexander have a 
 delightful home at No. 14 Webster Place, and are the center of a 
 wide circle of friends to whose social enjoyment and wellbeing they 
 are such able contributors. 
 
WALTER J. WOLSKI 
 
 WALTER J. WOLSKI, who has had a most active and varied 
 business career, is one of the rising young men of his gen- 
 eration in this part of the State. He is now only in his twenty-seventh 
 year, yet is one of the best known and most enterprising of the sons 
 of Jersey City, and bids fair to have a much more widely extended 
 fame before very many more years have passed over his head. 
 
 Mr. Wolski was born in Jersey City, August 17, 1887, son of 
 Anthony Wolski, who was for a period of twenty-nine years a fore- 
 man with the American Sugar Refining Company. Young Wolski's 
 education was received chiefly in St. Peter's Parochial School, Jersey 
 City, after which he took a six months' commercial course in Drake's 
 Business College, Jersey City, acquiring a complete knowledge of 
 stenography. He then became employed in the law offices of Messrs. 
 Vredenburg, Reid & Carey, where he remained for three years; after 
 which for one year he was employed in a similar capacity in the law 
 offices of Messrs. Queen & Tennant. He then entered the prepara- 
 tory department of Fordham University, and after a thorough 
 grounding in his studies was admitted to the collegiate department. 
 Here he pursued the full course and was graduated with honor in 
 1907, receiving his degree of A. B., and subsequently that of A. M. 
 After his matriculation he received an appointment to the Marine 
 Corps of the United States, by Congressman James A. Hamill, and, 
 passing his examination at Washington, was assigned to the rank of 
 second lieutenant in the navy. Here he served for a period of seven- 
 teen months, when he resigned on account of illness in his family. 
 
 He then entered the employ of the Title Guarantee and Trust 
 Company in order to acquire a knowledge of the real estate business, 
 remaining with them for a period of two years. At the end of this 
 time, feeling himself fully equipped for following this line of busi- 
 ness, he connected himself with the McVicker-Gillard Realty Com- 
 pany, at No. 49 Fifth Avenue. He continued with this firm for a 
 year, resigning in order to enter the employ of Mark Ralfsky & 
 
638 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 Company, where he remained three months. In February, 19 lo, 
 determining to enter business on his own account, he opened an indi- 
 vidual office in Jersey City, where he has ever since continued most 
 successfully. He is actively interested in properties in Long Island 
 City, Tangiers, and Normandy Park; and is now specializing in 
 Cranford and other suburban property in New Jersey. His fields 
 of labor are constantly widening and he bids fair to become one of 
 the most prosperous real estate dealers in this section. He is a 
 member of the Jersey City Board of Trade, and the Jersey City Busi- 
 ness Men's League; he is also president of the Wolski Concrete 
 Company. Beside his business associations, Mr. Wolski is con- 
 nected in various ways with a number of social and fraternal bodies. 
 He is a member of the Polish National Alliance, by reason of his 
 ancestry; and has served as secretary, vice-president and treasurer of 
 the Jersey City Polish Young Men's Dramatic Society, of which 
 there are about seven hundred members. He is also secretary of the 
 Young Men's Choral Society of Jersey City, and one of the organ- 
 izers of the Harmonia Society of this place. In New York City 
 his affiliations are with the University Settlement League and the 
 New York College Men's Democratic League, and he is a member 
 of the Alumni Associations of Fordham and St. Peter's. 
 
 Mr. Wolski is a prominent member of the Democratic party, 
 and organized campaign clubs in New Jersey to promote the candi- 
 dacy of Governor Wilson for the presidency. He organized such 
 clubs also in Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, and Maryland; 
 and was a very active campaigner both before and after the nomina- 
 tion. On July 7, 19 13, he received from John Purroy Mitchel, 
 Collector of the Port, the appointment of deputy collector, and 
 entered upon the performance of his new duties with energy and 
 enthusiasm. Mr. Wolski has a promising future before him in many 
 ways, not only as a politician but as an able man of the world and a 
 leading figure in its social life. His talents are many and varied, 
 including a pronounced taste for music and a delightful personality. 
 He is as yet unmarried. 
 
C. IRVING SIMON, M. D. 
 
 DR. C. IRVING SIMON, one of the oldest established physi- 
 cians of Hobolcen, has held a conspicuous position before the 
 public for more than thirty years in this part of New Jersey, having 
 given the last twenty-five years of this time to the welfare of this 
 city; his medical career began, however, in Boonton, New Jersey, 
 his native city, where he continued in practice for the four first years 
 after obtaining his degree. 
 
 He is the son of Jacob Simon, a native of Germany, who coming 
 to this country became one of the leading jewelers of Boonton; and 
 here Dr. Simon was born on April 23, 1857. Every educational 
 advantage was given him and he acquitted himself with great credit 
 at Mount Schooley Seminary, which he first attended. He then 
 entered the collegiate department of the University of Michigan, 
 where he completed the course; after which he entered the Medical 
 Department of Columbia University, New York, in 1879. Remain- 
 ing here two years, he was graduated in 1881 with the degree of M. 
 D., immediately afterwards entering upon the practice of his profes- 
 sion in Boonton, where he continued four years. At the expiration of 
 this time he removed to Hoboken, where he has remained ever since, 
 having acquired a wide and lucrative practice and occupying a most 
 enviable position in the public regard. 
 
 For fourteen years Dr. Simon held the office of City Physician 
 of Hoboken, during which time he performed all of the duties of 
 fire and police surgeon, health officer and inspector, work which now 
 requires the services of nearly a dozen men. He is connected with a 
 number of medical societies and institutions, and is a member of the 
 Hudson County, New Jersey State, and American Medical societies. 
 For many years he has been prominently identified with the Demo- 
 cratic party of Hudson county, and has taken an active interest in all 
 that concerns the public welfare in citv and state. 
 
 Dr. Simon married Elizabeth Benton Norris, of Boonton, in 
 the early days of his professional career, and they are the parents of 
 
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 a son and two daughters, all of whom have received exceptionally 
 fine educations and reflected great credit upon their home influence 
 and upbringing. Charles N. Simon, the only son, is a graduate of 
 Stevens Institute, Hoboken, also a graduate with the degree of LL. 
 B. of Columbia Law School; he is now in the bond and mortgage 
 department of the Title Guarantee and Trust Company of Brooklyn, 
 with a promising future before him. Mary N. Simon, the eldest 
 daughter, is a graduate of Vassar College, and is now married to 
 Mr. Carl G. Bingham, a printer's roller manufacturer of Chicago, 
 in which city they are at present residing. Jessie N. Simon, the 
 younger daughter, after graduating at Gardner Seminary, New York 
 City, became interested in settlement and social work in connection 
 with the church, and has become very prominent in the good which 
 she has effected. She is a directress of the Bay Nursery, and is on 
 the board of managers of the Old Ladies' Home. Miss Simon is 
 also a very active member of the New Jersey Suffrage Association, 
 and of the Woman's Club, of Hoboken. In the Episcopal church, 
 of which she and all of her family are members, her activity has been 
 productive of much benefit. 
 
JAY BKAISTED ROE SMITH 
 
 JB. R. SMITH has won distinction as a representative of the 
 • legal fraternity. His devotion to his chosen calling is deep 
 and abiding, and his ability, both natural and acquired, has 
 won him recognition as a most capable member of the Essex County 
 Bar. His entire life has been passed in New Jersey, and since 19 12 
 he has been engaged in the active practice of his profession in the 
 City of Newark. He was born in BranchviUe, Sussex county. New 
 Jersey, March 24, 1869, son of Samuel Smith, born February 21, 
 1829, a merchant, and a man of exceptional character and judgment, 
 and his wife, Letitia W. (Roe) Smith, born November 10, 1834; 
 and grandson, on the paternal side, of Daniel Smith, and on the 
 maternal side of James Roe. 
 
 J. B. R. Smith acquired a practical education in the schools in 
 the neighborhood of his home, and at the same time assisted his 
 father in the management of his business at BranchviUe. Later he 
 supplemented this Icnowledge by attendance at Wyoming Seminary, 
 at Kingston, Pennsylvania, where he pursued the regular course. In 
 1890 he was admitted to partnership in his father's business, and this 
 connection continued until 1893, when he became editor and pub- 
 lisher of the "Warren Tidings," continuing the management of that 
 paper until 1907, during which time the circulation largely increased. 
 In 1897 he was appointed clerk in charge of the Court of Errors and 
 Appeals in New Jersey Department of State, serving in that capacity 
 until 1902, when appointed Assistant Secretary of State, the duties of 
 which office he capably performed until 19 12. In 1900 he was ad- 
 mitted to the bar of New Jersey, and at once engaged in active prac- 
 tice in the City of Trenton, specializing in Constructive Corporation 
 Law, and there continued until 191 1, and the following year located 
 in the city of Newark, where he has built up an extensive corporation 
 practice, and the success he has achieved is the direct result of his own 
 unaided efforts. In 1907, by Legislative Act, commissionership of 
 
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642 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 motor vehicles was created and combined with that of Assistant Sec- 
 retary of State and he organized and managed the department of 
 motor vehicles, a department that soon became one of the must im- 
 portant in the State government. His leisure time is largely devoted 
 to legal, historical, scientific and philosophical reading, and he is 
 the author of "The Nature, Organization and Management of Cor- 
 porations of New Jersey." He is a Presbyterian in religion, and a 
 Republican in politics. 
 
 Mr. Smith married, July ii, 1905, Anna Leslie, daughter of 
 James M. and Zerviah (Stires) Myers. His home is in Summit, 
 New Jersey, in the affairs of which he takes a keen interest, doing 
 all in his power to improve and build up its enterprises and societies, 
 especially those which tend to better mankind. His office is in the 
 Essex Building, Newark, New Jersey. 
 
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WILLIAM PENNINGTON 
 
 BY his own honorable exertions and moral attributes, William 
 Pennington, of Paterson, attained for himself a high posi- 
 tion in the ranks of his profession, that of law. Permanent success 
 does not grow out of mere activity, perseverance and judicious action, 
 but personal virtue, combined with these. 
 
 William Pennington was born in Paterson, New Jersey, in 
 August, 1839, son of Aaron S. and Catherine (Colt) Pennington, 
 and grandson of Hon. William S. Pennington, who served as Judge 
 of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, Judge of the District Court of 
 New Jersey, Governor of the State, and at the time of his death was 
 serving as Chancellor. Aaron S. Pennington was born in 1800, grad- 
 uated from Princeton College in 1820, received his license to practice 
 law in the same year, and was engaged in active practice in Paterson 
 until his death in 1869, attaining a high degree of success and great 
 pecuniary gain. He married a daughter of John Colt, a prominent 
 citizen of Paterson. Aaron S. Pennington was a brother of Governor 
 William Pennington, who served from 1837 to 1843. 
 
 William Pennington in his early years attended private schools 
 in his native city, and this knowledge was supplemented by a course 
 at Yale College, from which well known institution he graduated in 
 1 860 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then became a student 
 at Columbia College Law School, concluding the course in one term, 
 and in June, 1863, was admitted as an attorney at the New Jersey 
 bar, seven years later being admitted as a counsellor. He opened 
 an office for practice in Paterson, and in due course of time gained a 
 distinctive clientage, he being recognized as a man of ability and tire- 
 less energ)', looking well to the interests of his clients. He entered 
 into business relations with John S. Barkalow and John R. Beam, 
 both now deceased, the former named having been for many years 
 Presiding Judge of the Passaic Count}- Court, and thev conducted 
 their affairs for many years under the style of Barkalow, Pennington 
 & Beam. Mr. Pennington, although repeatedly requested to allow 
 
644 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 his name to be used as a candidate for public office, always declined 
 the honor, preferring his profession to all else. He died at Paterson, 
 New Jersey, February 17, 1912. 
 
 GEORGE PHILIP RUST 
 
 AMONG the successful practicing attorneys of Passaic is George 
 Philip Rust, whose careful preparation, supplemented by 
 close application to his profession, has enabled him to gain high rank 
 among his professional brethren. He was born in Brooklyn, New 
 York, March 9, 1861, son of Andrew Conrad and Henrietta Clem- 
 entine (Gerber) Rust. 
 
 He attended the public schools of Passaic and graduated from 
 the Passaic High School at the age of fifteen. Immediately there- 
 after he entered the law office of Henry K. Coddington, an eminent 
 lawyer of Passaic, and continued with him until his admission to the 
 bar of New Jersey at the June term, 1882, becoming a counsellor at 
 the same term in 1885. He at once engaged in active practice of 
 the law in the city of Passaic, and has continued there to the present 
 time (19 1 2). He was appointed corporation attorney of Passaic 
 at the age of twenty-six, and continued serving in that capacity for 
 seven years. Among his more important cases were those of the 
 Newark Aqueduct Board vs. The City of Passaic, and in the matter 
 of the application to confirm an assessment for the construction of a 
 sewer in the city of Passaic. He has also assisted in the organization 
 of the People's Bank & Trust Company, which now has assets of over 
 $3,000,000; the Hobart Trust Company, which now has assets of 
 over $1,000,000; and the Guarantee Mortgage & Title Insurance 
 Company, which has a capital and surplus of over $300,000, in which 
 Mr. Rust is now sening as general counsel. He is connected with 
 the Presbyterian church, Passaic, and is a member of the Passaic 
 Club and the Acquackononk Club of Passaic, and the Republican 
 Club of New York City. Mr. Rust is unmarried. 
 
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CRAIG ADAMS MARSH 
 
 CRAIG ADAMS MARSH, one of those able and upright 
 lawyers who have helped to make justly respected the bar of 
 New Jersey, was born in Plainfield, December 8, 1856, son of the 
 late Warren Marsh. He was of English Puritan and Quaker stock, 
 a direct descendant of the Samuel Marsh, of Essexshire, England, 
 who arrived in Boston, 1641, and is later mentioned in the records 
 as one of the Town Associates of Elizabethtown, New Jersey. 
 
 Beginning his education in the public schools of his native place, 
 he graduated at the age of fifteen from the Plainfield High School, 
 with the class of 1872, and took a year's additional post-graduate 
 study, as the college declined to admit him before he reached the age 
 of sixteen years. He matriculated the following year at Union Col- 
 lege, Schenectady, New York, entering the sophomore class, and 
 graduating in 1876 with the degree of A. B., when nineteen years 
 of age. In 1885 his alma mater conferred upon him the degree of 
 M. A. His academic work at an end, young Mr. Marsh entered 
 upon the study of law under the tutelage of Vice-Chancellor Amzi 
 Dodd and J. Hervey Ackerman, of Newark, New Jersey, working 
 under these gentlemen for a year. At the end of that time he entered 
 the Columbia Law School, graduating from that institution with the 
 class of 1879. In the November term of that year he was admitted 
 as attorney to practice in the New Jersey courts. This was followed 
 in June, 1880, by his opening an office in Plainfield in the building 
 occupied by the "Central New Jersey Times." This continued to be 
 his professional headquarters until 1898, when he moved into his 
 own building at 201 Park avenue. In the November term, 1882, he 
 was made counsellor, and later appointed Special Master in Chan- 
 cery and Supreme Court Commissioner. His ability, coupled with 
 his unswerving fidelity to every trust, a characteristic of the man in 
 all the periods and details of life, won early recognition, and suc- 
 cess was his from the start. More than once he won flattering notice 
 from those high in authority. Early in the course of his practice he 
 
646 BIOGRAPHICAL EX'CYCLOPEDIA 
 
 was admitted in the United States Circuit and District Courts, and 
 more than once Mr. Marsh declined the honor of an appointment as 
 Justice of the Supreme Court. 
 
 In May, 1882, when only twenty-five years of age, he was ap- 
 pointed corporation counsel of the city of Plainfield by L. V. F. 
 Randolph, then mayor of Plainfield. He ser\ed the city in this 
 capacity throughout all changes of administration for twenty-eight 
 years until his death, a fact that is In itself high testimony to the 
 confidence reposed in his integrity and legal wisdom by his fellow 
 townsmen. 
 
 Mr. Marsh made a specialty of corporation and municipal 
 law. He was a most careful and conscientious lawyer, and it was a 
 noted fact that he never went into court unprepared. Such was the 
 thoroughness of his method of attacking a case, such the keenness, 
 clearness and directness of his mind, that he had few equals as a 
 lawyer at the bar. His reputation in jury cases, especially in damage 
 suits, was of almost invariable success; this was manifested particu- 
 larly in winning a number of difficult suits which arose from the cele- 
 brated Westfield wreck in 1903, on the New Jersey Central railroad. 
 His advice In divorce and will proceedings was eagerly sought, and 
 his opinion almost in\arlably sustained by the courts. A common 
 saying In Plainfield was, "If Mr. Marsh says it's so, It is so." The 
 abilit}' of his mind to go to the real point of the case, and to save 
 and concentrate his fire, made him a most formidable opponent. 
 
 Mr. Marsh had a clear-sighted view of the evils of gambling 
 and speculation in their corrupting effect upon the character. He 
 was an active opponent of the celebrated Race Track Bills, taking a 
 prominent part in securing their repeal in 1892-93. A speech he 
 then delivered Is referred to by a hearer as follows: 
 
 I especially remember a most notable gathering at Trenton on the 
 occasion of the protest before the committee of the House of Assembly 
 against the enactment of additional legislation in favor of the race-tracks. 
 Mr. Marsh attended, as did hundreds of others ... in the endeavor 
 to save the State from that further disgrace. 
 
 The House was filled to overflowing . . . One of the most 
 striking speeches, which has remained in my memory with the greatest 
 distinctness, was made by Mr. Marsh; and after portraying the indignant 
 
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BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 647 
 
 protest of the people throughout all the State against the proposed legis- 
 lation, he closed in language that thrilled the audience, and which few who 
 heard him will be likely to forget. He said : 
 
 In closing, Mr. Chairman, let me say with all reverence, but with all 
 the earnestness I can command, that in this protest, the voice of the people 
 is the voice of God ! 
 
 Mr. Marsh was a charter member and a director of the State 
 Bar Association. Among the famous addresses delivered before 
 that learned body was the speech he made at the banquet at its 19 lo 
 meeting at Atlantic City. In response to the toast, "Legal Ethics via 
 Act of the Legislature," he made a patriotic appeal that the associa- 
 tion should wage a stern and uncompromising war against corruption 
 at the polls and in the halls of legislation. This was afterwards 
 published in the "New Jersey Law Journal." 
 
 Mr. Marsh had also been identified with the Union County 
 Bar Association, which organization he had served as president for 
 three consecutive years. He was active on the executive committees 
 of both the County and State Bar Associations. He was a member 
 of the Union College Alumni Association, of the Columbia Law 
 Alumni, and of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternit}'. He was a thirty- 
 second degree Mason, a member of Anchor Lodge, No. 149, Free 
 and Accepted Masons, and was connected with many societies. He 
 was a regular attendant of the Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church 
 of Plainfield. Mr. Marsh died November 12, 19 10. 
 
 For many years he had derived great pleasure from his vaca- 
 tion trips, spending the summer in Europe, and visiting especially 
 such unusual places as Iceland, Lapland, and the North Cape. In 
 1895, with a party which included Dr. Lorenz, of Vienna, he went 
 to Spitzbergen in the second group of tourists that ever visited that 
 distant region. 
 
 Not only in the ethics of his profession and in his political con- 
 victions did Mr. Marsh stand for the highest ideals, but in all the 
 complex relations of life he was a standard-bearer for the loftiest 
 moral principles. Straightforward, honest and truthful, he was 
 never known to break his word. A man of the finest culture and a 
 gentleman in the truest sense of the word, he was a public-spirited 
 citizen, and active in every movement that looked towards human 
 
648 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 progress and the service of the unfortunate. The Plainfield Bar 
 Association Memorial said of Mr. Marsh: "He has left behind him 
 a record and a memory of fearless, conscientious and upright con- 
 duct, which will be an inspiration and a help to all of us." Ex-Chan- 
 cellor iMagie also rendered the following testimonial: "He was 
 essentially a high-minded man. He did not think or act in a narrow 
 way. He brought every question to the test of probit}' and honor, 
 and no one ever met him without feeling he was a man to be im- 
 plicitly trusted." 
 
 Mr. Marsh, while still a student at Union College, met Mary 
 Catherine, daughter of Ransom Baldwin Moore, of Troy, New 
 York, and they were married January lo, 1877. A son, Craig 
 Adams Marsh Jr., was born to them March 3, 1878, and died July 
 9, 1879. 
 
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AMZI DODD 
 
 CIVILIZATION will hail riches, prowess, honors, popularity, 
 but It will bow humbly to sincerity in its fellows. The expo- 
 nent of known sincerity, of singleness of honest purpose, has its exem- 
 plification in all bodies of men; he is found in every association and to 
 him defer its highest honors. Such an exemplar, whose daily life and 
 whose life work have been dominated as their most conspicuous char- 
 acteristic by sincerity, was Amzi Dodd, who endeared himself to the 
 citizens of New Jersey by his de\otion to duty as a public man and 
 by his many kind acts in private life. Hon. Mr. Dodd ser\ed the 
 State of New Jersey as Vice-Chancellor on two occasions, for ten 
 years was a special justice of the Court of Errors and Appeals, and 
 in 1882 became the president of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance 
 Company of Newark. 
 
 A native son of New Jersey, Judge Dodd was born in Essex 
 county, March 2, 1823. The emigrant ancestor of the Dodd family 
 in America was Daniel Dodd, an English Puritan who came to Amer- 
 ica in 1646, and whose son Daniel was one of the founders of New- 
 ark, whither he came as a member of the party from Branford, Con- 
 necticut, headed by Rev. Abraham Pierson, in 1666. The younger 
 Dodd gained fame as an able mathematician and he was a surveyor 
 by profession; in 1692 he served as a member of the Colonial General 
 Assembly. General John Dodd, grandfather of Amzi Dodd, was a 
 lifelong resident of Bloomfield, New Jersey, where he did consider- 
 able work as a surveyor and where he served as magistrate for many 
 years. His son, the late Dr. Joseph Smith Dodd, father of Amzi 
 Dodd, was graduated in the medical department of the College of 
 New Jersey (now Princeton University) , as a member of the class of 
 1 813, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He initiated the active 
 work of his profession at Bloomfield and for nearly a third of a 
 century devoted his attention to a large and lucrative practice here, 
 where his death occurred September 5, 1847. He married Maria. 
 
650 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 daughter of the Rev. Stephen Grover, who was for fifty years pastor 
 of the Presbyterian church at Caldwell, New Jersey. 
 
 From the foregoing it will be seen that Judge Dodd was 
 descended from a distinguished ancestry, many of his forefathers 
 having been extremely well read and learned. He was the second son 
 of his parents and was carefully nurtured in a home of refinement and 
 culture. As a youth he attended the Bloomfield Academy, and in 
 1839, at the age of sixteen years, he was admitted to membership in 
 the sophomore class of the College of New Jersey, in which excellent 
 institution he was graduated in 1841 with the highest honors, being 
 chosen to deliver the Latin salutatory at the commencement in Sep- 
 tember of that year. He was a classmate of the Rev. Dr. Theodore 
 Cuyler, the eminent Brooklyn divine; Rev. Dr. Duffield, of Princeton 
 University; John T. Nixon, United States District Judge; Edward 
 W. Scudder, of the New Jersey Supreme Court; Rev. Dr. Potter, of 
 Ohio; and Professor A. Alexander Hodge. After completing his 
 collegiate course he began teaching school, being thus engaged in 
 Virginia for the ensuing four years. During all his spare time and in 
 vacations he read law, also doing service for a time in the office of 
 Messrs. Miller & Whelpley, prominent attorneys at Morristown, 
 New Jersey. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar in January, 
 1848, and shortly afterward entered into a partnership alliance with 
 the Hon. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, then a practicing lawyer of 
 prominence and later Secretary of State of the United States. In 1850 
 Judge Dodd was made clerk of the Common Council of Newark and 
 he retained this position for three years, in the meantime carrying on 
 an individual law practice. With the passage of time his legal work 
 grew to such tremendous proportions that he was forced to withdraw 
 from the above office and devote his entire attention to the demands 
 of his clients. Although an able and popular public speaker his legal 
 work seemed to be confined mostly to corporation and fiduciary 
 affairs. In 1851 he delivered a wonderful Fourth of July oration in 
 the First Presbyterian Church at Newark and subsequently he deliv- 
 ered a literary address at commencement at Princeton, a discourse 
 before the Essex County Bible Society, and in the strenuous period 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 651 
 
 preceding and during the Civil War he made many strong speeches in 
 favor of abohtion. 
 
 As a "Free-Soiler" he aided in the founding of the RepubHcan 
 party, of whose principles he was an active exponent. In 1856 he 
 was chosen as the Republican nominee for Congress in the district 
 composed of Essex and Hudson counties. In 1863 he was elected 
 by the Republicans of Essex county to the New Jersey Legislature, 
 serving in that capacity for one term. In all his political campaign- 
 ing he won renown as a strong and forceful public speaker and in 
 view of this fact it was remarkable that he preferred to act as coun- 
 sellor rather than as advocate in his professional work. However, he 
 early evinced the highest capacity for original investigation and inter- 
 pretation of the law. His mind was early skilled in logical reasoning, 
 which enabled him to solve a legal complexity as easily as a problem 
 in Euclid. As a lawyer he was not one who relied upon antecedent 
 cases but went down to the fundamental principles and applied them 
 to the case in hand, whether similar questions had been adjudicated 
 adversely or not. 
 
 So widespread had Mr. Dodd's fame as a lawyer become that in 
 1 87 1, when the business of the Court of Chancery of New Jersey 
 became so pressing as to oblige Chancellor Zabriskie to ask for the 
 appointment of a Vice-Chancellor, he was immediately chosen for the 
 position. He received his appointment from Governor Randolph 
 and served as Vice-Chancellor with the utmost efficiency until 1875, 
 when he handed in his resignation. In 1872 he had been nominated 
 by Governor Parker and confirmed by the Senate as one of the special 
 justices of the Court of Errors and Appeals, the highest judicial 
 tribunal in the State. His term of office as justice lasted six years, 
 and in 1878 General George B. McClellan, then governor of New 
 Jersey, wrote Judge Dodd the following letter, which is here repro- 
 duced in full : 
 
 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, 
 
 TRENTON. 
 
 Hon. Amzi Dodd, Newark. J^""^''y '^' '^78. 
 
 Dear Sir: — Although your term of office as a member of the Court of 
 Appeals does not expire for several weeks, there are reasons which seem 
 
652 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 to render it advisable for me to take measures to fill the appointment at 
 an early day. I do not care to make a nomination without first ascertain- 
 ing the wishes of the party most interested, and I therefore write to say to 
 you that it will afford me peculiar satisfaction to be permitted to nominate 
 you as your own successor. Perhaps you will pardon me for saying that I 
 am led to this determination by the estimate in which you are held by all 
 who have been thrown in contact with you. 
 
 Very trulv and respectfully, your obedient servant. 
 
 (Signed)' GEO. B. McCLELLAN. 
 
 Judge Dodd returned an affirmative reply to the above letter 
 and after Governor iMcClcllan had made the appointment he sent 
 with the commission the following brief note: 
 
 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, 
 
 TRENTON. 
 
 February 7, 1878. 
 Hon. Amzi Dodd, Court of Errors and Appeals : 
 
 My Dear Sir : — I take great pleasure in forwarding to you the new 
 commission for the office you now hold. This appointment was made 
 solely in conse(|uence of your eminent merit and without solicitation from 
 any quarter, and it is very gratifying to me that you have consented to 
 accept it. 
 
 Very truly your friend. 
 
 (Signed) GEO. B. McCLELLAN. 
 
 From 1875 to April, 1887, Judge Dodd was a member of the 
 New Jersey Board of Riparian Commissioners, receiving that 
 appointment from Governor Bedle. In 1881 he was again called 
 upon to serve the state as Vice-Chancellor, taking the office at the 
 request of Chancellor Runyon. He retained this position for only 
 one year, however, and in 1882 also resigned his seat upon the bench 
 of the Court of Errors and Appeals, being moved to do so in order 
 to assume the duties as president of the Mutual Benefit Life Insur- 
 ance Company of Newark, of which prominent corporation he had 
 been mathematician for the preceding twenty years. That all Judge 
 Dodd's public offices were held by merit and never by political influ- 
 ence is e\ident when it is here stated that all his appointments were 
 received from Democratic administrations, he, himself, being an 
 uncompromising Republican. For a period of eleven years, from 
 1 87 1 to 1S82, Judge Dodd was engaged in judicial duties. His 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 653 
 
 opinions as an equity judge are to be found in the New Jersey 
 Reports, volumes 22 to 34 inclusive; and as a member of the Court 
 of Errors and Appeals, his opinions are in volumes 36 to 42 inclusive. 
 "They are regarded by legal men as possessing superior merit and 
 belonging to the best class of judicial productions. Some of them 
 have become authoritative cases in important questions." One of the 
 most notable cases decided by him was that of the Pennsylvania Rail- 
 road Company vs. the National Railway Company, tried in 1873. 
 Judge Dodd's opinions in this notable case are recorded in volume 7, 
 C. E. Gr. 441. His decision was never appealed and the result of 
 the injunction issued against the defendant prohibiting the con- 
 struction of the proposed road was the passage soon after of the 
 general railroad law of the State. In a historical account of New 
 Jersey legislation the above case is spoken of as follows : 
 
 Chancellor Zabriskie was in Europe at the time, and the application 
 for injunction restraining tlie construction of the new road was made to 
 Amzi Dodd. the Vice-Chancellor. the peer of the Chancellor in legal skill 
 and learning. The hearing extended during several months. The Chancery 
 Court rooms, the morning he read his opinion, were crowded to suffoca- 
 tion. The excitement created by the decision was simply enormous. 
 Coming on the eve of the decisive battle between the two corporations in 
 the halls of the legislature, then in session, its importance may be imagined, 
 but its efTect can scarcely be described. The Vice-Chancellor was praised 
 and denounced by turns, commended for having stamped on a vicious 
 abuse of the State's highest prerogative, and denounced by the men who 
 had expected to profit by the fraud. His decision helped to give new 
 force to the drift of public sentiment. The people had been impatient of 
 the monopoly that sought to keep every competing line out of the State, 
 and their sympathies had been given to those interested in the new line 
 movement. But the suspicions with which the revelations made during 
 the course of this litigation had covered them, now made them objects of 
 distrust. The only escape from these men on the one side and the legisla- 
 tive monopoly on the other was a bill that should open the way for the use 
 of the soil to all roads with wise restrictions ; and so an enormous impulse 
 was given to the demand for a free and general railroad enactment. 
 
 In addition to his great professional learning Judge Dodd was a 
 skilled mathematician. He succeeded the late Joseph P. Bradley, 
 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, as mathematician 
 for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, of which he became 
 
654 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 president in 1882. As head of this great and powerful insurance com- 
 pany he was enabled to give vent to his splendid executive and busi- 
 ness talents and under him the above concern has flourished until now 
 it is one of the largest insurance companies in the east. 
 
 In 1852 was solemnized the marriage of Judge Dodd to Jane 
 Frame, daughter of William Frame, formerly of Newark, but after 
 i860 a resident of Bloomfield. Judge and Mrs. Dodd became the 
 parents of nine children, of whom three sons and three daughters 
 are living' in 19 12, namely: William S., a lawyer; Edward Whelp- 
 ley, engaged in business; Joseph Smith, a medical practitioner; Caro- 
 line, wife of Leonard Richards, a New York merchant; Julia, wife of 
 H. B. Frissell, D. D., principal of the Hampton (Virginia) Normal 
 and Agricultural Institute; Louise, who is unmarried, resides with her 
 mother at Bloomfield. 
 
 In 1874 the degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon 
 Judge Dodd by his alma inalcr, the College of New Jersey. In i 876 
 the Supreme Court of the State appointed him one of the managers 
 of the New Jersey Soldiers' Home, of which position he was incum- 
 bent to the time of his death. Judge Dodd was a man of broad 
 human sympathy and innate kindliness of spirit. Charity in its widest 
 and best sense was practiced by him, and his benevolence made 
 smooth the rough way of many a weary traveler on life's journey. In 
 his private life he was distinguished by ail that marks the true gen- 
 tleman. His was a noble character, one that subordinated personal 
 ambition to public good and sought rather the benefit of others than 
 the aggrandizement of self. Endowed by nature with high intel- 
 lectual qualities, to which were added the discipline and embellish- 
 ments of culture, his was a most attractive personality. He was held 
 in high esteem by all who knew him and was deeply beloved by his 
 fellow citizens in Bloomfield. 
 
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EDWARD THOMAS MOORE 
 
 EDWARD THOMAS MOORE, lawyer and legislator, was 
 born in Passaic, New Jersey, July 3, 1881, son of Thomas 
 M. and Sarah J. (Wickham) Moore. 
 
 He obtained an excellent education, attending in turn the public 
 schools of his native cit>', the Stevens Preparatory School, Hoboken, 
 and Princeton College, from which he was graduated with the degree 
 of Bachelor of Science in 1903. He read law under the excellent 
 direction of his father, and in the New York Law School, from 
 which he was graduated in 1906, and he was the same year admitted 
 to the bar of New Jersey as an attorney, and in 1909 as a counsellor. 
 In 1905 he formed a partnership with Henry C. Whitehead, which 
 was dissolved in 1908. At present he is a senior member of the firm 
 of Moore & Davison, his partner being Mr. John S. Davison. 
 
 Aside from his profession, Mr. Moore has been prominent in 
 political, military and legislative circles. A Republican in politics, 
 he was second assistant secretary of the National Republican Com- 
 mittee in 1 90S. He was elected to the Assembly in 1908, and In 
 1910 was reelected by a plurality of 2,894 over Klenert, the highest 
 candidate on the Democratic ticket. In his last term he was particu- 
 larly active, sen'ing on the Committees on Militia, Printed Bills, 
 Railroads and Canals, and Sinking Fund, and as chairman of the 
 Committee on Deaf Mutes. In May, 191 1, he was appointed major 
 and judge advocate of the First Brigade National Guard of New 
 Jersey. Mr. Moore is a member of the Columbia Yacht Club of 
 New York, the Republican Club, Yautakah Golf Club and Acquack- 
 ononk Club of Passaic, and the Zeta Psi, a college fraternity. 
 
FRANCIS I. VANDEK BEEK 
 
 THIS name is distinctively Dutch in form, and appears with 
 many spellings in the Dutch records of early New York, 
 such as Van der Beek, Van der Beeck, Van der Beck and 
 Van der Beecke, Vander Beek, Vander Beeck, V dr Beek, and v. d. 
 Beek. The records show that the original immigrant to New York 
 came from Bremen, Germany, but it is presumable that he was of 
 Dutch parentage, since the name still exists in Holland, while it 
 cannot be found in Germany. Paulus V^an der Beek may have been 
 born in Bremen, of Dutch parents, or he may have sailed from that 
 port on his first journey to this country. He was the ancestor of the 
 large family now in the United States and especially in New York 
 and New Jersey, and wrote his name Poulus Van der bek. 
 
 (I) Paulus (Poulus) Vander Beek came to America about 
 1643, and died at his home on Long Island in 1680. He resided in 
 Brooklyn in 1655, and in 1660 was engaged in the butchering business 
 in New Amsterdam. In 1661 he was farming on Long Island and in 
 1662 was ferrymaster. He purchased plantation lot No. 17 at Grave- 
 send, the deed bearing date October 24, 1663, and appears on the 
 assessment roll of Brooklyn in 1675, and among patentees in 1677. 
 He sold one-half of the farm at Gowanus, August 6, 1679, for three 
 thousand guilders. His farm was subsequently in possession of the 
 Bergen family down to a comparatively recent date. He married, 
 October 9, 1644, in New Amsterdam, Maria Thomas (or Baddie), 
 a widow who had previously had two husbands, 1 homas F'arden 
 and William Atirianse Bennett. Children: Coenradus, mentioned 
 below; Aeltie, born May 30, 1649; Paulus, November 17, 1650; 
 Hester, December 15, 1652; Isaac, November 6, 1656; Catherine. 
 
 (II) Coenradus, eldest son of Paulus and Maria Vander 
 Beek, was baptized September i, 1647, at Gowanus, where he re- 
 sided, and was a member of the Brooklyn Dutch Church in 1677. 
 He was on the assessment list of that town in 1675-76. but within a 
 few years removed to New York, where he was a measurer in 1699. 
 He probably died in the latter part of the year 1708, as his will, 
 made July 17, 1706, was proved January 9, 1709. He married 
 (first) Elsie jansc, and (second) October 20, 1702, a widow, Cath- 
 
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 erine Cook. Children: Anna Margaret; Paulus; John Maria, bap- 
 tized May lo, 1679; Abraham, April i, 1682; Isaac, June 3, 16S5; 
 Jacob, died young; Coenradus, November 5, 1693; Maria, May 
 10, 1699; Jacob. I'he last named may have been a child of the 
 second wife. 
 
 (III) Paulus (2), eldest son of Coenradus and Elsie (Janse) 
 Vander Beek, was born about 1674-75, in New York, and resided 
 there in early life. Before 1708 he settled at Hackensack, New 
 Jersey, where he received a deed of land from John Berdan in 1709. 
 He and his wife were admitted to the Reformed Dutch church on 
 letters from New York, September 30, 17 10. He married Jannetie 
 Springsteen, but record of the marriage has not been discovered. 
 They had two sons baptized at Hackensack: Abram, April 25, 
 1708 ; Isaac, mentioned below. 
 
 (IV) Isaac, second son of Paulus (2) and Jannetie (Spring- 
 steen) Vander Beek, was baptized March 3, 17 12, at Hackensack, 
 where he resided and was admitted with his wife, upon confession 
 of faith, to the Hackensack church, February 23, 1737. He mar- 
 ried, at Hackensack, May 29, 1736, Annaetje de Boog, a native of 
 New York. Her name is also written in the Hackensack records as 
 Vanderboog, but search of the church records of New York fails to 
 find her birth under either heading. Children, baptized at Hacken- 
 sack: Paulus, mentioned below; Barent, May 13, 1739; Jannetie, 
 November 8, 1741; Isaac, November 13, 1743; Jacob, March 2, 
 1746; Solomon, February 12, 1749; Ragel, February 9, 1752; 
 Abram, April 19, 1756; Hendrick, February 25, 1759. 
 
