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THIS  VOLUME  CONTAINS   BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCHES  OF 


LEADING    CITIZENS    OF 


CUMBERLAND  COUNTY 


NEW   JERSEY 


"  Biography  is  the  home  aspect  of  history " 


BOSTON 

Biographical  Review  Publishing  Company 

1896 


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PREFACE. 


VE  take  pleasure  in  presenting  to  our  patrons  the  completed  volume  of  biogra- 
phies of  representative  citizens  of  Cumberland  County,  New  Jersev,  feeling- 
confident  that  this  collection  of  contemporary  life  sketches  and  portraits,  filling 
a  ]olace  hitherto  unoccupied,  will  be  found  to  possess  sufficient  intrinsic  merit  to 
justify  its  existence.  Its  publication  in  the  one  hundred  and  fiftieth  year  of  the 
existence  of  the  County  of  Cumberland,  which  in  1747  was  separated  from  Salem 
County  and  named  for  the  victor  of  Culloden,  may  well  be  regarded  as  timely,  the 
book  being  in  some  sort  a  mark  of  the  progress  of  a  century  and  a  half.  Some  of  the 
family  names  here  registered,  it  will  be  noted,  go  back  much  farther  than  that,  even 
to  the  early  years  of  the  settlement  of  Fenwick's  Colony ;  and  others  recall  the  daring 
deeds  and  heroic  sacrifices  of  the  determined  men  and  devoted  women  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary period. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  the  transmission  of  sterling  virtues,  as  industry,  love  of 
freedom,  reverence  for  law  and  order,  patriotism,  from  a  remote  ancestry;  and  not  less 
^  profitable  is  the  tracing  of  individual  effort  in  the  advancement  of  noble  ends.  This, 
moreover,  is  the  proper  function  of  biography,  to  preserve  the  memory  of  worthy 
names  and  useful  actions,  to  the  end  that,  happily,  the  good  men  do  may  live  after 
them,  may  be  productive  of  more  and  more  good.     And  so 

"  Let  the  great  world  spin  forever  down  the  rhiging  grooves  of  change." 

UlOGKArillCAL    RliVIEW     PuiU.ISI  UNO    CoMl'ANY. 
November,   iSy6. 


BIOGRArHICAL    RKVIKW 


16S4,  was  a  merchant  in  the  city  of  New 
York.  He  was  subsequently  President  of  the 
Revisionary  Council,  and  from  August  i, 
1731,  till  August  I,  1732  (the  date  of  the 
arrival  of  the  regular  Governor  of  New  York, 
Colonel  William  Cosby)  was  Acting  Governor 
of  the  colony,  and  was  known  as  Governor  Yan 
Dam ;  anil  history  states  that  Governor  Van 
Dam  was  much  more  popular  than  Governor 
Cosby.  He  married  Sarah  Van  der  Spiegel, 
and  their  son  Richard  had  a  daughter,  Sarah, 
who  married  James  White;  and  James  White's 
daughter  Cornelia  was  the  wife  of  Abram 
Mesierandthe  mother  of  Mrs.  Nichols.  Gen- 
eral and  Mrs.  Nichols  were  the  parents  of  the 
following  children:  Emily,  wife  of  E.  H. 
Goodwin;  Robert  C,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  John  M.  ;  Henry  G. ;  I'ercival ;  and 
Claudius  H. 

Robert  C.  Nichols  received  his  education 
in  the  schools  of  his  native  place.  He  went 
to  work  when  about  fifteen  years  of  age,  enter- 
ing the  employ  of  Mr.  William  Torrcy,  hard- 
ware dealer,  with  whom  he  remained  until  the 
family  removed  to  Philadelphia.  I'rom  that 
city  lie  went  to  Norristown,  Pa.,  where  he  re- 
sided some  ten  years.  He  was  there  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  nails  and  iron,  and  was 
one  of  the  most  successful  business  men  in 
the  place.  For  some  time  he  was  associated 
with  Messrs.  David  and  Benjamin  Reeves;  and 
a  consolidation  was  effected  with  the  Cumber- 
land Nail  and  Iron  Works  at  Bridgeton,  which 
rendered  necessary  the  removal  of  the  machin- 
ery to  that  place.  Mr.  Nichols  as  one  of  the 
partners  managed  the  works,  and  by  his  busi- 


ness tact  and  energy  greatly  increased  their 
capacity  and  enhanced  the  reputation  of  their 
products.  In  December,  1856,  he  became 
President  of  the  corporation ;  and  he  held  his 
position,  discharging  the  duties  of  general 
manager,  until  r.Sji,  when  he  retired  fiom 
active  participation  in  the  affairs  of  the  com- 
pany, though  still  retaining  an  interest  as  a 
stockholder.  A  successful  business  man,  Mr. 
Nichols  inherited  many  of  the  noble  character- 
istics of  his  father,  and  was  widely  esteemed. 
He  was  largely  identified  with  the  interests  of 
Bridgeton,  and  was  one  of  the  originators  of 
the  13ridget()n  Building  Association,  President 
and  Director  of  the  Bridgeton  Gas  Light  Com- 
pany, a  Director  of  the  Cumberland  Mutual 
Insurance  Company,  and  a  Director  of  the 
Cumberland  National  l^ank. 

June  15,  1837,  Mr.  Robert  C  Nichols  was 
married  to  Harriet  A.,  flaughtcr  of  George  H. 
Stanton,  of  New  York.  Mrs.  Nichols  is  a  de- 
scendant of  Henry  Stanton,  who  was  a  native 
of  Liverpool,  England,  and  of  Captain  Cor- 
nelius Winkoop,  an  officer  in  the  Revolution- 
ary army.  Henry  Stanton  was  married  to  the 
daughter  of  Captain  Winkoop,  April  19,  1786, 
in  Trinity  Church,  New  York.  Their  son, 
George  H.,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Nichols,  was 
married  to  her  mother,  whose  maiden  name 
was  Sophia  Avery,  September  3,  i'8i2.  Three 
daughters  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nichols, 
namely:  Julia  F. ;  Harriet  A.,  deceased,  who 
was  the  wife  of  Charles  H.  Boardman,  M.D., 
of  St.  Paul,  Minn.;  and  Emily  G.,  also  de- 
ceased, who  was  the  wife  of  James  R.  Walsh, 
of  the  same  city. 


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In  early  life  Mr.  Nichols  was  a  Whig  and 
later  a  Republican,  but  he  was  never  an  active 
worker  in  the  political  field. 

He  was  a  communicant  of  the  Episcopal 
church,  having  been  confirmed  by  the  vener- 
able Bishop  White.  He  was  for  many  years 
Senior  Warden  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  which 
was  founded  mainly  through  his  instrumental- 
ity, and  which  holds  to-day  two  memorials  to 
his  worth.  One,  a  lancet  window  of  richly 
colored  glass  with  appropriate  design  and  in- 
scription, was  given  by  his  widow.  The 
other,  a  hexagonal  pulpit  of  burnished  brass 
on  a  platform  of  ash,  was  placed  there  by  his 
townspeople  si.x  years  after  his  death,  as  a 
tribute  of  their  respect  and  esteem. 

One  who  knew  Mr.  Nichols  well  writes: 
"There  are  encountered,  not  so  often  as 
might  be  wished,  men  whose  characters  are  so 
symmetrical  and  complete,  and  upon  whose 
lives,  both  public  and  private,  is  marked  so 
clearly  the  impress  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  that  no 
one  is  at  a  loss  to  understand  at  once,  and  with- 
out any  explanation,  that  they  are  the  King's 
servants.  Such  a  one  was  Robert  C.  Nichols. 
.  .  .  No  traits  were  more  marked  in  Mr. 
Nichols  than  his  humility  and  transparent 
simplicity.  He  was  pre-eminently  'wise  unto 
that  which  is  good  and  simple  concerning 
evils';  and  he  never  transgressed  the  injunc- 
tion not  'to  think  of  himself  more  highly  than 
he  ought  to  think,'  but  always  regarded  him- 
self as  of  those  who  were  called  'the  least  of 
these  my  brethren. '  Cheerfulness  and  benev- 
olence, hopefulness  and  charity,  gentleness  and 
courtesy,  all  contributed  their  full  share  to  the 


sum  of  the  graces  which  adorned  him;  nor 
would  it  be  easy  to  say  which  of  these  predom- 
inated. They  were  not  the  accompaniments 
of  a  character  lacking  in  force.  Mr.  Nichols 
was  a  man  of  deep  and  earnest  convictions; 
and,  whether  in  business,  in  politics,  or  in  re- 
ligion, he  never  failed  to  display  in  their  as- 
sertion a  courage  and  energy  that  were  born  of 
the  consciousness  that  the  cause  he  advocated 
was  a  righteous  cause." 


-r^  HENRY  STEVENS,  LL.B.,  LL.M., 
I  =1  one  of  the  foremost  members  of  the 
^"i— i^  legal  fraternity  in  Vineland,  N.J., 
was  born  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  January  i8, 
1842,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Judith  (Gifford) 
Stevens.  Several  generations  of  his  family 
were  born  in  Windham,  Me.,  where  his  great- 
grandfather. Chase  Stevens,  was  one  of  the 
pioneers;  and  previous  to  the  settlement  of 
Windham  the  family  was  for  many  years  well 
known  and  prominent  in  Portland  and  vicin- 
ity. Nathaniel  Stevens,  the  father  of  Ben- 
jamin Stevens,  was  a  prominent  land-owner  of 
Windham;  and  for  his  family  Stevens  Plains 
in  Deering,  Me.,  was  named. 

Benjamin  Stevens,  the  father  of  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  was  born  August  16,  18 16,  in 
Windham,  Me.,  and  spent  his  early  life  there. 
His  parents,  who  were  Quakers,  sent  him  to 
the  Friends'  School  at  Providence,  R.I.,  to 
finish  his  education  ;  and  when  his  studies  were 
completed  he  remained  in  that  city.  The  in- 
surance business  interested  him,  and  he  be- 
came eventually  one  of  the  leading  insurance 


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men  of  Rhode  Island.  An  expert  in  all  mat- 
ters relating  to  that  business,  he  published  a 
work  for  the  use  of  agents  which  was  of  much 
practical  value.  For  many  years  he  was  asso- 
ciated with  Henry  B.  Anthony  and  other  men 
of  his  stamp.  In  politics  Benjamin  Stevens 
was  very  influential,  taking  an  active  part  in 
the  rulings  of  the  Republican  party  in  the 
days  of  the  Know  Nothings;  but,  though 
urged  to  accept  nomination  for  office,  he  in- 
variably refused.  He  was  one  of  the  five 
men  known  as  the  Journal  office  clique,  who 
practically  controlled  the  State  nominations 
by  their  influence.  He  died  July  28,  1859. 
His  wife,  who  is  now  residing  in  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  is  a  daughter  of  Noah  Gifford,  of  Little 
Compton,  R.I.,  and  is  also  of  Quaker  stock. 
She  is  the  mother  of  six  children,  all  of  whom 
are  living. 

N.  Henry  Stevens  was  reared  in  Provi- 
dence, and  after  a  preliminary  course  of  study 
in  the  public  schools  entered  the  Friends' 
School  of  tiiat  city.  Later  he  took  the  cur- 
riculum of  Brown  University  under  private 
tutors,  and  at  the  time  of  the  breaking  out  of 
the  Rebellion  was  studying  law  with  the  Hon. 
Charles  H.  Parkhurst,  of  Providence.  An- 
swering the  first  call  of  the  President  for  three 
years'  men,  he  went  to  Massachusetts  to  enlist 
as  a  private,  as  his  enlistment  in  Rhode 
Island  would  have  been  favored  with  a  com- 
mission; and  in  August,  1861,  lie  was  en- 
rolled at  New  Bedford  in  Company  D,  Twenty- 
third  Regiment  of  Massachusetts  Volunteer 
Infantry.  The  regiment  went  first  to  Annap- 
olis,   Md.,  to  take  part   in   Burnside's  expedi- 


tion; and  Mr.  Stevens  was  seriously  wounded 
in  the  first  battle  in  which  he  participated,  that 
of  Roanoke  Island.  Discharged  in  March, 
1862,  on  account  of  injuries  received  on  the 
battle-field,  he  enlisted  again  in  May  of  the 
same  year,  this  time  as  Orderly  Sergeant  in 
Company  C,  Tenth  Rhode  Island  Volunteer 
Infantry.  The  regiment  was  sent  to  Virginia, 
and  was  stationed  at  Arlington  Heights  and 
in  the  vicinity  of  Washington  until  mustered 
out.  At  the  end  of  his  second  term  of  service 
Mr.  Stevens,  who  had  done  much  of  the  re- 
cruiting of  Company  A,  Sixth  Massachusetts 
Regiment,  started  again  for  the  South,  as 
color  guard  of  this  company,  having  refused  a 
commission.  He  joined  the  Sixth  Massachu- 
setts in  1864,  went  with  them  to  Virginia, 
and  remained  until  the  close  of  their  period 
of  enlistment.  Then,  with  one  hundred  and 
thirty-eight  men,  he  went  to  Nashville,  Tenn., 
and  served  in  the  quartermaster's  department 
until    1865. 

Between  his  terms  of  service  he  taught 
school  in  New  York,  Rhode  Island,  and  New 
Jersey,  and  was  awarded  a  first-grade  State 
certificate  from  each  of  those  States.  After 
the  close  of  the  war  he  divided  his  time  for  a 
while  between  teaching  and  reading  law,  and 
in  1866  bought  a  fruit  farm  in  Vineland,  N.J. 
This  furnished  him  with  profitable  recreation 
in  summer,  and  during  the  school  term  he 
taught  in  Cape  May  City.  He  was  also  for  a 
time  occupied  with  editorial  work,  and  was  in 
the  employ  of  a  publishing  house,  for  whom 
he  revised  text-books.  In  1886,  under  the 
civil    service   law,  he  went   to.  Washington   as 


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pension  examiner,  and  was  afterward  appointed 
special  examiner  for  Western  Pennsylvania. 
While  in  Washington  he  followed  his  law 
studies  with  the  same  pertinacity  of  purpose 
that  had  marked  his  military  career,  taking 
the  graduate  and  post-graduate  course  at  the 
National  Law  School,  and  receiving  the  de- 
grees of  LL.B.  and  LL.M.;  and  in  June, 
1888,  he  was  admitted  to  practise  in  the 
United  States  courts,  his  admission  to  the 
New  Jersey  courts  following  in  February, 
1890.  Notwithstanding  his  faithful  service 
as  a  Union  soldier  and  his  undoubted  qualifi- 
cations for  the  post  of  pension  examiner, 
when  the  administration  at  Washington  was 
changed,  Mr.  Stevens  was  deposed  from  office; 
and  in  1889  he  returned  to  Vineland,  where 
lie  has  since  followed  his  profession.  He 
makes  a  specialty  of  commercial  law  and  gen- 
eral practice,  and,  though  not  aspiring  to 
court  practice,  has  a  large  clientage  in  that 
line.  Mr.  Stevens's  whole  career  has  been 
marked  by  a  modest  perseverance  which 
quietly  surmounts  all  obstacles,  tlie  innate 
force  of  Ills  character  and  his  intellectual 
acumen  and  clearness  invariably  carrying  him 
to  a  position  at  tlic  front. 

July  3,  1876,  he  was  married  to  Jennie  M. 
Armstrong,  of  Tuckahoe,  N.J.,  daughter  of 
John  and  Sarah  J.  (Westcott)  Armstrong  and 
a  member  of  an  old  New  Jersey  family.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Stevens  have  one  child,  Henjamin, 
who  was  born  June   30,    1883. 

In  politics  Mr.  Stevens  is  an  ardent  Demo- 
crat, and  has  served  as  delegate  to  many  im- 
portant   conventions.      He  was   made    a    Free 


Mason  in  New  York  State  in  1872,  and  is  now 
a  member  of  Vineland  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
and  Eureka  Chapter;  has  been  an  Odd  Fel- 
low since  1865;  and  is  now  Past  Grand  of 
Hobah  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  which  he  was  the  founder.  But 
one  other  charter  member  of  this  lodge  be- 
sides Mr.  Stevens  is  now  living.  He  is  Past 
Regent  of  the  Royal  Arcanum,  which  he  or- 
ganized in  Vineland;  is  one  of  the  charter 
members  of  the  Order  of  Knights  of  Honor, 
and  has  been  Grand  Dictator  of  the  State;  is 
Past  Master  of  Vineland  Grange;  belongs  also 
to  the  Order  of  Knights  of  Malta;  is  Treas- 
urer of  the  Order  of  Chosen  Friends ;  has  been 
active  in  Building  and  Loan  Association 
affairs,  and  is  Treasurer  of  one  branch  and  at- 
torney for  two  others.  He  is  likewise  a  jirom- 
inent  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, and  belongs  to  several  other  social 
organizations.  Mr.  Stevens  attends  and  sup- 
ports the  Methodist  church,  of  which  his  wife 
is  a  member;  but  he  is  still  loyal  to  the  faith 
of  his  fathers,  and  is  a  consistent  P'ricnd  in 
belief  anil  practice. 


—♦-•••-*— 


(shames  romeyn  iioagland,  a.m.. 

Judge  of  Cumberland  County,  New 
Jersey,  was  born  in  Griggstown,  Somer- 
set County,  this  State,  March  7,  1832,  son  of 
Peter  W.  and  Mary  (Cruser)  Hoagland.  He 
is  of  the  old  Dutch  stock  that  formed  the 
strength  of  early  New  York,  tracing  his  de- 
scent from  pioneer  ancestors. 

His  grandfather,  Christopher  Hoagland,  was 


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one  of  a  long  line  of  Christophers.  He  was 
born  in  Griggstown  in  1764,  and  spent  his  life 
on  a  farm  that  had  been  held  by  the  family  for 
many  generations,  and  is  now  owned  by  his 
grandchildren.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Central  Church,  as  it  was  then  called,  at  Si.x 
Mile  Run,  now  Franklin  Park.  His  first 
wife,  who  was  Miss  Petronella  Wyckoff,  was 
the  mother  of  his  children.  She  dying,  he 
married  Miss  Ann  Quick,  who  died  without 
issue. 

Peter  W.  Hoagland,  the  father  of  Judge 
Hoagland,  was  born  on  September  10,  1794, 
in  Griggstown ;  and,  like  his  father,  Christo- 
pher was  content  to  pass  his  days  in  that 
vicinity,  engaged  in  the  peaceful  jnirsuit  of 
agriculture.  He  was  at  one  time  a  member  of 
the  Light  Horse  Company  of  Militia.  He 
died  in  May,  1S82.  His  wife,  who  was  born 
in  Mapleton,  Mercer  County,  N.J.,  was  a 
daughter  of  Alexander  Cruser,  and  was  also  a 
descendant  of  one  of  the  sturdy  Knickerbocker 
colonists  of  New  York.  She  died  November 
16,  1 86 1.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter  W.  Hoagland 
were  members  of  the  old  Dutch  Reformed 
church.  The}'  reared  a  family  of  five  chil- 
dren, namely:  Christopher,  now  living  at 
Franklin  Park,  N.J.;  Alexander,  now  in  Cun- 
ningham, Kan.  ;  a  daughter  who  died  in  1892; 
James  Romeyn,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
and  Peter  V.,  a  resident  of  Fairview,  111. 

James  Romeyn  Hoagland  attended  the 
schools  near  his  home  until  fourteen  years  of 
age,  when  he  entered  the  grammar  school  con- 
nected with  Rutgers  College,  New  Brunswick. 
There   he   prepared   for  college,  and,  entering 


Rutgers  in  the  fall  of  1848,  was  graduated  in 
the  class  of  1852,  with  the  degree  of  A.B. 
He  is  justly  very  proud  of  his  Alma  Mater, 
which  has  given  some  strong  men  to  the  world. 
He  read  law  for  three  years  with  Mercer 
Beasley,  of  Trenton,  now  Chief  Justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  State,  taking  the  degree 
of  A.M.  in  the  mean  time,  and  in  1855  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  Trenton.  The  follow- 
ing spring  he  began  to  practise  law  at  Mill- 
stone, Somerset  County,  where  he  sojourned 
six  months,  and,  then  returning  home,  re- 
mained till  March,  1857.  At  that  time  he 
located  in  Bridgeton  and  formed  a  partnership 
with  D.  H.  Smock,  which  was  dissolved  at 
the  end  of  a  year.  Since  1S58  he  has  man- 
aged all  his  business  without  an  associate; 
and,  as  his  clientage  is  a  large  one,  he  has 
had  very  little  leisure  time. 

In  point  of  practice  he  is  the  oldest  attor- 
ney in  the  city,  and  the  many  offices  he  has 
efficiently  filled  make  him  one  of  the  most 
prominent  lawyers  in  the  State.  In  1865  he 
was  appointed  by  Governor  Parker  Prosecutor 
of  the  Pleas  for  this  county,  and  when  his  five- 
year  term  was  completed  he  was  reappointed 
by  Governor  Randolph.  The  three  succeed- 
ing chief  magistrates.  Governors  Beadle,  Mc- 
Clellan,  and  Abbott,  retained  him  in  office, 
so  that  his  term  of  service  as  Prosecutor  of 
the  Pleas  for  Cumberland  County  covered 
twenty-four  years;  and  during  that  time  he 
was  appointed  twice  to  fill  the  same  office  for 
Cape  May  County,  ser\-ing  from  1873  till 
1883.  In  1S89  he  resigned  his  position  as 
Prosecutor  in  order  to  accept  that  of  Judge  of 


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Cumberland  County,  conferred  upon  him  by 
Governor  Green  ;  and  he  was  reappointed  Judge 
by  Governor  Wertz.  Judge  Hoagland  in  his 
official  capacity  has  been  connected  with  some 
criminal  cases  famous  in  the  history  of  New 
Jersey,  notably  that  of  Charles  K.  Landis  for 
murder.  He  has  occupied  other  important 
official  positions,  filling  the  office  of  City  So- 
licitor one  year  and  that  of  Solicitor  for  the 
Board  of  Chosen  Freeholders  six  or  eight 
years.  He  has  been  connected  with  the 
Bridgeton  National  Bank  since  its  incorpora- 
tion, being  one  of  its  founders  and  an  origi- 
nal stockholder  and  Director.  Judge  Hoag- 
land served  nine  months  -in  the  army  at  the 
time  of  the  war,  as  Captain  of  Company  G, 
Twenty-fourth  New  Jersey  Volunteer  Infantry, 
having  recruited  the  company  himself  in  Sep- 
tember, 1862.  The  regiment  was  incorporated 
with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  and  he  took 
part  in  the  battles  of  Fredericksburg  and 
Chancellorsville. 

January  31,  1X67,  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Mary  J.  Garretson,  of  Frank- 
lin Park,  Somerset  County,  N.J.,  daughter  of 
John  and  Catherine  (Riker)  Garretson.  His 
wife's  ancestors  came  from  Holland  in  Colo- 
nial times.  Judge  and  Mrs.  Hoagland  have 
the  following  children:  Mary  Cruser,  born 
November  4,  1867;  I'"ranklin  Flmcr,  born 
March  6,  1S72,  now  reading  law  with  his 
father;  Romeyn  J.,  born  l-'ebruary  14,  1875, 
a  graduate  of  the  West  Jersey  Academy,  at 
present  employed  in  the  post-office;  and 
Nellie  P.,  born  April   16,    1880. 

Judge  Hoagland  was  active  in  politics   until 


appointed  to  his  present  office.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Common  Council  for  the  Third 
Ward  for  a  year,  was  delegate  from  this  dis- 
trict in  1876  to  the  Democratic  National  Con- 
vention at  St.  Louis  that  nominated  Samuel  J. 
Tilden  for  President,  and  has  attended  many 
gubernatorial  conventions.  A  Free  Mason  in 
good  standing,  he  belongs  to  Evening  Star 
Lodge  of  Bridgeton,  of  which  he  is  a  charter 
member.  He  attends  and  supports  the  Second 
Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  his  wife  is  a 
member.  Judge  Hoagland  has  a  beautiful 
residence  at  53  Lake  Street,  Bridgeton,  which 
he  erected  in  1873. 


ON.  GEORGE  W.  PAYNE,  Mayor 
of  Millville,  N.J.,  was  born  in  this 
city,  September  7,  1843,  son  of 
Charles  G.  and  Thankful  (Van  Hook)  Payne. 
He  comes  of  a  strong  old  family  of  Eng- 
lish origin.  His  grandfather,  Macey  Payne, 
was  a  seafaring  man;  and  his  uncle.  Captain 
Levi  Payne,  was  a  well-known  New  Jersey 
mariner. 

Charles  G.  Payne  was  born  in  Millville, 
February  18,  1820.  He  was  left  an  orphan  at 
the  age  of  seven  years,  and  grew  u])  under  the 
care  of  his  brother.  Captain  Levi  Payne, 
whom  he  accompanied  on  sea  voyages.  The 
greater  part  of  iiis  life  was  sjient  on  the  water 
until  he  reached  manhood,  and  lie  then  sought 
a  permanent  location  on  terra  Jin/ia,  learning 
the  trade  of  glass  blowing  and  establishing  a 
home  in  Millville.  He  worked  at  his  trade 
forty  odd  years,  retiring  a  short  time  previous 


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to  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1891.  His 
wife,  who  was  a  daughter  of  William  Van 
Hook,  was  born  at  what  was  then  known  as 
Schooner  Landing,  a  point  four  miles  south  of 
the  business  centre  of  Millville.  She  was  the 
great-grand-daughtcr  of  Dr.  Van  Hook,  who 
came  to  Millville  from  Darmstadt,  Germany, 
and  settled  permanently  here.  Two  of  his 
sons,  Benjamin  and  Lawrence,  who  also  were 
physicians,  were  prominent  in  the  early  part 
of  this  century,  and  particularly  active  during 
the  War  of  181 2.  Dr.  I,awrence  Van  Hook 
was  the  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Payne.  William 
Van  Hook,  her  father,  was  engaged  in  farming 
for  many  years,  and  in  the  latter  part  of  his 
life  was  in  the  employ  of  Whitehall,  Talem  & 
Co.  in  Millville.  Mrs.  Payne  died  in  Ajjril, 
1893.  She  was  for  over  fifty  years  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  to  which 
her  husband  also  belonged.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Charles  G.  Payne  were  the  parents  of  fifteen 
children,  eight  of  whom  are  living  to-day, 
namely:  George  W.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  Kate,  wife  of  Harry  Vote,  of  Pliila- 
dclphia;  Mary,  wife  of  Jeremiah  Corson,  of 
Millville;  Fannie,  wife  of  Frank  Hoardman, 
of  Millville;  Jennie,  wife  of  Ralph  Kilving- 
ton,  of  Wilmington,  Del.  ;  Nora,  wife  of 
Michael  Durkin,  of  Millville;  Rena,  wife  of 
George  Doughty,  of  the  same  place;  and 
Charles,  Jr.,  who  resides  in  Philadelphia. 

George  W.  Payne  began  to  go  to  school 
when  five  years  of  age,  and  attended  regularly 
until  he  was  eleven.  It  was  hard  for  the 
father  to  supply  the  needs  of  his  rajiidly  grow- 
ing family;  and   the   eldest   son,  when   eleven 


years  of  age,  was  put  to  work  in  the  glass  fac- 
tory. Apprenticed  at  the  age  of  thirteen,  he 
served  four  years  as  a  glass  blower.  Then  the 
war  broke  out  and  business  was  suspeniled,  and 
he  seized  the  oj^portunit)'  to  attend  school  for 
a  year.  Previous  to  that  time  he  had  studied 
for  six  months  under  the  tuition  of  old  Dr. 
Parker,  whose  death  made  it  necessary  for  him 
to  seek  another  teacher.  After  completing 
his  year  at  school,  young  Payne  continued 
his  studies  for  a  while  under  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Northup,  working  during  the  day  and  jiursuing 
the  paths  of  learning  at  night;  and  when  Mr. 
Northup  was  called  away  he  studied  alone.  In 
this  way  he  obtained  a  practical  education, 
whose  lessons  were  all  the  more  lasting  for 
being  acquired  under  such  difficulties.  The 
trade  of  glass  blowing  once  learned,  he  fol- 
lowed it  at  intervals;  and  he  has  done  so 
much  for  his  fellow -craftsmen  that  his  name 
is  widely  known  and  revered. 

In  1874  Mr.  l^ayne  entered  on  his  political 
career,  being  elected  on  the  Republican  ticket 
by  the  citiz.ens  of  the  Second  District  of  Cum- 
berland County  to  the  State  legislature.  He 
was  re-elected  in  1875  and  1876,  and  during 
his  second  term  he  was  Chairman  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Corporations.  In  1877  he  was  ac- 
tive in  pushing  a  bill  entitled  "An  act  for 
the  better  securing  of  wages  to  workmen  and 
laborers  in  the  State  of  New  Jersey" — a  bill 
for  which  he  had  worked  hard  the  two  previous 
years,  but  which  he  did  not  succeed  in  carry- 
ing till  1877.  It  was  a  law  to  prevent  the 
payment  of  employees  in  punch  orders,  due 
bills,  etc.,  which  were  redeemable  onlv  at   the 


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company's  store;  and  the  introductory  clause 
read  as  follows:  "That  it  shall  not  be  lawful 
for  any  person  or  corporation  in  this  State  to 
issue  for  payment  of  labor  any  order  or  other 
paper  whatsoever  unless  the  same  purport  to 
be  redeemable  for  its  face  value  in  lawful 
money  of  the  United  States  b)'  the  person  giv- 
ing  or  issuing  the  same."  This  was  the  first 
general  act  of  the  kind  passed  in.  New  Jersey, 
and  it  has  since  been  amended  to  better  pro- 
tect the  workingmen.  Mr.  Payne  was  op- 
posed by  many  strong  men,  including  the 
Democratic  nominee  for  Governor,  Mr.  Mc- 
Gill,  and  was  loyally  supported  by  the  present 
Governor  of  the  State,  Mr.  Griggs,  wiio  was 
the  Republican  nominee.  The  law  was  an 
especial  boon  to  the  glass  blowers,  establish- 
ing a  cash  basis  for  their  labor;  and  Mr. 
Payne  incurred  the  enmity  of  manufacturers 
throughout  the  .State,  and  was  for  some  time 
proscribed  from  being  employed.  When  his 
term  as  Representative  was  completed  he  was 
made  Assessor  of  the  old  Second  Ward  of 
Millviile,  what  is  now  the  Second  and  Fourth 
Wards,  and  held  the  ])osition  for  eight  years. 
In  March,  1889,  he  was  elected  to  the  Com- 
mon Council,  and,  after  serving  a  few  months, 
resigned  in  order  to  accejit  the  position  of 
superintendent  of  the  glass  works  of  Rankins 
&  La  Mar  at  Atlanta,  Ga.  Returning  to 
Millviile  in  1892,  he  was  again  elected  to  the 
Council,  and  served  three  years,  taking  part 
in  important  rulings  as  a  member  of  the 
Finance,  Water,  and  Railroad  Committees. 
In  March,  1895,  he  was  elected  Mayor  of 
Millviile;  and  it  is  needless  to  add  that  he   is 


one  of  the  best  mayors  the  city  has  ever  had, 
fearless  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty  and 
aiming  always  to  foster  the  best  interests  of 
all  classes. 

Mayor  Payne  was  the  first  National  Secretary 
of  the  National  Flint  Glass  Workers'  Union, 
which  embraces  the  United  States  and  Can- 
ada; and  he  held  his  position  three  years,  virt- 
ually redeeming  the  Union  from  chaos,  and 
placing  it  on  a  firm  financial  basis.  He  was 
for  twelve  years  Representative  to  the  national 
body  through  successive  re-elections,  and 
served  on  the  most  important  committees.  A 
fine  watch,  properly  inscribed,  was  presented 
to  him  by  the  Union;  and  he  has  a  handsome 
chain,  which  was  the  gift  of  the  employees  at 
Atlanta,  where  he  was  superintendent. 

December  g,  1865,  Mr.  Payne  was  married 
to  Mary  A.,  daughter  of  Captain  John  Stone- 
hill,  of  Millviile.  Mrs.  Payne  was  born  in 
Cape  May  County,  New  Jersey,  June  22,  1846. 
Her  father  was  of  English  birth.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Payne  have  eight  children;  namely,  John 
C,  Reginald  W. ,  William  S.,  Georgiana, 
Lovina,  Nellie,  Harry  II.,  and  Anna. 

Mr.  Payne  is  a  niemiier  of  the  Order  of  the 
Golden  I'",agle,  and  is  Past  Chief  of  the  Select 
Council,  the  State  organization.  He  belongs 
to  Shekinah  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  Rich- 
mond Chapter;  and  is  Past  Commander  of  the 
Mystic  Chain.  Me  is  also  a  Junior  of  the 
O.  U.  A.  M.  He  is  a  member  of  the  First 
Methodist  ICpiscopal  Church  of  Millviile,  ad- 
hering loyally  to  the  faith  of  his  fathers. 
His  residence,  which  he  built  several  years 
ago,    is  at  229  Vine  Street. 


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'ON.  ROBERT  MORE,  the  first  mem- 
ber of  the  Republican  party  sent 
from  Cumberland  County,  New  Jer- 
sey, to  the  State  legislature,  was  born  May 
17,  1S19,  on  a  farm  in  Hopewell,  this  State, 
son  of  Azariah  and  Lydia  (Dare)  More.  He 
comes  of  an  ancient  family,  the  name  More,  it 
is  said,  having  originated  as  a  surname  among 
the  Scottish  Highland  clans  eight  centuries 
ago,  and  having  lived  there  tlirough  the  days 
of  the  Covenanters.  In  tlie  time  of  James  II. 
representatives  of  the  family  were  found  in 
the  north  of  Ireland. 

Mr.  More's  great-grandfather,  Jacob  More, 
who  was  a  New  Jersey  man,  was  born  August 
17,  1 7 10.  His  wife,  Abigail  Feck,  an  Eng- 
lish lady  of  rare  beauty  of  character  and 
highly  educated,  was  born  February  7,  171  i. 
She  exercised  a  wonderful  inlluence  over  her 
children,  whom  she  trained  by  example  as 
well  as  by  precept.  After  the  death  of  her 
husband,  having  no  way  of  conveyance,  she 
walked  from  above  Shiloh  to  Greenwich  to  all 
church  services,  both  week  days  and  Sabbaths. 
She  dietl  July  23,  1794-  The  children  of 
Jacob  and  Abigail  (Peck)  More  were:  John, 
the  grandfather  of  our  subject,  l^orn  March  3, 
173S;  Azariah,  born  July  23,  1739;  Joseph, 
April  12,  1742;  Ruth,  July  i,  1744;  Mary, 
March  2,  1746;  Martha,  December  13,  1747; 
and  Hashaba,  March  i,   1750. 

John  More,  eldest  son  of  Jacob  More,  was  a 
native  of  Hopewell,  N.J.,  and  by  occupation 
a  farmer  and  weaver.  In  the  Revolutionary 
War  he  had  some  trying  experiences.  The 
officer  of  the  day  having  called   for  three   vol- 


unteers to  go  as  spies   among  the   enemy,    en- 
camped   on    the     Delaware,    he,    with    a    Mr. 
Mulford    and    a    Mr.     Fisher,    undertook    the 
hazardous  venture,  and  captured  the  guns   and 
other  arms  of  a  small  band  of   men  who  came 
out   to   cut  wood.      The   men   escaped   through 
the  proximity  of  the  army  to  which   they  were 
attached;   but   Mr.  More  retained  the  captured 
arms,  and  one  gun  is  still  in  the  possession  of 
the    family.      While    on    this    expedition    the 
three  spies  were  so  pressed  for  food  that   Mul- 
ford killed  and  skinned   a   black    snake,  which 
he   concealed   and   ate    little   by  little,  fearing 
that  his  companions  would   take   it   from   iiim. 
More    and    Mulford    got    to    their    boat,    and 
reached  camp  safely;  but  Fislierdid  not  return 
to    New  Jersey.      After  his    term    of    military 
service  was   completeil,  Mr.    More   returned   to 
his  farm,  and  spent  the  rest  of  his  days  in  the 
peaceful  pursuit   of   agriculture.      He   married 
Rachel    Moore,    born    August    25,     1745,    and 
they   reared   a    large   family,  namely:   Eunice, 
born    February  24,   1766;  Azariah,    born    Feb- 
ruary    13,     176S;     Abigail,     born    March    28, 
1770;    Lois,    June   8,    1772;    Ruth,    November 
22,    1773;    Hannah,    April    14,    1776;    Lewis, 
February    13,   1779;  John,    February   8,    17S1; 
Sarah,  May  23,   17S3;  and  Jacob  and   Rachel, 
twins,   in  June,   1784.      (For  other  interesting 
facts     concerning    the    family     see     .Shroud's 
"History  of  the    Fenwick    Colony,  15ridgeton, 
1876.")      Azariah  Moce,  the  brother  of  Grand- 
father John    More,  was   also   a   soldier    in   the 
Revolutionary  War. 

Azariah  More,  the  father  of  the  subject  of 
this   sketch,    was    born    on    a    farm    in    Upper 


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Ilopevvcll,  N.J.,  and  spent  his  life  near  the 
place  of  his  birth.  A  successful  farmer  and 
weaver,  he  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  the 
town,  and  widely  known  and  respected.  He 
was  a  stanch  supporter  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Building 
Committee  of  the  church  in  Dcerfield,  N.J. 
He  died  on  October  i,  1S45,  in  the  house 
which  he  had  built,  and  where  his  children 
were  born.  December  i,  1794,  Azariah  More 
was  married  to  Lydia  Dare,  who  died  April  4, 
1830.  She  was  a  member  of  one  of  the  oldest 
families  in  this  part  of  the  country.  Mrs. 
Lydia  D.  More  became  the  mother  of  twelve 
children,  nine  of  whom  attained  maturity, 
growing  up  in  Hopewell  township,  and  learn- 
ing to  take  a  part  in  the  weaving  industry 
and  the  work  of  the  farm.  They  were: 
Daniel,  David,  three  who  died  at  birth,  Abi- 
gail, Enoch,  Josiah,  Henrietta,  Elizabeth, 
George  Washington,  and  Robert.  ]?ut  two 
are  living  to-day — Josiah,  a  resident  of  I^ed 
Willow  County,  Nebraska,  and  Robert. 

Enoch  More  followed  the  sea  for  over  forty 
3'ears  as  master  of  a  vessel,  and  had  ch.arge  of 
some  of  the  largest  boats  afloat  in  liis  day. 
He  was  captain  of  the  steamer  "Clyde," 
which  transported  Jefferson  Davis  and  other 
captured  Confederates  to  Fortress  Monroe, 
luioch  More  was  also  assistant  surveyor  vvith 
John  C.  I'^remont,  accompanying  him  on  his 
expedition  through  the  great  West.  David 
More,  another  brother,  was  a  sea  captain  for  a 
number  of  years.  He  died  on  board  his  ship 
at  New  Orleans;  and  his  body  was  tenderly 
cared  for  by  his  Masonic  brethren,  who  buried 


it  in  a  leaden  casket,  that  it  might  be  moved 
if  desired.  Henrietta  More,  one  of  the 
sisters,  lost  her  life  on  the  ill-fated  steamer 
"Henry  Clay,"  which  was  burned  on  the 
North  River. 

Robert  More  was  engaged  in  his  youth  in 
farming  and  weaving  on  the  family  homestead. 
After  his  father's  death  he  took  charge  of  the 
farm;  and  in  1S75  he  purchased  the  Davis  mill 
property,  making  his  home  there,  and  operat- 
ing the  mill,  and  also  managing  a  store.  In 
1S83  he  removed  to  Bridgeton,  and  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  glass  as  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  More,  Jonas  &  More,  pooling  his 
capital  in  that  industry,  and  employing  a  large 
number  of  men.  He  still  owns  three  farms 
in  Hopewell,  and  as  a  business  man  and  real 
estate  owner  occupies  a  prominent  jiosition  in 
the  community. 

Mr.  More  has  been  twice  married.  His 
first  wife.  Miss  Emily  Bivin,  of  Shiloh,  left 
one  child,  Caroline,  who  is  now  the  wife  of 
William  E.  Riley,  a  clothing  merchant  of 
Bridgeton.  His  second  wife,  who  before  mar- 
riage was  Miss  Elizabeth  Cake,  of  Dcerfield, 
died  July  30,  1S92,  leaving  five  children  — 
Robert,  Jr.,  a  member  of  the  firm  of  More, 
Jonas  &  More;  Richard,  a  member  of  the 
same  firm;  Azariah,  who  is  in  the  glass  busi- 
ness in  Fairton;  John  T.,  who  is  connected 
with  his  hrotluT-in-hiw  in  lousiness  in  Bridge- 
ton;  and  lilizabeth  C,  who  is  at  home  with 
her  father.  Robert  More,  Jr.,  and  his  brother 
Richard  have  increased  their  business  so  that 
they  now  have  one  of  the  largest  glass  plants 
in  the  State  of  New  Jersey.     They  have   run 


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the  works  to  their  full  capacity  ten  months   in 
the  year  ever  since  they  began  business. 

While  residing  on  his  father's  farm  in 
Hopewell,  Mr.  More  held  different  local 
ofifices,  ably  serving  as  Collector,  trustee  of 
the  almshouse,  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Chosen 
l">eeholders  —  in  fact,  filling  all  offices  within 
the  gift  of  the  town  except  that  of  Assessor. 
He  helped  to  organize  the  Republican  party 
in  1S55,  and  in  t 856  was  nominated  for  the 
Assembly.  Elected  in  1857  by  a  big  major- 
ity, on  the  Republican  ticket,  Representative 
to  the  legislature,  he  had  the  honor  to  be  the 
first  man  sent  to  that  body  by  his  party  in  this 
county.  He  was  again  in  the  legislature  in 
1866-68,  and,  being  nominated  for  State  Sen- 
ator in  i860,  at  the  time  of  the  John  Brown 
excitement,  was  beaten  by  only  seven  votes. 
In  1S67  he  introduced  in  the  legislature  a  res- 
olution authorizing  the  placing  of  a  portrait  of 
Lincoln  in  the  Assembly  chamber  beside  that 
of  Washington,  and  was  appointed  Chairman 
of  the  House  Committee  to  procure  the  same; 
antl  on  the  fifty-eighth  anniversary  of  the  birth 
of  Lincoln  he  delivered  an  eloquent  speech 
in  honor  of  the  occasion.  In  1867  Mr.  More 
was  made  Chairman  of  the  House  Committee 
to  draft  rules  for  the  government  of  that  body. 
On  February  9,  1865,  he  was  engaged  in  the 
debate  in  the  House  concerning  the  Fifteenth 
Amendment  to  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States,  and  supported  the  amendment  by  a 
powerful  speech,  which  was  largely  published 
and  quoted  from.  He  was  instrumental,  too, 
in  obtaining  the  passage  of  "An  act  to  pro- 
hibit the  sale  of  liquor  on  election  day."      Mr. 


More  is  still  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Deerfield,  on  whose  Building  Com- 
mittee his  father  served,  and  was  fourteen 
years  an  officer  of  the  church  and  many  years 
superintendent  of  tlie  West  Branch  Sunday- 
school.  His  family  likewise  are  all  memliers 
of  the  Presbyterian  church. 


DGAR  DARE,  a  busy  and  prosperous 
farmer  of  Lawrence  townshi|),  was 
born  November  16,  183 1,  in  Stow  Creek 
township,  this  county,  son  of  Abel  S.  and 
Jane  (Husted)  Westcott  Dare.  On  the  pater- 
nal side  he  is  of  English  origin.  David  Dare, 
his  grandfather,  was  a  tailor  by  trade,  antl 
lived  in  Roadstown,  this  county.  He  and  his 
wife  had  a  number  of  children,  of  whom 
Amelia,  Isaac,  and  Abel  S.  reached  maturity. 
Abel  S.  Dare  was  a  native  of  Roadstown, 
born  on  May  3,  1803.  When  a  youth  he  went 
to  live  on  a  farm  with  Richard  Garrison,  his 
brother-in-law;  and,  excepting  a  few  nmnths 
spent  in  Northern  New  York,  he  remained 
there  until  his  marriage,  when  he  rented  a 
farm  in  Stow  Creek  township.  He  was  so 
successful  that  in  the  course  of  time  he  be- 
came the  owner  of  four  good  farms.  He  voted 
the  Democratic  ticket,  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  Town  Committee,  and  also  served  as  .Sur- 
veyor of  Highways.  Abel  S.  was  twice  mar- 
ried. His  first  wife,  Susan,  born  on  Novem- 
ber 19,  1804,  daughter  of  Daniel  Husted, 
died  leaving  one  son,  Ebenezer.  Ebenezer, 
who  was  born  November  5,  1829,  died  o\\  the 
homestead    in  1876,  in   the   forty-seventh   year 


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of  his  age.  Later  Abel  S.  married  his  first 
wife's  half-sister,  Jane  (Husted)  Westcott,  a 
widow.  She  had  four  children  by  him, 
namely:  Edgar,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
David,  born  October  6,  1833;  Smith,  born 
December  19,  1835;  ^'""^1  Maria,  born  March 
17,  183S,  who  married  Norton  L.  Paullin,  of 
Bridgeton,  this  county.  The  mother  was  born 
in  I'airfield  township,  February  7,  1796.  Her 
father,  Daniel  Husted,  was  an  early  settler 
and  one  of  the  prominent  farmers  of  the  town- 
ship. The  Husted  family  were  of  Swedish 
origin.  Some  time  after  his  second  marriage 
Abel  S.  Dare  moved  to  Fairfield  tovvnshi]), 
and  bought  a  farm  near  Laning's  Wharf, 
where  he  engaged  extensively  in  general  farm- 
ing. He  and  his  wife,  who  had  been  mem- 
bers of  the  Baptist  church  in  Roadstown,  were 
admitted  to  the  membership  of  the  Cedarville 
church,  wliich  lie  afterward  served  as  Trustee 
and  Collector.  He  died  January  28,  1877, 
aged  seventy-four  years.  His  wife  passed 
away  in  August,  1873. 

Fdgar  Dare  moved  with  his  parents  when  a 
cliild  to  l"'airfieUI  township.  Here  during  his 
bo)ho()tl  lie  attended  school  in  winter,  and 
worked  on  tlie  farm  in  sunnner.  lie  remained 
on  the  home  farm  until  after  his  marriage, 
when  he  took  one  of  his  father's  farms,  con- 
taining about  seventy-seven  acres,  on  which  he 
still  resides.  Ten  years  later,  at  the  time  of 
the  death  of  his  father,  he  took  the  adjoining 
farm  of  forty  acres,  and  added  it  to  the  old 
farm.  On  the  original  estate  he  built  a  fine 
barn  for  his  stock,  thirty  by  si.xty  feet,  with 
eighteen-foot  posts.      Tliis  is  one  of  the   larg- 


est barns  in  the  vicinity,  and  is  said  to  be  one 
of  the  best  in  the  county.  In  1S83  Mr.  Dare 
erected  the  house  in  which  lie  resides.  It  is 
about  thirty  by  thirty-two  feet,  of  fine  archi- 
tectural design.  He  is  engaged  in  general 
and  dairy  farming,  keeping  a  good  line  of 
Guernsey  and  Jersey  stock,  having  had  at  fhe 
head  a  registered  animal.  For  a  number  of 
yeai's  he  has  also  been  interested  in  the  culture 
of  strawberries,  to  which  he  devotes  si.\  acres. 
In  this  his  success  has  been  so  marked  that  he 
intends  to  ship  berries  directly  to  New  York 
and  Boston  markets. 

On  January  17,  1873,  he  was  married  to 
Catherine  Bechtel,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  Y. 
and  Elizabeth  (Hendricks)  Bechtel.  The 
Bechtel  family,  which  is  of  German  origin, 
was  founded  by  George  and  Mary  Ann  (Kling- 
man)  Bechtel,  who  came  from  Germany  to 
this  country  in  174*').  It  was  perpetuated  suc- 
cessively by  John,  George  (second),  George, 
Jr.,  and  John,  second.  The  last  named,  a 
Pennsylvania  farmer,  was  the  grandfather  of 
Mrs.  Dare.  Her  father,  Jeremiah  Y.  Bechtel, 
was  born  February  16,  1817,  near  Pottstown, 
Pa.,  and  there  lived  until  after  his  marriage 
to  Miss  Hendricks,  of  that  jilace.  Being  a 
man  of  more  than  the  average  intelligence 
and  education,  he  taught  school  for  some  years, 
but  subsequently  bought  a  small  farm  in 
Brodsboro,  where  he  lived  until  his  removal  to 
Reading.  There  he  engaged  in  the  insurance 
business  and  the  care  of  non-resident  jiroperty. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  City  Council,  and 
died  in  Reading  on  November  16,  1887.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Bechtel    had    five   children,    three  of 


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whom  came  to  maturity.  These  were:  John 
H.  Bechtel,  of  Philadelphia,  who  is  a  teacher 
of  elocution  in  Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  Catherine, 
now  Mrs.  Dare;  and  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of 
Wilbur  Bateman,  of  Cedarville,  N.J.  The 
mother  died  on  September  19,  1S55,  when 
Mrs.  Dare  was  but  ten  years  of  age.  Both 
parents  were  prominent  members  of  the  Dutch 
Reformed  church.  Mrs.  Dare,  who  was  born 
near  Reading,  March  4,  1845,  lived  with  her 
brother  in  Salem  until  her  marriage.  Of  her 
six  children,  one  died  in  infancy.  The  others 
are:  Jennie  P.,  Lynn  Y.,  John  H.  B.,  Ora  E., 
and  Norton  Paullin.  Mr.  Dare  and  his  family 
attend  and  support  the  First  Bajitist  Church 
of  Cedarville,  Mrs.  Dare  and  the  eldest  daugh- 
ter being  members. 


BOYD  NIXON,  a  prominent  attorney 
of  Bridgeton,  was  born  here,  August  i, 
1847,  son  of  William  G.  and  Sarah 
Boyd  (Potter)  Nixon.  He  comes  of  an  old 
and  well-known  famil}',  being  descended  from 
John  Nixon,  a  husbandman,  who  lived  in  Phil- 
adelphia in  1683,  three  years  after  the  arrival 
of  William  Penn.  In  1716  John  Nixon  set- 
tled on  a  farm  in  Fairfield  township,  this 
county.  The  farm  was  afterward  retained  in 
the  possession  of  his  descendants  until  about 
ten  years  ago. 

William  G.  Nixon  was  born  in  Fairfield, 
December  g,  18 18.  Shortly  after  leaving 
school  he  obtained  a  position  as  clerk  in  the 
Kensington  Bank  at  Philadelphia.  Some 
time  after,  before  he  attained  his   majority,  he 


was  hired  as  clerk  in  the  Cumberland  Bank  of 
Bridgeton.  On  the  death  of  Mr.  Reed,  the. 
cashier  of  this  institution,  Mr.  Nixon,  who 
was  scarcely  twenty-one,  was  chosen  to  fill 
the  vacancy,  and  thereafter  served  in  that  ca- 
pacity for  over  fifty  years.  He  was  finally 
elected  President  of  the  bank,  the  duties  of 
which  office  he  has  since  efficiently  dis- 
charged. For  many  years  Mr.  Nixon  has 
ranked  among  the  leading  financiers  of  South 
Jersey.  The  bank,  which  was  organized  in 
1 8 16,  and  ranks  No.  68  among  the  banks  of 
the  Union,  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  reli- 
able in  the  State.  Mrs.  William  G.  Nixon, 
a  daughter  of  Colonel  James  Boyd  Putter,  of 
Bridgeton,  had  two  chililren,  of  whom  J.  Boyd 
Nixon  was  the  first-born.  The  other,  Will- 
iam Barron,  was  accidentally  killed  in  Phila- 
delphia,   on   September  3,  1893. 

J.  Boyd  Nixon  prepared  for  college  in  the 
W^est  Jersey  Academy  Prejjaratory  School. 
He  graduated  from  Princeton  in  1867,  taking 
in  regular  course  the  degrees  of  A.B.  and 
A.M.  Ill  1870  he  entered  the  law  office  of  his 
uncle,  the  Hon.  John  T.  Nixon,  of  Bridgeton, 
afterward  United  .States  Judge,  with  whom  he 
remained  until  qualified  for  admission  to  the 
bar.  His  knowledge  was  broadened  by  travel 
in  luu-ope  during  tlie  greater  part  of  1868. 
On  June  13,  1S70,  he  became  a  memjjer  of  the 
firm  of  Potter  &  Nixon,  of  which  the  senior 
member  was  Colonel  William  E.  Potter. 
After  continuing  nearly  twenty-four  years,  dur- 
ing which  a  large  general  practice  was  success- 
fully handled,  the  eoi)artnership  was  dissolved 
by  mutual  consent  on  January  11,   1S94.      Mr. 


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Nixon  is  counsel  for  tlie  Ciimbeiiand  National 
Bank.  He  was  a  Director  of  this  institution 
for  several  years,  and  in  1890  he  was  elected 
Vice-President.  A  Republican  in  political 
belief,  the  only  office  for  which  he  was  ever  a 
candidate  was  that  of  City  Solicitor,  which  he 
held  several  years. 

In  1 87 1,  June  13,  Mr.  Nixon  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Ellen  Madeline  Scull,  of 
Phoenixville,  Pa.,  grand-daughter  of  David 
Reeves,  who  built  the  Cumberland  Nail  and 
Iron  Works  in  1814.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nixon 
ha\'e  six  children  —  Mary  Reeves,  Mabel, 
Noiina,  ICleanor  Ilarmar,  lioyd,  and  Barron 
Rowan.  Mr.  Nixon  has  lived  for  many  years 
in  a  beautiful  home,  situated  within  one  hun- 
dred \ards  of  the  place  where  he  was  born. 
He  has  ti'avelled  extensively  in  the  jiast  nine 
years,  spending  the  winter  in  Florida;  and  he 
devotes  much  of  his  leisure  time  to  hunting 
and  fishing,  and  contributes  interesting  articles 
on  these  and  other  pastimes  to  Forest  and 
Stnain.  A  man  of  culture,  he  takes  an  inter- 
est in  art,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Philadel- 
phia Art  Chd).  In  social  matters  he  is  a  true 
cosmopolitan. 


HOMAS  URBAN  HARRIS,  President 
)f  the  Bridgeton  National  Bank,  was 
born  on  October  22,  1831,  in  the  village 
of  Pairton,  I'airfickl  townshi]),  Cumberland 
County,  N.J.,  in  the  house  built  by  his  grand- 
father. He  is  the  son  of  Theophilus  Elmer 
and  Lydia  (Dixon)  Harris,  and  is  of  Puritan 
ancestry. 


The  first  of  his  family  in  this  part  of  the 
country  was  Thomas  Harris,  who  came  with  a 
number  of  colonists  from  Fairfield,  Conn., 
and  settled  in  what  is  now  Fairfield,  N.J., 
which  they  named  for  their  Connecticut  home. 
Thomas  Harris's  will  was  probated  at  Tren- 
ton, January  24,  1750.  His  son,  Captain 
Thomas  Harris,  was  born  in  November,  17 10. 
A  leading  man  of  the  community,  he  went  to 
England  in  1750,  in  behalf  of  the  people  of 
P^airfield,  N.J.,  and  made  an  unsuccessful 
effort  to  perfect  the  title  of  land  in  the  south- 
ern part  of  the  township.  He  brought  home 
a  large  folio  volume  of  the  works  of  the  Rev. 
John  F'lavel,  the  eminent  Non-conformist  di- 
vine, which  is  one  of  the  most  treasured  pos- 
sessions of  his  great-great-grandson  and  name- 
sake, Tiiomas  W.  Harris.  Ca[itain  Harris 
died  April  27,   1783. 

His  son  Ephraim  was  the  next  in  this  line, 
liphraini  Harris  was  elected  to  the  legislature 
of  New  Jersey  several  times,  and  was  once 
Speaker  of  the  House.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  legislature  in  1776,  when  the  constitution 
of  the  State  was  framed.  Active  in  religious 
as  well  as  secular  matters,  he  was  a  Ruling- 
Elder  of  the  old  stone  church  (Presbyterian) 
of  F'"airfield;  and  Dr.  Whitakcr,  the  historian 
of  that  church,  says  he  was  the  most  intelli- 
gent man  in  the  session.  He  died  No\ember 
2,  1794,  in  liis  sixty-third  year.  He  was 
twice  married.  Thomas  Harris,  son  of 
liphraini,  was  born  in  F'airfield,  September  9, 
1759.  A  farmer  and  innkeeper,  he  was  a  life- 
long resident  of  F'airfield,  where  he  was  highly 
esteemed,  his   kinilly  ilisposition   winning  the 


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regard  of  all.  He  was  at  one  time  nominee 
for  sheriff,  and  was  defeated  by  only  a  few 
votes.  He  died  March  3,  1825.  He  and  his 
wife  were  the  parents  of  Theophilus  Elmer, 
and  grandparents  of  Thomas  Urban  Harris, 
who  has  their  pictures,  which  lie  values 
highly. 

Theophilus  Elmer  Harris  was  born  in  Fair- 
field, January  28,  1796,  and  spent  the  greater 
part  of  his  life  in  his  native  town  engaged  in 
the  pursuit  of  agriculture.  He,  too,  was  a 
leader  in  the  community;  and  often  in  the 
evening  he  was  the  centre  of  an  attentive 
circle  gathered  in  the  country  store,  the  club- 
room  of  those  days,  to  whom  he  would  read 
from  the  few  newspapers  available,  many  of 
his  auditors  being  either  unable  to  read  or  too 
poor  to  buy  the  papers.  He  was  a  strong 
Whig,  and  was  elected  by  his  party  to  many 
responsible  offices,  including  that  of  Sheriff 
of  the  county,  which  he  held  from  1848  to 
1S51;  and  he  was  Township  Assessor  for 
many  years.  When  the  Republican  party  was 
organized  he  was  one  of  the  first  members, 
and  he  was  prominent  as  an  anti-slavery 
man.  In  the  latter  part  of  his  life  he  was  a 
memlier  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  was 
united  in  marriage  on  February  12,  18 17,  with 
Miss  Eydia  Dixon,  daughter  of  Urban  Dixon, 
of  Fairfield;  and  ten  children  were  born  of 
this  union.  15y  a  second  marriage  he  had  two 
children. 

Thomas  Urban  Harris  was  one  of  the  chil- 
dren by  the  first  marriage.  He  received  his 
early  education  in  the  old  stone  school-house 
in    Fairfield.      He    remained   with    his    father 


till  the  spring  of  1850,  when  he  entered  the 
employ  of  Alexander  Stratton,  who  had  a  store 
on  the  corner  of  Commerce  and  Laurel  Street.s, 
Bridgeton.  There  he  obtained  his  first  ideas 
of  business,  and  was  such  an  apt  jiupil  that  in 
1855  he  became  associated  with  his  employer's 
brother,  George  Stratton,  and  under  the  style 
of  Stratton  &  Harris  they  managed  a  general 
store  until  1859.  In  that  year  Mr.  Harris 
sold  his  interest  in  the  firm,  and  embarked  in 
the  boot,  shoe,  and  leather  trade,  carrying  on 
business  on  Commerce  Street,  near  the  river, 
until  1869,  when  he  moved  to  his  present  lo- 
cation, 78  Commerce  Street.  Only  two  men 
in  Bridgeton  have  been  in  business  longer  than 
Mr.  Harris,  and  he  is  now  the  oldest  leather 
merchant  in  the  city. 