 (V) Paulus (3), eldest child of Isaac and Annaetje (de 
 Boog) Vander Beek, was baptized March 20, 1737, at Hacken- 
 sack, and resided in that vicinity. At the annual church meeting in 
 1768 he was made church and house master, in 1770, an elder, and 
 in 1780, a deacon. He married, September 11, 1760, at Schraalen- 
 burg, Sara Berdan, also spelled Bardan. Their children, baptized 
 at Hackensack, were: Annaetje, October 2, 1762; Jan, August 23, 
 1765; Corstyntje, March 27, 1769; Isaac, mentioned below; Hend- 
 rick, December 7, 1773; Paulus, February 28, 1779; Vreleck, April 
 10, 1782. 
 
 (VI) Isaac (2), second son of Paulus (3) and Sara (Berdan) 
 Vander Beek, was baptized October 20, 1771, at Hackensack, and 
 
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 resided in that town. He married, September 12, 1798, at 
 Schraalenburg, Susanna Blanchard, and their eldest child, Paulus, 
 (vas baptized there I'\-bruary 16, 1800. Susanna Blanchard was 
 Dorn April 29, 1771, died March 27, 1865. Other children were: 
 Solomon, Rynir, Paulus. Henry, Mar}' Ann, and Isaac Isaacson 
 (son of Isaac), mentioned below. 
 
 (VII) Isaac Isaacson, son of Isaac (2) and Susanna (Blanch- 
 ard) Vander Beek, was born September 25, 1808, in Hackensack, 
 died February 8, 1893. ^^^ ^^^s extensively engaged in the lumber 
 business throughout his active business life and founded an estab- 
 lishment which provided handsomely for his descendants. He was 
 first established in Passaic, was sheriff of Passaic county in 1842-43- 
 44. In 1 846 he removed to Jersey City in order to extend his facilities, 
 and there joined in forming the firm of Morrell & Van der Beek, 
 which was established on Greene and Steuben streets, Jersey City, 
 on property purchased in 1850 from the heirs of Robert Pulton, 
 where the great inventor built his first steamboat. October 6, 1863, 
 Isaac I. Vander Beek bought the interest of Mr. Morrell in part- 
 nership, and took in his son, Francis I., forming the partnership of 
 I. I. Vander Beek & Son. This continued until about 1870, when 
 the lime and brick business, which had been an important part of the 
 assets, was discarded, and a planing mill and box facton,' was added 
 to an already extensive lumber business. The ground space of the 
 concern had previously been largely extended, adding to the original 
 Fulton plot. At this time (1S70) his son-in-law, William F. Pear- 
 son, became a member of the firm. He was a member of the Dutch 
 Reformed church ; and from the time of the organization of the party, 
 a steadfast Republican in politics. He married, December 26, 1832, 
 Ann Oldis, born July 24, i 807, died December 16, 1888. They had 
 two children : Francis Isaac and Susan Ann. The latter became the 
 wife of William E. Pearson and left two sons: Francis and Isaac 
 Vander Beek Pearson. 
 
 (VIII) Francis Isaac, only son of Isaac Isaacson and Ann 
 (Oldis) Vander Beek, was born October 9, 1833, in Hackensack, 
 died October 23, 1909, at Port Jervis, New York. As previously 
 related, he joined his father in the lumber business in 1863, and 
 after the lattcr's death continued as the head of the firm until his 
 retirement in 1904. After the death of his father the business was 
 continued untler the same name until the death of William E. Pear- 
 
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 son in February, 1904, when Mr. Vander Beek retired from active 
 business. On the first of March of that year a new firm, known as 
 \ ander Beek & Sons, was formed by his cousin, Isaac P. Vander 
 Beek, who still continues this establishment. This has long been one 
 of the most extensive concerns of the kind in the metropolitan dis- 
 trict and has always been conducted on a high moral plane. Mr. 
 Vander Beek was affiliated with the Dutch Reformed church and 
 was identified in politics with the Republican party from the time of 
 its organization, about the time of his majorit)'. He married, Octo- 
 ber 4, 1866, Louisa McMunn, daughter of Dr. John Blake and 
 Eleanor (Dolson) McMunn, of Port Jervis, New York. The lat- 
 ter was a daughter of Theophilus Dolson and his wife, Liana Aus- 
 tin, whose father was Eusebius Austin, a prominent physician and 
 surgeon under General Washington at Valley Forge in 1778. Chil- 
 dren of Francis I. Vander Beek were: Francis L and Eleanor Mc- 
 Munn. The latter, born May 16, 1874, is the wife of Dr. Dorwin 
 Le Roy Culver and is the mother of two children: Dorwin Le Roy 
 and Francis Vander Beek. 
 
 (IX) Francis I. (2), only son of Francis I. ( i ) and Louisa 
 (McMunn) Vander Beek, was born February 12, 1870, in Jersey 
 City, and continued from the age of six to twelve years under the 
 instruction of a private school. Following this he was for two years 
 a student at the Hasbrouck Institute, after which he studied four 
 years at Steven's Institute in Hoboken. Having arrived at the age 
 of eighteen years, he entered the employ of his father's firm in the 
 lumber business in Jersey City, which had been established by his 
 grandfather in 1846. After seven years of faithful service he was 
 admitted to a partnership and thus continued until the dissolution of 
 the original firm of V^ander Beek & Sons, March i, 1904. At this 
 time he retired from active connection with the business, although 
 he is now one of the directors of the corporation bearing the old 
 name. He is now president of the Dielectric Company of America, 
 whose factory is located in Belleville, New Jersey, and produces 
 insulated wires and cables. Since 1893 ^e has resided in Glen Spey, 
 town of Lumberland, Sullivan county, New York, of which town he 
 was elected town superintendent in 1909 and again in 191 1. Polit- 
 ically he is a Republican, and with his family is affiliated with the 
 Dutch Reformed church. He is a member of the Automobile Club 
 of America and of the Holland Society of New York, and is affili- 
 
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 ated with Jersey City Lodge, No. 74, Free and Accepted Masons, 
 and Enterprise Chapter, No. 2, Royal Arch Masons, of Jersey City. 
 He married, April 19, 1893, in Jersey City, Rebecca Elsey 
 Mackenzie, born January i, 1871, in Jersey City, daughter of 
 George Ross and Rebecca (Elsey) Mackenzie, of that city. Re- 
 becca Elsey, wife of George Ross Mackenzie, was born September 
 12, 1827, in Wadsworth, Surrey, England, and was married. May 
 31, 1847, "I New York City, at the Floating Chapel, foot of Dey 
 street, to Mr. Mackenzie. They had children: John Ross, born 
 February 3, 1848, in Jersey City, died at sea in 1889; Grace, De- 
 cember 30, 1849, married, October 3, 1876, John Ewing; James 
 Stone, April 6, 1852, died August 31, 1907; Alexander, May 8, 
 1854; George Ross, born May 23, 1856, died June 28, 1857; Hugh 
 Ross, April 9, 1858; Edward Easton, May 24, i860; Margaret 
 Ross, August 26, 1862, married Charles Elkin; Jessie, July 19, 1864, 
 married Peter Alexander; Isabella, October 25, 1866, married B. P. 
 Craig; Simon Ross, born September 10, 1868, died December 10, 
 1875; and Rebecca Elsey, above mentioned as the wife of Francis 
 Isaac Vander Beek. Mr. and Mrs. Vander Beek have two sons: 
 Francis I. (3), born January 22, 1897; Gordon Mackenzie, Febru- 
 ary 7, 1904. 
 
JOHN WILLIAM FERGUSON 
 
 NO man can take credit for the incidents of birth and family, 
 yet when an ancestry of honorable and distinguished record 
 may be justly claimed it is surely a matter for pardonable 
 pride. John William Ferguson, of Paterson, New Jersey, whose 
 record as a contractor, engineer and general business man, is one on 
 which he may pride himself, is descended from an ancient Scottish 
 family. 
 
 Rev. John Ferguson, his immigrant ancestor, was born in 
 Dunse, Berwickshire, Scotland, December 9, 1788, and was about 
 seventeen years of age when he came to this country. The grand- 
 father of Rev. John Ferguson came from the North of Scotland and 
 was a soldier under the Duke of Marlborough, in the Scotts Greys, 
 a regiment of heavy cavalry in Queen Anne's wars. The father and 
 uncle of Rev. John Ferguson emigrated to America, settled at New- 
 port, Rhode Island, but the father returned to Scotland as he was 
 averse to warring with his mother country. Later, however, at 
 about the age of seventy years, he returned to Newport with his 
 wife, Anne (Briggs) Ferguson, of Little Compton, Rhode Island, 
 and his family. Rev. John Ferguson turned his attention to religion 
 at an early age, and while he was obliged to abandon his plans for a 
 number of years he never gave up the idea of entering the ministry. 
 His first sermon as a candidate was preached at Attleboro, Massa- 
 chusetts, his subject being "The Lord is a Man of War," and his 
 text and the treatment of the subject were in harmony with his war- 
 like character. Some time after his ordination he settled in Whately, 
 Massachusetts, and was looked to for counsel and advice by pastors 
 and churches as well as by laymen. He was known far and wide 
 as "the champion of the oppressed" and "as a lover and maker of 
 peace." "He was very often solicited to appear as advocate before 
 ecclesiastical courts, and many a time as he has done this have the 
 coolness and shrewdness, the wit and wisdom with which he advo- 
 cated the course extorted the exclamation 'what a lawyer he would 
 have made'." He almost always defended the weaker party, his 
 sympathies frequently inclining to the unpopular side. "He was 
 always ready to grasp the shield and poise his lance for the injured 
 
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 and defenceless. In all such cases he sniffed the battle like the war 
 horse and fought with all the chivalry and the courtesy of a Christian 
 knight." He published a number of discourses and for the use of 
 Sunday schools a "Memoir of Dr. Samuel Hopkins," the celebrated 
 theologian. His death occurred November ii, 1858. He married 
 (first) Mary V. Hammett, of Newport, (second) Margaret S. 
 Eddy, of Providence, and had two children by the first, and nine by 
 the second marriage. 
 
 Peter Ferguson, the fifth son by the second marriage, was bom 
 in Attieboro, Massachusetts, July 20, 1823, died in Zanesville, Ohio, 
 June 30, 1 89 1. He became a student at Amherst College, but left 
 before completing the course in order to accept a position with the 
 Cleveland, Toledo & Norwalk Railroad, with headquarters in Cleve- 
 land, Ohio. After his marriage he removed to Norwalk, Ohio, and 
 in 1853 became chief engineer of the Tiffin & Fort Wayne Railroad, 
 and removed to Tiffin. He was engaged in railroad construction 
 work on this road until financial depression caused its abandonment, 
 when he became an engineer for bridge structural work, in which 
 he was successful. His removal to New Haven, Connecticut, was 
 caused by his desire to give his children better educational advan- 
 tages than they had out west, and he built the Chapel Street bridge 
 over the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, and the 
 swing draw bridge over Mill River, these being among the pioneer 
 iron bridges of the entire country. During the Civil War he was 
 in charge of reconstruction work at Fort Hale, which guards the 
 eastern entrance to New Haven Harbor. He was engaged in numer- 
 ous other important pieces of reconstruction work, and then became 
 the superintendent of the, at that time, large contracting firm of 
 Maclntire Brothers, and removed to Buffalo, New York. Bethel, 
 Connecticut, was his next place of residence, and finally, Zanesville. 
 He was deeply interested in religious work, and was frequently 
 called upon to conduct religious services. He married Maria Jean- 
 nette Bixby, of Keene, New Hampshire, had eight children. 
 
 John William Ferguson, son of Peter and Maria Jeannette 
 (Bixby) Ferguson, was born in Tiffin, Ohio, December 19, 1857. He 
 removed with his father's family to New Haven, Connecticut, where 
 the earlier years of his life were spent, and received his education 
 in the public and pri\-ate schools of the city, taking a course of study 
 preparatory to entering the Yale Scientific School. He did not enter 
 
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 college, however, but turned his attention to the study of practical 
 engineering. In 1877 he secured a position as rodman in the engi- 
 neering Department of the old Boston & New York Air Line Rail- 
 road. At the end of one year, 1878, he was employed in the same 
 capacity in the Engineering Department of the New York, Lake 
 Erie and Western Railroad. He was associated with this company 
 until the early part of 1891, and during that period was advanced 
 from one position to another, until he held that of assistant chief 
 engineer of the entire system. In 1892 he established himself in 
 business in Paterson, New Jersey, as civil engineer and building con- 
 tractor, in a comparatively limited way at first, but gradually in- 
 creased the scope of his operations and the magnitude of his enter- 
 prises until he came to be recognized as one of the most extensive 
 building contractors in the East. This business was conducted under 
 his personal management until 1905, then passed to the proprietor- 
 ship of the John W. Ferguson Company, incorporated under the 
 laws of the State of New Jersey. During this latter period he has 
 continued at the head of the corporation as its executive and man- 
 aging officer. 
 
 Among the numerous and more important structures erected 
 by this company may be mentioned the following: The New Jersey 
 State Armory, Hamilton Trust Company, United Bank Building, 
 Colt Building and the Meyer Brothers' Department Store Building, all 
 in Paterson; the Kings County Power Building, Brooklyn, New York; 
 Hackensack Trust Company Building, Hackensack, New Jersey; 
 the Babbitt Soap Factory Building, Babbitt, New Jersey; the Bab- 
 cock and Wilcox Plant, Bayonne, New Jersey; the Newark Ware- 
 house, Newark, New Jersey; the Gera Mills and the recent large 
 addition to the already vast building of the Botany Mills, both of 
 Passaic, New Jersey. Mr. Ferguson is also a director in the Pater- 
 son National Bank, and in 19 13 was elected as \^ice-president of the - 
 Manufacturing Association of New Jersey. 
 
 Aside from his business and personal concerns Mr. Ferguson has 
 been closely identified, during his residence in Paterson, with the 
 growth and prosperity of the city in many directions, and has been 
 and is still connected with several of the best institutions of the city. 
 He has never been a politician in any sense, or a seeker after political 
 honors. He was one of the principal organizers of the Taxpayers' 
 Association of Paterson in 1903, and a guiding spirit of the policy 
 
664 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 and excellent good work accomplished by that body. He is now 
 chairman of its Executive Committee. He holds membership in the 
 American Society of Civil Engineers; the American Society of Me- 
 chanical Engineers; the New Jersey Chapter, Society of Sons of the 
 American Revolution; life member of the Society of Mechanics and 
 Tradesmen of New York; the North Jersey Country Club; Hamil- 
 ton Club of Paterson; Engineers' Club, Hardware Club, and the 
 Railroad Club of New York; Areola Country Club. 
 
 Mr. Ferguson married, in Paterson, New Jersey, May 26, 1893, 
 Jennie Beame, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, November 23, 1864, 
 daughter of William and Lydia (Stitt) Cooke, and they have chil- 
 dren, all born in Paterson: John William Jr., May 12, 1894; Arthur 
 Donald, February 17, 1899; Jean, April i i, 1906. Progressive and 
 public spirited as a citizen, Mr. Ferguson is thoroughly in touch with 
 modern ad\ancemcnt and a close student of all questions which have 
 to do with the public welfare. In his profession he has long since 
 left the ranks of the many to stand among the successful few, and in 
 private life he has that strength and nobility of character which 
 throughout the world command the highest esteem. He is held in 
 the highest regard by all by reason of his many admirable traits and 
 true manly principles. 
 
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JOHN A. WALKER 
 
 TO the subject of this review, the late John A. Walker, of Jer- 
 sey City, New Jersey, came the attainment of a distinguished 
 position in connection with great material industries of the 
 nation, and his efforts were so discerningly directed along well de- 
 fined lines that he seemed at any one point of his progress, which he 
 made through his own efforts, to have realized at that point the full 
 measure of his possibilities for accomplishment. This is to be re- 
 garded as a truly successful life. His distinctive and forceful in- 
 dividuality left its iinpress upon all those with whom he came in con- 
 tact. 
 
 Of honorable Scotch parentage, Mr. Walker was born in the 
 City of New York, September 22, 1837, and died at his home in 
 Jersey City, May 23, 1907. The public schools of Brooklyn, New 
 York, furnished his early education, and he was then prepared for 
 college at a private school. Commercial life, however, had always 
 possessed a great fascination for him, and he preferred to enter 
 directly upon a business career, rather than spend several years in a 
 college. For some years he was identified with business affairs in 
 New York City, but upon the outbreak of the Civil War, abandoned 
 his business connections in order to give himself with his whole heart 
 to his countr>''s service. Upon the close of this struggle Mr. Walker 
 returned to the more peaceful pursuits of life and, in 1867, became 
 associated with the firm of Joseph Dixon & Company, in Jersey City, 
 in the manufacture of graphite products, an association which was 
 continued uninterruptedly until his death. As the greater part of 
 his time was now spent in Jersey City, he removed to that town, and 
 had his residence there until he passed to his eternal rest. In the year 
 1868 the firm of Joseph Dixon & Company was incorporated under 
 the title of The Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, and Mr. Walker 
 was chosen as secretary of this corporation. From that time all the 
 energy and executive ability with which he was so richly endowed 
 were devoted to the interests of this company. In addition to his 
 secretarial duties he acted as manager of the company until 1891, 
 when he was elected, unanimously, by his associates to the dual office 
 of vice-president and treasurer, he having already practically filled 
 
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 the latter position for a considerable length of time. During the 
 remainder of his life he filled both of these offices, and was also 
 actively identified with the general management of the concern. 
 When the management of the company was first entrusted to his 
 capable hands, its affairs were in anything but a satisfactory condi- 
 tion, but his progressive, yet safe and conservative methods, placed 
 the finances of the company on a reasonably satisfactory basis in a 
 comparatively short space of time, and the concern has gradually 
 achie\ed a world-wide reputation. A well-known biographer wrote 
 of Mr. Walker in the following terms: 
 
 "In intellect he was keen, clear, critical, intuitive. In business he was 
 thoughtful, cautious in looking ahead and preparing for emergencies. He 
 had what is known as a wiry organization. His moral brain made him a 
 just man. He was of the staunch Presbyterian school. What he believed 
 to be right he did — no matter what others might do or say. Yet he was 
 not contrary, nor set in his ways, nor unreasonable. While his sympathies 
 were keen and easily aroused, and his hand ready to open, yet no one 
 found him wasting an)-thing. He was shrewd, energetic, liberal-minded 
 and greatly enjoyed a good joke and plenty of fun in its ])lacc. Nothing 
 escaped his eye." 
 
 Mr. Walker was one of those busy men who by means of their 
 systematic manner of working always appear to have time to spare 
 for still further efforts. So it was that The Joseph Dixon Crucible 
 Company was not the only one which had the benefit of the counsel 
 and labor of Mr. Walker. He was vice-president of the Colonial Life 
 Insurance Company, director in the New Jersey Title and Guarantee 
 Company, a director of the Pa\onia IVust Company, a director of 
 the Provident Institution for Savings, and president of the Chil- 
 dren's PViend Society, all of Jersey City; trustee of the Stationers' 
 Board of Trade of New York; had served as first vice-president of 
 the National Stationers' and Manufacturers' Association; was a 
 member of the Chamber of Commerce of New York and of the 
 Board of Trade of Jersey City; chairman of the Executive Commit- 
 tee of the Cosmos Club of Jersey City; member of the Carteret 
 Club, the Union League Club and the Lincoln Association, of Jer- 
 sey City; member of the Nati(mal Geographic Society; and associate 
 member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers and of the 
 Society for Psychical Research. 
 
 A staunch Republican in his political views, Mr. Walker took 
 
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 a deep interest in public affairs, but was never desirous of holding 
 public offices. Had he conformed to the wishes of his fellow citi- 
 zens, he could have been the incumbent of the highest offices in their 
 gift. Only on three occasions would he allow himself to break, his 
 self enforced rule in this direction — twice he was a member of the 
 Jersey City Board of Education, during which time he was honored 
 with the presidency of that body, and he also served as one of the 
 trustees of the Jersey City Public Library. His services in both of 
 these offices were of inestimable value to the community. He was 
 ever ready to take upon himself additional duties and work and to 
 assist any project which had for its object the elevation of the com- 
 munity. In the world of literature he would undoubtedly have made 
 his mark, had he decided to make that his life work. As it is, what- 
 ever came from his pen possessed decided literary merit and left a 
 deep impression. Mr. Walker went abroad a number of times, but 
 the more he saw of foreign countries, the more he loved his own, 
 his naturally intense patriotism being only intensified. He was a 
 ready, a forcible and a convincing speaker, and was frequently called 
 upon to make addresses at large gatherings. One of the last he 
 made was at the Traffic Club, in the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria in New 
 York City, when, in speaking for "The Shippers," he said in part: 
 "We are living now in the best days the world has ever seen — what 
 might be called the halcyon days — in other words, the golden days 
 referred to by the writers of the past — the days that the prophets 
 looked forward to with wistful eyes. Not only this, but we happen 
 also to live, as far as the bulk of the people are concerned, in the 
 best land of the world, the best country that the sun shines upon. 
 * * * The fundamental law of success was propounded by our 
 Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who when they came to Him and 
 foolishly asked which of these two men shall be greatest in the 
 Kingdom of Heaven, said with good religion and with even better 
 economics that he of the two that sinks most emphatically his own 
 personal selfish ambitions and does the most unselfish work for the 
 public welfare will be the important man anywhere and everywhere." 
 The "Colonial News," the official organ of the Colonial Life 
 Insurance Company of y\merica, devoted its entire first page of the 
 issue which was published shortly after the death of Mr. Walker 
 to an article entitled "His Words Abide," which reported some of 
 the speeches of Mr. Walker. It also printed the following letter, 
 
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 written by the manager of the above-mentioned company to the 
 president of the same corporation : 
 
 New Brunswick. N. J., May 27, 1907. 
 Ernest J. Ileppenheimer, Esq., President: 
 
 Dear Sir: — While the Company is to be congratulated upon ahnost 
 reaching its tenth anniversary witliout a visitation of death among its 
 Officers, still, it will be more than acknowledged when the grim reaper 
 did appear, he aimed high and hit a shining mark when he gathered to his 
 fathers the gentle, ennobling, inspiring John A. Walker, Second Vice- 
 President of the Company. The writer learned much from his character. 
 He was as sweet as country cream. His eyes, his face, his words seem 
 before me and I think I can still hear his gentle, sim[)le words — "without 
 malice." pointing the road to success. He was a worker and worked in 
 sympathy with all mankind, for he was a believer in the free and equal. 
 When his remains are committed to mother earth, no sweeter sod was ever 
 trod by man than the one that will cover John A. Walker. With sincere 
 sympathy and respect, I am, 
 
 Respectfullv, 
 
 (Signed) J. HUGHES. Manager. 
 
 The official announcement of the death of Mr. Walker was 
 made to the field force of the Colonial Life by its president, E. J. 
 Heppenheimer, and one cannot but mark its sad eloquence: "Hardly 
 past the threshold of our tenth year and grateful for the unusual 
 immunity a kind Providence has thus far bestowed on the official 
 family of this Company, it becomes my sad duty to announce the 
 death of our much beloved second vice-president, John A. Walker. 
 * * * The members of the field staff, who will long remember 
 his genial presence at our annual conventions, which he invariably 
 attended, though often with great danger to his health, will receive 
 this sad intelligence with profound sorrow. To the officers and 
 directors of this Company, in whose councils his opinions and judg- 
 ment were accorded deserved respect, the death of John A. Walker 
 comes as a great personal loss." 
 
 In everything that he undertook Mr. Walker took pride in 
 never shirking a duty or labor to be performed. But, better than 
 all, he had won the love and affection of thousands of men, women 
 and children, who had been benefitted by him in some form or other. 
 
HENRY BARRETT CROSBY 
 
 HENRY BARRETT CROSBY, one of the leading wholesale 
 merchants in Paterson, was a native of the State of Vermont, 
 born at Brattleboro, y\pril 13, 18 15, and died in Paterson, 
 New Jersey. The old Massachusetts family from which he de- 
 scended traces its interesting genealogy back, to Norman times, soon 
 after the conquest of England, when Ode de Crosseby was constable 
 of Titchall, Yorkshire, in the year 1204, and a relative, Simon de 
 Crosseby, appears in 1220 in the Lancashire records. Their coat- 
 of-aiTns is described thus : Per chevron sable and argent three goats 
 pass, countercharged. 
 
 Of the American line the immigrant, Simon Crosby, was born 
 in England in 1608, and was by trade a husbandman. Sailing in 
 May, 1635, from London, in the ship "Susan and Ellen," at the 
 age of twenty-six years, with his wife, Ann, aged twenty-five years, 
 and their son, Thomas, eight months old, he landed at Boston. They 
 soon settled at Cambridge, and he was admitted a freeman, March 
 3, 1636, and subsequently was elected twice as a selectman. He 
 had several grants of land, and his house was known later as the 
 Brattle place, having passed into the hands of a member of the 
 Brattle family. Simon Crosby died in 1639, and the oldest of his 
 three sons, Thomas, born in England in 1634, was brought up in the 
 household of his stepfather, Rev. William Thompson, of Braintree, 
 who became the second husband of Mrs. Ann Crosby in 1646. 
 
 Rev. Thomas Crosby, son of Simon and Ann Crosby, gradu- 
 ated from Harvard Lniversity in 1653, and became a clergyman, 
 succeeding Rev. John Mayo, at Harwich, now Braintree, Massa- 
 chusetts. His salary at first was only five pounds per annum. His 
 ministry at Harwich began in 1655 and terminated for unknown 
 reasons in 1670. Removing to Boston he died in December, 1702, 
 leaving a wife, Sarah, whom he married in 1662. She, according to 
 the custom of the times, soon married (second) John Miller. 
 
 Joseph, fourth of the children of Rev. Thomas and Sarah 
 Crosby, was born January 27, 1669, at Harwich, Massachusetts, 
 died at Yarmouth, same state. May 30, 1725. He became a pro- 
 prietor at Yarmouth, and a planter, and was a member of the First 
 
670 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 Church. He married, Februar}' i6, 1692-93, Mehitable Miller, 
 daughter of John Miller, and had one son, I heophilus. 
 
 Theophikis, son of Joseph and Mehitable (\Iiller) Crosby, was 
 born at Yarmouth, December 31, 1693. He became a planter and 
 also a fisherman, and is recorded as a cordwainer. He married, 
 February 14, 1722-23, Thankful Winslow, of Harwich, and had 
 several children. 
 
 Miller, son of Iheophilus and Thankful (Winslow) Crosby, 
 was born at Harwich, in 1738, receiving the family name of his 
 grandmother as cognomen. He gained a very comfortable living in 
 the summer by coastwise fishing and in trade at the various Massachu- 
 setts ports, and died about 1792, leaving his widow, Rebecca 
 (Crosby) Crosby, very well ofif. She was the daughter of Eleazer 
 Jr. and Lydia Crosby, and great-granddaughter of Rev. Thomas 
 Crosby, and was born in 1744, died November 9, 1836. Her mar- 
 riage to .Miller Crosby occurred in 1769, and of their seven children 
 the fourth was Watson. 
 
 Watson, son of Miller and Rebecca (Crosby) Crosby, was 
 born at Harwich, November 7, 1776, died at Brattleboro, Vermont, 
 about 1859, aged eighty-three years. He moved from Massachu- 
 setts to Brattleboro. Vermont, at the age of seventeen, with his 
 widowed mother and her other children. As the eldest living son 
 the greatest responsibility devolved upon him in regard to clearing 
 and cultivating the land which they took up there. The remainder 
 of his life was spent in Brattleboro, where he early learned the trade 
 of shoemaker, and practiced it at the same time with farming. When 
 his mother died in 1836, Watson inherited her farm, but through 
 his endorsement of the note of a neighbor, which went unpaid, he 
 was obliged to gi\e up all his property in order to settle the debt. 
 He then removed to a small farm in West Brattleboro. He was 
 widely known for his honesty of dealings and shrewdness of wit. 
 His athletic build made it possible for him to jump over the back 
 of an ordinarv chair, at the age of seventy years. In politics he was 
 an influential Whig, and with his wife attended the Brattleboro Con- 
 gregational Church. He married, November 28, 1804, at Hawley, 
 Massachusetts, Desiah Bangs, born at Hawlev, December 9, 1785, 
 daughter of Deacon Joseph Bangs. Among their ten children was 
 Henry Barrett Crosby. His brother, Jeremiah Mayo Crosby, was 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 671 
 
 also interested in the hardware business, and has been long connected 
 with the Toledo Metal Wheel Company. 
 
 Henr)' Barrett, son of Watson and Desiah (Bangs) Crosby, 
 gained such small education as his father could give him during his 
 boyhood on their Brattleboro farm. When ten years old he began 
 working for their neighbor, Deacon Russell Hayes, grandfather of 
 President Rutherford B. Hayes, but two years later, when the fam- 
 ily moved to Springfield, Massachusetts, young Crosby became em- 
 ployed in a cotton factor)- at Chlcopee Flails. In 1829 he began to 
 learn the paper-making trade with the concern of Ames Brothers at 
 Springfield, but returned temporarily to farming when the introduc- 
 tion of machinery threw him out of work. About 1831 he went to 
 Woodsocket I-^all, Rhode Island, and ser\-ed a six months' apprentice- 
 ship in a machine shop. A loom manufacturer in the same village next 
 employed him for eight months. For a period of a year he became 
 a workman on flyers for spinning frames in a machine shop at Chico- 
 pee Falls. The family having returned to Brattleboro, he revisited 
 that place in June, 1834. His small earnings had by this time 
 accumulated so that for six m.onths he was able to enter Brattleboro 
 Academy, and acquire a little more education. However, the neces- 
 sity of self-support made him reluctantly give up the pursuit of 
 book knowledge, and he again started in search of employment, 
 having given his father a note for two hundred and twenty dollars 
 for the remainder of his minorit\% about a year, which obligation 
 he discharged with interest in due time. 
 
 At Ware, Massachusetts, an opportunity opened of obtaining 
 employment with the Hampshire Manufacturing Company, in whose 
 machine shops he became one of the contractors for the construction 
 of flyers for that company's new cotton mill. In 1836 he journeyed 
 to Central New York, but became so critically ill that he again was 
 greatly reduced in capital. On his recover^' he settled at Pough- 
 keepsie. New York, where he had charge of machinery construction, 
 until the panic of 1837 upset the business world. While residing at 
 Ware, Massachusetts, he made the acquaintance of George Lawton, 
 and by whom he was induced to remove to Paterson, New Jersey, 
 where he was employed by Samuel Colt. Mr. Colt was then begin- 
 ning the manufacture of revolving guns and pistols, for which he 
 became so celebrated. On April 23, 1837, Henrv B. Crosby arrived 
 in Paterson, and three days later began work in Mr. Colt's old gun 
 
672 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 mill, taking the contract to make certain portions of the lock work 
 for guns; but he was again disappointed, and the only pay he re- 
 ceived was a number of guns, which he sold. He then entered the 
 grocery trade, and in May, 1843, opened his store on Main street, 
 rigidly excluding liquors from the goods he offered for sale. He 
 now achie\ed the success for which he had striven so long, and at 
 the end of two years had won such a prominent position as a mer- 
 chant in Paterson that he was obliged to move his establishment into 
 larger quarters, opening his new store on Main street in 1^55- For 
 the next thirty years this business was the leading mercantile estab- 
 lishment in Paterson or Passaic counties, and finally among the fore- 
 most in New Jersey. After the admission to partnership of his son, 
 J. Henry Crosby, in 1867, the firm name was changed to H. B. 
 Crosby & Son. Mr. Henry Barrett Crosby withdrew from active 
 management on April 2, 1888, when the firm was reorganized under 
 the title of Crosby, Ackerman & Van Gieson. 
 
 A man of wide intelligence with regard to matters that affected 
 the public good, Mr. Crosby used his large personal influence to 
 secure the foundation of the splendid system of public parks that are 
 the delight of Paterson, and he served long as the president of the 
 Board of Park Commissioners. He was one of the founders of 
 Cedar Lawn Cemetery, and president of the Cedar Lawn Ceme- 
 tery Association from 1876. He was a director of the P'irst Na- 
 tional Bank; vice-president for many years of the Paterson Sav- 
 ings Institution; and one of the organizers of the Paterson Board of 
 Trade. He was connected with the Produce Exchange and Cham- 
 ber of Commerce of New York City. He was a member for more 
 than forty years of the First Baptist Church of Paterson, which he 
 joined at the time of its dedication. He was a strong adherent of 
 the Republican party. In the early days of the party he was made a 
 delegate to the Chicago convention, which became famous by its 
 nomination to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 Henry Barrett Crosby married (first) at Paterson, February 
 27, 1840, Pauline Fairfield Hathorn, born September 3, 182 1, at 
 Smithfielil, New Jersey, died January 23, 1872, at Paterson, daugh- 
 ter of Thomas W. and Anna (Hinchman) Hathorn, and grand- 
 daughter of General John Hathorn, of Washington's staff during 
 the Revolutionary War, and a member also of the second and fourth 
 congresses. He married (second) at Bridgeport, Connecticut, De- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 673 
 
 cember 6, 1875, Harriet Eliza Rogers, born January 8, 1839, 
 daughter of Noah and Catherine Rebecca (Clark) Rogers, of Corn- 
 wall, Connecticut. Noah Rogers was a farmer, a public-spirited 
 man, and a descendant of the Rev. John Rogers and other Puritans, 
 and his wife came of prominent Huguenot stock. Children of first 
 wife: I. Josephine Amelia, born January 8, 1842, died December 
 31, 1896; married, June 14, 1865, Samuel Coit Morgan Allen; 
 children: i. Pauhne Crosby, born August 14, 1866; married, Octo- 
 ber 10, 1888, Alexander Murray, and had a son, Alexander, born 
 July 13, 1889, a member of the class of 1912, Yale. ii. Maud 
 Josephine, born April 22, 1870. iii. Henry Crosby, bom March 
 13, 1872. iv. Samuel Morgan, born October 5, 1874; married, 
 April, 1899, Catherine Orr, and had children: Samuel Coit Morgan 
 and Margaret Brewster. He engaged in mining in the San Juan 
 district, Colorado, v. Elisha Morgan, deceased. 2. John Henry, 
 born September 23, 1844, at Paterson; attended there a private 
 school kept by Polly Hopkins on Broadway, then Elizabeth Cox's 
 school, and later Master Hopper's school on Park street, then going 
 to public school and the East Ward high school; when sixteen years 
 of age he began studying bookkeeping with William Evans, then 
 entering a year later the grammar school of the New York Univer- 
 sity for another year; then going for two years to the preparatory 
 school of Russell's Military Academy at New Haven; about 1865 
 he entered his father's employ as a clerk and bookkeeper, and in 
 1867 became a partner in the firm, which then took the name of 
 H. B. Crosby & Son; with the foundation of the firm of Crosby, 
 Ackerman & Van Gieson on April 2, 1888, his father withdrew, 
 and in 1893 John H. Crosby withdrew from active business and dis- 
 posed of his interests; he then became bookkeeper for the Passaic 
 Ice Company, remaining until January i, 1900; he is now an expert 
 and special accountant in Paterson and neighboring places; his pres- 
 ent residence was purchased in 1870; he and his family are all mem- 
 bers of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, 
 of Paterson; he is also a Republican; he is a member of the New 
 York Produce Exchange; the Eagle Hook and Ladder Company, 
 No. I, Paterson Fire Department; Joppa Lodge, No. 29, Free and 
 Accepted Masons, since November i, 1871 ; was exalted in Cataract 
 Chapter, No. 10, Royal Arch Masons, at Paterson; and was a char- 
 
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674 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 ter member of Adelphi Chapter, No. 23, ^"d served that body as 
 excellent king; secured his Cryptic degrees in Terry Council, No. 6, 
 Royal and Select Alasters; joined St. Omer Commandery, No. 13, 
 Knights iemplar, serving as warder; this last-named body Is now 
 known as Melita Commandery, No. 13, Knights Templar; he re- 
 ceived his Scottish Rite degrees in Adoniram Lodge, Paterson, and 
 thirty-second degree in Jersey City Consistory, Jersey City; received 
 his shrine degrees in Mecca Temple, of New York City, in 1884; 
 became a member of New York Lodge, No. i. Benevolent and Pro- 
 tective Order of Elks, in 1878; joined Fabaola Lodge, No. 57, 
 Knights of Pythias; and was a charter member of Lafayette Council, 
 No. 545, in December, 1879, and gave the lodge its name; he mar- 
 ried, September 5, 1866, Mary Harriet, born March 24, 1846, 
 daughter of Joseph Tucker and Electa Montella ( Vanderhoven) 
 Crowell; children: i. Henry Crowell, born July 26, 1867. 11. Lil- 
 lian, born September 25, 1869. HI. Joseph Addison, born June 4, 
 1874. 3. Annie Louise, born July 14, 1847; married, February 9, 
 1870, Isaac Newton Jr., born in Geneva, Switzerland, October 17, 
 1847; children: I. Josephine Crosby, born September 28, 187 i. li. 
 George Hewett, born June 24, 1873. HI. Walter Russell, born 
 April 2, 1875. iv. Henry Crosby, born June 29, 1877. ^'- Samuel 
 Allen, born May 19, 1882, died May 20, 1882. 4. Isabella Stewart, 
 born July 4, 1851, died April 2, 1887. Children of second wife: 
 5. Henry Barrett Jr., born September 8, 1876; an architect at Pat- 
 erson; married, August 18, 1904, Mabel Marion, born July 10, 
 1880, daughter of Charles and Marion (Kemp) Barmore. 6. Flor- 
 ence Lyon, born January 17, 1879. 
 
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CHARLES FREDERICK CUTLER 
 
 THE career of Charles FVederick Cutler exemplifies in a high 
 degree the success attendant upon those sterling qualities 
 which have made his native place a proverb and enabled so 
 many of New England's sons to reach stations of power and distinc- 
 tion. Enterprise, constructive and executive ability, self control, 
 these, together with an affability which added affection to respect, 
 were the qualities which brought Mr. Cutler along the way which 
 eventually led him to the position he occupied, a position of influence 
 in the financial and industrial world of America's metropolis, and 
 thus of America itself. He was a member of a family prominent 
 in New England since early colonial times, or more explicitly since 
 John Cutler came from England in 1637 and settled in Hingham. 
 During the Revolution, the family was represented by Colonel 
 Simeon Cutler, who served with that rank in the Continental Army 
 in that historic conflict. A son of Colonel Simeon Cutler, and grand- 
 father of the subject of this sketch, was Elihu Cutler, who was a 
 delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820, 
 and long a member of the State House of Representatives and 
 Senate. Mr. Cutler's father, Simeon Newton Cutler was also promi- 
 nent in the affairs of Massachusetts, and was a member of the State 
 Constitutional Convention of 1853, and for several sessions a repre- 
 sentative to the General Court. He was a mill owner in, and a 
 native of Holliston, Massachusetts, and through his marriage with 
 Mary Fitts, formed for his children a relationship with the old New 
 England family of that name, descended from Robert Fitts, who 
 settled in Ipswich in 1635. 
 