He  was  one  of  the  originators  of  the  Bridge- 
ton  Saving  Fund  and  Building  Association, 
which  differed  from  the  Building  and  Loan 
Association,  being  based  on  what  is  callcil 
the  serial  plan.  It  was  founded  in  June, 
1865,  and  was  the  first  of  its  kind.  Mr. 
Harris  was  elected  Secretary,  and  drafted  the 
by-laws ;  and  he  has  held  the  office  of  Secre- 
tary continuously  since,  attending  every 
monthly  meeting  but  one.  The  Association 
has  had  a  very  successful  experience,  loaning 
millions  of  dollars,  and  has  practically  built 
many  of  the  fine  residences  of  the  city.  Its 
success  gave  to  Mr.  Harris  a  certain  prestige 
as  a  financier,  and  led  to  his  being  called  to 
other  positions  of  importance.  In  August, 
1872,  B.  F.  Lee,  Treasurer  of  the  West 
Jersey  Marl  Transportation  Company,  was 
made    clerk    of    the    Supreme    Court    of    New 


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Jersey;  and  Mr.  Harris  was  elected  Treasurer 
in  his  place.  This  corporation  has  an  exten- 
sive business  in  fertilizers  and  marl,  the  latter 
a  deposit  found  in  quantities  from  ten  to  four- 
teen feet  under  the  soil  of  New  Jersey.  Mr. 
Harris  has  efficiently  filled  the  office  of  Treas- 
urer for  twenty-four  years. 

When  the  Bridgeton  National  Bank  was  or- 
ganized, in  1883,  the  doors  being  opened  for 
business  July  12,  he  was  an  original  stock- 
holder, and  at  the  first  meeting  of  the  stock- 
holders was  elected  a  Director,  and  at  the 
first  meeting  of  the  Directors  was  chosen 
President.  The  bank  commenced  business 
with  a  capital  stock  of  one  hundred  thousand 
dollars,  and  now  has  a  surplus  of  undivided 
profits  amounting  to  one  hundred  thousand 
dollars,  and  pays  a  dividend  of  ten  per  cent., 
a  record  seldom,  if  ever,  equalled.  Its  de- 
posits average  three  hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars. It  does  a  strict  and  legitimate  banking 
business,  and  has  been  very  fortunate  as  to 
loans  and  losses,  establishing  a  reputation  for 
strength  that  makes  it  one  of  the  best  banks 
in  Southern  New  Jersey.  The  stock  is  now 
worth  more  than  double  the  par  value.  Mr. 
Harris  has  worked  zealously  for  the  welfare  of 
this  institution;  and  it  is  largely  through  his 
ability  and  constant  watchfulness  that  it  has 
reached  its  present  footing,  of  which  he  is 
justly  proud.  In  1884  a  fine  brick  bank 
building  was  erected,  equipped  with  safety 
vault,  time  lock,  etc.,  which  has  been  the 
home  of  the  institution  ever  since.  As  a 
business  man  Mr.  Harris  has  a  remarkable 
record,    boasting   that    in    forty-five   years   he 


has  never  been  detained  from  his  duties  I)y 
illness. 

He  was  married  August  30,  1853,  to  Miss 
Mary  C.  Holmes,  of  Bridgeton,  who  was  born 
in  the  town  of  Fairfield.  She  died  November 
~3i  ■'^93-  Her  children  all  died  in  child- 
hood. On  April  15,  1896,  Mr.  Harris  was 
married  to  Miss  Isabella  Robinson,  a  native 
of  Salem. 

Mr.  Harris  votes  the  Republican  ticket. 
He  was  chosen  Freeholder  for  the  First  Ward 
of  Bridgeton,  and  was  presiding  officer  of  the 
board  for  two  years;  and  he  was  a  member  of 
the  first  City  Council.  His  first  wife  was  a 
member  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church, 
with  which  he  has  long  been  connected.  He 
was  elected  a  Ruling  Elder  when  twenty-eight 
years  of  age,  but  declined  the  honor,  accept- 
ing it  some  ten  years  ago,  and  conscientiously 
fulfilling  his  duties  since  that  time.  In  his 
younger  days  he  was  a  teacher  in  the  Sunday- 
school,  and  for  some  years  assistant  superin- 
tendent and  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees. He  contributes  now  generously  toward 
the  support  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  As- 
sociation. He  has  a  handsome  residence  at 
188  North  Pearl  Street,  which  he  erected 
twenty  years  ago. 


I  LIT  AM  H.  PARSONS,  a  ship- 
builder of  Greenwich,  was  born 
in  Port  Norris,  this  county,  July  8,  1856. 
His  grandfather,  who  came  to  this  country 
from  England,  died  young,  leaving  a  son, 
Dayton  B.  Parsons.     The  latter,  born  in  Port 


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Norris  in  the  year  1818,  grew  up  in  the  town 
of  his  birth.  He  learned  the  carpenter's 
trade,  and  thereafter  followed  it  during  the 
greater  part  of  his  life.  lie  was  also  engaged 
to  some  extent  in  agriculture  on  a  farm  of  his 
own.  lie  married  Miss  IClizabeth  Thorne,  of 
Maurice  River  township,  and  became  the 
father  of  seven  children,  namely:  James,  who 
lives  in  Bridgeton,  this  county;  Phcebe,  the 
wife  of  Mr.  Richard  Norwood,  of  Solomon, 
Md.;  Mary,  who  married  Mr.  Wightfield 
Thompson,  of  Dyer's  Creek,  Cape  May 
County;  William  H.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  Samuel,  now  deceased;  Albert,  also 
deceased;  and  Anna,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
two  years.  The  father  died  in  1886,  and  the 
mother,  May  ii,  1896,  having  reached  her 
sixty-eighth  year.  Dayton  B.  Parsons  was  a 
man  of  Christian  piety  and  active  virtue. 
From  an  early  age  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  a  consistent  and  faithful  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  was 
for  many  years  one  of  the  most  earnest  class 
leaders  of  the  chin^ch  in  Port  Norris. 

William  H.  Parsons  was  partly  educated  in 
the  schools  of  Port  Norris.  When,  about 
1869,  his  father  moved  to  Bridgeton,  he  at- 
tended the  Bank  Street  School,  an  institution 
of  considerable  reputation  at  that  time. 
When  quite  young  he  went  into  tlie  shipyard 
of  Blew  &  Phillips,  under  which  firm  he  ac- 
quired his  knowledge  of  ship-building.  After 
working  for  Blew  &  Phillips  for  five  years  he 
went  to  Port  Norris,  and  there  established  a 
shipyard  of  his  own.  Here  he  remained  five 
years   also,    chiefly   occupied    in    building  and 


repairing  oyster  boats.  His  next  place  of 
business  was  Cedarville,  N.J.,. where  he  plied 
his  trade  for  three  years.  At  the  expiration 
of  that  time  he  returned  to  Bridgeton,  where 
he  again  had  a  yard  of  his  own,  anil  found  so 
much  to  tlo  that  he  had  to  employ  from  twelve 
to- fifteen  men  in  order  to  fill  his  contracts. 
From  Bridgeton  he  removed  to  Port  Noriis 
again,  established  a  yard  there,  and  carried  it 
On  for  three  years.  He  then  left  the  State, 
and  took  up  his  abode  in  .Solomon,  Md.  In 
1890  he  sold  out  his  interests  in  Maryland, 
came  to  Greenwich,  and  established  his  ship- 
yard at  Cohansey  River.  Here  he  has  since 
built  six  new  oyster  boats,  estimated  to  be 
worth  from  two  to  five  thousand  dollars,  be- 
sides doing  a  large  amount  of  repairing.  Mr. 
Parsons  has  unusual  facilities  for  conducting 
his  work.  Among  them  is  a  marine  railway, 
by  which  the  boats  and  everything  hard  to 
move  are  transported  by  steam.  This  method 
is  used  nowhere  else  on  the  creek,  except  at 
Bridgeton.  Twenty  men  are  employed  in  the 
yard . 

On  November  27,  1S7S,  Mr.  Parsons  mar- 
ried Miss  L.  Emily  P'oster,  of  Bridgeton,  a 
daughter  of  Elmer  Foster,  a  former  resident 
of  Cedarville.  Born  of  this  marriage  were: 
David  B.,  Lizzie,  Irene,  and  Ruth.  Mr.  Par- 
sons gives  the  support  of  his  vote  to  the  Re- 
publican party.  He  is  a  member  of  the  order 
of  Knights  of  Pythias,  of  Port  Norris,  and  be- 
longs to  the  Cohansey  Lodge  of  Red  Men  of 
Bridgeton.  Like  his  father,  he  is  a  man  of 
deeply  religious  nature,  and  has  always  been 
a  conscientious  member  of  the  Baptist  church. 


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lie  has  held  the  double  office  of  Deacon  and 
Sunday-school  superintendent  for  the  past  two 
years  in  Greenwich.  He  is  also  active  in 
other  church  work,  and  wields  an  influence  for 
good  throughout  the  community.  Mrs.  Par- 
sons is  a  member  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Bridgeton,  the  former  home  of  her 
husband.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Parsons  are  among 
the  most  esteemed  citizens  of  Greenwich. 


1 1  DMAS  M.  TICK,  of  Deerfield  Street, 
one  of  the  largest  dealers  in  horses  and 
cattle  in  South  Jersey,  was  born  March  3, 
1 85 1,  on  the  farm  that  is  his  home  to-day. 
He  is  a  son  of  Cornelius  C.  and  Rebecca  S. 
(Woodruff)  Tice,  and  comes  of  old  New  Jersey 
stock,  of  English  origin.  His  great-grand- 
father, John  Tice,  was  one  of  the  early  resi- 
dents of  Williamstown,  N.J.  His  grand- 
father, Thomas  M.  Tice,  probably  born  in 
Williamstown,  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  and 
also  a  capable  farmer.  Soon  after  his  mar- 
riage Thomas  moved  to  Malaga,  Gloucester 
County,  and  thence  to  Klackwater,  where  he 
was  emjiloyed  as  a  teamster  for  some  time. 
Finally  he  came  to  Deerfield  and  purchased  a 
farm,  which  was  his  home  for  the  remainder  of 
his  life.  He  voted  with  the  Whigs,  but  took 
no  active  part  in  political  matters.  His  death 
occurred  in  January,  1865.  He  married  Han- 
nah Richman,  a  daughter  of  Daniel  Richman, 
a  mill-owner  at  Willow  Grove.  By  her  he 
became  the  father  of  four  children,  namely: 
John,  who  lives  on  the  line  between  Salem 
and  Cumberland  Counties;  Cornelius  C,  the 


father  of  Thomas  M. ;  William,  now  deceased, 
who  resided  for  some  time  on  a  farm  near 
Deerfield;  and  Josiah  S.,  a  resident  of  Deer- 
field Street. 

Cornelius  C.  Tice  was  born  at  Malaga,  No- 
vember 17,  1827.  He  was  six  years  of  age 
when  his  father  removed  to  Blackwater.  Here 
he  acquired  a  good  practical  education.  After 
his  father's  death  he  worked  his  share  of  the 
farm  for  a  while.  He  then  disposed  of  it,  and 
purchased  the  fine  farm  of  one  hundred  acres 
now  occupied  by  his  son.  On  the  homestead 
he  made  many  improvements,  erecting  the 
main  barn  and  wagon-house,  and  developing 
the  property  into  one  of  the  finest  farms  in 
Deerfield.  He  lived  there  twenty-four  years, 
engaged  in  general  farming,  grain  culture,  and 
stock  raising.  In  that  time  he  purchased  two 
other  farms,  one  of  sixty-three  acres  and  one 
of  forty-four  acres.  For  some  of  his  land, 
which  was  of  the  best  in  the  township,  he  paid 
over  one  hundred  dollars  an  acre.  He  is  now 
enjoying  a  well-earned  rest  on  his  homestead 
in  Deerfield,  having  retired  some  time  ago. 
His  wife  is  a  daughter  of  Almerine  E.  Wood- 
ruff, a  farmer  of  Deerfield.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Tice  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
They  are  the  parents  of  three  children, 
namely:  Thomas  M.,  the  subject  of  this  arti- 
cle; Almerine  W.,  who  lives  on  his  father's 
farm;  and  Mamie,  who  is  with  her  parents. 

Thomas  M.  Tice  received  a  good  education 
in  the  Deerfield  schools  and  the  South  Jersey 
Institute  at  Bridgeton.  He  helped  his  father 
about  the  home  farm  until  of  age,  and  then 
purchased   an   estate   in   the  northern  part    of 


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Deerfield,  where  he  engaged  in  general  farm- 
ing and  stock  raising.  He  began  to  take  an 
interest  in  raising  cattle  when  he  was  eigh- 
teen, so  that  he  was  no  novice  when  he  started 
for  himself.  Subsequently  he  became  skilled 
also  in  dressing  meat,  and  he  developed  this 
branch  of  industry  till  he  has  become  one  of 
the  largest  dealers  in  dressed  beef  in  this  part 
of  the  State.  He  traded  with  his  father  for 
the  home  farm  of  one  hundred  acres,  and  he 
l)urchascd  fifty-three  acres  of  adjoining  land. 
He  has  more  barn  room  than  any  farmer  in 
the  locality,  one  building  being  fitted  with 
fifty-five  stalls,  and  another  with  seventy-five. 
Yet  they  are  hardly  enough  for  his  cattle. 
On  the  dairy  farm  he  has  one  of  the  finest 
dairy  barns  in  the  State.  It  is  thirty  by 
ninety  feet,  has  a  patent  cutter  for  fodder  and 
hay,  and  is  supplied  with  water,  so  that  the 
cattle  can  be  watered  in  the  stalls.  Here  he 
keeps  from  thirty  to  forty  head  of  cattle 
the  year  round.  He  ships  as  much  as  three 
hundred  quarts  of  milk  daily  to  Philadelphia 
and  Atlantic  City.  P^or  some  time  he  has 
made  a  specialty  of  registered  Holsteins, 
and  at  present  he  has  some  of  the  finest 
cattle  of  that  breed  in  the  State.  He 
has  also  some  imported  Beauty  of  Norwood 
stock,  worth  three  hundred  dollars  apiece. 
Within  a  few  years  he  has  added  horses  to  his 
line  of  live  stock,  buying  in  the  West  and 
selling  largely  in  this  State,  at  Monmouth, 
Ocean,  Atlantic,  and  Cape  May.  In  1895  he 
sold  four  hundred  horses.  He  is  also  engaged 
in  breeiling  fine  horses,  and  he  makes  a  spe- 
cialty   of    matching    teams.       Since    August, 


1895,  he  has  handled  two  thousand,  five  hun- 
dred head  of  cattle,  including  five  hundred 
fresh  cows,  more  than  any  stock  raiser  in 
South  Jersey.  Mr.  Tice  travels  extensively 
in  buying  and  selling",  and  transacts  the 
greater  part  of  his  large  business  through  the 
Cumberland  Bank. 

Mr.  Tice  married  Miss  Abbie  R.  Eastlack, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Eastlack,  of  Richwood, 
and  has  two  promising  boys  —  H.  Royden  and 
Harold  S.  He  votes  the  Republican  ticket, 
but  takes  no  active  part  in  politics,  his  busi- 
ness requiring  all  his  time  and  attention.  He 
and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  old  Presby- 
terian church  at  Deerfield  Street. 


ON.  ISAAC  MULFORD  SMALLEY, 

of     l?ridgeton,    was    born    in    Bowen- 

town,  Cumberland   County,    May  8, 

1830.  His  ])arents  were  Henry  L.  and 
Tabitha  (Mulford)  Smalley.  His  grand- 
father, the  Rev.  Henry  Smalley,  came  from 
Piscataway,  Md.,  about  the  year  1780,  and 
settled  in  Roadstown,  this  county,  where  he 
served  as  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  for  half 
a   century.     The   Rev.    Mr.    Smalley   died    in 

1 83 1,  having  "fought  the  good  fight  and  kept 
the  faith."  He  left  three  sons — John,  Henry 
L. ,  and  William. 

Henry  L.  Smalley,  who  was  also  a  native  of 
Bowentown,  born  in  1805,  for  the  most  part 
followed  agricultural  pursuits.  In  1846  he 
went  to  Philadelphia,  where  he  was  engaged 
as  a  merchant  for  a  few  years.  Later  he 
removed  to  Delaware,  and  there  had  charge  of 


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a  mill.  His  wife,  a  daughter  of  Isaac  Mul- 
ford,  who  belonged  to  a  prominent  and  influ- 
ential family,  had  five  children,  namely: 
James  H.,  a  resident  of  Delaware;  Isaac  Mul- 
ford,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  William  F., 
alr.0  of  Delaware;  the  Hon.  John  Smalley, 
who  at  one  time  was  Mayor  of  Bridgeton;  and 
Mary  Budd,  who  died  aged  thirty-five  years. 
The  father  died  in  February,  1853.  The 
mother  returned  to  New  Jersey,  and,  after 
attaining  the  age  of  eighty-seven  years,  died 
in  1885.  They  were  consistent  members  of 
Cohansey  Baptist  Church  of  Roadstown,  which 
was  organized  two  hundred  years  ago. 

The  Hon.  Isaac  Mulford  Smalley,  after 
completing  his  studies  in  the  old  Bowentown 
school,  began  working  with  his  father  on  the 
farm.  He  was  subsequently  associated  with 
his  father  in  business,  and  accompanied  him 
in  his  changes  of  location.  In  the  spring  of 
1855,  his  father  having  previously  died,  hc- 
rjtunicd  to  Roadstown,  and  engaged  in  farm- 
ing. Being  successful  in  that  enterprise, 
about  the  year  1870  he  undertook  in  addition 
to  conduct  a  nursery,  buying  out  an  old  and 
well-established  firm  in  that  business.  After 
prosperously  managing  both  enterprises  until 
1892,  he  settled  in  Bridgeton,  his  present 
home.  Although  he  has  retired  from  busi- 
ness he  still  owns  the  farm,  grist-mill,  and 
saw-mill.  Mr.  Smalley  has  been  quite  active 
in  politics.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  Na- 
tional Democratic  Convention  held  in  186S, 
when  Governor  Seymour  was  nominated  for 
President.  He  has  been  frequently  a  delegate 
in  State  conventions,  and  he  has  been  a  mem- 


ber of  Cumberland  County  Democratic  Com- 
mittee. For  a  number  of  years  he  was  elected 
Freeholder  on  the  Democratic  ticket.  In  the 
fall  of  1883  he  was  elected  to  the  State  legis- 
lature, and  served  two  years,  being  on  Com- 
mittees on  Fisheries,  Banking,  and  Insurance. 
Mr.  Smalley  was  again  elected  in  iSSfi,  and 
served  on  the  same  committees,  as  well  as  on 
joint  committees. 

On  December  21,  1854,  Mr.  Smalley  mar- 
ried Cornelia,  daughter  of  Abraham  Cannon, 
an  ex-Sheriff  of  New  Castle  County,  Delaware. 
They  have  five  children,  as  follows:  James 
H.,  a  farmer  in  Roadstown,  who  married  Miss 
Alice  E.,  daughter  of  Robert  Ware,  and  has 
three  children  —  Minerva,  Jennie,  and  Her- 
bert Smalley;  Mary  B.,  who  married  George 
B.  Allen,  of  Christiana,  Del.,  and  has  four 
children  —  Charles,  Smalley,  Maxwell,  and 
Beatrice;  Isaac  C,  of  the  firm  of  Coombs  & 
Smalley,  of  Bridgeton;  Howard  Smalley,  also 
of  this  city,  who  married  Lizzie,  daughter  of 
linoch  Abbot,  of  Roadstown,  and  has  OTie 
child,  Caroline;  and  Frances,  who  resides  at 
home.  Mr.  Smalley 's  untiring  attention  to 
the  duties  that  fell  to  his  lot  fairly  entitles 
him  to  the  honorable  rest  and  retirement  he 
now  enjoys. 


"ARRISON  WELLS  DAVIS,  an  ener- 
getic contractor  and  builder,  and 
also  a  member  of  the  firm  Davis, 
Rainear  &  Davis,  well-known  fruit  canners  of 
Shiloh,  was  born  Sejitember  24,  1840,  son  of 
Caleb  A.  and  Keziah  R.  (Ayars)  Davis.  His 
grandfather  was  Brazillia  Davis. 


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33 


Caleb  A.  Davis  was  born  on  June  ii,  1815, 
in  Salem  County.  After  acquiring  a  common- 
school  education  he  was  apprenticed  to  a  car- 
penter, and  subsequently  followed  that  busi- 
ness for  many  years.  In  1857  he  bought  a 
farm  of  forty-five  acres  at  Dixon's  Corners, 
and  thereafter  abandoned  his  trade  in  favor  of 
agricultural  pursuits.  He  retired  from  active 
life  in  1868.  His  wife,  Keziah,  to  whom  he 
was  married  about  the  year  1837,  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Elias  Ayars,  of  Salem  County.  She 
had  by  him  eleven  children,  as  follows:  Re- 
becca, the  wife  of  Henry  Shimp,  of  Hopewell, 
this  county;  Ada  A.,  the  wife  of  Thomas 
Stanley;  Harrison  Wells,  the  subject  of  this 
skctcli ;  Lucy  S.,  now  Mrs.  Benjamin  T. 
Willis;  Elizabeth  A.,  who  died  in  1846,  at 
the  age  of  two  years;  Mary  L.,  the  wife  of 
Jonathan  T.  Dixon;  Walter  G.,  of  whom 
there  is  no  special  record;  Patience  A.,  who 
successively  married  Charles  Gustavus  Smith 
and  Richard  Shepherd;  ]5razillia;  Daniel  D. ; 
and  William,  Jr.  The  parents  were  members 
of  the  Baptist  church.  The  father  died  on 
January  25,    1888. 

Harrison  Wells  Davis  is  a  native  of  Salem 
County.  He  received  his  education  in  the 
commi>n  schools  and  Union  Academy  of 
Shiloh.  After  he  attained  his  majority  he 
served  an  apprenticeship  with  a  carpenter. 
Lie  then  engaged  in  farming  with  his  brother- 
in-law  for  a  year,  subsequently  working  five 
years  at  his  trade.  Mr.  Davis  after  this  es- 
tablished himself  in  business  as  contractor  and 
builder,  and  was  so  successful  that,  with  the 
exception   of  the  academy  and   the   church,  he 


has  erected  all  of  the  principal  buildings  in 
Shiloh.  When  business  is  brisk  he  often  finds 
it  necessary  to  employ  from  five  to  ten  men. 
He  served  in  the  Civil  War  as  a  soldier  in 
Company  A,  Twenty-fourth  Regiment,  New 
Jersey  Volunteer  Infantry,  which  was  with 
the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  He  was  in  the 
battle  of  Fredericksburg  and  in  several 
skirmishes.  Later  he  worked  on  a  steamer 
chartered  by  the  government.  Since  the  war 
he  has  held  different  local  offices.  He  was 
elected  to  the  Town  Committee  in  1894,  and 
also  served  on  the  grand  jury. 

On  October  19,  1867,  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Lydia  A.,  daughter  of  J.  W. 
Marsh,  of  Canton,  Salem  County,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Davis  have  three  children  —  Jeremiah 
W. ,  Anna  Frances,  and  Rolland  M.  Anna 
Frances  is  the  wife  of  Winchester  S.  Bonham. 
The  parents  are  members  of  the  Seventh  Day 
Baptist  Church  of  Shiloh,  in  which  Mr.  Davis 
has  been  efficient  as  Trustee  and  Treasurer. 
He  has  also  for  many  years  been  a  highl}'  es- 
teemed teacher  of  the  Sunday-school. 


M 


AVID  O.  FRAZEUR,  of  the  pros- 
ID  J  pcrous  Bridgeton  firm,  Frazeur  & 
Rice,  dealers  in  lime  and  cement, 
was  born  January  i,  1834,  in  Hopewell  town- 
ship, Mercer  County,  son  of  Samuel  D.  and 
Susan  (Maul)  Frazeur.  He  is  descended  from 
Gershom  Frazeur,  the  eldest  of  three  brothers 
who  were  driven  from  Scotland  on  account  of 
their  religious  belief.  They  came  in  the  ship 
"Caledonia,"  landing  at   Amboy,   N.J.,  Octo- 


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ber  15,  1670.  Major  Benoni  Frazeiir  (for- 
merly spelled  Frazee),  the  great-grandfather 
of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  born  near 
Rahway,  N.J.,  was  buried  in  the  old  cemetery 
of  that  place.  After  the  Revolutionary  War 
he  married  Sarah  Oliver,  a  daughter  of  a 
prominent  Tory,  who  disowned  her  because  of 
her  marriage.  During  the  courtship  of  Mr. 
Frazeur  and  Miss  Oliver,  while  her  lover  was 
there  on  a  visit,  three  Hessian  soldiers  ap- 
plied at  the  house  for  refreshments.  Miss 
Oliver  hid  the  Major  in  the  outside  oven. 
The  soldiers  stacked  their  arms  in  the  yard. 
While  they  were  partaking  of  the  bread  and 
milk  she  had  given  them,  she  slipped  out  and 
released  her  lover,  who  thereupon  took  posses- 
sion of  the  arms,  made  the  owners  his  pris- 
oners, and  marched  them  into  Washington's 
camp. 

David  O.  Frazeur  (first),  the  grandfather  of 
the  present  bearer  of  that  name,  was  also  born 
near  Rahway.  He  married  Sarah  Davis,  of 
Shiloh,  this  county,  and  was  a  member  of 
Hrearly  Lodge  of  Bridgeton  Masons.  His 
son,  SanuK-l  D.,  who  was  born  near  Bridgeton 
on  December  31,  1806,  received  a  fair  educa- 
tion. Being  quite  young  when  his  father 
died,  he  went  to  live  with  his  grandfather. 
There  he  worked  on  a  farm  during  his  minor- 
ity, also  teaching  several  terms  in  the  school 
at  Beebe  Run.  The  rest  of  his  life  was  spent 
chiefly  in  farming.  His  wife,  a  lady  of  Hope- 
well township,  whose  maiden  name  was  Susan 
Maul,  bore  him  ten  children,  namely:  David 
O. ,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  John  M.,  of 
South  Omaha,  Neb.;  F.  Ward,  now  deceased; 


Ellen,  the  wife  of  William  H.  Smalley,  of 
Plainfield,  N.J. ;  Maria  M.,  now  Mrs.  J.  Len- 
hart  Rice;  Samuel  D.,  of  Victor,  Col.;  Ben- 
jamin M.,  of  Chicago,  111.;  Walter  G.,  of 
Topeka,  Kan.  ;  Winfiekl  S.,  of  Indianapolis, 
Ind. ;  and  Josephine,  the  wife  of  Samuel 
Barnes,  of  Bridgeton.  Both  parents  were 
Baptists. 

David  O.  Frazeur  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon school  of  his  native  town.  When  he  at- 
tained his  majority  he  began  to  work  on  a 
farm.  In  1S55  he  went  to  Farmington,  111., 
where  he  was  engaged  in  farming  for  two 
years.  Then,  after  spending  a  year  in  Ne- 
braska, he  returned  to  Farmington,  to  which 
town  his  parents  had  removed.  In  1S59,  '"''s 
father's  health  becoming  impaired,  he  returned 
with  them  to  Bridgeton,  and  subsequently 
worked  on  a  farm  for  two  years.  In  Septem- 
ber, 1877,  he  and  his  present  partner,  Mr. 
Rice,  bought  the  lime  business  of  John  B. 
Rogers,  and  have  conducted  the  place  since. 
They  are  the  oldest  and  most  important  firm 
in  their  special  line  in  South  Jersey.  Until 
1884  Mr.  Frazeur  was  a  very  active  Rcimbli- 
can.  He  has  since  then  been  a  Prohibitionist, 
and  some  time  ago  was  nominated  for  Sheriff 
on  that  ticket.  He  is  a  member  and  a  Past 
Master  of  Brcarly  Lodge  of  Masons,  and  Past 
Grand  of  Cumberland  Lodge,  No.  35,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  having  con- 
nection with  the  Good  Intent  iMicampment. 

On  Christmas  Day,  1861,  he  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Rebecca  A.,  daughter  of 
Joshua  Bradway,  of  Bridgeton.  They  have 
two    children  —  Samuel    D.    and    Daniel     B. 


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35 


They  arc  members  of  the  Central  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  of  which  Mr.  Frazeur  is 
Trustee,  having  also  served  as  Steward  and  a 
member  of  the  Buildiu'i  Committee. 


tllARLES  H.  BROOKS,  a  prominent 
builder  of  Deerfiekl,  and  a  well-known 
—  resident  of  Finley  Station,  was  born 
July  iS,  1844,  in  Centreton,  Salem  County, 
son  of  Uriah  and  Mary  (Garton)  Brooks.  Mr. 
l^rooks's  father  is  a  native  of  Deerfiekl  town- 
shi|);  and  his  grandfather,  Uriah  lirooks 
(first),  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  here. 

Uriah  Brooks  (second)  was  born  November 
27,  1816,  at  a  place  about  one  mile  distant 
from  the  present  residence  of  his  son.  He 
began  life  as  a  farmer.  Still  in  his  early 
manhood  he  abandoned  agriculture  and  moved 
to  Camden,  Camden  County.  After  residing 
here  for  a  time  he  engaged  in  farming  again, 
and  then  once  more  relinquished  it.  He 
now  removed  to  Centreton,  where  he  started 
in  a  general  mercantile  business.  Later  he 
sold  out,  and  engaged  for  a  time  in  the 
butchering  and  produce  business,  shipping 
farm  products  to  the  Philadelphia  market. 
After  this  he  resumed  store-keeping  in  Allo- 
way,  Salem  County.  From  the  latter  place 
he  moved  to  Bridgcton,  this  county,  and  be- 
came a  travelling  salesman  for  a  wholesale 
grocery  house  of  Philadelphia.  He  continued 
upon  the  road  until  ill  health  caused  him  to 
retire.  He  is  now  residing  in  Bridgeton. 
Although  he  has  met  with  reverses  he  has  been 
fairly  successful    in   life,  and   he   retired   from 


mercantile  pursuits  with  an  honorable  record. 
He  married  Mary  Garton,  who  was  born  Octo- 
ber 10,  1818,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Mary 
(Hires)  Garton.  Mr.  Garton  was  an  early 
settler  and  a  prosperous  farmer  of  this  vicin- 
ity. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Uriah  l^rooks  ha\-e  had 
seven  children,  as  follows:  Margaret,  the  wife 
of  Enoch  Fox;  Elmer,  a  resident  of  Bridge- 
ton;  Charles  H.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
Jonathan  G.  Brooks;  Edward  S.,  a  wholesale 
grocer  of  Bridgeton;  Preston  L.,  also  of 
Bridgeton;  and  Howard  F.,  of  CarlFs 
Corners. 

Charles  H.  Brooks  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  Centreton  and  P'ricndship.  After 
working  upcn  a  farm  for  a  short  time  he  was 
apprenticed  to  the  carpenter's  trade  with 
Samuel  Allen,  of  Centreton,  with  whom  he 
remained  for  one  year.  He  finished  his  ap- 
prenticeship with  George  Bloodgood,  who  con- 
tinued to  raise  his  wages  as  his  proficiency  in- 
creased. His  first  work  as  a  journeyman  was 
done  for  Charles  Laning,  by  whom  he  was  cm- 
jiloyed  in  this  locality  for  a  time,  and  for  two 
years  in  Bridgeton.  He  next  worked  in  Allo- 
vvay  for  one  winter,  and  then  went  to  Bridge- 
ton,  where  he  followetl  his  trade  with  Paulin 
Conover  &  Co.,  for  ten  years.  The  financial 
panic  of  1872  had  such  a  disastrous  effect 
upon  trades  generally  that  he  engaged  in  agri- 
cultural ])ursuits.  After  carrying  on  farming 
in  Bowentown  for  some  time,  he  took  charge 
of  his  grandmother  Carton's  property  in 
Friendship,  which  he  managed  until  it  was 
sold.  Returning  to  Bridgeton,  he  bought  a 
milk  route,  which    he  ran   successfully  for  six 


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months.  The  building  business  revived  at 
this  time;  and,  hiring  an  assistant  to  attend 
to  the  milk  loute,  he  established  himself  as  a 
contractor  and  builder.  In  the  course  of  the 
succeeding  two  years  he  erected  a  number  of 
houses  in  Bridgeton,  employing  several  men, 
and  sold  his  milk  route,  and  settled  upon  his 
present  farm.  lie  owns  sixty  acres  of  well- 
located  land,  which  he  cultivates  successfully. 
Among  the  improvements  he  has  made  is  the 
erection  of  a  new  barn  and  a  new  carriage- 
house.  Besides  attending  to  his  farm  he  has 
also  done  some  carpenter  work  here.  He  has 
considerable  capital  invested  in  real  estate. 
He  is  generally  regartletl  as  one  of  the  well- 
to-do  and  successful  residents  of  Deerficld. 
Me  built  and  formerly  owned  the  double  house 
which  his  father  bought  and  now  occupies  in 
Bridgeton.  He  owns  a  double  house  on  Fre- 
mont Avenue  and  a  half-interest  in  a  paying 
tenement  house  on  East  Avenue,  both  of 
which  he  built.  It  is  his  purpose  to  build 
a  house  on  his  farm  next  year. 

In  December,  i86g,  Mr.  Brooks  .  married 
ilaiuiah  B.  I'"inley,  daughter  of  David  Finley, 
a  liighly  esteemed  resident  and  very  successful 
farmer  of  ]3cerficKl.  David  i'"inley  moved 
from  Dcdaware  to  the  vicinity  of  this  town- 
ship, and  bought  the  old  Deerficld  parsonage, 
which  was  his  home  for  the  rest  of  his  life. 
Me  reared  five  other  children;  namely,  Sarah, 
William,  David,  Archibald,  and  Edward. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brooks  have  hafl  five  ciiildren, 
of  whom  Sarah  and  Leon  are  living.  The 
others  were:  Lizzie,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
eleven;   Uriah,  wlio   died   at   the  age   of   four; 


and  Susie,  who  died  at  the  age  of  two  years. 
Though  not  an  aspirant  to  public  honors,  Mr. 
Brooks  renders  active  support  to  the  Demo- 
cratic party.  In  1895  he  was  elected  a  Justice 
of  the  Peace  for  four  years.  He  takes  a  deep 
interest  in  social  and  religious  matters;  and 
he,  his  wife,  and  daughter  are  members  of 
the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  of  Bridgeton. 


HARLES  LANING,  a  retired  con- 
tractor and  builder  and  one  of  the 
oldest  residents  of  Bridgeton,  was 
born  here,  April  21,  1824,  son  of  William  and 
Ann  (Peterson)  Laning.  Mr.  Laning  is  a  de- 
scendant of  David  Laning,  who  was  probably 
born  in  this  State  in  1705.  Samuel  Laning, 
Mr.  Laning's  great-grandfather,  was  born  in 
Moorestown,  Burlington  County,  in  1740,  and 
resided  there  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
in  1822,  at  an  advanced  age.  He  was  a  mem- 
jjcr  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  James  Laning, 
Mr.  Laning's  grandfather,  was  born  in 
Moorestown  in  1770.  He  remained  in  liis 
native  place  until  after  his  marriage,  wiien  he 
moved  to  Philadelphia,  where  he  resided  for 
some  years.  He  subsequently  came  with  his 
family  to  Bridgeton,  and  resided  there  until 
his  death,  in  the  fall  of  1820. 

William  Laning,  who  was  born  in  Philadel- 
phia, February  27,  1797,  spent  his  youth  in 
the  Quaker  City,  where  he  learned  the  carpen- 
ter's trade.  In  1816  he  came  to  Bridgeton, 
and  here  worked  at  his  trade  for  a  number  of 
years.  He  finally  relinquished  carpentering, 
and  purchased  a  small  farm  in  the  township  of 


CHARLES     P.    LORD. 


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39 


Deerfickl,  where  he  passed  the  last  twenty-five 
years  of  his  life,  and  died  April  i,  i86g.  He 
was  prominent  in  public  affairs  during  the  ac- 
tive period  of  his  life,  and  rendered  efficient 
service  to  the  town  as  Assessor,  Collector, 
and  a  Freehnltlcr.  Mis  wife,  whom  he  mar- 
ried June  2  1,  1S21,  was  born  in  Maurice 
River  township,  this  county,  October  3,  1794, 
daui^hter  of  ]5enoni  Peterson,  a  lifelong  resi- 
dent of  Maurice  River,  who  died  in  early  man- 
hood. She  was  descended  from  Colonial  an- 
cestors; and  her  grandfather,  who  served  in 
the  Continental  army  during  the  Revolution- 
ary War,  jiassed  his  last  years  in  Maurice 
River  township.  Her  children  were:  Jane, 
who  died  in  infancy;  Charles,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch;  Jane  Laning  (second);  John  P., 
who  occupies  the  old  homestead  in  Deerfield; 
William,  who  is  a  prominent  fruit  packer  of 
this  locality;  Louisa,  who  died  in  1892; 
Ann,  tlie  wife  of  David  Veal,  of  Hopewell, 
this  county;  and  P'rancis,  who  died  in  in- 
fancy.     The  mother  died  in  August,   1870. 

Charles  Paning  acquired  his  education  in 
the  schools  of  Bridgeton.  lie  then  learned 
the  carpenter's  trade,  and  followed  it  there- 
after continuously  for  over  fifty  years.  P^or 
the  greater  part  of  that  time  he  worked  at  it  as 
a  contractor  and  builder,  making  a  specialty  of 
house  building.  Many  of  the  jirescnt  resi- 
dences of  Bridgeton  and  Deerfield  were  erected 
by  him.  There  is  probably  not  a  single 
builder  in  this  section  of  the  county  who  has 
been  so  long  and  so  successfully  identified 
with  the  building  interest.  During  his  active 
period  he   employed   a   large   number  of   men. 


He  invested  to  a  considerable  extent  in  land, 
upon  which  he  erected  buildings;  and  he  owns 
much  valuable  property  at  the  present  time. 
Retiring  from  active  business  pursuits  in 
1889  in  favor  of  his  son,  he  erectetl  upon  his 
premises  a  small  store,  in  which  he  carries  on 
a  grocery  business,  more  for  occupation  than 
profit.  In  piditics  he  has  always  su|)ported 
the  Democratic  party,  which  elected  him  a 
Freeholder,  Assessor,  Councilman  from  the 
First  Ward,  and  a  delegate  to  several  State 
conventions. 

On  January  10,  1850,  Mr.  Laning  wedded 
Hope  Allen,  who  was  born  in  Salem  County, 
March  28,  1828,  daughter  of  the  late  Samuel 
Allen,  a  well-known  farmer  and  carpenter  of 
his  day.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Laning  have  had  nine 
children,  namely:  ICmma  V.  Laning;  Samuel 
A.,  Post-master  of  this  city;  Jennie,  the  wife 
of  Isaac  Laning,  of  Richmond,  Ind. ;  C.  How- 
ard, who,  after  succeeding  to  his  father's  busi- 
ness, has  engaged  in  mining  at  Cripple  Creek, 
Col. ;  Martha,  who  is  vice-principal  of  the 
Bank  Street  School;  William  PI.;  P'rancis; 
Nan,  the  wife  of  Henry  Love,  of  Park  City, 
Utah;  and  Elizabeth,  first  assistant  at  the 
Pearl  Street  School.  The  father  is  Past 
Grand  of  Cumberland  Lodge,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  a  member  of  the 
encami)mcnt. 


(0' 


APTAIN     CHARLES      PHINEAS 


r  LORD,  Mayor  of  A'ineland,  N.J., 
was  born  in  the  town  of  North  Ber- 
wick, Me.,  October  14,  1831.  Plis  earliest 
American  ancestor  was  Nathan  Lord,  who  set- 


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tied  in  South  Berwick,  Me.,  in  1632.  Thus 
it  happens  that  the  family  has  for  more  than 
two  and  a  half  centuries  been  associated  with 
the  local  history  and  tradition  of  the  old  town. 

Humi^hrey  Lord,  the  grandfather  of  Charles 
V.  Lord,  lived  at  Old  Fields,  South  Berwick; 
and  it  seems  a  singular  fact  that  the  genera- 
tions of  this  family  remained  for  so  long  a 
period  in  the  same  region  of  country.  Here 
Jeremiah  Lord,  the  father  of  Vineland's 
Mayor,  was  born  also.  He  was  a  general  mer- 
chant in  North  Berwick  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death,  which  occurred  in  icS62.  Though  an 
ardent  Whig,  and  a  stanch  Republican  after 
the  formation  of  the  latter  party,  he  was  never 
an  aspirant  for  any  office  in  his  town  or  county. 

Jeremiah  Lord  married  Miss  Mary  Ann 
Varney,  of  Rochester,  N.  H.,  the  daughter  of 
Mr.  I'hineas  Varney,  the  representative  of  a 
lirominent  New  ICngland  famil)-.  Mrs.  Lord, 
wiio  was  born  in  1S09,  and  has  witnessed  many 
changes  in  her  long  life,  still  survives  her 
husband.  Charles  Phineas  was  the  eldest- 
born  of  her  nine  children.  The  eight  brothers 
and  sisters  were  respectively:  Albert  J.,  of 
Charlestown,  Mass.;  Henry  W.,  who  died; 
Sarah  J.,  who  lives  at  the  old  home;  Sophia, 
who  (lied  of  small-pox,  contracted  during  the 
war  by  coming  in  contact  with  some  "Rebel  " 
clothing  sent  into  Boston,  presumably  with 
the  oiiject  of  spreading  the  horrible  disease; 
an  infant  who  died  without  a  name;  Mary 
Ann,  who  died;  Jeremiah  K.  and  John  R., 
both  residents  of  North  Berwick.  The  par- 
ents were  both  in  church  fellowship,  the 
mother   being  a   Congregationalist,   while   the 


father  was  a  Universalist.  Mr.  Jeremiah 
Lord  was  a  cousin  of  Miss  Sarah  Orne  Jewett, 
the  popular  writer  whose  stories  of  New  Eng- 
land life  have  made  the  old  town  of  South  ■ 
Berwick  and  the  surrounding  country  so  full 
of  interest  to  her  readers. 

Charles  P.  Lord  was  educated  in  the  gram- 
mar school  of  North  Berwick  and  at  Lowell, 
Mass.  Directly  after  his  graduation  from  the 
North  Berwick  High  School  he  became  a 
clerk  in  a  store,  where  he  remained  until 
eighteen  years  of  age.  Going  then  to  Lowell, 
Mass.,  he  served  an  apprenticeshi]:>  of  three 
toilsome  years  in  acquiring  proficiency  in  the 
machinist's  trade.  This  calling  he  followed 
until  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War,  when 
he  enlisted  in  a  company  of  the  Massachusetts 
Volunteer  Infantry  known  as  the  Lowell  Me- 
chanics" Phalanx.  He  had  joined  the  Pha- 
lanx, which  was  a  State  militia  organization, 
in  his  youth,  and  had  served  his  full  term, 
receiving  honorable  discharge  from  dut)'. 
Part  of  the  time  while  thus  engaged  he 
served  as  Sergeant  and  company  clerk.  At 
the  time  of  President  Lincoln's  inauguration, 
when  portentous  war  clouds  hung  over  the  po- 
litical heavens.  Sergeant  Lord  rejoined  his 
company,  and  wisely,  too;  for  the  Mechanics' 
Phalanx  was  destined  to  take  a  prominent  part 
in  the  national  struggle  soon  to  follow. 

Foreseeing  the  needs  of  the  situation, 
Charles  P.  Lord  made  a  motion  that  very  even- 
ing to  tender  the  services  of  the  Phalanx  to 
the  government.  As  the  result  of  this  action 
a  meeting  of  the  officers  of  the  Sixth  Regi- 
ment was  held  January  21,  1861,  and  an  offer 


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of  the  regiment  made  to  the  commander-in- 
chief  of  the  State.  This  resolution  was  car- 
ried to  Boston  by  General  Butler,  who  was  at 
that  time  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  State 
Senate.  The  legislature  of  Massachusetts  now 
tendered  the  services  of  the  State  troops  to 
the  government;  and  active  life  began  for  the 
men,  who  were  soon  to  be  soldiers  in  good 
earnest,  although  even  before  Lincoln's  inau- 
guration the  company  had  been  drilling.  Sen- 
ator Wilson,  of  Massachusetts,  was  in  Wash- 
ington when  the  first  call  for  troops  was  made, 
on  the  15th  of  April,  1861.  About  four 
hours  previous  to  the  issue  of  the  proclama- 
tion President  Lincoln  had  requested  Mr. 
Wilson  to  have  four  regiments  of  Massachu- 
setts militia  sent  to  Washington  on  duty. 

The  Sixth  was  now  ordered  to  muster  on 
Boston  Common  preparatory  to  marshalling 
their  ranks  for  a  march  to  the  national  capi- 
tal. The  men  of  the  Phalan.x  had  very  soon 
after  an  actual  experience  of  warfare,  for  they 
had  to  fight  their  way  through  ]?altimore  in 
the  memorable  secession  riot  of  April  19, 
1 86 1.  The  Si.xth  was  mustered  with  the 
United  States  service,  and  was  quartered  in 
the  Senate  Chamber  for  about  ten  days,  after 
which  they  were  ordered  from  Washington  to 
the  Relay  House.  After  doing  duty  in  this 
vicinity  for  about  three  months,  Sergeant  Lord 
returned  to  Massachusetts,  and  in  the  August 
of  1861  enlisted  in  Company  F,  the  Eighth 
Maine.  As  First  Sergeant  he  went  to  Wash- 
ington and  Annapolis,  and  was  a  participant 
in  the  battles  of  Port  Royal,  Jacksonville, 
Fla.,  the  siege  of  Charleston,  and  the  capture 


of  Pulaski.  It  was  while  at  Port  Royal  with 
Sherman  that  he  was  promoted  to  the  second 
and  first  lieutenancy,  the  last  office  carrying 
with  it  the  acting  capacity  of  a  captaincy,  as 
his  papers  read  "P^irst  Lieutenant  Command- 
ing Company."  While  participating  in  en- 
gagements mentioned  above.  Captain  Lord 
was  also  doing  guard  and  provost  duty  until 
he  joined  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  under 
General   Grant. 

Captain  Lord's  health  began  to  fail  under 
the  strain  of  army  life;  and,  after  being  de- 
tailed with  forty  men  to  cut  a  way  through  the 
malarial  Southern  swamps,  he  became  physi- 
cally disabled,  and  was  discharged  from  active 
service.  The  three  weeks'  work  in  the 
swampy  lowlands  was  accomplished  at  a  great 
cost.  Only  six  men  out  of  the  forty  who  had 
made  the  party  survived.  On  the  22d  of 
February,  1866,  Captain  Lord  came  to  Vine- 
land,  where  he  purchased  a  farm;  but  he  was 
too  shattered  in  health  to  bear  the  strain  of 
such  exertions  as  a  successful  farmer  must  en- 
dure, and  was  compelled  to  give  it  up.  l""or 
a  number  of  years  he  was  head  clerk  in  the 
grocery  store  of  Brown  &  Lorin;  but  even  that 
occupation  proved  too  much  for  his  enfeebled 
constitution,  and  he  resigned  the  position. 
F'inding  himself  in  a  measure  recuperated 
after  a  complete  rest,  he  entered  the  arena  of 
public  life,  and  in  1877  was  elected  Mayor  of 
Vineland.  He  filled  the  office  seven  one-year 
terms,  and  in  1895  was  re-elected  for  a  term 
of  three  years.  During  his  administration  as 
Mayor  the  town  of  Vineland  has  been  provided 
with  wide   sidewalks,  which   would   be   credit- 


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able  to  any  city,  and  which  display  both  taste 
and  judgment  on  the  part  of  the  executive 
force. 

In  1891  Captain  Lord  was  also  elected  a 
Justice  of  the  Peace,  and  he  does  a  great  deal 
of  business  in  that  court.  He  is  also  by 
government  appointed  the  Commissioner  of 
Deeds  and  a  Notary  Public.  In  jjolitics  Cap- 
tain Lord  has  been  a  stanch  Republican  since 
the  foundation  of  that  party,  serving  on  com- 
mittees and  always  voting  the  Republican 
ticket.  He  was  the  first  Post  Commander  of 
Lyon  Post,  No.  10,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
luiblic,  and  one  of  the  charter  members  of  the 
organization.  The  year  following  his  com- 
mand he  was  Officer  of  the  Day,  and  he  was 
subsequently  Chaplain  of  the  post  for  eighteen 
years.  He  is  now  Past  Grand  of  Hobart 
Lodge,  No.  122,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  and  an  active  member  of  Vineland 
Lodge,  No.  69,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 

Captain  Loril  married  Miss  Martha  L. 
I-'ield,  a  native  of  Lowell,  Mass.  Mrs.  Lord 
died  October  12,  18S3,  leaving  no  children. 
A  Univcrsalist  in  faith,  C'aiitain  Lord  is  con- 
nected by  membership  with  the  Unitarian 
church  ill  Vineland.  Both  as  a  citizen  and 
soldier  he  has  deservedly  won  the  apprecia- 
tion and  recognition  of  services  which  his 
State  and  country  have  accorded  him. 


,\CA^/1LLIAM  HFNRY  VAN  LEER,  a 
dealer  in  general  merchandise  and 
agricultural  implements  of  Deerfield  Street, 
was  born  January  12,  185 1,  at  a  place  about  a 


mile  and  a  half  north  of  the  village.  He  is  a 
son  of  Michael  and  Anna  (Mowers)  Van  Leer, 
and  is  of  German  descent  by  both  parents. 
His  grandfather,  Samuel  Van  Leer,  who  was 
born  near  Carpenter's  Landing,  this  State, 
was  a  man  of  much  energy  and  quiet  force  of 
character.  Samuel  was  bound  out  when  a 
boy,  and  struggled  with  poverty  many  years. 
When  he  died  he  left  an  estate  worth  fifty-two 
thousand  dollars.  He  resided  for  a  number  of 
years  in  Salem  County,  and  then  moved  to 
Deerfield,  where  he  had  three  farms.  The 
last  twenty  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in 
Bridgeton,  retired  from  active  work.  He 
served  in  the  Revolutionary  army. 

Michael  Van  Leer  was  born  in  Salem 
County,  between  Yorktovvn  and  the  town  of 
Alloway,  December  12,  1822  or  1823.  At 
the  time  of  his  marriage,  when  he  was  twenty- 
five  years  of  age,  he  i)urchased  a  farm  of 
eighty-one  acres  in  Deerfield,  on  which  he 
afterward  made  many  improvements,  including 
the  erection  of  a  number  of  good  buildings. 
The  house,  which  was  built  at  this  time,  is 
one  of  the  best  brick  farm-houses  in  the  two 
counties.  Mr.  Van  Leer  was  interested  in 
ship-buihling  for  three  years,  and  with  that 
exception  his  active  life  has  been  devoted  to 
the  pursuit  of  agriculture.  A  man  of  unas- 
suming disposition,  he  is  still  one  of  the 
strong  men  of  the  place,  and  has  been  a  Free- 
holder for  a  numljcrof  years.  lie  is  active  in 
local  politics  as  a  Democrat.  On  January  19, 
1850,  he  was  married  to  Anna,  daughter  of 
William  and  Mary  Ann  (Naylor)  Mowers. 
Her  grandfather,  John   Mowers,  a  New  Jersey 


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farmer,  was  of  German  descent.  Her  father, 
William  Mowers,  was  born  on  the  Mowers 
homestead,  about  a  half-mile  from  Alloway 
Station,  and  there  practically  spent  his  life, 
engaged  in  general  farming.  He  owned  three 
hundred  acres  of  land,  was  one  of  the  influen- 
tial men  of  his  day,  was  elected  by  his  towns- 
men to  several  important  offices;  and  in  his 
young  manhood  he  served  as  a  soldier  in  the 
War  of  1 812.  His  wife,  a  daughter  of  James 
Naylor,  of  Philadelphia,  was  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  attended 
worship  there.  They  had  eight  children,  of 
whom  two,  besides  Anna,  attained  maturity. 
These  were:  Absalom,  a  lifelong  resident  of 
Alloway,  who  died  in  April,  1893,  aged  sixty- 
three;  and  Ellen,  born  in  1835,  the  wife  of 
George  Watson,  of  JJushtown,  Salem  County. 
Anna  (Mowers)  Van  Leer  was  born  on  the 
family  homestead,  February  27,  1830.  She, 
too,  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  Her  children  are:  William  Henry, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Beulali,  the  wife  of 
William  Finlay,  of  DeerfieKl ;  I'^lla,  living 
with  her  parents;  Charles,  a  resident  of  Deer- 
field  Street;  and  Kate,  also  at  home. 

William  Henry  Van  Leer  received  his  early 
education  in  public  and  private  schools  of 
Deerfield  Street,  and  afterward  stuilied  for  a 
year  in  the  South  Jersey  Institute  in  Bridge- 
ton.  He  was  engaged  in  logging  with  his 
father  for  three  years,  their  work  being  so  ex- 
tensive that  they  employed  three  and  four 
teams  part  of  the  time.  Then,  for  three  years, 
he  was  in  business  as  a  stock  trader,  with 
headquarters  at   Deerfield   Street,  and   market 


at  New  York.  On  March  25,  1880,  he  formed 
with  John  H.  Avis  a  partnership,  which  lasted 
about  a  year.  In  November,  1882,  he  erected 
the  largest  and  finest  store  building  in  the 
town,  stockeil  it  with  general  merchandise, 
and  opened  it  for  business.  This  he  has  suc- 
cessfully conducted  since.  Some  time  ago  he 
added  agricultural  implements  and  macliinery 
to  his  stock  in  trade,  and  he  now  also  deals 
in  coal.  His  patronage  is  very  large,  and  in 
the  season  he  keeps  two  travelling  agents 
busy.  He  owns  a  small  farm;  and  in  Deer- 
field, on  the  road  to  Cohansey,  he  has  one  of 
the  prettiest  homes  in  the  township. 

On  December  27,  1876,  Mr.  Van  Leer  was 
married  to  Kate  A.,  daughter  of  George  Han- 
non,  formerly  of  Deerfield,  now  of  liridgeton. 
Three  children  were  born  to  him,  two  of  whom 
died  in  infancy.  The  other,  a  daughter  named 
Leonora,  is  living  with  her  parents.  Mr.  Van 
Leer  is  a  Democrat,  and  has  been  a  delegate 
in  all  the  conventions  held  by  his  party  for 
the  past  fifteen  years.  lie  was  Town  Clerk 
for  three  years,  and  he  lias  been  elected  Col- 
lector since  1S88.  He  is  a  member  of  Vic- 
tory Lodge,  Knights  of  Tythias,  No.  137,  of 
Rosenhayn.  He  is  also  prominent  in  cliurch 
work,  and  has  served  on  the  official  board  of 
the  Methodist  I'.piscopal  church.  Mrs.  Van 
Leer,  too,  is  a  mendier  of  this  cliurch. 


—«-•♦•-♦— 


ANlia.    MARKS,    D.D.S.,    a   thriv- 
ing dentist   of   Bridgeton,  was  born 
July    5,     1 86 1,    in     Cape    Vincent, 
Jefferson    County,    N.Y.,    son    of    I'liilip    and 


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Catherine  (Kirchner)  Marks.  The  paternal 
and  maternal  ancestors  were  German.  Philip 
Marks  was  a  native  of  Frankfort,  Germany, 
and  came  when  a  young  man  to  Syracuse, 
Onondaga  County,  N.Y. ,  where  he  continued 
to  work  at  his  trade  of  mason  and  stone  cutter, 
for  which  he  had  been  trained  in  the  old  coun- 
try. A  few  years  later  he  moved  to  Cape 
Vincent,  and  there  carried  on  an  extensive 
business  as  contractor,  besides  dealing  in  coal, 
lime,  and  lumber.  Yet  he  was  not  wholly  ab- 
sorbed in  his  own  affairs,  as  he  served  the  town 
in  the  capacity  of  President  of  the  Village 
Board.  Mr.  Marks  afterward  moved  to  Evans's 
Mills,  Jefferson  County,  N.Y.,  where  he  still 
resides.  He  is  a  Royal  Arch  Mason,  while 
in  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  was  twice 
married.  By  his  first  marriage  he  became  the 
father  of  two  children.  His  second  wife, 
a  lady  of  Ca|>e  Vincent,  whose  maiden  name 
was  Miss  Kirchner,  had  one  son,  Daniel,  the 
subject  of  this  article. 

Daniel  Marks  received  his  early  education 
at  Cape  Vincent.  His  father  taught  him  tiie 
mason's  tiadi.',  which  lie  followetl  for  some 
time  in  his  native  town.  In  188.S  he  went  to 
Philadelphia,  and  entered  the  Dental  College, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1890.  1  le  had  car- 
ried on  a  large  and  successful  practice  in  Cedar- 
ville,  this  county,  for  some  years,  when  he  con- 
cluded to  move  to  this  city,  where  lie  has  built 
up  a  first-class  practice.  Mr.  Marks  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Salome  Lodge,  No.  145,  A.  1-".  &  A.  M., 
of  Cedarville;  Cumberland  Council,  No.  109, 
Junior  O.  U.  A.  M. ;  and  of  Knights  of  Pyth- 
ias, Tidal  Wave  Lodge  of  Cedarville. 


On  February  i,  1888,  Mr.  Marks  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Lilian  Jeanette,  the 
daughter  of  George  S.  Walker,  of  Watertown, 
Jefferson  County,  N.Y.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Marks 
are  members  of  the  Central  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church.  They  have  a  pleasant  home  at 
168  Hampton  Street. 


Tfr)MTHERFORCE  B.  ELMER,  a  gen- 
Y^V^  eral  farmer  and  stock  raiser  of  Fair- 
ton,  in  the  town  of  P'airfield,  was  born  here, 
July  16,  1864,  son  of  James  E.  and  Lydia 
(Swing)  Elmer.  His  spent  his  early  years 
on  his  father's  farm,  receiving  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  F"airton.  When  the 
time  came  for  him  to  decide  as  to  what  occu- 
pation he  would  pursue,  he  selected  farming. 
The  choice  has  since  been  amply  justified  by 
his  successful  pursuit  of  that  calling. 

Mr.  Elmer  has  been  twice  married.  His 
first  union  was  contracted  with  Miss  Carrie  C. 
Trenschard,  a  daughter  of  Rufus  Trenschard, 
who  carries  on  a  milling  business  in  Fairton. 
.She  died  on  b'ebruary  20,  1889,  leaving  no 
children.  Mr.  IClmer's  second  marriage  was 
performed  August  4,  1890,  when  he  was 
united  to  Miss  Emma  Jane  Ackley,  a  native 
of  Millville,  N.J.,  born  May  20,  1869.  When 
but  two  years  old  she  removed  with  her  jxir- 
ents  to  Vineland,  this  county,  where  they  still 
reside.  Her  father,  William  Ackley,  was 
iiorn  in  Salem  County.  Although  now  in  his 
eighty-fifth  year  he  is  still  actively  engaged 
in  general  farming.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Elmer 
have  a  son  and  daughter  —  Carrie  and    Ben- 


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45 


jaiiiin.  Mr.  Elmer  votes  the  Democratic 
ticket,  while  he  is  not  an  aspirant  to  official 
honors.  He  is  a  member  of  Cumberland 
Lodge,  No.  35,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
F"ello\vs,  and  is  a  communicant  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church  here  at  Fairton. 