 Charles Frederick Cutler was born in Ashland, Massachusetts, 
 July 22, 1 841, and was educated in the Ashland and Holliston high 
 schools and later in the New Hampshire Conference Seminary, San- 
 bornton Bridge, New Hampshire. In 1861;, at the age of twenty- 
 four, he began his so successful business life, engaging with his 
 father and brother in their grain shipping house, under the firm 
 name of Cutler & Company. The central office of this concern was 
 at Ashland, with branches in Boston, Chicago and throughout New 
 England. In 1879, Mr. Cutler became interested in the telephone 
 
676 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 business, then in its inception, and organized some of the first local 
 companies operating lines in New England. Four years later he 
 was elected president of the New York and New Jersey Telephone 
 Company at the time of its organization, a position which he held 
 until his death. In 1889 he was elected president of the Metropoli- 
 tan Telephone and Telegraph Company, which later became the 
 New York Telephone Company. Those two concerns control the 
 entire telephone system of New York City and its suburbs, and have 
 grown to their present size and importance under the astute and cap- 
 able management of iVIr. Cutler, who played an important part in 
 promoting the rapid growth of the industry in the region controlled 
 by them. He was also president of the New York and Pennsyl- 
 vania Telephone Company. But Mr. Cutler's activity was not con- 
 fined to the telephone industry, huge as it is. He was connected 
 with many of the largest financial and industrial entei-prises of the 
 conmiunity. He was president of the Empire City Subway Com- 
 pany, which constructed New York's great system of subways, and 
 of many other large corporations. He was also a director of the 
 East River Gas Company, the Washington Trust Company, the 
 Morristown (New Jersey) Trust Company and other smaller con- 
 cerns. 
 
 Mr. Cutler was a member of the Lawyers' Club, the Metro- 
 politan Club, New York Riding Club, and the Electric Club. 
 Through his residence in Morristown, New Jersey, he was also an 
 active member of the life there, and belonged to the Morristown 
 Club, the Morris County Golf Club, the Whippany River Club and 
 the Washington Association of New Jersey. 
 
 Mr. Cutler married (first) Lydia Garside, daughter of Joshua 
 Garside, of Uxbridge, Massachusetts; (second) Ella S. Poole, 
 daughter of Leonard Poole, of Worcester, Massachusetts, in iSSi;. 
 Two children sunive him: Jennette Cutler (Curtis), and Earle 
 Newton Cutler. The death of Mr. Cutler, which occurred at 
 Saranac Inn, New York, May 18, 1907, deprived Morristown of 
 one of her foremost citizens, and New York City of one of its most 
 capable men of affairs. 
 
ISRAEL G. ADAMS 
 
 ISRAEL GUTHRIE ADAMS is a man of unusual enterprise 
 and initiative and has met with such marvelous good fortune 
 
 in his various business projects that it would verily seem as 
 though he possessed an "open sesame" to unlock, the doors to suc- 
 cess. Selfmade in the most significant sense of the term, he has 
 progressed steadily toward the goal of success until he is recognized 
 as one of the foremost business men and citizens of Atlantic City, 
 where he has resided since 1883, and where he is head of the real 
 estate and insurance firm of I. G. Adams & Company. 
 
 A native of Bakersville, New Jersey, Captain I. G. Adams was 
 born in 1843. He is descended from a fine old Quaker ancestry, 
 his grandfather having been Jesse Adams, for many years a resident 
 of Bakersville. Israel Scull Adams, father of Captain Adams, was 
 the youngest of four brothers in a family of seven children, namely: 
 I. Clement, married Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Baker. 2. Enoch, 
 married Naomi Townsend. 3. Constant, married Sophia Morris. 
 4. Israel Scull, married Louisa C, daughter of the late Dr. Guthrie, 
 a native of Connecticut, who lived and died in the south, his remains 
 being interred at St. Augustine, Florida. 5. Abigail, married Charles 
 Lake. 6. Elizabeth, married Pardon Ryon Sr. 7. Margaret, mar- 
 ried (first) John Baker, (second) Andrew Frambes. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Israel Scull Adams became the parents of two sons, namely: Israel 
 G., of this notice; and John Baker, of Camden, New Jersey. 
 
 After completing the curriculum of the public schools of his 
 native place, Israel G. Adams pursued a course of study in Penning- 
 ton Seminary. As a youth he was attracted to life on the high seas 
 and before he had reached his legal majority he was master of a 
 vessel. For many years he was engaged In trade, principally at 
 West Indian and Mexican ports. In February, 1865, he was ship- 
 wrecked off Cape Lookout In a severe storm and nearly lost his life. 
 His vessel, the schooner "Spray," struck the shoals eleven miles from 
 shore and from Monday until Thursday afternoon Captain Adams 
 and his five men were lashed to the rigging in great peril, nearly 
 frozen and starved, gigantic waves breaking over them. The ship 
 in distress was finally sighted by Admiral Porter, who was on his 
 
678 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 way to Washington to witness President Lincoln's second inaugura- 
 tion, and the men were rescued by members of the crew from the 
 warship. Captain Adams was in command of the "L S. & L. C. 
 Adams," which was nearly sunk in a hurricane while crossing the 
 ocean in 1867. 
 
 After a thrilling career as a seaman. Captain Adams gave up 
 seafaring life and located permanently in Atlantic City in 1883. 
 He opened a real estate and insurance office on the corner of Arkan- 
 sas and Atlantic avenues and here the headquarters of the well- 
 known firm of I. G. Adams & Company have since been maintained. 
 The foresight of Captain Adams' father in purchasing large tracts 
 of sand hills and meadow lands down the beach has been of vast 
 value to Israel G. Adams in his real estate operations. The junior 
 member of the firm is Clement J. Adams, a cousin of Captain Adams. 
 One of the big deals of the company was the selling of the West 
 Jersey Excursion House, at Chelsea, to a syndicate of Philadelphia 
 millionaires for three hundred and sixty thousand dollars; this hotel 
 is now one of the grandest and most pretentious hostelries on the 
 Atlantic coast. 
 
 In addition to his extensive real estate and insurance interests 
 Captain Adams is a heavy stockholder and a director in a number of 
 substantial financial institutions in Atlantic City. He is a member 
 of the board of directors in the Second National Bank and the Safe 
 Deposit & Irust Company, is president of the Atlantic City Cooling 
 Company, director in the State Mutual Building Association, the 
 West Jersey Guarantee & Title Company, the Chelsea Investment 
 & Development Company, the Chelsea Hotel & Improvement Com- 
 pany, and the Security Trust & Safe Deposit Company, the last men- 
 tioned of Camden. 
 
 Captain Adams married (first) Phoebe A. Sanders. Five 
 children, as follows: t. Florence. 2. Amelia S., married Dr. Walter 
 A. Corson. 3. Charles R., who was graduated in the Chester Mili- 
 tary Academy; is a ci\il engineer by profession and is engaged in 
 the real estate business in Atlantic City. 4. Mabel E. 5. Morton, 
 who was graduated in the law department of the University of Penn- 
 sylvania, and is now a practicing lawyer. Captain Adams married 
 (second) Anna M., youngest daughter of Peter Boice. The home 
 of the Adams family is in a beautiful residence at Linwood and the 
 same is widely renowned for most generous hospitality. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 679 
 
 Although not an aspirant for pubhc office of any description, 
 Captain Adams is deeply and sincerely interested in community 
 affairs and gives freely of his aid and influence in support of all 
 measures and enterprises forwarded for progress and improvement. 
 He is hale and hearty in spite of his sixty-nine years, and by reason 
 of his fair and honorable business methods commands the unalloyed 
 confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. 
 
 GEORGE WHITFIELD STICKLE 
 
 AN honored citizen of Rockaway, New Jersey, where he has 
 spent his entire lifetime, is George Whitfield Stickle, whose 
 identification with the development of various interests classes 
 him among the leading representatives of industrial affairs in Morris 
 count}'. He was born in Rockaway, Morris county. New Jersey, 
 August 29, 1854, son of Barnabas King and Caroline (Tuttle) 
 Stickle, his father having followed mercantile pursuits throughout 
 his active business career. 
 
 George W. Stickle was a student at Stamford Military Institute, 
 Stamford, Connecticut; Morris Academy, Morristown, New Jersey; 
 Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut, thus acquiring an excellent 
 education. Since completing his studies he has devoted his attention 
 almost exclusively to business, being a general merchant and lumber 
 dealer, along which lines he has achieved success as the result of 
 indefatigable work, perseverance, good judgment and straightfor- 
 ward methods. Being a man of high character and integrity' he was 
 chosen to serve as director of the Morris County Savings Bank, and 
 was also chosen by the Republican party, of which he is a staunch 
 adherent, for the office of mayor of the borough of Rockaway, in 
 which capacity he gave universal satisfaction, discharging the various 
 duties of the position with efficiency and promptness. He is well in- 
 formed on all matters of general interest, and enjoys the confidence 
 and esteem of all who know him in business or socially. He is a 
 member of the New Jersey Historical Society and the Washington 
 Association of New Jersey. 
 
GEORGE LUASON BABCOCK 
 
 THE name of Babcock is one which is well known, not alone in 
 Plaintield, New Jersey, but in every corner of the civilized 
 world. It is closely identified with some of the most impor- 
 tant inventions of recent years, and the members of this family have 
 been noted, not alone for their inventi\e genius and their general 
 excellent business qualities, but for their humanitarian ideas in every 
 direction. These superlatively fine traits have been transmitted in 
 full measure to the present representati\'e of the family in Plainfield, 
 George Luason Babcock, who, while yet a young man, has done 
 much to further the interests of the community in which he resides. 
 His father, George Herman Babcock, was distinguished as an 
 engineer, inventor, business man and philanthropist. He was de- 
 scended from the sound Puritanic stock of Rhode Island, as was also 
 the maternal line. His maternal grandfather, luhan Stillman, con- 
 structed ordnance for the government during the War of 1812, and 
 his brother, William Stillman, was the inventor of the pioneer un- 
 pickable bank lock, long before the days of Chubb & Hobbs. Feeble 
 health necessitated a change of occupation, and Mr. Babcock took 
 up photography, which was then in the daguerreotype stage, and 
 when he had regained his health, although but nineteen years of age, 
 established the first printing office in Westerly, Rhode Island, and 
 commenced the publication of the "Literary Echo." Later the name 
 of the paper was changed to "The Westerly Weekly," and in 1854 
 Mr. Babcock sold his interest in this enterprise and resumed his 
 occupation of daguerretv'ping. He and his father invented the poly- 
 chromatic printing press at this time. Another useful invention of 
 Mr. Babcock's was a foot-power job press. They were unfortunate 
 in their experiences with this press, as others claimed infringement 
 of patent rights, and while Mr. Babcock knew he was in the right, 
 he had no money to carry on the contention. They assumed control 
 of "The Echo," whose name they changed to "The Narragansett 
 Weekly," but at the end of a year sold the paper, and removed to 
 Brooklyn, New York, in i860. P'or three years Mr. Babcock was 
 in the office of Thomas D. Stetson, a prominent patent solicitor, and 
 then became an instructor in mechanical drawing at Cooper Union, 
 
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BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 681 
 
 New York. His reputation as a draughtsman and inventor was 
 wide-spread, and this led to his employment in i860 by the Mystic 
 Iron Works, at Mystic, Connecticut, who were at that time con- 
 structing war vessels for the government. Not long afterward he 
 became chief draughtsman for the Hope Iron Works, of Providence, 
 Rhode Island, and it was about this time that the partnership of 
 Babcock & Wilcox was called into being, operating under the style 
 of The New York Safety Steam Power Company. The first patent 
 obtained by the firm was upon a boiler, this being an improvement 
 upon an earlier invention of Mr. Wilcox, and this established their 
 success and enabled them to devote themselves to more extensive 
 operations. Large plants were erected at Elizabeth, New Jersey, 
 and in Glasgow, Scotland, and these have supplied the markets of 
 the world for years. The boilers thus manufactured minimized the 
 danger of explosions, and were estimated at their just worth. 
 
 Mr. Babcock was a charter member and a past president of 
 the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and was made a life 
 member early in the history of the society. For many years he 
 resided in the city of Plainfield, New Jersey, where he served as 
 president of the board of education, president of the public library; 
 he was also president of the board of trustees of Alfred University. 
 His official action and personal interest in the management of affairs 
 contributed greatly to advance the development of the library and 
 university and he was a generous donor to both institutions. Many 
 fine buildings in the city were erected by him, and he was a leading 
 spirit in numerous other enterprises which were for the benefit of the 
 city. PVom 1885 to 1893 he was a non-resident lecturer in the Sib- 
 ley College courses in mechanical engineering at Cornell University, 
 and at the time of his death, which occurred December 16, 1893, he 
 had made an engagement for a course of lectures for the spring of 
 1894. As a member of the Seventh Day Baptists, Mr. Babcock 
 accomplished much for the cause of religion. He served as the corre- 
 sponding secretary for the American Sabbath Tract Society for a 
 period of about twelve years, and from 1874 to 1885 was super- 
 intendent of a Sabbath school in Plainfield, which became famous. 
 He was a man of fine personal qualities, and the results he achieved 
 attested the sterling worth of his character. 
 
 Mr. Babcock married (first) at Watch Hill, Rhode Island, 
 September 28, 1852, Lucy Adelia, who died May 20, 1861, daugh- 
 
682 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 ter of Adam and Mary (Spaulding) Stillman, of Westerly, Rhode 
 Island. He married (second) September 25, 1862, Harriet Man- 
 dane Clark, of Plainheld, New Jersey, who died March 5, 1881. 
 He married (third) at Brooklyn, New York, February 14, 1883, 
 Eliza Lua, born at Scott, New York, April 9, 1844, died at Plain- 
 field, New Jersey, March 21, 1891, daughter of Job B. and Emily 
 (Pardee) Clark. He married (fourth) April 11, 1893, Eugenia 
 Louisa Lewis (see below). Children by third marriage: George 
 Luason, see forward; Hermann Edgar, born July 9, 1886, died 
 August 6, 1886. 
 
 Eugenia Louisa (Lewis) Babcock, daughter of Nathan Ken- 
 yon and Louisa (Langworthy) Lewis, was born in Hopkinton, 
 Rhode Island, March 29, 1847. Her early life was spent in her 
 parent's home in Ashaway, Rhode Island. After completing her 
 education at the Hopkinton Academy she engaged in educational 
 work. She was a teacher, successively, in the neighboring school 
 districts, in the graded schools of Westerly, Rhode Island, where 
 she continued for nine years, and for ten years in the schools of 
 Plainfield, New Jersey, her educational labors covering altogether a 
 period of twenty-one years of successful work. After the death of 
 her husband she devoted herself earnestly to the extensive interests 
 left in her care. Mrs. Babcock was a member of the Seventh Day 
 Baptist church of Plainfield, New Jersey, and was actively identified 
 with all of its work. She was one of the trustees of Alfred Llni- 
 versity; was formerly for several years secretary of the Celadon 
 Roofing Tile Company of Alfred, New York; was a member of the 
 Phebe Greene Ward Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolu- 
 tion, of Westerly, Rhode Island; supreme marshal of the Loyal 
 Lewis Legion, and one of the vice-presidents of the Woman's Chris- 
 tian Temperance Union of Plainfield; and was greatly interested in 
 the welfare and work of the various institutions of Plainfield. 
 
 George T,uason Babcock, who has proved a most worthy son 
 of his worthy father, was born January 7, 1881;, and upon the death 
 of his father inherited directly half a million of dollars. When his 
 stepmother died, she left him a like sum. Mr. Babcock had received 
 an excellent and sensible education, and earlv displayed the business 
 ability which had characterized his father. That this is ability of a 
 high order is attested by the fact that he has been honored with the 
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 Babcock spends a large part of his time in planning improvements 
 for the city which will be of benefit to the community at large. His 
 private gymnasium, which is said to be one of the finest in the coun- 
 try, also claims a goodly share of his time. Mr. Babcock is progres- 
 sive and full of spirit, and his greatest pleasure is found in the ap- 
 proval of the people whom he tries to benefit. His friendship is as 
 true as steel, and while his sympathy for the unfortunate and op- 
 pressed makes him as tender-hearted as a child, his help is always 
 prompt and practical. 
 
EDWIN ROBERT WALKER 
 
 EDWIN ROBERT WALKER, the present Chancellor of New 
 Jersey, is a representative of a family that has been seated 
 in that State for more than two hundred years. Mahlon 
 Stacy, an ancestor, was one of the Quakers who landed at Burling- 
 ton in 1678, and the two following years settled on land on the site 
 of what is now Trenton, which he had purchased, and built a mill 
 there and was actually the founder of the city, although it was 
 named for Judge Trent, who resided in the town many years later. 
 Chancellor Walker was born in Rochester, New York, September 
 13, 1862, son of the late Dr. Walter and Mary (Paxson) Walker. 
 Dr. Walker practiced medicine and surgery in Rochester for many 
 years, and upon his death in 1868 the family removed to Trenton, 
 New Jersey, which was Mr. Walker's ancestral home. 
 
 Chancellor Walker attended the Model School in Trenton 
 until 1878, in which year he accepted a clerkship in the office of the 
 late Hon. Henr\' S. Little, then Clerk in Chancery. While serving 
 in this office he read law with the late Colonel S. Meredith Dickin- 
 son and afterwards with Judge Garret D. W. Vroom. He was ad- 
 mitted by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as attorney at the June 
 term, 1886, and as counsellor at the June term, 1889. Immediately 
 upon admission to the bar he entered upon the active practice of his 
 profession in Trenton, winning in course of time much prominence 
 and success, especially as an advocate of causes in the various courts. 
 He was counsel of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Mercer 
 county in 1891-92, and was city counsel for the corporation of 
 Trenton in 1892-93. He was appointed Vice-Chancellor by Chan- 
 cellor Magie, October 29, 1907, to succeed Vice-Chancellor Bergen, 
 who resigned to become a Justice of the Supreme Court. On March 
 18, 191 2, he was appointed Chancellor by Governor Woodrow Wil- 
 son to succeed Chancellor Pitney, who resigned to become a Justice 
 of the Supreme Court of the United States. Chancellor Walker 
 was done the honor of an immediate confirmation by the Senate 
 without the usual reference to a committee. Chancellor Walker was 
 judge-advocate of the Second Regiment National Guard of New 
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BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 685 
 
 was appointed to the same office in the Second Brigade with the rank 
 of major. In politics Chancellor Walker is a Democrat. He is a 
 member of the Society of Colonial Wars, the Sons of the Revolu- 
 tion, New Jersey Historical Society, Trenton Club and Trenton 
 Country Club. 
 
 Chancellor Walker married, June 20, 1891, Sarah, daughter 
 of Jacob Conrad and Sarah (Carlin) Fritz, of Hamilton township, 
 Mercer county, New Jersey. They have one son, Geoffrey Fritz 
 Walker, a student at the University of Virginia. 
 
 WILLIAM C. HEPPENHEIMER 
 
 BORN in the City of New York, March 27, i860, William C. 
 Heppenheimer was educated at the University of Heidel- 
 berg, Germany, and upon his return to this country com- 
 menced reading law with Governor Leon Abbett. He supplemented 
 this with courses at Columbia College and Harvard Law School, 
 and in due time was admitted to the bars of the States of New York 
 and New Jersey. Governor Green appointed him aide-de-camp on 
 his personal military staff, with the rank of colonel, in May, 1887, 
 and two years later he was appointed Inspector-general of the Na- 
 tional Guard. From 1887 to 1890 inclusive he served as a repre- 
 sentative of the Fourth District of Hudson county in the Assembly, 
 won distinction as a leader of his party on the floor In 1889, and 
 served as chairman of the committees on judiciary, militia and treas- 
 urer's accounts; he was elected Speaker of the House in 1890. The 
 following year he was elected to office as State Comptroller, to suc- 
 ceed Major Anderson, and served a term of three years, which ex- 
 pired in March, 1894. 
 
 In 1896 Mr. Heppenheimer organized the Peoples' Safe De- 
 posit and Trust Company In Jersey, and has been its president to the 
 present time. In 1899 he organized the Trust Company of New 
 Jersey, and became its president. In 1902 he organized the Bergen 
 and Lafayette Trust Company, and became its president. In 191 1 
 he organized the Carteret Trust Company, and became its president. 
 In 19 1 3 these various companies were all consolidated into one com- 
 pany — The Trust Company of New Jersey — now forming the sec- 
 ond largest banking institution in the State of New Jersey. 
 
EDWARD IRVING EDWARDS 
 
 THE chronicles of the lives and deeds of those who confer 
 honor and dignity upon a community, and forward its pros- 
 perity, is a record of the history of the State and the Nation. 
 The field of finance has always called into requisition men of the 
 brightest minds and gifted in a variety of directions. Great fore- 
 sight is one of the indispensable qualities of a financier. When men 
 rise above the ranks of the many to become leaders in any direction, 
 there must be more than ordinary ability. It is of such a man, Ed- 
 ward Irving Edwards, of Jersey City, New Jersey, that this sketch 
 treats. In public office, as well as in conducting his private business 
 affairs, he has shown his ability to cope with unexpected difficulties, 
 and the calm, deliberate manner which has never failed him has been 
 of inestimable value to the city. He is the son of William W. and 
 Emma J. Edwards, the former a truck farmer, and freeholder of 
 Hudson county. New Jersey, during one term. 
 
 Edward Irving Edwards was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, 
 December i, i 863. At first he was a pupil of Public School No. 13, 
 then attended Public School No. 12, from which he was graduated. 
 After being graduated from the Jersey City High School, Mr. Ed- 
 wards entered the New York University, where he took a two years' 
 course. His first business position was as clerk in the First National 
 Bank of Jersey City, which he held from 1882 until 1889. He then 
 engaged in the general contracting business with which he was identi- 
 fied until about the year 1898. At this time he had been appointed 
 surveyor to the tax commissioners of Jersey City, and held this oflice 
 until March i, 1903. At the same time he was serving as clerk to 
 the commissioners of adjustment of Jersev City. Returning to his 
 financial work, he held the position of clerk in the First National 
 Bank from March i, 1903, until January 3, 1906, when he was 
 elected assistant cashier in the same institution, an office he filled 
 until he was elected to the position of cashier, December 10, 1906. 
 fie was elected comptroller of the Treasury' of the State of New 
 Jersey bv joint session of the Legislature, February 20, 191 1, for a 
 term of three years, and is in office at the present time ( 1 9 1 3 ) . For a 
 number of years he was connected with Company F, Fourth Regi- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 687 
 
 merit National Guard of the State of New Jersey, entering as a 
 private, and passing through the grades of second Heutenant, first 
 heutenant, and captain, which was the rank he held at the time he 
 resigned from service. Mr. Edwards has for many years been an 
 acti\e worker in the interests of the Democratic party, and has a 
 large amount of influence in that body. He is a member of St. Paul's 
 Episcopal Church, Jersey City, and is connected with the following 
 organizations: The Zeta Psi fraternity; Bergen Lodge, No. 47, 
 Free and Accepted Masons; Hudson County Democratic Associa- 
 tion; Carteret Club, Jersey City, New Jersey; Trenton Country 
 Club, Trenton, New Jersey. 
 
 Mr. Edwards married, in Jersey City, November 14, 1888, 
 Jule B., daughter of William A. and Fannie Smith, and they have 
 children: Edward Irving Jr., born March i, 1890; Elizabeth Jule, 
 born January 15, 1902. Mr. Edwards is a man of brilliant attain- 
 ments and much charm of manner. He is master of a fine flow of 
 language, and is an entertaining conversationalist. He has the wel- 
 fare of the city deeply at heart, and is ever ready to do all in his 
 power to further its interests. 
 
CHARLES W. ENNIS 
 
 CHARLES W. ENNIS, a leading representative of the indus- 
 trial interests of Morristown, was born in Penn Yan, Yates 
 county, New York, January 7, 1848. He was the son of 
 Sylvanus S. and Caroline (Brown) Ennis, his father having been a 
 native of New York City. His mother was bom in Yates county. 
 After engaging in trade as a butcher in New York City for many 
 years, Sylvanus S. Ennis moved to Penn Yan, where he died, and 
 where his widow still resides. His father, Sylvanus Ennis, was also 
 a native of New York City. He served during the war of 18 12 
 as clerk in the quartermaster's department, dying as the result of 
 exposure while at Sacketts Harbor. His wife, Mary (Dobbs) 
 Ennis, belonged to one of the old families of eastern New York 
 State, one member of which was the founder of the historic town of 
 Dobbs Ferry. Coming of such fine and sturdy stock, so intensely 
 American in their traditions, Mr. Ennis might well display the 
 scrupulous exactness, discriminating judgment and executive ability 
 for which he is so well known. 
 
 Charles W. Ennis began his education in the district schools of 
 Yates county, passing then to Morris Academy at Morristown, New 
 Jersey, where he moved in early life. His first position in the busi- 
 ness world was a clerkship in a mercantile establishment at Morris- 
 town, remaining for six years. His next venture was to found an 
 establishment of his own, in Somerv'ille, New Jersey, dealing with 
 men's furnishing goods. The firm name appeared as C. W. Ennis 
 & Company, and continued thus for thirteen years. Part of the 
 time they also manufactured shirts, which became the most extensive 
 business of this kind in New Jersey. Mr. Ennis removed his busi- 
 ness to Morristown in 1885, and has since lived there. 
 
 His father-in-law was the senior partner of Day & Muchmore, 
 in which Mr. Ennis soon purchased the interest of the junior part- 
 ner, continuing the lumber firm under the style of Day & Ennis, but 
 he soon after also bought out the remaining partner, and changed 
 the title of the establishment to C. W. Ennis & Company. Their 
 dealings were in pine and hardwood lumber, and covered an exten- 
 sive field: their manufactures included house trimmings, such as 
 
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 sashes, blinds, doors, mouldings, and all kinds of masons' materials. 
 The central location of their otHce and lumber yard, on Morris street, 
 opposite the station of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western rail- 
 road facilitated the shipping of their supplies to all quarters, and 
 built up a successful enterprise. 
 
 Mr. Ennis is noted for his honorable treatment of his em- 
 ployees. Among his patrons he is greatly liked and well known for 
 his trustworthiness in every relation. His unpretentious nature keeps 
 him from the advertisement that would attract public office, but he 
 has been induced by his staunch advocacy of the principles of the Re- 
 publican party, to accept for two terms a position as member of the 
 City Council, in which he has shown fidelity to the best interests of 
 the city in his promotion of certain measures. He is a director of 
 the First National Bank. He and his family are all devout members 
 of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, of Morrlstown. Mr. 
 Ennis is a very active worker therein, and served for many years as 
 a trustee of the church, and as assistant superintendent of the Sun- 
 day school. 
 
 Charles W. Ennis married, 1872, Emma F., daughter of F. A. 
 Day, mentioned before in connection with the lumber firm of Day 
 & Muchmore, and an old and highly respected citizen of Morris- 
 town. Their children are: Mabel, Bertha, Mildred. 
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RICHARD C. JENKINSON 
 
 RICHARD C. JENKINSON, a representative citizen of New- 
 ark, in which city he has spent his entire life, honored and re- 
 spected, was born there, April 14, 1853, son of George Bes- 
 tail and Jane (Stringer) Jenkinson, the former of whom was a manu- 
 facturer of trunks, bags and leather goods in Newark, New Jersey, 
 vice-president and director of the Newark Gas Company, president 
 of the Newark Hlectric Company, and also held se\eral honorary 
 offices in \arious organizations, a man of honor and integrity held in 
 high esteem by all who knew him. Mr. Jenkinson and wife were 
 members of the Presb\tenan church. 
 
 Richard C. Jenkinson attended the public schools of his native 
 city, including the High School, and later pursued a course of instruc- 
 tion in German and French under private tutors, and H\'e years after 
 completing his studies, having earned sufficient money to defray his 
 expenses, he spent one year abroad, deriving therefrom both profit 
 and pleasure. In 1869 he entered upon his business career, being 
 connected for five years thereafter with the wholesale dry goods com- 
 mission business in New York City. In 1876, upon his return from 
 abroad, he started in the manufacturing business, making metal goods 
 and hardware, and has continued in that line up to the present time 
 ( 1913), achie\ing a large degree of success as the result of thorough 
 business principles and straightforward dealings, coupled with close 
 application and perseverance. His integrity as a business man led 
 to his appointment as ilirector in the Iron Bound Trust Company of 
 Newark, and also to his nomination for the office of mayor of New- 
 ark in 1900, by the Republican party, whose principles he strongly 
 advocates, but he was defeated at the polls by his Democratic op- 
 ponent, anil since then he has declined to allow his name to appear as 
 a camiidate for public office. He holds membership in the Union 
 League Club, Republican and Lotos Clubs of New ^'ork, and the 
 Essex Club of Newark, New Jersey. 
 
 Mr. Jenkinson married, at Newark, New Jersey, December 21, 
 1876, Emily Pendleton, daughter of George Villers and Mary 
 (Blair) Coe. Children: Louise I'"mily, born June 10, 1878, mar- 
 ried a Mr. Skillman; Charlotte Marie, born April 14, 1880, mar- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 691 
 
 ried a Mr. May; Margaret Blair, born February 8, 1882, married 
 a Mr. Carrington. Mrs. Jenkinson and her daughters are con- 
 sistent members of the Presbyterian church. 
 
 WILLIAM D. EDWARDS 
 
 THIS able lawyer has been connected with some of the most 
 famous litigations throughout the State of New Jersey. He 
 is considered a leading authority on questions of municipal 
 law and taxation. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, December 
 17, 1855, but came to Jersey City with his parents when they took 
 up their residence in that town in i860. 
 
 His early education was acquired in the public schools of Jer- 
 sey City and at Hasbrouck Institute. He left these prepared for 
 college, and entered the University of the City of New York, from 
 which he was graduated in 1875. He then read law under Hon. 
 William Brinkerhoff, was graduated from Columbia Law School in 
 1878, and was admitted to the practice of the law in the State of 
 New Jersey in the same year. Since that time he has resided in 
 Jersey City, entering upon the practice of his profession as a mem- 
 ber of the firm of Wallis, Edwards & Bumsted. Although not a 
 resident of Bayonne, he was appointed corporation counsel of that 
 city in May, 1883, and held the office for several years. He was 
 appointed secretary of the Democratic County Committee in 1879, 
 and in 1880 became its president. In 1886 he was elected State 
 Senator from Hudson county to succeed Mr. Brinkerhoff, his former 
 legal preceptor, and he served one term (1887-89). He served as 
 corporation counsel for Jersey City, having been appointed in 1889. 
 During that time he was responsible for the drafting and securing 
 of the passage of the new charter under which that city is now gov- 
 erned. A recent legal victory has been for the suit he carried to the 
 United States Supreme Court in behalf of the municipality of Jersey 
 City against the Central Railroad of New Jersey for the recovery 
 of the South Cove Grant in New York Bay. This grant had been in 
 litigation for many years, and the valuation is over a million dollars. 
 
JOHN G. KEYLER 
 
 THERE is something in the spirit of the American government 
 and of the American nation which wins the loyal support of 
 all of its adopted sons. Its freedom from monarchical rule, its 
 advantages for progress and improvement, unhampered by caste, 
 seem to call forth the best efforts of those who come here to seek 
 homes, and many rise to positions of importance in the business 
 world and other fields of industry. This has been eminently the case 
 with John G. Keyler, head of the firm of John G. Keyler & Son, 
 undertakers and furniture dealers, in Bloomfield, Essex county. New 
 Jersey. 
 
 John G. Keyler was born in Wittenberg, Germany, 1832, and 
 until his majority his life was spent in his native country. The com- 
 mon schools of Wittenberg furnished his preparatory education, and 
 this was supplemented by a course in one of the academies of Ger- 
 many, which equipped him fully and practically for a useful business 
 career. He was apprenticed to learn the trade of cabinetmaking, and 
 at the expiration of four years had become thoroughly versed In 
 every detail of this important trade. He was occupied with this sort 
 of work until 1853, in which year he emigrated to America, rightly 
 judging that this country offered better opportunities for advance- 
 ment to a young man of energy, ambition and ability than his own 
 land. He arrived in New York in the month of June, and after a 
 short time spent in that city, removed to Newark, New Jersey, where 
 he found employment In a furniture factory. Mr. Keyler retained 
 his position for a period of about two years. In the meantime making 
 every effort to acquire a working knowledge of the English language, 
 with a view to establishing himself in business independently. At 
 the end of this time he resigned his position and removed to Bloom- 
 field, where he has resided since that time. He started his present 
 business In 1856, and for some years made all of his cofTIns and all 
 of his furniture personally. F'rom time to time the business was 
 enlarged, moiiern machinery to facilitate the work was installed, and 
 every appliance introduced which would tend to the comfort of the 
 men employed there. For many years he has now manufactured and 
 kept In stock a large variety of both furniture antl undertakers' sup- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 693 
 
 plies of every description. He has a number of fine funeral cars, and 
 has officiated at many thousands of funerals. He is probably the 
 oldest undertaker in Essex county, New Jersey. But Mr. Keyler has 
 not confined his business activity to this branch of industry alone. 
 In association with others he organized, in 1886, the Bloomfield 
 Building & Loan Association, was made president of this corporation 
 and has filled the office up to the present time, Charles W. Martin 
 being the treasurer, and Henry Lawrence, secretary. He has also 
 displayed considerable zeal in the public affairs of the town, has 
 served as a member of the town committee, and always gives his 
 strong support to the Republican party. 
 
 Mr. Keyler married, 1855, Margaret Schneider; children : John 
 D., an undertaker in Montclair, New Jersey; Charles A., associated 
 in business with his father for many years, at the present time owning 
 and controlling the business; William W., a merchant in Arlington, 
 New Jersey; Eliza M., married Frank Pescey, of Philadelphia; 
 Anna, married Rev. F. O. Cesch, D. D., of Cincinnati, Ohio; Mar- 
 garet B., married the Rev. A. K. Slaiger, of Atlantic City, New 
 Jersey. Mr. Keyler is highly esteemed in business and social circles 
 alike for that sterling worth which everywhere commands respect, 
 and both his public and private life are above reproach. 
 
EDWARD H. LAMBERT 
 
 AMONG the enterprising and successful business men of Pater- 
 son, men who have achieved success by means of industry, 
 perseverance, integrity of character and excellent business 
 principles, may be mentioned Edward Harvey Lambert, born in 
 New York City, March i i, 1857, son of Michael E. Lambert. 
 
 Michael E. Lambert was born in the North of Ireland, residing 
 there until attaining manhood, when he emigrated to this country, 
 locating in Paterson, New Jersey, where he spent the remainder of 
 his days, dying at the age of sixty-seven. His occupation was that 
 of clerk in a mercantile establishment, his duties being performed to 
 the entire satisfaction of his employers. Mr. Lambert's wife died 
 when Edward H. was three years of age; they were the parents of 
 one other child, Helena M., wife of Edward Coleman, of Paterson, 
 New Jersey. Edward H. Lambert has a half-brother, Samuel S. 
 Lambert, of Newark, New Jersey, connected with the Lauter Piano 
 Company; he resides in Arlington, New Jersey. 
 
 Edward H. Lambert attended the public schools of New York 
 City and Paterson, also the High School of the latter city, thus ob- 
 taining a practical education. In 1872, in Paterson, he entered the 
 employ of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, now John Agnew Com- 
 pany, remaining about three years. He then became an employee 
 of the Western Union Telegraph Company, serving as operator and 
 bookkeeper for two years. He then entered the employ of the Erie 
 railroad, remaining about nine years, during which time he served 
 as telegrapher at various places. He then became connected with 
 the Queen Fire Insurance Company as assistant state agent, his dis- 
 trict co\-ering Jersey City, Newark and Paterson, and for one year 
 served as assistant superintendent of the Industrial Branch in New 
 Jersey for the Prudential Life Insurance Company. He then en- 
 gaged in the real estate and insurance business in Paterson on his own 
 account, and for a quarter of a century has been so employed, gain- 
 ing a reputation which places him in the front ranks of the business 
 men of the city, and the confidence and respect of all with whom he 
 has business transactions. In addition his services are in great de- 
 mand by the courts and various corporations in the appraisal of mills 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 695 
 
 and other property, he being considered an expert in that line. He 
 is president of the Paterson Real Estate Exchange, vice-president of 
 the Board of Trade, and member of the Committee on Industries, 
 trustee of the Paterson Orphan Asylum, member of St. Paul's Epis- 
 copal Church, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the 
 finance committee of the Young Men's Christian Association, and the 
 Elamiltcn Club, of Paterson. 
 
 Mr. Lambert married (first) September i, 1880, Catherine E.. 
 daughter of Abram Ackerman, a grocer of Paterson. Mrs. Lambert 
 died December, 1891. Children: i. Edna May, married Marinus 
 Meyer, superintendent of the Doll Piano Company, of New York; 
 lives in New Rochelle; one child, Dorothy. 2. Laura L., married 
 George Wolf, of Paterson, who died within three months of their 
 marriage; she resides in Paterson. 3. Daisy L., married Jacob 
 Geroe, of Paterson, accountant with the North British & Mercantile 
 Insurance Company, of New York; one child, Dorrit; resides in 
 Paterson. 4. William R., unmarried; resides in Paterson; connected 
 with the North British & Mercantile Insurance Company, of New 
 York. Mr. Lambert married (second) May 10, 1893, Minnie, 
 daughter of Joseph and Jane Cowell, of Paterson, the former of 
 whom died in 191 i, and the latter living at the present time. Chil- 
 dren : 5. Minnie J. 6. Joseph. 7. Eleanor B. 
 
RICHARD W. McEWAN 
 
 RICHARD W. McEWAN, a leading manufacturer of paper, 
 is a native of Bloomfield, New Jersey, where he was born 
 January 25, 1866, son of Robert and Sarah A. (Walsh) 
 McEwan. 
 
 Robert iVIcEwan came from Scotland, where both his father 
 and grandfather had been engaged in paper manufacture, and he 
 carried on the same business in this country. His wife, though of 
 English parentage, was born in America. Mr. McEwan settled 
 almost the first thing in Bloomfield, New Jersey, but soon moved 
 to Easton, Connecticut, where he carried on papermaking until 1873, 
 removing then to Caldwell, New Jersey, and again later to Bloom- 
 field, the closing years of his life being spent in Whippany, New 
 Jersey. Of his various children, W^illiam W. was superintendent of 
 the paper mill at Malopardis; Robert B., who married Mary B. 
 Crawford, was connected with the paper manufactory at Whippany, 
 as were also Jesse L., who married N. Grace Roe, and the youngest 
 son, Richard W. 
 
 Richard W. McEwan spent the first seven years of his life in 
 Easton, and attended school later in Caldwell, but left his studies 
 at an early age to enter his father's employ. The father had become 
 one of the best known paper producers in the county, and the extent 
 of trade and high standards which he won have been maintained by 
 his sons. Richard W. McEwan had a splendid training under his 
 father's supervision, and grew up in the business. He learned the 
 details of every department of the firm by personal labor and mas- 
 tered them thoroughly. He had become financially interested in the 
 concern before reaching the age of eighteen years, and has since 
 taken important part in its management. 
 
 The McEwan factory is filled with the latest models of machin- 
 ery, and all the various tools and materials necessary for manufac- 
 ture of fine papers. In this respect it is one of the most completely 
 provided for in the country. The partners, most of them brothers, 
 are all men of high business standing, \vhose concern has won a 
 deserved success. Their trade is very extensive. They are all Re- 
 publicans, and for eighteen years have supported the organization, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 697 
 
 especially championing the theories of protective tariff and the sound- 
 money plank of the 1896 platform at St. Louis. Richard W. Mc- 
 Ewan has many fraternal connections, belonging to Cincinnati 
 Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Madison Chapter, No. 12, 
 Royal Arch Masons; and the Odo de Saint Amand Commandery, 
 Knights Templar. He is also a member of the Topkaow Club, of 
 Morristown, New Jersey. 
 
 Mr. McEwan married Hannah H., daughter of George H. 
 Brown, of Washington, D. C. They have a son, Richard W. (2). 
 
HARRY SMITH MADDOCK 
 
 HARRY SMITH MADDOCK, president of the Thomas Mad- 
 dock's Sons Company, manufacturers of pottery In the State 
 of New Jersey, is identified with some of the most important 
 enterprises of the city of Trenton, New Jersey, in which he resides. 
 As the family of which he is a representative has been identified with 
 the manufacture of pottery and china for many generations, it may 
 not be amiss to give a slight sketch of its rise to importance in this 
 especial field of industry. 
 
 The family is of English origin, and John Maddock, great- 
 granilfather of Harry Smith Maddock, removed from the city of 
 Old Chester, England, to Staffordshire, where he became acquainted 
 with John Davenport, a manufacturer of porcelain. Two of his 
 sons, John and Thomas, learned the art of decorating porcelain ware 
 in the factory of Mr. Davenport, and John Maddock Jr. established 
 the finn of John Maddock & Sons, at Burslem, porcelain manufac- 
 turers, which is still favorably known in this country. His brother 
 Thomas married Mary Crompton, and upon his death in t 836 his 
 widow with several of the children came to the United States and 
 settled in New York and its vicinity. Her second son, also Thomas 
 Maddock, left England in 1847 with his wife, Honor (Bossom) 
 Maddock, and located in the city of New York. The business estab- 
 lished by him there will be treated of in a separate paragraph. He 
 married (second) 181JI, Isabelle M. Middleton, by whom he had 
 four children, one of them being Harry Smith, the particular subject 
 of this sketch. 
 
 When Thomas Maddock, the second son, came to New York, 
 he started a business for the purpose of decorating porcelain at No. 
 39 Green street. One year later, 1849, he removed to 29 Spruce 
 street. An arrangement was later made with Warram & Hawghout, 
 of No. 563 Broadway, by which they were to remove to that loca- 
 tion and decorate exclusively for this firm. This arrangement proved 
 a very successful one from every point of view. In 18^3 Maddock 
 & Leigh decorated a dinner ser\Ice for the United States government 
 for use in the White House at the time of President Franklin Pierce's 
 administration; also decorated a service for the St. Nicholas Hotel 
 
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BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 699 
 
 of New York City, which was opened in 1853, Mr. and Mrs. Mad- 
 dock attending the opening reception at the hotel. 
 
 In 1854, through ov-er-exertion, Thomas Maddock became un- 
 able to attend to the business; he sold his interest to his partner and 
 resided on his farm in Somerset county, near Bernardsville, New 
 Jersey. In 1856, his health being restored, he moved to Brooklyn, 
 New York, and purchased the Star Hotel at the corner of Cranberry 
 and Hicks streets, and continued to operate it for eight years. In 
 1859 he joined the Thirteenth Regiment of National Guards, and 
 in 1 86 1 his regiment acted as escort to the Prince of Wales during 
 his visit to this country. It was in 1866 that Thomas Maddock pur- 
 chased a crockery and glassware business in Jersey City, New Jersey. 
 In the early part of 1867 he disposed of the Brooklyn hotel and re- 
 moved to Jersey City. In 1S72 he purchased an interest in the Car- 
 roll Street Pottery at Trenton, New Jersey, the firm being styled 
 Millington & Astbury. The Carroll Street Pottery was established 
 in 1859. The firm name was later changed to read Millington, Ast- 
 bury & Maddock. They added to their product the manufacture of 
 sanitary earthenware, and continued until 1874, when Mr. Milling- 
 ton withdrew. Astbury & Maddock continued the business until 
 1878, when Mr. Astbury died, and Mr. Maddock became sole 
 owner. Being advanced in years, Mr. Maddock requested his three 
 sons, who were engaged in business enterprises in Jersey City, to dis- 
 pose of these, and associate themselves with him in the industry at 
 Trenton. The firm of Thomas Maddock & Sons was established in 
 1882. 
 
 The business having been increased and in need of more space, 
 the pottery adjoining, known as the City Pottery, was purchased on 
 March 12, 1886. On March 5, 1890, that part of the works be- 
 tween Ewing and Carroll streets was destroyed bv fire. The Tren- 
 ton China Pottery, situated in the southern part of the city on Lam- 
 berton street, being in the hands of a receiver, was purchased on May 
 1 1, 1892, by Thomas Maddock & Sons, and therefrom was formed 
 a separate corporation, known as the Maddock Pottery Company 
 Lamberton Works. On May 12, 1892, that part of the works 
 known as the City Pottery was destroyed by fire. 
 
 Harry Smith Maddock was born in Brooklyn, New York, July 
 15, 1861. He attended the public schools of Brooklyn and of Jer- 
 sey City, and also the Hasbrouck Institute of Jersey City, New Jer- 
 
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 sey. He had not yet attained his majority when he became associated 
 with his father in business, and learned the art of manufacturing 
 pottery in every detail under the able instruction of his father. 
 When this firm was incorporated, Mr. Maddock was elected to the 
 presidency, and has amply demonstrated his executive ability and 
 other fine qualities as a business man. He is interested in a number 
 of other business enterprises, among them being the Mechanics' Na- 
 tional Bank of Trenton, New Jersey, of which he is one of the 
 directors. He is independent in his political views, yet has the wel- 
 fare of the community thoroughly at heart, has served as police com- 
 missioner of Trenton for a period of thirteen years, and was presi- 
 dent of the police board three terms. His affiliation with organiza- 
 tions of various kinds is as follows: Free and Accepted Masons, in 
 which he has attained the thirty-second degree; Benevolent and Pro- 
 tective Order of Elks; Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic 
 Shrine; Lotus, Trenton, Trenton Country, Republican and Fellow- 
 craft clubs, all of Trenton. His religious views are those of the 
 Methodist denomination, but he is not a member of any church. 
 
 Mr. Maddock married, at Trenton, New Jersey, September 8, 
 1887, Kate Lent, daughter of William and Anna Mauser, and they 
 have one son: Harold, born November 18, 1890. Mr. Maddock 
 has very practical and progressive ideas on all subjects, and it is one 
 of his greatest pleasures to ensure the comfort and safety of the 
 many employees of his company. 
 
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JOHN HENRY REYNOLDS 
 
 JOHN HENRY REYNOLDS, a widely known practitioner at 
 the bar of New Jersey, was born in Paterson, that State, Febru- 
 ary II, 1855. He is the third generation of his family to live 
 on American soil, his grandfather, Thomas Reynolds, coming directly 
 from county Armagh, Ireland, in 1827. He settled in Bergen 
 county. New Jersey; was a skillful weaver, and a holder of land 
 where now stands the North Jersey Country Club, and by frugality 
 and industry' he acquired a competence. He married Agnes (McCul- 
 loch) Cardwell, a widow, and had three children, among them being 
 a son, John. 
 
 John Reynolds was born in Portadown, county Armagh, Ire- 
 land, March 11, 1826, died January 6, 1909. He was brought by 
 his parents to this country as an infant. He obtained his early edu- 
 cation in the common schools of Paterson, Bergen county. New Jer- 
 sey, and later entered the academic school of Hugh Dougherty. His 
 entry into business life becoming necessary, he crossed over to New 
 York City, and there learned the tailor's trade, which proved dis- 
 agreeable to him, and he then decided to learn the trade of cigar- 
 making, in the Caldwell Cigar Factory, at Caldwell, New Jersey, 
 remaining there for some time. Returning then to Paterson, he 
 entered the employment of Stephen Allen, a cigar manufacturer. 
 Learning this trade with great proficiency, he became a partner in 
 the concern with John Allen, later consolidating the interests of sev- 
 eral under the firm name of Allen, Reynolds & Company. They 
 continued their extensive business transactions until their dissolution 
 in 1872. Mr. Reynolds soon afterward became president of three 
 establishments, the Acquacknonk Water Company, the Paterson Gas 
 Company and the Paterson Savings Institution. Although deeply 
 interested in municipal affairs of the city of Paterson, he never 
 attempted to gain public office. The only municipal position that he 
 occupied was to become one of the Board of Aldermen, serving from 
 1865 to 1870. He changed his church affiliations from the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal church, to which he at first belonged, becoming a 
 member of the Congregational church. He married Elizabeth 
 Kempley, and among their six children was John Henry Reynolds, 
 the youngest son. 
 
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 John Henry Reynolds, after receiving the usual instruction in 
 the public schools of his native city, went to the University of Michi- 
 gan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and graduated therefrom in 1876, re- 
 ceiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then returned eastward, 
 and in New York City, at Columbia Law School, started upon the 
 study of law, which he completed with the degree of Bachelor of 
 Laws in 1878. Since 1879, with his admission to the bar of Passaic 
 county, he has been engaged in the direction of his ever-growing 
 practice, being particularly interested in legal tangles which involve 
 the many questions of real estate law. Like his father, he has no 
 liking for politics. His interest in the city of Paterson, however, led 
 him to accept the office of member of the City Board of Park Com- 
 missioners. 
 
 Mr. Reynolds married, April 7, 1881, Cora C. Stevens, born 
 April 10, 1856, daughter of Albert G. and Sarah C. (Greene) 
 Stevens, of Buffalo, New York. They have four children, all born 
 in Paterson : Kate, Beatrix, John S., Doris. 
 
DANTE RIVETTI, LL. B., LL. M. 
 
 THE brightest minds and the most gifted sons of the nations 
 have ever been called into the circle of the law, and contact 
 with other minds, equally brilliant, has sharpened the natur- 
 ally keen intellect. The lawyer of ability arises above the ranks of 
 the many, and attains a position among the few who achieve pro- 
 fessional prominence. A position of this kind may be predicted for 
 Dante Rivetti, an able young attorney of West Hoboken, New 
 Jersey. 
 
 Mr. Rivetti was born in Piedmont, Italy, July 30, 1882, son of 
 Vitale Rivetti, a silk weaver, who emigrated to America in 1884, 
 made his home in West Hoboken, New Jersey, and is now living 
 there in retirement from business responsibilities. He acquired his 
 early education in the public schools of West Hoboken, and of 
 Northampton, Massachusetts, and in the New York Preparatory 
 School, from which last mentioned institution he was graduated in 
 1905, having been a student there for a period of two years. He 
 then matriculated at the Law Department of the New York Univer- 
 sity, from which he was graduated in the class of 1907 with the de- 
 gree of Bachelor of Laws, and after a post-graduate course of one 
 year's duration the degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon 
 him. He was at once admitted to practice at the bars of New York 
 and New Jersey, and has been active in his profession since that time. 
 He maintains an office at No. 25 Pine street, New York City, and 
 another at No. 628 Courtlandt street. West Hoboken, New Jersey. 
 In June, 1913, he successfully passed the examination of the State 
 Board of Examiners, and was admitted as a counsellor-at-law. His 
 affiliation with organizations is as follows: The Italian Recreation 
 Society, the Italian Brotherhood and the Sons of Italy. He is a 
 man of strong and pure ideals, affiliates with no political party, pre- 
 ferring to act according to his independent opinions. He follows 
 closely the trend of current events, is shrewd in his deductions, and 
 will undoubtedly be a power to be reckoned with in the future. Mr. 
 Rivetti is unmarried, and resides with bis parents. 
 
ARTHUR RYLE 
 
 ARTHUR RYLE, a leading silk merchant of New York City, 
 is a native of Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, born 
 February 8, 1865, son of William and Mary E. (Danforth) 
 Ryle. His ancestors on both the paternal and maternal sides were 
 men of enterprise in different fields of industry. 
 
 His father was the son of William Ryle, an Englishman, one of 
 a family of silk manufacturers. John Ryle, his uncle, came from 
 England at first in the interests of the Ryle house of Macclesfield, 
 and, as the result, located in Paterson and undertook the manufacture 
 of silk there, which he prosecuted successfully until his death. He is 
 accounted the founder of the silk industry in America. He was at 
 first connected with the large and prosperous silk manufacturing 
 establishment at Macclesfield conducted by William Ryle and his 
 brother Reuben. 
 
 William Ryle, son of William Ryle, was born in Macclesfield, 
 England, March 8, 1834, and died in Paterson, New Jersey, Novem- 
 ber 5, 1 88 1. He came to the United States at the age of eighteen, 
 also with the purpose of embarking in the silk business, but, obtain- 
 ing employment with a Wall street banking firm in New York City, 
 he was for some time engaged in financial concerns. At the end of 
 two years and before arriving at the age of twenty-one years, he was 
 offered a partnership interest by his employers, but declined to accept 
 it, and in 18^6 he began business for himself as a banker and broker 
 in Paterson. Subsequently, in addition to this business, he began 
 to sell thrown silk and then raw silk, on commission for the Ryle firm 
 of Macclesfield and other English houses. He gradually devoted 
 his energies exclusixely to the sale of raw silk, with business head- 
 quarters in New York City, although he continued to reside in Pater- 
 son. Thus were laid the foundations of the present firm of William 
 Ryle & Company, which has long occupied a preeminent position in 
 the silk trade in this country. 
 
 While engaged in his banking and brokerage business in Pater- 
 son, Mr. Ryle married Mary E. Danforth, daughter of the late 
 Charles Danforth. the noted locomotive builder. Of this union were 
 born eleven children, among whom were: William Thornicraft, 
 
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 now deceased, and Arthur, Ernest, Joseph Wright, Julia and Eliza- 
 beth VVillett, living. Mr. Ryle's widow died December 21, 1904. 
 She was a lady greatly respected; to her liberality the city is indebted 
 for the Danforth Free Public Library, and she donated for library 
 purposes the old Danforth mansion on Market street, also contribut- 
 ing a large amount to the library fund. 
 
 After Mr. William Ryle's death, the firm of William Ryle & 
 Company was organized to continue the business in New York City, 
 which he had conducted with such striking success. In this firm his 
 eldest son, William Thornicraft Ryle, took the leading place. His 
 business career also was one of marked enterprise and signal ability. 
 Under his direction the Ryle silk Interests enjoyed great expansion, 
 and in addition to the sale of raw silk, the house engaged in silk 
 manufacture on a large scale, conducting the Sauquoit Mills at Scran- 
 ton — the largest in the country' devoted to the throwing of silk, and 
 other important factories elsewhere. Mr. William T. Ryle was a 
 conspicuous figure in the city of Paterson. He was instrumental in 
 organizing and capitalizing the Edison Electric Illuminating Com- 
 pany, and, indeed, to him more than to any other man, that company 
 owed its development from a quite hazardous undertaking to a bril- 
 liantly successful enterprise. 
 
 Arthur Ryle, third son of William Ryle, has since the death of 
 his brother, William T., on September 2r, 1898, had the principal 
 management of the New York City firm, and its prosperity has con- 
 tinued undiminished in his hands. Arthur Ryle is a resident of Rum- 
 sen, New Jersey. 
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ALBIN SMITH 
 
 AMONG the distinctively prominent and brilliant lawyers of the 
 State of New Jersey none is more versatile, talented or well 
 equipped for the work of his profession than Albin Smith, 
 who maintains his home and business headquarters at Paterson, in 
 Passaic county. Throughout his career as an able attorney and well 
 fortified counsellor he has by unimpeachable conduct and close ob- 
 servance of the unwritten code of professional ethics gained the ad- 
 miration and respect of his fellow members of the bar, in addition to 
 which he commands a high place in the confidence and esteem of his 
 fellow citizens. Albin Smith was born at Franklin Furnace, Sussex 
 county. New Jersey, December i8, 1874, son of Albin M. and Sarah 
 Isabelle Smith, the former of whom is freight agent for the New 
 York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad at Paterson, New Jersey. 
 
 Albin Smith attended the public schools at Franklin Furnace 
 until his parents removed to Paterson, where he was graduated in 
 J'liblic School No. 13. He was also graduated in the High School 
 at Paterson and for a number of years was a student in the New 
 York Law School. In 1893 he became ticket agent for the New 
 York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad at Prospect avenue station, 
 Hackensack, New Jersey, and from 1894 to 1897 he was freight 
 clerk for the same railroad. In the latter year he became telegraph 
 operator for the Susquehanna Railroad at the general offices, 26 
 Cortlandt street. New York, and he retained that position for the 
 ensuing three years. From 1900 to 190^ he was clerk, assistant 
 lra\-eling autlitor, and bookkeeper in the auditing department of the 
 Erie Railroad, at 21 Cortlandt street, New York. In 190^ he was 
 admitted to practice at the New Jersey bar and in June of that year 
 locateti in Paterson, where he has since resiiled and where he now 
 controls a large and lucrative law clientage. In June, 191 i, he was 
 appointed counsellor-at-law in Paterson. 
 
 In his political con\ictions Mr. Smith is an uncompromising Re- 
 publican. He takes an active interest in all matters affecting the good 
 of the general welfare, and from 1903 to 1907 was alderman from 
 the Hlcvcnth Ward, Paterson. He is unusually prominent in fra- 
 ternal orders antl following is a list of liis affiliations. He is a mem- 
 
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 ber of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 88, Free and Accepted Masons; Adel- 
 phic Chapter, No. 33, Royal Arch Masons; is past exalted ruler of 
 Paterson Lodge, No. 60, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; 
 past consul of Pioneer Camp, No. 7012, Modern Woodmen of 
 America; state lecturer. Modern Woodmen of America, for New 
 Jersey; secretary' of Court Napoleon, No. 1232, Independent Order 
 of Foresters, at Paterson; a member of Paterson Lodge, No. 81, 
 Knights of Pythias; treasurer of Paterson Camp, No. i, Order of 
 America; and past national commander and trustee of the National 
 Camp of the Order of America. Mr. Smith is also connected with 
 the following clubs at Paterson: Pica Club, Phelps Guards, South 
 Paterson Athletic Club, First Ward Republican Club and the Citi- 
 zens Republican Club. He was reared in the faith of the Dutch Re- 
 formed church and is a zealous member of the church of that de- 
 nomination in Paterson. 
 
 An orator of power, a keen lawyer, an acute logician, and withal 
 a student of men possessing a rare insight into their natures, Albin 
 Smith is, indeed, a man of fir" legal ability. His record at the bar 
 and the honors which have been bestowed upon him stand proof of 
 his worth. In connection with the work of his profession he is a 
 member of a number of representative bar associations. 
 
 JOSEPH SHAKPE 
 
 JOSEPH SHARPE, a master specialist in concrete construction, 
 with offices at 647 East Eighteenth street, Paterson, New Jer- 
 sey, is a native of that cit}', born June 1 7, 1 840. 
 In his youth he acquired a substantial education, and, with a 
 natural aptitude for construction work, developed a large and impor- 
 tant business as a specialist in concrete construction. For many years 
 he has been identified with a great deal of the largest and most impor- 
 tant concrete contract work in the State of New Jersey, and is fre- 
 quently called in consultation to other parts of the country. In the 
 course of his professional work he has accomplished various practical 
 innovations, and added improvements of great value. 
 
EDWARD F. C. YOUNG 
 
 IT is not necessary that the man who achieves success be made of 
 sterner stuff than his fellowman, but there are certain indispensa- 
 ble characteristics that contribute to the prosperity of the in- 
 dividual; these are energy, enterprise, determination, and the ability 
 to recognize and improve opportunities. These qualities were cardi- 
 nal elements in the character of Edward Faitoute Condit Young, of 
 Jersey City, and accompanied him in his progress from a humble 
 station in life to one of prominence and affluence. 
 
 Mr. Young was born in Malapardis, Morris county. New Jer- 
 sey, January 25, 1835, son of Benjamin Franklin and Eliza D. 
 Young, and lineally descended from the Rev. John Young, the Eng- 
 lish minister who arrived in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1638, and 
 two years later led the colony which founded Southold, Long Island. 
 Another paternal ancestor was Ephraim Young, chaplain of the State 
 militia during the Revolutionary War. On his maternal side he was 
 of Scotch descent. At the age of nine years, two years after the 
 death of his father, Mr. Young removed to Jersey City. He was 
 educated in the public schools, and the late George H. Lindsley, 
 principal of Public School No. i, was one of his teachers. On No- 
 vember I, 1852, he received a position as clerk in the Hudson County 
 National Bank. Twelve years later he went to the First National 
 Bank, and in 1871 was appointed cashier. He succeeded to the 
 presidency of the bank in 1879. 
 
 Because of his thorough knowledge of banking and finance, his 
 cooperation was sought by many large enterprises both in New Jersey 
 and New York, and he was associated with J. P. Morgan, Thomas 
 V. Ryan and other financial leaders in many large transactions. At 
 his death he was an officer and director in upwards of thirty institu- 
 tions. With the late Charles B. Thurston, Mr. Young formed the 
 Bergen & Jersey City Street Railway Company, and in 1893, with 
 the late B. M. Shanley, organized the Consolidated Traction Com- 
 pany, which acquired many lines in Jersey City, Newark and Eliza- 
 beth. He was the first president of the company. In i 896 the Trac- 
 tion Company was absorbed by the Public Service Corporation, and 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 709 
 
 Mr. Young retired, though he held considerable stock in the new 
 corporation. 
 
 Mr. Young was one of the best known financiers and public 
 men in New Jersey. He grew up with Jersey City and was regarded 
 as its first citizen. The fact of his career that was most characteristic 
 and the one that he always spoke of with pride was that he had identi- 
 fied his career entirely with Jersey City. He lived there from his 
 boyhood to the hour of his death. He was identified directly or in- 
 directly with most of the leading business enterprises of the city, and 
 did great service in building up its prosperity. When he engaged in 
 outside ventures he made Jersey City their headquarters. His office 
 in the First National Bank was a center from which great and intri- 
 cate interests, political and financial, centered for a quarter of a cen- 
 tury. 
 
 Mr. Young enjoyed the confidence of the courts and was fre- 
 quently appointed receiver of embarrassed companies. At one time 
 he acted in that capacity for fifteen different concerns. He was an 
 officer in the following companies: Acker Process Company, vice- 
 president and director; American Graphite Company, president and 
 director; First National Bank, of Jersey City, president and director; 
 Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, president and director; Pavonia 
 Trust Company of Jersey City, president and director; North Jersey 
 Land Company, president and director. A partial list of the director- 
 ates to which he belonged is as follows: Bankers' Trust Company of 
 New York; Bayonne Trust Company; Bergen & Lafayette Trust 
 Company, Jersey City; Bowling Green Trust Company, New York; 
 Brooklyn Annex; Colonial Life Insurance Company; Hoboken and 
 Manhattan Railroad Company; Hudson County Gas Company; Lib- 
 erty National Bank, New York; New Jersey Title Guarantee & 
 Trust Company, Jersey City; New York & New Jersey Railroad 
 Company; North Jersey Street Railway Company; Public Service 
 Corporation of New Jersey; People's Safe Deposit & Trust Com- 
 pany, and the West Hudson Trust Company, Harrison. 
 
 His connection with the Dixon Company extended over a period 
 of nearly thirty years, and in all that time, whether in the morning or 
 the afternoon, he was ever the same. He was a very far-sighted 
 man, and the foundation of the Dixon business and its present equip- 
 ment for the future are evidence of that far-sightedness. He was 
 ever full of push and energy and inspired it in others. It was impos- 
 
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 sible to limit him to a small area of business. He could see possi- 
 bilities when others could not, and so resourceful was he that nothing 
 daunted him. He amassed a fortune in the banking business. Al- 
 though an exacting business man he was of a charitable disposition, 
 and there are hundreds of men in Jersey City who owe their success 
 in business to the financial aid given them by him. He was identified 
 with many charitable organizations, and was one of the founders of 
 the Children's Home. His contributions to St. John's Church were 
 large. Other churches were the recipients of his generosity. He 
 contributed $25,000 to Emory Church, and to the Rev. Father Mee- 
 han he gave $1,000 for a bell for the new All Saints' Church, in 
 Lafayette. During the coal strike of several years ago, Mr. Young 
 kept the fires burning in the stoves of many homes in Jersey City. 
 Although prominent in Democratic politics, Mr. Young held but two 
 elective offices — alderman and freeholder. This was early in his 
 career. He held many appointive offices of honor and trust, one of 
 which was state railroad commissioner. He was a member of the 
 Democratic State Committee for several years, and in 1880 was one 
 of the presidential electors for General Winfield S. Hancock. In 
 1892 Mr. Young was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for 
 governor, but was defeated in the convention. 
 
 Mr. Young was probably a member of a greater number of 
 social clubs and other organizations than any other citizen of Jersey 
 City, including the New Jersey Historical Society. He was ex- 
 tremely popular, and had a legion of friends in every walk of life. 
 He was a member of the New Jersey Society of the Order of 
 Founders and Patriots of America, and was entitled to membership 
 in the Sons of the Revolution. Although of Puritan stock, Mr. 
 Young joined the Methodist church in 1863, but later became a 
 member of the congregation of St. John's Episcopal Church, and 
 was for twenty-five years one of the vestrymen. His home life was 
 ideal, and the exactions of business did not lessen his enjoyment of 
 the society of his friends. 
 
 Mr. Young married Harriet M. Strober, July 26, 1854. Their 
 children are: Edward S., and Hattie Louise, wife of George T. 
 Smith. Mr. Young held a prominent position in the social, church 
 and philanthropic circles of the cit}', and his many good deeds, and his 
 standing as a citizen in that community will be a lasting monument 
 to his memory in generations to come. His death occurred at his 
 home, Boulevard and Glenwood avenue, December 6, 1908. 
 
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HON. HENRY OTTO WITTPENN 
 
 HON. HENRY OTTO WITTPENN, one of the most capable 
 mayors in the history of Jersey City, New Jersey, was born 
 in that city, October 21, 1872, son of John J. Wittpenn. 
 Their old and honorable German ancestry is well represented in its 
 descendants on this side of the Atlantic ocean. Both father and 
 mother were of German extraction, and John J. Wittpenn, emigrat- 
 ing from the fatherland, became a successful proprietor of a grocery 
 business in Jersey City, situated at No. 320 Communipaw avenue. 
 He had five children, and it was from him that Henry Otto Wittpenn 
 inherited his excellent business traits, and the sound integrity which 
 directed his every action, both in public and private life. 
 
 Hon. Henry O. Wittpenn began life in a humble way, receiving 
 his education, like most of the younger generations in Jersey City, at 
 the public schools, which perhaps have a stricter standard than some 
 private establishments of learning. After his graduation he went 
 abroad, visited the land of his grandparents, and for two years took 
 a course of special study. He then returned to America, and entered 
 his father's employ. His father's death followed soon afterward, 
 and Henry Otto succeeded to the business, which required both an 
 energetic and a clever chief. He enlarged it by the addition of trade 
 in wholesale feed. A branch store was located on Black Tom Island, 
 New Jersey. 
 
 Together with this extensi\e grocery and feed establishment, 
 Mr. Wittpenn had other Ideas for business development. So after 
 many years of success, he disposed of his first business and combined 
 with Mr. Houghtaling in a new \enture in the manufacture and sale 
 of building bricks, taking the firm name of Houghtaling & Wittpenn. 
 The brick industn- from its inception proved a thriving venture. Mr. 
 Wittpenn's able guidance developed the business into the leading 
 brick concern in New Jersey, or that portion of it. Its prosperity 
 testified to his excellent judgment in the direction of the enterprise 
 and he has all the old-time merchant's frugality and strictness of 
 methods, which were inculcated by his father's patient training. 
 
 However, Mr. Wittpenn was destined for a wider field of ap- 
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 which he was a steadfast worker, he received the nomination for the 
 office of county supervisor of Hudson county, and was elected in 1904 
 by a plurality of 3,53"; votes. His reelection in 1906, by a plurality 
 of 20,449, showed the excellence of his administration and the popu- 
 larity of the candidate. He was a relentless enemy to graft in all its 
 forms which so flourishes throughout politics and office-seeking, and 
 his honest methods and business-like management of the affairs under 
 his control brought him many friends from the opposite party. In 
 1907 he received the candidacy for the Democratic party for the 
 office of mayor, running against a strong opponent, Mayor Mark M. 
 Fagan, the Republican candidate who had defeated the other ticket 
 three times without difficulty. Mr. Wittpenn won by the remark- 
 able plurality of 9,324 votes, after a bitter election battle. 
 
 He has proven himself as trustworthy a mayor as might be ex- 
 pected from his long record of achie\ement, and has won universal 
 esteem by his creditable administration of municipal affairs. He is 
 unmarried, but his house is also the home of his widowed mother and 
 sisters. Much is to be expected of so young a man, who has already 
 received such laurels in the political arena. 
 
JUDGE JOSEPH D. BEDLE 
 
 JUDGE JOSEPH D. BEDLE, who has held many positions of 
 honor and trust, comes of distinguished lineage, and was bom 
 
 in Freehold, Monmouth county, New Jersey, February i8, 
 1864, son of ex-Governor Joseph D. and Althea F. (Randolph) 
 Bedle. His ancestors came from England and were among the first 
 settlers in New Jersey. 
 
 Judge Thomas J. Bedle, grandfather of Judge J. D. Bedle, was 
 a merchant of Monmouth county, and married Hannah Dorsett, de- 
 scendant of an English settler from Bermuda, who came to Mon- 
 mouth county, New Jersey, early in the eighteenth century. Thomas 
 J. Bedle served as Justice of the Peace and also as Judge of the Court 
 of Common Pleas for several years, so that a strain of intellectual 
 bent toward the severe studies of law and jurisprudence was an in- 
 heritance in the family. 
 
 Joseph Dorsett Bedle, son of Judge Thomas J. Bedle and his 
 wife, was bom in Middletown Point (now Matawan), Monmouth 
 county. New Jersey, January 5, 1831. After an academic education 
 he studied law for five years in the office of Hon. William L. Dayton, 
 of Trenton, spending one winter in the meantime at a law school 
 situated in Ballston Spa, New York. Part of his work was also super- 
 vised by Hon. Henry S. Little, of Middletown. This lengthy and 
 special preparation for the career upon the bench produced a mental 
 horizon of exceptional breadth. He was admitted to the bar in June, 
 1853, and his practice was immediately started in Middletown Point, 
 although he moved two years later to Freehold. His ability and the 
 solidity of his attainments gained him both success and considerable 
 reputation as a desirable advocate. Governor Parker, in March, 
 186^, appointed him a Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey. 
 During the following ten years his integrity as judge, his qualities in 
 balancing the decision of a case before juries, and his faithful admin- 
 istration of the duties of his position were sternly tested on the bench 
 of the Supreme Court, the Court of Errors and Appeals and at the 
 Circuits, and led to his reappointment by the governor. The fierce 
 light of New Jersey politics beat upon him as a likely candidate for 
 executive office, for though a Democrat by part}' affiliations Judge 
 
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 Bedle had always displayed the strictest non-partisanship upon the 
 bench. The election proved his popularity, giving him for the office 
 of governor of New Jersey a majority of 13,233 votes, over a strong 
 competitor. His inauguration occurred on January 19, 1875, and he 
 held the gubernatorial chair for three years. The peaceful celebra- 
 tion of the centennial in 1876 at Philadelphia demanded his efforts in 
 behalf of his State, and the riots of 1877 called forth his prudent 
 use of his ci\il and military powers in the preservation of peace 
 throughout the State. His administration as governor was wise, 
 good, economical and thoroughly worthy of his record as a judge. 
 Upon retirement from office, he refused reappointment to the bench, 
 preferring to return to his private practice of law. Among some 
 noted cases which he handled were the State of New Jersey vs. the 
 Morris and Essex Railroad Company, the New Jersey Junction and 
 National Dock Railway Company vs. the Pennsylvania Railroad 
 Company, and the proceedings for contempt against Governor Price. 
 His last public service was as a member of the constitutional commis- 
 sion, and he died soon after, October 21, 1894. He was a ruling 
 elder of the First Presbyterian Church, and was elected delegate to 
 the general assembly of his church which met at Washington for the 
 famous heresy trial of Dr. Briggs. Among his children by his wife, 
 Althea F., daughter of the late Judge Bennington F. Randolph, was 
 Joseph D. 
 
 Joseph D. Bedle Jr. early showed tastes that were similar to his 
 father's. He was graduated in 1881 from Hasbrouck Institute, Jer- 
 sey City. Entering Princeton College he was graduated with the 
 degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1888, and three years later received 
 the degree of Master of Arts. Among his classmates he was de- 
 servedly popular, and successfully filled the editorship of the "Prince- 
 tonian," the college journal. His law studies were taken up imme- 
 diately, with his entrance into the offices of Bedle, Muirhead & Mc- 
 Gee, of Jersey City, but he completed them by a course at Columbia 
 College Law chool. His admission to the New Jersey bar occurred 
 in June, 1888, and as counsellor in November, 1891. With the style 
 of Bedle, Muirhead, McGee & Bedle Jr., he was admitted as a part- 
 ner to the firm of his father, in 1888. Mr. Muirhead dying in 1892, 
 the firm name was changed to Bedle, McGee & Bedle. Mr. Bedle 
 is now a member of the firm of Bedle & Kellogg. 
 
 Judge Bedle is both a fine lawyer and an influential politician. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 715 
 
 being connected with the Democratic party. He was chairman of 
 the Hudson county delegation to the State Convention, nominating 
 Hon. George T. Werts for governor. The governor on his election 
 gave Judge Bedle an appointment as aide-de-camp upon his staff 
 with the rank of colonel, and in 1894 made him one of three commis- 
 sioners from his native State to promote uniformity of legislation in 
 the United States. The following January Governor Griggs made 
 him Judge of the District Court of Jersey City for the following five 
 years. Two years previous he had been appointed a Special Master 
 in Chancery by Chancellor McGill. 
 
 He succeeded to many important positions after the death of his 
 father, ex-Governor Bedle. He is director as well as counsel for the 
 United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company, and the First 
 National Bank of Jersey City; counsel for the Delaware, Lacka- 
 wanna & Western Railroad Company, the Joseph Dixon Crucible 
 Company, and many other corporations; director of the People's 
 Light & Power Company of New Jersey, the Westside Land & Build- 
 ing Company; trustee of the Children's Friends Society or Children's 
 Home of Jersey City; and a ruling elder of the First Presbyterian 
 Church, of Jersey City. He is connected officially with the Cleve- 
 land Seed Company, and with many New Jersey firms. 
 
 Formerly he was a trustee of the Palma Club, with which he is 
 still connected; is a member and trustee of the Carteret Club; and is 
 a member of the Jersey City Bar Association, of Jersey City; the 
 Manhattan Club, the Princeton Club, and the American Museum of 
 National History, of New York City; the Washington Association, 
 of Morristown; and the Revolutionary Memorial Society, of New 
 Jersey; and is a member and also a governor of the Lake Hopatcong 
 Club, of New Jersey. 
 
 Judge Joseph D. Bedle married, June 21, 1888, Fanny Reed, 
 daughter of Horatio N. Ege, of Jersey City, head of the commission 
 house of Ege & Otis, of New York. Judge and Mrs. Bedle have 
 one daughter, Josephine D. 
 
WILLIAM NELSON 
 
 WILLIAM NELSON, actively and prominently identified with 
 the professional, political and social interests of the city of 
 Paterson, a lawyer by profession and an author of note, was 
 born Pebruary lo, 1847, son of William and Susan (Cherry) Nel- 
 son, and grandson of 1 homas and Jane (Coulter) Nelson. 
 