^  'TACY  W.  MATTHEWS,  of  Bridge- 
ton,  the  foreman  of  the  blacksmith 
shop  at  the  Cohansey  Glass  Com- 
pany's works,  was  born  on  a  farm  near  Med- 
ford,  Burlington  County,  January  21,  1S24, 
son  of  Lewis  and  Elizabeth  (Bearford) 
Matthews.  His  paternal  grandfather,  Jere- 
miah Matthews,  came  to  this  country  from 
Scotland,  and  located  in  Burlington  County, 
where  the  remaining  years  of  his  life  were 
passed.  John  Bearford,  his  maternal  grand- 
father, who  was  born  in  England,  likewise 
came  to  this  country  and  settled  in  Burling- 
ton County.  Lewis  Matthews  and  Elizabeth 
Bearford  were  born  near  each  other,  the  for- 
mer on  August  2,  1789,  and  the  latter  on  De- 
cember 26,  1794,  and  grew  to  maturity  in 
the  same  neighborhood.  Lewis  Matthews 
followed  farming  in  his  younger  days,  after- 
ward removing  to  Millville,  this  county, 
where  he  was  employed  as  a  glass  worker. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  His  death  occurred  on  January  16, 
1857,  and  that  of  his  wife  on  August  18, 
1856.  Five  children  survived  them;  namely, 
Sarah,  Elizabeth,  Stacy  W.,  Lewis,  and 
Tillie.  Sarah  is  the  widow  of  the  late  Mr. 
Moore;  Elizabeth  is  the  wife  of  John  Camp- 


bell; and  Tillie  is  the  wife  of  Joseph 
Congdon.  With  the  exception  of  Stacy  W. 
they  all  reside  at  Millville. 

Stacy  W.  Matthews,  who  was  ten  years  of 
age  at  the  time  his  parents  moved  to  Mill- 
ville, received  the  greater  part  of  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  that  town.  He 
then  served  a  five  years'  apprenticeship  at  the 
blacksmith  trade,  after  which  he  went  into 
business  for  himself  at  Dividing  Creek,  this 
county.  A  short  time  after  he  came  to 
Bridgeton,  and  set  up  a  shop  in  South  Pearl 
Street.  Here  his  best  customer  for  several 
years  was  the  Cohansey  Glass  Company.  At 
length  the  company  purchased  the  shop  for 
exclusive  use,  and  placed  him  in  charge  as 
foreman.  This  position  he  has  held  for  thirty- 
nine  years,  and  has  now  five  men  under  his 
orders. 

Mr.  Matthews  has  been  twice  married.  The 
first  marriage  was  contracted  with  Miss 
Permelia  Robbins,  a  daughter  of  Ricksoii 
Robbins,  of  Port  Norris,  N.J.  She  died 
April  19,  1890,  leaving  a  son  and  two  daugh- 
ters. These  were:  Rebecca,  now  the  wife  of 
John  Boon,  of  Bridgeton,  and  the  mother  of 
two  children;  William  H.,  a  ]jrosperous  coal 
merchant  of  Germantown,  Pa. ;  and  Mary,  the 
wife  of  Edward  Reeves,  of  Port  Norris.  On 
November  5,  1893,  Mr.  Matthews  was  married 
to  his  [iresent  wife,  Mary  (McKee)  Matthews, 
a  daughter  of  John  McKcc,  of  .Salem  City, 
Salem  County.  In  politics  Mr.  Matthews  has 
been  a  Republican  since  1856,  has  served  on 
the  County  Executive  Committee  of  the  party 
and  as  a  delegate  to  various  conventions.      In 


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1870  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Common 
Council  from  Ward  2,  serving  one  term. 
Following  that  he  was  chosen  as  Freeholder 
for  one  term,  served  three  years  on  the  Board 
of  Education,  five  years  as  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  and,  after  filling  several  other  offices, 
declined  further  nomination  until  the  spring 
of  1890,  when  he  was  again  elected  to  the 
Common  Council.  At  the  present  time  he  is 
serving  his  third  term  of  three  years  in  that 
body.  He  has  been  a  member  of  its  impor- 
tant committees,  such  as  Fire,  Light,  and 
Finance,  and  has  been  its  President  for  two 
years.  He  is  a  member  of  Cumberland 
Lodge,  No.  35,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  which  he  is  I-'ast  Grand,  and  is  the 
only  man  in  the  city  who  has  been  through 
the  chairs  twice.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
State  encampment,  and  has  served  as  Repre- 
sentative to  the  Grand  Lodge.  Mr.  Matthews 
and  his  family  attend  and  sujjport  the  Fourth 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  has  re- 
cently erected  a  fine  double  house  on  Pine 
Street,  on  which  street  he  has  lived  for  thirty- 
seven  years.  A  man  of  sterling  worth,  he  is 
respected  by  all  who  know  him. 


(JOSHUA  CLARK  ACKLEY,  a  con- 
tractor and  builder  of  Bridgeton,  was 
born  October  14,  1836,  near  Willow 
Grove,  Salem  County,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Lydia  (Clark)  Ackley.  Uriah  Ackley,  a 
farmer,  who  was  a  resident  of  Salem  County 
nearly  all  his  life,  was  the  grandfather  of 
Joshua.      Samuel  Ackley,  a  native  of  Cumber- 


land County,  born  I^ebruary  5,  iSiO,  received 
his  education  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
town.  He  remained  at  home  upon  the  farm 
during  his  minority.  Shortly  after  reaching 
his  majority  he  bought  a  farm,  and  success- 
fully managed  it  until  1867.  Then  he  re- 
moved to  Bridgeton,  where  he  spent  the  rest  of 
his  life  retired  from  active  business.  While  a 
resident  of  Salem  he  was  elected  Overseer  of 
the  Roads,  and  served  many  years  in  that  ca- 
pacity. Later  he  filled  a  similar  position  in 
Bridgeton  for  several  terms,  and  was  Common 
Councilman  there  for  one  year.  At  one  time 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  Temperance. 
When  the  Reading  Railroad  was  extended  to 
Bridgeton  he  did  a  large  amount  of  contract 
work  for  that  company,  especially  in  grading 
for  the  new  station.  On  October  24,  1834,  he 
was  married  to  Lydia  Clark,  daughter  of  Isaac 
Clark,  of  Salem  County.  They  had  seven 
children,  of  whom  Joshua  C,  Joseph,  Re- 
becca, Charles,  and  John  attained  maturity. 
Rebecca  became  the  wife  of  Isaac  Potter,  of 
Camden,  N.J.  All  are  members  of  the  Meth- 
odist church,  in  which  their  father  officiated 
as  class  leader  and  Steward  for  many  years. 
He  died  on  February  28,  1S90,  and  the 
mother  on  July  31,  1875.  ^li's.  Joshua  C. 
Ackley's  father,  Abram  Simmerman,  passed 
away  on  the  same  day. 

Joshua  C.  Ackley  was  educated  in  the  dis- 
trict school  in  the  place  now  known  as  Union 
Grove,  Salem  County.  He  then  learned  the 
carpenter's  trade,  and  thereafter  worked  at  it 
as  a  journeyman  for  several  years.  He  came 
to  ]5ridgeton   in    1864,  and  there   in    1S75   es- 


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tablished  himself  as  a  contractor  and  Iniilder. 
A  great  many  fine  residences  in  Bridgeton 
and  vicinity  are  excellent  samples  of  his 
great  taste  and  skill.  Mr.  Ackley  has  a 
mill  where  he  manufactures  all  the  finish  he 
uses.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  Mxcelsior 
Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  was  formerly 
connected  with  Lodge  No.  13,  K.  of  G.  E. 

On  December  24,  1863,  Mr.  Ackley  was 
married  to  Harriet  Simmerman,  daughter  of 
Abram  Simmerman,  of  Glassboro,  Glouces- 
ter County.  She  has  borne  him  seven  chil- 
dren, namely:  Lydia,  now  Mrs.  George  Ben- 
nett, of  Camden;  Alonzo  and  Ulysses  R.  ; 
Harriet,  the  wife  of  Harry  Wilson,  of  Bridge- 
ton;  Melvin;  Edgar;  and  Kelso.  The  fam- 
ily, who  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
church,  reside  in  a  pleasant  home  built  by 
Mr.    Ackley   in    1870. 


|NOCH  H.  RILEY,  a  farmer  and  stock 
raiser  of  Deerfield,  was  born  on  the 
farm  where  he  resides,  July  29,  1826,  son  of 
Elijah  D.  and  Maria  (Heritage)  Riley. 
Daniel  Riley,  Sr.,  the  great-grandfather  of 
Enoch  H.,  came  to  this  country  from  Ireland. 
His  son,  Daniel,  Jr.,  who  was  born  at  Bridge- 
ton,  on  reaching  maturity  engaged  in  farming, 
and  became  the  father  of  ten  children. 

Elijah  1).  Riley  was  born  in  the  part  of 
Bridgeton  formerly  called  Indian  Fields. 
When  about  six  years  old  he  was  brought  here 
by  Elijah  Davis,  the  benevolent  man  who 
reared  him  and  subsequently  bequeathed  him 
his  property.     On   February  g,    1809,   Elijah 


was  married  to  Miss  Maria  Heritage,  who  was 
born  in  Deerfield  in  1789,  daughter  of  Firman 
and  Esther  (Stratton)  Heritage.  Her  parents 
were  Scotch  people  who  came  to  the  .States  in 
their  younger  days.  She  bore  her  husband 
seven  children,  of  whom  three  lived  to  matu- 
rity. These  were:  Anna  M.,  the  wife  of  Jere- 
miah Parvin  and  the  mother  of  E.  R.  Parvin; 
Elijah,  now  deceased;  and  Enoch  H.,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch.  The  mother  died  January 
12,  1852.  Both  parents  were  members  of  the 
old  Deerfield  Presbyterian  church,  of  which 
the  father  was  an  l^lder  for  over  forty  years. 
He  joined  the  church  when  twenty-two  years 
of  age,  and  from  that  time  until  his  death  he 
was  one  of  its  most  active  workers.  In  poli- 
tics he  was-  an  ardent  Whig.  For  thirty-five 
years  he  served  as  Justice  of  the  Peace.  He 
also  acted  in  the  capacity  of  Lay  Judge  of 
Cumberland  County. 

Enoch  H.  Riley  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Deerfield.  He  remained  on  the 
farm;  and,  succeeding  to  it  at  his  father's 
death,  he  has  carried  it  on  since  that  time. 
On  June  17,  1847,  he  was  joined  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Mary  E.  Carnes,  of  Bridgeton. 
She  was  born  F"ebruary  24,  1830,  daughter  of 
Enoch  and  Sarah  (Dare)  Carnes.  Enoch 
Carnes,  who  was  a  native  of  Bridgeton,  died 
at  an  early  age,  when  his  daughter  was  but  two 
years  old.  His  wife,  Sarah,  was  a  grand- 
daughter of  one  Riley,  a  descendant  of  the 
same  branch  as  Enoch  H.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Riley  have  nine  children  living,  namely: 
Arabella,  the  wife  of  Edgar  Hitchner,  who 
is  the  principal  of  the  city  schools;  Mary,  the 


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wife  of  Henry  N.  Hitchner,  of  Dcerfield; 
Ruth,  who  lives  at  home;  Elijah  D.,  the  prin- 
cipal of  the  public  school  at  May's  Landing, 
Atlantic  County;  John  N.,  living  in  Harrison- 
ville,  N.J. ;  Charles  Lincoln,  with  the  New 
York  Life  Insurance  Company  at  St.  Joseph, 
Mo.  ;  Enoch  H.,  Jr.,  of  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
where  he  conducts  an  insurance  business; 
Frank  L.,  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  in 
Philadelphia;  and  Howard  C,  who  lives  at 
home.  William  B.  died  when  twelve  years 
of  age,  and  two  children  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Riley  has  always  voted  the  straight  Re- 
publican ticket,  but  has  never  mingled  to  any 
extent  in  political  affairs.  Since  1846  he  has 
been  a  member  of  the  old  Presbyterian  church 
of  Deerfield  Street.  Mrs.  Riley  is  also  a 
member.  He  is  also  a  Trustee  of  the  church, 
and  for  a  number  of  years  has  served  as  super- 
intendent of  the  Sunday-school. 


M 


AVID  SEELEY  BLEW,  a  member 
of  the  Common  Council  of  Bridge- 
ton  and  a  successful  meat  dealer, 
was  born  here,  July  29,  1856,  son  of  Joseph 
and  Mary  (Seeley)  Blew.  Joseph  ]?lew,  a  na- 
tive of  Cumberland  County,  was  reared  to 
farm  life,  while  he  received  but  three  months' 
schooling.  In  his  boyhood  he  performed  the 
work  of  a  man,  such  as  driving  a  wood  team. 
He  remained  at  home  until  he  was  of  age, 
after  which  he  worked  by  the  month  or  season 
on  different  farms.  At  his  father's  death  he 
inherited  the  old  homestead  in  Bridgeton,  and 
carried    it   on    successfully   up   to    1890.      He 


then  sold  the  pro])erty,  and  has  since  been  a 
resident  of  Bridgeton.  In  politics  he  is  a 
firm  Republican.  For  eleven  years  he  has 
served  as  Overseer  of  Roads  in  Ward  4.  His 
wife,  who  is  a  daughter  of  Captain  David 
Seeley,  of  Bridgeton,  has  made  him  the  father 
of  seven  children;  namely,  Sarah,  Robert  M., 
David  Seeley,  William  R.,  Martha  S.,  Ella 
.S.,  and  Charles  S.  Sarah  is  the  wife  of  Al- 
bert Mi.\ner,  of  Hopewell,  N.J.;  and  Martha 
S.  is  the  wife  of  John  Price,  of  Philadelphia. 
Robert  M.,  William  R.,  and  Charles  S.  are 
residents  of  Bridgeton.  Both  parents  attend 
and  support  the  Commerce  Street  Methodist 
P]piscopal  Church,  of  which  the  mother  has 
been  a  member  since  her  girlhood. 

David  Seeley  Blew  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Bridgeton  and  at  West 
Jersey  Academy.  On  leaving  school  he  con- 
tinued to  reside  at  home,  assisting  his  father 
with  the  farm  work  throughout  the  remainder 
of  his  minority.  During  the  first  year  after 
he  became  of  age  he  was  engaged  in  gardening 
on  shares.  He  then  went  to  Fredericksburg, 
where  he  was  employed  one  season  as  purchas- 
ing agent  for  Joseph  A.  Clark  &  Son.  After 
this  he  returned  to  Bridgeton  to  take  charge  of 
a  store  belonging  to  Mr.  Clark.  A  little  over 
three  years  later,  in  company  with  his  brother 
Robert,  he  purchased  the  business,  and  car- 
ried it  on  successfully  for  two  years  under  the 
firm  name  of  D.  S.  &  R.  M.  Blew.  After  a 
year  of  rest,  on  August  5,  1883,  he  was  ap- 
pointed postal  clerk  in  tlie  railway  mail  ser- 
vice between  Philadelphia  and  Bridgeton. 
He  had  held  that  position  for  five  years  when 


JOSEPH     A.    CLARK. 


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he  was  removed  by  a  new  administration  at 
Washington.  He  then  purcliased  a  marlcet  in 
Camden,  whither  he  had  removed  on  receiving 
his  appointment  as  mail  clerk,  and  did  a  pros- 
perous business  in  this  line  for  some  years. 
After  President  Harrison's  election  he  was 
reinstated  in  the  mail  service,  being  this  time 
assigned  to  the  New  York  and  Pittsburg 
route.  Subsequently  he  served  for  two  years 
on  the  route  between  Philadelphia  and  Harris- 
burg.  In  1890  he  resigned  his  position  and 
settled  in  Bridgeton,  to  which  place  he  had 
previously  removed  his  family.  Here  he  was 
employed  for  four  years  as  Assistant  Post- 
master. I'ollowing  that  he  secured  a  position 
with  the  Merchants'  Retail  Corn  Agency  of 
Philadelphia,  and  continued  with  them  up  to 
October  13,  1894.  At  that  time  he  opened 
the  market  in  Bridgeton,  in  which  he  is  now 
doing  a  successful  business. 

On  January  22,  1878,  Mr.  Blew  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Mary  Clark,  a  daughter 
of  Isaac  Clark,  of  Parvin's  Mills.  Two  sons 
have  blessed  the  union;  namely,  J.  Oscar  and 
Robert  S. 

Mr.  Blew  has  always  been  a  Republican  in 
politics.  In  1S95  he  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  Common  Council  for  three  years  from 
Ward  4,  receiving  the  largest  majority  ever 
given  a  candidate  for  this  office  in  this  ward. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  P'ire  Committee,  of 
which  he  is  Chairman,  also  of  the  I'inance 
Committee;  and  he  is  one  of  the  leaders  in 
the  movement  for  better  street  paving.  He  is 
a  member  of  Bridgeton  Castle,  Knights  of 
Golden  Eagle,  and  a  charter  member  and  one 


of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Bridgeton 
Musical  Union.  He  and  Mrs.  Blew  are  prom- 
inent members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  of  Bridgeton.  He  was  a  Trustee  of 
the  church,  superintendent  of  its  Sunday- 
school,  Steward,  and  class  leader;  and  he  now 
serves  it  in  the  capacity  of  chorister. 


OSEPH    ARCHIBALD   CLARK, 

founder  of  the  Clark  Glass  Works,  one 
of  the  most  important  manufacturing 
industries  in  the  city  of  Bridgeton,  N.J.,  was 
born  at  Centreton,  Salem  County,  this  State, 
on  July  12,  1822,  son  of  Isaac  and  Rebecca 
(Newkirk)  Clark. 

Isaac  Clark,  who  was  also  a  native  of  Centre- 
ton,  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  life  in  tilling 
the  soil  and  in  other  agricultural  pursuits,  and 
was  considered  one  of  the  most  practical  and 
enterprising  farmers  of  Centreton.  For  a 
number  of  years  he  served  as  Overseer  of 
Roads  in  that  town,  a  position  in  which  he 
proved  himself  efficient  and  trustworthy.  Of 
the  children  born  of  his  union  with  Miss  Re- 
becca Newkirk  two  arc  living  —  Sarah,  the 
wife  of  Charles  Smith;  and  Joseph  A.  Isaac 
Clark  and  his  wife  were  consistent  members 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Centre- 
ton,  in  which  he  held  various  offices,  among 
them  that  of  class  leader. 

Their  son,  Joseph  Archibald,  received  a 
good,  practical  education  ;  and  when  his  school- 
days were  ended,  as  his  father  had  then  retired 
from  active  labor,  he  carried  on  the  homestead 
farm   until   he   was   twenty-two  years   of   age. 


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He  then  purchased  a  farm  of  seventy-five  acres 
in  Salem  County,  and  there  his  father's  de- 
clining years  were  passed.  In  addition  to 
that  place  Mr.  Clark  owned  a  large  amount  of 
other  land,  and  was  long  engaged  in  getting 
out  hoop  poles  for  the  city  market,  having 
probably  manufactured  as  many  as  any  man  in 
this  State. 

After  having  successfully  engaged  in  farm- 
ing for  twenty-one  years,  in  1867  Mr.  Clark 
sold  his  farm,  and  came  to  Bridgeton  to  reside. 
During  the  first  seven  years  he  continued  in 
the  hoop  pole  business,  to  which  he  added  that 
of  lumber,  his  office  being  on  Laurel  Street; 
but  in  1874  he  sold  out  his  interests,  and  in 
company  with  Mr.  Bassett  and  Mr.  Shoemaker 
started  in  the  manufacture  of  glass.  For  two 
years  they  were  on  Water  Street;  but  at  the 
end  of  that  time  their  business  had  increased 
so  that  larger  quarters  were  necessary,  and 
they  removed  to  their  present  stand,  where  they 
have  continued  to  do  a  very  successful  busi- 
ness under  the  style  of  the  Cumberland  Glass 
Manufacturing  Company,  making  a  specialty 
of  bottles  of  various  kinds.  The  Window 
Glass  Company  has  since  Iseen  formed,  of 
which  Mr.  Clark  is  also  a  partner;  and,  al- 
though it  is  the  latest  company  of  this  descrip- 
tion that  has  been  organized  in  Bridgeton,  it 
gives  employment  to  a  larger  number  of  people 
than  any  other  here. 

In  March,  1848,  Mr.  Clark  was  joined  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Mary  Loi)er,  of  Cumber- 
land County.  Two  of  their  children  are  liv- 
ing, namely:  Rebecca,  the  wife  of  C.  W. 
Shoemaker;  and  Josephine  R.,  who   is  at  the 


parental  home.  Their  son,  Isaac  L.,  who 
lived  to  be  but  thirty-four  years  of  age,  was 
associated  with  his  father  in  the  hoop  pole  and 
lumber  business,  and  was  afterward  one  of 
the  leaders  in  the  organization  and  establish- 
ment of  the  glass  business.  He  was  a  young 
man  of  promising  business  ability  and  an 
exemplary  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clark  and  their  daughters  arc 
influential  members  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church.  On  coming  to  Bridgeton,  Mr. 
Clark  purchased  a  house  at  236  North  Laurel 
Street,  where  he  and  his  family  still  reside, 
he  having  rebuilt  the  house  and  made  vari- 
ous other  substantial  improvements.  He  also 
owns  several  other  dwelling-houses  in  this 
city. 


WILLIS     AUGUST 
prominent  and  es 


AUGUSTUS  STITES,  a 
!steenied  resident  of 
Newport,  engaged  in  the  oyster  business  at 
Bivalve,  this  county,  was  born  here,  July  5, 
1848,  son  of  Captain  Edmund  and  Sarah  (Brad- 
ford) Stites.  His  father,  also  a  native  of  New- 
port, born  January  14,  1823,  hat!  but  meagre 
opportunities  for  acquiring  an  education. 
When  he  was  about  twelve  years  of  age  he  ac- 
cepted employment  on  a  wood  shallop.  Subse- 
quently, while  still  quite  young,  he  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  captaincy  of  a  boat.  Directing 
his  attention  subsequently  to  oystering,  he 
continued  to  engage  in  that  industry  until 
about  1868.  In  this  year  he  abandoned  sea- 
faring, and  engaged  in  the  business  of  ship- 
ping oysters  at  Bivalve,  still,  however,  retain- 


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ing  his  interest  in  his  boat.  Mr.  Stites  was 
one  of  the  first  men  to  embark  in  oyster  ship- 
ping at  Bivalve,  and  his  enterprise  has  been 
rewarded  by  a  very  e.xtensive  and  prosperous 
business.  In  1870  he  received  his  son  Ed- 
mund into  partnership,  forming  the  firm  of  E. 
Stites  &  Son.  The  firm  now  own  and  employ 
quite  a  number  of  oyster  boats.  On  May  9, 
1847,  Captain  Stites  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Sarah  Bradford,  a  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Henry  Bradford,  of  Newport.  They 
have  since  become  the  parents  of  ten  children; 
namely,  Willis  Augustus,  Sally,  Edmund, 
Howard,  Addie,  Harry,  Anna,  Ellsmore, 
Ella,  and  Walter.  Sally  is  now  the  wife  of 
Thomas  Carson,  of  Millville,  this  county; 
Anna  is  the  wife  of  William  Burges,  and  re- 
sides at  Ocean  City,  N.J. ;  and  Ella  is  now 
Mrs.  Samuel  Hugh,  of  Philadelphia.  Cap- 
tain Stites  belongs  to  the  Union  Benefit  So- 
ciety of  Newport,  and  to  Friends  Lodge  of 
Odd  Fellows,  located  at  Cedarville,  N.J.  He 
has  never  participated  very  actively  in  local 
politics.  The  Baptist  Church  of  Newport,  of 
wiiich  his  wife  is  a  member,  has  no  more  regu- 
lar attendant  than  he. 

Willis  Augustus  Stites  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  Newport.  His 
schooling  ended,  he  engaged  in  oystering  with 
his  father,  and  thereafter  followed  that  occu- 
pation until  1893.  He  then  gave  up  his  sea 
life  to  help  his  father  in  shipping  oysters  at 
Bivalve.  Mr.  Stites  has  taken  a  very  promi- 
nent part  in  local  politics.  In  1S94  he  was 
elected  Town  Assessor  for  a  term  of  three 
years.      He  has  been    Commissioner  of   Deeds 


since  April,  1S96.  He  has  been  frequently  a 
delegate  to  the  county.  State,  and  Congres- 
sional conventions.  He  fraternizes  with  the 
Newport  Council,  No.  199,  of  the  Junior 
Order  of  United  American  Mechanics;  and 
he  is  affiliated  with  two  beneficial  societies 
of  Newport.  His  opinions  concerning  gen- 
eral national  affairs  bring  him  into  associa- 
tion with  the  Republican  party,  whose  prin- 
ciples and  ticket  he  always  supports.  In 
religious  sympathy  he  is  a  constant  attendant 
of  the  Baptist  church,  of  which  he  is  a  liberal 
supporter. 


I'HRAIM  BATEMAN,  M.U.,  a  much 
esteemed  physician  of  Cedarville,  was 
born  December  2,  1829,  son  of  B.  Rush  Bate- 
man,  M.D.,  and  Sarah  Ann  (Ogden)  Bateman. 
His  grandfather,  Ephraim  Bateman,  M.D.,  a 
son  of  Burgen  Bateman,  was  born  July  9, 
1780.  Having  received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools.  Grandfather  Bateman 
studied  medicine  in  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  subsequently  practised  his  pro- 
fession with  success  for  nearly  the  remainder 
of  his  lifetime.  He  served  several  years  in 
both  branches  of  the  State  legislature,  then 
called  Council.  He  also  represented  the 
State  in  the  United  States  Senate.  Ill  health 
obliged  him  to  resign  his  seat  in  the  Senate; 
and  he  died  soon  after,  on  January  28,  1829. 
On  October  8,  1802,  he  married  his  cousin, 
Sarah  Bateman,  daughter  of  William  ]?ate- 
man,  of  Cedarville,  and  became  the  father  of 
ten  children.  They  were:  Lydia,  William, 
Benjamin     Rush,     Ephraim,     Newton,     Eber, 


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Eleazar,  Sarah,  Harriet,  and  F.phraim  (sec- 
ond). Lydia  married  Archibald  Bancroft, 
and  Harriet  became  the  wife  of  James  Bate- 
man,  no  relation  though  bearing  the  same 
name.  Both  parents  were  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  the  father  being  an 
IClder  of  the  society.  The  mother's  father, 
wiio,  horn  May  13,  1749,  died  December  18, 
1835,  was  a  weaver  by  trade  and  an  extensive 
land-owner.  The  maiden  name  of  his  wife  was 
Sarah  Smith,  whom  he  married  in  1772,  Octo- 
ber 27. 

B.  Rush  Bateman,  M.D.,  a  native  of  Cedar- 
ville,  born  March  4,    iiSo7,  after  attending  the 
common   schools   of   Cedarville   for   the    usual 
period,    completed   the   higher    course    of    the 
Bridgeton  Academy.      He  then   read   medicine 
with  his  father,  and   subsequently  at   the  Jef- 
ferson   Medical    College,    Philadelphia,     from 
which    he    graduated    in    the    class    of     1829. 
Succeeding  to    liis    father's    practice,    he   was 
equally     successful.       While     energetic     and 
practical,  he  always  carried  a  high  ideal  of  his 
profession.      He  never  refused  a  professional 
call,  however   jioor  the   applicant   might   have 
been.       In    consequence    he    was    known    and 
held  in  affectionate  esteem  by  the  residents  of 
the  district  for  miles  around.      He  was   inter- 
ested  in  the   Port  Norris   Railroad,  of  which 
corporation  he  was  Secretary  and  Treasurer  for 
about  five  years.      He  served    in   all   the  town 
offices,  was  a  member  of  the  General  Assembly 
for   two   years,    and    performed    the   duties    of 
Justice  of  the   Peace  for  a  prolonged  period. 
His    connection    with    fraternal    associations 
comprised   membership   in   Welcome    Friends 


Lodge,  No.  48,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  which  he  was  Past  Grand;  and  in 
Cedarville  Division,  No.  36,  Sons  of  Temper- 
ance. He  retired  some  time  before  his  death, 
which  occurred  July  23,  1883,  in  his  seventy- 
seventh  year.  On  December  10,  1828,  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  Ann  Ogden, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Ogden,  of  Cedarville,  and 
had  four  children,  three  of  whom  grew  to  ma- 
turity. These  are:  Ephraim,  Robert  Morri- 
son, and  Mary.  Mary  married  Joseph  Burt. 
Both  parents  were  members  of  the  old  stone 
Presbyterian  church.  The  father,  who  was 
the  Treasurer  and  a  Trustee,  and  for  years  its 
Sunday-school  superintendent,  was  always  ac- 
tive in  its  interests,  and  largely  contributed 
to  its  support. 

Ephraim  Bateman,  M.D. ,  the  eldest  child 
of  his  parents,  having  made  the  usual  course 
of  the  district  school,  then  studied  under  the 
supervision  of  a  jirivate  tutor,  and  subse- 
quently read  medicine  with  his  father.  With 
this  preparation  he  was  admitted  to  Jefferson 
College,  from  which  in  due  time  he  gradu- 
ated in  the  class  of  1851.  Immediately  after, 
he  opened  an  office  in  his  native  town,  where 
he  has  been  in  active  practice  since,  and  where 
he  is  now  the  oldest  physician.  He  is  a  Di- 
rector of  both  the  Cumberland  National  Bank 
and  the  Cumberland  Mutual  l'"ire  Insurance 
Company.  The  representative  of  one  of  the 
oldest  families  in  the  localit)',  he  is  naturally 
interested  in  the  progress  of  the  town,  and  has 
done  the  part  of  a  loyal  citizen  in  helping  it 
as  the  opportunity  offered.  He  states  that  its 
size  at  present  is  at  least  threefold  what  it  was 


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wIiL-ii  he  was  a  boy.  Mc  was  chosen  Free- 
holder for  many  years,  and  was  one  of  the 
three  men  who  negotiated  the  war  loan  of 
Ciunberland  County,  a  sum  of  two  hundred 
and  fifty  thousand  dollars.  In  the  course  of 
his  life  he  has  served  the  community  in  all 
the  town  offices,  and  is  at  present  a  member 
of  the  Town  Council. 

On  March  14,  1S59,  he  was  married  to 
Martha  D.,  daughter  of  David  Gale,  Esq.,  of 
Cedarville,  and  has  one  child,  Frank  M.,  who  is 
also  a  practising  physician  of  Cedarville.  He 
is  a  member  of  Welcome  Friends  Lodge,  No. 
48,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and 
has  been  Grand  Master  of  the  New  Jersey 
Grand  Lodge.  He  has  also  membership  in 
Good  Will  Encampment,  No.  35,  of  which  he 
has  been  Scribe  since  its  formation.  No  man 
in  the  town  holds  a  higher  place  in  popular 
esteem  than  Dr.  Ephraim  Hateman. 


fT?)TON.  BLOOMFIFLD  11.  MINCll,  of 
Bridgcton,  member  of  the  Assembly 
for  Cumijerland  County,  was  born 
on -a  farm  in  Hopewelhtownship,  this  county, 
October  10,  1864.  He  is  a  son  of  Francis  B. 
and  Elizabeth  H.  (Tice)  Minch,  and  belongs 
to  one  of  the  oldest  and  best  families  in  the 
Union,  native  to  Southern  New  Jersey  for 
many  generations.  1 1  is  great-grandfather  was 
15enjamin  Minch.  His  grandfather  was  Arch- 
ibald Minch.  Archibald  Minch,  a  wealthy 
farmer  of  Hopewell,  his  native  town,  was  very 
prominent  in  the  community  and  active  in 
public    affairs.       He    was     the     last    original 


stockholder  of  the  Cumberland  National  liank, 
which  was  founded  in  1812.  A  strong  old 
Whig,  he  was  the  first  man  in  the  town  to 
declare  allegiance  to  the  Republican  party. 
Of  his  children  only  I<"rancis  B.  survi\-ed  him. 

Francis  B.  Minch  was  liorn  im  tlie  hdine- 
stead  in  Hopewell,  August  14,  1833,  and 
lived  there  fifty  years.  He  personally  super- 
intended his  farm,  which  was  an  extensive 
one,  until  1883,  when  he  came  to  Bridgcton. 
He  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  Bridge- 
ton  National  Bank,  of  which  he  has  been  Di- 
rector for  many  years ;  and  he  is  President  of 
the  North  Bridgcton  Land  Company,  whicJi 
was  organized  for  the  purpose  of  developing 
North  Bridgcton.  While  in  Hopewell  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  I'"reeholders  of  tlie 
township.  After  moving  to  the  city  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  City  Council  from 
the  Third  Ward.  Mr.  Minch  is  a  prominent 
Mason,  belonging  to  Brcarly  Lodge,  No.  2, 
and  ]5rearly  Chapter,  No.  6.  His  wife,  wlio 
is  a  native  of  Pittsgrove,  Salem  Count)-,  lias 
bornediim  three  childien,  namely:  Robert  I'"., 
who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-three;  Bloom- 
field  H.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and  Mary, 
the  wife  of  E.  I'reeman  Crowell,  of  Lans- 
downe,  Pa.  Both  parents  are  members  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church. 

The  Hon.  Bloomfield  II.  Mincli  attended 
the  common  schools  of  IIo]iewell,  graduated 
from  the  South  Jersey  Institute  in  the  class  of 
1S83,  and  finished  a  course  of  study  at  Bryant 
&  Stratton's  Business  College,  Philadeljihia, 
in  May,  1884.  In  November  of  that  year  he 
formed  with   William    O.    Garrison   a   partner- 


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ship,  which  still  continues.  The  house  of  Gar- 
rison &  Minch  soon  came  to  be  looked  upon  as 
one  of  the  most  prosperous  and  reliable  in  the 
city  of  Bridgeton.  They  deal  in  all  kinds  of 
farm  implements  and  agricultural  produce, 
and  are  extensively  engaged  in  the  manufact- 
ure of  fertilizers.  They  have  the  most  exten- 
sive business  of  the  kind  in  South  Jersey,  and 
give  employment  to  from  fifty  to  one  hundred 
persons.  Mr.  Minch  is  a  thorough  business 
man.  He  was  one  of  the  incorporators  and 
is  now  Treasurer  of  the  Cumberland  Construc- 
tion Company,  of  which  Mr.  Garrison  is  Pres- 
ident. The  corporation,  which  makes  a  spe- 
cialty of  bridge  and  wharf  building,  has 
satisfactorily  executed  many  heavy  contracts. 
On  December  30,  1886,  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Mary  E.  Rebeau,  of  Camden,  N.J.  Two 
children  have  blessed  the  union  —  Robert  I", 
and  Aleta  E.  Mrs.  Minch  died  January  2, 
1896.  In  politics  Mr.  Minch  has  been  prom- 
inent as  a  Republican  for  some  time,  and  has 
been  selected  several  times  as  a  delegate  to 
State  conventions.  In  1894  he  was  elected  to 
the  legislature  by  a  large  majority,  and  served 
on  tile  Commiticcs  on  Hanks  and  Insurance 
and  Stationery,  and  tlie  joint  Committee  on 
Federal  Relations.  In  the  fall  of  1895  he 
was  re-elected  for  the  term  of  1S96.  He  is 
Past  Master  of  Brearly  Lodge,  No.  2,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.  ,  Past  High  Priest  of  Brearly 
Chapter,  No.  6;  a  member  of  Olivet  Com- 
mandery.  No.  10;  and  he  has  been  three  times 
representative  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the 
State.  He  also  belongs  to  Cohansey  Lodge, 
No.  103,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 


and  to  the  Junior  Order  of  American  Me- 
chanics. Both  he  and  Mrs.  Minch  are  mem- 
bers of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church.  They 
have  a  beautiful  home  on  West  Commercial 
Street,  which  Mr.  Minch  has  built  since  his 
marriase. 


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DVVARD  MORTIMER  MULFORD, 
Postmaster  of  Greenwich,  was  born  at 
Roadstown,  N.J.,  July  15,  1840,  son  of  ]5en- 
jamin  T.  and  Mary  A.  (F"ithian)  Mulford. 
The  family  is  entitled  to  be  reckoned  among 
the  oldest  in  the  State.  Its  founders,  who 
came  from  England,  after  living  for  a  short 
time  in  Salem,  Mass.,  settled  in  East  Hamp- 
ton, L.I.,  about  the  year  1649,  purchasing 
land  for  their  use  from  the  Indians.  Ben- 
jamin Mulford  removed  from  East  Hampton 
to  Cape  May,  N.J  ,  in  1699.  One  of  his 
descendants,  also  named  Benjamin,  great- 
grandfather of  Edward  Mortimer,  took  u])  his 
residence  in  Roadstown,  where,  according  to 
the  records,  he  bought  property  in  1764.  In 
1770  this  Benjamin  built  the  brick  house  situ- 
ated in  the  centre  of  the  village,  now  occupied 
as  a  store  by  Joseph  Whitaker,  and  still  bear- 
ing on  its  north-east  corner  the  date  of  its 
erection. 

Mason  Mulford,  grandfather  of  Edward 
Mortimer,  was  a  native  of  Roadstown,  born 
April  20,  1 761.  He  followed  the  occupation 
of  farmer,  and  owned  a  number  of  farms  in  tlie 
vicinity.  He  also  kept  a  hotel.  In  1778, 
January  i,  he  was  united  in  matrimony  with 
Margaret  Teal,  and  became  the  father  of  nine 
children,    of    whom    seven   grew   to   maturity. 


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These  were:  I'hcebe,  born  Ai^ril  20,  1792,  who 
married  Garrison  Maul,  and  died  October  30, 
i860;  John,  born  September  10,  1794,  who 
died  August  28,  i860;  Priscilla,  born  Octo- 
ber 10,  1796,  who  married  David  Minch,  and 
died  December  17,  1841;  Elizabeth,  born  De- 
cember 1 8,  1798,  who  married  Charles  L. 
Watson,  and  died  December  23,  1847;  Nancy 
B. ,  born  March  i,  1802,  who  died  August  23, 
1823;  Maria,  born  December  9,  1807,  who 
married  Jonathan  Bowen,  and  died  October  20, 
1886;  and  Benjamin  T.,  the  father  of  Edward 
Mortimer.  In  religious  belief  both  parents 
were  Baptists. 

Benjamin  T.  Mulford,  whose  birth  occurred 
in  Roadstown,  February  i,  1804,  was  reared 
upon  his  father's  farm,  receiving  his  educa- 
tion in  the  district  school.  From  1835  to 
1840  he  kept  the  Nelson  House  in  Salem, 
N.J.,  carried  on  a  livery  business  in  connec- 
tion therewith,  and  drove  the  mail  wagon  over 
the  route  between  Salem  and  Philadelphia. 
He  then  returned  to  Roadstown,  bought  the 
homestead,  and  engaged  extensively  in  farm- 
ing operations.  Subsequently  he  bought  other 
farms,  and  owned  as  many  as  fourteen  when 
he  died.  He  made  a  specialty  of  grain  rais- 
ing, and  had  large  dealings  in  well-bred  stock, 
especially  in  sheep.  He  was  widely  known 
for  his  remarkable  breed  of  horses,  called  the 
VVintiower  and  Eclipse  cross,  noted  for  their 
great  endurance  on  the  road.  It  is  told  of 
him  that  he  drove  one  of  his  horses  ninety-six 
miles  in  one  day,  covering  the  last  ten  miles 
as  speedily  as  the  first.  In  the  winter  season 
it  was  his   custom   to   speculate   in   grain   and 


produce.  He  was  one  of  the  original  sub- 
scribers to  the  stock  of  the  West  Jersey  Rail- 
road, and  had  the  gratification  of  seeing  the 
road  completed  and  of  riding  on  it  to  Phila- 
delphia once  before  he  died.  On  April  1  i, 
1829,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Ann 
Fithian,  daughter  of  I-jioch  Fithian,  an  exten- 
sive land-owner  of  Beebe  Run,  near  Bridgeton. 
Of  their  five  children  four  reached  maturity, 
namely:  Enoch  Mason,  born  March  11,  1836, 
who  died  July  31,  1854;  Julia  A.,  born  De- 
cember 30,  1833,  who  married  .Stephen  G. 
Porch,  of  Franklinvillc,  Gloucester  County; 
Benjamin  Fithian,  born  March  7,  1838,  now- 
residing  in  Roadstown;  and  J'^dward  M.,  the 
subject  of  this  notice.  The  father  and  mother 
attended  the  Baptist  church  at  Roadstown,  of 
which  they  were  liberal  supporters.  Tiie 
father  donated  the  lot  on  which  the  parsonage 
is  built. 

Edward  Mortimer  Mulford,  after  receiving 
his  elementary  education  in  the  district  schools 
of  Roadstown,  pursued  a  more  advanced  course 
at  Union  Academy,  Shiloh,  N.J.,  and  at 
Bolniar  Institute,  West  Chester,  Pa.  In  due 
time  he  was  athuittcd  to  the  I'niversity  of 
Lewisburg,  Pa.,  now  Bucknell  Universit)'; 
but  ill  health  obliged  him  to  abandon  his 
studies  before  he  could  graduate.  Thereafter 
he  lived  with  his  mother  in  Bridgeton  until 
his  marriage,  when  he  came  to  Greenwich. 
Here  he  had  carried  on  a  prosperous  business 
in  grain,  coal,  and  fertilizers,  for  some  time, 
when  he  retired  in  1882.  In  1894  he  was  ap- 
pointed Postmaster  of  the  town,  in  which  ca- 
pacity he  has   proved   a   most  capable  official. 


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For  a  number  of  years  he  served  the  commu- 
nity as  Town  Councillor.  On  one  occasion, 
when  he  allovvetl  his  name  to  be  placed  on  the 
Democratic  ticket  for  the  Assembly,  the  party 
being  in  a  hopeless  minority,  he  received  the 
largest  vote  ever  cast  in  the  town  for  an  Assem- 
bly candidate  of  his  party.  He  has  also  done 
good  service  as  Supervisor  of  Roads. 

On  May  7,  1862,  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Margaretta  15.  Ililliard,  daughter  of  Reuben 
Milliard,  of  Greenwich,  and  became  the  father 
of  five  children.  These  were:  Anna  Viola, 
born  May  14,  1863,  who  married  on  May  30, 
1894,  William  H.  Caley,  of  West  Chester, 
Pa.;  lulward  M.,  Jr.,  born  January  7,  1865, 
who  married  Sybilla  A.  de  Leur,  January  9, 
i8go;  Mary  L. ,  born  April  13,  1S69,  who 
married  Dr.  J.  Rulon  Dare,  March  26,  1891  ; 
Lizzie  Elmer,  born  June  2,  1871;  and  Clare 
Milliard,  born  June  20,  1879.  Both  parents 
are  members  of  Cohansey  Baptist  Church  of 
Roatistovvn.  Tiieir  son,  lulvvard  M.,  Jr.,  is 
the  ]iresent  manager  of  the  Western  Union 
Telegraph  Company  at  Chicago.  When  thir- 
teen years  old  he  was  placed  in  a  telegraph 
office,  just  to  keep  him  out  of  mischief  during 
tiie  summer  vacations.  Woi'king  for  two 
months  every  year  in  tliis  way  at  the  Long 
Branch  office,  he  was  an  exjiert  operator  when 
he  left  school,  so  that  lie  was  able  to  undertake 
regular  work,  lie  was  first  sent  to  Camden, 
N.J.,  then  to  Champaign,  III.,  after  which  he 
was  assigned  to  Chicago,  where  he  began  as  a 
claim  clerk.  In  his  leisure  hours  during  the 
period  in  wliich  he  made  his  way  to  his  [)res- 
ent  position,  he  studied   law  assiduously,  and 


was  in  due  time  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  is 
the  father  of  one  child,  Marjorie.  Besides 
the  office  he  fills  in  the  Western  Union's  em- 
ployment he  is  also  Attorney,  and  a  Director 
of  the  Telegraphers'  Building  and  Loan  Asso- 
ciation of  Chicago. 


pNENJAMIN  F.  HIRES,  a  dealer  in 
ti)\  fertilizers,  agricultural  imjilements, 
coal  and  wood,  and  one  of  the  suc- 
cessful business  men  of  ]3ridgeton,  was  born 
February  15,  1858,  near  Salem,  Salem  County, 
son  of  John  D.  and  Mary  (Williams)  Mires. 
The  old  Hires  homestead  is  situated  near 
Shiloh,  this  county.  Jolin  Hires,  the  grand- 
father of  Benjamin  F.,  was  one  of  the  early 
farmers  of  Hopewell,  Mercer  County.  He 
was  the  father  of  eight  children. 

John  D.  Hires,  son  of  John,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1817,  in  Hopewell,  and  there  grew 
to  manhood.  After  reaching  man's  estate  he 
was  for  many  years  successfully  engaged  in 
farming.  I-'or  eleven  years  he  lived  in  Salem 
County;  but  in  1862  he  returned  to  this 
county,  and  settled  in  Roadstown.  He  spent 
the  last  twenty  years  of  his  life  engaged  in 
buying  and  selling  cattle  and  other  stock  on 
commission.  In  political  affiliation  lie  was  a 
stanch  Democrat,  and  was  frequently  chosen 
to  fill  important  town  offices.  For  fifteen 
years  he  acted  as  Tax  Collector  of  Hopewell. 
His  wife,  Mary  Williams  before  marriage, 
was  born  at  Port  Elizabeth,  N.J.  Ten  chil- 
dren were  born  of  their  union,  of  whom  eight 
are    living.       These    are:    Cecelia,     Rebecca, 


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59 


Anna,  Charles  E.,  Isaac,  William,  Benjamin 
F.,  and  Sally.  Cecelia  is  the  wife  of  John 
A.  Wright,  a  confectionery  dealer  of  Philadel- 
phia; Rebecca  married  Daniel  Brook,  of 
Bridgeton  ;  Anna  is  the  wife  of  John  Stremme, 
an  engineer  on  the  Reading  Railroad;  Cliarles 
E.  is  the  original  manufacturer  of  llires"s  Root 
]5eer,  which  has  become  so  famous  all  over  the 
country;  William  is  at  present  travelling  in 
Australia  for  his  brother,  Charles  E. ;  and 
Sally  is  the  wife  of  Thomas  Kirkley,  of 
Camden,  N.J.  The  father  died  January  6, 
1878,  and  the  mother  two  years  later,  on  Jan- 
uary 8,  1880.  Both  were  members  of  the 
Cohansey  Baptist  Church,  which  the  father 
served  for  many  years  as  Deacon. 

Benjamin  F.  Hires,  who  was  four  years  old 
at  the  time  his  parents  moved  to  Roadstown, 
received  his  early  education  in  the  schools  of 
that  town.  Later  he  attended  the  Union 
Academy  at  Shiloh,  which  was  then  one  of  the 
leading  schools  in  this  section.  On  finishing 
there  he  joined  his  father  in  the  drover's  busi- 
ness, and  followed  it  successfully  afterward 
until  his  father's  death.  He  then  took  charge 
of  the  home  farm  during  the  remaining  years 
of  his  mother's  life,  and  conducted  it  on  his 
own  account  for  seven  years  after  his  mother's 
decease.  At  the  expiration  of  that  time  he 
came  to  Bridgeton,  purchased  the  business  of 
Ware  &  Ernest,  dealers  in  fertilizers  and  agri- 
cultural implements,  and  has  prosperously 
conducted  it  since.  The  establishment  is 
one  of  the  oldest  stands  in  Bridgeton.  The 
business  is  still  increasing,  and  gives  em- 
ployment  to   four   men.      The    proprietor  also 


owns    real    estate    in    this   city   and    in    other 
places. 

On  November  27,  1879,  Mr.  Hires  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Elizabeth 
B.  Oilman,  of  Roadstown.  She  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  David  S.  and  Rnsina  (Caswell)  Oil- 
man and  a  grand-daughter  of  William  Oil- 
man. Her  great-grandfather,  Edward  Oilman, 
was  one  of  the  pioneer  farmers  of  Roadstown. 
The  farm  on  which  he  lived  was  last  sold  in 
1757,  and  by  will  has  now  become  the  prop- 
erty of  Mrs.  Hires.  Her  father  resided  there 
for  seventy-five  years.  Her  mother,  wlio  was 
born  in  Philadelphia,  was  of  English  parent- 
age. P'or  the  past  eleven  years  Mr.  Hires  has 
been  an  esteemed  member  of  the  Cumberland 
County  Agricultural  and  Horticultural  So- 
ciety, of  which  he  is  now  the  President.  He 
has  also  served  one  year  as  Treasurer  and 
nine  years  on  the  E.xecutive  Committee  of 
that  society.  Before  coming  to  Bridgeton  he 
served  three  years  on  the  School  Board  of 
Roadstown.  He  and  Mrs.  Hires  are  commu- 
nicants of  the  Berean  Baptist  Churcli  ol  this 
city,  Mr.  Hires  being  also  ['resident  of  its 
Board  of  Trustees.  Their  home  is  at  tlie 
corner  of  Hampton  and  Atlantic  Streets. 


i0B1':RT  MOORE  ALLEN,  a  fanner 
and  dairyman  of  IIo|)eweIl,  was  born 
here,  February  15,  1843,  son  of  Jo- 
seph P.  and  Clara  C.  (Davis)  Allen.  His 
great-great-grandfather,  Joseph  Allen,  who 
was  born  on  April  20,  1746,  was  one  of  the 
first    settlers    of    Mullica    Hill,     Gloucester 


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County.  Joseph  Allen  was  also  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Society  of  Quakers,  whose 
meeting-house  at  Evesham,  N.J.,  he  assisted 
in  erecting.  The  grandfather,  Joseph  S. 
Allen,  born  May  5,  1778,  near  Mullica  Hill, 
followed  the  occupation  of  general  farmer. 
He  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Mary 
I'aucus,  daughter  of  Edward  Paucus,  of  Mullica 
Hill,  by  whom  he  became  the  father  of  five 
children.  These  were:  Joseph  P.,  the  father 
of  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Axia,  now  the 
wife  of  Charles  Petiet,  of  Philadelphia; 
Thomas,  who  died  several  years  ago  in  Ala- 
bama; Hannah,  the  wife  of  Samuel  Gilling- 
ham,  of  Philadelphia;  and  Mary,  who  is  the 
wife  of  Mr.  Caliph  Keeny,  of  I^hiladelphia. 
The  father  was  prominent  in  the  community, 
having  been  honored  with  several  public 
offices.  Politically,  he  was  identified  with 
the  Whig  ]5arty ;  and  in  religious  belief  both 
he  and  Mrs.  Allen  were  associated  with  the 
Quakers.  He  passed  away  October  21,  1821. 
Joseph  P.  Allen  was  born  May  9,  1808, 
near  Mullica  Hill,  in  the  house  that  was  also 
the  birthplace  of  his  father.  He  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
place.  At  the  age  of  thirteen  he  was  aj^pren- 
ticed  to  a  blacksmith,  successively  in  the 
neighboring  towns  of  Woodbury  and  Woods- 
town.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  went  West 
with  his  uncle,  anil  completed  his  period  of 
apprenticeship.  Returning  when  twenty-one 
to  his  native  State,  he  was  employed  as  sheer 
of  the  stage  horses  at  the  old  Pole  Tavern  on 
the  Bridgeton  turnpike.  He  then  conducted  a 
blacksmith  shop  at    Fritztown    (now   Elmer), 


for  a  time,  after  which,  in  1830,  he  removed 
to  Shiloh,  this  county,  and  carried  on  the 
same  business  there  for  six  years.  Finally 
disposing  of  his  shop  and  interest  therein,  he 
purchased  his  present  farm.  This  property, 
still  owned  by  him,  distant  about  half  a  mile 
from  the  village,  contains  seventy-six  acres, 
and  is  now  conducted  by  his  son,  Robert  M. 
On  P'ebruary  21  he  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Clancey  Davis,  a  daughter  of  Mr. 
Richard  Davis,  of  Shiloh,  who  bore  him  three 
children.  These  were:  Hannah,  the  wife  of 
the  late  p:iias  R.  Pope,  of  Plainfield,  N.J.; 
Thomas  E.,  who  resides  in  .Stoe  Creek  town- 
ship; and  Robert  Moore,  the  subject  of  this 
article.  The  father  has  served  his  town 
as  a  member  of  the  Townshi]:)  Committee  and 
of  the  Board  of  Appeals.  In  politics  he  has 
always  been  a  thorough  Democrat.  In  relig- 
ious belief  both  he  and  his  wife  have  been 
members  of  the  Shiloh  Seventh  Day  Bajitist 
Church.  Mr.  Allen  has  attained  his  eighty- 
ninth  year,  yet  his  mind  is  as  clear  and  bright 
as  when  he  was  in  his  prime.  He  now  resides 
with  his  son,  Robert  M. 

Robert  Moore  Allen  received  his  early  edu- 
cation in  the  district  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  at  Union  Academy  in  Shiloh.  He 
then  returned  to  his  father's  farm,  on  which 
he  has  since  resided.  He  now  manages  that 
property,  together  with  an  adjoining  estate 
recently  purchased  by  him,  carrying  on  gen- 
eral farming  and  dairying.  On  October  14, 
1876,  he  was  united  with  Miss  Sallie  Thoni]:)- 
son,  daughter  of  Mr.  J.  R.  Thompson,  of 
Penn's   Grove,    Salem    County.      He  has   now 


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three  children  —  Ford,  Wade,  and  Roy.  His 
political  principles  are  Republican.  Both  he 
and  Mrs.  Allen  are  members  of  the  Seventh 
Day  Baptist  church. 


(JEREMIAH  RORAY,  for  many  years  an 
esteemed  resident  of  Bridgeton,  was 
born  October  9,  1834,  in  Fairfield, 
Esse.x  County,  son  of  Jeremiah  S.  and  Rachel 
(Hogbin)  Roray.  His  grandfather  on  the  pa- 
ternal side  was  Anthony  Roray,  who  is  said  to 
have  come  to  this  country  from  Germany. 
Jeremiah  S.  Roray  was  born  in  Cedar\'ille, 
Cumberland  County.  He  learned  the  trade  of 
a  weaver,  and  thereafter  followed  it  as  his 
chief  occupation.  The  last  years  of  his  life 
were  spent  in  Bridgeton.  His  marriage  with 
Miss  Rachel  Hogbin  was  blessed  by  the  birth 
of  seven  children  —  Elizabeth,  Hannah,  Anna, 
Rachel,  Jeremiah,  Joseph,  and  John.  Eliza- 
beth is  the  wife  of  William  Otterson,  of  Phila- 
delphia; Hannah  married  James  Conover,  of 
Jersey  City,  N.J. ;  Anna  is  the  wife  of  Peter 
Griner;  Joseph  was  killed  in  the  battle  of 
Cold  Harbor;  and  John,  who  also  served  in 
the  Civil  War,  while  in  service  contracted  a 
lung  disease,  from  which  he  died  at  McClellan 
Hospital,  July  3,  1S64.  Rachel,  a  maiden 
lady,  is  the  only  one  living  now.  The  par- 
ents were  members  of  the  Baptist  church. 

Jeremiah  Roray  received  a  good  education 
in  the  common  schools.  He  then  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Cumberland  Nail  and  Iron 
Company,  where  he  learned  the  trade  of  a  nail 
cutter.     He  continued  with  that  company  until 


August  g,  1S63,  when  he  enlisted  for  the  war 
as  a  private  in  Company  H,  Twelfth  Regiment 
of  New  Jersey  Volunteer  Infantry,  entering 
upon  his  duties  as  a  soldier  September  4  fol- 
lowing. The  regiment  was  assigned  to  the 
Eighth  Army  Corps.  At  the  battle  of  the 
Wilderness  Mr.  Roray  received  a  gunshot 
wound  in  the  left  hip.  On  April  14,  1865, 
he  was  transferred  to  Company  I,  Twentieth 
Regiment  of  the  Veteran  Reserve  Corps,  with 
which  he  was  on  duty  at  Washington,  D. C, 
Alexandria,  Va.,  and  Wheeling,  W.Va.  He 
was  honorably  discharged  at  Wheeling  on  July 
II,  1865,  after  which  he  returned  home,  and 
re-entered  the  employ  of  the  Cumberland  Nail 
and  Iron  Company.  Here  he  remained  up  to 
1886,  when  he  retired  from  active  work.  His 
death,  which  occurred  on  December  8,  1888, 
was  caused  by  hemorrhage.  Mr.  Roray  was 
twice  married,  the  first  occasion  on  December 
24,  1866,  when  Miss  Amelia  Jane  Roork  be- 
came his  wife.  She  bore  him  six  children, 
as  follows:  Ellen  H.,  born  September  23, 
1867,  who  died  October  11,  1867;  Addie, 
born  November  7,  1868,  who  died  November 
7,  1869;  Hattie,  born  April  23,  1871,  who 
died  October  10,  1871;  Joseph  H.,  born  Au- 
gust 7,  1872,  who  died  August  26,  1872; 
Salathiel  A.,  born  March  8,  1875,  who  died 
March  9,  1875;  and  Charles  A.,  born  Febru- 
ary 17,  1S76,  who  died  June  28,  1876.  The 
mother,  who  was  born  October  26,  1838,  died 
February  25,  1876.  Mr.  Roray  contracted  his 
second  marriage  April  3,  1877,  with  Miss 
Susanna  Dilks,  a  daughter  of  Elisha  Dilks, 
of    Gloucester    County,     New    Jersey.       Mr. 


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Dilks's  mother  having  died  when  he  was  an  in- 
fant, he  was  taken  by  his  uncle,  Jonathan  Bee, 
to  the  latter's  home  in  Delaware.  He  lived 
with  Mr.  Bee,  who  was  appointed  his  guardian, 
until  his  marriage,  receiving  the  benefit  of  a 
common-school  education.  On  reaching  his 
majority  he  inherited  a  mill  property  in  Salem 
County,  whither  he  removed  after  his  mar- 
riage, and  was  thereafter  engaged  in  the  saw- 
mill business  until  his  death  on  September 
16,  1868.  He  married  IVIiss  Sarah  Vander- 
grift,  a  daughter  of  Peter  Vandergrift,  and 
became  the  father  of  eleven  children,  eight  of 
whom  lived  to  maturity.  These  were:  Eliza- 
betli,  the  wife  of  David  Johnson;  James,  who 
married  Miss  Maria  Padin;  Rebecca,  who 
married  Henry  Powell;  Calvin  T.,  who  mar- 
ried Hannah  Johnson,  a  daughter  of  David 
Johnson;  Margaret  R.,  who  became  the  wife 
of  Charles  B.  Roork ;  George,  who  married 
Miss  Charlotta  Brown;  .Susanna,  of  whom 
there  is  no  special  record;  and  Johanna  H., 
wlio  married  Isaac  P.  Nixon.  The  parents 
were  members  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  were 
among  the  founders  of  the  society  of  that  de- 
nomination at  Alloway,  N.J.  Mrs.  Susanna 
(Dilks)  Roray  was  born  I'"ebruary  19,  1835, 
and  graduated  from  P'riesburg  Seminary,  in 
tlie  class  of  1855.  She  has  continued  to  re- 
side  in    Bridgeton  since   her  husband's  death. 


TKTSON     L.     BACON,    M.D.,     the 
oldest  resident   physician   and   sur- 
geon of  Port  Norris,  N.J.,  where  he 
has  practised  medicine  for  over  a  quarter  of  a 


century,  was  born  at  Woodstown,  Salem 
County,  this  State,  on  the  21st  of  April, 
1836,  son  of   William  and  Mary  (Ray)  Bacon. 

The  father  was  a  native  of  Cumberland 
County,  having  been  born  June  30,  1S02,  at 
Greenwich,  where  he  spent  his  earlier  life, 
and  received  his  first  schooling.  After  ex- 
hausting the  educational  resources  of  his  native 
town,  he  entered  the  literary  department  of 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania  with  the  idea 
of  becoming  a  minister  of  the  gospel.    - 

William  Bacon  early  joined  the  Presby- 
terian church,  and  always  had  a  leaning 
toward  the  ministry  as  a  profession  up  to  the 
time  when  he  commenced  his  course  of  study 
at  the  University.  Beginning  then  to  have 
doubts  as  to  the  reality  of  his  conversion,  in- 
stead of  going  into  the  Divinity  School  after 
completing  his  college  course,  he  entered  the 
Medical  School,  and  was  graduated  at  the  age 
of  twenty  years. 

Some  time  later,  when  practising  as  a  phy- 
sician at  AUowaystown,  where  he  had  settled, 
he  was  convinced,  through  the  influence  of  his 
pastor,  tile  Rev.  Joseph  Sheppard,  that  to 
preach  the  word  of  the  Lord  was  his  true  call- 
ing. The  flame  of  his  desire  for  this  work 
being  kindled  anew,  he  was  ordained  an  evan- 
gelist, and  journeyed  through  the  lower  coun- 
ties of  New  Jersey,  preaching  the  holy  gospel 
with  a  deserved  success,  the  cause  being,  as 
some  one  has  ajitly  and  truly  put  it,  "a  cause 
that  never  failed."  In  1830  the  Rev.  Will- 
iam Bacon  became  the  pastor  of  the  Baptist 
church  at  Pitt's  Grove.  In  1833  he  trans- 
ferred the  scene  of  his   labors   to   Woodstown; 


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antl  in  1841  he  assumed  charge  of  the  little 
church  at  Dividing  Creek,  where  he  remained 
as  pastor  for  eleven  years.  In  all  of  these 
places  he  served  both  his  Master  and  his  flock 
faithfully  and  well. 

In  the  year  1S52,  overburdened  bv  domestic 
affliction  and  the  arduous  nature  of  his  duties, 
he  decided  to  retire  from  that  sphere  of  action 
and  devote  himself  to  his  other  profession, 
medicine,  for  which  he  was  also  eminently 
well  fitted.  For  nearly  a  score  of  years  he 
tended  and  guarded  the  bodies  of  men,  as  be- 
fore he  had  watched  over  and  pointed  the  path 
for  their  souls.  At  the  earnest  request  of  his 
fellow-citizens  he  served  two  terms  in-  the 
State  legislature,  where  his  intelligence  and 
strong  moral  worth  commanded  the  respect 
and  admiration  of  his  associates  in  the  House 
of  Representatives.  Dr.  William  Bacon  died 
mourned  by  all  who  knew  him,  as  a  friend 
lost  to  all,  in  February,  1868.  His  wife,  who 
was  formerly  a  Miss  Ray,  of  Philadelphia, 
survived  him  but  twenty  months,  dying  in 
October,    1869. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  William  Bacon  hail  six  chil- 
dren who  arrived  at  the  age  of  maturity — 
Clementine,  now  Mrs.  Sutherland,  of  Mis- 
souri; William  Ray,  of  Trenton,  N.J. ;  Re- 
becca, who  died  in  Missouri;  Abel,  who  is 
also  dead;  Stetson  L. ,  of  Port  Norris;  and 
Smith,  at  present  a  resident  of  Bridgeton. 
The  grandfather  of  these  children,  Abel 
Bacon,  was  once  a  prominent  citizen  in  this 
part  of  the  State.  The  point  of  land  known 
as  Bacon's  Neck  was  named  after  his  progen- 
itor. 


Stetson  L.  Bacon,  altliough  born  at  Woods- 
town,  did  not  spend  much  of  his  life  there,  but 
came  with  his  father  and  mother  to  Newport 
when  he  was  only  one  year  old.  Here  the 
Rev.  William  Bacon  had  his  residence  while 
he  was  the  pastor  of  the  little  flock  at  Divid- 
ing Creek  —  that  is,  for  eleven  years.  Stetson 
L.  received  the  rudiments  of  his  broad  educa- 
tion in  the  day  school  of  this  town,  and  then 
pursued  a  course  of  study  at  Tremont  Semi- 
nary, a  school  conducted  for  young  men  by 
the  Rev.  Samuel  Aaron.  Here  Mr.  Bacon 
spent  two  sessions,  in  iS54and  11856.  About 
this  time  he  began  reading  medicine  with  his 
father  and  teaching  school  during  the  fall  and 
winter  months,  besides  attending  a  course  of 
lectures  at  the  Jefferson  Medical  College, 
from  which  institution  he  was  graduated  in 
the  class  of  1858.  Working  very  hard  during 
this  period  with  his  various  imposed  and  as- 
sumed duties,  he  successfully  accomplished 
his  worthy  purpose,  that  of  becoming  a  well- 
educated  physician;  and  he  finally  located 
with  his  father  for  practice  at  New])ort,  wiu-rc 
he  was  for  eleven  years,  gaining  the  utmost 
confidence  and  respect  of  his  fellow-townsmen. 

After  the  death  of  his  father  and  mother, 
overcome  by  grief.  Dr.  Bacon  sold  out  his 
practice  at  Newport,  and  removed  to  Mantua, 
Gloucester  County,  where  he  was  associated 
with  Dr.  Turner,  but  only  remained  there  for 
four  months,  as  Dr.  Turner  left 'the  town, 
having  been  very  sick.  Dr.  Bacon  not  wish- 
ing to  take  up  a  new  practice  there  all  alone, 
removed  for  the  second  time,  coming  to  Port 
Norris-     This  place  was  at  that  period  very 


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small,  as  the  railroad  was  only  just  being 
built.  In  fact,  it  was  only  constructed  as  far 
as  Fairton;  and  the  business  interests  of  Port 
Norris,  as  well  as  its  other  interests,  were 
in, an  infant  state.  Before  the  advent  of  Dr. 
Bacon  there  was  no  physician  here,  and  his 
arrival  and  settlement  was  a  very  good  thing 
for  all  concerned.  Moreover,  he  was  within 
easy  reach  of  his  old  practice;  and,  as  the 
town  grew  up  around  him,  his  business  in- 
creased greatly  with  both  sets  of  patients. 
He  is  the  oldest  general  practitioner  in  South- 
ern New  Jersey  at  the  present  day. 

Dr.  Bacon  married  Miss  Martha  Washington 
Mayhew  on  the  23d  of  December,  1859. 
Miss  Mayhew's  father,  John  Mayhew,  was  one 
of  the  early  business  pioneers  of  the  township, 
being  a  man  who  also  proved  his  worth  in 
different  public  capacities,  being  at  various 
times  Assessor  and  Collector,  a  member  of 
the  Township  Committee,  and  a  Freeholder. 
He  is  still  living,  at  the  remarkable  old  age 
of  ninety  years. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Bacon  have  two  children,  a 
son  and  a  daughter  —  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of 
the  Rev.  William  A.  Walling,  the  well- 
known  Baptist  minister  of  Wilmington,  Del.; 
and  William  Ray,  who  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1 896  from  the  University  of  Rochester 
in  Rochester,  N.Y.,  with  the  degree  of  A. B., 
preparatory  to  undertaking  the  study  of  law  at 
the  Columljia  College  of  the  city  of  New  York. 
Dr.  Bacon  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Cumberland  District  Medical  Association 
when  he  lived  at  Newport,  but  now  he  does 
not  often  attend  its  meetings.      In  the  fall  of 


189s  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  Coroner 
for  Cumberland  County,  which  office  he  now 
holds.  For  sixteen  years  he  was  Overseer  of 
the  Poor  of  Commercial  township.  His  poli- 
tics are  distinctly  Republican.  During  his 
earlier  life  he  was  a  member  of  the  Indepen- 
dent Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

For  many  years  Dr.  Bacon  has  been  an  ear- 
nest, active,  and  untiring  member  of  the  Bap- 
tist church,  although  he  has  never  been  an 
officer  of  the  congregation  to  which  he  be- 
longs. He  owns  a  fine  house  in  Port  Norris, 
where  he  has  lived  for  over  twenty-four  years, 
and  possesses  one  of  the  best  and  most  elegant 
private  libraries  in  the  county.  He  always 
has  on  hand  at  his  office  a  large  stock  of 
drugs  and  medicines  in  practical  and  wise 
anticipation  of  any  emergencies  that  may 
arise. 


EEWIS  D.  YOUNG,  a  well-known  and 
successful  miller  of  Greenwich,  and 
■^"^  also  a  native  of  the  town,  was  born 
May  5,  1866,  a  son  of  Henry  James  and 
Beulah  A.  (Mulford)  Young.  His  grand- 
father, who  was  also  born  here,  and  had  but 
limited  educational  advantages,  engaged  in 
agriculture  at  Deerfield,  this  county.  In  the 
latter  part  of  his  life  Grandfather  Young  by 
thrift  and  industry  acquired  a  farm  of  his 
own,  on  which  he  made  a  specialty  of  cul- 
tivating grain.  He  married  Miss  Zcllie 
Chauk,  a  lady  of  French  extraction,  who  bore 
him  six  children;  namely,  Henry  James, 
Jacob,  Jerome,  Clarence,  Victor,  and  Maxwell. 
Henry  James  Young,  who  was  born  in  Deer- 


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field,  March  6,  1832,  obtained  his  early 
mental  equipment  in  the  common  schools  of 
his  native  town.  At  the  close  of  his  school- 
ing he  engaged  in  the  work  on  the  paternal 
farm.  When  about  eighteen  years  of  age  he 
applied  himself  to  learn  the  miller's  trade, 
which  he  subsequently  followed  as  a  journey- 
man until  1875.  He  then  purchased  his  pres- 
ent mill,  the  same  in  which  he  was  first  em- 
ployed in  1851.  He  wedded  Miss  Beulah  A. 
Mulford,  a  daughter  of  Enoch  Mulford,  of 
Greenwich,  and  became  the  father  of  Lewis 
D.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Young  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Greenwich. 

Lewis  D.  Young  received  his  education  in 
the  common  schools  of  Greenwich.  At  the 
completion  of  his  course  of  schooling  he 
commenced  to  work  in  his  father's  mill,  in 
which  he  has  since  engaged.  Since  March  i, 
1895,  he  has  rented  the  mill  from  his  father. 
Erected  in  18 10,  it  is  one  of  the  oldest  as 
well  as  one  of  the  largest  mills  in  the  county. 
It  has  been  run  by  steam-power  since  1891, 
and  it  is  now  conducted  with  great  enterprise 
and  success.  On  November  28,  1894,  Mr. 
Young  married  Miss  Martie  T.  Young,  a 
daughter  of  Job  RL  Young,  of  Greenwich 
township.  The  two  families  were  not  previ- 
ously  related. 


-rS  ENJAMIN  F.  EDWARDS,  merchant 
•)\     tailor,  conducting  a  very  successful 
business  at  Bridgeton,  was  born  No- 
vember  9,    1839,    in    Lumberton,    Burlington 


County,  son  of  Richard  P.  and  Matilda 
(Stiles)  Edwards.  His  grandfather,  Joseph 
Edwards,  who  was  for  forty  years  one  of  the 
leading  store-keepers  of  Lumberton,  died 
there  in  1839,  at  about  the  age  of  eighty-five 
years. 

Richard  P.  Edwards,  a  native  of  Lumberton, 
born  June  3,  18 10,  acquired  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  that  town.  On  leaving 
school  he  went  to  Medford,  N.J.,  where  he 
learned  the  trade  of  a  tailor.  After  complet- 
ing his  apprenticeship  he  returned  to  Lumber- 
ton,  and  opened  a  shop,  which  he  conducted 
with  success  up  to  1S42,  when  he  removed  to 
Bakersville,  Atlantic  County.  After  a  brief 
stay  in  the  latter  town  he  went  to  Alloway  in 
Salem  County.  Alloway  failed  to  meet  his 
expectations  as  a  place  in  which  to  establish 
his  line  of  business.  He  subsequently  tried 
other  places,  and  finally,  in  1848,  settled  in 
Woodstown,  Salem  County,  where  he  remained 
about  twenty  years.  In  1866  he  came  to 
Bridgeton,  and  two  years  later  removed  to 
Salem,  where  he  worked  as  a  cutter  for  John 
Dunn.  Six  years  after  he  went  West,  and  he 
died  in  1881  at  Hartford,  Mich.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, also  of  the  Sons  of  Temperance.  His 
wife,  Matilda,  was  a  daughter  of  John  Stiles, 
of  Salem  County.  They  were  the  parents  of 
seven  children ;  namely,  Joseph,  Elizabeth, 
William  H.,  Benjamin  F.,  John,  Anna,  and 
Theodore  F.  Both  parents  were  devoted 
Christians. 

Benjamin  F.  Edwards  obtained  a  good, 
practical   education   in  the   public   schools  of 


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Woodstown.  He  afterward  learned  the  tailor's 
trade  with  his  father,  remaining  at  home  until 
he  was  nineteen  years  of  age.  From  that  time 
until  1 86 1  he  worked  on  farms  during  the 
summer  and  as  a  journeyman  tailor  in  the 
winter.  He  then  went  to  Daretown,  Salem 
County,  and  set  up  in  the  tailoring  business  for 
himself.  A  year  later,  in  1862,  he  enlisted 
for  service  in  the  Civil  War  in  Company  A, 
Twelfth  Regiment  of  New  Jersey  Volunteers, 
which  joined  the  Army  of  the  Potomac. 
After  one  year's  campaigning  he  was  honor- 
ably discharged  on  account  of  sickness.  The 
first  year  after  his  return  home  was  spent  at 
farming.  In  1S65  he  came  to  Bridgeton,  and 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Cumberland  Nail 
and  Iron  Company,  with  which  he  remained 
for  sixteen  years.  In  1881  he  again  started 
in  the  tailoring  business  on  his  own  account, 
and  has  since  built  up  a  large  and  lucrative 
trade. 

Mr.  Edwards  was  married  in  1862  to  Miss 
Matilda  Foster,  a  daughter  of  Matthew  Foster, 
of  Daretown.  Of  their  five  children  four 
lived  to  maturity;  namely,  William,  Theo- 
dore, Laura,  and  Hattie.  The  mother  passed 
away  in  June,  1874.  On  January  26,  1876, 
Mr.  Edwards  formed  a  second  marriage,  by 
which  he  was  united  with  Miss  Esther  D. 
Shull,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  Shull,  of  Bridge- 
ton.  A  son  and  two  daughters  have  been 
born  0/  this  union — -Frank,  Anna,  and 
Jennie.  Mr.  Edwards  has  several  times 
served  as  Judge  of  Elections.  He  is  a  charter 
member  of  E.xcelsior  Lodge,  No.  4,  Knights 
of  Pythias,   of  which   he   is  Past  Chancellor. 


He  has  also  membership  in  the  Thomas  M.  K. 
Lee,  Jr.,  Post,  No.  5,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, of  Camden,  N.J.  ;  and  in  the  Ahwah- 
neeta  Tribe,  No.  97,  Improved  Order  of  Red 
Men.  The  family  attend  and  support  the 
Second  Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  Mrs. 
Edwards  is  a  member. 


TS^ /alter  LOWRIE  MINCH,  a  pros- 
Y^V^  perous  market  gardener  of  Hope- 
well, was  born  here  on  July  8,  1862,  son  of 
Lewis  B.  and  Lydia  M.  (Veal)  Minch.  His 
father,  who  was  likewise  a  native  of  Hopewell, 
born  January  19,  1829,  received  his  education 
in  the  district  schools  of  that  town,  and  re- 
mained on  the  old  farm  with  his  parents  until 
he  was  twenty-nine  years  of  age.  Soon  after 
his  marriage  he  purchased  near  the  paternal 
home  a  farm  of  about  thirty  acres,  and  was 
there  engaged  in  farming  for  upward  of  six 
years.  He  then  sold  out  to  his  brother,  and 
purchased  an  adjoining  farm  of  fifty  acres, 
which  he  conducted  up  to  1872.  On  account 
of  failing  health  he  then  abandoned  farming, 
sold  his  estate,  and  taught  school  until  1875. 
His  health  being  restored  by  this  time,  he 
rented  a  farm ;  and,  excepting  a  few  years 
given  to  the  milling  business,  he  has  since 
been  engaged  in  agriculture.  He  is  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics,  was  Collector  in  1S64,  and 
Town  Assessor  from  1S77  to  1886,  having 
been  elected  to  that  office  on  the  Greenback 
ticket.  On  January  19,  1858,  he  was  joined 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Lydia  M.  Veal,  a 
daughter  of  David  and  Abigail  (Moore)  Veal. 


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Her  father,  who  was  born  in  Hopewell,  De- 
cember 4,  1793,  after  passing  his  boyhood  on 
a  farm,  upon  reaching  maturity  engaged  in  the 
fishing  industry,  at  which  he  was  very  success- 
ful, becoming  in  time  the  owner  of  large  fish- 
ing interests  off  the  coast.  At  one  period  he 
had  a  fish  stand  in  a  boat  anchored  where  the 
Commerce  Bridge  is  now  located.  In  1S63  he 
removed  to  Bridgeton,  purchased  a  farm  of  one 
hundred  acres,  and  there  lived  during  the  re- 
maining years  of  his  life.  He  was  a  man  of 
good  judgment,  and  that  he  was  fair-minded 
is  attested  by  the  fact  that  he  was  often  called 
upon  to  settle  questions  in  dispute  among  his 
neighbors.  Among  his  friends  and  acquaint- 
ances he  was  familiarly  known  as  Captain 
David.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican. 
His  wife,  Abigail,  whom  he  married  February 
3,  1S24,  was  a  daughter  of  Azariah  Moore. 
The  latter,  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  pioneers 
of  this  State  and  a  resident  of  what  is  now 
known  as  Harmony,  was  a  weaver  by  trade, 
and  made  linen  sheets  and  bed-spreads.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Veal  were  the  parents  of  four  other 
children  —  David,  James  Henry,  Francis,  and 
Enoch.  Francis  is  now  deceased;  and  Enoch 
resides  in  Pierre,  S.  Dak.  James  Henry 
Veal,  a  prominent  farmer,  owns  a  farm  that 
has  been  in  the  Veal  family  for  upward  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  years.  It  has  been  succes- 
sively the  property  of  Moses  Veal  (first), 
Moses  (second),  and  Moses  (third),  the  last 
named  having  been  the  grandfather  of  the 
present  owner.  l\Ir.  Veal,  Sr. ,  died  in  1S79, 
and  his  wife  in  i860.  Both  attended  and 
supported   the  Presbyterian  Church  of    Deer- 


field.  Lewis  B.  Minch  and  his  wife  have 
had  five  children,  as  follows:  Abbie  V.,  the 
wife  of  Orestes  Cook,  of  Bridgeton;  Walter 
L.,  the  subject  of  this  article;  the  Rev. 
Lewis  Willard,  of  Delhi,  Delaware  County, 
N.Y.;  the  Rev.  Richard,  of  Hawley,  Wayne 
County,  Pa.;  and  Priscilla  M.,  who  lives 
at  home.  The  parents  arc  earnest  Chris- 
tians. 

Walter  L.  Minch  acquired  a  good  common- 
school  education  at  Hopewell.  He  remained 
with  his  parents  on  the  farm  up  to  18S4,  at 
which  time  he  began  to  teach  in  the  public 
schools.  In  1SS6  he  rented  a  farm  belonging 
to  his  uncle,  David  Minch,  and  conducted  it 
for  five  years.  About  the  year  1891  he  pur- 
chased the  farm  where  he  now  lives,  a  market 
gardening  property  of  about  eight  acres,  all 
in  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  In  1895  he 
raised  twenty-six  thousand  quarts  of  straw- 
berries, and  between  five  and  si.x  thousand 
bunches  of  celery.  He  also  deals  extensively 
in  poultry,  averaging  about  a  ton  per  week 
during  the  year.  In  1885  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Leila  A.  Thompson,  a  daughter  of  Elijah 
Thompson,  of  Fairfield,  Essex  County.  The 
union  has  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  five 
daughters  —  Inez,  Olive  Lydia,  Edith  Mary, 
Leila  A.,  and  Helen  E. 

Mr.  Minch  is  a  stanch  Democrat.  In  1886 
he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  Assessor,  and 
has  held  it  continuously  since  that  time.  He 
is  a  member  of  Artenis  Tribe,  No.  198,  Im- 
proved Order  of  Red  Men ;  also  of  Cohansey 
Lodge,  No.  205,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  Bridgeton. 


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/^TeORGE  DAVID  LANGE,  a  well- 
\^X  known  baker  of  Bridgeton,  was  born 
April  30,  1857,  near  Berlin,  Province  of 
Brandenburg,  Prussia,  son  of  David  and  Her- 
minc  (Spilhagen)  Lange.  David  Lange,  a 
native  of  Saxony,  Germany,  was  born  in  1824. 
After  completing  his  school  education  he 
learned  the  baker's  trade,  and  also  engaged  in 
farming.  After  residing  in  Berlin  for  many 
years  he  came  in  the  spring  of  1896  to  Amer- 
ica, and  took  up  his  residence  with  his  son 
George  in  Bridgeton.  He  has  always  been  in 
business  on  his  own  account,  and  has  been 
generally  successful.  His  wife,  Hermine, 
was  a  daughter  of  Frederick  Spilhagen,  of 
Saxony.  Mr.  Spilhagen  was  a  forester,  who, 
according  to  the  laws,  was  obliged  to  serve  a 
certain  length  of  time  in  the  army,  pass  an 
examination  as  forester,  and  then  have  charge 
of  a  particular  section  of  the  forest  for  life. 
His  means,  ability,  and  education  gave  him 
a  high  social  standing.  He  served  in  the 
army  against  Napoleon,  and  was  highly  es- 
teemed by  the  limiierors  of  both  Russia  and 
Prussia,  who  conferred  on  him  several  decora- 
tions. 

George  David  Lange  received  his  education 
in  Germany.  He  was  then  apprenticed  to  a 
pniminent  baker  near  lieilin,  who  had  an  ex- 
tensive business.  At  the  ex]iiration  of  three 
years  Mr.  Lange  travelled  through  Germany, 
Switzerland,  and  I*" ranee.  Until  1882  he 
spent  most  of  his  time  with  his  father.  On 
first  coming  to  America  he  located  in  Phila- 
delphia, but  subsequently  came  to  Bridgeton. 
IV'iug   unable   to   speak    English,   he  found    it 


difficult  to  make  his  way.  After  working  as  a 
journeyman  for  one  year  he  bought  out  Mrs. 
Piatt's  business  on  Elmer  Street,  and  there 
subsequently  built  up  a  flourishing  trade. 
When  he  came  to  Bridgeton  he  had  less  than 
one  dollar.  He  now  owns  ten  thousand  dollars' 
worth  of  property.  A  conspicuous  part  of 
this  property  is  his  fine  home  and  business 
establishment  at  275  East  Commerce  Street, 
one  of  the  best  parts  of  the  city.  His  lot, 
with  a  frontage  of  seventy-two  feet,  extends 
back  to  Cedar  Street.  In  the  rear  he  has  built 
a  good  brick  oven  and  bakery,  and  is  one  of 
the  most  successful  men  in  that  line  of  busi- 
ness in  the  city. 

In  1889,  March  21,  Mr.  Lange  was  married 
to  Miss  Jane  Dunnington,  of  London,  Eng- 
land, and  now  has  four  children  —  Evelyne, 
Bernhardt,  Raymond,  and  Hilda  Lange.  He 
is  an  esteemed  member  of  Brearly  Lodge  of 
Masons. 


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:^ENJAMIN  F.  MAUL,  a  resident  of 
<^  Greenwich,  who  has  retired  from 
business,  was  born  July  14,  1828,  in 
Bridgeton,  this  county,  son  of  Garrison  and 
Phcebe  (Mulford)  Maul.  Garrison  Maul,  born 
in  1787,  was  one  of  the  most  jirominent  men 
in  Bridgeton  in  the  early  days  of  the  nine- 
teenth century.  He  was  engaged  in  cutting 
and  shipping  timber  to  Philadelphia,  and  also 
bought  wood  and  shipped  it  to  the  city  marts, 
this  being  one  of  the  leading  industries  in 
those  days.  He  lived  at  the  place  since 
owned  by  Mr.  Joseph  A.  Clark,  and  up  to  the 
time  of  his   last    illness  was  actively  engaged 


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in  business.  His  wife,  Phoibe,  a  daughter  of 
Mason  Mulford,  of  Roadstown,  this  county,  was 
born  in  1792.  By  him  she  had  seven  children 
who  grew  up  to  maturity.  These  were:  Mar- 
garet, who  was  the  wife  of  Thomas  Garrison, 
and  moved  to  Ohio;  Mary,  now  deceased, 
who  was  the  wife  of  Lewis  Goodwin,  of  Salem, 
N.J.  ;  Lucius,  who  after  a  visit  to  California 
died  in  Pennsylvania;  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of 
Charles  L.  Watson,  who  died  young;  Maria, 
now  deceased,  who  was  the  wife  of  the  Rev. 
Charles  King,  of  Mullica  Hill;  Benjamin  F. , 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and  William,  who 
now  lives  at  Omaha.  Two  children.  Mason 
and  Phoebe,  died  while  still  very  young.  The 
father  died  at  Roadstown,  May  26,  1835. 
The  mother,  who  survived  her  husband  a 
quarter  of  a  century,  died  October  3,  i860. 
Both  were  faithful  members  of  the  First  Bap- 
tist Church  of  Bridgeton.  Mrs.  MauTs 
father,  Mason  Mulford,  attended  the  same 
place  of  worship,  and  was  a  strong,  representa- 
tive farmer  of  Roadstown,  where  he  resided 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  September  2, 
1836,  when  he  had  attained  the  age  of  seventy- 
five  years.  He  was  well  known  as  one  of  the 
early  and  most  prominent  settlers  of  Cumber- 
land County.  The  maiden  name  of  his  wife 
was  Margaret  Teal. 

Benjamin  F.  Maul,  the  fifth  child  of  his 
parents,  was  educated  in  the  district  schools 
of  Bridgeton  and  Roadstown.  His  mother 
lived  in  the  latter  town  after  the  death  of  her 
husband.  Benjamin  was  placed  with  his 
uncle,  Benjamin  T.  Mulford,  with  whom  he 
lived  until  he  was  nineteen  years  of  age.      He 


then  came  to  Greenwich,  where  he  was  en- 
gaged in  farming  for  four  years.  After  that 
he  went  into  a  general  merchandise  establish- 
ment, and  was  employed  there  for  three 
years.  During  the  following  quarter  of  a 
century  or  more  he  was  engaged  in  business  in 
Greenwich,  chiefly  as  a  shipper.  He  later 
owned  his  own  vessels,  mucli  increased  his 
business,  and  shipped  goods  to  New  York  and 
Boston.  One  winter,  at  a  time  when  he  was 
doing  a  large  trade  in  potatoes  with  Baltimore 
and  Richmond,  he  went  to  Nova  Scotia,  and 
bought  up  fifteen  thousand  bushels.  These 
he  shipped  South,  clearing  a  large  profit.  He 
was  one  of  the  largest  grain  buyers  and  ship- 
pers in  the  county.  When  the  shipping  busi- 
ness dropped  off,  Mr.  B.  F.  Maul  and  others 
built  and  started  a  great  packing  and  canning 
establishment.  Here  he  put  up  tomatoes, 
beginning  with  four  hundred  thousand  cans  in 
the  first  year,  and  afterward  running  the  num- 
ber up  to  one  million,  one  hundred  thousand 
cans  in  twelve  months.  The  brand  of  tomatoes 
used  is  widely  known  as  the  Greenwich  Brand. 
He  also  has  put  up  in  his  establishment  out- 
side brands  of  the  same  vegetable  for  other 
men;  as,  for  instance,  a  few  years  ago,  he 
canned  ten  thousand  cases  for  Mr.  E.  C. 
Hazard.  The  product  of  these  canning  fac- 
tories is  sent  to  New  York,  Boston,  Provi- 
dence, and  other  large  cities.  They  used  to 
employ  about  one  hundred  and  twenty  women, 
besides  fifty  men;  and  the  business  proved  to 
be  of  great  value  to  the  town  in  general  as  a 
local  industry.  Mr.  Maul  continued  active  in 
the   business  until  the  fall   of    1895,  when   the 


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factories  were  almost  totally  destroyed  by  fire. 
He  then  sold  out  his  interest  in  what  remained 
of  the  concern,  and  retired  from  active  busi- 
ness to  take  a  well-earned  rest  for  the  remain- 
ing years  of  his  life. 

Mr.  Maul  married  Miss  Sarah  Bowen 
Bacon,  December  13,  1848.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Bacon,  of 
Greenwich.  Mr.  Bacon  was  a  resident  of 
Bacon's  Neck,  where  he  lived  with  his  father, 
Abel  Bacon,  and  for  which  they  had  a  parch- 
ment deed,  made  out  by  the  Indians,  who  in- 
habited the  place  before  them.  The  Bacons 
lived  there  during  the  early  part  of  this  cen- 
tury, so  that  they  had  to  retreat  inland  when 
the  British  landed  there  during  the  War  of 
I  812.  Mr.  William  Bacon,  the  father  of  Mrs. 
Maul,  died  when  fifty-four  years  old.  Mrs. 
Maul  was  born  June  13,  1828.  Of  her  chil- 
dren the  only  one  living  is  Annie  H.,  now 
the  wife  of  Bolton  Lott,  of  l^ridgeton.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  I.ott  have  five  children  —  Frank 
Maul,  Mary  B.,  Emma  L.,  Henry  B.,  and 
Ralph  B.  Annie,  a  si.xth  child,  is  now  de- 
ceased. Mary  Elizabeth,  a  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Benjamin  V.  Maul,  died  July  13, 
1886,  at  the  age  of  thirty-si.x  years. 

Notwithstanding  the  loss  he  sustained  by 
the  destruction  of  the  canning  factories,  he  is 
still  in  comfortable  circumstances,  and  owns 
valuable  real  estate  in  the  township.  In  1859 
he  built  a  fine  house  on  Majile  Street,  and  he 
has  lived  here  ever  since.  With  an  eye  for 
comfort  and  beauty,  he  had  a  very  fine  lawn 
levelled  in  front  of  the  house,  and  with  his 
own    hands   set   out   and   tended    a   number   of 


beautiful  trees  upon  it.  For  a  long  time  he 
has  been  independent  in  political  matters,  al- 
though early  in  life  he  was  a  Republican. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  are  earnest  members  of 
the  Cohansey  Baptist  Church  of  Roadstown. 


KRANK  JERRELL  LORE,  Constable 
of  Bridgeton,  was  born  in  Maurice- 
town,  N.J.,  June  18,  1867,  son  of  Ichabod  and 
Catharine  (Robinson)  Lore.  His  grandfather, 
Frazier  Lore,  a  native  of  Mauricetown,  was  a 
prosperous  farmer  and  a  very  large  land- 
owner, a  public  official  with  a  most  creditable 
record  made  in  all  the  more  important  of  the 
town  offices,  and  a  citizen  whose  opinion  was 
frequently  sought  and  deferred  to  in  all 
matters  pertaining  to  local  affairs.  Frazier's 
children  were:  Daniel,  Ichabod,  Jane,  Annie, 
and  Mary.  Daniel  is  a  resident  of  Newport, 
N.J. ;  Jane,  now  deceased,  was  the  wife  of 
Captain  George  Hunter;  Annie  is  married  to 
Captain  Charles  Studams;  and  Mary  is  mar- 
ried to  Captain  John  Avis.  The  father  was  a 
prominent  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church. 

Ichabod  Lore  was  also  born  in  Maurice- 
town.  He  spent  five  years  under  the  instruc- 
tion of  Squire  Mickel,  learning  the  shoe- 
maker's trade.  After  working  a  little  longer 
with  the  Squire  as  journeyman  he  started  in 
business  for  himself  in  Mauricetown.  Wlien 
the  first  bridge  built  across  the  Maui'ice  River 
at  that  place  was  completed,  he  was  appointed 
tender  and  toll-taker  by  the  Board  of  Free- 
holders.     He    discharged  the   duties    of    this 


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73 


post  for  eleven  years,  at  the  same  time  carry- 
ing on  a  prosperous  business  at  shocmaking 
in  a  shop  built  by  him  close  to  the  bridge. 
His  death,  which  was  the  result  of  'a  sun- 
stroke, occurred  while  his  son  Frank  was  too 
young  to  remember  more  than  his  appearance 
on  the  day  of  his  burial.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  at 
Mauricetown  and  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  at 
Dorchester.  His  wife,  who  was  a  daughter  of 
Captain  Hosea  Robinson  of  Mauricetown,  had 
four  children,  two  of  whom,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  and  Jane,  attained  maturity.  She  was 
a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
and  died  about  one  year  before  her  husband. 
Frank  Jerrell  Lore  by  his  father's  death 
was  left  without  a  parent  when  but  a  mere  in- 
fant. He  was  taken  charge  of  by  his  step- 
grandmother,  Emeline  Lore,  when  he  was 
about  eight  years  old.  During  the  ne.\t  three 
or  four  years  he  spent  the  summer  season 
abroad  the  wood  shallop  of  Captain  Jacob 
Hunter,  helping  the  cook,  and  the  winter 
living  with  Captain  Hunter  and  attending 
school.  The  Captain  finally  sent  him  away, 
saying  he  would  not  be  able  to  kec]i  him  dur- 
ing the  ensuing  winter.  Utterly  friendless 
then,  being  about  eleven  or  twelve  years  old, 
the  boy  sturdily  took  his  own  case  in  hand. 
He  went  to  Ricker  Robbins,  a  keeper  of  a 
livery  stable,  and  agreed  with  him  to  put  up 
such  of  his  horses  as  returned  late  at  night, 
and  sweep  the  stable  in  the  morning,  in  return 
for  the  privilege  of  sleeping  in  a  bunk  nailed 
upon  the  wall  of  the  stable  ofifice.  This  was 
his   lodging  for  the  following   winter,  during 


which  he  managed  to  earn  the  price  of  food 
by  doing  errands  in  the  daytime.  In  the 
spring  his  services  were  hired  by  Captain 
Daniel  Garrison  for  the  latter's  oyster  boat, 
at  the  wages  of  one  dollar  per  week,  a  sum 
that  seemed  a  fortune  to  Mr.  Lore  at  that 
time.  He  returned  to  the  livery  stable  in  the 
summer,  and  remained  until  the  fall.  It  had 
been  his  intention  to  continue  there  through- 
out the  winter;  but  one  day  Mr.  William  J. 
Royal  —  "as  nice  a  man  as  ever  drew  the 
breath  of  life,"  Mr.  Lore  says — stopped  him 
on  the  street,  ami  engaged  to  give  him  a  good 
home  if  the  boy  would  go  and  live  with  him. 
Although  Robbins  tried  to  prevent  him  by 
asserting  that  Royal  would  ill-treat  him,  he 
accepted  the  offer,  and  soon  found  the  change 
very  much  to  his  advantage.  Si.x  months 
after  he  was  well  dressed,  had  plenty  of  pocket 
money,  and  felt  that  he  was  treated  as  kindly 
as  if  he  were  his  employer's  only  child.  His 
duties  required  him  to  attend  to  some  horses, 
and  to  care  for  fifteen  or  twenty  bird  dogs. 
When  Mr.  Royal  died  the  boy  grieved  for  him 
as  a  son  woulil.  In  1887  Sheriff  Benjamin  F. 
Shaw  appointed  Mr.  Lore  turnkey  and  Deputy 
Sheriff.  These  offices  he  filled  l)y  him  until 
1889,  when  he  resigned  them  to  accept  a  posi- 
tion with  William  Ruddeacon,  at  that  time 
L^nited  States  Marshal  of  Trenton,  N.J. 

While  serving  as  turnkey  under  Mr.  Shaw, 
Mr.  Lore  conceived  the  idea  of  qualifying 
himself  for  the  business  of  a  detective  b}' 
making  a  study  of  the  criminals  under  his 
charge.  Pursuing  this  plan  further,  after  hav- 
ing spent  three  months  with  the  marshal   of 


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Trenton,  during  which  time  he  seized  and  sold 
three  vessels,  he  engaged  as  street-car  con- 
ductor for  two  years  in  Philadelphia,  and  sub- 
sequently for  another  lengthy  period  in 
Bridgeton,  in  order  to  study  human  nature. 
At  the  same  time  he  was  employed  in  detec- 
tive work,  being  free  to  go  and  come  as  he 
pleased.  In  the  course  of  time  he  was  so  suc- 
cessful that  his  services  came  to  be  in  greater 
demand  than  he  was  able  to  supply.  He  now 
keeps  several  men  employed  as  assistants.  In 
the  year  1895  he  served  three  hundred  war- 
rants. A  remarkable  sample  of  his  work  was 
the  case  of  twelve  colored  thieves,  who,  act- 
ing in  concert  as  a  gang,  terrorized  the  country 
round  by  the  boldness  and  magnitude  of  their 
depredations.  Within  forty-two  days  he  suc- 
ceeded in  bringing  all  to  trial,  secured  their 
conviction,  with  sentences  ranging  from  eigh- 
teen to  thirty-four  years  in  the  State  prison, 
obtaining  for  his  recompense  the  sum  of  four- 
teen hundred  dollars.  One  of  his  latest  cases 
of  this  sort  ended  in  the  October  term  of 
1895,  when  he  sent  eighteen  chicken  thieves, 
who  had  stolen  property  to  the  value  of  five 
thousand  dollars,  to  the  penitentiary.  Mr. 
Lore  considers  his  best  piece  of  work  the 
arrest  and  the  conviction  of  the  desperado, 
Howard  .Shull,  against  whom  he  had  fourteen 
warrants.  There  were  forty-eight  warrants 
out  for  the  apprehension  of  Shull,  for  crimes 
committed  in  New  Jersey,  Maryland,  Dela- 
ware, and  Pennsylvania;  and  he  went  about 
armed  with  a  brace  of  revolvers.  Mr.  Lore 
secured  him  near  Ogden's  Gut,  N.J.,  after  a 
desperate  struggle. 


In  September,  1890,  Mr.  Lore  was  united 
in  matrimony  with  Hannah  Nieukirk,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Nieukirk,  of  Bridgeton,  and  is 
now  the  father  of  two  children  —  Frank  J.  and 
Henry  T.  Mrs.  Lore  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Mr.  Lore  is  in 
affiliation  with  Cohansey  Lodge,  No.  205,  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  was 
elected  Constable  of  Bridgeton  in  1895,  and 
re-elected  in  1S96  for  three  years. 


RANK  GANDY,  of  Fairfield,  the  orig- 
inator of  the  strawberry  known  as 
"the  Pride  of  Cumberland,"  was  born  at 
Sayre's  Neck,  then  a  part  of  Fairfield,  but 
now  in  Lawrence  township,  October  4,  1832. 
His  parents  were  Nathan  and  Hannah  (How- 
ell) Gandy.  His  father,  who  lived  on  Jones's 
Island  at  the  time  of  the  British  occupation  of 
Cedar  Creek,  distinctly  remembers  seeing  the 
red-coated  soldiers,  and  was  desirous  at  the 
time  of  fighting  them.  During  his  active  life 
Nathan  was  a  prosperous  farmer  at  Sayre's 
Neck.  His  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Charles 
Howell,  also  a  farmer  of  Sayre's  Neck,  who 
served  in  the  War  of  1812.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Gandy  joined  the  congregation  of  the  old 
stone  church  (Presbyterian)  of  Fairfield  ;  and 
Mr.  Gandy  served  it  in  sundry  capacities. 
Their  chihlren  were:  Hannah  and  Nathan, 
twins,  the  former  now  the  widow  of  the  late 
John  More,  of  Bridgeton,  and  the  latter  a  busi- 
ness man  of  Camden,  N.J.  ;  Ruth,  the  widow 
of  Eli  Camm,  of  Fairton;  Henry,  a  farmer  of 
this  town;    Frank,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 


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Francis,  Frank's  twin  brother,  wiio  lives  at 
Sayre's  Neck;  and  Joseph,  a  farmer  in  New- 
port, this  county. 

Frank  Gandy  received  a  common-school  edu- 
cation in  Fairfield,  and  started  to  earn  a  liv- 
ing when  sixteen  years  old.  He  first  found 
employment  on  an  oyster  boat.  Much  of  the 
ensuing  twenty-one  years  was  spent  on  the 
water,  actively  engaged  in  the  oyster  business, 
and  in  due  course  becoming  master  of  a  boat. 
He  suffered  many  of  the  mishaps  which  befall 
the  oyster  man,  and  was  at  one  time  so  seri- 
ously injured  that  he  barely  escaped  with  his 
life.  In  1861  he  enlisted  in  Compan)'  D, 
Twenty-fifth  New  Jersey  Volunteer  Infantry, 
as  a  nine  months'  man,  for  service  in  the 
Civil  War.  The  regiment,  which  was  as- 
signed to  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  went  first 
to  Fairfax  Court-house.  He  would  have  par- 
ticipated in  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  had 
he  not  been  ill  with  typhoid  fever  in  the 
hospital  at  the  time  of  the  engagement. 
When  convalescent  he  was  shipped  to  Fort 
Schuyler  Hospital  on  Long  Island,  and  was  on 
duty  in  the  convalescent  camp  until  the  end  of 
his  term  of  service,  when  he  received  his  dis- 
charge. Though  bearing  the  rank  of  Corporal 
and  anxious  to  honor  his  stripes,  he  was  so 
weakened  by  his  prolonged  illness  that  he  did 
not  re-enlist.  Instead  he  purchased  the  farm 
he  now  owns,  and  turned  his  attention  to  agri- 
culture. Since  then  he  has  erected  the  house 
he  now  occupies,  made  many  im])rovements  on 
the  farm,  and  put  the  greater  part  of  the 
seventy  acres  under  cultivation.  Perceiving 
the  opportunities   for   fruit  raising  offered   by 


this  part  of  the  State,  he  was  one  of  the  first 
to  engage  in  that  business.  He  makes  a 
specialty  of  strawberry  culture,  to  which  he  de- 
votes all  of  six  acres.  He  has  been  very  suc- 
cessful in  propagating  new  varieties  of  this 
fruit;  and  his  "Pride  of  Cumberland,"  a  hardy 
berry  with  a  perfect  blossom,  is  one  of  the 
best,  if  not  the  best,  on  the  market.  This 
berry  he  developed  from  one  plant  five  years 
ago,  and  he  now  has  agents  selling  it  through- 
out South  Jersey. 

On  November  15,  1855,  Mr.  Gandy  was 
married  to  Miss  Pheebe  Thompson,  daughter 
of  Butler  Thompson,  who  owned  the  farm  now 
occupied  by  Mr.  Gandy.  She  died  January 
16,  1862,  at  the  age  of  twenty-six,  leaving 
two  children.  One  of  these,  Eva,  who  was 
born  February  23,  1857,  is  now  the  wife  of 
Charles  Fisher,  of  Lawrence  township,  and 
the  mother  of  seven  children  —  Sarah,  How- 
ard, Amy,  Abbic,  Ida,  1  larry,  and  Carrie. 
Abbie  is  now  deceased.  On  May  35,  1864, 
Mr.  Gandy  was  again  married,  his  bride  being 
Miss  Fannie  A.  Williams,  who  was  born  Sep- 
tember 30,  1842,  daughter  of  William  Scott 
Williams,  of  Hopewell,  this  county.  I-'our 
children  were  born  of  this  union,  namely: 
Anna,  who  lived  but  four  years;  Frank  D., 
a  farmer,  whose  property  adjoins  his  father's, 
who  married  Miss  Anna  Williams,  and  has 
two  children  —  Lucy  and  Charles;  Ruth,  the 
wife  of  B.  Frank  Howell,  a  farmer  at  Uutch 
Neck,  near  Bridgeton ;  and  William  Scott, 
who  lives  with  his  father.  B.  Frank  Howell, 
born  at  Sayre's  Neck,  November  2,  1868,  is  a 
son    of    Henry   M.   and    Lydia   B.    (Woodruff) 


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Howell,  a  nephew  of  Timothy  Woodruff,  of 
Bridgeton,  and  a  brother  of  Benjamin  Howell, 
member  of  Congress.  He  and  his  wife  are 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Cedar- 
villc,  this  county,  and  have  one  child,  Robert 
Gamon,  who  is  but  two  years  old.  Mr. 
Gandy  is  an  independent  in  politics,  voting 
for  the  best  man.  He  is  a  member  of  Wel- 
come Friends  Lodge  and  the  encampment  of 
Cedarville.  His  wife  and  family  arc  members 
of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  I'airton,  this 
county,  of  which  he  has  been  a  Trustee  for 
several  years. 


HARLh:S     DICKINSON    MOORE,    a 


JT  jirosperous  farmer  and  stock  raiser 
of  Deerfield  township,  Cumberland 
County,  N.J. ,  was  born  in  Bridgeton  on  Feb- 
ruary i.S,  1X37.  His  parents  were  James  S. 
and  Maria  (Coombs)  Moore.  Dickinson 
Moore,  the  grandfather  of  Charles  D. ,  was  a 
descendant  of  one  of  three  brothers  who  came 
to  this  country  from  England.  He  was  a  resi- 
dent of  Jones  Island  (Cedarville),  and  there 
followed  a  farmer's  life.  His  son,  James  S. 
Moore,  was  born  in  Cedarville,  Jones  Island, 
and  lived  in  that  place  until  early  manhood, 
when  he  went  to  sea.  After  he  became 
master  of  an  oyster  boat  he  was  unfortunately 
stricken  with  typhoid  fever,  and  taken  home  to 
die.  His  only  child  was  Charles  D.  Moore, 
the  subject  of  this  biography.  The  mother, 
Mrs.  Maria  C.  Moore,  after  the  death  of  her 
first  husband  married  Joseph  Woodruff,  of 
Bridgeton,  and  by  this  union  had  si.\  children. 


She  lived  until  1878.  She  was  a  respected 
member  of  the  Baptist  church,  although  her 
ancestors  were  Presbyterians. 

Charles  D.  Moore  attended  the  Bridgeton 
public  schools  and  later  the  Philadelphia 
High  School,  after  which,  being  fond  of 
horses  and  life  out  of  doors,  he  inclined 
toward  farming,  and  worked  on  the  home 
farm  until  his  marriage.  He  then  began 
farming  on  what  was  known  as  the  parsonage 
farm,  where  he  remained  eight  years.  In 
1869  Mr.  Moore  came  to  his  present  farm  of 
sixty  acres,  where  he  carries  on  general  agri- 
cultural pursuits  to  ex'cellent  advantage,  hav- 
ing all  the  latest  appliances  therefor.  Besides 
cultivating  the  soil,  he  keeps  stock  of  a  good 
quality,  thereby  enhancing  his  material  gains. 
Mr.  Moore  votes  the  Republican  ticket,  but 
he  is  not  an  aspirant  for  political  honors. 

He  was  married  on  February  21,  1861,  to 
Rhoda  Davis,  a  native  of  this  township,  a 
daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Martha  (F"ithian) 
Davis.  The  Davises  were  one  of  the  old  fam- 
ilies here.  David  Davis,  the  grandfather  of 
Mrs.  Moore,  was  a  farmer,  and  owned  the  old 
homestead,  where  he  died  when  he  was  com- 
paratively young.  His  son  Ephraim  was  born 
on  the  home  farm  on  July  21,  181 1,  and 
always  lived  there.  He  had  a  fine  property, 
and  was  one  of  the  very  successful  farmers  of 
the  town,  being  able  to  engage  to  some  extent 
in  money  loaning.  His  wife,  who  was  for- 
merly Miss  Martha  P'ithian,  of  Hopewell, 
was  the  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Fithian.  They 
had  two  children —  Susie,  who  married  Joseph 
L.  Davis;  and  Rhoda,  the  wife  of  Charles  D. 


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Moore,  as  above  mentioned.  The  family 
were  members  of  the  old  Presbyterian  church 
in  Deerfield  Street  for  sixty-eight  years.  Mr. 
Ephraim  Davis  served  as  Trustee  and  superin- 
tendent of  the  Sunday-school,  but  refused  to 
bean  Elder.  He  died  on  October  28,  1895; 
and  his  widow,  Mrs.  Martha  E.  Davis,  sur- 
vived him  but  a  few  days,  passing  away  on 
November  4,  1895,  at  eighty-two  years  of  age. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moore  have  two  children, 
namely :  Martha,  who  married  Mr.  Erank 
Garrison,  of  Bridgeton,  and  has  four  children 
—  May,  Susie,  Mattie,  and  Lizzie;  and  Maria, 
the  wife  of  Mr.  George  Cake,  also  a  resident 
of  Bridgeton.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moore  have  not 
departed  from  the  ancestral  faith,  being  highly 
respected  members  of  the  old  Deerfield  Street 
Presbyterian  Church,  in  which  he  ofificiates  as 
Treasurer  and  Trustee. 


NDREW  PROVOST  G  E  A  N  D  E  N, 
M.D.,  a  jjrominent  and  successful 
physician  of  Newport,  was  born  in 
l'hila(.lcli)hia.  Pa.,  December  22,  1841,  son  of 
James  and  Sarah  (Smith)  Glamlen.  lie  is  of 
Scotch  extraction  on  the  paternal  side  and  of 
English  extraction  on  the  maternal  side.  His 
grandfather,  James  Glanden,  who  came  from 
Scotland,  settled  in  Salem,  N.J. 

James  Glanden,  Jr.,  who  was  born  in  Salem, 
acquired  his  education  in  the  common  schools 
of  that  town.  He  then  learned  chair-making, 
worked  at  it  for  about  five  years  as  a  journey- 
man, and  removed  to  Philadelphia,  where  he 
established  himself  in  the  furniture  business. 


This  he  conducted  until  1857,  when  he  retired 
from  active  occupation.  He  continued  his 
residence  in  Philadelphia  until  1862,  when  he 
removed  to  Mantua,  Gloucester  County,  N.J., 
and  there  resided  during  the  remainder  of  his 
days.  Mr.  Glanden  was  united  in  wedlock 
with  Miss  Sarah  Smith,  of  Burlington,  N.J. 
A  native  of  England,  in  her  fifteenth  year  she 
came  to  this  country  with  her  parents,  who 
took  up  their  residence  in  Burlington.  She 
bore  her  husband  four  children,  namely:  Har- 
riet, who  married  David  Rudolph,  of  Philadel- 
phia; George,  a  resident  of  Philadelphia; 
Andrew  Provost,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
and  Mary,  who  is  the  wife  of  George  Skid- 
more,  one  of  the  prominent  overseers  in  the 
Hamilton  Diston  Saw  Works  at  Tacony,  Pa. 
The  father  was  affiliated  with  the  Order  of 
Masons,  being  connected  with  the  Richmond 
Lodge  of  Philadelphia.  He  was  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Robert  Morris  Lodge  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows and  the  encampment  in  the  same  city, 
with  the  rank  of  Past  Grand,  and  filling  the 
oflfice  of  Treasurer.  He  was  a  niembei-  of  the 
Methodist  p43iHcoi)al  Ciuirch  of  Philadclpliia, 
was  a  very  active  worker  in  the  .Sunday-school 
connected  with  that  society,  while  he  took  a 
deep  interest  in  all  benevolent  enterprises  that 
came  to  his  notice.  His  decease  occurred  in 
1866. 

Andrew  Provost  (ilanden,  M.D.,  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  and  in  a  select  [iri- 
vate  school  of  Philadelphia.  At  the  age  of 
nineteen  he  engaged  in  school  teaching  in 
Camden  County,  New  Jersey,  where  he  con- 
tinued   in    that   calling  about   six  years.      He 


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thcjn  taught  in  Philadelphia  for  several  years, 
and  subsequently  for  a  number  of  years  in 
Gloucester  County,  New  Jersey.  While  so 
engaged  he  pursued  a  course  of  reading  in 
medicine  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  J.  M. 
Boisnot,  of  Philadelphia,  for  a  year,  and  later 
for  another  year  with  Dr.  J.  R.  Sickler,  of 
Mantua,  N.J.  In  1864  he  matriculated  in 
Jefferson  Medical  College,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1865.  Receiving 
then  a  commission  from  Governor  Parker  as 
assistant  surgeon  of  the  Thirty-ninth  New 
Jersey  Regiment,  he  went  to  the  front,  re- 
maining with  that  regiment  until  the  close  of 
the  Civil  War.  He  then  settled  at  Mantua, 
and  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession. 
After  remaining  there  about  four  years  he  re- 
moved in  1 87 1  to  Newport,  exchanging  loca- 
tions with  Dr.  Stetson  L.  Bacon.  He  is  now 
the  oldest  physician  in  Newport,  and  enjoys 
the  most  extensive  general  practice.  Dr. 
Glanden  is  reputed  to  be  the  most  successful 
practitioner  in  obstetrics  in  the  southern  part 
of  the  county,  having  never  lost  a  case.  He 
has  also  had  phenomenal  success  with  cases  of 
typhoid  fever. 

On  September  4,  1863,  Dr.  Glanden  was 
joined  in  wedlock  with  Miss  Caroline  Tonkin, 
a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Tonkin, 
of  Mantua.  They  have  had  six  children,  four 
of  whom  are  still  spared  to  them,  namely: 
Walter  P.,  a  ])ractising  physician  at  Cedar- 
ville,  N.J.,  who  married  Miss  Lillian  Mont- 
gomery, of  Philadelphia;  Elizabeth,  who  was 
given  in  marriage  to  Captain  John  Shaw,  of 
Newport;   Frank   F.,   a  resident  of    Philadel- 


phia; and  Robert  T.,  who  expects  to  matricu- 
late at  the  Jefferson  Medical  College  next 
fall.  Walter  P.,  who  is  considered  a  skilful 
surgeon,  has  been  very  successful  in  abdomi- 
nal surgery,  having  safely  removed  a  number 
of  large  cancers.  The  father.  Dr.  Andrew  P. 
Glanden,  participates  very  actively  in  local 
affairs,  and  served  efficiently  on  the  Township 
Committee  for  several  terms,  an  office  which 
he  also  held  in  Mantua.  He  was  likewise  a 
Justice  of  the  Peace  for  five  years.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge  at  Cedarville. 
In  national  political  belief  he  is  an  earnest 
and  vigorous  supporter  of  the  principles  of  the 
Democratic  party.  Religiously,  his  senti- 
ments and  sympathy  bring  him  into  associa- 
tion with  the  Episcopal  chuich. 


^OHN  FRAZIER  JOHNSON,  a  whole- 
sale and  retail  dealer  in  flour  and  grain 
at  Bridgeton,  was  born  May  25,  1857, 
in  Friesburg,  Salem  County,  son  of  Adam  and 
Frances  Maria  (Frazier)  Johnson.  Adam 
Johnson,  also  a  native  of  Friesburg,  born  in 
1829,  received  his  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  town.  After  leaving 
school  he  remained  for  several  years  with  his 
parents,  and  then  began  farming  for  himself. 
In  1884  he  purchased  a  piece  of  property  lying 
near  Finley  Station,  this  county.  This  he 
cultivated  until  1893,  and  then  retired  from 
active  life.  He  and  his  wife  hail  a  family  of 
twelve  children,  namely:  Daniel  S.,  who  re- 
sides near  Fairton,  this  county;  John  P'razier, 
the  subject  of  this  article;   Charles  VV.,  a  resi- 


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dciit  of  Deerfiekl,  N.J.;  Joseph  E.,  a  resident 
of  Bridgeton;  Matilda,  who  is  the  twin  sister 
of  Joseph  E.  and  the  wife  of  Harry  Connor, 
of  Woodruff,  N.J.  ;  Samuel  C. ,  a  clergyman, 
residing  at  Sheffield,  Vt. ;  Ananias  G.,  who  is 
in  business  at  Bridgeton  with  his  brother, 
John  E.;  David  H.,  of  Bridgeton;  Susan  O., 
of  whom  there  is  no  special  record;  Elizabeth, 
who  is  the  wife  of  Mr.  Leslie  Mixner;  Rich- 
ard, residing  in  Bridgeton;  and  Mary,  the 
twin  sister  of  Richard.  Their  grandfather  was 
David  Johnson,  who,  after  receiving  a  com- 
mon-school education,  kept  a  hotel  for  a  time, 
and  was  thereafter  engaged  in  farming: 
throughout  the  remainder  of  his  life.  In  re- 
ligious belief  both  parents  were  Methodists 
and  members  of  the  Central  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church  of  Bridgeton. 

John  Frazier  Johnson,  having  been  educated 
in  the  common  schools  of  Deerfiekl,  com- 
menced working  for  his  living  by  raising  gar- 
den produce.  He  continued  in  this  business 
until  he  was  twenty-four  years  of  age,  when  he 
rented  a  farm,  which  he  managed  for  four 
years.  Removing  to  Bridgeton  in  1884,  he 
went  into  the  livery  business,  in  partnership 
with  his  uncle.  This  arrangement  had  con- 
tinued for  about  a  year  when,  in  1885,  he  sold 
out  his  interest  to  his  uncle,  and  engaged  in 
the  flour  and  grain  business,  in  which  he  has 
since  achieved  considerable  success. 

On  April  20,  1881,  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Jennie  Z.  Lindsey,  a  native 
of  Middletown,  N.Y. ,  and  a  daughter  of  Mr. 
James  Lindsey,  now  a  resident  of  Bridgeton. 
She  died  June  15,  1895.     For  three  years  Mr. 


Johnson  has  been  a  member  of  the  Election 
Board  of  Bridgeton,  and  at  one  time  he  was 
also  Judge.  In  1893  he  was  elected  from 
Ward  I  to  the  Common  Council  for  a  term  of 
three  years,  during  which  he  served  on  the 
Fire  Committee,  on  the  Printing  and  Ord- 
nance Committee,  and  on  the  Finance  Com- 
mittee. For  seven  years  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Bridgeton  Fire  Department,  and  has  filled 
the  offices  of  President  and  Secretary  of  that 
department.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Trade,  which  has  made  him  its  Vice- 
President.  He  is  President  of  the  Home  and 
Real  Estate  Investment  Company  and  of  the 
Bridgeton  Real  PIstate  Company.  His  con- 
nection with  fraternal  orders  includes  member- 
ship in  Cohansey  Tribe,  Improved  Order  of 
Red  Men,  of  which  he  is  Past  Sachem. 