 William Nelson attended the public schools of Newark, New 
 Jersey, graduating from the high school in 1862. In 1863, at the 
 early age of sixteen years, he was a reporter on the "Newark Daily 
 Mercury," and the following two years served in the capacity of 
 teacher, in the former year teaching English in a German school in 
 Newark and South Orange, and in the latteryear teaching in a district 
 school at Connecticut Farms, now Union. On June 19, i 865, he took 
 up his residence in Paterson, New Jersey, and for the following ten 
 years devoted his time and attention to journalism, in which he was 
 eminently successful. He took an active interest in the education of 
 youth, and in April, 1868, was elected a member of the Paterson 
 Board of Education, serving thereon for a period of three years, dur- 
 ing which time he was an active factor in the reorganization of the 
 public schools of that city, in elevating the standard of teaching, and 
 in the expansion of the entire system. In 1869 he drafted a supple- 
 ment to the Paterson city charter, materially altering the provisions 
 relative to the Board of Iiducation, and in 1871 he drew up an en- 
 tirely new charter for the city, on original lines, which have been 
 retained for the most part. In May, 1871, he was elected to fill the 
 office of clerk of the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders, 
 and his meritorious service was rewarded by annual reelections until 
 May, 1894, a period of almost a quarter of a century. He also 
 served as clerk of the Paterson District Court from 1877 to 1887. 
 He has served as delegate to National, State, Congressional and local 
 conventions of the Republican party, has contributed frequently to 
 New Jersey and New York papers in the same behalf, and is the 
 author of fully a hundred Important laws now on the statute books 
 of New Jersey, principally relative to State, county and city admin- 
 istration, besides many in the interest of corporations by whom he has 
 been retained. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA • 717 
 
 Mr. Nelson began the study of law at the age of fifteen, and 
 having completed his studies under the excellent preceptorship of 
 Hon. John Hopper, of Paterson, but other occupations delayed his 
 admission to the bar until June, 1878. Since then he has practiced his 
 profession with success. He is the owner of one of the most valuable 
 law libraries in the State, and his private library numbers something 
 like ten thousand volumes in all departments of literature, perhaps 
 one-third relating to the State of New Jersey. He has edited thirty 
 volumes of the New Jersey Archives, and has published nearly one 
 hundred legal, historical and biographical monographs, among them : 
 "Summary of the Law of New Jersey in Relation to Public Bridges," 
 "Early Will-Making in New Jersey," "The Law of Marriage and 
 Divorce in New Jersey," "Joseph Coerten Hornblower, Chief Jus- 
 tice of New Jersey, 1 832-1 846," "Clifford Stanley Sims — Soldier, 
 Statesman, Jurist;" "Genealogy of the Doremus Family in Amer- 
 ica," "The Indians of New Jersey," "Indian Personal Names in 
 New Jersey," etc. He was elected a member of the New Jersey 
 Historical Society in 1872, was recording secretary from 1880 to 
 1890, and in the latter named year was elected corresponding secre- 
 tary, which office he still holds. He is also a member of the Amer- 
 ican Bar Association, the Washington Association of New Jersey, 
 the Revolutionary Memorial Society of New Jersey, and of various 
 other historical, benevolent and religious societies: the American 
 Antiquarian Societ}', American Association for the Advancement of 
 Science, American Historical Association, American Anthropological 
 Association, American Bibliographical Society, American Folk-Lore 
 Society. Alabama, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania His- 
 torical Societies, New England Historica-Genealogical Society, New 
 York Genealogical-Biographical Society, etc. Princeton University 
 conferred on him the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1896. 
 Mr. Nelson is supervising editor of the present work, "Nelson's 
 Biographical Cyclopedia of New Jersey." 
 
 ^Ir. Nelson married, July 2^, 1889, Salome Williams, daughter 
 of Henry C. and Ann Eliza (Banta) Doremus, of Paterson, New 
 Jersey. 
 
CLEMENT J. ADAMS 
 
 BIOGRAPHY becomes the very foundation upon which rests the 
 general history of mankind, when one considers the fact that 
 the history of a nation is the record of the composite achiev'c- 
 ments of the indi\idua! people. The importance of making a perma- 
 nent record of the lifework of men who are worthy of such distinc- 
 tion cannot be o\-erestimated. The subject of this review stands forth 
 as one of the honored and representative citizens of Atlantic City, 
 New Jersey, where he has rendered faithful service in various capac- 
 ities. 
 
 Clement J. .\dams, son of Enoch Adams, was born at Bakers- 
 ville, New Jersey, in 1845. His academic education was acquired 
 at the Pennington Seminary, after which he attended Eastman's Busi- 
 ness College at Poughkeepsie, New York, from which institution he 
 was graduated. This was not long before the outbreak of the Civil 
 War, and Mr. Adams enlisted in Company B, 2i;th New Jersey 
 Volunteers, September i, 1862, and was mustered in with the rank 
 of colonel, September 26, of the same year. Ele was mustered out, 
 June 20, 1863. He was successfully engaged in the profession of 
 teaching for a period of thirteen years, the scenes of his activity being 
 in English Creek, May's Landing, and several other places in the 
 county. He took up his residence in Atlantic City in 1880, and there 
 established himself in the real estate and insurance business; he had 
 as a business associate his cousin, Israel G. Adams, and their office 
 was located for some years on Atlantic avenue, near Arkansas. When 
 the Real Estate and Law Building was completed in 1888 they at 
 once sought new accommodations in that structure, where their fine 
 offices now occupy the greater part of the first floor of the building. 
 They have been remarkably successful in the conduct of their busi- 
 ness, and their progressive, yet conservative, methods have aided 
 greatly in attracting to Atlantic City a ver\' desirable class of resi- 
 dents. 
 
 Mr. Adams married, 1882, Phoebe A. Tilton, of Bakersville, 
 and their children are: Mae N. and Carleton. Mr. Adams has been 
 frequently in public office. He served for a number of years as super- 
 intendent of public schools; for a long period as president of the 
 
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BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 719 
 
 board of education, and as trustee of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. He is known as one of the leaders and most zealous pro- 
 moters of all public enterprises, and his influence and effective aid are 
 ever to be counted upon in connection with any legitimate under- 
 taking. 
 
 GEORGE FITCH PERKINS 
 
 IT is not necessary that the man who achieves success should be 
 different from his fellowman, but there are certain indispensable 
 
 characteristics that contribute toward it, namely, energy, enter- 
 prise, determination, and the ability to recognize and improve oppor- 
 tunities. These qualities are very dominant in Mr. Perkins, presi- 
 dent of the Provident Institution for Savings, in Jersey City, who 
 has risen from a humble position to one of prominence. 
 
 George F. Perkins was born in Andover, Connecticut, Decem- 
 ber 26, 1835, son of Timothy D. and Lucy (Fitch) Perkins, respected 
 and esteemed residents of that community for many years. He 
 attended the public schools of Lee, Massachusetts, and supplemented 
 this by a general course at the Charlotteville Seminary of New York, 
 which thoroughly qualified him for a life of activity and usefulness. 
 For a number of years he followed various lines of trades and busi- 
 ness, achieving a certain degree of success, and later was appointed 
 president of the Provident Institution for Savings, in which capacity 
 he is still serving, discharging his duties with fidelity and efficiency, 
 year by year growing in the estimation of his fellow officers, and 
 winning and retaining the good will and esteem of all connected 
 therewith. He is public-spirited and enterprising, contributing to the 
 general welfare of his adopted city, and is regarded as a citizen of 
 merit and worth. He is a member of the Board of Finance of Jersey 
 City, a Republican in politics, a Presbyterian in religion, and during 
 the year 1861 was a member of the Twelfth New York Regiment 
 (Volunteers) . 
 
 Mr. Perkins married, November 6, 1862, Charlotte S., daugh- 
 ter of Lucius and Elizabeth (Barnes) Crocker. This brief resume 
 of Mr. Perkins' life serves to demonstrate that throughout his career 
 he has been found true to every trust reposed in him. 
 
DEWITT CLINTON BLAIR 
 
 AS general history is but composite biography, it naturally fol- 
 lows that the deepest human interest in study and investiga- 
 tion must lie along those lines where thought has engendered 
 achievement, not less for the general than for the individual good. 
 In any locahty where progress has left its consecutive tracings by the 
 way there must ever be a dominant interest in reverting to the lives 
 which have been an integral part of such advancement. The State of 
 New Jersey is particularly rich in historical lore, and it cannot but 
 be a matter of gratification to find in these latter days of rapid prog- 
 ress that there remains to the commonwealth a numerous progeny 
 of those who were the founders and honored pioneers of the State. 
 The ancestry of DeWitt Clinton Blair, banker and resident of Bur- 
 lington, New Jersey, has been a distinguished one. For more than 
 six centuries the name of Blair has had an honored place in the annals 
 of Scotland, the ancestral home being in the northern part of Perth- 
 shire. They have earned distinction in this country and across the 
 seas in the fields of literature, education and military affairs. 
 
 The direct ancestor in America of Mr. Blair was John Blair, 
 born 1718, died May 20, 1798. He was a man of many-sided abil- 
 ity; was a preacher, taught school and became the owner of large 
 parcels of land. His grandson, John Insley Blair, was born near 
 Foul Rift, near Belvidere, New Jersey, August 22, 1802, and died 
 December 2, 1899. He was a man of remarkable business and exec- 
 utive ability, and early in life made himself acquainted with all man- 
 ner of legal questions which arise in the course of conducting impor- 
 tant business interests. He was one of the organizers of the Lacka- 
 wanna Coal & Iron Company, which was the chief factor in building 
 many of the eastern railroads, and it was at the suggestion of Mr. 
 Blair that the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad received 
 its name. He was a railroad magnate in the western as well as the 
 eastern part of the United States, and also held official position in. a 
 number of financial institutions. The donations of Mr. Blair to 
 institutions of various kinds, especially those devoted to the cause 
 of education, were enormous. The Blair Academy, of Blairstown, 
 New Jersey, is one of his endowments, and in the eight}' towns laid 
 
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 out by him in the west more than one hundred churches have been 
 erected through his generosity. He was honored with nomination as 
 governor to represent the Republican party in 1868. He married 
 Nancy Locke, a granddaughter of Captain Locke, who was killed at 
 the battle of Springfield during the revolution. 
 
 DeWitt Clinton, son of John Insley and Nancy (Locke) Blair, 
 was born September 6, 1833. He married, April 21, 1864, Mary 
 Anna Kimball. Children : John L, died July 27, 1866; Clinton Led- 
 yard, married Florence Osborne Jennings; J. Insley. The business 
 ability of his father was inherited in rich measure by Mr. Blair, and 
 his financial ability has been widely recognized. 
 
 THOMAS J. SCULLY 
 
 THOMAS J. SCULLY was born in Amboy, New Jersey, Sep- 
 tember 9, 1868. He was educated at the public schools and 
 at Seton Hall College, South Orange, New Jersey. He 
 became interested in the towing and transportation business, and has 
 been eminently successful. He has been actively interested in the 
 success of the Democratic party, and has given his time and means to 
 aid the party during its various campaigns. He was Presidential 
 Elector in the year 1908, and was elected mayor of South Amboy, 
 serving for the years 1909-10. He was elected to Congress from 
 the Third New Jersey District, in 19 10, and is a member of the 63rd 
 Congress of the United States. He resides at Perth Amboy. 
 
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EDWIN FIELD, M. D. 
 
 DR. EDWIN FIELD, the long established and highly esteemed 
 physician of Red Bank, New Jersey, was born May 2, 1849, 
 in Middletown, Monmouth county. New Jersey, son of 
 Thomas S. and Martha 1". (Taylor) Field. He comes of a family 
 founded on Eong Island in early colonial times, while his mother's 
 ancestors are equally ancient in New Jersey. 
 
 7 he name of the immigrant ancestor is unknown, although the 
 Englishman, first of the lield line, was William Field, and either his 
 son or grandson was probably the adventurous traveler across the 
 Atlantic. John Held, son of this tirst William, also had a son John 
 
 (2) Field, whose son and grandson were William (2) and William 
 
 (3) Field. "Ehe next generations were respectively named Robert 
 (i), Robert (2), Elnathan (i), Robert (3) and Elnathan (2), 
 and the last-named was the settler in Monmouth county. New Jersey, 
 coming there from Long Island, and purchasing much land, which 
 he cultivated. Fie married Mary Willet, and died in his ninety- 
 seventh year. Among their children was Thomas, born on Long 
 Island. Fie became a farmer in Middletown township, Monmouth 
 county, and married Rebecca, daughter of Captain Moses Shepherd, 
 of Revolutionary fame, who lived in the same township. Although 
 the earlier generations of this Field family were of the Quaker persua- 
 sion, the son of this Thomas Field, Joseph, was a soldier in the war 
 of I 8 I 2, possibly inheriting a martial strain from his maternal grand- 
 father. Another son of Thomas Field was Thomas S. Field, born 
 in Monmouth county. New Jersey. Fie married Martha T. Taylor, 
 and one of their sons, Joseph T., became a major in the Civil War, 
 while annthe'- son was Edwin. 
 
 Edwin Field took the studies preparatory for college in Wilbra- 
 ham, Massachusetts, and later entered Rutgers College, New Bruns- 
 wick, New Jersey. The curing of human ills attracted his mind at 
 an early age, and he decided to become a physician. He matriculated 
 in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, where he 
 graduated in the class of 1873. Fie was then appointed an interne 
 at the Brooklyn City Hospital for the following two years, learning 
 there much of clinical practice and the application of his college 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 723 
 
 studies. A certain physician of West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 
 wishing to go abroad for seven months in Europe, Dr. Field took 
 charge of his practice during that period, and found the work so hard 
 and wearing physically that he was obliged afterwards to spend a 
 year in Florida in order to recuperate. 
 
 Dr. Field returned to his native State in 1876, and settled at 
 Red Bank, where he has e\er since practiced his profession, and 
 drawn around him a large circle of friends and patients. He has, 
 moreover, manifested, like so many physicians, an interest in the 
 general physical welfare of the community at large. The Monmouth 
 Memorial Hospital at Long Branch, New Jersey, was largely founded 
 through his efforts, and he fills therein the offices of senior surgeon 
 and chairman of the medical board. The needs of wartime drew 
 him into the army during the Spanish-American hostilities, and he 
 served as major surgeon of the Fourth Regiment New Jersey Volun- 
 teers for nine months, and during five months of that period was 
 placed in charge of the Second Division Hospital, in Greenville, 
 South Carolina. 
 
 Dr. Field has contributed many scientific papers to the meetings 
 of medical societies of which he is a member, and these have usually 
 afterwards been published in magazines or in book form. He is 
 connected with the Monmouth County and the New Jersey State 
 Medical societies; the American Medical Association; the Practi- 
 tioners' Club of Eastern Monmouth County; and is connected in an 
 honorary capacity with the Massachusetts Medical Society. Since 
 the end of the Cuban War, Dr. Field has been a member of the 73rd 
 Regim.ent New Jersey National Guard, in which he is now captain 
 of the Second Cavalry Troop. In Masonry, Dr. Field has been 
 master for seven times in Mystic Lodge, No. 21, and five of these 
 terms were consecutive: he is past high priest, Hiram Chapter, No. 
 I, Royal Arch Masons; past commander of Carson Commandery, 
 No. 15, Knights Templar; and a member of Lulu Temple, Nobles 
 of the Mystic Shrine, of Philadelphia. In Red Bank, Dr. Field is 
 an active and interested participant in all community interests. He 
 was one of the organizers of the Monmouth Club. Edwin Field 
 married, February i, 1875, Alice M. Hance, of Shrewsbury, New 
 Jersey. 
 
CARROLL PHILLIPS BASSETT 
 
 CARROLL PHILLIPS BASSETT, of Summit, New Jersey, 
 has for many years been closely identified with some of the 
 leading interests of the State, and his executive and financial 
 acumen have earned for him a distinct recognition. 
 
 Mr. Bassett was born in Brooklyn, New York, son of Allan 
 Lee and Caroline (Phillips) Bassett. His father was the first presi- 
 dent of the Prudential Insurance Company, and for many years, 
 prior to his death in 1892, was prominent in the business life of 
 Newark. On both his father's and his mother's side he traces his 
 ancestry to early colonial times in New York and New England, his 
 first paternal ancestor in this country, John Bassett, having arrived 
 in the New Haven Colony from England in 1638; while his first 
 maternal ancestor in this country. Rev. George Phillips, arrived on 
 the ship "Arabella" with Governor John Winthrop, and was the 
 pastor of the first Congregational church in America, at Watertown, 
 Massachusetts. 
 
 Mr. Bassett graduated from the Newark Academy, and entered 
 Lafayette College in 1879, being graduated as valedictorian of the 
 class of 1883, with the degree of Civil Engineer. Pursuing his 
 studies in a post-graduate course, he had the degree of Mining Engi- 
 neer conferred upon him in 1884 by the same institution, which also 
 honored him with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1888. He 
 supplemented his studies in this country by travel and study for some 
 time in Europe. In the course of his professional work as a civil 
 engineer he has designed and constructed water works, sewerage 
 systems and sewage purification plants, and electric generating and 
 distributing plants in the States of Connecticut, New York, New 
 Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware. He was honored with election to 
 the presidency of the New Jersey Sanitary Association, 1892-93. 
 He is a director of and largely interested in the following corpora- 
 tions: The Commonwealth Water and Light Company, Mountain 
 Water Company, West Orange Water Company, Clinton Water 
 Company, Lakewood Water, Light and Power Company, Point 
 Pleasant Electric Light and Power Company, Lakewood Hotel and 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 725 
 
 Land Association, and the First National Bank of Summit, New 
 Jersey. 
 
 Mr. Bassett is connected with the following social and other 
 organizations: Phi Delta Theta college fraternity, has filled various 
 offices in the body, including that of president; Phi Beta Kappa col- 
 lege fraternity; American Society of Civil Engineers, American 
 Water Works Association, National Electric Light Association, 
 American Association for the Advancement of Science, American 
 Public Health Association, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, 
 Washington i\ssociation at Morristown, Lakewood Country Club, 
 Highland Club, Canoe Brook Country Club, Baltusrol Golf Club 
 and University Club of New York; for a number of years chairman 
 of the Board of Trade committee for the beautification of Summit, 
 which arranged the purchase by the city of Bonnel Park and com- 
 pleted its preparation. 
 
 Mr. Bassett is an author of considerable note in the profession 
 with which he Is identified, and among the numerous technical papers 
 he has contributed to the literature of this field are the following: 
 "The Conservation of Streams," "Inland Sewage Disposal," and 
 many others. For a long time he has been a regular lecturer on 
 hydraulics and sanitation at the University of New York, and at 
 Lafayette College, and he is consulting engineer for a number of 
 water companies. 
 
 In 1904, Mr. Bassett married Margaret Condit Kinney, daugh- 
 ter of the late Thomas T. Kinney, of Newark. They have three 
 children. Their home, "Beacon Hill," at the summit of the Second 
 Watchung Mountain, at Hobart's Gap, in the city of Summit, is one 
 of the notable homes in the northern section of the State. 
 
HOWARD FLANDERS 
 
 HISTORIC old Burlington, New Jersey, has been the seat of 
 many families of historic lineage in New Jersey and Penn- 
 sylvania. The place was settled by a colony of English 
 Quakers in 1677, '^'^J '■! recent years has become a pleasant resi- 
 dential city much frequented by Philadelphia people. It has a num- 
 ber of interesting old mansions long antedating the War of Inde- 
 pendence, which have become the summer homes of Philadelphia 
 families. The Burlington Society Librar}', established in 1757, is 
 still conducted under its original charter granted by George II., and 
 is one of the oldest libraries in America. In this historic town of 
 West Jersey, Howard Flanders spent the best years of his life and 
 died there. 
 
 He was descended from English and Scotch ancestry, who came 
 to that locality in colonial days, Andres Flanders married Frances 
 Glenn, and they had among others a son, Alfred Flanders, bom 
 January 6, 1830, died November 17, 1888, in Philadelphia. He 
 was educated for the legal profession and practiced law in Philadel- 
 phia for many years. He married Mary Rothwell Davidson, daugh- 
 ter of John S. and Isabella (Cornell) Davidson, of Burlington, and 
 had among other issue, a son, namely: 
 
 Howard Flanders was born April 12, i860, in Philadelphia, 
 Pennsylvania. He was educated in the public schools of his native city, 
 and at seventeen years of age was taken into the law office of his 
 father as a clerk, where he pursued legal studies, and later was ad- 
 mitted to the bar in Burlington, New Jersey. He was a director of 
 the Burlington Electric Light Company, likewise of the Burlington 
 Bank and Trust Company, and city solicitor of the city of Burlington 
 for several years. 
 
 He married, June 10, 1891, at Burlington, New Jersey, Carrie 
 E., daughter of John and Sarah P. Lowden. There are no children 
 as Issue of this marriage. Mr. Flanders was a member of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal church of Burlington; was a Republican, and Identi- 
 fied In local political affairs for a number of years. He was a mem- 
 ber of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of the Knights 
 of Pythias, and the local blue lodge of Ancient Free Masons. 
 
CHAKLES 31()RTIMER HOWE 
 
 EX-MAYOR CHARLES M. HOWFi, whose personality has 
 been a force in the development, upbuilding and substantial 
 progress of Passaic, and a force in the right direction, the 
 story of his life being inseparably interwoven with that of his adopted 
 city, is a descendant of an English ancestry, members of which set- 
 tled at an early date in the State of Massachusetts, on the paternal 
 side, and on the maternal side is a descendant of John Carver, who 
 came on the "Mayflower," and was one of the first governors of 
 Massachusetts. 
 
 Major Bezeleel Howe, grandfather of Charles M. Howe, dis- 
 played his patriotism by enlisting in the Revolutionary War, serving 
 at first as private, but by faithful and conscientious service was ad- 
 vanced in rank, serving in the capacity of major in General Wash- 
 ington's Life Guards at the close of hostilities. His son. Dr. John 
 M. Howe, father of Charles M. Howe, was born in 1806, in New 
 York City, died in 1885, in Passaic, New Jersey, whither he re- 
 moved in 1856, purchasing what was known as the King farm. He 
 was a pioneer commuter on the Erie railroad and one of the fore- 
 most citizens of the (then) village, a man of influence in his com- 
 munity. He was the builder of the first large brick business block 
 in Passaic, known as the "Howe Block," which is now in the center 
 of the business section of the city. He was a dentist by profession, 
 which line of work he followed successfully in New York City. He 
 was an active factor in the establishment of a Methodist church in 
 Passaic, was a local preacher in that church, and at his death left a 
 handsome bequest to the congregation. He was among the first to 
 identify himself with the Republican party, and was one of the few 
 supporters of John C. Fremont in that section of the State. He mar- 
 ried Emeline B. Jenkins. 
 
 Charles M. Howe was born in New York City, May i, 185 i. 
 His early educational training was obtained in the schools of Pas- 
 saic, and this was supplemented by a course in the schools of Wilbra- 
 ham, Massachusetts, and in Williston Seminary, Massachusetts, after 
 which he entered the New York Dental College, graduating in the 
 class of 1873, of which he was valedictorian, with the degree of 
 
728 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 Doctor of Dental Surgery. He opened an office for the practice of 
 his profession in Passaic, in 1873, and has maintained it since, his 
 patronage increasing steadily from year to year, and earning for him- 
 self a reputation for reliable work and honorable and straight- 
 forward methods. In addition to his professional work, Dr. Howe 
 has taken an active interest in local enterprises, having been a director 
 and president of the Passaic Trust & Safe Deposit Company, and at 
 the present time ( 1913) is a director and president of the Passaic Na- 
 tional Bank, in the management of which he displays executive ability 
 of a high order. He has also been interested in the purchase of a 
 number of tracts of land in various parts of the city, all of which have 
 been developed, adding materially to the growth and therefore to the 
 population of the city. He also served as executor of his father's 
 extensive estate. In 1879 he was elected to the City Council from 
 the Second Ward, reelected in 1880, after which he served a year 
 as president of the Council, and has served four terms as mayor of 
 Passaic, enjoying the distinction of being the first man ever elected 
 to that high office in Passaic without opposition, this fact attesting 
 to his popularity, gained by faithful service in other political offices 
 and by his wise and conservative conduct of all public affairs. He 
 is a member and trustee of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of 
 Passaic, and a staunch adherent of Republican principles. He holds 
 membership in the Passaic Board of Trade, the Sons of the Ameri- 
 can Revolution, and the Washingtonian Club. 
 
 Dr. Howe married, October 12, 1876, M. Ida, daughter of 
 Colonel C. A. and Sarah Canfield. Children: Edith (Howe) Kip 
 and John Canfield Howe. 
 
 Ex-Mayor Howe is esteemed and honored and enjoys the gen- 
 eral confidence as one of Passaic's representative and useful citizens, 
 and his career has been that of a man who attained success by thor- 
 oughly deserving it. He is public-spirited and progressive, ever 
 ready to cooperate in any movement that is for the common welfare, 
 or that tends to promote the material advancement of the community. 
 
MERKITT G. PERKINS 
 
 MERRITT G. PERKINS, president of the Franklin Savings 
 Institution, of Newark, New Jersey, is a worthy representa- 
 tive of a family of long and honorable standing in America, 
 being one of the early settled families of New England, where it is 
 first found of record in Hampton, then in Massachusetts, now in 
 New Hampshire. Mr. Perkins was born November 9, 1864, in the 
 historic old town of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, of which ancient 
 town his numerous ancestors were among the first settlers. 
 
 The ancestral line of Mr. Perkins is traced through Abraham 
 Perkins, the pioneer ancestor, born 161 i, appears of record in New 
 England in 1638, died August 31, 1683; David, born in Hampton, 
 New Hampshire, February 28, 1653, died October i, 1736; David, 
 born in Beverly, and came with his father to Bridgewater in 1688; 
 David, born in Bridgewater, August 12, 171 1 ; Asa, born in Bridge- 
 water, October 6, 1754, served in the Revolutionary War; Asa, born 
 in Bridgewater, June 6, 1793, and there resided all his life, was an 
 iron worker in his youth, having a forge near his home, and later 
 worked as master mechanic for the firm of Lazell, Perkins & Com- 
 pany, whose plant later became the Bridgewater Iron Works. He 
 married, November 19, 1815, Huldah Ames Hayward, who bore 
 him eight children. John, born in Bridgewater, November 7, 1824, 
 died there. May 14, 1 883. He learned the trade of machinist at the 
 Lazell, Perkins & Company Iron Works, later becoming foreman of 
 the machine department of that concern, in which capacity he con- 
 tinued until 1869. He then accepted the position of manager of 
 Wilder, Taylor & Company at St. Paul, Minnesota, and after several 
 years returned to his native town and formed a partnership with his 
 brother, Isaac Perkins, Louis Hayden, Thomas Broadhurst and Na- 
 than Dunphy, and established the Union Machine Company, Mr. 
 Perkins becoming general manager. The business was subsequently 
 sold and Mr. Perkins accepted a position with the Bridgewater Iron 
 Works, remaining for several years, then was offered the position of 
 superintendent of the Nashua (New Hampshire) Iron & Steel Com- 
 pany, but his death occurred before he assumed control. He was an 
 old-line Democrat in politics. He married, in Providence, Rhode 
 
730 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 Island, August 25, 1848, Lucia W. Greenwood, who bore him four 
 children among whom was iVIerritt G. 
 
 Merritt G. Perkins graduated from Bridgewater Academy in 
 1882, and from Coleman's Business College, Newark, New Jersey, 
 in 1883. He became bookkeeper of the Franklin Savings Institution, 
 Newark, New Jersey, in 1884, and director and secretary of the same 
 in 1 89 1. After eleven years of faithful service in the latter capacity 
 Mr. Perkins was elevated to the office of president in 1902, he en- 
 joying the honor and distinction of being the youngest bank president 
 in the State of New Jersey at the time, and he is still filling this re- 
 sponsible position. By his close application to the details of banking 
 affairs he has not only made a substantial place for himself in the 
 financial world, but has attained a degree of personal esteem which 
 speaks well for his integrity of character as well as for his ability and 
 natural business sagacity. 
 
 Mr. Perkins is also prominently identified with other financial 
 and commercial interests, being a director of the IVIerchants' National 
 Bank, of Newark; a director of the Newark Fire Insurance Com- 
 pany, which was founded in 18 10; a director of the Knoxville Gas 
 Company, of Knoxville, Tennessee; vice-president of the A. P. Smith 
 Manufacturing Company, of East Orange, New Jersey; president of 
 the Standard Regulator Company, of New York; and president of 
 the Gamon Meter Company, of Newark, New Jersey. In May, 
 1909, Mr. Perkins was elected to the vice-presidency of the New 
 Jersey Savings Banks Association, and on May 17, 191 1, was elected 
 president of that association, and reelected in 19 12. 
 
 In fraternal circles Mr. Perkins is a prominent and active mem- 
 ber of the Masonic organization in the highest degree, holding mem- 
 bership in Kane Lodge, No. 55, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- 
 sons, of Newark, and the various other bodies up to and including 
 the New Jersey Consistory, of Jersey City (thirty-second degree). 
 He has been president of the Scottish Rite Association of New Jer- 
 sey for a number of years, and during his administration as presi- 
 dent of this association the handsome Masonic Temple at Jersey 
 City was erected. In September, 1909, Mr. Perkins was elected to 
 the thirty-third degree of Masonry, by the Supreme Council, Ancient 
 Accepted Scottish Rite, Free Masonry, at Boston, Massachusetts. 
 He also holds membership in Salaam Temple, Ancient Arabic Order 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 731 
 
 Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Newark, of which he is one of the 
 charter members. 
 
 In addition to his fraternal affiliations he is a member of the New 
 Jersey Society of Mayflower Descendants; the New Jersey Society, 
 Sons of the American Revolution; of the New Jersey Society of 
 Founders and Patriots of America, and of the New Jersey Society 
 of Colonial Wars. Numbered among the various social organiza- 
 tions of which he is a valued member are the Engineers' Club, of 
 New York City; the Essex Club, of Newark, and the Jersey City 
 Club, of Jersey City. Mr. Perkins takes a deep interest in historic 
 matters and is marked in his devotion to his native town and State 
 and the early history pertaining thereto. He numbers among his 
 forbears many of the early settlers of Plymouth Colony, as well as 
 being descended from "Mayflower" passengers through PVancis 
 Cooke, and Mary Chilton, the first white woman to step foot on his- 
 toric Plymouth Rock. Mr. Perkins political affiliations have been 
 with the Republican party, but his numerous business interests have 
 prevented him from taking an active part in political affairs. 
 
 Mr. Perkins married, October 27, 1890, Matilda Drake Riker, 
 born in Newark, New Jersey, daughter of Robert Price Riker, a 
 well-known manufacturer of New York. Children: Edna H., born 
 August 26, 1891; Mildred E., January 6, 1894; Beatrice L., Au- 
 gust 21, 1895; Robert M., July 11, 1898. 
 
 Mr. Perkins' numerous important connections of a business, 
 financial, social and philanthropic nature, and his success in the man- 
 agement of these interests, show him to be a man of the broadest 
 nature, and one who might achieve success in almost any line of 
 work. He is a man of rounded personality, combining in a high de- 
 gree character, culture, perseverance, tact and ability. Whatever 
 have been his honors, he has borne them modestly; he is affable and 
 cordial in manner, and void of formality. His untiring energy and 
 recognized ability have attained for him a position of prominence 
 and influence in the community in which practically the whole of his 
 active business life has been spent, and where he has risen to the posi- 
 tion of president of one of the leading institutions of Newark. Of a 
 literary Uirn of mind, he is a lover and patron of the fine arts as well 
 as of standard literature, his large and comprehensive library afford- 
 ing him ample opportunity for literary entertainment. 
 
FRANCIS PIERCE QUIGLEY 
 
 BACK to staunch old Irish stock did the late Francis Pierce Quig- 
 ley trace his lineage, and in his character were to be found 
 those sterling qualities which have ever marked the true type 
 of the Irish nation. This is manifest when we come to consider the 
 salient points in his life history, which was one marked by persistent 
 industry and unwavering honor — qualities which eventuated most 
 naturally in securing him a position in the respect and esteem of his 
 fellowmen. He was the son of Francis and Jane Quigley, both born 
 in County Derry, Ireland. 
 
 Francis Pierce Quigley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
 April 28, 1854, and died in Atlantic City, New Jersey, January 7, 
 1907, deeply regretted by the entire community. His education was 
 acquired in the public schools, in which he distinguished himself from 
 the outset by his proficiency in mathematical studies. It was a very 
 natural proceeding, therefore, that he should, when the time came 
 for him to enter upon a business career, become associated with a 
 financial institution. He advanced from one position of trust and 
 responsibility to another, until he had reached that of cashier of the 
 Atlantic City National Bank, an office he filled for a quarter of a 
 century. His business abilities were also honored and recognized in 
 other directions, and he was a director in a number of other business 
 corporations. He was an earnest believer in the Catholic creed and 
 was a member of St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church of Atlantic 
 City. Mr. Quigley married, January 17, 1895, M^ry R. Young, and 
 this ideal union was blessed with the following named children: 
 Francis Pierce Jr., Robert J., and Mary H. 
 
 It is not given to many men to attain the prominence and power 
 that were achieved by the late Francis Pierce Quigley, without mak- 
 ing countless enemies. Yet the proof of his being the possessor of 
 an unusual number of fine qualities is to be found in the fact of the 
 sincere mourning caused in many classes of society by his deeply re- 
 gretted death. His upright character, his stern sense of justice, 
 which was meted out alike to friend and foe, his faithful and de- 
 voted friendship, and the fidelity and unselfishness with which he per- 
 formed the duties of his difficult business position, were frequently 
 
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 the theme of conversation even during his lifetime. The expressions 
 of sympathy for his family at the time of his death were numerous 
 and heartfelt, for he had been looked upon as a friend as well as a 
 business man by all who had had business dealings with him. Far- 
 sighted and keen in his business judgment, with a wonderful fund of 
 information on all subjects, he was an inestimable factor in the pros- 
 perity of the financial institution with which he was associated for 
 so long a period of time. He had the interests of the bank very 
 closely at heart, and rarely took more than a few days' vacation, and 
 even during this short period he would keep in touch with its affairs. 
 As a husband and a father he was an example which it would be 
 well for others to follow. The home in which he resided was one 
 of the show places of its kind in Atlantic City, and its open-handed 
 hospitality, in the extending of which he was amply seconded by his 
 lovable wife, was noted in more than merely local sections. He took 
 a keen interest in literature, and a personal interest in the pages of 
 the "Sunday Gazette," being not alone a friend, but also an adviser 
 of the publisher. 
 
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CALYIiN ANDEKSON, M. D. 
 
 AMONG the many professions that of medicine is the most en- 
 nobling and helpful to mankind, and the members thereof 
 should be men of high character and integrity, capable of 
 sacrifice and of the utmost devotion to the interests of their fellow- 
 men. These traits were \er}' prominent in the character of the late 
 Dr. Calvin Anderson, whose useful career was terminated by his 
 death which occurred May 26, 1910. 
 
 Dr. Anderson was born in New York City, June 10, 1841, son 
 of the Rev. William Anderson, a native of Jersey City, New Jersey, 
 and a minister of the Dutch Reformed church, and his wife, Sarah 
 Louisa (Ryerson) Anderson, a native of Meads Basin and a daugh- 
 ter of Abraham Ryerson, and who were the parents of ten children, 
 nine of whom attained years of maturity. Dr. Anderson being the 
 second in order of birth. Dr. Anderson traced his ancestry on the 
 paternal side to a family of English origin, members of which emi- 
 grated to the New World in early days. Rev. William Anderson, 
 whose death occurred in 1887, entered upon his first charge in the 
 year 1847, ^^ Peapack, after which he was stationed at Fordham, 
 then for two years, from 1856 to 1858, was stationed in Illinois, and 
 then returned to New York. 
 
 Dr. Anderson attended the schools of Norwich, Connecticut, 
 and graduated from Nonvich Academy in the class of 1859, after 
 which he matriculated in Columbia Medical College, of New York, 
 from which he was graduated in 1861;. Prior to his entering college 
 he was a student in the ofHce of Dr. K. J. Rapelye, of New York 
 City, under whose competent instruction he progressed rapidly, giv-« 
 ing close attention to his studies, in which he took a keen interest. 
 Being thus thoroughly equipped for an active career, he opened an 
 office in Hanover, Morris county, New Jersey, where he remained 
 until 1868, a period of three years, and then removed to Madison, 
 where he spent the remainder of his days. He gained the confidence 
 of the residents of both places in which he located by his comprehen- 
 sive knowledge of his profession and hv the interest he displayed in 
 every case entrusted to his care, ami in due course of time was granted 
 a liberal patronage, which steadilv increased year by year. In addi- 
 
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 tion to this he was a member of the medical staff of All Souls' Hos- 
 pital, in Morristown; president of the Board of Health of Madison; 
 president of the Morris County Medical Society; a member of the 
 Common Council, and twice mayor of Madison, which position he 
 occupied at the time of his death. He attended the services of the 
 Presbyterian church, cast his vote for the candidates of the Repub- 
 lican party, and took a keen interest in every movement that tended 
 to benefit the community. 
 
 Dr. Anderson married, January 14, 1873, Mary Bouker, of 
 Jersey City, New Jersey, daughter of John A. and Sarah E. (Sim- 
 mons) Bouker, both representatives of old New Jersey families, who 
 bore him four children, namely: Mary (Anderson) Case, Jane (An- 
 derson) Bennett, Elizabeth (Anderson) Servoss, and John Boukeir 
 Anderson. 
 
 Dr. Anderson was sociable and genial in disposition, therefore 
 had a wide circle of friends, composed of all classes of society, all of 
 whom deeply regretted his decease. His work was widely extended 
 and beneficial to many, and his influence in the community will be 
 felt and recognized for a long period of time. His example is well 
 worthy of emulation. 
 
WAVJVE DUMONT 
 
 WAYNE DUMONT, who is actively engaged in the practice 
 of law in Paterson, New Jersey, is a son of John Finley 
 and Anne Eliza (Kline) Dumont; the former, deceased in 
 1889, was also a lawyer, and served for three years as Prosecuting 
 Attorney for Hunterdon county. New Jersey. 
 
 Mr. Dumont was born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, April 14, 
 1 87 1. He graduated from Lerch's Preparatory School, Easton, 
 Pennsylvania, cum laitdc, in June, 1888. He matriculated at Lafay- 
 ette College, Easton, the same year, was graduated in June, 1892, 
 again cum laude, with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, and 
 was awarded the degree of Master of Science in June, 1895. He 
 attended the New York Law School and was admitted to practice 
 in the New Jersey courts in February, 1896, as attorney, and as coun- 
 sellor in February, 1899. As Special Master in Chancery and as 
 Supreme Court Commissioner he has rendered excellent service. He 
 was admitted to practice in New York in November, 1907, and to 
 the Supreme Court of the United States in February, 1908. He de- 
 cided upon Paterson as his place of residence. 
 
 Mr. Dumont is a Republican in politics, but without political 
 aspirations. He holds a high rank in the Masonic fraternity, being 
 a life member of all the Scottish Rite bodies. He is also a member 
 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Pomfret Club 
 of Easton, the Hamilton Club of Paterson, New Jersey, and the 
 Lawyers' Club of New York. As a member of the board of directors 
 of the German-American Trust Company of Paterson, his counsel is 
 of great value. He is a trustee of Lafayette College. He is con- 
 nected with the Fifth Regiment New Jersey National Guard as pay- 
 master, with the rank of captain. 
 