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LLIAM  SHULL  PERRY,  a  re- 
Ired  farmer  of  Hopewell,  was  born 
January  3,  1827,  near  his  present  home,  son 
of  Jeremiah  and  Filia  B.  (Husted)  Perry. 
His  grandfather,  Jolin  Perry,  born  in  1790, 
was  also  a  native  of  Hopewell,  where  he 
passed  nearly  all  his  days  in  the  occupation  of 
farming.  John,  who  was  very  patriotic, 
served  his  country  in  the  War  of  1S12.  Jere- 
miah Perry,  a  son  of  John,  likewise  born  in 
Hopewell,  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  this  town.  When  arrived  at 
maturity,  he  engaged  in  farming,  which  he 
followed  thereafter  as  his  chief  occupation. 
He  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Filia  B. 
Husted,    a    daughter    of    Joseph     Husted,    of 


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Hopewell.  The  union  was  blessed  in  the 
birth  of  three  children,  namely:  John,  who  is 
now  deceased;  William  S.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  and  Jeremiah,  who  resides  in  the 
town  of  his  nativity.  The  father  died  while 
his  children  were  yet  quite  youny.  The 
mother  some  years  later  became  the  wife  of 
Stephen  Stephens,  a  resident  of  Cape  May 
County,  New  Jersey,  and  bore  him  two  chil- 
dren —  Sarah  and  Hosea  Moore.  Sarah  was 
subsequently  joined  in  matrimony  with  Henry 
Shoures,  who  afterward  became  a  marine  on 
the  United  States  steamship  "Pawtuxet,"  and 
was  killed  while  the  vessel  was  in  action.  In 
politics  Jeremiah  Perry  supported  the  Whig 
party. 

William  Shull  Perry  received  his  education 
in  the  district  schools  of  Hopewell.  He  first 
worked  for  his  living  in  a  tobacco  warehouse 
at  Bridgeton,  N.J.  Soon  after  his  marriage, 
in  early  manhood,  he  purchased  the  farm  con- 
taining eighty-si.x  acres,  which  he  has  spent 
his  life  in  cultivating,  and  on  which  he  now 
resitles  in  retirement.  Mr.  Perry  was  joined 
in  matrimony  with  Miss  Mary  L.  Brooks,  a 
daughter  of  Alpheus  Brooks,  of  Greenwich, 
this  county,  anil  has  now  two  children, 
namely:  Joseph  15rooks,  who  now  lives  on  and 
manages  the  old  homestead  farm;  and  Han- 
nah N.,  who  married  David  .S.  Coombs,  and 
resides  in  Hopewell.  The  mother  died  in 
1894.  Mr.  Perry  has  been  somewhat  promi- 
nent in  local  affairs,  and  has  served  the 
town  as  Overseer  of  Roads  and  a  Trustee  of 
the  schools.  He  is  highly  respected  in  the 
town.      Politically,    he    is    identified   with   the 


Republican  partv-  In  religious  belief  he  is  a 
Baptist,  and  belongs  to  the  First  Baptist 
Church  at  Bridgeton,  of  which  Mrs.  Perry  was 
a  member  until  her  decease. 


ILL!  AM  WARREN  STEWART, 
the  well-known  and  enterprising 
proprietor  of  a  general  store  at  Greenwich, 
was  born  here,  August  10,  1X52,  son  of  Will- 
iam M.  and  Elizabeth  (Daniels)  Stewart. 

William  M.  Stewart,  a  son  of  James  Stew- 
art, formerly  of  Hancock  Bridge,  Salem 
County,  is  a  native  of  Alloway's  Creek  town- 
ship, that  county,  born  November  25,  181 5. 
After  receiving  his  education  in  the  common 
schools,  he  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade 
with  Isaac  Nicholson,  of  Salem,  N.J.  He 
then  went  to  Philadelphia,  and  there  worked 
as  a  journeyman  for  three  years.  Coming 
back  to  Greenwich  in  1838,  he  there  pur- 
chased two  pieces  of  property  on  the  corner  of 
Greenwich  and  Maple  Streets.  In  -1852  he 
erected  the  blacksmith's  shop  that  still  stands 
on  the  corner  of  these  streets.  He  followed 
the  blacksmith  trade  in  Greenwich  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  and  then,  on  December  16,  1853, 
he  opened  a  general  store.  This  he  conducted 
until  1856,  when  he  purchased  a  farm,  known 
as  the  Providence  Ludlam  farm,  located  in 
Hopewell  township,  and  one  of  the  largest 
and  finest  in  the  county.  He  managed  the 
property  as  a  general  grain  farm  until  i860, 
when  he  sold  it.  After  that  he  moved  back  to 
Greenwich,  and  purchased  another  but  smaller 
farm,  which  he  manageil  until  1870.      He  then 


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formed  a  partnership  with  his  son  James, 
under  the  firm  name  of  William  M.  Stewart  & 
Son,  and  started  a  general  store  in  a  two-story 
frame  building,  which  he  erected  in  1S70. 
This  building  stands  at  the  corner  of  Green- 
wich and  Maple  Streets,  and  is  now  occupied 
by  William  Warren  Stewart.  Five  years 
later  he  sold  his  interest  to  his  son,  William 
W.,  and  retired  from  active  life.  On  Novem- 
ber 27,  1839,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Elizabeth  Daniels,  a  daughter  of  John 
Daniels,  of  Alloway's  Creek  township,  Salem 
County.  They  had  three  children,  two  of 
whom,  James  and  William  W.,  are  still  liv- 
ing. William  M.  Stewart  has  been  one  of  the 
most  prominent  men  of  his  town,  and  he  com- 
mands the  respect  of  all  who  know  him.  On 
March  11,  1879,  he  was  elected  Freeholder. 
He  has  served  on  the  Township  Committee, 
and  has  at  various  times  occupied  nearly  all  of 
the  local  public  offices.  In  religious  belief 
and  sympathy  he  and  his  wife  are  associated 
with  the  Society  of  Friends. 

William  Warren  Stewart  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Greenwich. 
On  leaving  school  he  engaged  as  a  clerk  in  the 
store  of  his  father  and  brother.  In  1S75  he 
purchased  his  father's  interest  in  the  store, 
which  was  continued  under  the  style  of  James 
Stewart  &  Brother.  Four  years  after,  in 
1879,  he  disposed  of  his  share  to  his  brother, 
and  entered  into  partnership  with  William  S. 
El-well  at  Cedarville,  N.J.,  the  firm  being 
known  as  Elwell  &  Stewart.  After  a  year 
Mr.  Stewart  bought  the  entire  business,  and 
thereafter    conducted    it    independently    until 


April  15,  1884.  On  this  date  he  removed  to 
Sandy  Hook,  N.J.,  where  he  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey  as 
a  clerk.  He  continued  with  that  corporation, 
serving  at  different  stations,  until  1892.  He 
then  returned  to  Greenwich,  bought  his  brother 
James's  business,  and  has  conducted  it  pros- 
perously to  the  present  time. 

On  March  i,  1877,  Mr.  Stewart  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Jeanette  Hartman,  a 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jonathan  Hartman, 
of  Shamong  township,  Burlington  County. 
Of  the  two  children  born  to  them,  William 
M.  is  living.  Mr.  Stewart  ]iarticipates  very 
actively  in  the  civil  affairs  of  the  community, 
and  in  the  general  social  gatherings  his  face 
is  familiar.  He  is  associated  with  the  fra- 
ternity of  Masons,  being  a  member  of  Brearly 
Lodge,  No.  2,  of  Bridgeton.  He  is  also  iden- 
tified with  the  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  having 
membership  in  Welcome  Friends  Lodge,  No. 
48,  of  Cedarville,  of  which  he  is  a  Past  Grand. 
With  the  Welcome  Council,  No.  45,  Junior, 
in  the  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics 
of  Bridgeton,  he  is  likewise  in  fellowship; 
and  he  was  connected  with  Tidal  Wave  Lodge 
of  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  Mr.  Stewart  takes 
an  active  part  in  national  politics,  and  lends 
his  support  and  advocacy  to  the  principles  of 
the  Republican  party. 


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LMER  OGDEN,  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Ogden  &  Garrison,  milk  dealers  of 
Bridgeton,  was  born  in  Stoc  Creek  township, 
November  20,  1858,  son  of  Isaac  S.  and  Ann 


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Eliza  (Bacon)  Ogden.  Isaac  S.  Ogden  was  a 
native  of  the  town  of  Fairfield,  born  in  No- 
vember, 1 819.  He  received  a  common -school 
education,  and,  when  a  young  man,  engaged  in 
teaching  for  a  time;  but  deafness  compelled 
him  to  relinquish  pedagogical  pursuits.  "He 
then  bought  some  land  near  Shiloh,  and  fol- 
lowed farming  with  prosperity  for  thirty-eight 
years,  or  until  his  death,  which  took  place  in 
1889.  His  wife,  Ann  Eliza,  was  a  daughter 
of  Daniel  Bacon,  of  Greenwich.  Of  her  four 
children  three  lived  to  maturity,  namely: 
Mary  J.,  wife  of  William  N.  DuBois,  of 
Hopewell;  Elmer;  and  Matilda  S.,  wife  of 
Richard  Craner,  of  Anderson,  Ind. 

Elmer  Ogden  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Hopewell.  He  was  then  employed 
in  assisting  his  father  upon  the  farm.  After 
his  marriage  he  engaged  in  farming  upon  his 
own  account,  and  thus  continued  until  1892, 
when  he  moved  to  Bridgeton,  and  formed  a 
partnership  with  Walter  S.  Garrison  for  the 
purpose  of  carrying  on  the  milk  business. 
The  firm  of  Ogden  &  Garrison  has  made 
rapid  strides  toward  prosperity,  having  at 
the  present  time  a  large  and  profitable  busi- 
ness, the  natural  result  of  their  energy, 
perseverance,  and  honest  dealing.  On  Jan- 
uary 14,  1885,  Mr.  Ogden  wedded  Mary 
J.  Curry,  daughter  of  William  Curry,  of 
Meadville,  Pa.  ;  and  of  the  two  children 
born  to  them  a  daughter  named  Cornelia  sur- 
vives. 

Mr.  Ogden  belongs  to  Eureka  Conclave, 
Heptasophs;  and  he  and  his  wife  are  members 
of  the  Pearl  Street  Baptist  Church. 


INFIELD  S.  BONHAM,  an  enter- 
prising and  practical  farmer,  own- 
ing a  large  farm  a  quarter-mile  distant  from 
Shiloh  post-office  in  the  town  of  Hopewell, 
was  born  at  a  place  near  his  present  home  on 
April  21,  1850.  He  is  a  son  of  John  Smith 
and  Margaret  T.  (Davis)  Bonham  and  a  grand- 
son of  Charles  and  Sarah  (Bacon)  Bonham. 
Charles  Bonham  was  a  native  of  Shiloh, 
where  he  received  a  good  district-school  edu- 
cation. When  a  young  man  he  taught  school 
for  several  years.  Subsequently  he  carried  on 
a  farm  in  Greenwich,  this  county,  for  a  few 
years,  and  then  held  the  position  of  jail-keeper 
in  Bridgeton  for  eleven  years.  He  left  the 
jail  some  time  between  1838  and  1840,  and 
was  thereafter  engaged  in  carpentry.  For 
upward  of  fifteen  years  he  held  the  office  of 
Justice  of  the  Peace.  His  marriage  with  Miss 
Sarah  Bacon  was  blessed  by  the  birth  of  ten 
children,  of  whom  five  lived  to  marry  and  rear 
families.  These  were:  John  Smith,  Richard, 
Lydia,  Charles,  and  Hannah.  Lydia  married 
John  Socwell,  and  Hannah  is  the  wife  of  John 
Hiscox.  The  parents  attended  and  supported 
the  Seventh  Day  Baptist  church,  of  which  the 
father  was  a  member. 

John  Smith  Bonham  was  born  in  Green- 
wich, April  3,  1823.  He  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  Bridgeton, 
whither  his  parents  had  removed  while  he  was 
young.  After  leaving  school  he  worked  on  a 
farm  until  he  was  nineteen,  and  then  went  to 
New  York  City,  where  he  was  employed  by 
H.  C.  Douglass  for  three  or  four  years  as  bar 
tender.       He    then    returned    to    Shiloh,    and 


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shortly  after  engaged  in  farming.  At  first  he 
purchased  a  tract  of  about  twenty-five  acres. 
He  added  to  this  until  he  had  a  farm  of 
seventy-five  acres,  which  he  carries  on  with 
profit.  During  the  Civil  War  he  served  as 
Commissioner  of  Appeals,  and  he  is  now  Presi- 
dent of  the  Shiloh  Turnpike  Company.  When 
a  young  man  he  became  a  member  of  Cumber- 
land Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows. His  marriage  with  Miss  Margaret  T. 
Davis  was  performed  February  3,  1849.  She 
is  a  daughter  of  John  T.  Davis,  who  was  a 
prominent  citizen  of  Hopewell.  She  has 
borne  her  husband  two  sons — •  Winfield  S.  and 
Ephraim  D.  Both  parents  are  members  of  the 
Seventh  Day  Baptist  church. 

Winfield  S.  Bonham  received  his  rudimen- 
tary education  in  the  common  schools.  He 
prepared  for  college  at  the  old  Shiloh  Acad- 
emy, after  which  he  took  a  three  years'  course 
at  Alfred  University  of  New  York,  graduating 
in  the  class  of  1872,  with  the  degree  of  B.  S. 
Soon  after  his  graduation  Mr.  Bonham  pur- 
chased his  present  farm  near  Shiloh,  one  of 
the  best  and  largest  farms  in  Hopewell  town- 
ship. Here  for  twenty-three  years  he  has 
been  prosperously  engaged  in  general  farming. 
He  has  a  fine  herd  of  Jersey  cows,  whose  milk 
he  sells  to  retailers  in  the  city.  He  is  also 
quite  extensively   engaged    in   raising  horses. 

On  August  6,  1873,  Mr.  Bonham  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  S.  Eva  Saunders,  a 
daughter  of  Dr.  H.  P.  Saunders,  a  well-known 
physician  of  Alfred,  N.Y.  They  have  a  fam- 
ily of  seven  children;  namely,  Josie,  Julia, 
Ada,  John   H.,    Fannie,    Edna,   and   Clarkson. 


Julia  is  now  at  college.  The  father,  who  has 
always  been  a  strong  Republican,  has  gener- 
ally been  the  chairman  of  the  Republican 
meetings  held  here  for  several  years  past. 
He  is  now  serving  his  second  term  of  three 
years  as  President  of  the  School  Board,  one  of 
the  most  responsible  offices  within  the  gift  of 
the  town.  While  in  college  he  was  a  member 
of  different  literary  societies.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Cohansey  Lodge,  No.  205,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  For  the  past  twenty- 
two  years  he  has  been  identified  with  grange 
work.  He  has  been  several  times  Master  of 
Hopewell  Grange,  was  a  charter  member  of  the 
first  grange  established  here,  and  has  assisted 
in  the  organization  of  several  in  other  locali- 
ties. Both  he  and  Mrs.  Bonham  are  influen- 
tial members  of  the  Seventh  Day  Baptist 
Church  of  Shiloh  and  active  workers  in  the 
Sunday-school  connected  with  that  cluircli. 


VrAjALLIAM  NICE  DU  BOIS,  a  pros- 
VpV^  perous  farmer  and  stock  raiser  liv- 
ing in  Lower  Hopewell,  was  born  in  Canton, 
Salem  County,  on  February  3,  1850,  son  of 
Solomon  and  Keziah  (Glasjiell)  Du  Bois. 
The  founder  of  the  family,  which  is  of  French 
origin,  came  to  this  county  in  the  early  days, 
and  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land.  Richard 
Du  Bois,  the  grandfather  of  William  N.,  was 
a  prominent  public  man,  and  owned  the  exten- 
sive farm  midway  between  Canton  and  Han- 
cock's Bridge,  Salem  County,  now  the  prop- 
erty of  his  son. 

Solomon  Du  Bois,  who  was  born  in   Canton 


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in  1823,  lived  there  until  a  short  time  after 
his  marriage.  He  then  bought  the  old  home- 
stead in  Hopewell  township,  to  which  his  son 
William  has  succeeded.  He  was  extensively 
engaged  in  farming,  was  highly  respected,  and 
held  several  important  public  offices.  His 
wife  was  a  daughter  of  Edwin  Glaspell,  and  an 
aunt  of  the  Hon.  John  N.  Glaspell.  Both 
were  members  of  the  Roadstown  Baptist 
Church,  of  which  he  was  a  Deacon  for  many 
years.  They  had  two  children — William 
Nice  and  Ruth  Du  Bois.  The  father  was  ac- 
cidentally killed  by  a  mowing  machine,  when 
his  son  William,  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
was  sixteen  years  of  age.  The  mother,  who 
is  still  living,  resides  in  Bridgeton,  this 
county. 

William  Nice  Du  Bois  completed  his  edu- 
cation in  Union  Academy  at  Shiloh,  this 
county,  a  very  high  grade  school,  ably. man- 
aged by  D.  N.  Whitford  and  wife.  After  his 
father's  death  he  went  to  Big  Foot  Prairie, 
Wis.  Then  he  travelled  extensively  through 
Ohio,  Indiana,  and  Illinois  for  more  than  a 
year,  sometimes  working  for  wages,  but  all  the 
time  observing  and  gathering  experience. 
After  his  return  he  managed  the  farm  for  his 
mother  for  two  or  three  years.  He  bought 
the  place  when  he  was  about  twenty-two  years 
old.  While  Mr.  Du  Bois  keeps  out  of  politi- 
cal entanglements,  he  votes  the  Republican 
ticket.  Although  he  still  owns  and  occupies 
the  old  place,  he  rents  and  works  a  farm  of 
one  hundred  and  seventy-five  acres  in  the  same 
town,  near  South  Greenwich.  Besides  being 
one  of  the  most  extensive  farmers  in  the  vicin- 


ity, he  keeps  a  high  class  of  grade  stock,  and 
has  raised  many  well-bred  horses.  In  the 
summer  he  employs  two  men  to  assist  him  and 
his  son. 

Mr.  Du  Bois  was  married  on  February  25, 
1874,  to  Miss  Mary  J.  Ogden,  daughter  of 
Isaac,  a  farmer  of  Shiloh.  She  was  born  in 
Shiloh,  and  like  her  husband  was  a  student  of 
Union  Academy.  Her  grandfather,  the  Hon. 
Elmer  Ogden,  who  served  as  Representative 
in  the  State  legislature,  was  a  man  of  wealth 
and  high  character.  His  son,  Isaac,  the 
father  of  Mrs.  Du  Bois,  was  also  a  man  of 
high  respectability  and  influence.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Du  Bois  have  two  promising  children. 
Their  son  Mortimer  is  a  pupil  of  the  South 
Jersey  Institute.  The  other  child,  Verna,  is 
also  at  school.  The  family  attend  and  sup- 
port the  Roadstown  Baptist  church,  of  which 
Mrs.  Du  Bois  is  a  member. 


AMUEL  MILLER  FOX,  farmer  and 
land  surveyor  of  Deerfield,  N.J., 
who  has  a  beautiful  home  at  Carll's 
Corners,  about  two  miles  from  the  city  of 
Bridgeton,  was  born  in  Deerfield,  February 
21,  1829.  He  is  the  son  of  George  and  Su- 
sanna (Kandle)  Fox,  and  is  descended  from 
Revolutionary  stock  through  three  lines.  His 
great-grandfather,  Frederick  Fox,  who  was  of 
German  birth,  settled  in  Salem  County,  and 
worketl  there  for  some  time  as  a  cooper,  mak- 
ing barrels  in  the  pine  woods.  At  the  time 
of  the  Revolutionary  troubles  he  took  up  arms 
in  defence  of  his  adopted  country. 


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His  son,  Frederick,  Jr.,  the  grandfather  of 
Samuel  Miller,  was  born  March  17,  1768,  near 
Friesburg,  Salem  County,  this  State,  and  was 
an  early  settler  in  Deerfield,  where  he  bought 
several  different  farms.  An  active  and  ener- 
getic man,  he  was  very  successful  as  a  farmer, 
and  was  also  engaged  in  cutting  and  sliipping 
lumber  to  the  Philadelphia  markets.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Lutheran  Church  of  Fries- 
burg. His  death  occurred  July  14,  1839. 
His  wife,  whose  name  before  marriage  was 
Anna  Mary  Meglin,  was  born  November  14, 
1770.  Her  father,  George  Meglin,  was  one 
of  the  original  land-owners  in  this  township, 
his  daughter  being  sole  heir  of  the  farm,  where 
she  lived  with  her  husband  during  their 
wedded  life.  Mr.  Meglin  was  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary army  during  the  terrible  winters  of 
1777  and  1778.  Grandmother  F"ox  died  in 
August,  i860.  She  was  the  mother  of  eleven 
children,  all  of  whom  attained  maturity: 
Mary,  wife  of  Abram  Stull;  Elizabeth,  wife 
of  Jacob  Hepner;  John  and  Margaret,  twins, 
the  latter  the  wife  of  John  Mounts;  Frederick; 
Catherine,  wife  of  Lewis  Woodruff;  George, 
the  father  above  named;  Ann,  wife  of  James 
Golder;  Lydia,  wife  of  William  Keen;  and 
Susan,  wife  of  the  same  gentleman,  having 
married  him  after  her  sister's  death ;  and 
Phoebe,    who  never  married. 

George  Vox,  son  of  Frederick  and  Anna 
Mary  Fox,  was  born  in  Deerfield,  August  18, 
1804.  He  settled  after  marriage  on  the  farm 
above  the  F'riendship  Church  at  Finley,  and 
there  spent  the  rest  of  his  life.  He,  too,  was 
successfully  engaged   in  farming  and   lumber- 


ing. He  was  active  in  local  politics,  voting 
in  the  ranks  of  the  old  Democratic  party;  and 
he  served  as  Assistant  Assessor  and  Collector 
of  the  township.  He  died  in  April,  1889. 
His  wife,  Susanna,  was  a  native  of  Pitt's 
Grove,  born  July  12,  1808.  .She  was  a 
daughter  of  Adam  Kandlc,  a  farmer  of  Pitt's 
Grove,  and  belonged  to  one  of  the  earliest 
families  in  this  part  of  the  State.  Her  great- 
grandfather, John  Kandle,  who  was  born  in 
Germany,  and  came  to  this  country  in  the 
Colonial  period,  bringing  with  him  his  son 
Henry,  died  in  Philadelphia.  Henry  Kandle, 
Mrs.  Fox's  grandfather,  was  one  of  the  pio- 
neers of  this  part  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey. 
He  purchased  a  large  tract  of  new  land  in  the 
vicinity  of  Elmer  and  Willow  Grove,  and 
spent  his  life  there.  He,  too,  was  a  soldier 
in  the  Revolutionary  army.  Mrs.  Susanna 
Kandle  Fox  died  in  January,  1890.  She  and 
her  husband  were  members  of  the  Methodist 
Protestant  church  near  Finley,  Mr.  Fox,  who 
was  one  of  the  strong  men  of  the  church, 
being  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 
This  couple  reared  seven  children,  namely: 
Samuel  Miller,  whose  name  appears  at  the 
head  of  this  article;  Adam,  also  a  resident 
of  Deerfield;  George,  a  farmer,  who  died  in 
1865;  Enoch,  a  farmer  of  Deerfield;  Anna 
Mary,  widow  of  James  Duffield,  of  Elmer; 
Charles  F.,  of  Deerfield;  and  lunily  Jane, 
wife  of  Edward  Secley,  of  Bridgcton. 

Samuel  Miller  F"ox  acquired  his  education 
in  a  country  school,  learning  there,  besides 
the  primary  branches,  the  higher  matliematics 
and  the  theory  of   land   surveying.      When   he 


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was  eighteen  years  of  age  he  went  to  live  with 
his  grandmother  Fox;  and  for  three  years  he 
was  alternately  engaged  in  teaching  and  farm- 
ing, having  charge  of  his  grandmother's  farm. 
He  spent  two  years  at  Camden,  learning  car- 
pentry and  cabinet-making,  and  afterward 
worked  for  some  time  at  his  trade  in  his  na- 
tive town.  He  lived  in  the  vicinit)'  of  the 
old  farm  until  the  spring  of  185S,  when  he 
moved  to  his  present  homestead,  which  he  had 
purchased.  His  place  at  first  comprised  fifty- 
one  acres,  and  he  subsequently  added  to  it  forty- 
nine  acres  more.  He  also  owns  another  farm 
nearer  the  city,  on  which  he  has  erected  new 
buildings.  Here  since  1858  he  has  been 
successfully  engaged  in  general  farming  and 
in  surveying.  As  a  surveyor  he  has  accom- 
plished a  great  amount  of  work  in  this  and 
.Salem  County,  and  there  are  very  few  farms 
in  the  vicinity  whose  boundaries  he  has  not 
established.  He  liid  the  surveying  for  the 
town  of  Rosenhayn  when  it  was  purchased,  and 
was  afterward  called  to  correct  the  errors  made 
by  another  surveyor  in  laying  out  the  roads. 
At  the  present  time  Mr.  Fox  is  the  oldest 
practical  surveyor  in  this  part  of  the  country. 

On  December  6,  1S55,  he  was  married  to 
I'iuth  C,  daughter  of  Enoch  and  Lydia  (Cor- 
nell) Garrison,  both  members  of  old  New 
Jersey  families.  Mrs.  Fox  was  born  January 
24,  1837,  and  died  April  12,  1891.  She  was 
the  mother  of  five  children  —  Maggie,  wife  of 
Daniel 'D.  Coney,  of  Deerfield,  who  has  two 
children  —  Lydia  and  Ada;  Albert  K.,  at  I-os 
Angeles,  Cal.,  who  married  Miss  Jennie 
Sayre,  and   has   three  children  —  Samuel,  Ma- 


tilda, and  Sarah;  Sarah,  wife  of  Chester  F. 
Garton,  of  Deerfield;  Lydia  G.,  who  is  with 
her  father;  and  George,  in  Philadelphia,  who 
married  Miss  Ida  L.  Young,  and  has  one  son, 
Percival. 

Mr.  Fox  has  been  for  many  years  actively 
connected  with  the  affairs  of  the  township. 
He  was  Township  Committee  during  the 
war,  when  recruiting  men  and  arranging 
bounties  made  the  office  no  sinecure,  and 
was  also  Assessor  in  war  time,  accomplish- 
ing a  great  work;  for  it  was  voted  to  pay  off 
all  the  expenses,  and  when  the  war  was 
over  the  town  was  clear  of  debt.  Mr.  Fox 
was  Assessor  three  or  four  years,  and  then 
was  elected  Collector,  an  office  he  held  four 
years.  Then,  after  an  interval  of  three  years, 
he  was  again  elected,  and  was  in  office  twelve 
or  thirteen  years,  till  1888,  the  longest  term 
on  record  for  that  office.  He  was  a  Freeholder 
of  the  township  for  a  number  of  years,  and  in 
1884  was  nominated  for  the  Assembly,  but 
failed  of  election,  as  it  was  a  Presidential 
year,  and  the  opposition  majority  was  unusually 
large.  Mr.  Fox  has  also  acted  as  delegate  to 
a  number  of  conventions.  In  religious  belief 
he  is  a  Methodist,  and  attendeil  for  some  time 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  churcli  at  Wood- 
ruff, of  which  his  wife  was  a  member.  He 
now  attends  the  church  at  F"riendship. 


ZARIAH    MORE,  of  the  Jefferis  Glass 
Works  of  I<"airton,  was  born  at  the  old 
homestead    at    Harmon)-,    Hopewell 
township,    this   county,    November    19,    i860. 


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91 


His  father,  the  Hon.  Robert  More,  owned  the 
family  place  where  Azariah  was  born,  and 
where  he  lived  until  he  was  about  eighteen 
years  old.  The  subject  of  this  article  attended 
the  common  schools  of  the  vicinity  in  his  boy- 
hood, and  afterward  completed  a  course  at  the 
South  Jersey  Institute  in  Bridgeton,  N.J. 
Upon  leaving  school  Mr.  More  found  employ- 
ment in  his  father's  mill  at  Seeley,  this 
county,  where  he  remained  for  a  year.  Mis 
next  position  was  with  More-Jonas  Glass  Com- 
pany, where  he  worked  for  five  years  serving 
apprenticeship  to  the  trade  of  glass  blower  on 
bottles.  He  was  next  engaged  in  the  grocery 
business  in  Bridgeton  for  four  years,  also  hold- 
ing the  agency  of  the  Overlook  Cemetery  Com- 
pany. Mr.  More  sold  the  first  burial  lot  in 
this  beautiful  spot,  and  during  the  first  year 
of  his  agency  made  out  more  than  one  hun- 
dred deeds  for  purchasers.  As  long  as  he  re- 
mained in  Bridgeton  he  was  connected  with 
this  company,  and  it  may  be  assumed  that 
much  of  the  success  of  the  enterprise  was  due 
to  his  faithful  services.  Overlook  Cemetery 
is  now  justly  considered  the  most  attractive 
and  beautiful  burial-place  in  South  Jersey. 
His  store  was  on  the  corner  of  Bank  and  Irv- 
ing Streets,  where  he  carried  on  a  successful 
business. 

Mr.  More  sold  his  grocery  store  in  Bridge- 
ton,  and  entered  into  a  partnership  with  the 
Willis-More  Glass  Company.  This  connec- 
tion was  formed  in  February,  1892,  the  part- 
ners, all  men  of  influence,  buying  the  land, 
and  themselves  building  up  the  factory. 
Though  so  recently  established,  these  exten- 


sive works  have  already  gained  a  national 
reputation  for  the  uniform  superiority  and  reli- 
ability of  the  wares  they  produce,  which  in- 
clude green  and  amber  bottles.  The  factory 
greatly  increases  the  financial  and  industrial 
importance  of  Fairton.  Its  trade  extends  to 
New  York,  Boston,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake 
City,  and  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  It 
covers  three  acres  of  ground,  and  is  furnished 
with  all  the  latest  appliances  known  to  the 
trade.  Three  furnaces  are  in  operation,  two 
during  the  day  and  one  during  the  night. 
An  average  force  of  one  hundred  workmen  are 
employed  in  the  different  departments.  The 
facilities  are  such  that  the  largest  orders  can 
be  filled  promptly  and  satisfactorily  on  the 
shortest  notice.  Special  sidings  from  the 
railroad  render  the  shipping  capacities  practi- 
cally unlimited,  while  the  daily  output  is 
about  twelve  tons.  The  officers  of  the  com- 
pany were:  Philip  Stathem,  President;  Fur- 
man  R.  Willis,  Vice-President  and  Treasurer; 
and  Azariah  More,  Secretary  anil  General 
Superintendent.  In  the  spring  of  ICS96  the 
company  was  reorganized  and  incorporated 
under  the  style  of  the  Jefferis  Glass  Works 
with  a  branch  office  in  the  Bourse  Building, 
Philadelphia.  Under  the  new  regime,  Mr. 
More  and  Samuel  U.  Beckett  manage  the 
works. 

On  August  i<S,  1885,  he  was  wedded  to 
Miss  Laura  F.  Whitaker,  a  native  of  Bridge- 
ton  and  a  daughter  of  Ebcnezer  and  Caroline 
(Hines)  Whitaker.  Mr.  Whitaker  is  a  well- 
known  resident  of  this  county,  having  been  for 
three    years    Sheriff    of    Cumberland    and    for 


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BIOGRAPHICAL    REVIEW 


eleven    years    the   steward    of    the   almshouse. 
Mr.  More's  only  child,  Carrie  W.    More,  pos- 
sesses rare  musical  gifts.      Her  parents  have 
given  her  the  best  training  possible,  and  are 
proud   of  the   results.     At   the  age   of    seven 
years  the  little   lady  led  the  grand  march    in  a 
I)iano  recital  held  at  Bridgeton,  in  which  sixty 
scholars  took  part.      She  has,  no  doubt,  a  brill- 
iant career  before  her.      Mr.  More   is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Fairton,  of 
which  he  was  made  Trustee  soon  after  moving 
to  that  town.     Though  he  has  never  been  an 
aspirant  to  any  political  office,  he  has  been  a 
very  faithful  and  steadfast  adherent  of  the  Re- 
publican party.      He  takes  a  deep   interest    in 
educational  affairs.     When  the  new  school  law 
went  into  effect,  placing  all  the  districts  of  a 
township  under  one  board,    he  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  first  School  Board  in  his  town, 
and   at    its   formal   organization   was   made   its 
I'resident.      He  has  also  been  elected   District 
Clerk  each  succeeding  year  up  to  the  present 
time.     Fairfield  may  certainly  claim  him  as 
one  of  its  benefactors.     Mr.  More  is  a  member 
of    Colantha    Lodge,    Knights   of    Pythias,    in 
Bridgeton,    and    is   a   charter   member    of    the 
Knights   of    the    Golden    Fagle    in    the   same 
town,   having    been    one    of    its  first    officers. 
He  is  Past  Noble  Chief  in  the  order,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Grand  Castle  of  the  State. 


NDRKW  WILLIAM  BENNETT,  fore- 
man   in    the    glass   works   of   Whitall 
Tatum  &  Co.,  Millville,  and  mem- 
ber of    Millville  City   Council,    was  born    in 


Honesdale,  Wayne  County,  Pa.,  '  February  6, 
1858.  He  is  a  son  of  Henry  and  Honora 
(Sullivan)  Bennett  and  a  grandson  of  Andrew 
Bennett.  Andrew  Bennett,  who  was  a  native 
of  Winslow,  N.J.,  spent  the  greater  part  of 
his  life  in  that  place,  engaged  in  charcoal 
burning.  Ten  years  before  his  death  he  re- 
tired from  active  business.  He  married  Eliz- 
abeth Watson,  daughter  of  Josiah  Watson. 

Henry  Bennett,  born  July  4,  1832,  in  Ber- 
lin, N.J.,  after  receiving  his  education  in  the 
common  schools,  learned  pot-making  in  a 
glass  factory,  and  worked  at  that  industry  for 
the  rest  of  his  lifetime.  He  came  to  Millville 
in  1868,  and,  entering  the  employment  of 
Whitall  Tatum  &  Co.,  was  engaged  there 
nearly  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred February  12,  1870.  His  wife  was  a 
daughter  of  William  ■  Sullivan,  a  native  of 
County  Kerry,  Ireland.  They  were  married 
in  Honesdale,  Pa.,  in  1853,  and  have  had  nine 
children,  eight  of  whom  reached  maturity; 
namely,  Mary  E.,  Sarah  A.,  Andrew  W., 
Henry  P.,  Charles  M.,  Evin  J.,  Albert  T., 
and  Louisa  I.  Mary  E.  is  the  wife  of  Will- 
iam Pennington,  of  Millville;  Sarah  A.  mar- 
ried Frank  Haggerty,  of  Millville;  and 
Louisa  I.  is  now  Mrs.  Gilbert  Adams,  of  Bur- 
lington, N.J. 

Andrew  William  Bennett  was  educated 
chiefly  in  the  common  schools  of  Oswego 
County,  New  York,  where  his  parents  resided 
for  four  years.  When  of  a  proper  age  he  was 
taught  the  trade  of  glass  blowing.  In  the 
course  of  time  he  became  a  skilful  workman, 
and  earned  a  good  salary.     He  had  worked  at 


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this  trade  for  sixteen  years  in  the  factory  of 
Wliitall  Tatuni  &  Co.,  when,  in  1893,  he  was 
made  foreman  of  the  night  tanl<,  in  which  ca- 
pacity he  is  at  present  employed.  In  1887, 
April  9,  Mr.  Bennett  was  united  in  matrimony 
with  Roxanna  Beebe,  daughter  of  Edward 
Beeiie,  of  Millville.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  In 
1893  he  was  elected  to  represent  Ward  4  in 
the  City  Council  for  a  term  of  three  years. 
In  this  capacity  he  is  serving  on  the  Public 
Buildings  Committee  and  the  Sanitary  Com- 
mittee, and  is  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Electric  Lighting.  He  is  a  member  of  She- 
kinah  Lodge,  A.  E.  &  A.  M.,  of  Millville, 
Richman  Chapter  and  Olivet  Commandery; 
of  Millville  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
I'"ellovvs;  and  of  Ivanhoe  Lodge,  Knights  of 
Pythias. 


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T^TTENRY  M.  DARE,  a  general  merchant 
and  dealer  in  coal,  phosphate,  and 
fertilizers  at  Rosenhayn,  Decrficld 
township,  was  horn  August  24,  1849,  at  Pitt's 
Grove,  Monroeville,  Salem  County,  N.J.,  son 
of  James  A.  and  Sarah  (Dickinson)  Dare. 
James  A.  Dare  first  saw  the  light  in  a  log 
cabin  on  the  same  farm  in  1812.  Here  he 
grew  up,  and  became  a  prominent  and  success- 
ful business  man,  owning  in  the  course  of 
time  a  part  of  his  father's  farm  and  fifty  acres 
adjoining,  upon  which  he  built  a  house  of 
more  generous  dimensions  than  the  one  in 
which  his  existence  had  begun.  In  addition 
to  his  farming  he  was  also  a  local  preacher  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.      During  the 


time  that  the  Rev.  Dr.  Wiiitacar  was  Presid- 
ing Elder  of  this  section  of  the  diocese,  he 
was  persuaded  to  devote  himself  more  fully  to 
the  ministry.  For  the  last  twenty  years  of 
his  life  he  was  an  ardent  church  worker,  driv- 
ing twenty  miles  on  .Sunday  morning  to  give 
the  gospel  to  a  congregation  whicli  had  no 
other  means  of  obtaining  it.  The  unselfish- 
ness of  this  labor  of  love  could  only  be  appre- 
ciated by  those  who  profited  by  it;  but,  when 
it  is  considered  that  he  received  no  remunera- 
tion for  his  services,  the  character  of  the  man 
stands  out  in  bold  relief  as  that  of  one  whose 
life  is  the  best  exponent  of  his  creed.  Be- 
sides being  a  man  of  deep  piety,  James  A. 
Dare  possessed  a  great  deal  of  practical  knowl- 
edge, and  was,  moreover,  a  man  of  education. 
During  the  early  years  of  his  married  life  he 
taught  the  winter  school,  but  naturally  gave 
up  this  branch  of  work  as  other  responsibili- 
ties devolved  upon  him.  I^ght  of  his  chil- 
dren reached  adult  life,  namely:  Eliza,  now 
Mrs.  William  .S.  Garrison;  John,  who  lives 
at  Monroeville,  ami  is  unmarried;  Joseph,  of 
whom  there  is  no  special  record;  Harriet  A., 
now  deceased,  who  w;is  the  wife  of  Thomas  W. 
Newkirk;  Hannah,  the  wife  of  James  Garri- 
son; Henry  M.,  of  whom  this  is  a  brief  biog- 
raphy; Anna,  who  married  Daniel  C.  Strong; 
and  James,  a  resident  of  Clayton,  Gloucester 
County.  Both  parents  have  passed  to  tlieir 
account,  the  father,  March  17,  1864,  and  the 
mother  in  March  of  1893. 

Henry  M.  Dare  was  a  young  lad  when 
death  deprived  him  of  his  father.  His 
mother  kept  her  children  together  until  Henry 


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was  in  his  fifteenth  year.  He  then  sought 
and  secured  employment  on  a  neighboring 
farm,  and  thereafter  continued  at  farm  work 
until  he  was  twenty.  He  now  learned  the 
turner's  trade  in  the  Chestnut  Island  Mills, 
near  Monroe,  where  he  worked  for  two  years. 
At  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  was  em- 
ployed in  the  I'arvins  Mills  for  more  than  two 
years,  after  which  he  took  charge  of  the  Broad- 
way Mills.  VViien  he  gave  up  the  latter  posi- 
tion he  entered  into  partnership  with  James 
D.  Gruff,  in  the  purchase  of  a  threshing  ma- 
chine, which  he  profitably  ran  for  three. years 
in  Piles  Grove  township.  Buying  out  his  part- 
ner's interest  in  the  machine  then,  he  contin- 
ued alone  for  another  year. 

After  his  marriage  Mr.  Dare  became  a 
farmer  at  Richmond  Mills,  Salem  County,  re- 
maining there  four  years,  at  the  end  of  which 
time  he  sold  out,  and  removed  to  Rosenhayn. 
Here  he  lived  for  two  years  on  the  corner  of 
Bridgeton  and  Morton  Avenues,  caring  for  a 
little  farm  he  owned  to  make  it  salable.  His 
judgment  proved  sound:  for  he  found  a  pur- 
chaser, and  was  enabled  by  its  sale  to  buy  the 
property  he  now  occupies.  lie  also  owned  ten 
acres  of  land  besides  at  this  time.  Few 
houses  had  been  llicn  erected  in  Rosenhayn, 
and  Mr.  Dare  had  no  residence  there  as  yet. 
He  was  Chairman  of  a  Building  Committee 
appointed  to  erect  a  church.  The  outlook  for 
the  embyro  town  was  discouraging;  but  be 
went  ahead,  built  his  house  and  store,  and 
soon  after  started  a  general  merchandise 
business  that  was  a  success  from  the  begin- 
ning.     Within  the  last  ten  years  he  has  added 


coal  and  fertilizers  to  his  stock  with  advan- 
tage. He  has  wisely  retained  the  ten  acres 
of  land  purchased  before  building  began  on 
the  town  site,  and  it  is  now  in  the  heart  of 
the  fast-growing  city.  Only  three  lots  of  the 
original  tract  have  been  disposed  of,  so  that 
there  still  remains  a  valuable  property.  Mr. 
Dare  also  does  an  extensive  business  as  a 
shipper  of  the  produce  which  the  farmers  of 
the  vicinity  rely  on  Jiim  to  [dace  on  the,  mar- 
kets. One  of  the  largest  business  ventures 
in  Rosenhayn  is  its  brick  factory,  in  which 
Mr.  Dare  is  largely  interested.  This  factory 
turns  out  from  twelve  thousand  to  fifteen 
thousand  bricks  daily,  usually  the  latter  num- 
ber. The  bricks,  which  are  of  a  fine  quality, 
are  side-cut  with  wire  and  red  and  buff  in  color. 
The  Cottage  for  the  Feeble-minded  at  Vine- 
land,  built  of  these  bricks,  shows  them  to  ad- 
vantage. The  Rosenhayn  bricks  are  sliipped 
to  Boston,  the  best  quality  fetching  a  price  of 
twenty-eight  dollars  per  thousand. 

On  February  20,  187S,  Mr.  Dare  married 
Electra  H.  Hanthorne,  of  Broadway  Station. 
She  was  a  daughter  of  Lsaac  Hanthorne,  an  old 
and  esteemed  resident  of  the  county.  Mr. 
Dare  has  inherited  liis  father's  piety  and  re\'- 
crcnce  for  religion,  lie  is  a  memlicr  of  the 
Methodist  Fpiscopal  church,  and  is  an  ardent 
worker  in  its  behalf.  For  five  years  he  has 
been  the  Sunday-school  superintendent,  and, 
since  coming  to  Rosenhayn,  has  been  a  liberal 
supporter  of  the  denomination  to  which  lie 
belongs.  The  various  interests  of  Rosenhayn 
have  been  encouraged  by  him  to  the  utmost, 
and  much   of   the  town's   prosperity  is   due   to 


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his  efforts.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  Victory  Lodge,  No.  137, 
of  Rosenhayn.  He  has  been  a  Justice  of  the 
Peace  since  March,   1895. 


c* 


iLARENCE  MULFORD  DUBOIS, 
City  Surveyor,  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
and  Notary  Public  of  Bridgeton,  was 
born  in  this  city.  May  8,  1863,  son  of. Will- 
iam S.  and  Sarah  (Williams)  Dubois.  His 
paternal  grandfather  was  William  S.  Dubois, 
born  in  Pitt's  Grove  township.  William  S. 
Dubois,  father  of  Clarence  M.,  was  also  a  na- 
tive of  Bridgeton,  born  September  16,  181 7. 
Having  attended  the  common  schools  of  the 
city  for  the  usual  period,  he  learned  the  black- 
smith's trade.  In  1841  he  went  to  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio,  where  until  1S63,  besides  work- 
ing at  his  trade,  he  kept  a  temperance  hotel. 
He  then  returned  to  Bridgeton,  and  carried  on 
a  successful  business  for  about  nine  years  as 
a  dealer  in  woollen  goods  and  yarns.  After 
this  he  was  employed  by  the  East  Lake 
Woollen  Manufacturing  Company  until  two 
years  before  his  death,  when  the  bad  condi- 
tion of  his  health  obliged  him  to  withdraw 
from  all  active  occupation.  He  died  March 
20,  1886.  His  marriage  took  place  in  F"ebru- 
ary,  1841.  His  wife,  Sarah,  was  a  daughter 
of  Joseph  Williams,  of  Cincinnati,  and  she 
bore  her  husband  seven  children;  namely, 
William  T.,  Harriet,  Joseph  W. ,  Francis  T., 
Lorenzo  M.,  Mary  Alice,  and  Clarence  M. 
Mary  Alice  died  at  the  age  of  eighteen.  Har- 
riet   is  the  wife   of   David   P.  Mulford.      Both 


the  father  and  mother  were  members  of  the 
Commerce  Street  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
while  the  father  had  the  further  relation  of 
serving  on  the  official  board  of  the  society. 

Clarence  Mulford  Dubois  received  his  early 
education  in  the  common  schools  of  his  native 
town.  His  first  efforts  at  working  for  a  living 
were  made  in  a  woollen-mil].  After  spending 
two  years  in  this  employment  he  entered 
Rutgers  College,  New  ]5runswick,  N.J.,  com- 
pleted the  scientific  course,  and  graduated  in 
the  class  of  1S86.  Immediately  after  he  (jb- 
tained  a  short  engagement  in  connection  with 
the  Geological  Survey  of  New  Jersey.  He 
was  ne.\t  employed  for  three  years  as  assistant 
engineer  on  the  engineer  corps  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania, Slatington  &  New  England  Railroad. 
Later  the  Baltimore  &  Drum  Point  Railroatl 
engaged  his  services  in  a  similar  capacity  for 
some  time.  The  work  done  by  him  for  tlic  two 
railroads  and  the  government  was  so  satisfac- 
tory as  to  make  a  reputation  for  him.  The 
consequence  was  that  in  May,  1890,  he  was 
appointed  by  the  Common  Council  to  the 
office  of  City  .Survc)or  of  Bridgeton,  wliich 
position  he  has  since  held.  The  Common 
Council  in  May,  1896,  also  placed  him  in 
charge  of  the  streets  and  roads  of  the  city  ol 
Bridgeton,  with  the  title  of  Supervisor,  he 
being  the  first  person  to  hold  that  position. 

On  February  27,  1S89,  Mr.  Dubois  was 
united  in  matrimony  with  Miss  Nettie  E.  A. 
Cole,  daughter  of  Thomas  C.  Cole,  of  New 
Brunswick.  Their  children  are:  Louis  S., 
Frank  W.,  and  David  M.  ]?oth  parents  at- 
tend the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  on  Com- 


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merce  Street,  the  father  being-  a  member. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  Immortelle  Command - 
ery,  No.  138,  Knights  of  Malta.  He  has  the 
sincere  esteem  of  the  people  of  Bridgeton. 


(shames  EWAN,  a  respected  resident  of 
b' in  ley  Station,  was  born  in  Millville, 
July  15,  1S33,  son  of  Israel  and  Mary 
(Hunter)  Ewan.  Mr.  Ewan's  grandfather, 
Evan  Ewan,  settled  in  Atlantic  County  when 
that  entire  region  was  a  wilderness.  Here  he 
built  a  mill,  and  engaged  in  the  business  of 
supplying  lumber  to  those  pioneers  who,  like 
himself,  were  estal)lishing  homes  in  the 
"forest  primeval."  As  the  country  became 
populated,  his  trade  increased  proportionately, 
until  he  had  acquired  quite  a  fortune,  and  was 
able  to  indulge  his  ta.ste  for  hunting.  The 
op[iortunities  for  this  pastime  were  almost  un- 
limited, and  ICvan  Ewan's  prowess  as  a  Nim- 
rod  was  heard  of  far  and  near.  It  is  alleged 
that  three  hundred  deer  fell  by  his  rifle.  His 
skill  as  a  marksman  was  a  household  word  in 
the  homes  of  the  Atlantic  County  settlers. 
He  afterw.ird  left  Atlantic,  and  moved  to  the 
vicinage  of  Millville,  where  he  settled  upon 
a  farm  three  miles  east  of  the  town.  Here  he 
spent  the  rest  of  his  life,  and  died  in  his 
eighty-third  year.  Evan  Ewan  was  a  brother 
of  Israel  Ewan,  who  was  the  founder  of  the 
luvan  family  in  America.  One  branch,  estab- 
lished in  the  West,  spelled  the  name  lowing 
instead  of  Ewan,  probably  for  the  reason  that 
both  the  northern  and  western  Ewings  and 
Ewans  were  supposed  to  have  a  common   de- 


scent from  Scottish  ancestry.  Israel  Ewan, 
the  father  of  James,  was  born  in  Atlantic 
County,  not  far  from  a  town  or  village  known 
at  that  time  as  Petty  Pot  Mills.  At  twelve 
years  of  age  he  came  to  Millville,  where  he 
grew  up  and  was  educated.  Here  he  was  a 
farmer  for  some  time  before  he  finally  moved 
to  Bridgeton,  this  county,  where  he  died. 
He  married  Miss  Mary  1  lunter,  of  Millville, 
who  died,  leaving  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
an  infant  of  two  years  of  age,  and  a  daughter, 
Sarah,  now  deceased. 

James  Ewan,  the  motherless  child,  though 
bereft  of  that  earliest  and  purest  love  for 
which  nothing  in  life  is  compensation,  did 
not  lack  good  training.  He  attended  good 
private  as  well  as  public  schools,  and  then  en- 
tered the  factory  of  Mr.  Lewis  Mulford,  the 
well-known  manufacturer  of  window  glass, 
where  he  was  employed  four  or  five  years. 
He  then  began  to  learn  the  blacksmith's  trade 
under  William  D.  Wilson,  of  Millville. 
After  serving  a  year  with  Mr.  Wilson,  he 
finished  his  apprenticeship  under  George  S. 
Pearson,  of  Bridgeton.  Mr.  Ewan  remained 
in  Mr.  Pearson's  employment  until  he  left  the 
place  to  try  his  fortunes  in  Dixon,  111.  The 
financial  pressure  of  1857  recalled  him  to  his 
native  county;  and  shortly  after  his  return  he 
opened  a  smith's  shop  on  a  jaart  of  Laurel 
Street,  now  the  site  of  the  clothing  store  of 
the  late  P.  II.  Goldsmith,  in  the  very  heart  of 
the  city.  When  the  war  of  the  Rebellion 
broke  up  the  peace  and  prosperity  of  the 
Union,  he  enlisted  in  Company  H  of  the 
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and  in  1S62  was  sent  to  Washington.  At  the 
bloody  battle  of  Fredericksburg  he  first  wit- 
nessed the  horrors  of  war.  He  also  partici- 
pated in  the  engagement  at  Chancellorsville. 
The  company's  period  of  service  expired  just 
before  the  battle  of  Gettysburg  was  fought, 
when  Mr.  Ewan  returned  home  and  engaged  in 
the  business  of  bending  pipes  for  blast  fur- 
naces. He  furnished  these  blast  pipes  to  many 
prominent  firms  in  Philadelphia  and  in  other 
parts  of  Pennsylvania.  After  a  time  he  also 
manufactured  coils  for  ice  machines,  and  be- 
came prominent  in  his  line  of  work.  Until 
1S70  he  remained  in  IJridgeton,  when  he  pur- 
chased a  farm  of  fifteen  acres  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  town.  To  this  he  has  added  by  different 
purchases,  so  that  its  present  boundaries  en- 
close eighty  acres.  This  farm  is  considered 
one  of  the  best  and  most  desirable  in  the  neigh- 
borhood. It  has  proved  most  valuable  since 
its  owner  devoted  a  part  of  it  to  the  culture  of 
strawberries.  Mr.  Ewan  gives  his  personal  at- 
tention to  the  improvement  of  his  estate,  a  fact 
which,  probably,  is  the  secret  of  his  success. 
In  1859  ^I''-  Kwan  married  Miss  lilizabeth 
Gandy,  a  daughter  of  Miles  Gandy,  who  was 
lost  at  sea  in  his  youth.  A  native  of  Beas- 
ley's  Point,  Cape  May  County,  she  afterward 
became  a  resident  of  Newport,  this  county. 
The  marriage  was  blessed  by  the  birth  of  ten 
ciiildren,  nine  of  whom  are  now  living. 
These  are:  Mary,  the  wife  of  P'rederick  Fritz, 
of  Denver,  Col.;  William  Seward,  residing 
in  Philadelphia;  Ida,  the  wife  of  Milford 
Appelgate,  of  Bridgeton ;  Sarah,  who  married 
Mr.  John  Andofer,  of  the   same   city;   Horace 


Greely,  of  Philadelphia;  Flora,  who  is  unmar- 
ried; Charles,  a  resident  of  Philadelphia; 
Abigail;  and  James  Blaine  l^wan.  Samuel, 
who  was  a  business  man  of  Philadelphia,  is 
deceased.  The  mother  died  March  20,  1S88. 
The  father  rendered  good  service  to  the  com- 
munity on  the  committees  of  the  township.  A 
loyal  Republican  in  a  Democratic  stronghold, 
he  has  been  a  delegate  to  several  different 
State  conventions.  The  Ewan  family  attend 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  in  Woodruff, 
this  county.  They  have  the  sincere  esteem 
of  their  neighbors. 


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M 


AVID  Rl':i':S  STREETS,  M.D.,  a 
^  m  prominent  medical  practitioner  of 
Bridgeton,  was  born  August  3,  1856, 
in  Smyrna,  Kent  County,  Del.,  son  of  lulward 
and  Mary  E.  (Griffin)  Streets.  His  earliest 
known  paternal  ancestor  was  Jacob  Streets,  of 
St.  George's  Hundred,  New  Castle  County, 
Del.,  who  married  about  1781  lilizabeth 
Harmon,  a  lady  of  German  descent.  Jacol) 
Streets,  the  second  son,  and  father  oi  luhvard 
Streets,  was  a  soldier  in  liie  War  of  1S12. 
He  married  Matilda  Hale,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Hale,  of  Duck  Creek  Cross-roads  (now 
Smyrna),  and  died  shortly  after  the  close  of 
the  war.  Thomas  Hale's  name  appears  among 
those  of  persons  assessed  in  Duck  Creek  Hun- 
dred in  1785.  In  1 79 1  he  was  one  of  the 
three  Deputy  Postmasters  in  Delaware;  and, 
when  the  State  legislature  met  in  that  town  in 
1792,  it  convened  at  Fisher's  Hotel  (now 
Smyrna  Hotel),  kept  by  Thomas  Hale. 


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Edward  Streets,  born  in  Smyrna,  in  Sep- 
tember, 1S14,  was  a  farmer  and  bricklayer, 
and  spent  most  of  his  life  in  his  native  place. 
He  married  Mary  lilizabeth  Griffin,  and  they 
had  six  sons,  four  of  whom  are  now  living, 
namely:  Dr.  David  R.  Streets,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch;  Dr.  Jacob  Griffin  Streets,  a  phy- 
sician of  Bridgeton ;  Dr.  Thomas  Hale 
Streets,  a  surgeon  in  the  United  States  Navy; 
and  Edward  Streets,  a  farmer  living  in  Kent 
County,  Delaware.  The  father,  who  was  orig- 
inally an  Episcopalian,  and  the  mother,  who 
was  a  Haptist,  joined  the  Presbyterian  church 
from  motives  of  convenience.  Mr.  Streets 
died  on  September  3,  18S2.  His  wife,  who 
was  born  December  25,  18 19,  died  on  Decem- 
ber 13,  1 88 1.  She  was  a  descendant  of  Sam- 
uel Griffith  and  John  Rees,  Welshmen  who 
settled  in  Duck  Creek  Hundred,  respectively 
in  1733  and  1747.  The  name  Griffith  became 
Griffin  in  the  third  generation.  David  Rees 
Streets  is  the  sixth  in  descent  from  Samuel 
Griffith  (first),  who  died  in  1769,  and  his 
wife,  Martha,  through  .Samuel  (second),  John, 
Jacob  Rothram,  and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Griffin) 
Streets;  and  he  is  of  the  fifth  generation  from 
John  Rees,  who  died  in  1769,  and  his  wife, 
Hester,  through  David,  Susan,  and  Mary  E. 
(Griffin)  Streets.  Two  branches  of  the  Rees 
blood  of  the  second  generation  —  that  of  Mary, 
who  married  Samuel  Griffith  (second),  and 
that  of  David,  her  brother  —  united  in  his 
mother.  Dr.  Streets  is  also  allied  to  the 
Spruances  through  his  great-grandmother, 
Jemima  Spruance,  sister  of  Presley  .Spruance 
and  wife  of  David  Rees. 


David  Rees  Streets,  M.D.,  after  receiving 
his  early  education  in  his  native  town,  took 
courses  of  study  at  West  Jersey  Academy  and 
South  Jersey  Institute,  graduating  from  the 
latter  institution  in  1S76.  During  the  year 
preceding  this  event  he  taught  school  in  the 
vicinity  of  Smyrna,  and  during  the  year  suc- 
ceeding it  at  Woodruff's  school-house,  near 
Bridgeton.  He  then,  in  1877,  entered  the 
medical  department  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  where,  after  completing  a  three 
years'  course,  he  graduated  in  March,  1880. 
In  October  of  the  same  year  he  was  admitted 
to  Hahnemann  Medical  College  of  the  same 
city,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  March, 
1 88 1.  Dr.  Streets  then  located  in  Bridgeton, 
where  he  has  since  continuously  followed  his 
profession,  having  a  fine  and  lucrative  posi- 
tion. He  conforms  to  no  school  of  medicine, 
is  extremely  liberal  in  his  views,  and  has  a 
large  and  lucrative  practice. 

He  was  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  Re- 
publican party.  In  1892  he  joined  the 
People's  party,  the  principles  of  which  he  has 
since  actively  supported.  Dr.  Streets  has 
been  nominatetl  by  the  party  once  for  Cor- 
oner and  once  for  Collector.  He  has  served 
as  a  county  delegate  in  several  conventions, 
and  he  is  a  member  of  the  People's  County 
Committee.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Education  from  the  Second  Ward  in  1884. 
He  is  now  a  member  at  large  of  the  Bridgeton 
Board  of  Health. 

On  October  2,  1884,  he  was  married  to 
Carrie  K.  Carll,  daughter  of  Robert  Bruce  and 
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father  was  a  contractor  and  builder,  and  was 
l)rominent  in  the  Masonic  Order.  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  David  Rees  Streets  iiave  three  children 
—  Dorothy,  Mary,  and  Caril  Rees.  They  at- 
tend the  Presbyterian  church,  of  which  Mrs. 
Streets  is  a  valued  member.  Since  1S90  they 
have  resided  at  their  fine  house,  corner  of 
Commerce  and  Walnut  Streets. 


(sTrONATHAN  SHEPHERD  AVARS,  of 
Roadstown,  an  industrious  blacksmith 
and  the  Collector  of  Hopewell  town- 
ship, was  born  in  Greenwich,  Cumberland 
County,  September  22,  1S40,  son  of  I'Iphraim 
and  Sarah  (Garrison)  Ayars.  The  father,  who 
was  probably  a  native  of  Salem  County, 
learned  the  blacksmith  trade  in  Greenwich. 
After  working  there  as  a  journeyman  for  some 
time  he  came  to  Roadstown,  built  a  shop,  and 
established  himself  in  business  just  across  the 
road  from  where  his  son  Jonathan  now  resides. 
He  bought  the  adjoining  land  and  soon  after 
the  ]iroperty  now  owned  by  Jtmathan.  He 
carried  on  his  shop  until  he  was  well  advanced 
in  years,  and  then  went  to  live  with  his  son  on 
the  farm,  where  he  spent  the  rest  of  his  life. 
In  politics  he  was  an  ardent  supporter  of  the 
Democratic  party.  He  married  Miss  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Thompson  Garrison,  of  Stoe 
Creek  township.  (See  the  sketch  of  W.  O. 
Garrison  for  an  account  of  her  ancestry. )  She 
had  four  children,  of  whom  Ephraim  G.,  who 
owns  a  farm  in  this  township,  is  living  in 
Sceley,  this  county.  Two  died,  aged  respec- 
tively   ten    and   twelve   years.     Both    parents 


gave  their  religious  preference  to  the  Presby- 
terian Church  of  (Ireenwich.  The  father  died 
in  1S.S8,  and  the  mother  in  1893. 

Jonathan  Shepherd  Ayars,  after  attending 
school  in  Roadstown,  where  he  had  lived  since 
he  was  a  baby,  went  to  Shiloh  to  continue  his 
education  at  a  select  school.  Having  grown 
up  with  his  father's  business,  he  naturally  ac- 
quired the  trade;  and,  on  attaining  his  ma- 
jority, he  took  an  Interest  in  the  shop, 
which  was  thereafter  conducted  under  the 
name  of  Ayars  &  Son.  The  shop  was  after- 
ward sold  out;  and  Jonathan  became  a  commis- 
sion merchant,  handling  all  kinds  of  produce 
on  the  steamboat  plying  between  (ireenwich 
and  Philadelphia.  Later  he  bought  back  the 
blacksmith  shop,  and  has  since  conducted  it, 
giving  employment  to  a  number  of  men.  Like 
his  father,  Mr.  Ayars  is  a  Democrat,  and 
takes  an  active  interest  in  ]iolitics.  He  was 
first  elected  Inspector  of  Elections;  and  he  has 
held  the  office  of  Town  Collector  for  the  past 
nineteen  years,  having  one  year  to  finish  the 
unexpired  term.  In  the  beginning,  when  the 
occupant  was  elected  annually,  this  office  was 
strongly  contested.  The  term  of  office  has 
since  been  extended  to  tliree  years.  At  pres- 
ent the  average  collection  amounts  to  from 
ten  to  eleven  thousand  dollars.  Mr.  Ayars  is 
a  member  of  Calanthe  Lodge,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  of  Bridgeton. 

On  December  31,  1863,  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Kate  Shropshire,  of  Bricksburg,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Henderson  Shropshire.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ayars  are  the  parents  of  two  children  —  Alice, 
the  wife  of  Henry  N.  Switzer,  of  Salem ;  and 


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Alonzo  Van  Dusen.  The  father  is  a  supporter 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  which 
Mrs.  Ayars  i*s  a  member.  Mr.  Ayars  served 
it  efficiently  as  Trustee  for  many  years. 


HOMAS  B.  WELCH,  M.D.,  the  founder 
of  the  Welch  Grape  Juice  Company  of 
Vineland,  N.J.,  was  born  at  Glastonbury, 
Somersetshire,  England,  December  31,  1825, 
his  parents  being  Abraham  and  Mary  Fussel 
Welch. 

Abraham  Welch  was  a  native  of  Glaston- 
bury, and  was  for  many  years  there  engaged 
as  a  merchant.  Later  he  followed  the  same 
pursuit  in  London,  until  he  emigrated  to  the 
United  States  in  1834.  He  established  him- 
self in  business  at  Watertown,  N.Y. ,  where 
he  remained  till  nearly  the  time  of  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  Winona,  Minn.  He  had 
a  family  of  fourteen  children,  three  of  whom 
died  in  infancy,  and  eleven  grew  to  ma- 
turity. Of  these  may  be  named  the  follow- 
ing: Robert,  who  was  a  resident  of  Water- 
town,  N.Y. ;  Mary  Ann,  who  became  Mrs. 
Hughes,  and  is  now  deceased;  Alfred,  for- 
merly a  clergyman  and  now  a  dentist  of 
Minneapolis,  Minn.  ;  Sarali,  deceased,  who 
was  the  wife  of  Mr.  Kannister,  of  Watertown, 
N.Y.;  Susan,  who  is  the  wife  of  Phineas 
I'eck,  of  Vineland,  and  who  has  spent  much 
time  as  a  successful  evangelist  among  chil- 
dren; Dr.  Thomas  B.  ;  Abraham,  Jr.,  now  de- 
ceased; Priscilln,  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  H.  P. 
Sheldon,  a  Methodist  minister  of  California, 
with    whom    she    was    unitetl    in    marriatre    in 


i860;  and  Addie  Horton,  now  wife  of  John 
Hoxie,  of  Boston,  Mass.  Abraham  Welch, 
the  father,  was  a  highly  respected  local 
preacher   in   the   Methodist    I'^piscopal   church. 

Thomas  B.  Welch,  to  whom  this  sketch  prin- 
cipally relates,  received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Watertown,  N.  Y.  He 
also  pursued  a  course  at  the  Gouverneur  Wes- 
leyan  Seminary,  where  he  was  graduated;  and 
at  the  age  of  nineteen  he  entered  on  the 
work  of  the  gospel  ministry  in  connection 
with  the  Wesleyan  Methodist  church,  locat- 
ing first  at  Poundridge,  near  New  York  City. 
His  next  charge  was  in  Herkimer  County, 
New  York;  and  while  there  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Lucy  Hutt,  of  Gouver- 
neur, N.Y.  He  continued  in  the  work  of 
the  ministry  until  his  voice  failed  him.  and 
he  was  obliged  to  direct  his  attention  to  other 
pursuits. 

Deciding  to  enter  the  medical  profession, 
he  matriculated  at  the  New  York  Central  Med- 
ical College,  where,  com|)leting  the  regular 
course,  he  was  graduated  in  his  twenty-sixth 
year.  He  then  immediately  established  him- 
self at  Penn  Yan,  N.Y.,  and  continued  in 
practice  there  for  two  years.  But,  not  being 
very  strong  physically,  and  finding  the  re- 
quirements of  his  calling  too  large  and  exact- 
ing for  his  constitution,  he,  having  jiaid  con- 
siderable attention  to  dentistry,  concluded  to 
follow  that  pursuit.  He  went  to  Winona, 
Minn.,  in  1856,  locating  there  as  one  of  the 
early  dentists,  before  the  State  of  Minnesota 
was  admitted  to  the  Union.  He  practised  at 
Winona  for  some  years,  and   then  removed  Xo 


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New  York  City,  where  he  resided  one  year, 
whence  he  came  to  Vineland,  N.J.,  in  1865, 
when  it  was  a  small  village.  He  followed 
his  profession  in  Vineland  until  1880,  and 
enjoyed  a  very  successful  and  lucrative  practice 
through  the  entire  time. 

In  1869  Dr.  Welch  originated  a  method  of 
preserving  wine  in  an  unfermented  state, 
especially  for  church  communion  services. 
This  was  an  entirely  new  idea,  and  it  involved 
a  departure  from  an  old  custom  and  the  initia- 
tion of  a  new  practice.  Much  time,  jjatience, 
and  money  were  required  to  introduce  it  into 
the  churches;  but  it  has  finally  become  the  es- 
tablished wine  for  communion.  Before  leav- 
ing his  practice  in  dentistry  he  had  prepared 
this  wine  and  had  introduced  it  on  a  small 
scale  into  the  neighboring  churches.  The 
Welch  grape  juice  was  originally  prepared  and 
intended  sim])l\-  for  local  use;  but  gradually 
the  demands  for  it  became  more  than  local, 
and  the  preparation  of  it  necessarily  assumed 
the  form  of  a  business.  The  industry  grew 
slowly  till  i8go,  since  which  time  Dr.  Welch 
has  devoted  to  it  his  exclusive  attention,  and  it 
has  assumed  vast  proportions.  The  demands 
have  doubled  every  year,  as  it  is  now  exten- 
sively used  by  physicians  in  their  practice,  in 
fountains,  and  for  social  gatherings.  Dr. 
Welch  has  built  up  a  business  that  extends  all 
over  the  country.  In  the  year  1892-93  he 
erected  a  large,  three-story,  steel-faced  build- 
ing, with  a  vault  seventy-five  by  fifty-two  feet 
in  dimensions,  which  is  used  as  a  storehouse 
for  the  product.  This  year,  1895-96,  he  is 
also    establishing   a    large  plant  at  Watkins, 


N.Y.,  the  main  building  of  which  is  thirty-five 
by  eighty-two  feet,  and  has  three  stories.  It 
has  the  advantage  of  both  railroad  and  steam- 
boat connections,  there  being  landings  for  both 
cars  and  boats  at  the  door.  It  has  been  found 
during  years  of  experience  that  the  grape 
product  of  that  vicinity  is  especially  well 
adapted  to  tonic  and  medicinal  purposes.  I'ov 
years  many  carloads  of  grapes  have  been 
received  in  Vineland  from  that  locality. 
The  Welch  Grape  Juice  Company  is  to-day 
the  principal  manufacturing  establishment  of 
unfermented  wine  in  this  country,  and  last 
year  it  produced  eighty  thou.sand  gallons. 
The  company  had  an  exhibit  at  the  Columbian 
Exposition. 

After  Dr.  Welch  discontinued  his  practice 
in  dentistry,  he  established  in  1881,  under  the 
firm  name  of  T.  B.  Welch  &  Son,  a  dental 
depot  at  141 3  Filbert  Street,  Philadelphia. 
It  was  afterward  incorporated  as  the  Wilming- 
ton Dental  Manufacturing  Company,  develop- 
ing into  one  of  the  largest  dental  depots  in 
the  United  States,  with  a  capital  of  six  hun- 
dred thousand  dollars.  Of  this  his  son 
Charles  was  for  many  years  the  manager. 
Dr.  T.  B.  Welch  is  also  still  connected  in- 
timately with  the  depot,  especially  in  the  sale 
of  his  dental  specialties  and  in  the  editorial  de- 
partment of  the  Items  of  Interest,  now  Welch' s 
Mont/ily.  These  things,  with  the  grajie  juice 
manufactory,  make  a  busy  man  of  him,  though 
now  more  than  seventy  years  of  age.  His 
magazine,  which  he  at  first  published  alone  at 
Vineland,  and  of  which  he  has  always  been 
the  editor,  is  probably  the  most  popular  dental 


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journal  in  the  United  States.  It  has  a  very 
extensive  circulation. 

Dr.  Welch  has  been  twice  married.  His 
first  wife,  Mrs.  Lucy  Hutt  Welch,  became  the 
mother  of  seven  children,  namely:  George, 
who  is  now  a  successful  dentist  of  Washing- 
ton, D.C.;  Fred,  also  a  dentist,  at  Morris- 
town,  N.J.;  Charles  E. ,  formerly  a  dentist, 
now  the  manager  of  the  grape  juice  business; 
Emma,  who  practises  dentistry  at  Vineland, 
and  who  is  the  wife  of  Dr.  Slade,  also  a  den- 
tist; Clara,  now  the  wife  of  M.  D.  Gould,  of 
Moore,  Pa.  ;  Arvilla,  wife  of  Professor  Harvey 
Murray,  of  Portland,  Me.,  a  very  successful 
musician;  May,  the  wife  of  Dr.  John  Thomas, 
of  Gynwyd,  Pa. 

Dr.  Welch  is  a  very  stanch  and  active  tem- 
perance man.  When  he  came  to  Vineland  he 
found  no  less  than  a  dozen  places  where 
liquors  could  be  bought,  though  the  town  was 
nominally  a  temperance  stronghold.  He  in- 
stituted a  fight  against  the  trafific,  organizing 
a  league,  in  which  he  acted  as  the  prosecutor, 
and  succeeded  in  forcing  the  liquor  dealers 
from  the  field.  He  did  like  service  in  Mill- 
ville  and  Bridgeton  in  the  same  county. 
When  he  went  to  Philadelphia  he  was  sworn 
in  as  a  special  policeman  to  bring  lawless 
li([uor  sellers  to  justice;  and  he  succeeded  in 
bringing  to  justice  more  than  one  hundred  and 
sixty.  His  son,  Dr.  C.  E.  Welch,  followed 
in  the  same  kind  of  work  in  Vineland;  for, 
when  this  city  was  again  infested  with  surrep- 
titious liquor  sellers,  he  also  organized  a 
league,  and  banished  them  from  the  town,  he 
acting  as  chief  prosecutor  for  several  years. 


Dr.  Thomas  B.  Welch  has  been  very  prom- 
inently before  the  public.  He  is  one  of  the 
Directors  of  the  Vineland  Water  Works;  and 
he  was  at  one  time  President  of  the  State 
Dental  Society,  being  well  known  throughout 
his  State  in  his  profession.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  International  Spelling  Reform  Associa- 
tion, and  its  method  of  spelling  he  uses  quite 
extensively  in  his  editorial  work.  Relig- 
iously, Dr.  Welch  is  identified  with  the 
Methodists,  formerly  as  a  travelling  preacher 
and  latterly  a  local  preacher.  After  forty 
years  of  happy  married  life  his  first  wife  died 
in  April,  1894.  His  second  marriage  was 
with  Miss  Victoria  C.  Sherburne,  of  Vineland, 
October  23,  1895. 


^jI-:V.  WILLIAM  DEY  STULTZ, 
pastor  of  the  First  Methodist  Protes- 
tant Church  of  Bridgeton,  was  born 
at  Union  Valley,  Middlesex  County,  August 
31,  1857.  He  is  a  son  of  the  Rev.  FAias  Dey 
and  Ellen  Stultz  (Dey)  Stultz,  and  is  of  un- 
mixed German  descent.  His  great-grand- 
father on  the  paternal  side,  who  was  of  Ger- 
man birth,  was  a  pioneer  of  Union  Valley; 
while  John  Stultz,  the  grandfather,  was  a  life- 
long resident  of  that  place. 

The  Rev.  Elias  Dey  Stultz  was  born  in 
Union  Valley,  May  22,  1822.  He  learned 
the  carpenter's  trade  when  a  young  man,  and 
followed  it  for  a  number  of  years.  He  was 
also  employed  for  some  time  at  railroading. 
While  engaged  in  these  occupations  he  had  a 
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length,  having  duly  qualified  himself  for  the 
profession,  he  obtained  his  wish,  and  became 
one  of  the  leaders  in  the  Methodist  Protestant 
church.  He  erected  with  his  own  hands  the 
first  church  of  that  denomination  in  Union 
Valley.  To  complete  the  furnishing  of  the 
edifice,  he  also  gave  much  of  his  own  property. 
This  was  one  of  the  pioneer  Methodist  Protes- 
tant churches  in  New  Jersey,  and  Mr.  Stultz 
accomplished  a  great  work  in  establishing  it. 
Its  pastor  for  many  years,  he  gathered  about 
him  a  large  congregation,  and  was  widely  es- 
teemed as  a  man  of  ability  and  unflinching 
rectitude.  Subsequently  for  four  years  he 
was  pastor  of  the  church  at  Manasquan,  Mon- 
mouth County.  At  the  end  of  that  period, 
yielding  to .  the  earnest  solicitation  of  the 
people  of  his  original  charge,  he  returned  to 
Union  Valley.  With  that  place  as  his  head- 
quarters, he  labored  for  fourteen  years  as  a 
travelling  preacher,  superintending  many 
churches  in  the  district.  During  this  time 
he  resided  four  years  at  Glassboro,  four  years 
at  Barnsboro,  and  one  year  at  Leesburg. 
During  the  following  eighteen  years  he  was 
pastor  at  Manasquan,  taking  but  a  short  rest 
in  all  that  time,  when  a  son  preached  for  him. 
His  last  charge  was  the  Second  Methodist 
Protestant  Church  of  Bridgeton,  where  he 
labored  for  one  year  and  three  months.  He 
was  then  superannuated,  and  he  returned  to 
Manasquan,  where  he  is  now  living  in  retire- 
ment. Mr.  Stultz  was  active  in  the  ministry 
for  over  forty  years.  One  of  the  strong  men 
of  the  New  Jer.sey  Methodist  Protestant  Con- 
ference, he  was  President  of  that  organization 


a  number  of  times,  and  is  fondly  called  "the 
father  of  the  conference."  His  wife,  who 
was  born  in  Union  Valley  in  1824,  was  also  a 
member  of  the  German  community  of  that  lo- 
cality. Of  their  seven  children  five  are  liv- 
ing, namely:  Mary  Anna,  the  wife  of  Robert 
Van  Deusen,  of  Manasquan;  Hettie,  the  wife 
of  John  S.  Duffield,  of  Glassboro;  Lewis 
Dey,  a  minister  of  the  Methodist  Protestant 
church,  now  stationed  at  Westville,  Glouces- 
ter County;  Edward  S.  V.,  a  resident  of 
Manasquan,  who  has  been  active  in  journalism 
for  seventeen  years,  and  is  now  the  editor  of 
the  Seaside  Gazette;  and  William  Dey,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  who  is  the  youngest. 

The  Rev.  William  Dey  Stultz  acquired  the 
rudiments  of  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Glassboro.  After  preparing  for 
college  at  Freehold  Institute,  he  entered 
Princeton  with  the  class  of  iSSo.  His  col- 
lege career  was  interrupted  by  sickness;  but 
he  completed  the  course  under  private  tuition, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  ministry  in  i<S8i.  In 
October  of  that  year  the  Conference  jilaceil 
him  in  charge  of  the  church  in  Bridgeton,  of 
which  he  is  now  pastor.  The  society  has 
been  remarkably  [irosperous  under  his  leatler- 
ship.  At  his  installation  the  congregation 
numbered  fifty,  and  had  had  a  hard  struggle  for 
existence.  His  predecessor,  the  Rev.  I.  Mc- 
Dowell, who  was  pastor  for  two  years  previous 
to  Mr.  Stultz's  appointment,  had  succeeded 
in  lightening  the  financial  biu'dens,  and  had 
opened  a  way  for  the  progress  initiated  by  Mr. 
Stultz.  In  the  winter  of  1882  a  revival  in- 
creased the  membership.      The  church  was  en- 


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larged  in  the  following  summer,  and  over  one 
hundred  new  members  joined  during  the  year. 
In  1889  an  opening  was  perceived  in  the  lower 
part  of  the  city.  The  opportunity  was  availed 
of  to  organize  another  society,  and  the  Second 
Methodist  Protestant  Church  on  South  Avenue 
was  built.  This  was  at  first  a  mission,  but  a 
successful  revival  increased  the  membership, 
so  that  before  the  end  of  the  year  it  was  a  self- 
sustaining  church.  In  the  following  year  the 
First  Church  was  again  remodelled.  This  had 
hardly  been  accomplished  when  a  spirit  of 
improvement  prompted  the  congregation,  now 
largely  augmented,  to  build  a  new  edifice;  and 
in  1 89 1  and  1892  the  present  structure  was 
erected.  With  its  stained  glass  windows  and 
artistic  finishing  the  building  presents  a 
pleasing  object  to  the  eye.  It  has  a  seating 
capacity  of  five  hundred  and  fifty,  but  it  is  so 
arranged  that  it  will  accommodate  from  eight 
hundred  to  a  thousand  at  an  emergency.  The 
chapel,  class-room,  Bible  class-room,  infant- 
room,  and  parsonage  are  all  connected  with 
the  church;  and  the  pastor  can  step  from  his 
hall  to  the  pulpit  platform.  The  membership 
is  now  over  four  hundred.  The  society  has  a 
large  Sunday-school,  and  connected  with  it  is 
the  largest  branch  of  the  Christian  Endeavor- 
ers  in  South  Jersey. 

On  November  26,  1884,  Mr.  Stultz  was 
married  to  Miss  Ida  Watson,  of  Penn's  Grove, 
Salem  County,  youngest  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
J.  L.  Watson,  one  of  the  older  clergymen  of 
the  Methodist  Protestant  church.  The  union 
has  been  blessed  by  four  children  —  Nellie  D., 
Alvin   D.,    Maude   V.,   and    Lillian    D.      Mr. 


Stultz  is  at  present  Assistant  Secretary  of  the 
Conference,  and  was  elected  delegate  to  the 
General  Conference  held  in  Kansas  City  in 
1896.  He  served  for  several  years  on  the 
PIxecutive  Board  of  the  Christian  Endeavor 
Society,  and  last  year  he  was  Vice-President  of 
the  State  Union.  In  him  are  happily  com- 
bined the  qualities  of  an  eloquent  preacher,  an 
able  pastor,  and  a  gentleman.  While  he  is 
popular  with  the  young  people,  he  is  held  in 
the  highest  esteem  by  the  older  people. 


ILLIAM  ASHCROFT  EAST- 
LACK,  a  prosperous  farmer,  dairy- 
man, and  stock  raiser  of  Deerfield  township, 
was  born  in  Richwood  village,  Gloucester 
County,  November  13,  1S5S.  He  is  a  son  of 
Elijah  S.  and  Elizabeth  (Hichner)  P3astlack, 
respectively  of  Deerfield  and  Elmer,  Salem 
County.  His  grandfather,  James  Eastlack,  a 
son  of  Amos  Eastlack,  was  born  at  Carpenter's 
Landing  (now  Mantua),  Gloucester  County,, 
in  1794,  and  there  grew  to  maturity.  In  early 
manhood  James  Eastlack  followed  the  sea, 
while  the  latter  part  of  his  life  was  spent  in 
the  pursuit  of  agriculture.  He  was  engaged 
in  the  latter  occupation  successively  on  a  farm 
between  Mantua  and  Mullica  Hill  and  on 
one  at  Richwood,  both  in  Gloucester  County. 
He  died  in  the  latter  place  in  January,  1875. 
His  wife,  Sarah,  who  was  a  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel Ashcroft,  a  farmer  of  Mullica  Hill,  lived 
but  a  short  time  after  the  demise  of  her  hus- 
band, passing  away  in  March,  1875.  Both 
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church.  He  was  an  old-time  Whig.  They 
were  the  parents  of  four  children,  namely: 
Keziah,  the  wife  of  Asa  Gardner,  of  Pitman 
Grove;  Mary,  the  widow  of  Jacob  G.  Tomlin, 
and  now  living  at  Jefferson,  N.J.;  Elijah  S., 
the  father  of  William  A.;  and  Samuel,  who 
died  in  Richwood  in  July,   1893. 

Elijah  S.  Eastlack,  who  was  born  near 
Mullica  Hill,  January  8,  1832,  assisted  his 
father  on  the  home  farm  for  some  time.  He 
eventually  bought  a  farm  for  himself,  one  of 
the  largest  in  the  township,  on  which  he  made 
so  many  improvements  that  it  is  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  estates  in  the  county.  He  is 
now  actively  engaged  in  general  farming,  rais- 
ing and  selling  hay  and  feed,  and  fattening 
and  killing  cattle  for  the  Bridgeton  markets. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  His  wife, 
I'Llizabeth,  is  a  daughter  of  David  Hichner,  of 
I'^lmcr,  a  farmer  of  Gloucester  County,  whose 
father,  Jacob  Hichner,  was  a  member  of  an  old 
county  family.  Her  mother's  maiden  name 
was  Margaretta  Sissons.  Mrs.  Elijah  S. 
Eastlack  is  a  member  of  the  Daretown  Presby- 
terian Church,  which  her  husband  attends  and 
supports.  Their  children  are:  William  Ash- 
croft,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Margaretta, 
an  art  student  at  the  Drexel  Institute;  Adella, 
a  teacher  in  Boston,  whose  home  is  with  her 
parents;  Charles,  who  resides  in  Bridgeton; 
and  Martha,  who  is  making  a  special  study  of 
music,  living  with  her  parents. 

William  Ashcroft  Eastlack  attended  school 
in  Richwood  for  a  time,  and  was  a  student  for 
two  years  at  Pennington  Seminary.  He  was 
closely    associated    with     his    father    in    farm 


work  until  he  was  twenty-seven  years  old.  In 
1884  he  moved  to  the  farm  of  Mrs.  William 
Tice,  which  eventually  became  his  own;  and 
there  he  has  since  been  successfully  engaged 
in  general  farming  and  dairying.  He  keeps  a 
number  of  high  grade  milch  cows,  and  ships 
quantities  of  milk  and  dairy  products  to  Phil- 
adelphia. Mr.  Eastlack  is  very  progressive 
in  his  methods  of  farming,  and  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  Horticultural  and  Agricultural 
Society  of  Cumberland  County,  serving  on  the 
committees.  The  great  interest  of  his  life  is 
centred  in  his  home  and  farm,  and  he  belongs 
to  no  clubs  or  societies. 

In  1884  Mr.  Eastlack  was  married  to  Miss 
Laura  Tice,  daughter  of  William  and  Pollen 
(Padget)  Tice,  both  natives  of  Deerfield  town- 
ship. William  Tice,  who  was  the  original 
owner  of  this  farm,  devoted  the  greater  part  of 
his  life  to  agricultural  jnirsuits.  He  spent 
his  last  days  in  Deerfield  village,  where  he 
died  in  1872.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eastlack,  have 
two  children — ^ Walter  L.  and  Harold.  Mr. 
Eastlack  votes  the  Republican  ticket.  He 
and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  old  Presby- 
terian church  in  Deerfield. 


ILLIAM  HAAS  MILLER,  an  ex- 
tensive property-owner  in  Carmel, 
was  born  October  14,  1823,  on  Terre  Hill, 
Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Nancy  (Haas)  Miller,  both  natives  of  Phila- 
delphia. The  father  spent  most  of  his  life 
in  Lancaster  County.  He  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  the  Methodist  lipiscopal  church. 


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William  Haas    INIillcr  obtained   a   common- 
school  education    in   his   native   town.      When 
he  was  twenty  years  old  he   secured  a  position 
as   clerk    in    a   general    merchandise    store    of 
Reading,  Pa.      Several  years  later  he  went  to 
Philadelphia,  where,  after  spending  some  time 
in  the  capacity  of  clerk,  he  entered  the  real 
estate  business,  for  which  he  seemed  to  have 
a  natural    aptitude,    and    was   very   successful. 
While  in  Philadelphia  he   built   a   fine   house, 
which  he  still    owns.      In    1861    he   purchased 
one  hundred  and  seventy-four  acres  of  land   in 
Deerfield  township,  this  county,  his  tax  then 
being  eight  dollars  and  twenty-five  cents  on 
the    unimproved    property.      Mr.    Miller   used 
that   farm   as   a   summer    home,    spending    his 
winters   in  Philadelphia.      He   continued   buy- 
ing land  after  this  until  in  all  he  owned  about 
twenty-five  hundred  acres.     Taking  advantage 
of  a  large  immigration  of  Jews  between    1882 
and  1889,  he  divided  this  land  into   town    lots 
and  small  farms,  and  sold  it  at  a  good  profit  to 
tlie  new-comers.     Among  the  buildings  erected 
by    him    was    a    factory,    thirty-six    feet    by 
seventy,    and   four   stories   high,    where    shirt 
waists,    wrappers,   and   such   goods  are  manu- 
factured for  the  New  York  trade  by  two  hun- 
dred and    fifty  work-people.      He   also   built   a 
large  creamery,  which  is   now  used   as  a   hall, 
and   six  stores,    which  he  lets  for  rent.      He 
now  has  forty  houses,   and  the  population  of 
the  place  is  from  six   hundred   to   twelve   hun- 
dred residents,    according  to   the   times.      For 
the  tax  of  eight  dollars   and   twenty-five   cents 
first  assessed  on  his  property  he  now  pays  two 
hundred   and    sixty    dollars,    although    he    has 


effected  many  sales.  Another  source  of  in- 
come to  Mr.  Miller  is  a  fine  cranberry  bog  of 
ten  acres,  on  which  he  raises  annually  from 
six  to  eight  hundred  bushels  of  berries.  The 
berries  bring  from  two  to  four  dollars  a  box. 
In  1882  he  built  a  fine  residence,  with  all  the 
modern  improvements,  and  grounds  well  laid 
out.  In  looking  out  for  his  own  interests  Mr. 
Miller  has  done  much  for  the  town.  He  se- 
cured the  first  post-office,  and  officiated  as 
Postmaster  for  five  years.  He  had  a  school 
established  here,  and  served  as  one  of  the  first 
Trustees.  He  was  District  Clerk  for  five 
years.  He  has  kept  aloof  from  the  political 
arena;  but  he  votes  the  Republican  ticket,  as 
he  favors  a  protective  tariff.  He  erected  a 
church  for  a  free  Methodist  organization,  but 
when  the  Jews  came  he  liberally  gave  it  to 
them  for  a  synagogue. 

In  1852  Mr.  Miller  was  married  to  Cather- 
ine L.  Martin,  of  Allentown,  Pa.,  a  daughter 
of  Dr.  Peter  Martin,  who  was  a  iirominent 
physician  in  that  town.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller 
have  had  two  children,  both  now  deceased.  A 
life  like  Mr.  Miller's,  illustrating  as  it  does 
the  advantages  of  industry  and  intelligent 
enterprise,  must  necessarily  exert  a  wholesome 
influence  on  the  rising  generation. 


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OLONEL  WILLIAM  ELMER 
POTTER,  of  Bridgcton,  N.J.,  the 
youngest  son  of  James  Boyd  and 
Jane  (Barron)  Potter,  was  born  in  this  city, 
June  13,  1S40.  A  lawyer  by  profession,  he 
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New  Jersey,  and  takes  an  active  interest  in 
public  affairs.  His  paternal  grandfather,  Colo- 
nel David  Potter,  was  an  officer  in  the  Revo- 
lution; and  he  himself  is  a  veteran  of  the 
Civil  War. 

David  Potter  was  a  son  of  Matthew  Potter, 
who  went  from  Scotland  to  Ballyeaston, 
County  Antrim,  Ireland,  and  came  thence  to 
this  country  during  the  great  Presbyterian 
emigration  about  1740.  He  settled  in  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.,  where  both  he  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  for 
many  years.  David  Potter  was  born  in  Phila- 
delphia, November  27,  1745.  In  1768  he 
married  Mary  Nason;  and  soon  after  his  mar- 
riage he  removed  to  Bridgeton,  where  he  es- 
tablished himself  as  a  merchant.  In  the  Rev- 
olution he  served  with  credit  as  Colonel  of  the 
Second  Battalion  of  Cumberland  County  mili- 
tia, and  also  as  Colonel  of  a  battalion  of  State 
troops.  He  became  prominent  and  influential 
in  the  affairs  of  the  county,  and  was  in  all  re- 
spects thoroughly  representative  of  the  best 
element  of  citizenship.  Colonel' Potter's  son, 
James  Boyd  Potter,  was  a  prosperous  merchant 
of  Bridgeton  for  nearly  fifty  years;  and  for 
about  twenty-five  years  he  was  President  of  the 
Cumberland  Bank  of  this  city.  He  was  a 
man  of  unquestioned  integrity,  highly  re- 
spected in  all  the  relations  of  life. 

William  E.  Potter,  the  special  subject  of 
this  biography,  acquired  his  elementary  educa. 
tion  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town.  Hav- 
ing determined  upon  the  law  as  a  profession, 
in  October,  1857,  he  entered  the  office  of  the 
Hon.    John   T.    Ni.xon,    remaining  there  until 


September,  1859,  in  which  month  he  became 
a  student  in  the  Law  School  of  Harvard  Uni- 
versity. From  this  school  he  was  graduated 
in  January,  1861,  with  the  degree  of  LL.B.  ; 
and  in  September  of  the  same  year  he  entered 
the  Junior  class  of  Princeton  College.  His 
collegiate  career  was  cut  short,  however,  owing 
to  the  progress  of  the  great  ci\'il  strife  which 
by  that  time  had  assumed  such  proportions  as 
to  overshadow  all  the  existing  conditions  of 
business  and  social  life.  Filled  with  patriotic 
ardor,  he  abandoned  his  studies  for  the  time; 
but  subsequently,  in  1863,  he  received  from 
Princeton  College  his  degree  of  A.  B.  and 
in   1 866  that  of   A.M. 

Having  assisted  in  raising  a  company  on  the 
President's  call  for  five  hundred  thousand  vol- 
unteers to  serve  for  three  years,  or  during  the 
war,  he  was  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant 
of  Company  K,  Twelfth  New  Jersey  Volun- 
teers, August  14,  1862,  and  mustered  into  the 
service  of  the  United  States  as  such  Septem- 
ber 4,  1862.  After  spending  some  months  in 
Maryland,  the  regiment  joined  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac,  and  was  assigned  to  the  Third 
Brigade,  Third  Division,  Second  Army  Corps, 
in  December,  1862.  On  December  26,  1862, 
Lieutenant  Potter  was  detached  from  his  regi- 
ment, and  appointed  ordnance  officer  of  the 
division,  then  commanded  by  Major-general 
William  H.  French.  He  served  in  this  capac- 
ity during  the  campaigns  of  Chancellorsville 
and  Gettysburg  and  until  October  i,  1863. 
In  his  report  of  the  battle  of  Chancellorsville, 
dated  May  16,  1863,  Major-general  French 
speaks  of  his  conduct  as  follows:    "Lieutenant 


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W.  E.  Potter,  ordnance  officer,  was  indefati- 
gable, brave,  and  zealous.  His  department  was 
never  better  served. "  The  report  of  Brigadier- 
general  Alexander  Hayes,  who  commanded 
the  division  at  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  also 
commends  the  conduct  of  Lieutenant  Potter 
in  that  action. 

On  August  6,  1863,  he  was  promoted  to  be 
First  Lieutenant  of  his  company;  and  on  Oc- 
tober I,  1863,  he  was  made  Judge  Advocate 
of  his  division.  In  this  capacity  he  served 
upon  the  staff  of  Brigadier-general  Alexander 
Hayes  until  the  division  became  part  of  the 
Second  Division,  Second  Army  Corps,  in 
1864.  He  was  promoted  to  be  Captain  of 
Company  G  of  his  regiment,  February  6, 
1864;  and,  having  rejoined  his  regiment  and 
taken  command  of  his  company,  he  was 
wounded  in  action  at  the  battle  of  the  Wilder- 
ness, May  6,  1864,  reporting  again  for  duty 
at  Cold  Harbor,  June  4  of  the  same  year.  On 
July  I,  1864,  Captain  Potter  was  detailed  as 
aide-de-camp  to  Colonel  Thomas  A.  Smyth, 
commanding  Third  Brigade,  Second  Division, 
Second  Army  Corps.  August  i,  1864,  he  was 
detailed  as  Judge  Advocate,  Second  Division, 
Second  Army  Corps,  on  the  staff  of  Major- 
general  John  Gibbon;  and  he  served  in  this 
capacity  until  January  15,  1865,  when  he  was 
detailed  as  aide-de-camp  to  General  Gibbon, 
commanding  Twenty-fourth  Army  Corps.  He 
remained  on  duty  in  this  last-named  position 
(to  which  were  added  at  one  time  the  duties 
of  acting  Inspector-general  and  subsequently 
those  of  Judge  Advocate  of  the  corps)  until 
he  was  mustered  out  of  service,  June  4,  1865. 


He  was  present  in  the  following  engage- 
ments with  the  enemy:  Chancellorsville, 
Gettysburg,  Auburn,  Bristoe  Station,  Black- 
burn's Ford,  Locust  Grove,  Campaign  of  Mine 
Run,  Morton's  Ford,  Wilderness,  Cold  Har- 
bor, the  entire  campaign  of  Petersburg,  from 
June  15,  1864,  to  January  15,  1865,  Deep 
Bottom  (first  and  second).  Ream's  Station, 
Hatcher's  Run,  Boydton  Road,  assault  and 
capture  of  Petersburg,  Rice's  Station,  and 
Appomattox  Court-house.  On  April  11,  1865, 
in  company  with  Major  Andrew  H.  Embler, 
he  conducted  the  several  corps  of  Lee's  army 
into  position  for  the  formal  surrender  of  their 
arms  and  colors ;  and  by  an  order  from  head- 
quarters, Twenty-fourth  Army  Corps,  he  was 
subsequently  detailed,  with  five  other  officers, 
to  deliver  the  colors  surrendered  by  Lee's 
army,  seventy-six  in  number,  to  the  Secretary 
of  War  at  Washington.  This  ceremony  oc- 
curred May  I,  1865,  and  upon  this  occasion 
Captain  Potter  received  the  brevet  of  Major  of 
United  States  Volunteers.  In  1866  Major 
Potter  was  commissioned  aide-de-camp  to 
Marcus  L.  Ward,  Governor  of  New  Jersey, 
with  the  rank  of  Lieutenant  Colonel. 

In  1S65  Colonel  Potter  was  achnittcd  to 
practice  as  an  attorney -at-law,  and  in  1869  as 
a  counsellor.  He  began  practice  in  liridge- 
ton,  and  in  1870  formed  a  partnership  with  J. 
Boyd  Nixon,  which  continued  until  1894. 
He  was  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  National 
Convention  at  Chicago  in  1868,  also  to  that 
held  in  Cincinnati  in  1876,  which  resulted  in 
the  nomination  of  Rutherford  B.  Hayes,  and 
was  an  Elector  on  the  Garfield  ticket  in  1880. 


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Colonel  Potter  was  elected  an  honorary  mem- 
ber of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  of  New 
Jersey,  July  4,  1874,  and  President  of  the 
Union  Officers'  Association  in  18S0.  He  is 
a  Companion  of  the  Pennsylvania  Commandery 
of  the  Loyal  Legion,  being  elected  in  1868, 
and  is  also  a  member  of  Post  No.  2,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  Department  of  Penn- 
sylvania. 

Colonel  Potter  was  married  May  27,  1869, 
to  Miss  Alice  Eddy,  a  daughter  of  the  late 
Rev.  Alfred  EMv,  of  Niles,  Mich.  Their 
children  are:  Alfred  Lddy;  James  Boyd,  a 
graduate  of  the  United  States  Naval  Academy, 
now  in  the  office  with  his  father;  David; 
Alice;  and  Francis  Delevan. 


f^T^ULFORD  LUDLAM,  Lay  Judge 
of  the  Cumberland  County  Court, 
to  which  office  he  was  ajipointed 
in  1893,  was  born  in  Millville,  N.J.,  on  the 
23d  of  December,   1844. 

Judge  Ludlam's  father,  Peter  G.  Ludlam, 
was  a  man  of  wide  influence  and  strongly 
marked  character.  He  was  alile  by  the  exer- 
cise of  an  unusually  sountl  judgment  to  realize 
a  measure  of  success  that  rarely  comes  to 
men  who  have  opportunities  made  for  them. 
A  survey  of  his  life  is  an  evidence  of  this. 
He  was  born  December  20,  1818,  in  Dennis- 
ville,  Cape  May  County;  and  he  acquired  his 
education  in  his  native  town.  When  sixteen 
or  seventeen  years  of  age  he  came  to  Millville, 
and  here  learned  the  trade  of  shoemaker  at 
which    he    worked    until    he   was   twenty -one. 


He  then  became  a  clerk  in   the   employ  of  the 
Mulford   Brothers,  who   were  shoe  merchants. 
A  few  years  later  Mr.  Ludlam  was    in   a   posi- 
tion   to     establish    himself    independently    in 
business;  and  in  1855,  or  about  that   time,  he 
opened  the  first  drug  store  in  Millville.      'Piiis 
new  branch   of  business  was   something  of  an 
innovation    in    the    then    unpretentious    town, 
but  its  financial  success  proved  tlie  wisdom  of 
the  enterprising  venturer.      The  same  old  store 
is  still  occupied  by  his   son   and   successor  on 
the  corner  of  High   and  Main  Streets,  and  has 
the  patronage  of  the  best  jiart  of  the  comnni- 
nity.      Mr.  Peter  G.  Ludlam  continued   in  the 
drug  business   until  his   death,    in  May,   1S80; 
but  during  this  time  he  had  many  other   inter- 
ests.    For  ten  years  he  was  Postmaster;  and, 
the  post-office  and  drug  store  being  under  one 
roof,    he   was    able   to    serve    the   public    in    a 
double  capacity.      In  polities  he  was  zealously 
active,    running    once    for    Surrogate    on    the 
Democratic  ticket;  and  he  was  for  a  number  of 
years  a   P'reehoJder.      P'or  a  period   of  twenty- 
five  years  he  was  the  Commissioner  of  Deeds, 
most  of  the  oltl  deeds  of   that  town,  as  well  as 
of  Vineland,  having  been  acknowledged  before 
him.      At  the  expiration  of    his  term    of   office 
he    was   appointed    by    Governor    Joel    Parker 
Notary  Public,  and  also   Master   in   Chancery, 
which  practically  revested   him  with   precisely 
the   same   powers;    and   he   continued   to   have 
deeds    acknowledged     before     him     until    his 
death.      Mr.  Ludlam's  advice  was  often  sought 
by   his   friends    and    neighbors    upon    matters 
where  good,  clear  judgment   was   needed,  and 
he    became    very    popular    by    reason    of    his 


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acumen  and  sagacity.  He  married  Miss 
Tamson  E.  Mulford,  the  daughter  of  Lewis 
Mulford,  of  Millville.  Five  children  were 
born  to  thcni,  namely:  Thomas  M.,  the  eld- 
est, a  dry-goods  merchant  of  Millville;  Mul- 
ford, also  of  Millville,  who  holds  the  office  of 
Judge,  as  above  stated;  Emma,  the  wife  of  Mr. 
Henry  Lippincott;  Sally,  who  died  young; 
Khoda,  the  wife  of  Mr.  Henry  Sockwell,  of 
Millville,  a  nephew  of  ex-Sheriff  Sockwell. 
Mrs.  Ludlam  died  in  June,  1893,  having  sur- 
vived her  husband  thirteen  years.  He  was  for 
twenty  years  Treasurer  of  the  I^resbyterian 
church,  which  he  attended,  and  for  which  he 
was  an  active  worker,  though  not,  as  his  wife, 
a  member.  Mrs.  I^udlam's  father,  Lewis 
Mulford,  was  an  old  resident  of  Millville; 
and  her  brother,  Lewis  Mulford,  Jr.,  was  the 
President  of  the  National  Bank  of  this  town. 

Mulford  Ludlam,  after  leaving  the  public 
schools  of  Millville,  went  into  his  father's 
store,  where  he  was  a  clerk  until  he  was 
twenty-one  years  old.  After  his  father's 
death  he  entered  into  partnership  with  Mr. 
Lippincott,  under  the  firm  name  of  Ludlam  & 
Lippincott,  which  continued  for  four  years. 
I  le  then  assumed  sole  charge  and  projirietor- 
ship  of  the  drug  store,  which  for  almost  half 
a  century  has  been  known  as  Ludlam's  Corner 
Store,  carrying  a  full  line  of  drugs,  sundries, 
paints,  and  stationery,  and  is  the  oldest  mer- 
cantile establishment  in  the  vicinity.  Like 
his  father.  Judge  Ludlam  has  been  much  en- 
gaged in  public  affairs.  For  the  last  ten  years 
he  has  been  Treasurer  of  the  Hope  l^uilding 
and  Loan  Association,  which  is  the  largest   in 


the  city.  In  1889  he  was  first  elected  to  the 
legislature  on  the  Democratic  ticket,  and  in 
1890  he  served  upon  the  Banking  and  Insur- 
ance Committee,  and  also  upon  the  Industrial 
Home  Committee.  The  session  now  being 
Republican,  there  were  fewer  committees  than 
during  the  previous  year.  The  following  year 
he  was  nominated  by  the  Democrats,  but  the 
Republicans  carried  the  county.  He  was, 
however,  appointed  assistant  engrossing  clerk 
of  the  Senate.  A  year  later,  by  Governor 
Green's  appointment,  he  was  made  County 
Clerk,  filling  the  vacanc)'  in  that  office  caused 
by  the  death  of  Mr.  Godfrey,  the  preceding 
incumbent;  and  at  the  ne.\t  election,  although 
the  Republican  candidate  was  chosen,  Mr. 
Ludlam  ran  far  ahead  of  his  ticket.  It  was 
by  appointment  of  Governor  Wertz  and  by  con- 
sent of  the  Senate  that  he  received  the  lay 
judgeship  of  Cumberland  County,  an  office  of 
five  years'  tenure,  two  of  which  he  has  already 
served.  For  a  number  of  years  he  has  not 
failed  to  attend  the  Democratic  State  Conven- 
tion, and  he  was  for  three  years  on  the  Board 
of  Registration.  In  1893,  though  knowing 
the  strong  probabilities  of  defeat.  Judge 
Ludlam  accepted  a  nomination  fin'  the  Senate. 
This  he  was  intluced  to  do  from  a  sense  of 
obligation  to  his  party;  and  he  foresaw  the  re- 
sult, which,  as  he  expected,  brought  victory 
to  the  rival  candidate. 

Mr.  Mulford  Ludlam  married  on  October 
22,  1866,  Miss  Mollie  Dunham,  of  Millville, 
a  daughter  of  Richard  and  Rebecca  Dunham. 
Four  children  have  been  born  of  this  union, 
namely:   Paul   T.,    who    is   with   his   father   in 


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business;  John  C,  of  Camden;  Rena  D. ;  and 
Mulford,  Jr. 

Judge  Ludlam  is  a  member  of  Shckinah 
Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ;  of  Richmond  Chap- 
ter and  of  Olivet  Commandery,  Knights 
Templars;  and  has  been  a  faithful  attendant 
at  the  triennial  conclaves  of  the  Knights 
Templars  held  at  San  Francisco,  Chicago, 
St.  Louis,  and  Boston.  He  also  belongs  to 
Millville  Lodge,  No.  47,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows.  He  is  an  attendant  and  sup- 
porter of  the  Presbyterian  church,  of  which 
his  family  are  members,  and  of  which  he  has 
been  a  Trustee  for  some  years,  having  found 
time  among  his  various  other  offices  and  busi- 
ness relations  to  devote  to  church  work  and 
to  the  obligations  which  rightfully  belong  to 
all  Christian  men. 

The  financial  success  which  crowned  his 
father's  efforts  has  also  followed  his,  and  the 
handsome  block  of  brick  buildings  extending 
on  High  Street  from  Main  to  Smith  Streets 
are  substantial  tokens  of  well-deserved  pros- 
perity. 

'iLLIAM  OSBORNE  GARRISON, 
of  the  well-known  firm  of  Garrison 
&  iMinch,  and  one  of  the  most  prominent  busi- 
ness men  of  Bridgeton,  N.J.,  was  born  on  a 
farm  in  Stoe  Creek  township,  Cumberland 
County,  on  July  29,  185  i.  His  parents  were 
William  and  Mary  (Garretson)  Garrison. 
His  grandfather,  Stephen  Garrison,  was  from 
the  northern  part  of  Salem  County.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Reeves,  and  later  removed  to  Pitt's 
Grove  township.     He  was  a  miller  by  trade. 


and,  moving  about  considerably,  had  charge  of 
grist  and  .saw  mills  in  different  places.  The 
family  still  have  the  sword  which  he  used 
when  he  served  as  a  soldier  in  the  War  of 
1812. 

William  Garrison,  son  of  Stephen,  was  born 
in  Pitt's  Grove  township,  Salem  County,  near 
the  place  now  known  as  l-'lmer,  on  Ajiril  23, 
1 8 10.  Having  married  a  fair  maid  of  l^'air- 
ton,  he  moved  to  Cumberland  County  in  1835, 
living  in  Stoe  Creek  township  on  one  farm 
for  fifty-eight  years.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Whig  and  later  a  l\epub]ican.  Being  a 
straightforward,  representative  man,  who  had 
the  confidence  of  his  fellow-citizens,  he  held 
different  local  offices.  ICnergctic  and  enter- 
prising, he  was  one  of  the  first  farmers  who 
engaged  in  the  preparation  of  sand  for  the 
manufacture  of  glass.  He  was  a  Deacon  of 
the  Baptist  church  for  many  years.  His  wife, 
Mary  Garretson,  was  the  daughter  of  Ethan 
Osborne  and  Polly  (Bateman)  Garretson. 
Her  father  was  a  ship-carpenter,  who  worked 
at  his  trade  in  P'airton  and  vicinity.  He  was 
noted  for  his  remarkable  strength.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  William  Garrison  had  seven  children,  as 
follows:  luioch,  who  lives  in  Ouinton,  \.J.: 
Sarah  B.,  who  died  unmarried;  Martha,  wife 
of  Edgar  Shephard,  of  this  county;  William 
Osborne;  John  B.,  a  farmer;  Henry  S.,  who 
is  in  the  furniture  business  at  Cedarville; 
Mary,  who  died  after  becoming  the  wife  of 
D.  S.  Ham.  The  father  died  in  March,  1892; 
and  the  mother,  who  was  born  on  Christmas 
Day,  1826,  died  in  1893. 

William  Osborne  Garrison  received  a  com- 


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mon-school  education  in  the  town  of  Stoe 
Creek,  and  remained  on  the  home  farm  during 
liis  minority.  When  of  age  he  began  teaching 
in  Dividing  Crcelv,  being  engaged  there  from 
October,  1870,  until  the  following  June. 
The  money  thus  earned  was  utilized  by  him 
in  securing  further  educational  advantages  at 
South  Jersey  Institute,  where  he  went  for  a 
year.  The  next  year  he  taught  at  Port  Norris, 
organizing  the  first  graded  school  in  the  town. 
After  that  his  studies  were  again  resumed,  and 
in  1873  he  was  graduated  from  the  institiitc, 
where  he  subsequently  took  a  post-graduate 
course,  completing  it  in  1875.  At  Port  EUz- 
abeth  he  taught  a  year,  at  the  end  of  which 
time  he  was  elected  principal  of  one  of  the 
Bridgeton  schools.  Three  years  later  Mr. 
Garrison  was  elected  county  superintendent  of 
schools,  which  ofifice  he  held  five  years,  faith- 
fully and  efficiently  devoting  his  time  to  the 
cause  of  education.  He  then  bought  out  the 
interest  of  Elmer  Danzenbaker,  in  the  firm  of 
Apjjlegate  &  Danzenbaker,  the  firm  being  con- 
tinued as  Applegate  &  Garrison  until  Mr. 
Minch  bought  out  Mr.  Applegate,  since  which 
time  Garrison  &  Minch  have  successfully  man- 
aged the  enterprise  that  was  started  over  forty 
years  ago.  They  have  built  a  fine  three-story 
block  one  hundred  feet  front  by  eiglity  feet 
deep,  of  which  they  occupy  one-third  them- 
selves. This  block  extends  back,  giving  them 
large  dock  privileges.  They  are  not  only  the 
oldest  concern  of  the  kind,  but  they  do  the 
largest  business.  Garrison  &  Minch  also  run 
a  fertilizer-mill,  grinding  bones  and  manu- 
facturin<;  a  fertilizer  for  sale. 


Mr.  Garrison  is  identified  with  a  number  of 
organizations  in  this  city,  the  county,  and 
elsewhere.  He  is  Treasurer  and  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  South  Jersey  Insti- 
tute; Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  Garrison 
Sand  Company,  a  corporation  that  produces 
and  sells  twenty  thousand  tons  of  glass  sand 
annually;  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  North 
I5ridgeton  Land  Company,  a  corporation  own- 
ing and  improving  two  hundred  and  fifty 
building  lots  within  the  city  limits;  member 
of  the  firm  of  Garrison  &  Jonas,  who  own  and 
operate  a  sand-washing  plant  near  Millville, 
putting  out  fifteen  thousand  tons  yearly;  Sec- 
retary and  acting  President  of  the  Brandywine 
Sand  Company  for  glass,  located  in  Downing- 
town,  Pa. ;  President  and  General  Manager  of 
Cumberland  Construction  Company,  a  concern 
that  constructs  bridges,  and  does  other  kinds 
of  contracting;  County  Treasurer  for  this 
county,  having  been  elected  by  the  Board  of 
Freeholders  in  May,  1892,  and  re-elected  in 
1894  for  three  years,  the  official  term  being 
lengthened.  In  that  office  Mr.  Garrison  pays 
out  a  thousand  dollars  a  day  the  year  round. 
He  owns  twelve  hundred  acres  of  real  estate, 
farming  the  half  that  is  improved.  In  jioli- 
tics  he  is  an  active  Republican. 

On  December  25,  1876,  Mr.  Garrison  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Carrie  Oglee,  of 
Port  IClizabeth,  N.J.,  a  daughter  of  Francis 
Oglee.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Garrison  are  the  hajipy 
parents  of  three  children  —  I'Vancis,  Chester, 
and  Carrie.  I'"rancis,  the  eldest,  is  a  student 
in  South  Jersey  Institute.  To  attain  the 
honor  and   distinction    of    their   father,    these 


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young  people  will  find  no  better  way  than, 
like  him,  to  take  life  in  earnest,  improve  their 
opportunities  for  education,  and  thus  prepare 
themselves  for  useful  service  in  maturer  years. 
Mr.  Garrison  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the 
First  Baptist  Church,  in  which  he  has  been 
President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  in  ac- 
tive membership  since  coming  here.  They 
own  and  occupy  a  fine  house  on  West  Com- 
merce Street. 


tNDREW  R.  JUDSON,  M.U.,  a  well- 
known  physician  and  surgeon  of  New- 
^« — '  port,  Cumberland  County,  N.J.,  was 
born  in  Plattsville,  Greene  County,  N.Y., 
March  15,  1S62,  son  of  Andrew  C.  and  Nancy 
(Stafford)  Judson. 

On  his  paternal  side,  many  generations  re- 
moved, he  is  of  Welsh  descent;  and  he  has 
in  his  possession  a  meat-hook,  which  was 
made  in  Wales  by  one  of  the  progenitors  of 
the  family  four  hundred  years  ago,  and  which, 
as  an  heirloom,  has  beenpassed  down  through 
the  family  ever  since.  His  grandfather, 
Noah  Judson,  was  born  in  the  State  of  Con- 
necticut, July  12,  1776,  and  when  he  was  a  lad 
removed  with  his  parents  to  Jefferson,  Dela- 
ware County,  N.Y.,  where  they  were  among 
the  early  settlers.  They  built  log  huts,- 
cleared  and  cultivated  the  land,  fought  the 
Indians,  who  were  its  original  occupants,  and, 
in  short,  experienced  the  toils,  the  hardships, 
and  the  enjoyments  attendant  upon  pioneer 
life.  Noah  Judson  was  a  farmer  and  a  black- 
smith. 

Andrew   C.    Judson,    his   son,    was   born    in 


Jefferson,  N.V.,  April  16,  1813.  lie  was  an 
avidious  reader;  and  he  largely  educated  him- 
self, his  attendance  at  the  public  schools  dur- 
ing his  boyhood  being  limited  to  about  three 
months  yearly  in  the  winter  season.  He 
worked  on  the  home  farm  until  he  was  twenty- 
one  years  of  age.  On  the  attainnient  of  his 
majority  he  married,  and  purchased  a  farm,  on 
which  he  engaged  for  a  number  of  years  in 
general  agricultural  pursuits.  He  was  a  pro- 
fessional dairyman,  keeping  also,  besides  his 
stock,  between  two  hundred  and  three  hundred 
sheep;  and  the  income  of  the  dairy  he  de- 
posited, meeting  the  expenses  of  living  and 
of  the  conduct  of  the  farm  with  the  receipts 
from  the  other  departments  of  his  calling. 
Several  years  previous  to  his  father's  decease 
he  sold  his  own  estate,  and  went  to  live  with 
his  parents  on  their  farm  in  order  to  care  for 
them  during  their  declining  days. 

Shortly  after  liis  father's  demise  he  disposed 
of  the  paternal  property,  and  removed  to 
Franklin,  N.Y.,  where,  purchasing  a  farm  of 
four  hundred  acres,  he  carried  on  dairying 
with  very  great  success.  Just  before  the  out- 
break of  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  he  sold  his 
Franklin  estate,  and  removed  to  Plattsville, 
N.Y. ,  he  having  suffered  the  affliction  of  los- 
ing by  death  in  one  year  six  of  his  children  in 
an  epidemic  of  dysentery,  which  prevailed  in 
the  vicinity  of  his  residence.  In  Plattsville 
he  became  the  owner  of  a  flour-mill,  which  he 
had  operated  for  about  two  years,  when  he  dis- 
posed of  it,  and  changed  his  home  to  Vine- 
land,  Cumberland  County,  N.J.,  .settling  on 
Chestnut  Avenue,  near  Malaga  Road.      While 


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residing  in  Vineland  he  bought  and  sold  sev- 
eral estates,  finally  buying  a  farm  at  a  place 
in  Gloucester  County,  about  six  miles  north 
of  Vineland,  called  "The  Lake."  Remaining 
there  about  a  year,  he  in  1865  fixed  his  resi- 
dence at  Newfield,  a  town  in  the  southern  ex- 
tremity of  Gloucester  County,  where  he  lived 
in  retirement  from  active  business  until  his 
decease. 

On  September  g,  1S35,  Mr.  Andrew  C.  Jud- 
son  was  married  to  Miss  Nancy  II.,  a  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Stafford.  Mrs.  Judson's 
parents  were  among  the  early  settlers  of 
Schoharie,  N.Y.,  where  they  experienced  a 
life  of  hardship  from  the  ruggedness  of  the 
territory  and  from  the  hostility  of  the  Indians. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Judson's  union  was  fruitful  in 
the  birth  of  ten  children,  only  three  of  whom 
are  now  living,  namely:  Harriet,  who  is  the 
widow  of  a  Mr.  Shaw,  late  of  Kansas  City, 
Mo. ;  Agnes,  who  resides  at  Vineland  as  the 
wife  of  Hunter  Cornell ;  and  Andrew  R. 