 Mr. Dumont married, October 26, i 898, Sallie Insley, daughter 
 of Edward Insley and Sallie Lesh Hunt, of Easton, Pennsylvania. 
 Children: Wayne Hunt, deceased; and John Finley Dumont. 
 
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GEORGE BUOWxNE POST, JN. A., LL. D. 
 
 GEORGE BROWNE POST, the capable executive head of 
 George B. Post & Sons, architects, who has achieved promi- 
 nence in his own field of endeavor, wielding an extended in- 
 fluence in trade circles, is a native of New York City, born December 
 15, 1837, son of Joel B. and Abby M. Post, and a lineal descendant 
 of Lieutenant Richard Post, one of the founders of the settlement of 
 Southampton, Long Island, in the year 1640, who came there from 
 Lynn, Massachusetts. He was a son of Arthur Post, of Maidstone, 
 Kent, England, the exact date of his arrival in this country a few 
 years prior to 1640 not being able to be determined as the early 
 records of Lynn were destroyed by fire. He was very prominent in 
 the early affairs of Southampton, and was one of the patentees of the 
 township of Southampton named in the patent of Governor Andros. 
 George B. Post was educated in Churchill's Military School at 
 Sing Sing, New York, and was graduated as Civil Engineer from the 
 Scientific School of the New York University in the class of 1858. 
 He studied architecture with the late Richard M. Hunt in the years 
 1858-59-60, and in the latter year formed a partnership with a fel- 
 low student, Charles D. Gambrill, for the practice of architecture. 
 He has followed this profession ever since, and is now senior mem- 
 ber of the firm of George B. Post & Sons. The business was a suc- 
 cess from the beginning, due to the ability and shrewd judgment dis- 
 played by Mr. Post in its management. He is a man of pronounced 
 executive capacity, upright and honest in all his dealings, and has 
 built up a business that is one of the most representative of its class 
 in the metropolis. He was appointed by the Governor of the State 
 of New York in 1902 a member of the Board of Commissions of the 
 St. Louis Exposition; appointed by the Secretary of State a delegate 
 to the World's Congress of Architects in London to represent the 
 American Architects at large; appointed by the Secretary of Agricul- 
 ture in 1906, a collaborator of the Forest Service of the United 
 States Department of Agriculture; appointed honorary correspond- 
 ing member of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1907; 
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738 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 elected an associate of the National Academy of Design in 1907; 
 elected an academician of the National Academy of Design in 1908; 
 appointed in 1908 a member of the permanent committee of the 
 International Congress of Architects; appointed by President Roose- 
 velt in 1909 a member of the Bureau of Pine Arts. He was deco- 
 rated a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur in 1901 ; the honorar\' 
 degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by Columbia Uni- 
 versity in 1908, and he was awarded the gold medal of the American 
 Institute of Architects in 19 10. 
 
 Mr. Post is a member of the Architectural League of New 
 York, president 1893-97, inclusive, elected honorary life member 
 1 9 1 2 ; fellow of the American Institute of Architects, president 1 896- 
 99, inclusive; member of New York Chapter, American Institute of 
 Architects, president in 1904; member of Fine Arts Federation of 
 New York, president in 1898; charter member of National Arts 
 Club, president i 898-1905; member of National Institute of Arts and 
 Letters; member of American Academy of Arts and Letters; member 
 of Municipal Art Society, director 1901-1909; member of expert 
 committee to appoint a sculptor and select a design for the Lafayette 
 Monument erected in the court yard of the Louvre in Paris; mem- 
 ber of National Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials, 
 appointed by President Roosevelt in 1906, reappointed in 1907-08- 
 09; member of committee of patronage to the liighth International 
 Congress of Architects, 1907; member of National Sculptor Society, 
 a member of the council in 1904; member of New York Academy of 
 Sciences, .American Cieographical Society, Society of Civil Engineers, 
 Chamber of Commerce, New York, National Society of Craftsmen, 
 Public .Art I eague. Archaeological Institute of America, National 
 Cieographical Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Jersey 
 State Chamber of Commerce, Century Association, Union Club, Cos- 
 mos Club, Washington, charter member of Lawyers' Club, and was 
 formerly a member of the Tenement House Commission, known as 
 the "Gilder Commission," appointed bv the Legislature of New 
 York. 
 
 Mr. Post ser\ed for four months in 1862 and four months in 
 1863, as captain in the Twenty-second Regiment. He also served 
 as volunteer aide on the staff of General Burnside, commanding the 
 Army of the Potomac in 1862, at the first battle of Fredericksburg. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 739 
 
 He was promoted to major, lieutenant-colonel, and colonel of the 
 Twenty-second Regiment, National Guard of New York. 
 
 Mr. Post married, October 14, 1863, Alice M., daughter of 
 William W. Stone, of New York. Children: George Browne Jr., 
 William S., A. Wright, James Otis. Alice W. 
 
ALFRED M. HESTON 
 
 ALFRED M. HESTON, who has taken an active part in all of 
 the civic improvements of Atlantic City, being especially 
 interested in municipal finance, of which he has made an ex- 
 haustive study, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Philadelphia, 
 April 30, 1854, son of I. Morris and Anna (Patton) Heston. The 
 family is of English descent, and were Quakers who settled in Bucks 
 county, Pennsylvania, during the life of William Penn. 
 
 Alfred M. Heston completed his education in the Philadelphia 
 High School. For a time thereafter he was employed on the "West 
 Jersey Press," in Camden, and for several subsequent years was 
 editor of the "Chronicle," at Bridgeton. In 1884 he located in At- 
 lantic City, having with John G. Shreve purchased the "Atlantic Re- 
 view," the first newspaper established in that city. Later he became ■ 
 proprietor and editor of the "Atlantic Journal," which he sold to a 
 stock company. He has been constantly active in the advancement of 
 the best interests of his adopted city, and is the author and publisher 
 of "Heston's Hand Book," which for years has been a complete and 
 faithful vehicle for the dissemination of useful information and inter- 
 esting sketches of the island city. He is the author of "Absegami: 
 Annals of Eyren Haven and Atlantic City" (two vols., 783 pp.), 
 "Slavery and Servitude in New Jersey," "Defence of Fort Mercer," 
 etc. He is fond of antiquarian and historical pursuits, and is a first 
 authority along these lines in New Jersey. He is secretary of the 
 Board of Governors of the Atlantic City Hospital, and has ever been 
 active in promoting the usefulness of that institution. He is also one 
 of the trustees of the Public Library and secretary of that board; a 
 director of the Organized Charities and for three years the treasurer 
 of that association. He is a member of the New Jersey Historical 
 Society and the Monmouth County Historical Association, and for 
 several years has been a warden of St. James Episcopal Church. 
 
 Mr. Heston has ever been an active and influential Republican. 
 He served as clerk of the House of Representatives in the Fifty-first 
 Congress. In December, 1895, he was elected the first Comptroller 
 of Atlantic City, and continued in that position until January, 19 12. 
 Previous to that time prominent bankers of New York, Boston, Chi- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 741 
 
 cago and other cities had written to Judge Endicott, as a representa- 
 tive citizen and bank president, urging the reelection of Mr. Heston 
 as City Comptroller, and giving various reasons why there should be 
 no change in this important department of the city government, por- 
 tions of which letters are herein given. "The Financier," one of the 
 leading journals of finance, said: "Mr. Heston is well known by the 
 bond and banking public for his fairness and his mastery of the 
 municipal situation as it exists with reference to loans, laws, etc. The 
 banking world has always shown him marked respect, for he proved 
 conclusively to this shrewd body of men that he knew exactly every 
 situation that arose." R. M. Grant & Company, of New York, said: 
 "Mr. Heston's reputation as a City Comptroller is excellent; his 
 methods are unexcelled, if equalled, by any other city financial officer 
 in the country, and are undeniably so far above the average as to 
 occasion very general comment." Spitzer, Rorick & Company, of 
 New York and Toledo, said: "Probably no Comptroller is better or 
 more favorably known. His ability, not only as a City Comptroller, 
 but as to general municipal affairs and the intricate points of all bond 
 issues, is a matter of favorable comment." Blodget & Company, of 
 Boston and New York, said: "We believe Mr. Heston's methods 
 have solved many original difficulties and that his insight and practice 
 have been of the highest value to the city. We commend him for 
 his high personal character, loyal service, punctiliousness and good 
 citizenship. In all the years of his service and amid all the rivalries 
 of would-be purchasers, we have ever known him to preserve the ad- 
 vantage of the city whenever a specious argument or unbusinesslike 
 method was proposed for the benefit of a buyer." The Columbia 
 Trust Company, of New York, said: "Through our Municipal De- 
 partment we come in touch with the finances of many municipalities, 
 and therefore are in a position to speak advisedly with regard to such 
 matters. Mr. Heston's ability as a municipal financier and his stand- 
 ing as City Comptroller are well known to bond dealers and investors 
 in municipal securities, and it is but fair to him to state that dealers 
 are more favorably inclined toward Atlantic City bonds because of 
 his long continuance at the head of its finances." 
 
 Notwithstanding these flattering expressions of approval and 
 equally strong indorsements by the substantial business men of the 
 
742 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 community, Mr. Heston was defeated for reelection by the notorious 
 political machine which then dominated Atlantic City. 
 
 Mr. Heston was also appointed commissioner of the sinking 
 fund, in 1896, and has discharged his duties with marked ability. 
 He is still treasurer of that fund, which now amounts to $2,250,000. 
 
 Mr. Heston married Abbie L. Mitchell and has three daugh- 
 ters: Helen, wife of Rev. George B. Gensemer, of Pennsylvania; 
 Jessie, unmarried; Florence, wife of Hobart J. Cavanaugh, of San 
 Francisco, California. 
 
 
EDWAKD BALBACH JR. 
 
 IT is said that nothing succeeds like success, and that seems to be 
 the life story of Edward Balbach Jr., deceased, a late resident 
 
 of Bernardsville, New Jersey, who was a prominent chemist, 
 inventor, and reHner of precious metals, conducting his business in 
 Newark. He was born in 1842, son of Edward Balbach, who was 
 a native of Baden. 
 
 Edward Balbach Jr. was an earnest, scientific student in his 
 youth, and by the time he had attained his majority was an accom- 
 plished chemist. He was employed in his father's smelting works 
 in Newark, New Jersey, and about this time large quantities of silver 
 bearing lead were being sent to the works to have the precious metal 
 separated from the base. This process by the old methods was slow, 
 tedious and wasteful, and young Balbach began a series of elaborate 
 experiments to devise some process in which these objections should 
 disappear. The result was a most valuable invention known as Bal- 
 bach's Desilvering Process, which has brought a world-wide reputa- 
 tion to the house of Balbach & Son. Under the old process the entire 
 volume of lead, containing gold and silver, had to be "cupelled" or 
 oxidized into "litharge," a slow and laborious work involving great 
 loss of lead. By the new process the lead containing the precious 
 metals is first melted with a sufficient quantity of zinc to take up the 
 gold or silver present, these metals having a greater affinity for zinc 
 than for lead. The melted mass is then poured into moulds of proper 
 size and allowed to cool; these prepared masses are then placed in 
 a furnace with an incline hearth, and heated to a degree just suffi- 
 cient to melt the lead without melting the other metals, the melted 
 lead being drawn off into the kettles. This lead contains no particle of 
 gold or silver, although it still bears traces of zinc and must be still 
 further treated before it becomes pure lead. The mass remaining in 
 the furnace consists of zinc, gold and silver, with a small portion of 
 lead remaining. The mass is then placed in black lead retorts and 
 freed from zinc by distillation; this leaves again a mass of lead, gold 
 and silver, but the precious metal which was before distributed 
 throughout a ton of lead is now distributed through only sixty 
 pounds, a vast difference. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 Mr. Balbach possessed fine natural endowments, and by re- 
 search and experience was qualified to achieve great scientific results. 
 Coupled with this was the faculty of intense application to the work 
 in hand, and the consequence was that everything he attempted 
 turned out in the manner he desired. He was one of the best known 
 men in his profession, and his technical knowledge of the line herein 
 described was indeed remarkable. 
 
MARY SIR AN AH AN HART rATTLSON 
 
 ONE of the most remarkable women of the twentieth century is 
 to be found in the person of Mary Stranahan Hart Pattison, 
 of Colonia, New Jersey, daughter of George William and 
 Diantha Fitch (Bunnell) Hart. She is a direct descendant of Major 
 John Mason; Rev. James Fitch, of Connecticut; John Hart, of 
 Hopewell, New Jersey, one of the Signers of the Declaration of 
 Independence; Captain Thomas Hart, Lieutenant Hawkins Hart, 
 Captain John Gallup, Anthony Hawkins, Governor Thomas Welles, 
 Captain Jeremiah Fitch, Captain Abner F"itch, Captain Israel Bun- 
 nell, Ebenezer Root, Ensign Nathaniel Root; and many of the 
 Haights and Mathews are also related to her. 
 
 Mrs. Pattison was born in Brooklyn, New York, September 7, 
 1869, and shortly afterward her parents removed to a farm not far 
 from New Brunswick, New Jersey. When Mrs. Pattison was nine 
 years of age, her parents again changed their place of residence, this 
 time selecting the village of Metuchen, New Jersey, where for a short 
 time she attended the public school, and later a young ladies' semi- 
 nary from which she was graduated in 1887. She also studied for a 
 time at Clark University and under private tuition. She succeeded 
 best in the studies of mental and moral philosophy, logic, political 
 economy, natural science, and art. 
 
 She was engaged to be married at a very early age, but con- 
 tinued her studies. In 1887 she removed to New York, there to ad- 
 vance in the study of music. She became a professional singer in 
 church and concert, and earned much well-merited praise for her 
 masterly rendition of difficult musical numbers. She sang as soprano 
 in the Universalist church on Fifth avenue and Forty-fifth street, in 
 the Church of the Ascension, and in a Roman Catholic church in 
 Harlem, New York. 
 
 After her marriage to Frank Ambler Pattison, in 1893, she con- 
 tinued her study of music, but was not active professionally. She 
 was graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 
 New York, in 1902, receiving the highest honors the institution had 
 in its gift. Mrs. Pattison then returned to Metuchen, to the Pattison 
 homestead, and commenced to take that active interest in home- 
 
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 making in the larger civic sense, for which she has since become so 
 noted. She estabhshed a civic club called the Borough Improvement 
 League, with its own home, a civic club house of historic origin; was 
 instrumental in founding the Public Library, and was the leading 
 spirit in the building of the splendid modern High School, achieved 
 after a long political fight. 
 
 She left Metuchen in 1907 to reside in Colonia, New Jersey, 
 where a new home had been built, carrying out her architectural ideas 
 in detail, including the working portion of the house — kitchen, laun- 
 dry, etc. — in a separate building. The following year she was elected 
 president of the State P'ederation of Women's Clubs, and took up 
 the work of organizing and interesting the women of the State in 
 civic and home subjects, planning the program for the four public 
 meetings at the beginning of the two-year term of office. These were: 
 The Home and Its Development, The Club and Its Best L'se, Con- 
 servation as the Basis of Thought and Action, The State and 
 Woman's Relation 7 hereto. 
 
 The subject to which she devoted herself with special interest 
 was Home Economics, from which was developed an institution which 
 has acquired international interest — the New Jersey Housekeeping 
 Experiment Station in Colonia. The main object in view was the 
 solution of the "servant problem" from its social aspect, and the 
 present "high cost of living." This to be attained by standardizing 
 housework as a profession requiring the services of a professional or 
 domestic engineer and professional workers — by the introduction of 
 scientific management in relation to equipment, operation and ma- 
 terial; by demonstrating the cultural value of housework, and estab- 
 lishing a home economic course at the New Jersey Agricultural Col- 
 lege. 
 
 The extermination of the mosquito, the pest of New Jersey, is 
 another one of the good works set in motion by the energy of Mrs. 
 Pattison and her co-workers. Among others are a uniform pure food 
 law, tending toward a better health standard, the curfew bell, sex- 
 hygiene, the abolition of child-labor, shorter hours of work for 
 women, the extension of the meaning of civil service, the opening of 
 the schfjol houses for public educational use on all civic subjects, the 
 conservation of our State waterways, and the use of our canals; art 
 in the home, and the development of a State Musical Festival, with 
 the idea of encouraging original composition, bringing out latent 
 
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 talent and giving intelligent audience to good music. All these 
 branches have been merely different forms of the same subject — the 
 home and its en\ironment. 
 
 The adoption of a national emblem of beauty, as suggested and 
 embodied in the American mountain laurel, is also a subject of ab- 
 sorbing interest to Mrs. Pattison, because of the need in our country 
 of creating an original art standard for architectural and ornamental 
 design. She was chairman of the original committee to authorize 
 the formation of the Mountain Laurel League of America, whose 
 object is to arouse such a sentiment as would lead to the selection of 
 a proper motive as a concrete basis for developing a distinctive qual- 
 ity in our national arts. 
 
 With no direct contact with public government, all this civic 
 work among women had to be accomplished by "indirect" means, 
 using such influence as could be brought to bear, but lacking that 
 larger domestic and personal interest and responsibility which recog- 
 nizes the home as the result of government, and the right kind of 
 government directly dependent upon the wider conception of home, 
 so that when the Progressive political party opened its doors to 
 women on the same basis as men, excepting the ballot, and pledged 
 itself to work for woman suffrage, a new hope and a new method of 
 accomplishment were at once opened up to her, a non-partisan atti- 
 tude was encouraged by the development of the National Progressive 
 Service, a part of the political party devoting itself to political edu- 
 cation, proper legislation, the forniation of public sentiment, and the 
 carrying out of campaign pledges. This magnificent movement in 
 which men and women are enlisted for active service, bids fair in 
 time to regenerate political methods and open the gateway to a real- 
 ization of what is truly meant by the New Democracy in the rule "Of 
 the people, for the people, by the people." 
 
 Mrs. Pattison has no church affiliation, although she was bap- 
 tized, confirmed and married in the Episcopal church. Her two chil- 
 dren are Diantha Hart and Maynicke Munn. She is connected with 
 many organizations of varied nature, the record being as follows: 
 Alumni of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Borough Im- 
 provement League of Metuchen, the Quiet Hour of Metuchen, Perth 
 Amboy Woman's Club, Colonia Civic Circle, the Colonial Dames of 
 America, and ex-president of the New Jersey State Federation of 
 
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 Women's Clubs. She was made a member of the State committee of 
 the Progressive party in 19 12, and of the Middlesex county commit- 
 tee, and elected chief of service of the New Jersey Progressive Serv- 
 ice, and chairman of the Women's Campaign Committee of the State 
 in the Colby campaign of 19 13. 
 
 To give an idea of what Mrs. Pattison has accomplished in the 
 field of Home Economics, we can do no better than quote herself in 
 a few instances. "We felt," said Mrs. Pattison, "that a crisis had 
 come in the affairs of the Home. The burden of housekeeping under 
 present conditions has come to be almost more than can be borne. 
 There is the eternal 'servant problem' to begin with; then there is 
 the increased cost of living. There is a good deal of scientific study 
 of Household hxonomics, but most of it does not reach the average 
 housekeeper. At the Housekeeping Experiment Station we have 
 proved conclusively that machinery in the home is more generally 
 satisfactory and economical than hand-labor; that the scientific study 
 of management is the way to make machinery pay, and that a serious 
 study of one's surroundings and the way to work, is the health and 
 drudgery solution. We have installed the best known machinery, 
 and through tests in efficiency have gained the saving of a high per- 
 centage in time, motion, and money. In this, as in every other ques- 
 tion that confronts us, men and women must work together, for the 
 properly managed home needs the man's point of view." The limits 
 of this article will not permit a detailed explanation of all the beau- 
 ties and utilities of this Experiment, but the Station has well repaid 
 many a visitor. 
 
 Upon her retirement from the presidency of the New Jersey 
 Federation of Women's Clubs, Mrs. Pattison said, in part: 
 
 As to ])ul)lic Iiealth, I firmly believe, with clue honor to the finer 
 forces of men, that if we could suddenly wipe out from our midst all 
 stagnant water, decaying matter, and the insects attendant upon these, all 
 unfit fond and drink, and usher in fresh air, sunshine, pure clean food. 
 and a desire to do good and beautiful work, we would reduce sickness at 
 least seventy-five per cent.; be able to turn half our hospitals into trade 
 schools, and with more fair methods of tax-ation, banish that curse of the 
 Earth — poverty — by great leaps and hounds. If there were no poverty, 
 greed would die for want of nourishment, and our industrial conditions 
 everywhere would he heliied. Men, women and children would not be 
 worked like machines, worn out and thrown aside. 
 
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 In an article written for Public Libraries, April, 19 lo, Mrs. 
 Pattison says: 
 
 The community needs a guide in developing its intelligence. Why 
 not appeal to the Librarian in this as we appeal to the Physician for the 
 body, or the Priest for the Soul? He should know by the signs of the 
 face, what the reader needs, as he should know by the signals of the City 
 for what it is ready in each progressive stage. This lifts the Library from 
 the realm of the intellect in which it lives in danger, to that of Life as a 
 whole, and while its functions is to minister at a particular point, it should 
 embrace the Universe. The profession of Librarian thus becomes magni- 
 cent in its possibilities, vitalizing in its interest and splendid in its daily 
 routine, for unless every part is in touch with the whole, and the whole 
 alive and constantly susceptible to a higher degree of expression, there is 
 little satisfaction in existence. The Library, standing as it does for the 
 education of the public, supplementing our great system of Public Schools, 
 should in this superior place be a power supreme over press, commerce 
 and government, although such power is ever dangerous in human hands 
 unless guided by the wisest intelligence and directed as a result of the 
 sentiment of the greatest educators. It, in this way. becomes both a 
 radical and a conservative force ; radical in its rapid and far-sighted 
 growth ; conservative in the filling in of all sides on each working-plane. 
 
 In the "Scientific American" of April, 19 12, speaking of the 
 Economics of Machinery, Mrs. Pattison says: 
 
 The labor to operate them may be more expensive per hour, but one 
 needs less of it. A centralized corporation, or Bureau of Labor, should 
 be able to supply the Home with all the expert workers needed by the 
 hour, or day ; contracts being made by the head and the employer, and not 
 with each workman. This would eliminate not only the servant class, but 
 the servant in the house and all the expenses attendant upon her, and there 
 are many, and give us a class of self-respecting business people, both men 
 and women, for housework purposes. 
 
 In the "Journal of the Academy of Political and Social Science" 
 for July, 1 9 13, we find an article from the ready pen of Mrs. Patti- 
 son on Scientific Management in home-making, in which, after apply- 
 ing the twelve principles of efficiency to practical housework pur- 
 poses, she says : 
 
 There should be in every city an impartial testing-place for house 
 equipment and food, where the housekeeper may be properly advised as to 
 values. This has been one of the efforts at the Station, and it has been a 
 
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 satisfaction to find that not only is the best machinery, when really needed, 
 an economic investment, but in every case where conditions are right, it 
 pays a big dividend, a higher rate of interest than would be considered 
 legitimate in Stocks. * '■' * The essentials of the home are few, but 
 they are exceeding fine. Housework should, and can, instead of being a 
 drudgery that wears out the woman, be an occupation that demands her 
 highest conception, thereby contributing to her highest powers of culture; 
 a self-realization and a self-determined doing that will make for the devel- 
 opment of her best personality. In the last analysis there are but two 
 instincts that diverge from the great consciousness : the one, home- 
 making; the other, world-conquering; and as the highest object of the 
 second is but to deposit the results at the shrine of the first, what we call 
 Home is supreme, and as such does it not demand conservation and is it 
 not worthy our higliest consideration? 
 
JOSEPH JOH.N RAFTEK 
 
 JOSEPH JOHN RAFTER, of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 
 is enrolled among the progressive, practical men of business 
 
 who have been the architects of their own fortunes. He has 
 been at the head of some of the leading enterprises, and is a wide- 
 awake man whose well-directed eitorts result not only in his individ- 
 ual prosperity but also promote the material welfare of the entire 
 community. His ancestors have represented various nationalities. 
 His mother, who was born in Canada, was the daughter of a Cana- 
 dian Indian. His father, James Rafter, who was originally a car- 
 penter by trade, was afterwards a lumberman on the lakes. He was 
 superintendent of the Finch Mills and foreman of the tin department 
 at Schuylerville, New York. He was of Scotch-Irish descent, and 
 was killed by a fall from a building while at work in Springfield, 
 Massachusetts. On both sides of the family many members have 
 been engaged in the lumber business, and in rafting on the St. Law- 
 rence river. Lake Champlain and the Erie canal. James Rafter 
 was also largely interested in the express packet business and the 
 transportation facilities between Schuyler\ille and Albany, New 
 York. 
 
 Joseph John Rafter, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, October 
 28, 1856, had but limited opportunities for acquiring an education. 
 His entire school attendance was between his twelfth and fourteenth 
 years, but he supplemented this in later life by practical technical read- 
 ing and close observation. He owes it entirely to his own efforts that 
 he was fitted for entrance to a position in a printing office in 1872, later 
 he learned lathing, carpentry, silver burnishing and metal stamping. 
 For a time in his early life he also served as a clerk in a grocery store, 
 and thus obtained a varied and interesting business experience. A 
 condensed record of his business activity Is as follows: For many 
 years he was superintendent of the printing plant of Gies & Com- 
 pany, of Buffalo, New York; R. S. Peck & Company, of Hartford, 
 Connecticut; Louis Lehmaier, of New York City; at one time with 
 the American Type Foundry Company; Tamar, Little & Company 
 Foundn,-; Goodman & Schenck, Wholesale Paper Dealers; president 
 of the Broad & Market National Bank of Newark; president of the 
 
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 Newark Automobile Manufacturing Company of Newark, New 
 Jersey; director of the American Fibre Reed Company, of Philadel- 
 phia; one of the proprietors of the O'Gorman Stores Company, of 
 Hartford, Connecticut. For two years he acted as editor of the 
 estimating department of the Chicago "Inland Printer." 
 
 He served five years in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, 
 and was mustered out as a corporal with the highest mark of effi- 
 ciency. He was awarded a medal for the regularity of his attendance, 
 having missed but two drills (these successive ones) during his entire 
 membership. His fraternal affiliations are with the Order of Free 
 and Accepted Masons, Knights of Pythias, Improved Order of Red 
 Men and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. 
 
 i he services of Mr. Rafter in the fields of religion and charity 
 have been of inestimable value, and he is a member of the official 
 board of the old John Street Methodist Church in New York; a 
 member of the board of managers of the Florence Crittenden Homes 
 in New York, and a leader in the work of the old Water Street Mis- 
 sion, also of New York City. 
 
 Mr. Rafter married, in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1888, a 
 daughter of Thomas Atwood, whose mother was a member of the 
 old Thomas family of Little Rock, Arkansas, and whose father was 
 descended from the Atwood family of Massachusetts, which numbers 
 many inventors among its members, among them the inventor of the 
 celebrated Atwood Safety Rail Rest. Mr. and Mrs. Rafter have no 
 children. Mr. Rafter has been an extensive traveler in his own coun- 
 try, having covered the United States from Maine to California, and 
 from Texas to the North. 
 
JOHxN ALBERT VAN WINKLE 
 
 JOHN ALBERT VAN WINKLE, now leading a somewhat re- 
 tired life after years of active business in which he has been 
 
 eminently successful, is a direct descendant of an old and hon- 
 ored Dutch family, whose members have performed well their part 
 in all affairs of this country, living up to a high standard of citizen- 
 ship, and rearing their children in the way they should go. 
 
 John Albert Van Winkle was born in Paterson, New Jersey, 
 his present home, December lo, 1843, son of John Edo and Re- 
 becca (Oldis) Van Winkle, the former of whom was born in Pater- 
 son, New Jersey, February 25, 18 14, and died in that city, Decem- 
 ber 13, 1889, and the death of his wife occurred September 27, 1890. 
 John Edo Van Winkle was a representative business man of Pater- 
 son, and an extensive landowner, and was called to offices of trust and 
 responsibility, serving as tax collector from 1840 to 1844, as school 
 commissioner in i860, and as commissioner to the International Ex- 
 position at Vienna, Austria, in 1873, being appointed by President 
 Grant, but failing health compelled him to decline the latter office. 
 
 John Albert Van Winkle attended the public schools of his 
 native town, and in 1857 completed his studies in the high school, 
 from which he was graduated. His first employment was in the 
 hardware store of James iM. Smiley, at the corner of Broadway and 
 Main street, Paterson, and during his four years' service he rose from 
 salesman to manager of the business, which was proof positive of his 
 efficiency and capability. In 1861 he took up his residence in New 
 York City, and entered the employ of Bliven & Mead, at that time 
 the most extensive dealers in hardware in the metropolis. So faith- 
 fully did he perform his duties that upon attaining his majority he 
 was admitted to partnership in the firm, another testimonial to his 
 business sagacity and zeal. This connection continued until 1867, 
 when he withdrew in order to engage in the business of importing 
 hardware, having an office for that purpose in New York City, which 
 he maintained for two years, when he returned to Paterson and 
 opened a general hardware store at No. 174 Main street. In 1871 
 his business having increased to such an extent as to warrant it, he re- 
 
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 mo\ed to more extensive quarters at No. i68 Main street, this hav- 
 ing an extensive "L" at Nos. 72-74-76 Van Houten street, and in 
 addition to this he occupied a storage warehouse and factory at Nos. 
 43-45-47 lyler street, all of which property is owned by him. He 
 branched out into other lines of trade, steam fittings and mill sup- 
 plies, which proved extremely profitable, as did also his original line 
 of work, thus enabling him to enjoy in later life a period of relaxa- 
 tion from business activities. In February, 1902, the business, which 
 was conducted under the style of J. A. Van Winkle Company, met 
 with a severe loss, the buildings and stock being totally destroyed by 
 fire, but iMr. Van Winkle was equal to the emergency, and imme- 
 diately began the erection of new buildings on the old site, these 
 being particularly adapted to the requirements of the business. They 
 were ready for occupancy in December, 1902, and since that time so 
 rapid has been the growth of the business, they have added thereto 
 seventy-tive feet immediately west of the Van Houten street building, 
 on which were erected more buildings in which to carry on their great 
 work. In 1905 Mr. Van Winkle turned over the active manage- 
 ment of the business to his sons, Edo and Henry B., who are follow- 
 ing in their father's footsteps, but he still remains an officer of the 
 company, giving them the benefit of his years of experience. 
 
 Aside from his business life, Mr. Van Winkle has given his 
 attention to the progress and welfare of his birthplace, and has been 
 chosen by his fcllowmcn to ofiices requiring men of sagacity, probity 
 and worth to fill, serving as president of the Business Men's Associa- 
 tion, president of Merselis Land Company, vice-president and chair- 
 man of the finance committee of the Paterson General Hospital, 
 n.embcr of the board of directors of the Second National Bank, 
 member of the board of education of Paterson in 1873-74, member 
 of the New Jersey Historical Society, and in 1895 was the candidate 
 of the Republican partv for mayor of Paterson, but was unsuccessful 
 in the canvas. He holds membership in the Hardware Club of Pat- 
 erson, and in the Holland Society of the City of New York, the latter 
 membership coming through his descent from Jacobse Van Winkle, 
 the immigrant from Holland to New Amsterdam in 1634. He is 
 also a member of the Order of Free and Accepted Masons and the 
 Order of United American Mechanics. He is a valued member of 
 the Church of the Redeemer of Paterson, served for a number of 
 
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 years as a member of its board of trustees, and takes an active inter- 
 est in the work connected therewith. 
 
 Mr. Van Winkle married, September 13, 1865, Miriam, born 
 November 2, 1845, daughter of Benjamin and Eliza Ann (Goetch- 
 icus) White, of Paterson, the former a native of New Haven, Con- 
 necticut. Children: i. Bertha, born May 21, 1866; married PVank 
 J. Ball, of Brooklyn; children: An infant, died young; George Mil- 
 ton, born October 26, 1896; Lillian Van Winkle, April 26, 1901. 
 
 2. Edo, born June i, 1868; educated in schools of Paterson and 
 Stevens Institute, Hoboken, New Jersey; then entered his father's 
 employ, in 1902 became a member of the J. A. Van Winkle Com- 
 pany and at the present time is its president; married, February 21, 
 1905, Cora, born May 14, 1885, daughter of Douglas A. and Dena 
 (Von Brunham) LeVien; children : Camille, born October 2 i, 1905; 
 John Albert, June 19, 1907; Edo Jr., March 19, 1909. 3. Mary, 
 born May 25, 1870; married (first) Frank R. Walker, an attorney 
 of Atlanta, Georgia, who died September 13, 1904; children: 
 Miriam, born February 21, 1891, died May 8, 1905; Rebecca, born 
 April 17, 1902; married (second) William H. Smith, auditor of the 
 Atlanta & West Point Railroad Company, and of other leading cor- 
 porations of Atlanta, Georgia. 4. Henry B., born August 14, 1872 ; 
 married Cora, daughter of Amzi and Fanny P. Miller, of Newark, 
 New Jersey; children : Kathryn, born December 22, 1 899 ; Marjorie, 
 May I, 1901 ; Henry B., is an officer of the J. A. Van Winkle Com- 
 pany. 5. Albert Frank, born December 5, 1874, died August 9, 
 iqoo; was a graduate of the University of New York, and later 
 practiced dentistry at Baltimore, Maryland. 6. Ralph O., born June 
 
 3, 1878, died May 17, 1909. 7. Lillian W., born July 4, 1880; 
 married Arthur Warren Canney, of Croton, New York, whose death 
 occurred October 3, 1908; child, Warren, born December 23, 1902. 
 8. Louis, born January 3, 1883, died August 8, 1883. 9. Miriam 
 Hazel, born August 19, 1887, died June 2, 1892. 
 
JOHIS WILLIAM GRIGGS 
 
 JOHN WILLIAM GRIGGS, noted as being the first Republican 
 Governor of New Jersey since the Civil War, was born in New- 
 ton, Sussex county, New Jersey, July lo, 1849, youngest son 
 of Daniel and Emeline J. (Johnson) Griggs. He was graduated 
 from Lafayette College in 1868; received the degree of LL. B. 
 from Princeton in 1896, and from Yale in 1900. He entered upon 
 the study of law in the office of Hon. Robert Hamilton. Mr. Griggs 
 in May, 1871, became a student with Socrates Tuttlc, of Paterson, 
 and was admitted to the practice of his profession at the November 
 term of the Supreme Court, 1 871, and counsellor in 1874. In 1876 
 and 1877 Mr. Griggs was a member of the General Assembly from 
 Passaic county, and was a member of the legislative committee 
 chosen to revise and harmonize legislation affected by the provisions 
 of the amended State Constitution. In 1878 he was appointed coun- 
 sel of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Passaic, and in 1879 be- 
 came the city counsel of Paterson, serving during four years. For 
 two terms, 1882 to 1886, he represented Passaic county in the New 
 Jersey Senate, in 1886 acting as president of that body. 
 
 In November, 1895, Mr. Griggs was elected Governor of New 
 Jersey, being the first Republican chosen for that office since 1865. 
 An overwhelming majority placed him in power. During his occu- 
 pancy of the office, which covered two years. Governor Griggs made 
 his administration memorable by the dignity with which he sustained 
 his position, and the clear reasoning shown in his State papers. The 
 qualities of his mind commending him to the late President William 
 McKinley, caused the appointment of ex-Governor Griggs to the 
 position of Attorney-General. To accept this dignified place, Mr. 
 Ciriggs resigned the Go\-ernorship in Januar)', 189S, and remained 
 in President McKinley's cabinet until April i, 1901, and then re- 
 sumed the practice of his profession. He is a member of The Hague 
 Permanent Court of Arbitration. Since returning to practice Mr. 
 Griggs has been identified with large financial interests in New York 
 and Paterson, and is a member of leading clubs in both cities. His 
 residence is in Paterson. 
 
 Mr. Griggs married (first) October 7, 1874, Carolyn Webster 
 
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 Brandt, of Belleville, New Jersey, daughter of William and Eliza 
 (Leavitt) Brandt; she was born in 1852, died January 21, 1891. 
 Children: i. John Leavitt, born June 10, 1876; married, November 
 19, 1902, Ruth Hoxsey, born March 17, 1882, daughter of Thomas 
 Franklin and Elizabeth (Paddock) Hoxsey; children: i. John W., 
 born November 7, 1904. ii. Elizabeth Hoxsey, June 18, 1906. 2. 
 Helen, November 22, 1877. 3. Leila, born November 21, 1879; 
 married, October 12, 1904, Oscar Clark Huntoon; child, Carolyn 
 Grant, born June 21, 1905. 4. Daniel, born November 21, 1880. 
 5. Constance, bom November 23, 1882. Mr. Griggs married (sec- 
 ond) April 15, 1893, I-aura Elizabeth Price, of Cleveland, Ohio, 
 born October 10, 1861, daughter of Warwick and Beulah R. 
 (Farmer) Price. Children: 6. Elizabeth, born May 31, 1894. 7. 
 Janet, born June 20, 1896. 
 
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EDWARD CASPEK STOKES 
 
 EX-GOVERNOR EDWARD CASPER STOKES, who rose 
 to the highest position in the gift of the people of his adopted 
 State, New Jersey, and who is again the candidate for the 
 same high office, having been chosen for the second time within less 
 than a decade, a fact which fully attests to his popularity and capa- 
 bility, is a leader in the political and social life of Trenton, where he 
 is popular among all classes, and where he is familiarly known as 
 "The Little Giant." 
 
 He is a lineal descendant of Thomas Stokes, the first of that 
 name to come to America, in the seventh generation, the line being 
 traced through William Stokes, who married Ann Williams, and 
 through their son, Edward H. Stokes, who married Matilda G. 
 Kemble, a descendant of an old English family which settled in Bur- 
 lington county, New Jersey, in the latter part of the seventeenth cen- 
 tury, and which has been prominently identified with its history ever 
 since. The members of the Stokes family, the majority of whom 
 were natives of New Jersey, were Quakers in their religious faith, 
 and the members of the Kemble family followed the tenets of the 
 Methodist church. 
 