In  national  politics  Mr.  Andrew  C.  Judson 
was  affiliated  with  the  Whigs  from  the  time 
that  he  cast  his  first  ballot  until  Fremont  was 
the  Presidential  candidate,  after  which  time 
he  belonged  to  the  Republican  party.  He 
was  an  ardent  Abolitionist,  and  Mrs.  Judson 
shared  his  sentiments.  Religiously,  he  was 
one  of  the  pioneers  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal faith  in  Jefferson,  his  native  town,  being 
a  member  of  the  church  of  tJKit  denomination 
for  over  sixty  years,  and  serving  it  during 
the  most  of  his  life  in  the  capacity  of  Sunday- 
schocd  superinttiident,  Steward,  and  Trustee. 
He     subscribed     for     tlie    Clnislian    Advocate 


when  it  was  first  issued,  and  he  continued  to 
take  that  paper  until  his  demise.  With  that 
religious  society  Mrs.  Judson  was  also  con- 
nected during  as  long  a  period  as  her  husband. 
He  departed  this  life  July  30,  1890,  in  his 
seventy-eighth  year.  His  wife,  who  was  born 
November  11,  1814,  survived  him  consider- 
ably over  three  years,  she  passing  away  De- 
cember 8,  1893,  at  the  venerable  age  of 
seventy-nine  years. 

Andrew  R.  Judson  acquired  his  general 
education  at  the  public  schools  of  Newfield 
and  Vineland,  N.J.,  and  at  Pennington  Semi- 
nary, N.J.  He  began  the  study  of  medicine 
with  C.  A.  Baker,  M.D.,  of  Florence,  N.J., 
and  then  entered  Jefferson  Medical  College, 
from  which  institution  he  was  graduated,  after 
pursuing  the  regular  course,  in  the  class  of 
1885.  He  then  established  himself  in  his 
profession  at  Dividing  Creek,  where  he  prac- 
tised five  years,  his  business  demands  requir- 
ing his  keeping  two  horses.  After  that  he 
settled  for  one  year  at  Newfield,  whence  he 
came  to  Newport,  where  he  has  resided  ever 
since,  engaged  in  a  large,  lucrative  practice. 
He  has  pursued  a  special  course  in  electro- 
therapeutics under  the  direction  of  William 
H.  Walling,  of  Philadelphia;  and  for  the  past 
two  years  he  has  devoted  special  attention  to 
affections  of  the  throat  and  nose.  He  has 
specialized  also  in  extracting  teeth. 

On  June  24,  1885,  Dr.  Judson  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Emma  S.  lioynton,  daughter  of 
Mrs.  James  H.  Boynton,  then  residing  at 
Vinelantl,  N.J.  Her  father,  who  was  among 
those  who   came   to   V'ineland   for   health,  had 


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died  several  years  previous.  Mrs.  Judson's 
parents  were  both  natives  of  New  Hampshire, 
she  herself  having  been  born  at  picturesque 
Centre  Harbor,  on  Lake  VVinnipiseogee. 
James  H.  Boynton  was  a  member  of  a  numer- 
ous family  of  Boyntons,  Boyingtons,  and 
Byingtons,  who  claim  a  direct  descent  from  an 
old  English  family  of  that  name,  the  most 
prominent  member  of  which  was  Lord  Boyn- 
ton, member  of  Parliament  from  Yorkshire 
and  an  interested  friend  of  the  American  colo- 
nists. 

The  family  coat-of-arms  is  still  in  exist- 
ence, and  dates  back  to  1638.  A  reunion  of 
the  -Boyntons  has  been  held  annually  for  four- 
teen years  in  Massachusetts.  Mrs.  Judson's 
mother  was  a  Guilford.  The  Guilfords  trace 
their  lineage  from  Francis  North,  Lord 
Guilford,  a  brother  of  Roger  North.  He  was 
made  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal  during  the 
reign  of  Charles  H.  of  England.  Mention  is 
made  of  him  in  Macaulay's  "History  of  Eng- 
land."" His  younger  son,  William,  settled  at 
what  is  now  Danvers,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Judson  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  New  Jersey  and  at  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Conference  Seminary  and  Female  Col- 
lege at  Tilton,  N.IL,  where  she  took  a  clas- 
sical course  for  three  years,  afterward  teaching 
for  three  years,  commencing  at  the  youthful 
age  of  seventeen.  She  taught  for  two  years  in 
Gloucester  County,  New  Jersey,  and  for  a 
year  in  the  grammar  schools  of  Vineland, 
N.J. 

Dr  and  Mrs.  Judson  have  been  blessed  by 
the  birth  of   three  children,  two   of   whom    are 


still  living,  namely:  Delia  A.,  who  was  born 
September  14,  1886;  and  Andrew  C,  who 
was  born  July  25,   1890. 

Dr.  Judson  is  well  and  favorably  known  in 
the  community,  and  participates  actively  in 
the  civic  and  social  life.  He  is  affiliated  with 
the  fraternity  of  Masons,  being  a  member  of 
Neptune  Lodge,  No.  75,  of  Mauricetown;  be- 
longs to  Morning  Light  Lodge,  No.  8,  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  at  Newport;  and  he  also 
fraternizes  with  Newport  Council  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  United  American  Me- 
chanics, located  at  Newport.  He  is  likewise 
a  member  of  the  District  Medical  Society  of 
Cumberland  County,  anil  for  two  years  he  has 
represented  his  fellow-practitioners  at  the 
State  convention.  Dr.  Judson  has  also  been 
connected  with  military  life,  having  been  from 
1880  to  1885  a  private  in  Company  K  of  the 
Sixth  Regiment  of  National  Guards  of  New 
Jersey.  Religiously,  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Newport.  In 
1895  he  took  a  Western  trip  of  six  months' 
duration  for  the  benefit  of  liis  liealth,  going 
to  Denver,  Colorado  Springs,  and  to  the  Clear 
Creek  mining  regions.  Mrs.  Judson  has  a 
good  deal  of  poetical  talent,  and  has  written 
considerable  verse. 


'AMES  L.  S?iHTH  is  a  prosperous 
wholesale  grocer  of  Miliville.  He  was 
born  July  8,  1857,  in  West  Creek, 
Cape  May  County,  son  of  Lorenzo  D.  and 
Sarah  (Lawrence)  Smith.  Abijah  Smith,  his 
great-grandfather,    was   a    native    of    Goshen, 


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Cape  May  County.  James  L.  Smith,  the 
grandfather,  after  whom  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  named,  owned  an  extensive  farm  in 
West  Creek,  where  he  also  followed  the  busi- 
ness of  surveyor.  He  is  said  to  have  surveyed 
nearly  all  of  Cape  May  County.  In  1S47  and 
1849  he  was  elected  on  the  Whig  ticket  as  Sen- 
ator for  Cape  May  County.  At  another  time  he 
was  Judge  of  the  County  Court.  Estates  were 
very  frequently  intrusted  to  him  for  settle- 
ment. He  was  a  member  and  class  leader  in 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  whose  or- 
ganizers he  is  believed  to  have  been  one. 
From  his  record  it  is  to  be  inferred  that  he  was 
one  of  the  most  prominent  and  influential 
men  of  his  time.  He  married  Miss  Deborah 
Tomlin,  of  Goshen;  and  they  had  eight  chil- 
dren, si.x  of  whom  attained  maturity. 

Lorenzo  D.  Smith  was  born  in  1S28.  In 
addition  to  farming  he  has  manufactured  King 
Crabs  Fertilizers  for  the  past  twenty-five  years. 
His  present  factory  is  located  at  the  mouth  of 
West  Creek.  His  wife,  Sarah,  is  a  daughter 
of  George  Lawrence,  a  farmer  of  Dennisville, 
Cape  May  County,  where  she  was  born.  She 
had  six  children,  four  of  whom  are  living, 
namely:  Elizabeth,  who  married  the  Rev. 
James  C.  Wood,  of  the  Philadelphia  Confer- 
ence; James  L. ,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
Lillie,  now  Mrs.  Stephen  Wilson,  of  Cape 
May  City;  and  Henry  L,  who  resides  with 
his  brother,  James  L.  The  parents  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of 
West  Creek,  Mr.  Smith  having  the  further 
relation  of  Trustee. 

James  L.  .Smith,  after  receiving   his  educa- 


tion in  the  schools  of  West  Creek,  went  to 
Island  Heights,  Ocean  County,  where  he  con- 
ducted a  general  merchandise  store  for  three 
years.  He  subsequently  sold  that  interest, 
and  came  to  Millville  on  September  13,  1882. 
Here  he  started  a  retail  grocery  business  on 
Broad  Street,  near  the  West  Jersey  Railroad 
depot,  where  by  good  management  he  ac- 
quired a  large  and  lucrative  trade.  In  1S94 
he  sold  the  store,  and  engaged  in  the  jobbing- 
business.  Mr.  Smith  has  now  a  large  whole- 
sale store  on  the  corner  of  Broad  and  Second 
Streets,  he  being  a  pioneer  in  the  business  in 
this  city.  He  keeps  one  man  on  the  road,  has 
a  large  stock  of  goods,  and  is  conducting  the 
enterprise  with  profit. 

On  F"ebruary  23,  1881,  he  married  Jennie 
Beebe,  daughter  of  John  R.  Beebe,  and  now 
has  six  children  —  I^thel  B.,  P"lora,  Lorenzo, 
Carrie,  Frank,  and  Lawrence.  In  politics 
Mr.  Smith  is  a  Republican,  and  has  served  as 
delegate  to  important  conventions.  He  was 
appointed  Sergeant-at-arms  of  the  New  Jersey 
State  Senate  in  1894,  serving  also  in  1895 
and  1896. 


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i:ORGE  ADAMS  PARENT  is  a 
Vh^J.  well-known  carpenter  of  Millville. 
He  was  born  here,  June  25,  1826,  son  of  John 
and  Mary  (Adams)  Parent.  John  Parent  was 
born  near  Milhille,  July  9,  1785.  He  re- 
ceived such  educational  advantages  as  the 
times  afforded,  and  became  a  farmer,  dealing 
extensively  in  hoop  poles.  He  was  Road 
Commissioner  for  years,  and  died  on  March 
28,    1S33.      His  wife,  to  whom  he  was  married 


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June  I,  1S06,  was  born  July  i,  17S9,  daughter 
of  George  Adams.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Parent  had 
thirteen  children,  of  whom  there  grew  to  ma- 
turity Lydia  Ann,  i\Iary  E.,  Hannah,  John, 
Sarah,  George  A.,  Joseph,  Abigail  S.,  and 
Rebecca.  Lydia  Ann,  now  deceased,  married 
Jonathan  Nixon,  of  Millville;  Mary  E.  is  the 
wife  of  John  Stuttams,  of  Millville;  Hannah 
married  Captain  Alfred  Williams;  Sarah  is 
the  wife  of  Josiah  Shaw,  of  Millville;  Abigail 
S.  married  Captain  James  Shaw,  of  Millville; 
and  Rebecca  became  Mrs.  Daniel  Hankins. 

George  Adams  Parent  attended  the  public 
school  of  his  native  town  for  the  usual  period. 
He  then  learned  the  trade  of  millwright,  and 
when  he  was  of  age  he  went  to  work  as  a  jour- 
neyman carpenter.  About  1847  he  moved  to 
Bridgeton,  where  he  worked  for  nineteen  con- 
secutive years  at  his  trade.  Returning  then  to 
Millville,  he  was  employed  as  foreman  by 
William  Packard.  In  1S72  Mr.  Parent  went 
to  Crawford  County,  Kansas,  where  he  was 
engaged  as  contractor  and  builder  for  nearly 
a  year.  He  again  returned  to  his  native 
town,  and  has  been  engaged  in  the  same  busi- 
ness since.  Mr.  Parent  is  Past  Grand  Master 
of  Millville  Lodge,  No.  47,  Independent 
Order  of   Odd   Fellows. 

On  September  5,  1S46,  he  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Dilks,  daughter  of 
Jeremiah  Dilks.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Parent  have 
had  seven  children,  four  of  whom  lived  to  ma- 
turity. These  were:  Mary  Ann,  the  wife  of 
Humphrey  S.  Higgins,  of  Florence,  N.J.; 
Emma  F.,  the  wife  of  Aaron  Wood,  of  Mill- 
ville; Joseph,  residing  at  home:   and  Hannah, 


deceased,  who  married  Patrick  C.  Reed,  of 
Millville.  Mrs.  Parent,  who  was  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  church  for  (jvcr  fifty  years,  died  on 
September  27,  1895,  at  the  age  of  sixty-nine. 
The  house  in  which  Mr.  Parent  and  his  family 
now  reside  was  built  by  him  in  1884. 


"ERMANN  FREDERICK  SCHUSS- 
-^  I  LER,  a  manufacturer  of  gas  fixtures 
and  art  metal  in  liridgeton,  was 
born  April  15,  1861,  in  Leipsic,  Germany, 
son  of  Hermann  Robert  and  Emily  (F'red- 
erick)  Schussler.  His  father,  also  a  native  of 
Leipsic,  born  about  1837,  obtained  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  that  city.  After 
leaving  school  Hermann  Robert  learned  the 
shoemaker's  trade,  and  was  afterward  engaged 
in  the  shoe  business  at  Delitzsch  up  to  the 
time  of  his  decease.  He  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Emily  Frederick,  and  had  two 
children  —  Hermann  Frederick  and  Robert. 
Robert  now  follows  shoemaking  in  Delitzsch, 
his  native  town.  The  father  died  in  1862. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the 
German  Lutheran  church. 

Hermann  Frederick  Schussler,  having  lost 
his  father  by  death  when  he  was  only  abtuit  a 
year  old,  was  reared  to  manhood  in  Delitzsch, 
at  the  home  of  a  maternal  uncle,  Robert  Fred- 
erick. He  received  his  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  that  place,  and  afterward  learned 
the  locksmith's  art  with  his  uncle.  He  fol- 
lowed his  trade  in  Germany  until  1882,  when 
he  emigrated  to  America,  settling  in  Baltimore, 
Md.     After  working  for  six  years  in  Miller's 


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Safe  and  Iron   Works,  he  entered  the  employ 
of  the   Schultz   Gas   Fixture   and    Art    Metal 
Company    as    a   designer.       After    remaining 
with  them  for  three  years  he  commenced  busi- 
ness  for  himself.      In   the   following   year   he 
formed   a   partnership   with   J.    Lenhart    Rice, 
under  the  firm  name  of  the  Acme  Gas  Fi.xture 
Company,     and     transferred     the     industry    to 
Bridgeton.     On    July    2,     1895,    however,    he 
sold  his  interest  to  Mr.  Rice;  and  in  the  fol- 
lowing  month    he    established    himself   at    his 
present    factory.      He    makes    a    specialty    of 
architectural      work      for      public     buildings, 
churches,    and    the    like;    but    he   does   also   a 
large  retail  and  local  business.     Although  his 
manufactory  is   in    its   infancy,  Mr.    Schussler 
employs  on  the  average  about  twenty-two  men. 
On  October  i,   1883,  he  was  joined   in  mat- 
rimony with  Miss  Mary  Peters,  a  daughter  of 
Mr.  and   Mrs.    August   Peters,   of   Leipsic,    to 
whom  she  was  born  on   November   18,   1859. 
Mr.  Peters,  who  was  also  a  native  of  Leipsic, 
served  in  the  German  cavalry  for  twelve  years. 
He  subsequently  officiated   as  a  Sheriff   in   his 
native  town  for  about  a  year,  then  becoming  a 
letter-carrier,    in  which    employment    he    re- 
mained until  about  two  years  previous  to  his 
decease,  when  he  was  retired  by  the  govern- 
ment on   a   pension.      He   married    Miss   Mary 
Schultz,     who     had     by     him,     besides     Mrs. 
Schussler,  three   other   children  —  Kmil,   Pau- 
lina,   and    Ida.      Paulina    is    now   the   wife    of 
Carl      Vogt,      and     Ida     married      Hermann 
Wenteler       Mr.    and    Mrs.    Peters   were    both 
members    of     the    German     Lutheran    church. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schussler  have  one   cliild,  Her- 


mann W. ,  who  was  born  June  7,  1888.  Both 
are  mernbers  of  the  St.  John's  Lutheran 
Church  of  Bridgeton. 


HliN  H.  FOOTE,  an  assessor  and  one 
of  the  older  residents  of  Landis  town- 
ship, N.J.,  was  born  May  12,  1842,  in  Marl- 
boro, Hartford  County,  Conn.,  son  of  Asa 
and  Caroline  (Hale)  Foote.  Asa  Foote,  Sr., 
the  grandfather,  was  a  highly  respected  resi- 
dent of  Marlboro.  One  of  his  sons,  Joel, 
was  a  farmer  and  mill-owner  in  the  same 
town. 

Asa  Foote,  the  father  of  Eben  H.,  learned 
the  cloth-fulling  trade,  working  for  his  father 
at  different  times  to  fill  a  vacancy.  In  18 19, 
when  quite  a  lad,  he  went  to  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
where  he  owned  and  managed  a  mill  in  the 
part  of  the  city  that  is  now  the  centre  of 
the  west  side.  At  that  time  Cleveland  was 
so  sparsely  settled  that  Mr.  I'oote's  resi- 
dence was  three  miles  distant  from  that  of 
his  nearest  neighbor.  He  bought  land  and 
continued  to  reside  there  for  twenty  years. 
He  was  a  Captain  of  the  militia,  being  honor- 
ably discharged  after  the  full  time  of  five 
years'  service.  In  1839,  exxhanging  with  his 
brother  a  part  of  his  Cleveland  property  for  an 
ecpiivalent  in  Marlboro,  he  returned  to  tliat 
town.  At  different  times  he  was  a  resident 
of  four  other  Connecticut  towns;  namely, 
Glastonbury,  Hartford,  Windsor,  and  Old 
Saybrook.  In  1867  he  removed  to  Vineland, 
where  he  died  in  1876,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
eight  years.      The   latter  part   of   his    life  was 


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spent  in  retirement,  but  he  still  carried  on  a 
fruit  farm.  His  wife,  Caroline,  who  was  a 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  Hale,  of  Glastonbury, 
Conn.,  died  in  1S77,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
seven.  She  was  of  Welsh  origin.  Her  an- 
cestors were  noted  for  fine  physique,  being 
hale  by  nature  as  by  name.  Samuel  Hale,  the 
earliest  representative  of  the  family  in  this 
country,  who  was  a  soldier  in  the  Pequod  War, 
arrived  in  Hartford  as  early  as  1637.  He  was 
an  extensiv'e  land-owner  on  the  east  side  of 
the  river,  and  was  prominent  in  the  affairs  of 
the  colony.  The  next  four  generations  of  the 
family  were  represented  by  Samuel  Hale,  Jr. ; 
Benjamin;  Gideon,  who  served  his  country  in 
the  Revolutionary  War;  and  Ebenezer,  the 
grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Asa 
Foote  and  his  wife  had  five  children,  but  three 
of  whom  came  to  maturity.  These  were: 
Eben  H.,  the  subject  of  this  biography;  Caro- 
line, who  met  a  tragic  death  by  lightning;  and 
Samuel,  who  now  lives  in  Idaho. 

Eben  H.  Foote,  after  receiving  a  common- 
school  education  in  his  native  State,  enlisted 
in  1 86 1,  at  the  age  of  nineteen,  for  service  in 
the  Civil  War.  He  joined  Company  K, 
Eleventh  Connecticut  Volunteer  Infantry,  and 
continued  with  that  regiment  in  the  United 
.States  service  for  four  years,  one  month,  and 
fourteen  days.  The  regiment  first  went  to 
Roanoke  and  then  to  Nevvbern,  where  it  re- 
mained for  several  months.  In  July,  rejoin- 
ing the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  it  participated 
in  the  battles  of  South  Mountain,  Antietam, 
Fredericksburg, -and  the  siege  of  Suffolk.  It 
afterward  shared  in  the  actions  at  Swift  Creek, 


Drury's  Bluff,  and  Cold  Harbor.  In  Decem- 
ber, 1863,  after  re-enlisting  as  regiments,  the 
F2ighth  and  Eleventh  went  home  on  a  thirty 
days'  furlough.  Ikith  regiments  were  subse- 
quently at  Petersburg,  Fort  Harrison,  and  at 
the  fall  of  Richmond.  Mr.  Foote,  who  served 
for  the  greater  part  as  aide-de-camp,  was  dur- 
ing the  last  year  on  the  staff  of  the  brigade 
commander.  In  the  course  of  the  war  he  was 
promoted  from  the  ranks  to  Corporal,  Ser- 
geant, First  Sergeant,  Second  Lieutenant, 
First  Lieutenant,  and  Cajitain  of  Company  K. 
He  saw  a  great  deal  of  hard  service,  and  was 
twice  hit  without  receiving  a  serious  wound. 
He  was  engaged  in  staff  duty  at  Lynchburg 
from  July,  1865,  until  the  regiment  was  or- 
dered home.  He  was  mustered  out  at  City 
Point,  Va.,  December  21,  1865,  and  arrived 
in  Hartford  on  the  following  Christmas   Day. 

Soon  after  the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  Foote 
was  appointed  a  civil  officer  of  Chesterfield 
County,  Virginia,  across  the  river  from  Rich- 
mond, under  the  Reconstruction  Acts.  He 
was  there  from  1866  to  1876,  holding  differ- 
ent positions,  seeing  much  of  the  local  dis- 
order that  followed  the  "war,  and  taking  an 
active  part  in  preserving  ])eace.  It  was  a 
crucial  jjcriod  for  N'orthern  officials  in  the 
.South,  who  were  nicknamed  "car[)et-baggers  "  ; 
but  he  stood  it  bravely,  as  did  many  others. 
In  1876  he  returned  North  and  took  the  farm 
his  father  had  owned.  Here  he  has  resided 
since.  For  seven  years  he  was  salesman  for 
Kimball,  Prince  &  Co.,  lumber  dealers. 

On  April  18,  1880,  Mr.  Foote  was  married 
to  Miss  Jennie   -S.  Chase,  of  South   Vineland. 


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She  was  a  daughter  of  William  Morehouse, 
who  was  a  son  of  David  Morehouse,  a  farmer 
of  Warrensburg,  N.Y. ,  where  he  had  always 
lived.  William  Morehouse  enlisted  for  the 
Civil  War  at  the  age  of  nineteen.  He  was 
previously  married  to  Emcline  Tubbs,  by 
whom  he  became  the  father  of  two  children  — 
Mrs.  Foote  and  Josephine.  The  mother  still 
lives.  The  father,  who  was  a  soldier  of  the 
One  Hundred  and  Eighteenth  New  York  Vol- 
unteer Infantry,  contracted  the  measles,  took 
cold,  and  died  four  days  after  he  reached 
home.  His  daughter  Jennie  was  then  adopted 
by  her  aunt,  Sarah  (Morehouse)  Chase,  whose 
name  was  then  given  her.  She  lived  with  her 
aunt  from  1868  to  1880,  when  she  was  mar- 
ried. Mr.  Foote  has  been  a  delegate  to  State 
conventions  and  other  gatherings  of  the  Re- 
]niblican  party.  He  belongs  to  the  Lyon 
Grand  Army  Post,  of  which  he  is  a  Past  Com- 
mander and  a  representative  to  the  State  en- 
campment. He  served  as  Assessor  of  Landis 
township  from  1880  to  1885.  In  1894  he  was 
elected  Assessor  for  three  years  of  the  town- 
ship, exclusive  of  the  borough  of  Vineland. 


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i:ORGE  W.  IRELAND,  the  manager 
\J^J_  for  the  Cohansey  Glass  Company  of 
Bridgeton,  was  born  March  29,  1S56,  in  Will- 
iamstown,  Gloucester  County,  son  of  Daniel 
and  Ann  (De  Hart)  Ireland.  Daniel  Ireland, 
Mr.  Ireland's  father,  was  born  in  Williams- 
town  in  1 8 16.  After  completing  his  studies 
in  the  common  schools,  he  learned  the  trade 
of  a  wheelwright.      He  afterward  established 


himself  in  the  carriage-making  business, 
which  he  has  followed  successfully  for  many 
years;  and  he  is  at  the  present  time  the  oldest 
wheelwright  in  Gloucester  County..  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  has  been  actively 
concerned  in  forwarding  the  interests  of  his 
party.  He  served  for  a  number  of  years  as  a 
member  of  the  Township  Committee.  His 
wife,  whom  he  married  June  19,  1841,  is  a 
daughter  of  Jacob  De  Hart,  of  Williamstown. 
She  has  reared  si.x  of  her  ten  children,  namely: 
Sarah  J.,  the  widow  of  Joseph  Button;  Ann 
E!.,  the  wife  of  Charles  H.  Garwood;  Ella  M., 
the  wife  of  John  Sykes;  George  W.,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch;  William  M.  Ireland;  and 
Lucy,  the  wife  of  Wilmer  B.  Smith.  Both 
parents  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church.  The  father  has  been  united 
with  the  church  for  si.xty-five  years,  and  has 
served  as  Trustee  and  steward  for  the  greater 
portion  of  that  time. 

George  W.  Ireland  acquired  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
Upon  the  completion  of  his  studies  he  entered 
the  employ  of  Bodine,  Thomas  &  Co.,  glass 
manufacturers  of  Williamstown,  as  assistant 
book-keeper.  He  later  became  buyer  for  that 
concern,  with  which  he  remained  until  1882, 
when  he  moved  to  Bryn  Mawr,  Pa.,  where  he 
opened  a  general  store.  While  conducting 
the  store  he  travelled  through  Pennsylvania  as 
the  representative  of  a  large  grocery  house. 
In  18S7  he  sold  his  business  in  Bryn  Mawr, 
and,  removing  to  Bridgeton,  was  appointed 
buyer  and  manager  for  the  Cohansey  Glass 
Company,  a  position  of  high  trust  and  respon- 


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123 


sibility  that  he  still  holds.  His  extensive 
knowledge  of  the  glass  trade  and  his  superior 
business  attainments  mal<e  him  an  extremely 
valuable  acquisition  to  the  company,  whose 
interests  he  manages  with  care  and  foresight. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  While  a  resi- 
dent of  Williamstown  he  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Gloucester  County  Republican  Ex- 
ecutive Committee,  and  also  served  as  a 
delegate  to  several  State  and  Congressional 
conventions.  He  is  connected  with  Brearly 
Lodge  of  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ;  with  Welcome 
Council,  Junior  Order  of  United  American 
Mechanics;  and  with  Ardmore  Castle,  Knights 
of  the  Golden  Eagle,  of  Bryn  Mawr. 

On  March  2,  1877,  Mr.  Ireland  married 
Georgia  T.  Allen,  daughter  of  George  W. 
Allen,  M.D.,  of  Williamstown.  Of  his  three 
children  two  are  living  —  Stanley  A.  and 
Percey  G.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ireland  are  members 
of  Trinity  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  of 
which  Mr.  Ireland  was  ordained  Elder,  March 
18,  1894,  by  Bishop  E.  G.  Andrews. 


f(^TON.  EDWARD  C.  STOKES,  a  resi- 
dent of  Millville,  was  born  in  I'liila- 
delphia,  December  22,  i860.  His 
great-grandfather,  John  Stokes,  left  a  son 
bearing  the  name  of  William,  who  was  born 
in  Mcdford,  Burlington  County,  in  1790. 
William  Stokes,  who  was  a  man  of  more  than 
ordinary  intelligence,  attained  a  position  of 
considerable  prominence  in  Medford.  He  re- 
ceived a  common-school  education,  and  learned 
the  trade  of  shoe  cutter  in  his  youth.      Shortly 


after  his  marriage  he  established  himself  as  a 
shoe  manufacturer,  and  soon  had  enough  work 
on  hand  to  warrant  his  employment  of  from 
eighteen  to  twenty  hands.  There  was  no  other 
shoemaker  within  twenty  miles  of  him,  and  he 
supplied  most  of  the  Jersey  glass  store  em- 
ployees with  foot-gear.  He  continued  his 
business  in  this  line  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  1876.  Another  interest  was  his 
connection  with  the  ]5urlington  County  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Medford,  of  which  he  was  a 
Director  from  its  organization  in  1836.  He 
was  married  in  18 13  to  Ann,  daughter  of  Isaac 
Wilson.  Of  the  ten  children  born  of  this 
marriage  the  following  reached  maturity: 
Barclay,  who  died  in  1842,  twenty-nine  years 
old;  Phcebe,  who  was  twice  married,  becom- 
ing successively  Mrs.  Brown  and  Mrs.  James 
Roberts;  Wilson,  of  whom  there  is  no  special 
record;  Caspar  and  Alfred,  deceased;  Beulah, 
the  wife  of  MarkZelley;  and  lulward  Hicks, 
the  father  of  Edward  C.  Stokes.  John  died 
when  four  years  of  age.  The  parents  were 
both  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends  in 
Medford,  the  father  being  an  Elder,  while 
the  mother  was  clerk  of  the  meeting. 

Edward  Hicks  Stokes  was  a  native  of  Med- 
ford, born  in  1830.  He  was  educated  in  tlie 
common  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  at  an 
early  age  was  employed  in  a  drug  store,  where 
he  remained  for  seventeen  years.  In  1857  he 
took  a  position  in  a  wholesale  drug  house  in 
Philadelphia,  and  a  year  later  was  sent  by  iiis 
employers  to  Galena,  111.,  to  take  charge  of  a 
retail  drug  store  which  had  come  into  their 
possession   in   that  place.      This  confidence  in 


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the  judgment  of  their  clerk  was  satisfactory 
evidence  of  his  ability  and  trustworthiness. 
In  the  autumn  of  1858  he  sold  the  Galena 
store,  and  returned  to  Philadelphia.  A  year 
later  he  gave  up  his  connection  with  the  firm 
he  had  been  serving,  and  bought  a  retail  estab- 
lishment, which  he  conducted  until  1861, 
when  he  went  into  the  army  as  a  sutler.  He 
returned  to  Philadelphia  afterward,  resumed 
the  drug  business,  and  was  employed  in  it 
until  tlie  year  1866,  when  he  sold  out  and 
moved  to  Woodbury,  N.J.  Here  he  purchased 
the  store  property  of  George  W.  Green,  the 
jiroprietor  of  Green's  August  Flour,  and  had 
conducted  it  for  three  years,  when  his  leg  was 
accidentally  broken.  Shortly  after  his  recov- 
ery from  that  injury  he  sold  the  place,  and 
entered  the  employment  of  the  Burlington 
National  Bank.  In  1871  he  left  Woodbury 
and  came  to  Millville,  where  he  secured  a 
clerkshi])  in  the  National  Bank.  From  this 
position  he  steadily  worked  his  way  upward, 
becoming  eventually  a  Director  and  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  institution.  He  is  now  City 
Treasurer,  to  which  ofifice,  exclusive  of  one 
term,  he  has  been  elected  since  1875.  On 
April  30,  1854,  he  was  united  in  the  bonds  of 
wedlock  to  IVIatilda  G.  Kemble,  a  daughter  of 
Henry  Kemble  Kemble,  of  Millville.  He  has 
now  two  children  —  Edward  C.  Stokes  and 
Howard  K.  The  latter  is  employed  in  the 
Globe  National  Bank,  l^rovidence,  R.I. 

The  Hon.  Edward  C.  Stokes,  whose  career 
has  been  one  of  unusual  success,  was  prepared 
for  college  in  the  public  schools  of  Millville. 
He   graduated   from    Brown    University  in   the 


class  of  1883,  after  which  he  became  connected 
with  the  Millville  National  Bank,  and  still 
works  in  that  institution  when  his  legislative 
duties  permit.  In  the  spring  of  1S89  he  was 
made  city  superintendent  of  schools,  which 
office  he  has  since  efficiently  filled.  In  1890 
and  1 89 1  the  Second  District  sent  him  to  the 
General  Assembly.  He  was  sent  in  1892  to 
the  State  Senate,  where  he  served  on  the 
Education,  Railroads,  and  Canals  Committees. 
Returning  to  the  Senate  in  1895,  he  was  made 
President  of  the  body.  Mr.  Stokes  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Shekinah  Lodge,  No.  58,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  and  also  belongs  to  Fidelity  Council, 
No.  8,  Junior  Order  of  United  American  Me- 
chanics. If  his  past  presage  his  future,  the 
Senator  has  a  brilliant  career  before  him.  It 
rarely  happens  that  so  young  a  man  attains 
such  prominence  as  he  has  reached  already, 
and  Millville  may  well  be  proud  of  a  son 
whose  personal  reputation  adds  dignity  to  tlie 
town  and  district  he  represents. 


.  SEAMAN  R.  FOWLER,  of 
'ineland,  N.J.,  e.\-State  Senator  and 
the  well-known  proprietor  of  llie 
Baker  House,  was  born  in  New  York  City  on 
the  2 1  St  of  April,  1S21.  His  grandfather, 
Moses  Fowler,  Sr. ,  was  a  resident  of  New 
Rochelle,  N.Y.,  in  which  town  his  father,  also 
bearing  the  name  of  Moses,  was  born  in  1792. 
Moses  Fowler,  Jr.,  removed  to  New  York 
City  in  his  youth,  and,  engaging  in  the  shoe 
business  there,  was  for  many  years  in  mercan- 
tile life.     Politically,  he  was  loyally  adherent 


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to  the  principles  of  Democracy;  and,  socially, 
he  belonged  to  the  Masonic  Order.  He  mar- 
ried Miss  Rhoda  Burl  is,  a  daughter  of  Mr. 
Ramson  Burlis,  of  Long  Island.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  Eliza  Anne,  now  deceased,  who 
married  a  Mr.  Underbill,  of  Bronx  Hill;  Will- 
iam B.,  now  of  Vineland ;  Seaman  R.,  of 
whom  this  sketch  is  written;  Mary  J.,  wife  of 
Mr.  James  Wooding,  of  Vineland;  Caroline, 
wife  of  Hubbell  H.  Alvord,  also  of  Vine- 
land.  Mr.  Moses  Fowler,  the  younger,  died 
in  1866,  aged  seventy-four  years,  outliving 
bis  wife  for  the  brief  period  of  one  year,  she 
having  died  in  1865.  The  latter  was  a  com- 
municant of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
Seaman  R.  Fowler  received  his  education 
in  tlie  schools  of  New  York  City,  entering  a 
private  school  first.  When  a  young  man  he 
was  a  clerk  in  a  hat  store ;  and  he  afterward 
became  himself  a  successful  hat  merchant, 
his  place  of  business  for  twenty-one  years 
being  at  2S0  Grand  Street.  Possessing  the 
qualities  which  enable  a  man  to  succeed  in 
whatever  line  he  adopts,  Mr.  Fowler  became 
prosperous,  but  was  eventually  forced  by  fail- 
ing health  to  give  uji  the  close  atmosphere  of 
the  counting-room.  In  1867  he  came  to  Vine- 
land,  his  present  home,  and  bought  a  farm, 
hoping  that  the  active  open-air  life  that  an 
energetic  farmer  needs  must  live  would  re- 
store his  physical  energies.  What  is  called 
"fancy  farming"  did  much  toward  restoring 
Ills  wonted  vigor,  and  after  eleven  years  of 
rustic  environment  he  bought  in  1878  the 
hotel  property  in  Vineland  known  as  the 
Baker  House.      This  place  of  public  entertain- 


ment is  the  largest  and  finest  of  its  kind  in 
the  locality,  and  is  universally  voted  equal 
to  any  in  South  Jersey  outside  of  the  noted 
seashore  resorts.  The  business  tact  which 
has  always  characterized  Mr.  Fowler  has  en- 
abled him  to  conduct  this  enterprise  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  public  and  to  his  own 
financial  advantage. 

While  attending  to  the  affairs  of  his  house- 
hold he  has  also  been  prominently  connected 
with  the  business  interests  of  his  town;  and 
he  has  been  since  its  formation  Director  and 
Vice-President  of  the  Tradesmen's  Bank  of 
Vineland,  an  institution  having  a  capital  of 
fifty  thousand  dollars  and  a  good  surplus  for 
a  new  bank.  Mr.  I-'owler  was  one  of  the  or- 
ganizers of  this  bank.  Shortly  after  his  com- 
ing to  Vineland  he  was  elected  Township 
Committee,  serving  in  this  capacity  for  five 
years.  He  was  also  appointed  Postmaster 
during  President  Hayes's  administration. 
After  his  four  years'  term  of  postal  service 
was  over,  he  was  elected  for  five  successive 
terms  to  the  office  of  Tax  Collector  for  Landis 
township.  In  1889  he  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  State  Senate  upon  the  Republican 
ticket,  for  which  he  had  always  voted.  While 
discharging  his  Senatorial  duties  he  was  called 
upon  to  act  upon  several  committees,  among 
which  was  that  of  Riparian  Rights,  South 
Jersey  being  more  especially  interested  in  this 
matter.  During  this  time  the  abuses  known 
as  the  "City  Frauds"  were  made  public,  and 
aroused  much  strong  feeling,  resulting  in  the 
passing  of  the  Australian  Ballot  Bill.  The 
two  years    immediately   ft>llowing,  the   Demo- 


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crats  had  the  control  of  the  organization  of 
the  Senate,  since  which  time  Mr.  Fowler  has 
retired  from  the  political  arena.  He  has  been 
interested  in  various  affairs  concerning  the 
welfare  of  the  community  in  which  he  has 
cast  his  lot.  He  is  a  Mason,  belonging  to 
Lebanon  Lodge,  No.  191,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of 
Lebanon,  N.  Y.,  and  is  now  a  member  of  Vine- 
land  Lodge,  No.  69,  and  the  chapter. 

Mr.  Seaman  R.  Fowler  has  married  twice. 
His  first  wife  was  Miss  Emma  Hallam,  of 
New  York,  who  died  leaving  three  children  — 
Edgar  S.,  now  of  San  Francisco,  where  he  is 
engaged  in  business;  Emma  May,  who  mar- 
ried F.  M.  Cromwell,  and  died,  leaving  three 
children;  and  Charles  H.,  who  is  a  resident 
of  New  York  City.  On  July  2,  1870,  Mr. 
Fowler  was  joined  in  wedlock  with  Miss 
Mary  J.  Hopkins,  of  Wolcottville,  Conn.,  who 
is  still  living.  The  issue  of  this  marriage 
was  one  daughter,  Minnie  H.  Powler. 

In  the  various  lines  of  merchandising,  farm- 
ing, hotel-keeping,  official  work,  and  legisla- 
tive action  Senator  I^^owler  has  sustained  that 
keynote  which  must  be  struck  to  insure  suc- 
cess - —  combined  purpose  and  action. 


"ON.    !•:.     MILFORD     APPELGATE, 

the  present  Mayor  of  Bridgeton,  was 
born  here,  December  22,  1857, 
being  a  son  of  Maskel  W.  and  Sarah  S. 
(Souder)  Appelgate.  He  represents  an  old 
and  respected  family  of  South  Jersey.  His 
grandfather.  Minor  Appelgate,  a  native  of 
Allovvay,  Salem  County,  followeil  the  trade  of 


a  blacksmith  in  that  place,  and  died  compara- 
tively early  in  life. 

Maskel  W.  Appelgate,  also  a  native  of  Allo- 
way,  born  April  10,  1834,  was  quite  young 
when  he  lost  his  father.  Soon  after,  his 
mother  removed  with  him  to  Roadstown,  this 
county,  and  there  lived  until  he  was  in  his 
tenth  or  eleventh  year.  He  then  came  alone 
to  Bridgeton,  and  set  out  in  life  for  himself  by 
learning  the  trade  of  a  painter.  This  calling 
he  subsequently  followed  until  1866,  when  he 
abandoned  it  on  account  of  serious  injuries 
received  by  him.  Since  then  he  has  been 
engaged  in  the  marble  business.  He  is  also 
interested  in  several  real  estate  companies. 
On  November  21,  1856,  he  was  joined  in  mat- 
rimony with  Miss  Souder,  a  daughter  of  Phillip 
Souder,  an  old  and  esteemed  resident  of 
Bridgeton.  He  is  now  the  father  of  three 
children  —  E.  Milford,  Jennie,  and  Harriet. 
The  latter  is  now  the  wife  of  Reuben  C. 
Hunt,  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Hunt  lirothers, 
dry-goods  dealers  of  Bridgeton.  Maskel  W. 
Appelgate  is  an  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  having  mem- 
bership in  Evening  Star  Lodge  of  Bridgeton, 
Brearly  Chapter  of  Bridgeton,  and  Olivet 
Commandery  of  Millville,  N.J.  Both  he  and 
his  wife  are  members  of  the  Central  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church,  in  which  he  has 
officiated  as  a  steward  since   its  organization. 

The  Hon.  E.  Milford  Appelgate  acquired 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Bridge- 
ton,  graduating  from  the  high  school  in  the 
class  of  1874.  He  then  applied  himself  to  the 
marble  business  in  the  siiops  of  his  father, 
and  by  actual  experience,  mounting  the  latlder 


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round  by  round,  obtained  a  thorough  under- 
standing of  the  various  stages  of  that  in- 
dustry. In  all  he  engaged  in  that  business 
nearly  twenty  years,  a  part  of  the  time  as  a 
member  of  the  firm,  from  which  he  witlidrew 
in  1893. 

Beginning  at  the  time  he  attained  his  major- 
ity, Mr.  Appelgate  has  participated  very  ac- 
tively in  local  politics,  lie  entered  the  polit- 
ical arena  as  clerk,  being  elected  from  Ward 
I.  Though  that  ward  was  strongly  Demo- 
cratic until  1S92,  and  he  was  a  Republican,  he 
was  elected  from  it  to  the  office  of  City  Clerk 
five  times.  He  was  next  elected  City  Asses- 
sor, which  office  he  filled  for  four  years.  In 
1 89 1  he  was  appointed  Justice  of  the  Peace 
for  a  term  of  five  years.  He  has  since  been 
called  upon  to  perform  most  of  the  justice 
trial  work  in  the  city  of  Bridgeton.  In  1894 
Mr.  Appelgate  was  the  Republican  candidate 
for  the  mayoralty  of  Bridgeton,  and  he  was 
elected  to  that  office  for  a  term  of  three  years. 
Mr.  Appelgate's  administration  has  given  gen- 
eral satisfaction.  On  May  10,  1882,  Mr. 
Appelgate  was  united  in  matrimony  with  Miss 
Elizabeth  Lawrence,  a  daughter  of  George 
Lawrence,  of  Bridgeton.  Three  children  have 
come  of  this  union;  namely,  Sara  L.,  Maskel, 
and  l-'redrick.  Mr.  Appelgate  belongs  to 
the  Order  of  Masons,  being  a  member  of 
Evening  Star  Lodge  of  that  city,  in  which  he 
filled  several  offices.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Knights  of  Malta. 
In  religious  faith  and  sym])athy  he  is  a  Meth- 
odist Episcopalian,  having  membership  in  the 
Central  Church  of  Bridgeton.      Mr.  Ajipelgate 


and  his  family  occupy  a  pleasant   residence  at 
72  Washington  Street. 


ENJAMIN     B.     WEATHERBY,    of 

MillvilK",  the  largest  dealer  in  fur- 
niture and  house  furnishings  in 
Southern  New  Jersey,  was  born  in  Woolwich, 
Salem  County,  this  State,  Jidy  5,  1847.  ^^^ 
is  a  son  of  the  late  Benjamin  and  .Sarali 
(Hurff)  Weatherby,  and  is  of  English  descent. 
His  grandfather,  Isaac  Weatherby,  was  for 
many  years  a  believer  in  the  doctrines  favored 
by  William  Penn,  and  was  a  speaker  in  tlie 
Eriends'  meetings.  He  eventually  became 
converted  to  the  Methodist  belief,  and  was 
well  known  as  a  sj^eaker  in  the  Methodist 
gatherings;  and  from  his  time  ilown  to  the 
present  the  family  have  followed  the  teachings 
of  John  Wesley. 

Benjamin  Weatherby,  son  of  Isaac,  was  born 
in  Gloucester  County,  New  Jersey,  and  spent 
his  life  there  and  in  the  adjoining  county  of 
Salem.  The  owner  of  two  farms  in  his  native 
county,  one  of  one  hundred  and  seventy  and 
one  of  two  hundred  acres,  he  kept  from  twelve 
to  twenty  men  emjjloyed  during  the  summer, 
and  was  engaged  in  farming  on  such  a  large 
scale  that  he  was  known  as  the  "king  farmer" 
of  that  section.  His  landing  extending  to 
the  shore,  he  had  a  wharf  and  a  sloop  to  trans- 
port his  produce  to  market,  and  managed  his 
affairs  so  skilfully  that  he  was  one  of  the 
most  successful  business  men  of  his  day.  In 
church  matters  also  he  was  very  prominent, 
being  a   member  in  good  standing  and  a  class 


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leader  of  the  Methodist  church,  and  for  years 
leader  in  the  singing.  He  died  in  1892.  His 
wife,  who  was  born  near  Swedesboro,  N.J., 
died  when  her  son,  Benjamin  B.,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  was  eight  years  old.  She  was 
the  mother  of  the  following  children:  Edith, 
wife  of  J.  Walker  Norton,  of  Camden,  N.J. ; 
Ann  Elizabeth,  who  died  at  the  age  of  forty; 
Sarah,  wife  of  Charles  G.  Shute,  of  Swedes- 
boro; Isaac  H.,  a  practical  and  successful 
farmer  of  the  same  town;  Benjamin  B.,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch:  Thomas,  a  resident  of 
Pennsville;  and  Mary  C,  wife  of  Samuel 
Steward,    of   Swedesboro. 

Benjamin  B.  Weatherby  in  his  boyhood  at- 
tended school  for  a  while  at  Woolwich.  He 
worked  about  the  farm  for  a  number  of  years; 
but  the  labor  was  too  heavy  for  the  growing 
youth,  and,  his  health  breaking  down,  he 
went,  when  twenty-two  years  of  age,  to  liast- 
man's  College  at  Poughkeepsie,  N.Y.,  de- 
fraying his  own  expenses,  and  there  obtained 
a  good  business  training.  With  the  consent 
of  his  father  he  purchased  on  October  4,  1873, 
half  the  interest  of  V.  II.  Ware,  of  Millville, 
who  was  in  business  as  a  furniture  dealer  and 
undertaker.  At  the  end  of  five  months  Mr. 
Ware  sold  the  other  half  to  Aaron  Riley. 
The  firm  name  then  became  Weatherby  & 
Siley;  and  their  store,  which  was  on  High 
Street,  above  Pine  Street,  became  the  centre 
of  a   flourishing  trade. 

In  1S81  Mr.  Weathereby  purchased  the  ex- 
tensive property  at  the  corner  of  High  and 
Main  Streets,  which  included  a  store  with  a 
frontage    of    seventy-eight    feet,    and    built    a 


store  which  had  a  depth  of  seventy-four  feet 
and  a  frontage  of  thirty-four  feet,  at  the  same 
time  erecting  a  fine  residence.  Purchasing 
Mr.  Riley's  interest,  he  moved  all  the  stock 
in  trade  into  the  new  block,  which  is  still  one 
of  the  finest  in  the  city,  and  gives  him  an  area 
of  from  ten  thousand  to  fifteen  thousand  square 
feet,  all  of  which  is  in  use.  His  stock  in- 
cludes carpets,  furniture,  and  queen's  glass, 
and  is  very  select  and  complete.  P'or  many 
years  Mr.  Weatherby  has  been  the  leading 
undertaker  of  the  locality.  Systematic  in  his 
business  ways,  he  has  kept  a  full  and  comjilete 
record  of  the  nineteen  hundred  cases  to  which 
he  has  attended,  a  record  which  has  often 
proved  of  much  value. 

In  1888  he  built,  a  little  north  of  the  first 
building  he  erected,  a  three-story  brick  block, 
which  has  two  store  fronts  on  the  first  floor; 
two  dental  rooms  and  two  law  offices,  a  room 
for  himself,  and  an  office  occupied  by  a  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  on  the  second  floor;  and  on 
the  third  floor  a  large  hall,  intended  for  lodge 
purposes,  but  now  occupied  by  fLn"niture. 
Some  time  after  he  built  a  three-story  brick 
annex  to  the  building,  which  was  known  as 
the  Uoughty  House  before  Mr.  Weatherby 
took  possession  of  the  first  floor  for  six  store- 
rooms, which  he  rents.  The  second  floor  of 
this  annex  has  a  new  hotel  dining-room  and 
kitchen.  The  parlor  front  is  ornamented  witli 
a  handsome  veranda  of  corrugated  iron,  and  on 
the  third  floor  are  the  bedrooms.  The  hotel 
is  in  these  upper  floors,  the  entrance  offices 
only  being  on  the  ground  floor,  having  the  en- 
trances, one  on  High  and  one  on  Main  Street. 


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A  cemented  walk  circles  the  entire  property. 
Mr.  Weatherby  now  has  six  new  stores  on  the 
ground  floor,  and  seventy-one  large  pieces  of 
plate  glass  form  an  imposing  front.  He  is 
owner  of  twelves  stores  in  all,  and  has  a  half- 
interest  in  two  other  stores  on  Main  Street. 
He  also  owns  residential  property  in  the  city, 
improved  and  umimprovccl,  and  real  estate  in 
Ocean  City.  He  is  one  of  the  Directors  of 
the  Ocean  City  Company  and  a  Director  of 
the  Millville  Board  of  Trade,  of  which  he  was 
for  some  time  Treasurer. 

December  24,  1873,  Mr.  Weatherby  was 
married  to  Miss  Veronica  15.  Allen,  of  Pauls- 
boro,  daughter  of  Henry  Allen.  Three  chil- 
dren have  blessed  their  union:  Henry  A.,  who 
is  in  business  with  his  father;  Gertrude,  who 
IS  attending  a  model  school  at  Trenton,  N.J. ; 
and  Charles  S.,  who  died  October  3,  1892,  at 
the  age  of  si.xteen. 

Mr.  Weatherby  and  his  family  are  members 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church;  and  until 
ill  health  caused  him  to  resign  he  was  for 
many  years  class  leader.  Trustee,  and  also  for 
some  time  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Leaders 
and  Stewards,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees, and  Secretary  of  the  Official  Board,  be- 
sides being  active  in  the  l^pworth  League,  the 
Sunday-school,  and  on   the  Music  Committee. 


-pN.ARTOX  V.  SHARP,  a  member  of 
I  ^^^  the  firm  of  Sharp  Brothers,  dealers 
in  wall  paper,  paint,  and  picture 
frames,  in  Bridgcton,  was  born  in  Maurice- 
town,  Cumberland   County,  October  30,   1866. 


His  grandfather,  Ephraim  Sharp,  was  a  native 
of  Haleyville,  this  county.  Daniel  Shaip, 
who  was  born  in  Haley,  October  23,  1838,  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  public  schools. 
When  sixteen  years  of  age  he  engageil  in 
teaching,  and  substantially  followed  that  pro- 
fession until  he  came  of  age.  At  that  time 
he  took  employment  on  a  vessel  between  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  and  Galveston,  Tex.  Some  time 
after,  sailing  to  different  ports,  he  ]nnchased 
an  interest  in  a  vessel,  and  took  conuuand  <if 
her.  His  seafaring  life  lasted  four  or  five 
years,  after  which  he  settled  in  Salem,  Salem 
County.  After  carrying  on  a  grocery  store 
for  a  short  time,  he  sold  it  out,  and  became 
principal  of  the  Bank  Street  School,  a  posi- 
tion that  he  held  for  three  years.  in  1872  he 
was  elected  County  Clerk  for  a  term  of  five 
years.  At  the  expiration  of  his  first  term  he 
was  re-elected  for  a  second  term.  While 
teaching  in  the  Bank  Street  School,  and  sub- 
sequently while  discharging  the  duties  of 
Clerk  of  the  County,  he  invested  largely  in 
oyster-vessels;  and  the  latter  years  of  his  life 
were  almost  exclusively  devoted  to  this  line  of 
trade.  In  1887  he  was  elected  school  super- 
intendent of  Bridgeton,  and  lie  also  held  the 
ofifices  of  Pilot  Conunissioner  and  .Secretary  of 
the  Board  of  Trade  for  a  number  of  years.  He 
was  a  Past  Master  of  Evening  Star  Masonic 
Lodge  of  Bridgeton.  He  married  Miss  Mary 
B.  Compton,  daughter  of  Charles  Compton,  of 
Mauricetown.  Eight  children  were  born  of 
the  marriage,  six  of  wliom  lived  to  maturity. 
These  were:  Harry  H.,  Emma  C,  Barton  ]•'. , 
Charles  C,  Walter  M.,  and  Daniel  Sharp,  Jr. 


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Emma  C.  is  the  wife  of  Harry  Scull,  of 
Bridgeton.  Both  parents  attended  the  Presby- 
terian church,  of  which  the  mother  was  a 
member. 

Barton  F.  Sharp,  after  finishing  his  educa- 
tion in  the  West  Jersey  Academy,  for  which 
he  prepared  in  the  Bank  Street  School  in 
Bridgeton,  became  assistant  agent  of  the  Cen- 
tral Railroad  at  Port  Norris,  this  county.  He 
was  afterward  employed  there  as  baggage 
master  and  extra  conductor,  remaining  in  the 
service  of  the  Central  for  nearly  five  years. 
I"or  five  months  of  the  five  years  he  was  em- 
ployed in  the  Bridgeton  post-office.  In  1880 
he  secured  connection  with  the  railroad,  and 
established  a  store  at  Port  Norris,  where  he 
sold  clothing  and  boots  and  shoes  until  March, 
1893.  On  March  7  of  that  year  he  and  his 
brother,  Charles  C,  entered  into  the  partner- 
ship at  present  uniting  them,  and  have  since 
acquired  a  most  profitable  patronage.  Mr. 
Sharp  on  November  2,  1888,  married  Miss 
Leila  Vail,  daughter  of  William  A.  Vail,  of 
Port  Norris,  and  became  the  father  of  two 
children  —  Harry  and  May.  He  belongs  to 
Neptune  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Mau- 
ricetown;  to  the  Idaho  Tribe,  I.  O.  of  Red 
Men,  of  Port  Norris,  of  which  he  was  Treas- 
urer for  six  years;  to  Port  Norris  Coun- 
cil, [unidi'  Order  of  United  American  Me- 
chanics, of  whicli  he  was  also  Treasurer;  and 
to  the  Mystic  Castle  of  A.  O.  K.  M.  C. 

Charles  C.  Sharp,  the  senior  member  of  the 
firm  of  Sharp  ]5rothers,  was  educated  at  15ank 
Street  .School  and  the  West  Jersey  Academy. 
He  began  earning  his  livelihood   immediately 


after  leaving  school;  and  his  first  position  was 
in  a  glass-house  ofifice,  where  he  was  employed 
for  about  seven  months.  He  then  obtained  a 
situation  in  a  drug  store,  where  he  remained 
for  half  a  year,  after  which  he  entered  the  em- 
ployment of  Charles  Scull.  In  i8gi  Charles 
Sharp  formed  a  partnership  with  Joseph  Cress- 
well  and  Benjamin  Master,  with  whom  he  pur- 
chased the  business  of  Mr.  Scull,  and  carried 
it  on  for  a  year.  Mr.  Cresswell  then  withdrew, 
and  the  firm  name  was  changed  to  Shaip  & 
Master,  which  was  retained  until  Mr.  Sharp 
purchased  the  interest  of  his  partner  and  be- 
came sole  proprietor.  He  conducted  the  busi- 
ness alone  for  some  time,  and  then  took  his 
two  brothers.  Barton  F.  and  Daniel,  into 
partnership,  forming  the  present  firm  of  Sharp 
Brothers. 

Daniel  Sharp,  Jr.,  received  his  elementary 
education  in  private  schools,  and  finished  at 
the  West  Jersey  Academy.  For  three  years 
after  leaving  the  academy  he  filled  the  posi- 
tion of  book-keeper  with  the  Ferracute  Ma- 
chine Company,  which  he  joined  with  his 
brothers  in  business. 


DWARI)  P.  C0UNSI-:LL0R,  agent  of 
the  West  Jersey  I'^xpress  Company  at 
Millville,  was  born  January  5,  1842,  in  .Salem, 
Salem  County,  son  of  Stephen  and  Catherine 
C.  (Baker)  Counsellor.  His  grandfather, 
]?enjamin  Counsellor,  was  a  son  of  Duysea 
Counsellor,  a  native  of  France,  who  came  to 
the  United  States  when  a  young  man.  Ben- 
jamin  Counsellor  was    born    in    this    countr)'. 


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and  the  later  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in 
Salem.  He  followed  tiie  oecupations  of 
farmer  and  teamster.  In  religious  belief  he 
was  a  Baptist,  and  on  the  Sabbath  he  was  often 
engaged  as  a  local  volunteer  preacher.  Not 
infrequently  in  these  Sunday  ministrations  he 
was  assisted  by  Dr.  David  Jaynes,  who  was 
one  of  his  warmest  friends.  Dr.  Jaynes  then 
followed  the  trade  of  a  shoemaker,  but  sub- 
sequently gained  quite  a  reputation  as  the 
manufacturer  of  Jaynes's  Cherry  Pectoral. 

Stephen  Counsellor  was  born  in  Salem, 
July  3,  1 8  14,  and  spent  the  early  years  of  his 
life  there.  He  served  an  apprenticeship  to 
hat-making.  That  trade  proving  injurious  to 
his  health,  he  served  a  second  apprenticeship 
to  the  baking  business  with  John  Cooper  & 
Sons,  in  whose  employment  he  continued  for 
seventeen  years.  On  leaving  the  Messrs. 
Cooper  he  engaged  in  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count, and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  the 
oldest  baker  in  Salem  County,  lie  took  no 
special  interest  in  political  affairs,  but  was 
prominently  identified  with  certain  fraternal 
orders.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  Alloway 
Tribe,  No.  7,  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men, 
of  Salem,  and  assisted  in  the  organization  of 
the  Milh'ille  Tribe.  During  anti-slavery 
days  he  was  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  Liberty. 
His  wife,  Catherine  C. ,  was  a  daughter  of 
Christopher  Baker,  who  was  born  in  Germany. 
His  home  was  at  Carlsruhe,  Baden,  sixteen 
miles  from  the  city  of  Baden.  The  family 
were  well-to-do;  and  he  was  Burgomaster  of 
the  town  in  which  he  lived,  his  duties  as  such 
being  similar  to  those  of  a  mayor  in  this  coun- 


try. In  his  native  land  he  professed  the  re- 
ligious belief  of  his  fathers,  who  were 
Lutherans,  but  on  coming  to  this  country 
he  embracetl  the  l".pisco])al  creed.  Mrs. 
Counsellor  was  but  twelve  years  old  when  she 
came  to  America  with  her  parents.  She  bore 
her  husband  si.K  children,  all  of  whom  are  liv- 
ing except  William,  the  second  child,  who 
died  at  an  age  between  thirty  and  thirty-five 
years.  John  is  still  a  resident  of  Salem; 
Mary  married  Albert  Steiner,  of  Salem; 
Adeline  is  the  wife  of  Thomas  Orton,  of 
Denver,  Col.  ;  and  Kate  married  George  N. 
Curry,  of  Saleni.  The  father  died  in  Septem- 
ber,  1889,  and  the  motiier  in  Ma}',   1888. 