 Edward Casper Stokes was born in the city of Philadelphia, 
 Pennsylvania, December 22, i860, his parents removing there from 
 Medford, Burlington county, New Jersey, where Edward H. Stokes 
 studied the drug business with a brother, Isaac Stokes. Shortly after 
 the birth of Edward C. Stokes his parents moved to Frenchtown, 
 Hunterdon county. New Jersey, then to Woodbury, Gloucester 
 county, then back to the old home section of Medford, Burlington 
 county, and in 1871 they finally settled in Millville, Cumberland 
 county, where Edward C. was educated, attained his manhood and 
 laid the foundation for the exalted political positions he has since 
 held. It was there, too, that he was so tenderly devoted to his aged 
 and invalid mother. For many years he made a practice of returning 
 to Millville weekly, no matter how busy he might be, to spend Sun- 
 day with his mother, and it was particularly pathetic that his mother 
 should have passed away while he was on his way to Europe, thus 
 preventing him from being at her bedside during her last moments. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 759 
 
 He was a pupil in the public schools of Millville, then pursued 
 a course preparator)' for college at the Friends' School at Providence, 
 Rhode Island, then matriculated at Brown University, from which 
 institution he graduated with second honors In the class of 1883. 
 He received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Temple University, 
 1909. A portion of the money for his college career was earned by 
 driving cows for ten cents a week, during his early years, and later 
 by serving as bell boy In a hotel at Atlantic City for two dollars a 
 week. Returning to Millville, he accepted a clerkship, at $600.00 
 a year, in the Millville National Bank, of which his father was 
 cashier, and since then he has devoted considerable attention to the 
 banking business, serving in the capacity of president of the Me- 
 chanics' National Bank of Trenton, and as first president of the New 
 Jersev Bankers" Association. He took a keen and active interest In 
 the educational work of his home town, and this Interest has always 
 been maintained. One of the results of this interest has been the 
 paving of millions of dollars from the State funds to the public 
 schools, Mr. Stokes being the originator of the plan whereby such 
 appropriations are made annually. Another result has been the in- 
 creasing, through his work, of the taxes paid by the railroads of the 
 State, from about $1,500,000 a year to about $6,000,000 a year, a 
 large share of this money going to support the schools. He was 
 chairman of a commission that revised and codified the school laws, 
 and has always been alert and active to advance the Interests of the 
 public school svstem throughout the State. In 1889 he was elected 
 Superintendent of Public Schools In Millville, this being his first 
 public office, and he discharged the duties with credit and efficiency. 
 He was also largely Instrumental in taking the school system, as well 
 as the various State institutions, out of politics and placing bi-partisan 
 beards In control. 
 
 His activity In school affairs in Mllhllle led to his election as 
 an Assemblyman in 1890, and he was reelected the following year, 
 and In 1892 was elected to the Senate. As a member of the Legis- 
 lature, he had a remarkable career. He was a leader In opposing the 
 race track and coal combine legislation, and he was largely Instru- 
 mental in placing many Important reforms on the law books of the 
 State, Including measures leading up to the direct primaries, a cor- 
 rupt practice act, an act to prohibit the watering of stock, an act for 
 
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 the conservation of potable water, also the forests, and a civil service 
 measure. He also waged vigorous war against the company store 
 e\il and introduced and pushed to passage the bill providing for the 
 payment of wages in cash. 
 
 At the close of his term as Senator, he was made clerk in chan- 
 cery, and in 1902 he came within one vote of being the caucus nomi- 
 nee for United States Senator. In 1910 he was the choice of the Re- 
 publican party for L nited States Senator, but could not be elected 
 because of the fact that the Democrats were in control of the Legis- 
 lature. He was elected Governor in 1904, receiving a plurality of 
 51,644 over his Democratic rival, this being the largest plurality 
 e\er gi\en to a candidate for the same office in New Jersey. During 
 his incumbency of this office he put through his reform ideas regard- 
 less of opposition. It was no uncommon thing for him to go into 
 the executive offices at the State House at midnight and there remain 
 at his desk until almost morning. After coming to Trenton, he took 
 up the study of law, he appreciating the fact that it would be useful 
 to him in any controversy or in any combat with those who sought to 
 twist the law for their own selfish purposes. Whether in office or 
 not, ex-Governor Stokes has always maintained his interest in politics, 
 and for three years he was acting chairman of the Republican State 
 Committee. 
 
 Ex-Governor Stokes has advanced to the highest position in 
 Masonry, having taken the thirty-second degree, and is also a mem- 
 ber of the Independent Order of Odd F^ellows and the Junior Order 
 of United American Mechanics. His clubs are the Trenton Coun- 
 try, the Lotus, the Republican, the Union League of Philadelphia, 
 and he also belongs to the fraternities of Brown University, his alma 
 mater. He maiie two trips to Europe, also a trip to Central America 
 and other southern points, including the Panama Canal. He has 
 been for years a devotee of good books, and is an almost constant 
 reader of the Bible and Shakespeare. 
 
 Of his record as Governor it need only be said that he followed 
 the same straightforward course pursued in his previous political 
 offices, and that it fulfilled the expectations of all concerned, which 
 is proved by the fact that he was renominated at the Republican 
 primary, September, 19 13. Personally, ex-Governor Stokes is a 
 high-minded man of marked ability and thorough culture, and 
 
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 although frail in body, he is a giant when it comes to either mental 
 or moral tests. A selfmade man, he believes that poverty is no 
 serious hindrance to success, if one is willing to apply himself dili- 
 gently to what he may find to do and is ready to look around and 
 ahead for opportunities for which he has already prepared himself. 
 
JOHN R. LEE 
 
 PATERSON, New Jersey, as a business center, takes high rank 
 among the cities of America, and the subject of this review 
 has been an important factor in sustaining her reputation in 
 this direction. He is at the head of some of her leading enterprises, 
 and his devotion to the interests of the community has become almost 
 proverbial. He has the faculty of imparting to others, clearly and 
 readily, the original ideas which spring from his active mind, and 
 in this way the work which he has under consideration is carried on 
 with a conscientious attention to detail which has been lacking in 
 some of the most important enterprises. 
 
 P. F. Lee, late of Paterson, New Jersey, father of John R. Lee, 
 was born in county Ca\an, Ireland, and came to the LTnited States 
 while he was still a young lad. Endowed with the energy and super- 
 abundant health so characteristic of the natives of the "Emerald 
 Isle," he grasped every opportunity which presented itself, and he 
 was still a very young man when he engaged in the contracting busi- 
 ness at Easton, Pennsylvania. Removing to Paterson, New Jersey, 
 in 1867, he took a contract for the grading of the Paterson-Newark 
 branch of the Erie railroad, and continued his residence in Paterson 
 until his death in 1889. By this time he was at the head of an im- 
 portant contracting concern, and was extensively engaged in rail- 
 road construction work. He was highly esteemed as a citizen, and 
 bore his share bravely in any undertaking which promised to result 
 in benefit to the community. 
 
 John R. Lee was born in Deposit, Broome county, New York, 
 June 14, 1859. His education was unusually excellent and compre- 
 hensive, and included courses at St. John's University, Fordham, New 
 York, and Packard's Business College, New York City. P>om his 
 earliest years he had taken a keen and intelligent interest in the huge 
 business interests controlled by his father, and his education well quali- 
 fied him to take them up in a manner which would be a credit and 
 benefit to all concerned. For this reason he was admitted to a part- 
 nership in the firm when the majority of young men are still in their 
 probation periods, but the results of his efforts proved the wisdom of 
 this course of procedure. At the time of his admission to partnership. 
 
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 the firm name was changed to read P. F. Lee & Son, and in 1885, 
 when his father retired from business, John R. Lee became the acting 
 head of the concern, and is still enjoying that responsible position. 
 Railroad construction work, forms the bulk of the business undertaken 
 by this company, but there have been a number of other contracts 
 which have been no less important, perhaps in some respects, even 
 more so. One of these was the removal of Colt's Hill, this ranking 
 among the most important and beneficial improvements in the city of 
 Paterson. Another important undertaking was the construction of the 
 sewerage system, its successful completion greatly increasing the repu- 
 tation of Paterson as one of the most healthful cities in the United 
 States. His ability as a business man, as an engineer and as a public- 
 spirited citizen has been amply recognized by selection for offices of 
 trust and responsibility. Among these are: Member of the Park 
 Commission; director of the Second National Bank; director of the 
 Safe Deposit and Trust Company; director of the Central Storage 
 Company; director of the Jersey City, Hoboken and Paterson Rail- 
 way Company; president of the Colt Hill Land Company; president 
 of the Title Guarantee Land Company; and he is connected in 
 official capacity with a number of other organizations. 
 
 Mr. Lee married, in 1894, Annie M., daughter of M. J. Mor- 
 ris, of Paterson, and they have five children. Their beautiful home 
 is located at No. 221; Broadway. Recently, being engaged in rail- 
 way construction work in Ohio, Mr. Lee has removed there tem- 
 porarily, making his home at Lima. 
 
CHRISTOPHER HORANDT 
 
 AS a representative of the chief industry of the State of New 
 Jersey, one that figures prominently in the wealth and pros- 
 perity of the entire State, Christopher Horandt, head of the 
 most extensive silk mills in Paterson, New Jersey, is particularly 
 worthy of mention in a work of this nature. His business career is 
 an illustration of enterprise and ceaseless endeavor amidst the com- 
 mon difficulties and obstacles of life, for the successful accomplish- 
 ment of splendid results. 
 
 Jacob Horandt, his father, was an enterprising citizen of Pater- 
 son, who had become thoroughly experienced in the manufacture of 
 silk, both in Switzerland and Germany, before his arrival here. 
 When he took up his residence in Paterson he combined this knowl- 
 edge with the progressive methods so generally found in the United 
 States, and the result has been most satisfactory. He was twice 
 married. 
 
 Christopher Horandt was born in the city of New York, in 
 i860, and was educated in the public schools of that city. Like his 
 father, he was of an ambitious and enterprising nature, and, not sat- 
 isfied with the methods of weaving silk in this country, he was sent 
 to Europe in 1879 in order to make an exhaustive study of the art of 
 silk weaving in that country. He remained abroad three years, 
 during this time receiving technical instruction in every branch of 
 silk weaving, and visited the most celebrated manufactories of the 
 kind in T'.urope. Upon his return, in association with George F. 
 Knett, he organized the Paterson Ribbon Company, and this prom- 
 ised to become a very successful venture. His father, however, hav- 
 ing organized the silk factory which has become so famous, Chris- 
 topher Horandt disposed of his ribbon plant and became associated 
 with his father under the firm name of Jacob Horandt & Son. With 
 the thorough practical knowledge that both members of this firm pos- 
 sessed, it is small matter for wonder that the plant met with success 
 from the very outset. At first they leased and later purchased out- 
 right the Hoxsey Mill, in Kearny street, this property covering a 
 space of twenty-four city blocks, and since 1890 many additional 
 buildings have been erected, as the constantly increasing demands of 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 765 
 
 the business necessitated. They now have their own dye works on the 
 premises, and every building is equipped with the latest and most 
 improved appliances for the facilitation of the work. The comfort 
 of the numerous employes is also not overlooked, and every possible 
 convenience is provided for them. The products of this factory ha\e 
 become celebrated the world over and are shipped in ever)' direction. 
 
JOHN MATTHIAS MENTZ 
 
 THE life of John Matthias Mentz, deceased, was typical of the 
 best class of Germans who, about the middle of the last cen- 
 tury, came in great numbers to America and have since 
 played so important a part in the shaping of her life and destinies. 
 Trained from earliest childhood to unremitting toil by that sternest 
 of taskmasters, necessity, he formed one of a class most valuable in 
 a country whose material resources were in need of development, a 
 class of which his nati\e land has furnished so many worthy members. 
 
 Mr. Mentz was born in Edesheim, Germany, August 27, 1841, 
 and was the second of the eight children of Joseph Mentz, a wheel- 
 wright and wagon-maker of that place, their names being Kate or 
 Kathrine, John Matthias, Nicholas, Barbara, Joseph, Jacob, Mary 
 and George. Two of these, Nicholas and Joseph, are still living in 
 the old town of their nativity. The Bavarian country, so long one 
 of Europe's battlefields, is of great natural fertility, but at the time 
 of our subject's childhood, a blight seemed to have fallen upon it and 
 for upwards of ten years the crops failed, causing the greatest want 
 throughout the region. P'alling upon so inauspicious a period, it is 
 n'; wonder that the early life of Mr. Mentz should have held more 
 of toil and hardship than that of most men. His attendance upon 
 school was often between the hours of five and seven in the morning, 
 after which he must return home to a day's work in the fields or, 
 when these yielded nothing, in the forest cutting and transporting 
 wood for the market. 
 
 While he was still a youth, his uncle, Nicholas Mentz, emi- 
 grated from the oldjiome and began life anew in America, an occur- 
 rence which undoubtedly turned the young man's thoughts to the land 
 of promise across the water. Fortunately for him, however, his 
 sense of obligation and duty was already developed, or his career 
 might have been ended before it had well commenced. It happened 
 that this uncle returned to Germany for a visit to his relatives and 
 tried to persuade his nephew John to accompany him on his second 
 voyage to America. By this time, however, our subject was appren- 
 ticed to his father in his business of wheelwright and wagon-maker 
 and, though he considered his uncle's offer, decided that his duty 
 
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BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA ' 767 
 
 lay at home until the end of his apprenticeship. It was a narrow 
 escape. Nicholas Mentz took passage tor America in the steamer 
 "Austria" and was one of the many lost when she was burned on the 
 high seas. 
 
 Three years later, however, John Matthias Mentz, undeterred 
 by his uncle's death, sailed for the United States, and, landing safely, 
 made his home in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he worked for a 
 time on a farm. Removing thence to Newark, he was employed by 
 Mr. George Bauer in his retail woolen business at 280 Broad street, 
 the site of the building of the Prudential Insurance Company. With 
 Mr. Bauer he remained five or six years, at the end of which time he 
 bought the business and carried it on in his own name for upwards 
 of forty years as a woolen and furnishing house for men and women, 
 at 779 Broad street. He was one of the old Broad street merchants 
 at a time when the great Newark department stores of to-day were 
 still unborn or in their infancy, and his business growing with the 
 growth of the city, became finally one of its most prominent houses 
 and "Go to Mentz's" was one of the familiar advertising signs in 
 the neighborhood. His importance in the business world led to his 
 choice as one of the early directors of the State Banking Company 
 of Newark, which afterwards became the Union National Bank. 
 
 Mr. Mentz made two visits to the Fatherland, one in 1867, 
 and one in 1903, the latter in the company of an old school fellow 
 and lifelong friend. 
 
 Mr. Mentz was a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic 
 Church of Newark, and a firm adherent to the tenets of the Demo- 
 cratic party whose candidates he generally, but not invariably, sup- 
 ported. His death occurred March 7, 19 12, and he was deeply and 
 sincerely mourned, not only by his immediate family, but by a large 
 circle of friends and acquaintances, many of whom he had aided in 
 his unostentatious manner. 
 
 Mr. Mentz was twice married, his first wife being Miss Rose 
 Radel, a daughter of John Radel of Newark, who owned at one 
 time the Newark and South Orange street car line. Mrs. Mentz 
 died March 13, 1899, at the age of thirty-nine; the children of this 
 union being: Man', now married to Dr. Oswald Roth; Kathrine, 
 married to Edward Felsberg; John J., married to Gertrude Winter; 
 Dina, married to Charles Meisol; Ida, married to Frank Koch Jr. 
 
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 Mr. Mentz later, November 19, 1895, married Mary Jubert, 
 daughter of George and Margaret (Rudolph) Jubert, the latter a 
 daughter of William Rudolph. Of this union there were three chil- 
 dren : Joseph, Agnes and Cecilia. 
 
 All those acquainted with Mr. Mentz are agreed in praising the 
 upright and capable conduct of his business, his capacity for hard 
 work and his generosity. One of the most praiseworthy of his char- 
 acteristics was the modesty and retirement of his nature, so that his 
 kindnesses remain largely unrecorded. It is told that on the occasion 
 of the failure of a friend in business, he read of the event in a daily 
 paper, and at once went to him with the offer to back him financially 
 in a new start. I'he fact that the friend refused, preferring to begin 
 anew at the very bottom of the ladder does not detract from the 
 generosity of Mr. Mentz's offer. Most of his gifts are supposed to 
 have been to charities connected with his church, but even the mem- 
 bers of his family are unable to state the amounts and the occasions, 
 for it might truly be said of him that his left hand knew not what 
 his right was doing. 
 
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AUGUSTUS W. CUTLER 
 
 IT seldom falls to the lot of a single individual, even in this coun- 
 try of unparalleled opportunity' and wonderful accomplishment, 
 
 to achieve in the line of public service such a vast and lasting 
 benefit to mankind as is credited to Augustus W. Cutler, of Morris- 
 town. During his double term in Congress, extending from De- 
 cember 6, 1875, to March 3, 1879, he introduced the first bill ever 
 presented to that body creating a Department of Agriculture. This 
 measure was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, by whom 
 it was laid aside without further action. He reintroduced it in the 
 next session, and supported it with a speech that attracted more than 
 ordinary attention at the time, and elicited hearty commendation 
 from the great mass of people who were the most immediately inter- 
 ested in its provisions. This time he met with a little better success. 
 His bill was passed in the House, but when running the gauntlet of 
 the Senate, it was killed. His effort, however, was not wasted. He 
 had planted good seed in rich soil, and in a succeeding session the 
 ripe fruitage appeared in the adoption of his measure. 
 
 While his record, both as a State and a national legislator, was 
 rounded out with other achievements that have grown in importance 
 with the increase of years, this single measure will remain most con- 
 spicuous because of what the Department of Agriculture has since 
 become — one of the most potent executive branches of the national 
 government. Under it are the Weather Bureau; the Bureaus of 
 Animal Industry, Agricultural Chemistry, Entomology, Biological 
 Survey, Plant Industry, and Soils; the Agricultural Colleges and 
 Experiment Stations; the Office of Public Roads; and the newly 
 expanded Forest Ser\-ice. Fostered by it the farms and farm prop- 
 erty' m the United States reached a value in 1900 of $20,514,001,- 
 838; the domestic exports of farm products were valued at $1,055,- 
 000,000 in 1907, when for the first time in the history of the world 
 a country exported agricultural commodities of home production 
 exceeding one billion dollars in value; and the value of the wealth 
 produced on the farms in 1908 reached the most extraordinary total 
 in the countr}''s history — $7,848,000,000, or four times the value 
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 of the productions of the mines. When the creator of the National 
 Department of Agriculture was drafting the bill which ultimately 
 gave it life, he doubtless foresaw a vast benefit that would accrue to 
 the farming community; but no prescience could then guage the 
 enormous importance which the agricultural industry has now reach- 
 ed under the active and di\erslfied promotion of the Department. 
 
 Augustus W. Cutler (baptized William Augustus), lawyer, 
 legislator, and public benefactor, was born in Morristown, Morris 
 county. New Jersey, October 22, 1829. On both the paternal and 
 maternal side he was of distinguished and patriotic lineage. He 
 was a son of Joseph Cutler, a brigadier-general of New Jersey 
 cavaliy in the War of 1812; a grandson of Abijah Cutler, who 
 achieved distinction in the Revolutionary War; a great-grandson 
 on the maternal side of Silas Condict, a delegate to the Continental 
 Congress in 1781-84, president of the New Jersey Committee of 
 Safety in the Revolutionary W^ar, and Speaker of the New Jersey 
 House of Assembly for several years. He was also a direct descend- 
 ant of John and Priscilla Alden. 
 
 His early youth was passed on his father's farm, where he 
 acquired a fondness for agricultural and horticultural pursuits and 
 investigations that remained strong with him through life. He 
 attended the Morris Academy and then prepared for Yale College, 
 but was not allowed to complete his college course by reason of ill 
 health. After a course of study in the office of Daniel Haines, sub- 
 sequently twice Go\crnor of New Jersey, and a Justice of its Su- 
 preme Court, at Hamburg, Sussex county, New Jersey, he was 
 admitted to the bar in 1850, and soon afterward entered into active 
 participation in local and county affairs. 
 
 In i8i;4 Mr. Cutler became a member of the Board of Edu- 
 cation of Morristown, in which he served for twenty-one years con- 
 secutively, and of which he was president for several years. In 
 1856 he was chosen Prosecutor of the Pleas, and he filled this office 
 with signal ability for five years. Originally an old-time Whig, 
 when that party was dissolved he allied himself with the Democratic 
 party, and in 1871 was its successful candidate for the New Jersey 
 Senate, where he served till 1874. During this period he was also 
 a member of the State Constitutional Convention (1873). Mr. 
 Cutler's service to his native State extended over many years, and 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 771 
 
 comprised a number of reforms of enduring value. Of all the com- 
 pliments paid him during his active life, he was probably proudest 
 of being acknowledged as the father of the free-school system of 
 New Jersey. As early as 1861 he had drawn up the original Free- 
 School Bill, and in 1864 he had initiated a memorable contest against 
 the railroads of the State to secure the control of the riparian lands 
 and the application of the proceeds of their sales and rentals to the 
 promotion of free schools. He won this contest, and during the first 
 year of the operation of the law the State Free-School Fund received 
 over $1,000,000 from this source. He also introduced and vigorously 
 supported the bill making women eligible to the office of school 
 trustee, introduced the General Railroad Act (1874), and was ever 
 alert in promoting the interests of the colored race. 
 
 Mr. Cutler was first elected to Congress in 1874, when he 
 received a majority of seven v'otes over William Walter Phelps, a 
 widely popular Republican opponent, later a member of Congress 
 and American Minister to Germany. In 1876 he was reelected by 
 a majority of about 1,400, and in 1878 he was renominated for a 
 third term, but declined. What has been assumed as his most 
 beneficial service in Congress has been detailed in the introduction 
 to this sketch. Not only in Congress, but throughout the rest of his 
 life, he was an earnest advocate of whatever measures would con- 
 duce to the welfare of the great farming community, and in his 
 private life he applied much of his time to practical demonstrations 
 on several farms he had acquired. He was most truly a repre- 
 sentative of the people of his Congressional District. He gave up 
 his law practice in order to familiarize himself with the conditions 
 and needs of his constituents, and he personally studied their inter- 
 ests in mills, factories, mines, and other industrial centers. In Con- 
 gress, too, his old-time fervor for free schools again manifested 
 itself, when he introduced and urged with characteristic enthusiasm 
 a bill to appropriate the proceeds of sales of public lands to the dif- 
 ferent States and Territories, according to their population, for the 
 benefit of free schools. 
 
 Next to the farmer and free-school, his most active zeal was 
 shown in safeguarding the interests of the soldiers of the Civil War. 
 Under the original F^nlistment Act, a soldier was entitled to a 
 pension from the date of his disability; but Congress, in considering 
 
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 appropriations of pensions, reckoned from the time of granting the 
 pension, thus leaving a considerable gap unprovided for. Unable 
 to secure from the Pension Office a statement of the amount neces- 
 sary to cover this gap, the Committee on Appropriations failed to 
 make an enlarged appropriation. In this emergency, Mr. Cutler 
 introduced a bill to appropriate $100,000,000, "or as much thereof 
 as shall be necessary to meet this deficiency and to carry into effect 
 the provisions of the bill." This was the first bill ever introduced 
 into Congress, so worded, now a common practice. The Appro- 
 priation Committee adopted it, and so remedied an injustice to the 
 soldier. 
 
 In 1895 Mr. Cutler made an open canvass for the guber- 
 natorial nomination, for which his name had been mentioned sev- 
 eral times. The prize, however, went to Chancellor Alexander T. 
 McGill, and in the political landslide of that year the entire Demo- 
 cratic ticket was lost. In the following year Mr. Cutler supported 
 the presidential ticket of Br\'an and Sewall, and was again a candi- 
 date for Congress, but in the latter contest he was defeated by 
 Mahlon Pitney, who had carried the district two years before. This 
 closed his public career. In December, 1896, he underwent a sur- 
 gical operation, from which he died at his home on January i, 
 1897. Mr. Cutler, happily, lived to see his most cherished public 
 measures enacted into permanent laws. Every cause designed to 
 advance the welfare of humanity found in him a staunch supporter. 
 Integrity and love of truth, courage in defending the right, and great 
 tenacity of purpose, together with unfaltering faithfulness in his 
 performance of duty, were the dominating features of his character, 
 and account for the success of his many public undertakings. 
 
 In 1854 Mr. Cutler married Julia R. Walker, of Albany, New 
 York, a lineal descendant of Peregrine White, the first American 
 child born in New England after the landing of the "Maytlower" 
 Pilgrims. Three sons were born of this union: Willard Walker, 
 who became Presiding Judge of the Morris County Courts; Con- 
 diet Walker, who adopted the profession of medicine; and Fred- 
 erick Walker, who entered the ministry of the Presbyterian church. 
 

 'l^U4U4di. 
 
WILLARD WALKER CUTLER 
 
 PROMINENT in professional circles of Morristown, esteemed 
 in every relation of life, and actively identified with public 
 affairs, is Willard W. Cutler, whose birth occurred in Morris- 
 town, New Jersey, November 3, 1856, son of the late Hon. Au- 
 gustus W. and Julia R. (Walker) Cutler. 
 
 He attended the Morristown Academy and High School, after 
 which he pursued a two years' course at Rutgers College. He 
 studied for the profession of law under the guidance of his father, 
 and was admitted as an attorney in 1878, at the November term 
 of the Supreme Court, and as a counsellor at the same term, 1881. 
 Subsequently he became a Special Master and Examiner in Chan- 
 cery and a Supreme Court Commissioner. He at once established 
 an office for the active practice of his profession in Morristown, and 
 has continued to the present time, during which time he has gained 
 prominence as an able lawyer and advocate. In December, 1882, 
 he was appointed by Governor Ludlow to be Prosecutor of the 
 Pleas of Morris county, to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of 
 George W. Forsyth, and during this service was connected with 
 many important cases which had more than a local interest. Many 
 of them, notably the murder trial of James Treglown, gained con- 
 siderable renown. In January, 1883, he was reappointed and con- 
 firmed for a full term of five years, and he held the office, by appoint- 
 ment of Governor Green in 1888 and of Governor Werts in 1893, 
 until the spring of 1893, when he resigned to accept the position of 
 Law Judge of Morris county, to which he was appointed by Gov- 
 ernor Werts for a term of five years. In addition to these, he served 
 as counsel of Morris township, being the incumbent of this office for 
 many years. He was instrumental in the organization of the 
 Morristown Trust Company and the Morris County Mortgage and 
 Realty Company, in both of which he held the office of vice-presi- 
 dent for a number of years. He is a member and trustee of the 
 South Street Presbyterian Church of Morristown, and is president 
 of the Young Men's Christian Association of Morristown. This 
 brief resume of Mr. Cutler's many spheres of activity and useful- 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 ness proves the broadness of his mental vision, and whether consid- 
 ered as a lawyer, public official, business man, or churchman, he is 
 found to be true to himself and true to his fellows. 
 
 Mr. Cutler married, December 4, 1879, Mar^- B., daughter of 
 John J. Hinchman, of Brooklyn, New York. 
 
A. VAN DOREN HONEYMAN 
 
 MR. HONEYMAN, lawyer, editor and author, of Plainfield, 
 New Jersey, was born at New Germantown, Hunterdon 
 county, November 12, 1849. His father. Dr. John Honey- 
 man, was an esteemed physician of a half century's practice in New 
 Germantown. His great-grandfather, John Honeyman, a Scotch- 
 man, emigrated from Ireland, fought under General Wolfe, and 
 was a chosen spy of General Washington during the Revolution. 
 On his mother's side he is a descendant of the Van Doren and 
 Nevius stock, the American Nevius ancestor being Joannes Nevius, 
 third secretary of New Amsterdam under the Dutch. 
 
 Mr. Honeyman received a common school education, and stud- 
 ied law in the office of the late Hon. H. D. Maxwell, in Easton, his 
 brother-in-law, where he was admitted to practice. He became a 
 member of the New Jersey bar at the June term, 1871, and coun- 
 sellor three and one-half years later. He practiced at Somerville 
 until 1876, first as partner of the late Hon. A. A. Clark, and then 
 as one of the firm of Honeyman & Herr. In 1873 he projected and 
 carried through the year "Our Home," a local historical magazine, 
 which is still greatly sought after by those on historical quests. On 
 January i. 1876, he purchased the "Somerset Gazette," and in 1882 
 the "Somerset Unionist," and he edited the first and then the united 
 newspapers until 1891, when he purchased the "Trenton Times" 
 (daily) and edited that for one year. Selling the latter, he removed 
 to Plainfield, where he has since resided. While at Somerville, in 
 1878, he started the "New Jersey Law Journal," and the year 1913 
 marked its thirty-sixth volume. In 191 2 he began editing the "Som- 
 erset County' Historical Quarterly." Among the more than sixty 
 volumes which have borne Mr. Honeyman's name as author or 
 editor, are the following: 
 
 "The Danites" (1877), "Honeyman's Justice" (five editions), 
 "American Corporation Legal Manual" (thirteen annual volumes), 
 "Coaching in Merrie England" (1895), "From England to Italy" 
 (1896), "From America to Russia" (1897), "From America to 
 the Orient" (1899), "Joannes Nevius and his Descendants" (1900), 
 
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 "Bright Days in Merrie England" (1901), "Bright Days in Sunny 
 Lands" (1904), "Library of the Great World" (ten volumes, 
 190O1 "The Honeyman Family in Scotland and America" (1909), 
 "The Van Doom Family in Holland and America" (1909), "The 
 Truth in Love" (19 12), etc. 
 
ALFRED N. DALKYMPLE 
 
 ALFRED N. DALRYMPLE, one of Newark's leading lawyers 
 who is prominently identified with the Republican party of 
 New Jersey, was born in Washington, District of Columbia, 
 December i6, 1874, son of Frederick B. and Annie E. (Newton) 
 Dalrymple, and a descendant of the Dalrymple family of Morris 
 county, New Jersey, one of the oldest and most honored in the State. 
 
 After completing his course of study in the public schools in 
 Washington, Alfred N. Dalrymple entered the office of Hon. Perry 
 S. Heath, an excellent opening, for Mr. Heath was then the Wash- 
 ington correspondent of many leading newspapers throughout the 
 countr}', and in touch with their interests. This environment influ- 
 enced Mr. Dalrymple in choosing the stenographic profession, prep- 
 aration for which he undertook with such zeal, intelligence and abil- 
 ity, that he rapidly developed into an expert in that line of work, 
 displaying speed and accuracy of a high order. As a shorthand 
 reporter he was present at a number of hearings before Congress, 
 and also acted as private secretary to several members of the House 
 of Representatives. When Hon. R. Wayne Parker was elected to 
 Congress in 1895 Mr. Dalrymple was engaged as his confidential 
 secretary. 
 
 Law was, however, the goal of his ambition, and he soon began 
 legal studies in the office of Cortlandt and Wayne Parker. While in 
 Washington he supplemented this with a course at the Columbian 
 University Law School, from which he was graduated, receiving the 
 degrees of Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws. He was ad- 
 mitted to the bar of the District of Columbia, as both attorney and 
 counsellor-at-law, in 1897, ^"d to the bar of New Jersey in 1901. 
 Having established an office in Newark, he resigned his secretaryship 
 with Congressman Parker, in order to devote more time to law. He 
 now carries on a general practice, and acts as counsel for a number 
 of the leading firms and corporations of Essex county. During the 
 years 1904 and 1905 he acted in a secretarial capacity to Governor 
 Franklin Murphy. 
 
 Mr. Dalrymple's remarkable talents, and the brilliance of his 
 
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 mind, first displayed in the field of stenography, found ampler and 
 more fitting expression in the practice of law. All cases which have 
 come under his consideration have been handled with such marked 
 skill as to earn for him an enviable place in the ranks of New Jersey 
 lawyers. He has, in fact, achieved such prestige that his future 
 promises to be one of honor. 
 
 In political principles Mr. Dalrymple is a Republican and has 
 always taken an active part in campaign work. He is therefore 
 recognized in his own county as one of the local leaders of the organ- 
 ization, and wields potential influence in Republican affairs both in 
 county and State. In 1906 he was elected a member of the Newark 
 Board of Aldermen from the Fourth Ward, serving in that capacity 
 with high credit, and proving himself to be a public oflicial worthy 
 of estimation. He thus gained the congratulations and gratitude not 
 only of his constituents, but of the city at large. He was chosen 
 chairman of the Republican County Committee of Essex County, in 
 December, 1906, and in 1907 was unanimously reelected to that 
 responsible position. By his services he accomplished a great deal 
 toward the furtherance of his party's cause in that section. He is a 
 member of the Republican State Committee, and exercises consider- 
 able power in organization councils. He was appointed in 191 1 as 
 Collector of Customs for the Port of Newark, which office he has 
 ably filled. 
 
 Mr. Dalrymple belongs to the Lawyers' Club of Newark, the 
 Union Club, the Indian League, and several fraternal bodies, chief 
 among which is the Masonic Order, in which he is far advanced, and 
 is an officer in Salaam Temple, Mystic Shrine. 
 
HEINKY LOUIS MUHS 
 
 HENRY LOUIS MUHS, of Paterson, was born in Hanover, 
 Germany, April 20, 1850, son of Henry and Matilda 
 (Platte) Muhs. He attended the public schools of his 
 native city until he was twelve years of age, when he was apprenticed 
 to learn the trade of beef dressing and its branches, including 
 the packing business, this training being in observance of the prac- 
 tical German custom of giving a lad a reasonable education, and then 
 introducing him to some calling for which he had a liking. After 
 completing his trade he followed it in Germany until 1868, when he 
 came to the United States, settling in Hackensack, New Jersey. 
 
 At Hackensack, he began the manufacture of sausages of dif- 
 ferent varieties, on a very small scale, selling to families direct from 
 his factory, and making delivery with a small market basket. He 
 remained there until about 1872, when he decided that the bright 
 and growing city of Paterson offered greater advantages, and he 
 located there, this marking practically a new entrance upon business. 
 He located his factory at 131 River street, in a small two-story brick 
 building, where he began manufacturing on a more extended scale. 
 As the business developed, in i 884 he added a large three-story brick 
 addition next to the original plant, and in 1888 he erected another 
 building of about the same description, next to the second one. The 
 present force there employed is about fifty men. In 1893 he bought 
 a small abbatoir in West Paterson, and has since built large additions 
 and now employs about forty men. Before recent additions were 
 made, part of this plant was destroyed by fire, but Mr. Muhs' energy 
 prompted him to immediate rebuilding. This establishment enjoys 
 the reputation of being one of the State's most modern and sanitary 
 abbatoirs. 
 
 In 1875, Mr. Muhs was attracted to Passaic as offering excel- 
 lent advantages as a business center, and he here built a plant on 
 Passaic street. In 1907 he erected a more modern establishment at 
 the corner of Central avenue and Monroe street, in the same city. 
 In 19 12 this plant was destroyed by fire, but Mr. Muhs was undis- 
 mayed. He rebuilt this plant and equipped it with the most modern 
 
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 machinery, and it now stands as one of the most modern and best 
 equipped in the United States, and employs about sixty men. Ail 
 of Mr. iMuhs' plants are under government inspection, and are 
 highly approved by the inspection authorities. The products are 
 shipped all over the country, and into many of the most important 
 of the world's markets, some of the principal brands being Target 
 ham and bacon, and Muhsco ham and bacon, beef, and other well- 
 known provisions. 
 
 Mr. Muhs is a director in the German American Bank of Pat- 
 erson, and is a large holder of real estate in and about that city. He 
 is a thirty-second degree Mason, and prominent in various branches 
 of the order. Politically he is a Democrat, but with no inclination 
 to public ofHce. In religion he is a Presbyterian. 
 
 Mr. Muhs married (first) in 1872, in Hackensack, Thesa 
 Duhring. born in Deitrichs, Germany, in 1852, daughter of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Duhring. Children: Frieda, Bertha, George. He married 
 (second) in 1879, in Paterson, Anna Marie Zertlinger, born in Pat- 
 erson, in 1855, daughter of Peter and Marie (Schmidt) Zertlinger. 
 Children: Ernstine, Marie, Theresa, Elizabeth, Matilda, Henry, 
 Doretta, Augusta, Hilda, and Florence. 
 
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SILAS R. MORSE 
 
 AN analysis of the life record of Silas R. Morse, who has attain- 
 ed distinction as an educator, shows that enterprise, careful 
 management, keen discrimination and wise foresight, consti- 
 tute the principal elements in the success which has crowned his well 
 directed efforts. He was born in Livermore, Maine, in 1840, a 
 member of a family noted for their many excellent characteristics 
 which have been transmitted in large degree to their descendants. 
 
 Being of a studious disposition, he made rapid progress in his 
 studies, completing the course in the public schools at an early age, 
 after which he entered Waterville College, his tuition being paid by 
 his own efforts, this fact demonstrating the character of the boy even 
 at that period in his life. While a sophomore at the above named 
 institution, he enlisted his services in defense of his country, during 
 the trying period of the Civil War, but he failed to pass the physical 
 examination at Washington, and therefore never saw actual warfare. 
 He then went to Hammonton, New Jersey, where his sister, Mrs. 
 Ezra Packard, resided, and there obtained a position as teacher in 
 the school, and for three years acted in that capacity in the schools 
 of Hammonton and Winslow. In the fall of 1865 he was offered 
 the principalship of the schools of Atlantic City, New Jersey, which 
 position he willingly accepted, performing the work devolving upon 
 him in a highly satisfactory and efficient manner for eight years, 
 being ably assisted for se\en years by his wife, whom he married at 
 the beginning of his term of office. His fame as an educator led to 
 his appointment as city school superintendent, and in 1877 he suc- 
 ceeded Rev. George B. Wight as county superintendent of schools, 
 to the duties of which position he devoted his earnest endeavors for 
 fifteen years, instituting many reforms which added greatly to the 
 efficiency of the schools throughout the county, the principal one 
 being the introduction of a regular course of study in ungraded 
 country schools. He has served as a member of the Atlantic City 
 Board of Education ever since the charter amendments took effect in 
 1887, and in 1895 he was appointed a member of the State Board 
 of Education. His thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the 
 
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 school laws and the public school system of New Jersey makes him 
 very valuable in the active management of the State superintendent's 
 office. He was an active factor in preparing the New Jersey school 
 exhibit for the World's Fair at Chicago in 1893, and was appointed 
 curator in charge of the exhibit there, and so entirely satisfactory to 
 all concerned were his services in that capacity that he was continued 
 in office and the exhibit made a permanent one in the State House at 
 I'renton. During the years 1866-67 Mr. Morse was a member of 
 the city council, and in 1868-69 served as tax collector. By fortunate 
 investments in real estate in Atlantic City, Mr. Morse accumulated 
 considerable capital, thus enabling him to devote a great portion of 
 his time to educational work, in which he is so thoroughly interested. 
 He is the owner of a camp on the shore of Rangeley Lake, in one of 
 the most beautiful sections of Maine, also another in the vicinity of 
 Wayne Pond, and at these ideal spots he spends the summer months; 
 he is also the owner of the old homestead at Livermore. He is an 
 expert angler, and in the vear 1896 enjoyed the distinction and also 
 derived considerable satisfaction in catching the largest salmon trout 
 ever hooked at Rangeley, which weighed thirteen and a half pounds. 
 Mr. Morse married Mary J., daughter of the late Dr. Joseph 
 H. North. 
 
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DAVID H. McALPlN 
 
 DAVID HUNTER McALPIN, tobacco manufacturer and 
 prominent in financial circles, son of James and Jane 
 (Hunter) McAlpin, was born in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess 
 county. New York, November 8, 1816, and died in New York City, 
 February 8, 1901. 
 
 He moved at an early age to Matteawan, New York, where 
 he entered upon the pursuit of a livelihood in a cotton mill. In 1836 
 he began the wholesale and retail cigar business at No. 84 Catharine 
 street. New York City, in partnership with his brother-in-law. In 
 1839 this combination was dissohed and Mr. McAIpin continued 
 the business alone for some time. Subsequently he formed a partner- 
 ship and began the manufacture of chewing tobacco in a factory at 
 the corner of Avenue D and Sixth street, New York. When the 
 internal revenue tax was introduced, Mr. McAlpin bought out his 
 partner and continued the business alone which in spite of the heavy 
 taxation grew to large proportions. 
 
 Mr. McAlpin's remarkable foresight, executive powers and 
 careful consideration of business matters made him acceptable in 
 financial as well as mercantile circles, and he was for many years a 
 director in the Manhattan Life, the Rutgers Fire, and the Home 
 Insurance companies; the Eleventh Ward Bank, the Bank of the 
 Republic, the Union Trust Company and the Standard Gas Light 
 Company, of New York City. He was a director in Union Theo- 
 logical Seminar}' from 1872 to 1901. He early became interested 
 in the Seminary LibraiT, contributing for the purchase of books in 
 the Department of British History and Theology. In 1884 he en- 
 dowed this Department, and also the Department of American His- 
 tory and Theology. His name was attached to the former, and the 
 collection has been constantly augmented in the interval since. It 
 now contains over 10,000 titles in British Theology, bearing date 
 before 1700. The collection is the largest on the subject to be 
 found under a single roof anywhere in this country, and probably 
 in Great Britain itself. He was also a patron of art, and a member 
 of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, of which institution he ranked 
 
784 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 as a Fellow in Perpetuity. In New Jersey he was a director of the 
 First National Bank of Morristown. 
 
 In 1866 Mr. McAlpin purchased the Walker Farm at Little- 
 ton, New Jersey, originally an estate of three hundred acres, subse- 
 quently much enlarged by the purchase of neighboring farms, to 
 which was given the name, Brooklawn Farms. After living at 
 Brooklawn for twenty years he purchased, in 1886, a place of five 
 hundred acres on the Morristown and Basking Ridge road, situated 
 about four miles out of Morristown, and known as Hoyt's Corners, 
 which he named Glen Alpine, and where he lived until the time of 
 his death. In Morristown itself, Mr. McAlpin owned much prop- 
 erty and was interested in the erection of several buildings. The old 
 Baptist Church property, at the corner of Speedwell avenue and 
 Park place, came into his hands in 1891, and in previous years he 
 had purchased what was then known as the Postoffice Block and the 
 United States Hotel. At the rear of the block mentioned above he 
 built a storage warehouse in 1890, and in 1893 completed another 
 building, the McAlpin Block, which was the finest business construc- 
 tion in the city at that time. 
 
 Mr. McAlpin was married three times. His first wife, whom 
 he married in 1845 and who died in 1870, was Frances Adelaide, 
 daughter of Joseph Rose. In 1873 h^ married Mrs. Adelia Gardi- 
 ner Chamberlain, who died in 189 i. In 1892 he married Mrs. Cor- 
 delia Rose Shackelton, a sister of his first wife. Children, all by his 
 first wife: i. General Edwin A. 2. Joseph R., died in early man- 
 hood. 3. George L. 4. William W. :;. Adelaide, married James 
 T. Pyle.^ 6. Dr. David H. 7. Charles W. 8. John Randolph, died 
 in early manhood. 
 
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DAVID ST. JOHJN, M. D. 
 
 DR. DAVID ST. JOHN, of Hackensack, New Jersey, whose 
 position in professional circles demands for him distinctive 
 recognition in the history of the State of New Jersey, is de- 
 scended from an ancestry long and prominently connected with the 
 republic. The family came into this country with the early Puritan 
 settlers of New England, and the name was found in the form of St. 
 John, Sension and Sention. Matthias St. John, the immigrant ances- 
 tor, was born in England, and was of Dorchester, Massachusetts, as 
 early as 1631-32. He was one of the most influential men of his 
 time and section, holding a number of public offices. His son and 
 grandson, both named Matthias, were also prominent in public life 
 and held public office. Captain Samuel St. John, great-grandson of 
 the immigrant, was one of the original proprietors of Ridgefield, 
 and later removed to Westchester county. New York. He was cap- 
 tain of the train band, and he filled numerous public offices. Samuel 
 St. John, son of the preceding, was one of the founders of the church 
 in Ridgefield, and was a man of influence in the community in many 
 ways. 
 
 Dr. David St. John is of the ninth generation, in direct descent 
 frnm the immigrant ancestor. He is the son of David and Mary 
 (Johnson) St. John, and was born in Berne, Albany county, New 
 York, March 27, 1849. After an excellent preliminary training he 
 took up the study of medicine in the office of his brother-in-law. Dr. 
 H. W. Bell, of Berne, New York. Subsequently he studied under 
 the preceptorship of Professor James H. Armsby, M. D., at that 
 time the leading surgeon of Albany, New York. He next pursued 
 his studies at the Albany Medical College and the Buffalo Medical 
 College, after which he entered the Bellevue Hospital Medical Col- 
 lege, New York City, from which he was graduated in the class of 
 1875, the degree of Doctor of Medicine being conferred upon him. 
 Immediately after his graduation he established himself in the prac- 
 tice of his chosen profession in the city of Hackensack, New Jersey, 
 and he has achieved an amount of success which cannot but be flat- 
 
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786 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 tering and gratifying. He enjoys the confidence and respect of his 
 numerous patients, and his warm and sympathetic manner has gained 
 their affection as weU. Dr. St. John has not allowed himself to be- 
 come hardened by the scenes of suffering he is called upon to witness; 
 on the contrary, they have apparently served to make his naturally 
 kind heart glow still more with the desire to assist the ailing and 
 the helpless. 
 
 In 1886, Dr. St. John was appointed by Governor John W. 
 Griggs as one of the managers of the State Hospital at Morris 
 Plains, a position which he held for twenty years. In 1888 he was 
 instrumental in organizing the Hackensack Hospital, and has been 
 a prominent factor in contributing to the success and high rank of 
 this institution. He is the medical and surgical director, president 
 of the medical board, and visiting surgeon. At his own expense he 
 added a new wing to the hospital, this containing two wards, which 
 were refurnished after the death of Mrs. St. John, by the Ladies' 
 Auxiliary, as a memorial to her. In addition to attending to his 
 professional work. Dr. St. John has developed much ability as a 
 financier and general business man, and is connected with a number 
 of corporations in an official capacity. Among these may be men- 
 tioned: First vice-president of the Hackensack Trust Company; 
 director of the Hackensack National Bank; director of Columbia 
 Graphophone Company; director of New Jersey Fire Insurance 
 Company of Newark; president of the Gas & Electric Company of 
 Bergen County, New Jersey; president of Hackensack Heights Asso- 
 ciation. His professional associations are as follows: ex-President 
 of the State Medical Society of New Jersey; member of the Amer- 
 ican Medical Association; member and ex-president of the Bergen 
 County Medical Society; member of the New York State Medical 
 Association and the New York Academy of Medicine. He is a 
 public-spirited citizen, and, while he consistently refuses public office 
 on the plea of no time to spare from his professional work, he is by 
 no means inactive in furthering the public welfare and improvement. 
 He married (first) October i, 1879, Jennie, born November 25, 
 1851;, died in Hackensack, September 8, 1903, a daughter of John 
 ?id Marv (Reed) Angle. He married (second) September 27, 
 1907, Alice Vera, daughter of William N. Connell, Esq., of Wood- 
 stock, New Brunswick, Canada. Chiitlren: i. Olive Graham, born 
 
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 March 12, 1882; was a graduate of Dana Hall, Wellesley College, 
 Massachusetts. 2. Fordyce Barker, born February 10, 1884; was 
 graduated from Princeton University in the class of 1905; was 
 graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York 
 City, in the class of 1909; he then served a two years' course in 
 Roosevelt Hospital, in New York City, where he is now located in 
 the practice of his profession; he has succeeded his father as director 
 of the National Bank of Spring Valley, New York. 3. Florence 
 Angle, born June 26, 1887; was a graduate of Dana Hall, Welles- 
 ley College, Massachusetts, 1907. 
 
ANDREW KIRKPATRICK 
 
 CHIEF JUSTICE ANDREW KIRKPATRICK, one of the 
 earliest legal lights of New Jersey, whose memory has not 
 faded from the sphere of jurisprudence, and whose decisions 
 are among the most honored precedents for later occupants of the 
 bench, was born in Mine Brook, New Jersey, February 17, 1756. 
 As his family name shows the chief justice came of pure Scotch ex- 
 traction. His first American ancestor had an exciting early history, 
 having taken part in his native land in the uprising of the Earl of 
 Mar, who supported the cause of Prince Charles, the "Young Pre- 
 tender" to the throne of England, lost by his grandfather. King 
 James II., in the religious and political upheaval of the eighteenth 
 centur}-. This first of the Kirkpatricks was exiled by law, and leav- 
 ing his home in Dumfries, Scotland, fled with his family to Belfast, 
 Ireland. Further removal becoming necessar\' for this outlawed 
 clansman, he emigrated to America, and settled in Somerset county, 
 New Jersey, near Basking Ridge. Here he died in 1758, leaving 
 a son David. Both he and his sons were strong Presbyterians, al- 
 though he had shed his blood in support of a Roman Catholic candi- 
 date for the sovereignty of England. David Kirkpatrick was a plain 
 man, of quiet and unpretentious manners, held in great respect by all 
 his neighbors for his honest and industrious character, but who never 
 attempted to gain prominence in public office. He was born about 
 1720, and died in 18 14, having reached several years more than the 
 span of ninety. He married Mary McEwan, and among their chil- 
 dren was a son Andrew, who was two years old at the time of the 
 death of his gallant chivalrous grandfather. This second Andrew 
 reached the age of seventy-five years and died in 1831. 
 
 Andrew Kirkpatrick, according to the wishes of his father, 
 should have become a clergyman. His early education was pre- 
 sumably in his father's hands, but after the proper preparation he 
 entered the then College of New Jerse^^, now known as Princeton 
 University, from which he was graduated in 1775. For several 
 months he then tried studies for a course in divinity with Rev. Dr. 
 Kennedy; but his own preferences were at odds with those of his 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 789 
 
 father, and he soon declined to further continue in this line, taking 
 up in its stead the study of law. His father was much offended and 
 refused to give him further support at home. Young Kirkpatrick 
 was offered an opportunity to tutor in a Virginia family, and accord- 
 ingly went out Into the world. Later work of the same kind brought 
 him again into New Jersey, and he was employed in both Esopus 
 and New Brunswick in tutoring boys for college. His legal studies 
 were carried on in the ofSce of Hon. William Paterson, who was 
 at various times governor of New Jersey, and justice of the United 
 States Supreme Court. This well-known lawyer gave a thorough 
 preparation to the young clerks who entered his employ and grounded 
 Kirkpatrick well in principles of law. He was thus enabled to obtain 
 his bar admission in 1785. Misfortune In the form of a fire that 
 destroyed his office and library in Morristown terminated his short 
 period of practice in that town. Moving to New Brunswick, where 
 he had already a circle of acquaintances, he soon made his talents 
 known. In the words of a friend, "He added to his native ability, 
 which was uncommonly great, a most untiring industry; and the com- 
 bination of these characteristics, with his stern integrity, soon won 
 for him a leading position at the bar, not only in his own country, 
 but all over the state." 
 
 His success led to official honors, and at the age of forty-one 
 he was considered for membership In the New Jersey Assembly, to 
 which body he was elected In 1797 as Its representative from Middle- 
 sex county. Another honor was soon afterward proffered him In 
 the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jer- 
 sey, and he resigned from the Legislature of the State In January, 
 179S, to accept It. In 1804 he was further distinguished by election 
 to the seat of Chief Justice, following Mr. KInsey, and was there- 
 after twice reelected. Thus for twenty-seven years he gave faithful 
 and reliable service to his State on the bench of Its Supreme Court, 
 all but six years serving as Chief Justice. The wisdom of his choice 
 of a profession must have softened his father's judgment of an 
 earlier day, and the older man passed from this earth with nothing 
 but feelings of the proudest gratification In the success of the son 
 who had not felt that inward call towards the ministry which his 
 father had desired. Among those who listened to Andrew Kirk- 
 patrick's decisions none came but must have been impressed with their 
 
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 firmness of logic, soundness of learning and analytical power. His 
 personal bearing preserved the dignity that was his due, and the ex- 
 pression of his acute mentality awoke the admiration of all who 
 heard. He was an ideal judge, a public-spirited citizen interested 
 and leading in causes for the betterment of the existing condition of 
 things generally, and always displaying his Presbyterian training in 
 the simplicity and piety of his nature. One of his ideals which was 
 adopted in the procedure in court was the creation of the office of 
 court reporter to preserve decisions of the Supreme Court, that they 
 might constitute a basis of precedent for the later conduct of cases. 
 This alone has made his name one to merit the praise of all State 
 lawyers. 
 
 Among the educational institutions whose growth he fostered 
 was the Theological Seminary, at Princeton, of which he was the 
 founder and first president of its board of trustees. He also took 
 interest in the management of affairs of Princeton College, and was 
 one of its trustees from i 809 until 1 83 1, the year of his death. His 
 political principles drew him into the ranks of the Anti-Federalist, or 
 Republican party, which later took the name of Democratic, and 
 for which he allowed his name to be used on one occasion as its candi- 
 date for Governor. The virtues and characteristics which appeared 
 in Chief Justice Kirkpatrick's pubhc career were as markedly evi- 
 dent in the home circle. 
 
 He married, November i, 1792, Jane, daughter of Colonel 
 John and Margaret (Hodge) Bayard, born July 12, 1772, died 
 February 6, i8i;i. Her father was of Pennsylvanian origin, and 
 had a distinguished career as an officer in the Continental Army dur- 
 ing the Revolution. Mrs. Kirkpatrick not only possessed a lovely 
 look and character, being noted for her charities as well as social 
 success, but also appeared in the guise of an authoress, producing a 
 book entitled "The Light of Other Days," which was edited and 
 prepared for publication by Mrs. Jane E. Cogswell, her daughter, 
 also a gifted woman. Their oldest son was J. Bayard Kirkpatrick, 
 a fortunate and noted merchant, in foreign trade, whose son Andrew 
 appears in another sketch as Judge of the United States District 
 Court in New Jersey. 
 
DANIEL SPADER VOOKHEES 
 
 DANIEL S. VOORHEES, for a decade and a half actively 
 and prominently identified with the legal profession, having 
 offices in Morristovvn, New Jersey, where he is highly 
 esteemed and respected, was born in Somerville, Somerset county. 
 New Jersey, August 15, 1852, son of Daniel Spader and Mary 
 Louise Compton (Doty) \'oorhees, and a descendant of a Holland 
 ancestry. 
 
 He was reared and educated in Elizabeth, New Jersey, whither 
 his parents removed when he was a young child, and his first occu- 
 pation was selling newspapers at the railroad station in his adopted 
 city. Later he was employed in a hardware store in Elizabeth. In 
 1869, at the age of seventeen years, he removed to Morristown, and 
 on June i, 1870, accepted a clerkship in the office of Richard Spear, 
 county clerk of Morris county. Although a Republican in his polit- 
 ical views, in 1876 he was' appointed deputy clerk by William Mc- 
 Carty, the incumbent of the office, who was a staunch Democrat. 
 He performed the duties devolving upon him in such an efficient and 
 capable manner that in 1S98 he received the Republican nomination 
 for county clerk, and was elected by a majority of twelve hundred. 
 At the close of his term of office he was renominated, a sufficient 
 proof of his popularity, and was reelected by a much larger majority 
 than he received at first. He served in the capacity of employee and 
 clerk for thirty-seven years, a remarkable record, and during this 
 period in his leisure moments took up the study of law, having for 
 his preceptors John M. Betts, George Forsythe, and Messrs. Quaylc 
 and Vreeland, and was admitted as an attorney to the New Jersey 
 bar in March, 1896, and since then has attained a reputation as an 
 able practitioner, achieving an enviable standing in the community. 
 In addition to his professional duties he is the incumbent of the office 
 of State Treasurer, being chosen for that responsible office at a joint 
 meeting of the Legislature, February 14, 1907, for a full term of 
 three years, to succeed Frank O. Briggs. He entered upon his duties 
 March i, 1907, and at the expiration of his term was reelected, 
 serving at the present time ( 1 9 1 2 ) . During his young manhood he 
 
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 served for five years as town clerk of Morristown. He has been a 
 member of the State Republican Committee since 1903, his services 
 being of great value to that body. He holds membership in a num- 
 ber of the clubs and organizations of Morristown, in which he takes 
 an active and ardent interest. 
 
 Mr. Voorhees married. January- 28, 1874, Frances L., daugh- 
 ter of W. W. White, of New Brunswick, New Jersey. Her birth 
 occurred January 18, 1856. 
 
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JAMES INGLIS 
 
 THE career of James Inglis, of Paterson, New Jersey, illus- 
 trates in a striking manner what may be accomplished by an 
 ambitious person even under the most adverse conditions. 
 He rose from the rank of a humble artisan to a position of honor 
 and trust in the community during the span of a single lifetime. 
 Without the advantages of an early education he was forced to earn 
 whatever he could from uncertain and varied employment, then put 
 to a trade where he acquired a practical knowledge as an artisan, but 
 with only such mental instruction as he might glean from the conver- 
 sation of others, and by reading the daily newspapers together with 
 a few technical publications — what with this meager equipment for 
 life's duties, he launched into business and succeeded; he built up a 
 reputation for integrity' and honesty that won for him a position of 
 trust in important financial, manufacturing and social organizations, 
 that for many years have placed him in the forefront of Paterson's 
 prominent citizenship. And withal, he was able during the latter 
 years of his life to travel abroad and by this means acquire not only 
 the distinction of a globe trotter, but that degree of culture which 
 comes from a varied knowledge of many lands and diverse peoples. 
 
 James Inglis Sr., son of Charles and Jane (Ayres) Inglis, was 
 born April lo, 1807, and died May 28, 1877, at Paterson, New 
 Jersey. He was a descendant of William Inglis, a native of the 
 North of Ireland, who came to America prior to 1800, and ulti- 
 mately settled in Paterson. James Inglis Sr. married Margaret 
 Serven, daughter of Abraham and Bridget (Blauvelt) Serven, who 
 was a descendant of Old Holland Dutch families in New Jersey. 
 
 James Inglis, son of James and Margaret (Serven) Inglis, was 
 born October iS, 1834, at Paterson, New Jersey. He had small 
 opportunities for early education. At ten years of age he was put 
 to work in a cotton mill at a few cents a day; later he worked as a 
 helper in a brass foundry; then he became a grocery clerk, and after- 
 ward worked in a drug store until fourteen years old. He then 
 served six months as a helper in a piano factory, but took up the 
 trade of pattern maker, which he learned and worked at until he was 
 
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 nventy-four years of age, during which time he worked a year as 
 pattern maker in Kingston, Canada. During this period his educa- 
 tion was acquired largely from incessant reading of the daily news- 
 papers, a few periodicals, and such books as came to hand, among 
 which he was much instructed by books on history and travel; and, 
 at the same time, he became a close observer of men, and endeavored 
 to model his own life after those who won his admiration for the 
 excellence of their character and education. 
 
 Mr. Inglis began his business career as a merchant in a small 
 way on October 28, 1858, at Paterson, New Jersey; he sold musical 
 instruments, stationery, and other similar articles, until about 1887. 
 The business meanwhile developed into one of large proportions, 
 and he engaged in other business enterprises as he acquired the 
 means to promote them. During the last twenty years he conducted 
 a general stationery business only, until June 15, 19 13, when he 
 retired from active participation therein, and left the management 
 of the stationer)' business that he had built up to the direction of his 
 son, Mortimer Inglis, who succeeded him. 
 
 James Inglis was president of the McKiman Rock Drill Com- 
 pany, for fourteen years; president of the Cedar Lawn Cemetery 
 Company for twenty-five years; president of the Paterson Sanitary 
 Company for twenty years; vice-president of the Paterson Safe De- 
 posit & Trust Company for ten years; and organized the Paterson 
 Mill Work Company, of which he was an officer for several years; 
 also he was Lay Judge of Passaic county for fifteen years. 
 
 He married Ella M. Field, daughter of S. B. and Maria Field, 
 March 24, 1858, at Paterson, New Jersey. As issue of this mar- 
 riage there were six children, of whom only the following are now 
 living, namely: Andrew B. Inglis; Mortimer Inglis, who succeeded 
 his father in the stationery business at Paterson, New Jersey; Lester 
 Inglis; and Adina Inglis. 
 
 During the Civil War, James Inglis Jr. was a member of the 
 Twenty-fifth New Jersey Regiment of \'olunteers, and served nine 
 months as regimental quartermaster. He is a member of Farragut 
 Post, No. 28, Grand Army of the Republic, Paterson, and was post 
 commander of same; is a past commander of the New Jersey De- 
 partment, Grand Army of the Republic, and a member of the Society 
 of the Army of the Potomac; also of the New York Commandery 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 795 
 
 of the Loyal Legion. He is a past master of Joppa Lodge, No. 29, 
 Free and Accepted Masons, Paterson; and member of the Hamilton 
 Club of the same place. He states that his purpose in life has ever 
 been to become a good citizen and to be a benefit to his fellow man. 
 In connection, he has traveled extensively throughout Europe and 
 America; he has visited all parts of the United States and made 
 tours of this country' several times; he traveled in Mexico and West 
 Indian Islands, during which he visited Cuba and the Bahamas espe- 
 cially. He traveled in Europe, visiting Scotland, Ireland and Eng- 
 land; on the continent, in France, Switzerland and Italy; and in 
 Egypt and the Holy Lands. In 19 12 he was appointed by Governor 
 Woodrow Wilson as one of a commission to supervise the removal 
 of the remains of General Phil Kearny from New York to Arlington 
 Cemeter}', Virginia, and to secure the erection of a suitable monu- 
 ment to his memory. 
 
JAY BRAISTED ROE SMITH 
 
 JAY BRAISTED ROE SMITH, lawyer, of Newark, now resid- 
 ing at Summit, and former Assistant Secretary of State, comes 
 
 from an old and honored New Jersey family. He was born in 
 Branchville, Sussex county, March 24, 1869, son of Samuel and 
 Letitia W. (Roe) Smith. His father and grandfather, James Roe, 
 were prosperous merchants in Branchville, and each held various 
 local offices, in which they served with ability and fidelity. 
 
 Jay Braisted Roe Smith was educated in the Branchville public 
 schools, and the excellent Wyoming Seminary at Kingston, Pennsyl- 
 vania. After leaving the latter institution he became a partner with 
 his father in a mercantile business at Branchville, under the firm 
 name of S. Smith & Son, and this relationship existed until January i, 
 1893, when J. B. R. Smith retired from the firm, being succeeded by 
 his brother, Daniel L. B. Smith. Immediately afterward he pur- 
 chased the "Warren Tidings," which as editor and proprietor he 
 conducted until 1907. While making a creditable record in the 
 newspaper field, he was also reading law under the preceptorship of 
 Oscar Jeffrey, of Warren, and he was admitted to the bar in June, 
 1900, but his entrance upon active practice was delayed on account 
 of official duties to which he had been called. In 1897 he was 
 appointed clerk in charge of the work of the Court of Errors and 
 Appeals, in the office of the Secretary of State, under Secretary 
 George Wurts. Elis service in this position was eminently satis- 
 factory, and in 1902 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of State 
 by Secretary S. D. Dickinson. In 1906, by legislative enactment, 
 the Department of Motor Vehicles was created, and added to the 
 Department of State, and these new duties also devolved upon Mr. 
 Smith, he becoming ex-officio Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. He 
 was reappointed in 1907 for another term of five years. Upon 
 retiring from the position he entered actively upon the practice of his 
 profession, in which he has been successfully engaged to the present 
 time, in the interests of a large and important clientele. 
 
 Mr. Smith is a staunch Republican in politics, and an earnest 
 and capable exponent of the principles of his party. With his wife, 
 he attends the Presbyterian Church. He married, July 11, 1905, 
 Anna L., daughter of James and Zerviah (Stires) Myers. There 
 are no children. 
 
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INDEX 
 
 Abbett, Leon, 22 
 Adams, Clement J., 718 
 Adams, Israel G., 677 
 Albertson, John J., 509 
 Alexander, Walter G., 635 
 Alien, Alpheus S., 195 
 AUinson, George A., 420 
 Anderson, Calvin, 734 
 Applegate, John S., 373 
 Armstrong, Robert R., 272 
 Armstrong, Thomas C, 301 
 Babcocic, George L., 680 
 Balbach, Edward Jr., 743 
 Bai;ke, Neils, 3 13 
 Ballard, Aaron E., 78 
 Barbour, Col. William, 618 
 Bateman, Ephraim, 1 1 1 
 Bassett, Carroll P., 724 
 Barry, William I., 192 
 Bedle, Joseph D., 28 
 Bedle, Judge J. D., 713 
 Bell, Edward T., 199 
 Bennell, Alex, 2 12 
 Benson, James J., 633 
 Bergen, Frank, 626 
 Bishop, Arthur W., 478 
 Black, Charles C, 185 
 Blair, Dewitt C, 720 
 Blair, John A., 76 
 Blodgett, Rufus, 358 
 Bloomfield, Joseph, 6 
 Bonnel, Jonathan, 611 
 Bonnel, Jonathan C, 610 
 Bowen, Elizabeth B., 476 
 Bowen, Ezra, 476 
 
 Boyer, Charles B., 551 
 Bradley, Charles, 244 
 Bradley, James A., 605 
 Bradley, Joseph P., 244 
 Brandes, Julius, 201 
 Briggs, Frank O., 361 
 Brown, Joel W., 296 
 Buchanan, James, 469 
 Bullock. Samuel H., 228 
 Bumstead, William G., 189 
 Burnett, Curtis R., 446 
 Buttz, Henry A., 514 
 Campbell. John A., 606 
 Cannon, George E., 292 
 Chambers, Abner R., 141 
 Chambers, Abner R., Jr., 145 
 Chambers, Benjamin F., 581 
 Chambers, John S., 568, 573 
 Chambers, John S., Jr., i;8o 
 Chambers, Thomas S., ^82 
 Cimiotti, Walter F., 318 
 Clark, William C, 602 
 Cleveland, Grover, 41 
 Cobb, Andrew B., 485 
 Cobb, Andrew L., 487 
 Cobb, Elizabeth, 487 
 Coles, Abraham, 103 
 Coles, Jonathan A., 109 
 Collins, Gilbert, 174 
 Condit, Aaron P., 277 
 Condit, John, 63 
 Cooper, Howard M., 473 
 Cooper, James, Jr., 567 
 Cooper, Richard M., 465 
 Costello, Thomas P., 615 
 
798 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 Crater, David S., 489 
 Creveling, Earle L., 282 
 Crosby, Henry B., 669 
 Curie, Charles, 541 
 Currier, George F., 252 
 Cutler, Augustus W., 769 
 Cutler, Charles F., 675 
 Cutler, Willard W., 773 
 Dalrymple, Alfred N., 777 
 Daniorth, Charles, 704 
 Day, Stephen S., 166 
 Dayton, Jonathan, 82 
 Dayton, William L., 120 
 De Lorenzo, William, 304 
 Dickerson, Mahlon, 13 
 Dickerson, Philemon, 16 
 Dickinson, Philemon, 54 
 Dodd, Amzi, 649 
 Doremus, John H., 259 
 Doremus, Newton, 149 
 Doughty, Enoch, Gen., 416 
 Doughty, Sarah N., 418 
 Draesel, Gustave W., 345 
 Draesel, William A., 347 
 Dryden, Forrest F., 457 
 Dryden, John V., 449 
 Dumont, Wayne, 736 
 Dunn, Michael, 533 
 Dye, Franklin, 156 
 Eastwood, Benjamin, 182 
 Edwards, Edward L, 686 
 Edwards, Isaac B., 176 
 Edwards, William D., 691 
 Elmer, Jonathan, 58 
 Ennis, Charles W., 688 
 Exton, Adam, 629 
 Fairchild, Ruth E., 539 
 
 Richard V., ^40 
 
 Stephen, Dr., 540 
 
 Farrand, Herbert C, 383 
 Ferguson, John W., 661 
 Fessler, William, 352 
 Field, Edwin, 722 
 Field, Richard S., 115 
 Fielder, James F., 548 
 Flanders, Howard, 726 
 Folsom, Joseph F., 232 
 F^ort, George F., 24 
 Fort, John ¥., 48 
 Francis, Charles A., 377 
 Frelinghuysen, Frederick, 56 
 Frelinghuysen, Frederick T., 268 
 Frelinghuysen, Theodore, 19 
 Gardner, Edmund Le B., 328 
 Gardner, John J., 600 
 Ghee, Peter F., 300 
 Gilbert, Alexander, 482 
 Gourley, William B., 608 
 Green, Robert S., 34 
 Griggs, John W., 756 
 Guenther, Paul, 522 
 Haines, Daniel, 25 
 Haines, Henry S., 407 
 Hall, Isaac A., 620 
 Flalsey, Edmund D., 128 
 Halsey, George A., 368 
 Hamill, Hugh H., 230 
 Harrison, James H., 147 
 Haussling, Jacob, 627 
 Heppenheimer, William C, 685 
 Heston, Alfred M., 740 
 Hilfer, Sigmar C, 354 
 Hillery, Thomas J., 475 
 Hobart, Garret A., 68 
 Holmes, Thomas B., 209 
 Honeyman, A. V. D., 775 
 Horandt, Christopher, 764 
 Hotwet, Henry A., 331 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
 
 799 
 
 Howe, Charles M., 727 
 Howell, James E., 204 
 Howell, Richard, 9 
 Hutchinson, John P., 206 
 Inglis, James, 793 
 Jackson, James, 171 
 James, D. Willis, 1 87 
 Jenkinson, Richard C, 690 
 Johnson, William NL, 495 
 Johnston, Gilbert, 221 
 Kalisch, Samuel, 517 
 Katzenbach, Prank S., Jr., 306 
 Kean, John, 356 
 Kearny, Philip, 92 
 Keasbey, Anthony Q., 497 
 Keasbey, Edward Q., 502 
 Kelley, Charles B. P., 284 
 Kelsey, Henrj' C, 333 
 Kent, Robert D., 527 
 Keyler, John G., 692 
 Kiel, Cornelius, 309 
 Kinne, Porter S., 442 
 Kipp, Walter A., 617 
 Kirkpatrick, Andrew, 788 
 Kirkpatrick, J. Bayard, 464 
 Kissel, Gustav E., 240 
 Kitchel, Aaron, 91 
 Knapp, Angelo H., 161 
 Lambert, Edward H., 694 
 LaMonte, George, 248 
 Lee, Francis B., 349 
 Lee, John R., 762 
 Leslie, John S., 223 
 Lewis, Griffith W., 443 
 Livingston, William, 5 
 Ludlow, George C, 26 
 Lum, Charles M., 556 
 McAlpin, Charles W., 784 
 McAlpin, David H., 783 
 
 McCarter, Thomas N., 505 
 McClellan, George B., Gen., i 
 iMcCutcheon, Charles W., 553 
 McEwan, Richard W., 696 
 McGuire, George W., 564 
 Mcllvaine, Joseph, 99 
 McKee, Wood, 614 
 McM aster, John S., 336 
 iMcPherson, John R., 264 
 Madden, Walter, 422 
 Maddock, Hari7 S., 698, 699 
 Maiidock, Thomas, 698 
 Manewal, William, 616 
 Marsh, Craig A., 645 
 Martine, James E., 363 
 Maver, William W., 302 
 Mayer, William, Jr., 294 
 Mead, Robert D., 438 
 Meany, Edward P., 238 
 Mentz, John J., 767 
 Mentz, John M., 766 
 Mercer, Hugh, 64 
 Merritt, David H., 386 
 Miller, Jacob W., 100 
 Mills, Alfred E., 168 
 Milispaugh, Daniel T., 370 
 Moore, Edward T., 655 
 Moore, Thomas M., 655 
 Morrell, Richard, 623 
 Morse, John ^L, 400 
 Morse, Silas R., 78 1 
 Muhs, Henry L., 779 
 Murphy, Franklin, 37 
 Nelson, William, 716 
 Nevius, Henry M., 249 
 Newell, William A., 29 
 Nixon, John T., 366 
 Ogden, Aaron, 1 1 
 Olden, Charles S., 30 
 
800 
 
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 Ulpp, Archibald E., 343 
 Urcutt, Calvin B., 135 
 Parker, Cortlaiidt, 71 
 Parker, Cortlandt, jr., 75 
 Parker, Joel, 3 i 
 Parker, Richard W., 362 
 Parkinson, Edward S., 235 
 Parry, William C, 214 
 Parry, William H., 216 
 Paterson, William, 7 
 Pattison, Mary S., 745 
 Peddie, Thomas B., 467 
 Pennington, William, 17 
 Pennington, William, 643 
 Pennington, William S., 10 
 Perkins, George F., 719 
 Perkins, Merritt G., 729 
 Perpente, William F., 603 
 Pitney, Henry C, 388 
 Pitney, Henry C, Jr., 396 
 Pitney, John O. H., 559 
 Pitney, Mahlon, 557 
 Post, George B., 737 
 Potter, David, 598 
 Potter, Frank D., 599 
 Potter, James B., 597 
 Potter, William E., 592 
 Price, Rodman M., 27 
 Prieth, Benedict, 590 
 Pruden, William H., 226 
 Quigley, Francis P., 732 
 Rafter, Joseph J., 75 i 
 Randolph, Theodore F., 18 
 Record, George L., 516 
 Reeves, Andrew C, 612 
 Reynolds, John, 701 
 Reynolds, John H., 701 
 Richards, Albert, 339 
 Richards, George, 584 
 
 Richards, Samuel, 151, 153 
 Richards, Samuel B., 155 
 Richey, Isaac F., 604 
 Rielly, Patrick, 480 
 Ritter, John J., 276 
 Rivetti, Dante, 703 
 Roberts, Jonathan W., 561 
 Rosenoff, Henry, 588 
 Royle, Vernon, 424 
 Rusling, James F., 410 
 Rust, George P., 644 
 Ryle, Arthur, 704 
 Ryle, William, 704 
 Sacco, Anthony G., 341 
 Sansone, Filomeno, 534 
 Schureman, James, 89 
 Scudder, Wallace M., 198 
 Scully, Thomas J., 721 
 Sewell, William J., 261 
 Shapiro, Nathaniel J., 307 
 Sharpe, Joseph, 707 
 Simon, C. Irving, 639 
 Slocum, John W., 437 
 Smalley, William W., 311 
 Smith, Albin, 706 
 Smith, J. B. R.. 796 
 Smith, James, Jr., 360 
 Southard, Samuel L., 23 
 Spencer, Birtl W., 536 
 Stevens, Edwin A., 439 
 Stevenson, Eugene, 163 
 Stewart, Thomas J., 324 
 Stickle, George W., 679 
 Stiltz, Joseph, 290 
 St. John, David, 785 
 Stockton, John P., 266 
 Stockton, Richard, 60 
 Stockton, Robert F., 123 
 Stokes, Edward A., 525 
 
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 Stokes, Edward C, 758 
 Stokes, Edward H., 524 
 Strange, William T. A., 254 
 Stratford, Arthur C, 320 
 Stratton, Charles C, 24 
 Ten Eyck, John C, 113 
 Thompson, Jesse B., 625 
 I hompson, John R., 118 
 Tichenor, Francis M., 539 
 Tichenor, James H., 538 
 Topakyan, Hayozoan H., 379 
 Trenchard, James W., 217 
 L revitz, Abraham, 316 
 Van Buskirk, DeWitt, 305 
 Vander Beek, Francis I., 658, 659 
 
 Isaac, 657 
 
 Isaac I., 658 
 
 Paulus, 656 
 Van Riper, George P., 507 
 Van Winkle, John A., 753 
 Venable, Frank P., 274 
 \'norhees, Daniel S., 791 
 Voorhees, Foster M., 35 
 Vreeland, John B., 179 
 
 Vroom, Peter D., Jr., 15 
 Walder, Jacob, 532 
 Walker, Edwin R., 684 
 Walker, John A., 665 
 Wall, Garret D., 96 
 Ward, Marcus L., 33 
 Wardell, Charles H., 494 
 Webb, James A., 286 
 Weber, Walter D., 314 
 Welsh, Mathias T., 520 
 Werts, George, 8 
 Williamson, Isaac H., 14 
 Wilson, James, 257 
 W^ilson, James J., 95 
 Wilson, Woodrow, 85 
 Winsor, Henry C, 491 
 Wittpenn, Henry O., 711 
 Woelfle, Henry E., 280 
 Wolski, Walter J., 637 
 Woodruff, Francis E., 397 
 Wright, Edwin R. \'., 471 
 Wright, William, 126 
 Young, Edward F. C, 708 
 Young, Edward S., 710 
 
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