Edward  P.  Counsellor,  the  first-born  of  his 
parents"  children,  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  Salem.  Being  the  eldest 
child,  the  task  of  assisting  his  father  in  the 
bakery  fell  ui)on  his  shoulders;  and  he  thus 
became  familiar  with  all  the  details  of  the 
business  at  a  comparatively  early  age.  lie 
was  so  employed  until  the  mitbreak  of  the 
Civil  War.  Shortly  after  he  went  to  Fort 
Delaware,  where  he  had  charge  of  the  govern- 
ment bakery  until  the  Rebellion  was  sup- 
pressed. The  fort  then  coveretl  ninety-five 
acres  of  land;  ami  chiring  a  portion  of  the 
time  it  held  twenty-three  thousand  prisoners 
of  war,  which,  with  the  garrison  of  two  thou- 
sand men,  made  twenty-five  thousand  to  be 
supplied  with  bread.  At  the  close  of  the  war 
he  became  connected  with  the  West  Jersey 
Railroad  Company,  first  working  as  baggage 
master  on  trains  and  then  at  Cape  May  City, 
where  he  had  charge  of  the  e.\[)ress  office  for  a 


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year.  He  next  went  to  Sussex  County,  Dela- 
ware, where  he  superintended  the  cutting  of 
timber  for  railroad  ties  on  two  thousand,  four 
hundred  and  eighty  acres  of  land,  for  the  use 
of  the  West  Jersey  Railroad.  In  the  follow- 
ing summer  he  returned  to  Cape  May,  where 
he  held  the  position  of  express  agent  until 
iS68,  when  he  came  to  Millville,  and  con- 
tinued in  a  like  position  here  for  eight  years. 
He  then  resigned,  and  started  a  bakery,  which 
he  conducted  witii  ]3rofitab]e  results  for  four- 
teen years,  selling  out  at  the  end  of  that 
time.  Since  March  i,  1890,  he  has  held  his 
present  position  as  agent  of  the  West  Jersey 
Express  Company  here  in  Millville.  This  is 
one  of  the  most  important  express  offices  in 
the  southern  part  of  the  State,  and  is  said  to 
be  one  of  the  best  managed  on  the  road. 

In  November,  1S63,  Mr.  Counsellor  was 
married  to  Miss  Sally  K.  P^ox,  of  Salem. 
She  is  a  daughter  of  Jacob  Fox,  one  of  the 
oiliest  residents  of  that  town.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Counsellor  have  lost  two  children,  namely: 
Albert,  who  lived  to  be  foiu"  years  old;  and 
Fredrick,  who  died  wlien  but  four  months 
old.  Their  only  living  child  is  lulward  Dun- 
ham, born  March  2,  1873,  who  is  now  em- 
ployed in  the  supervisor's  office  at  Woodbury, 
N.J.,  and  who,  December  23,  1895,  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  lunily  D.  Troth,  of  Millville. 
Mr.  Counsellor  takes  a  keen  interest  in  school 
matters,  and  has  served  on  the  .School  Board 
for  three  successive  terms  of  tiiree  years  each. 
At  the  organization  of  the  Columbian  Build- 
ing and  Loan  Association  he  was  chosen 
Treasurer,  ami  is  still   serving   iu    that   capac- 


ity. He  is  a  member  of  Millville  Lodge, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  and  of  Alloway  Tribe, 
No.  7,  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men.  He  and 
Mrs,  Counsellor  attend  and  supjiort  the  P2pis- 
copal  church,  in  which  they  are  often  chosen 
to  serve  on  committees. 


EWIS    H  !•:  N  R  Y    D  O  W  D  N  E  Y,    of 

Bridgeton,  now  retired  from  active 
occupation,  was  one  of  the  most 
energetic  of  men,  both  in  business  and  jioliti- 
cal  life,  in  his  earlier  )'ears.  He  was  born 
in  Roadstown,  this  county,  April  4,  1821, 
son  of  Henry  and  Cynthia  (Reed)  Dowdney. 
Nicholas  Dowdney,  his  paternal  grandfather, 
who  was  a  native  of  F^ngland,  born  June  i, 
1736,  emigrated  to  this  country  when  a  )'Oung 
man,  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Burlington 
County. 

Henry  Dowdney,  whose  birth  occurred 
March  29,  1781,  grew  up  on  his  father's  farm, 
receiving  such  education  as  was  affordetl  by 
the  common  schools  of  that  time.  Wlien  he 
was  nineteen  years  okl  he  applied  himself  to 
learn  the  hatter's  trade.  Having  accom- 
plished this  purpose,  he  bought  a  farm;  and  on 
a  part  of  it  he  erected  a  convenient  workshop. 
Here  for  a  long  time  afterward  lie  devoted 
tlie  winter  montiis  to  hat-making  and  llie  rest 
of  tile  year  to  the  care  of  his  farm.  He  con- 
tinued to  manufacture  hats  until  1846,  after 
which  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  in  re- 
tirement. He  died  in  1863,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-two  years.  His  wife,  Cynthia,  was  a 
daughter   of    Lewis    Reed,    of    Millville,    this 


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135 


county.  He  married  her  January  3,  1805, 
and  they  had  eight  children.  These  were: 
John,  I'^lizabeth,  Margaret,  Jane,  Lewis, 
Eveline,  Lewis  H.,  and  Sarah  A.  Lewis 
died  when  six  months  old;  Elizabeth  married 
Henry  L.  Benner,  of  Philadelphia;  Margaret 
married  William  P.  Seeley,  of  Bridgeton; 
Jane  married  Thomas  J.  Yarrow,  M.D.,  of 
AUoway,  Salem  County;  Eveline  married 
William  L.  Gibson,  of  Philadelphia;  and 
Sarah  A.  married  J.  W.  Jernion,  also  of  Phil- 
adelphia. Both  parents  attended  the  Baptist 
church  in  Cohansey,  Salem  County,  the  mother 
being  a  regular  member. 

Lewis  Henry  Dowdney,  in  aiUrition  to  the 
education  he  received  in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town,  had  the  further  advantage  of 
a  course  in  a  select  school  of  Philadelphia. 
He  remained  at  home  until  his  marriage,  when 
he  engaged  in  farming  on  his  own  account. 
This  occupation  he  forsook  in  1S52,  and 
bought  the  stage-coach  line  then  maintained 
between  Bridgeton  and  Salem.  lie  conducted 
the  line  successfully  for  about  four  years,  and 
then  purchased  the  line  between  Bridgeton 
and  Philadelphia.  He  had  carried  on  this 
line  for  several  years,  when,  in  1S62,  the 
railroad  was  built,  and  the  business^  was 
ruined.  In  1 S64  he  was  appointed  railroad 
messenger  for  the  United  States  mails.  From 
this  position,  after  serving  two  years,  he  was 
ousted  because  of  his  outspoken  disapproval  of 
Andrew  Joiinson's  administration.  He  then 
purchased  a  farm,  which  he  cultivated  for  the 
next  two  years.  After  that  he  was  passenger 
conductor   on    the    Bridyeton    &    Port    Norris 


Railroad  for  six  years,  subsequently  becoming 
superintendent  of  the  same  road  after  it  had 
changed  hands,  and  had  become  known  as  the 
Cumberland  &  Maurice  River  Railroail.  He 
retained  this  position  for  about  fourteen  years, 
his  connection  with  the  road  ending  with  its 
sale  in  1888,  when  he  retired  from  active 
business. 

As  an  earnest  member  of  the  Republican 
party  Mr.  Dowdney  has  always  taken  a  lively 
interest  in  politics.  A  man  of  strong  convic- 
tions and  well  able  to  account  for  the  faith 
that  was  in  him,  he  was  very  popular,  and  was 
often  honored  by  election  to  public  ofifice.  In 
i860  he  was  elected  County  Sheriff,  which 
office  he  held  for  three  years.  The  First  Dis- 
trict of  the  county  sent  him  in  1873  to  the 
General  Assembly.  His  record  in  the  legis- 
lature was  so  satisfactory  that  his  re-election 
in  1874  was  a  foregone  conclusion.  Then  in 
1887  he  was  elected  Collector  of  City  Taxes, 
and  was  re-elected  to  that  im[)oitant  office  for 
the  four  consecutive  terms  following. 

On  January  4,  1844,  ^^^-  Dowdney  was 
united  in  matrimony  with  l^lizabeth,  daughter 
of  Philip  Eithian,  of  Roadstown.  They  had 
one  child,  Ella  B.,  whose  death  by  scar- 
let fever  at  the  age  of  two  years  has  been 
the  greatest  affliction  of  their  marrietl  life. 
Mrs.  Dowdney  is  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian church,  which  both  attend  and  su])- 
port.  Calmly  enjoying  in  the  society  of 
his  wife  the  rest  he  has  so  well  earned. 
Mr.  Dowdney  occasionally  recalls  the  past 
with  a  vivid  story  of  the  stirring  scenes  he 
has   passetl   through. 


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HE  GILLAMS,  originally  a  pure  Saxon 
family,  were  settled  in  England,  in 
the  county  known  as  Essex,  long  before  the 
Conquest,  which  occurred  in  the  year  1066. 
Their  wealth  and  power  were  great.  The 
fortune,  when  it  reverted  to  the  Crown, 
amounted  to  more  than  seventy  millions  of 
dollars;  and  the  presence  of  a  ducal  coronet 
in  the  family  crest,  attest  to  their  rank  and 
importance. 

The  blazoning  of  the  Gillam  coat  of  arms  is 
as  follows:  A  field  sable;  on  a  chevon,  or, 
between  three  dolphins,  embowed,  proper,  as 
many  Ijowers,  vert.  Crest,  Out  of  a  ducal 
coronet,  or,  a  dragon's  head,  proper.  Motto, 
"Animo  et  fide, "  which,  translated,  is  "By, 
or  with,  courage  and  faith." 

Early  in  the  seventeenth  century,  PETER 
GIELAM,  the  second  son  of  the  first  house, 
came  to  America,  and  settled  in  New  York 
city,  then  called  Manhattan.  He  had  three 
sons, —  Peter,  Henry,  Ezckial, —  and  four 
daughters. 

Before  the  war  of  the  Revolution  began,  the 
eldest  son  died;  and  the  youngest  son, — 
Ezekial, —  had  removed  to  Morristovvn,  N.J. 
He,  at  once,  joined  with  Washington,  in  de- 
fence of  the  Colonial  government.  Henry, 
the  second  son,  remained  loyal  to  the  King, 
and  became  a  Tory,  ultimately  having  to  take 
refuge  in  Canada. 

When  Morristown  was  threatened  l)y  the 
British  Army,  the  inhabitants  packed  all  of 
their  valuables  into  the  church;  and,  when 
the  village  was  taken  and  sacked,  the  church, 
with   its   contents,    was   burned.     This  occur- 


rence destroyed  the  records  of  the  Gillam  fam- 
ily in  this  country, —  the  one  legal  link  re- 
quired to  prove  heirship  to  the  original 
English  possessions,  held  in  Chancery,  upon 
the  extinction  of  the  eldest  branch.  The 
fortune  has,  from  default  of  heirs,  reverted  to 
the  Crown. 

EZEKIAL  GILLAM,  born  September  13, 
1 75 1,  was  married  July  24,  1774,  to  Eunice 
Parkhurst, —  born  August  31st,  1755.  They 
had  four  sons, —  Henry,  David,  Micah,  Ezek- 
ial,—  and  four  daughters, —  Sarah,  Mima, 
Phebe  and  Mary. 

MICAH  GILLAM,— born  Oct.  22,  17S5, 
—  was  married  March  28,  18 16,  to  Margaret 
Moffat, —  born  March  23,  1790.  They  had 
three  sons, —  Marcus,  Alexander  Moffat,  and 
Ezekial, —  and  six  daughters, —  Lucilla  S., 
Mary  Jane,  Angeline,  Nancy  Agnes,  Sarah 
and  Margaret. 

Micah  Gillam  was  a  fine  type  of  the  Saxon- 
English  gentleman;  and  was  universally  re- 
spected for  his  integrity  and  honor.  He  was 
gifted  with  great  inventive  talents,  and  ap- 
plied them  to  many  useful  purjioscs.  He 
served  in  the  war  of  1812,  against  Great 
Britain,  for  which  he  received  a  pension  from 
the  United  States  Government,  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  Oct.  10,  1866.  He 
was  a  consistent  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church. 

MARCUS  GILLAM  born  in  Cayuga, 
N.Y.,  June  22,  1820,  was  married  March  12, 
1845  to  Sallic  Maria  Manley,  born  in  Troy, 
Pa.,  Oct.  2,  1826.  They  had  four  sons, — 
Manley    Marcus,    Ernest    Marion,    Alexander 


MANLEY  MARCUS  GILLAM.  ERNEST  MARION  GILLAM. 

MARCUS    GI LLAM . 

ALEXANDER  MOFFAT  GILLAM.  SCOTT  LINCOLN  GILLAM. 


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Moffat,  Scott  Lincoln,  —  and  three  daughtefs, 
— -Charity  Margaret,  who  died  in  infancy; 
Charity  Margaret  and  Constance  Lctticc. 

Marcus  Gillam  was  a  model  youth;  a  dis- 
tinguished scholar,  both  in  the  arts  and 
sciences;  while  his  literary  taste  and  his 
genius  in  the  line  of  inventive  mechanics  was 
something  phenomenal.  He  was  a  grand 
example  of  Christian  earnestness,  and,  when 
young,  he  accepted  the  creed  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  ;  but,  as  he  studied  the  Script- 
ures for  himself,  he  came  to  believe  that  the 
New  Testament  should  be  the  only  sjoiritual 
guide,  and  he  then  became  an  influential  mem- 
ber of  the  Society  known  as  "Disciples  of 
Christ." 

The  criticism  of  his  personality,  made  by 
Dr.  Silas  I-'.  Sheppard,  a  personal  friend,  wlio 
was  one  of  the  revisors  of  the  latest  transla- 
tion of  the  Bible,  was:  "Marcus  Gillam  was 
one  of  God's  noblemen."  Physically,  he  re- 
sembled his  mother's  family,  being  tall  and 
gracefully  proportionetl :  while  his  love  of  Nat- 
ure, inherited  from  her,  was  almost  a  passion. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  war  of  the  Rebellion, 
he  was  urged  to  accept  the  first  lieutenancy  of 
the  first  company  of  volunteers  raised  in  his 
town;  but  he  declined,  from  conscientious 
motives.  lie  saw  that  many  capable  men 
could  only  be  induced  to  enlist  if  a  rank  were 
conferred.  Subsequently,  he  enlisted  as  a 
private  in  the  141st  Regiment,  Company  I., 
N.Y.  Inft.  Vols.  He  soon  regretted  his  con- 
scientious scrujiles,  when  he  realized  that 
thousands  of  men  met  their  deaths,  who,  with 
less  brutal  and  ignorant  officers,  in   command. 


would  have  lived  to  return  to  their  homes. 
He  served  with  General  Sherman's  army,  dur- 
ing its  terrible  march  from  "Atlanta  to  the 
Sea;"  doing  much  of  the  official  writing  for 
the  officers  of  his  company.  The  hardships 
and  starvation  entailed  by  those  months  of 
misery,  destroyed  his  previously  robust  con- 
stitution, and  he  died  August  5th,  1865,  on 
the  twenty-second  day  after  his  return  to  his 
family  at  the  close  of  the  war,  in  the  forty- 
fifth  year  of  his  age. 

His  mother,  MARGARET  MOFFAT 
GILLAM,  was  of  Scotch  descent,  her  family 
belonging  to  Atinandale.  Their  coat  of  arms 
is, —  "A  field  sable,  with  a  saltire  and  chief 
argent.  Crest,  A  cross  crosslet,  fitchee, 
gules.  Motto,  "Spero  Meliora,"  translated, — 
"I  hope  for  better  things."  The  Crest  com- 
memorates the  service  of  a  powerful  chief, 
with  his  retinue  of  vassals,  on  the  Crusades  to 
Palestine,  in  the  Twelfth  Century.  Her 
grandfather  was  named  ALEXANDER 
MOFFAT. 

Her  father,—  H  UGH  MOFFAT,  the  second 
son, —  when  a  youth,  came  to  America,  just 
before  the  war  of  the  Revolution  began;  and, 
he  was  one  of  the  first  to  enlist,  as  a  private, 
in  the  Colonial  army.  He  was,  soon  after, 
taken  prisoner,  and  shut  up  in  the  "Old 
Sugar  House,"  with  many  more,  where  he 
nearly  died  from  starvation,  as  history  tells 
us  that  many  of  them  did.  Hut  he  never  re- 
covered from  the  effects  of  the  imprisonment; 
and,  in  recognition  of  his  service,  six  hundred 
acres  of  land  were  granted  to  him  l)y  the 
Government,  situated  on   the   Eastern   side  of 


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Cayuga  Lake,  in  New  York.  He  married 
Phebe  Comfort,  of  Orange  Co.,  N.J.,  and  they 
had  four  sons, —  Hugh,  John,  Thomas,  Alex- 
ander,—  and  two  daughters, —  Margaret  and 
Nancy. 

In  character,  Hugh  Moffat  was  singularly 
upright  and  conscientious.  To  a  pride  of 
birth  was  added  a  refined  taste  in  literature, 
which  gave  an  elevated,  religious  tone  to  his 
productions,  although  his  sympathetic  temper- 
ament relieved  them  from  seriousness.  He 
liied  in  his  eighty-sixth  year. 

Marcus  Gillam's  wife,  —  .SALLIE  M. 
MAN  LEY  GILLAM,  belongs  to  a  very  dis- 
tinguished ancestry,  in  both  paternal  and  ma- 
ternal lines.  The  MANLEY  family  is  one 
of  the  most  ancient  of  the  landed  gentry  of 
England,  the  founder  having  been  a  com- 
panion in  arms  to  William,  the  Conqueror, 
and  accompanied  him  from  Normandy  to  the 
Conquest  of  England,  in  1066.  His  name  ap- 
pears on  the  "Battell  Abbey  Roll,"  which  is 
an  official  list  of  those  gentlemen-knights, 
who  attended  William  at  that  time.  He  was, 
also,  a  knight-leader  on  the  first  Crusade  to 
Palestine,  to  recover  the  Holy  Sepulcher  from 
the  Infidels;  which  ended  in  1099.  In 
memory  of  this,  the  family  bear,  as  a  crest,  a 
Saracen's  head. 

ROGER  MANLEY  was  established  in 
county  Chester,  in  the  time  of  Henry  II.,  in 
I  I  54,  where  his  descendants  continued  to  re- 
side for  many  centuries;  and,  about  the  year 
1520,  they  removed  to  Erbistock,  county  Den- 
bigh, Wales,  a  property  which  yet  belongs  to 
the  family. 


In  the  reign  of  James  I.,  SIR  RICHARD 
MANLEY  (who  is  mentioned  in  the  "Life 
of  Lord  Clarendon),  was  Controller  of  the 
Household  to  Henry,  Prince  of  Wales,  and  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Green  Cloth. 

In  the  reign  of  Charles  I.,  SIR  FRANCIS 
MANLEY,  of  Erbistock,  was  one  of  the 
Judges  of  Wales.  His  son,  CORNELIUS 
MANLEY,  was  made  Constable  of  Harleigh 
Castle,  by  Charles  II.,  and  his  brother,  SIR 
ROGER  MANLEY,  was  a  Captain  in  the 
King's  Regiment  of  Guards,  and  Governor  of 
Languard  Fort.  The  Second  brother  of  Sir 
Francis  Manley,— JOHN  MANLEY,  ESQ., 
—  was  a  Major  in  Cromwell's  army;  after- 
wards, Member  of  Parliament  and  Postmaster 
General,  in  the  reign  of  William  HI.  And 
/lis  eldest  son,  JOHN  MANLEY,  Esq.,  was 
Member  of  Parliament  and  Surveyor  General 
to  Queen  Anne. 

The  family  estates  are  situated  in  the 
counties  of  Chester,  Denbigh,  Stafford  and 
Oxford.  The  coat  of  arms  is  blazoned  as  fol- 
lows: On  a  field,  argent,  a  dexter  hand, 
couped  and  erect,  sable,  within  a  bordure, 
engrailed,  sable.  Cnst,  A  Saracen's  head, 
affrontee,  proper,  wreathed  about  the  temples, 
argent  and  sable.  Motto,  "Manus  haec  inimica 
tyrannis,"  which  signifies:  "This  hand  is  an 
enemy  to  tyrants." 

From  this  old  and  powerful  family,  the  first 
emigrant  to  the  new  world  was  JC^HN  MAN- 
LEY,  Esq.,  the  third  son,  of  the  first  house, 
in  the  year  1755;  he,  ultimately,  settling  in 
the  Connecticut  river  valley.  His  eldest  son, 
SYLVESTER    MANLEY,    born    1760,    mar- 


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lied  Anna  Perkins;  and  their  residence  was 
in  Hartford.  They  had  seven  sons, —  Syl- 
vester, John,  Darius,  Thomas,  Hubiiel,  Asa, 
George, —  and  four  daughters, — -Mary,  Nancy, 
Julia,  and  Chloe. 

DARIUS  IMANLEY,  the  third  son,— 
born  July  21,  1788,  was  married  May  T,  1809, 
to  Abigail  Phelps,—  born  Jan.  i,  1794. 
They  had  five  sons, —  Darius  Randolph,  Abel 
Sylvester,  Charles  Gilbert,  Frederick  Gilson, 
John,^ — and  three  daughters, —  Abbie  Ann, 
Almira,  and  Sallie  Maria.  The  last  named 
became  the  wife  of  Marcus  Gillam. 

After  the  death  of  Abigail  Phelps  Manley, 
Darius  IManley  married  Susannah  Loomis, 
born  Dec.  4,  1790.  They  had  one  son, 
Kbenezer  Loomis, — ^and  a  daughter, —  Susan 
Sophia. 

In  the  Spring  of  1824,  Darius  Manley,  hav- 
ing purchased  a  large  section  of  land  in  Troy, 
Penn.,  removed  thither  with  his  family  from 
Hartford,  Conn.  He  was  the  most  distin- 
guished member  of  the  Community;  and  his 
courtly  grace  of  demeanor  and  polished 
scholarship  gave  him  a  precedence,  indepen- 
dent of  his  noble  birth,  which  advancing  age 
but  augmented,  until  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred Aug.  22,  1862.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church. 

His  wife,  ABIGAIL  PHLLPS  MAXLILV, 
belonged  to  a  line  of  royal  origin.  The  tra- 
ditional records  of  her  family  prove  that  she 
was  lineally  descended  from  the  Actii,  a 
noble,  early-distinguished  Roman  family  (the 
same  from  which  Victoria,  Queen  of  Great 
Britain    and    Ireland,    and    Empress   of    India 


traces  her  descent),  which  left  Rome  long  be- 
fore the  time  of  the  lunperors  (Julius  Caesar, 
the  first  Roman  eniix'ror  began  liis  reign 
nearly  yT,  years  before  Christ),  and  settled  at 
Este,  in  the  Northern  part  of  Italy,  between 
Verona  and  Padua. 

From  the  end  of  the  Fourth  Century  this 
noble  and  princely  faniil)'  may  be  distinctly 
followed.  The  title  was  MARQUIS  OF 
ESTE. 

About  the  middle  of  the  Twelfth  Century, 
the  family  was  divided  into  three  branches,  o( 
which  the  first  was  called  Guelf.  These  three 
lines  were  united  in  Henry  Leo,  or  Lion,  the 
son  of  Henry  IV.,  Duke  of  Bavaria,  who  was 
descended  in  a  right  line  from  the  princes  of 
the  house  of  Este,  and  who  had  married  his 
kinswoman,  Gertrudis,  daughter  of  the  Em- 
peror Latharius,  as  //is  father  had  married 
Wufheldis,  princess  of  Saxony. 

Henry  Leo  received  from  the  Emperor 
Barbarossa  the  city  and  country  of  Hanover, 
on  the  Lein,  together  with  extensive  posses- 
sions on  the  Hartz,  in  the  year  1 156  (here  the 
spelling  of  the  name  was  changed  to  Guelphs). 
He  married,  for  a  second  wife.  Princess 
Matilda,  daughter  of  Henry  II.,  of  luigland 
(it  is  from  this  marriage  that  Queen  Victoria 
derives  her  first  claim  to  the  British  throne). 
About  the  Thirteenth  Century,  this  branch  of 
the  Guelphs  made  a  removal  into  the  southern 
part  of  England,  after  a  first  settlement  in 
Wales,  where  the  name  was  again  changed  to 
Phelipp.       The  first  to  be  noted  is 

THOMAS  PHELIPP,  armigcr,  who  was  a 
land-owner  and  resident  at  Montacute,  county 


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Somerset  in  1480.  He  left  two  sons, — 
Richard,  his  heir,  and  Thomas.  He  is 
buried,  with  his  wife,  Agnes,  at  Montacute. 
The  elder  son, 

RICHARD  FHELIP,  Esq.,  of  Montacute, 
and  Charborough,  county  Dorset,  was  Eschea- 
tor  for  Somerset  and  Dorset,  and  Member  of 
Parliament  in  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII.,  and 
for  Dorset,  when  Philip  and  Mary  succeeded. 
He  left,  by  Emalyn,  his  wife,  Thomas,  his 
heir,  William,  and  Edith,  and  was  succeeded 
by  his  elder  son, 

THOMAS  PHELIPPS,  Esq.,  of  Monta- 
cute, who  left  by  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  four 
sons  and  two  daughters.  The  eldest  son, — 
John,  of  Corfu  Mullen,  Dorset, —  was  Member 
of  Parliament  for  Poole;  and  the  second  son, 
—  Thomas, —  settled  in  Harrington,  Somerset. 
{His  son, —  Thomas,  —  was  knighted  and  then 
created  a  baronet.  The  title  became  extinct 
with  the  third  baronet). 

SIR  EDWARD  PHELIPPS,  Knight  of 
Montacute, — the  third  son  of  Thomas 
Phelipps,  Esq., —  was  Master  of  the  Rolls, 
Chancellor  to  Henry,  Prince  of  Wales,  and 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Commons.  He  built 
the  mansion  at  Montacute,  county  Somerset, 
one  of  the  finest  specimens  of  'J'udor  architect- 
ure in  luigland.  He  left,  by  his  first  wife, 
Margaret  Newdigate,  three  sons, —  Robert 
(Sir),  his  heir;  Richard  and  P'rancis. 

SIR  ROBERT  PHELIPPS,  Knight  of 
Montacute,  Member  of  Parliament  for  Somer- 
set, incurred  the  displeasure  of  his  King,  by 
his  speeches  in  Parliament,  and  was  im- 
prisoned   in    the   Tower.      He   had,    with   four 


daughters,  two  sons, —  Edward,  his  heir,  and 
Robert,  who  was  Chancellor  of  the  Duchy  of 
Lancaster.  Sir  Robert  was  succeeded  by  his 
elder  son, 

EDWARD  PHELIPS,  Esq.,  of  Monta- 
cute, Colonel  in  the  Royal  Army,  who 
suffered  much  from  his  attachment  to  the  royal 
cause,  all  of  his  estates  being  sequestered. 
He  married  Ann,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Pye, 
and  had,  with  one  daughter,  seven  sons, —  Ed- 
ward (Sir>,  his  heir,  Robert,  Thomas,  George, 
Richard,  John  and  William.  Colonel  Phelips 
was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son, 

SIR  EDWARD  PHELIPS,  Knight  of 
Montacute,  who  left  by  his  second  wife,  Edith 
Blake,  three  daughters,  and  was  succeeded  by 
his  nephew, —  the  son  of  his  brother  John, — 

EDWARD  PHELIPS,  Esq.,  of  Monta- 
cute, Member  of  Parliament  for  Somerset. 
He  married,  successively,  Ann  and  Elizabeth, 
the  first  and  second  daughters  of  his  uncle. 
Sir  Edward  Phelips,  whose  estates  he  in- 
herited. 

The  family  coat  of  arms  is  Ijlazoned  as  fol- 
lows: On  a  field,  argent,  a  chevron,  gules,  be- 
tween three  roses  of  the  last,  seeded  and 
leaved,  proper.  CRESI\  A  square  beacon, 
or  chest,  on  two  wheels,  or,  filled  with  fire, 
proper.  SUP  PORTJiRS,  Two  lions,  ram- 
pant guardant,  gules.  MO 'I  TO,  "Pro  aris  et 
focis",  which  translates  "  I""or  our  altars  and 
homes.". 

May  30,  1630,  about  ten  years  after  the 
landing  of  the  Mayflower  [lilgrims,  at  Plym- 
outh, WILLIAM  PH]-:LIPS,  ESQ.,  from 
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shire,  England,  with  his  wife  and  four  sons, — 
William,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  and  Joseph,  — 
landed  at  Boston,  from  the  "Mary  and  John", 
a  British  vessel  of  four  hundred  tons  burden, 
Captain  Squeb,  master. 

They  resided  at  Dorchester,  near  Boston, 
for  about  five  years.  Nov.  g,  1630,  he  was 
chosen  member  of  the  first  jury  empanelled  in 
the  colony;  September,  1631,  he  was  chosen 
constable  of  Dorchester;  May  g,  1632,  he  was 
one  of  two  Commissioners  for  the  Dorchester 
Plantation,  appointed  to  confer  with  the  Gen- 
eral Court  (Legislature)  on  tiie  advisability  of 
raising  a  public  stock;  March  4,  1633,  he  was 
appointed  by  the  General  Court  to  be  one  of 
the  commissioners  to  set  bounds  between  Bos- 
ton and  Roxbury;  May  14,  1634,  he  was  a 
member  of  the  General  Court,  held  at  ]5oston, 
and  was  appointed  one  of  four  commissioners 
to  certify  to  the  next  General  Court,  whether 
Boston  should  have  convenient  enlargement  at 
Mount  Wollaston;  May  16,  1635,  he  was  a 
member  of  the  General  Court,  held  at  New 
Town  (now  Cambridge),  and  established  the 
bounds  between  Hingham  and  Weymouth. 

Oct.  15,  if)35,  William  Phelips,  E.sq.,  led 
a  company  of  some  sixty  individuals,  into  the 
wilderness  of  the  Connecticut  river  valley, 
where  they  founded  the  town  called  Windsor. 
March  3,  1636,  the  General  Court,  held  at 
New  Town,  appointed  him  one  of  four  Com- 
missioners of  the  Peace,  at  Windsor,  to  govern 
the  people  (this  being  the  first  year  that  such 
officers  served  in  the  Colonial  settlements). 
In  1636,  he  was  a  member  of  the  first  court 
hckl    in    Connecticut.      He    was   a    magistrate 


from  1638  to  1643.  In  1643,  he  was  foreman 
of  the  first  grand  jury  held  in  Connecticut; 
and  was  a  deputy  in  1645,  '46,  '47,  '48,  '4g 
'51  and  '57.  In  1658,  he  was  again  appointed 
magistrate,  which  office  he  held  for  four  years, 
thereafter,  as  well  as  many  other  offices  of  a 
similar  character.  A  stuily  of  the  New  Eng- 
land Colonial  records  show  that  William 
Phelips,  Esq.,  was  one  of  the  most  influential 
and  respected  in  the  colonies;  and,  to  quote 
from  Dr.  Ileniy  R.  Stiles's  History  of  Wind- 
sor, Conn.,  '■  William  Phelips  was  an  excel- 
lent, pious,  and  uiiright  man,  both  in  public 
and  private  life;  being,  truly,  a  pillar  in 
church  and  State  ",  etc. 

Soon  after  coming  to  this  new  world,  tlie 
wife  of  William  Phelips  died;  and,  in  1635, 
he  married  Mary  Dover,  an  English  woman 
who  had  been  a  member  of  the  same  church 
with  him,  —  that  of  the  Rev.  John  Farnham, — 
In  Plxeter,  England.  By  her  he  had  one 
son, —  Timothy, —  and  a  daughter, —  Mary, — 
both  born  at  Windsor,  Conn. 

WILLIAM  PHELIPS,  Esq.,  died  at 
Windsor,  Conn.,  July  14,  1672.  Mary 
Dover  Phelips,  died  Nov.  27,   1675. 

TIMOTHY  PHELIPS,  fifth  son  of  Will- 
iam Phelips,  only  son  by  Mary  Dover  Phelips, 
—  born  Septemjjcr  i,  i63g, —  married  Mary 
Griswold,  May  ig,  1661.  They  iiad  twelve 
children.      He  died  in  I7ig. 

TIMOTHY  PHELIPS,  eldest  son  of  Tim- 
othy and  Mary  Griswold  Phelips, —  born  Nov. 
I,  1663, —  married  Martha  Crowe,  Nov.  4, 
1686. 

CORNELIUS    PHELPES,  fourth  child  of 


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Timothy  and  Martha  Crowe  Phelips, —  born 
March  5,  1698,— married  Margaret  Dewey, 
Jan.  18,  1722. 

CORNELIUS  PHELPES,  third  child  of 
Cornelius  and  Margaret  Dewey  Phelpes,  born 
July  16,  1726, —  married  Hannah  Calkins, 
Nov.  16,   1747. 

SYLVENUS  PHELPS,  eldest  child  of 
Cornelius  and  Hannah  Calkins  Phelpes, — 
born  May  28,  1749, —  married  Zeruiah  Swet- 
land,  Dec.   13,   1760. 

ABEL  PHELPS,  fourth  child  of  Sylvenus 
and  Zeruiah  Swetland  Phelps, —  born  Feb.  2, 
1764,  —  married  Susannah  Phelps,  March  13, 
1786. 

ABIGAIL  PHELPS,  third  daughter  of 
Abel  and  Susannah  Phelps, —  born  Jan.  i, 
1794, —  married  Darius  Manley,  May  i,  1809, 
and  was  the  mother  of  Sallie  M.  Manley 
Gillam. 


The  war  of  the  Rebellion  came  as  a  death- 
blow to  the  business  interests  in  which  Marcus 
Gillam  was  engaged;  and  he  saw  the  terrors  of 
poverty  coming  upon  his  delicate  wife  and 
tender  chilch'cn,  even  as  he  left  them,  at  the 
call  of  duty  and  honor.  His  entire  resources 
were  ventured  in  the  development  of  one  of 
his  inventions;  and,  only  a  calamity  so  wide- 
spread as  war,  with  its  wholesale  deaths,  and 
destruction  of  property,  could  have  affected 
his  security. 

At  tlie  close  of  the  war,  his  widow, —  Sallie 
M.  Manley  Gillam, —  was  left  with  an  im- 
])overished  fortune,  feeble  health,  and  six  chil- 
dren,   half    of    whom   were   helplessly   young. 


Her  courage  and  devotion  at  that  agonizing 
time,  are  as  a  halo  of  glory  about  her  noble 
head.  Asking  no  favor  from  the  many 
friends,  upon  whom  she  had  the  claims  of  kin- 
dred, she  withdrew  into  a  land  of  strangers,  to 
a  new  settlement,  —  situated  in  the  southern 
portion  of  New  Jersey, —  called  Vineland. 

MANLEY  MARCUS  GILLAM,— her 
oldest  child, —  took  his  place  in  the  woild  of 
affairs,  in  1862, —  his  sixteenth  year, —  when 
he  went  to  Washington,  D.C.,  on  duty  in  the 
Quartermaster's  Department.  He  was  there 
nearly  two  years,  and  took  part  in  the  defense 
of  that  City  at  the  time  of  Early's  raid,  in 
July,   1863. 

Of  the  pure  Saxon  type,  he  is,  in  appear- 
ance, in  disposition  and  in  talents  a  typical 
Gillam.  His  passion  for  learning  anything 
and  everything  is  intense;  while  his  facility 
for  expressing  his  ideas  picturesquely,  or  with 
the   flowing  melody  of   rhyme,    is   remarkable. 

After  a  commercial  course  at  the  Ames  Col- 
lege, Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  he  kept  the  business 
books  for  a  Vineland  lumber  firm,  for  some- 
time. As  soon  as  he  was  eligible,  many 
offices  of  honor  and  trust  were  conferred  u|ion 
him  l)y  his  townsmen,  until  he  left  the  jilace 
to  widen  his  field  of  action.  He  had  been 
a  devoted  son,  and  had  fulfilled  the  duties  of  a 
father  to  his  brothers  and  sisters. 

His  journalistic  career  began  as  a  stenog- 
rapher, in  1870,  for  the  Pinkerton  Detective 
Agency,  of  PhUadelphia.  Late  in  1871,  he 
went  to  Boston,  Mass.,  as  private  Secretary  to 
a  Commercial  Agency,  where  he  remained 
until  the  spring  of  1872.      From  that  time  he 


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reported  the  proceedings  of  the  State  Legis- 
lature for  the  "Daily  News,"  until  August, 
1872,  when  he  joined  the  staff  of  the  "Boston 
Post".  Early  in  1873,  he  became  the  City 
Editor  of  that  jjaper,  holding  the  position 
until  1879,  when  he  resigned  to  try  New 
York  journalism,  on  the  "Star"  and  "Trib- 
une". In  March,  1879,  he  was  a  member  of 
the  editorial  staff  of  the  "Philadelphia 
Record  "  and  a  few  months  later  became  the 
Managing  Editor  of  that  paper,  a  position 
which  he  relinquished  Dec.  9,  1886,  to  be- 
come the  Advertising  Manager  for  the  great 
retail  business  of  John  Wanamaker,  of  Phila- 
(K'l[)hia.  This  position  was  resigned  in  1895 
to  accept  a  similar  one  with  Hilton,  Mughes 
&  Co.,  successors  to  A.  T.  .Stewart,  in  New 
York  city.  At  present,  he  is  the  General 
Manager  of  the  entire  business  of  that  firm. 
He  is  a  tireless  and  successful  amateur  fisher- 
man, handling  a  rod  and  fly  with  masterly 
skill. 

He  was  married,  July  21,  1872,  to  Alice  M. 
Goodell,  and  they  have  had  three  sons, —  Man- 
ley  Marcus,  who  died  in  infancy,  Arthur  Lin- 
coln, Walter  Ernest,  —  antl  five  daughters, — ■ 
Alice  May,  liva  Maud,  Ada  Hlaneh,  Ora 
Grace,   and   Iva  Rose. 

ERNEST  MARION  GILLAM,  the  sec- 
ond son,  is  a  Manley  in  type.  Of  a  chivalric 
generosity  and  honor,  his  tastes  are,  also, 
characteristic  of  his  knightly  ancestry.  No 
])ersonal  sacrifice  is  too  great  for  him  to  make 
for  others;  and  all  is  done  so  gracefully,  that 
the  depth  of  the  devotion  is  often  obscured  to 
the  recipient. 


His  genius  lay  in  the  direction  of  mathe- 
matics; and,  as  he  grew  to  manhood,  he  natu- 
rally drifted  into  a  business  which  called  forth 
those  talents.  He  is,  at  present,  the  Com- 
mercial Editor  of  the  "lioston  Daily  Adver- 
tiser", having  held  that  responsible  position 
since  1881  ;  and  he  is,  also,  a  New  England 
authority  on  commercial  subjects  for  the 
leading  newspapers  of  the  Country.  His 
reportorial  work  began  on  the  "  Boston  Post  " 
Jan.  7,  1877.  In  addition  to  these  duties, 
he  has,  for  many  years,  edited  and  published 
a  daily  sheet  of  commercial  intelligence,  as 
well  as  occupied  various  offices  of  social  dis- 
tinction. 

He  was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the 
Boston  Press  Club;  antl  is  an  influential  mem- 
ber of  the  brotherhoods  of  Knights  of  Honor, 
Lodge  134,  of  Boston, —  and  of  Powhatan 
Tribe,  No.  40,  of  Improved  Order  of  Red 
Men.  As  a  youth,  in  1S71,  he  helped  to 
organize  Company  D.  (afterwards  changed  to 
Company  K.),  Sixth  Regt.,  N.  G.  N.  J.;  and, 
subsequently,  belonged  to  Company  I.,  Eighth 
Regt.  M.  V.  M.,  "Woolredge  Cadets",  for 
three  years,  from  1876.  l-'rom  1886,  he  was, 
for  three  years,  a  member  of  Company  A., 
First  l^at.,  Massachusetts  Cavah)-,  known  as 
the  "Boston  Lancers".  He  enjoys  all  athletic 
exercises,  but  his  favorite  recreations  arc  gun- 
ning and  yachting. 

ALEXANDER  MOFFAT  GILLAM,  the 
third  son,  is  a  singularly-marked  example  of 
the  laws  of  heredity.  In  temperament,  as 
well  as  mentally  and  morally,  he  is  a  Phelps; 
the  influence  of  the  three  other  strong  blood- 


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currents  merely  intensifying  the  characteris- 
tics of  that  line. 

A  close  student  of  Nature,  in  childhood, 
his  powers  of  observation  were  still  further 
quickened  by  a  practice  of  woodcraft  in  youth; 
until,  today,  he  has  become  a  leader,  an  edu- 
cator, an  authority  on  everything  pertaining 
to  the  development  of  physical  perfection. 
In  a  nation  where  gentility  is  inclined  to  be 
exjjressed  by  an  effeminate  leisure,  one  who 
elevates  the  ambition  of  our  national  youth  to 
a  worsliip  of  manly  prowess  and  grace,  per- 
forms but  a  duty  to  posterity,  in  his  belief. 
Keen  in  his  observations;  graphic  in  his  style 
of  delineation;  punctillious,  to  an  almost 
Quixotic  degree,  in  his  honor,  he  is  a  power 
in  his  generation. 

He  began  his  professional  career  in  1881, 
as  a  reporter  on  the  staff  of  the  "Boston 
Post."  Dec.  27,  1882,  while  acting  as  the 
City  lulitor,  he  was  called  to  Philadelphia,  as 
the  Editor  of  Sports  for  the  "Philadelphia 
Record".  Here  he  has  faithfully  labored  to 
elevate  the  public  taste,  in  both  amateur  and 
professional  athletics,  to  a  manly  standpoint. 

While  yet  a  youth,  he  joined  Company  K., 
Sixth  Regt.,  N.  G.  N.  J.,  and  completed  his 
full  five  years  of  enlistment,  having  been  en- 
i-oUed  June  20,  1876,  and  receiving  his  official 
discharge  Dec.  2,  1881.  During  that  time, 
he  was  among  those  detailed  to  go  to  the  de- 
fense of  Phillipsburg,  N.J.,  when  that  town 
was  mobbed  by  railroad  strikers  in  1878. 

From  his  earliest  years,  his  skill  as  a 
marksman  has  been  notable,  both  in  tlie  line 
of   competitive    practice  and    in    the  quest    of 


game;  and  he  now  finds  no  treatment  so  bene- 
ficial for  mental  exhaustion,  as  a  return  to  the 
physical  hardships  of  those  youthful  pursuits. 

SCOTT  LINCOLN  GILLAM  was  the 
fourth  son.  In  him  were  united  the  four  dis- 
similar currents  of  family  blood  in  a  peculiarly 
even  degree.  In  every  sense  of  the  word,  he 
was  a  genius.  Eloquent,  logical,  analytical, 
epigrammatic,  witty, —  his  promise  was,  intel- 
lectually, powerful.  Noble  in  asjMration; 
honorable  in  practice;  delicate  in  his  [jercep- 
tions;  —  death  cut  short  a  career  begun  with 
brilliancy.  He  died,  after  an  illness  of  three 
days,  Jan.  31,  1883,  in  the  twenty-second 
year  of  his  age,  from  inflammation  of  the 
brain.  This  was  developed  in  the  perform- 
ance of  his  duties  as  reporter  for  tlie  Boston 
Post,  in  addition  to  carrying  on  a  private 
course  of  studies. 

He  had  been  a  member  of  Compan\'  K., 
Sixth  Regt.,  N.  G.  N.  J.,  from  1880;  and  it 
was  during  his  membership,  that  the  New 
Jersey  Batallion  won  the  prize  at  the  Centen- 
nial celebration  of  the  Battle  of  Yorktoun 
(1 781-188 1),  held  at  Yorktown,  Va.,  for  dis- 
cipline and  good  conduct,  for  which  each  man 
was  awarded  a  bronze  medal  by  the  State  of 
New  Jersey.  He  was,  also,  a  fine  marksman, 
taking  medals  in  comi)etitive  trials;  and  an 
enthusiastic  sportsman,  being  singularly  suc- 
cessful in  securing  the  game  which  he  fol- 
lowed. 

That  which  is  mortal  of  Scott  L.  Gillam, 
—  the  youngest  of  the  four  noble  sons  of  a 
noble  father, —  reposes  on  the  beautiful  bluff 
of  the  Cedar  Grove   Cemetery,  in   the   suburbs 


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of  Boston.  At  bis  feet,  the  gently-flowing 
Neponset  winds  on  its  silvery  way  to  the  sea. 
"When  a  man  lies  here,  how  vain  are  all  the 
]wmps  and  vanities  of  the  world."  O  death, 
wliere  is  thy  sting  I  O  grave,  where  is  thy 
vietory  I 

"ON.  THOMAS  WIIITAKER,  who 
was  Mayor  of  Millville  from  1889  to 
1.S95,  was  born  in  Mlnier,  Salem 
County,  May  30,  i860.  He  is  a  son  of  Dr. 
Jonathan  S.  and  Mary  (Johnson)  Whitaker, 
both  natives  of  New  Jersey.  His  preliminary 
edueation  was  obtained  in  the  schools  of  Mill- 
ville, including  the  high  school.  After  com- 
pleting a  more  advanced  course  of  stuily  at 
Pennington  Seminary,  being  then  nineteen 
years  of  age,  he  began  to  read  law  with  James 
H.  Nixon,  Esq.  In  his  student  days  he  suc- 
cessfully tried  a  number  of  cases.  In  that 
period  also  he  established  an  insurance  busi- 
ness that  has  since  developed  into  the  largest 
of  the  kintl  in  Milhille.  It  now  embraces 
fourteen  strong  companies,  and  controls  a 
large  part  of  the  mercantile  and  dwelling 
risks  in  the  city,  besides  the  life  and  accident 
policies.  He  was  appointed  in  1885  receiver 
of  the  Millville  Fire  and  Marine  Insurance 
Company,  an  office  that  is  no  sinecure,  as  the 
affairs  of  this  corporation  have  been  in  con- 
stant litigation  in  the  higher  courts  of  the 
State.  He  is  also  conveyancer  of  the  Colum- 
bian Perpetual  Building  and  Loan  Associa- 
tion. 

Much  of  Mr.   Whitakcr's  professional  work 
has  been   associated  with  his   political    career. 


In  1889  he  was  first  elected  Mayor  on  the 
Democratic  ticket.  After  completing  his 
three  years'  term  he  was  again  elected  in 
1892,  and  served  till  1895.  During  his 
mayoialty  the  city,  whose  population  consists 
largely  of  glass  workers  and  their  sympa- 
thizers, was  disturbed  by  strikes  and  lockouts, 
caused  by  the  employment  of  Jewish  boys  in 
the  glass  works.  His  position  at  that  time 
was  a  trying  one,  but  he  proved  equal  to  the 
occasion.  He  invited  the  leaders  of  the  strike 
to  his  office,  and  by  quiet  reasoning  induced 
them  to  desist  from  their  parades  and  return 
quietly  to  their  homes.  In  this  way  violence 
was  averted,  and  the  strike  was  satisfactorily 
settled.  During  his  first  term,  with  a  Repub- 
lican Council  lie  nominated  for  the  Police 
Board,  with  two  Republicans,  who  had  previ- 
ously served,  two  Democrats.  The  Council 
refused  to  confirm  his  nominations,  but  they 
were  afterward  carried  iiy  a  few  of  the  Repub- 
lican Councilnien  voting  witli  the  Democrats. 
Tiie  members  dropped  from  the  board  biought 
suit  against  the  city  for  damages,  and  its  case 
went  through  the  Supreme  Court  and  the 
Court  of  Errors  and  Appeals.  Mr.  Whitaker 
as  Mayor  conducted  the  case  for  the  city  and 
won,  and  great  credit  was  given  him  for  the 
lirm  stand  he  had  taken.  The  charters  of  the 
present  electric  and  street  railway  companies 
were  confirmed  during  his  administration,  all 
city  improvements  being  favored  by  him.  Al- 
though he  was  the  youngest  mayor  ever  elected 
in  Millville,  Mr.  Whitaker  established  some 
precedents  that  have  been  followed  since. 
He  began    the   practice  of  sending  an   annual 


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message  to  the  City  Council,  describing  the 
condition  of  the  city,  calling  attention  to  it, 
and  suggesting  improvements.  One  time, 
while  acting  as  Chairman  of  a  Democratic 
County  Convention,  the  delegates  violated  a 
long-established  usage  by  unanimously  nomi- 
nating him  for  State  Senator.  While  the  in- 
cidenf  was  a  flattering  demonstration  of  the 
esteem  in  which  he  was  held,  it  placed  him  in 
an 'embarrassing  position,  and  he  positively 
refused  to  accept  the  nomination.  He  has 
also  presided  as  Chairman  of  the  County  Com- 
mittee; and  he  had  the  appointment  of  Post- 
master of  the  city  in  Cleveland's  second  term, 
but  preferred  to  attend  to  his  professional 
work. 

On  November  11,  1890,  Mr.  Whitaker  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Harriet  Ford, 
daughter  of  Charles  Ford,  of  Camden,  N.J. 
He  is  Past  Master  of  Shekinah  Lodge  of 
Masons,  and  belongs  to  Richmond  Chapter 
and  Olivet  Commandery.  He  is  Past  Chan- 
cellor of  Ivanhoe  Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias, 
also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  the  Golden 
Eagle  and  of  the  In(le])cndcnt  Order  of  Od<l 
l-'ellows.  He  and  his  wife  are  mcmlnns  of 
the  Presbyterian  church,  while  he  has  the 
further  tie  of  President  of  its  ■  Board  of 
Trustees. 


YOYMLLIAM  S.    I'lTIHAN,   of   the   firm 

V^Y^      "''    '''itliian    &    I'ennell,    flour,    feed, 

grain,    coal,    and   wood    merchants   of    ]5ridge- 

ton,  N.J.,  was  born    October  20,    I1S52,  in    the 

city  where  he  now  lives. 

Seeley    Fithian,    the    great-grandfather    of 


William  .S.  Fithian,  received  his  early  educa- 
tion mostly  in  the  public  schools,  but  was  also 
a  pupil  of  Mr.  Chaflin,  who  taught  a  select 
school  in  Bridgeton.  He  subsequently  at- 
tended the  Philadelphia  High  School,  being 
one  of  the  first  students  of  that  institution. 
His  son,  John  Burgin  1^'ithian,  was  born  at 
Oakland  Farm  near  Roadstown.  This  estate 
has  been  held  by  the  P'ithians  for  more  than  a 
century,  and  is  now  owned  by  Mr.  William  S. 
Fithian's  father,  Charles  Seeley  F"ithian. 

John  Burgin  Fithian  attended  the  common 
schools  of  Roadstown,  and  began  to  prepare 
himself  for  the  practical  duties  of  life  by 
learning  the  hatter's  trade  in  the  town  of 
Bridgeton.  Some  years  after  his  marriage  he 
moved  to  Philadelphia,  where  for  four  or  five 
years  he  was  in  the  employment  of  Dr.  George 
I-L  ]5urgin.  At  the  expiration  of  this  period 
he  went  to  Millville,  where  he  became  man- 
ager of  the  glass  factory  of  Burgin,  Pearsall 
&  Wood,  remaining  there  for  a  number  of 
years.  He  then  returned  to  Philadelphia, 
and  established  a  drug  store,  but  two  years 
later  entered  the  employment  of  lUu'gin  & 
Fowler,  owners  of  a  glass  factor)'.  His  pre- 
vious experience  rendered  him  especially  fit 
to  assume  the  management  of  glass  works,  and 
this  position  he  held  until  his  death.  He 
married  Miss  Jane  Davis,  daughter  of  Mr. 
!  ("harles  Davis,  and  became  the  father  of  two 
children  —  Charles  Seeley  and  P'.leanor  M. 

Charles  .S.  I'itliian  came  to  Bridgeton  with 
his  father,  and  was  employed  for  a  while  in  a 
store,  which  was,  no  doubt,  good  practical 
training  for  him.      In    1S45    h*^   established   a 


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lumber  business  in  partnership  with  Isaac  A. 
Sheppard  and  Dayton  I?.  Whitakcr,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Fithian,  Whitaker  &  Co.  This 
continued  until  1856,  when  he  sold  his  in- 
terest to  Alexander  L.  Roberson,  and  pur- 
chased a  farm  on  the  outskirts  of  Bridgeton, 
which  he  cultivated  for  about  thirteen  years, 
doing  other  business  besides.  Mr.  Charles 
.S.  Fithian  being  a  man  of  keen  foresight  and 
much  enterprise,  he,  in  partnership  with  Mr. 
Steen  lulwards  and  William  Pogue,  estab- 
lished a  canning  factory  in  Bridgeton.  Here 
the  first  tomatoes  ever  canned  in  this  part  of 
the  country  were  put  upon  the  market.  This 
was  before  the  war,  when  ventures  of  the  kind 
were  not  so  common  as  they  are  now.  ]5ut  the 
plan  was  practical,  and  the  demand  was  im- 
mediate; and  a  successful  business  was  the 
result.  This  business  was  sold  to  Mr. 
Steen  Edwards.  A  partnership  was  after- 
ward formed  by  Charles  S.  Fithian  and  Will- 
iam Pogue,  and  a  canning  factory  was  built  on 
the  corner  of  Bank  Street  and  living  Avenue. 
In  1863  or  approximately  that  date  Mr.  Fith- 
ian bought  out  Mr.  Pogue's  interest,  and  con- 
ducted the  factory  under  his  sole  ownership 
for  two  years,  when  he  sold  out  to  Mr.  John 
W.  Stout,  of  New  York. 

He  then  became  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of 
the  Eastlake  woollen-mills,  a  position  he  held 
until  1888,  when  he  was  elected  Secretary  and 
Treasurer  of  the  Cumberland  National  Fire 
Insurance  Company.  This  office'  he  holds  at 
the  present  writing.  He  has  also  held  va- 
rious other  places  of  trust.  He  was  elected  as 
City  Councilman  in  Ward  i   (now  Ward  4)  for 


two  years,  and  was  afterward  re-elected  for 
three  more  years  on  the  Republican  ticket. 
He  has  been  a  Director  of  the  Cumberland 
National  Bank,  a  charter  member  of  the  Board 
of  Trade,  has  filled  the  office  of  Past  Grand  in 
Cumberland  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  and  Past  High  Priest  of  Good 
Intent  Encampment. 

In  March,  1846,  he  was  joined  in  wetllock 
to  Miss  Harriet  Newell,  daughter  of  Johnson 
Reeves,  of  Bridgeton.  Seven  children  were 
born  of  this  union,  four  of  whom  arrived  at 
maturity,  namely:  William  S.,  the  leading 
subject  of  this  biography;  P'rancis  Reeves, 
manager  of  the  State  Building  and  Loan  Asso- 
ciation of  Camden;  Jane  Davis;  and  Alex- 
ander Roberson,  who  is  an  attorney.  Both 
Mr.  and  iMrs.  Charles  S.  P'ithian  are  members 
of  the  Presbyterian  church,  of  which  the  for- 
mer has  been  a  Trustee  for  fifteen  years. 

William  S.  Fithian,  the  eldest  living  cliihi 
of  his  parents,  was  educated  in  tlie  common 
schools  of  his  nati\'e  town  and  in  the  West 
Jersey  Academy.  His  constitution  was  not 
strong  during  his  youth,  and  he  found  it  nec- 
essary to  try  the  exercise  and  fresh  air  that 
farm  life  affords.  He  accordingly  gave  u]-)  the 
confinement  of  the  school -room,  and  took  a 
situation  on  a  farm.  In  si.\  months  he  was 
sufficiently  recuperated  to  enter  Bryant  & 
Stratton's  Commercial  College  at  Philadel- 
phia, where  he  completed  a  course  of  business 
training.  Returning  to  Bridgeton,  he  began 
his  career  as  a  market  gardener,  conducting 
a  dairy  business  in  connection  with  Iiis  truck 
farm.      In   1878   he  started  on  a  more  a;sthetic 


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line,  and  from  growing  cabbages  began  to  grow 
roses  and  violets;  in  other  words,  Mr.  Fithian 
and  his  brother  set  up  as  florists,  cultivating 
ornamental  plants,  flowers,  and  nursery  stock. 
He  remained  in  this  branch  of  horticultural 
effort  until  1882,  when  he  established  a  flour 
and  feed  store,  later  adding  coal  to  his  stock 
in  trade,  in  which  enterprise  Mr.  Charles  S. 
Mulford  co-operated  as  a  partner.  This  firm 
was  changed  in  1887,  when  Mr.  Mulford 
sold  his  interest,  and  was  succeeded  by  Mr. 
S.  Frank  I'cnnell.  The  firm  of  Fithian  & 
I'ennell  now  Ijecame  more  prosjierous  than 
ever. 

Mr.  Fithian  has  been  offered  the  nomina- 
tion to  various  offices,  but  has  never  accepted 
any  overtures  of  this  kind,  being  contented  to 
live  as  a  private  citizen.  Besides  his  business 
affairs  he  is  largely  interested  in  other  things. 
lie  is  a  memlier  of  Hrcarly  Lodge,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.  ;  Cumberland  Lodge,  No.  35,  Indepen- 
dent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  which  he  is 
Fast  Grand;  belongs  to  Fncampmcnt  Good 
Intent,  No.  15,  of  whicli  he  is  now  Iligli 
Priest;  is  also  a  member  of  Cohansic  Trilje, 
Improved  Order  of  Red  Men;  and  belongs  to 
Calanthc  Lodge,  No.  103,  Knights  of  Pythias. 
In  religious  belief  he,  like  his  father,  is  a 
Presbyterian,  and  is  a  Trustee  of  tlic  P'irst 
Church  of  that  denomination  in  ISridgelon. 

On  the  13th  of  September,  1SS2,  Mr.  Will- 
iam S.  l'"ithian  was  married  to  Miss  Margaret 
L.  Fitliian,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Joseph  1'. 
i'ithian,  of  ]5ridgeton.  Two  cliildrcn  blessed 
this  marriage:  John  Burgin,  who  dieil;  and 
William  S.,  Jr.,  upon  wliom  lies  the  responsi- 


bility of  bearing  with  credit  an  old  and  re- 
spected name,  which  for  generations  has  been 
honored  by  its  representatives. 


HARLES  BRANDRIFF  CONOVFR, 
of  Millville,  a  leading  dealer  in  dry 
goods  and  notions,  vvas  born  Sep- 
tember I,  185s,  in  Port  lilizabeth,  N.J.,  son 
of  Henry  S.  and  Sarah  E.  (l?rick)  Conover. 
The  founders  of  tliis  family  came  from  Hol- 
land. Reuben  Conover,  the  grandfather  of 
Charles  B.,  was  for  some  years  a  resident  of 
Cedarville,  Cumberland  County:  but  at  a  later 
period  he  lived  in  Millville.  He  was  united 
in  matrimony  with  Miss  Rose  Cnlp,  and  be- 
came the  father  of  Henry  S.  Conover. 

Henry  S.  Conover  was  a  native  of  Cedar- 
ville, where  he  spent  his  younger  days.  Later 
he  came  to  Millville,  and  was  employed  in  the 
glass  works.  Subsequently  he  vvas  occupied 
in  the  same  business  at  Port  I''lizabetli  for 
some  time,  after  which,  about  1S57,  he  re- 
turned to  Millville.  In  1865  lie  moved  to 
Bridgeton ;  but  after  two  years  he  came  back 
again  to  Millville,  wJicre  he  has  since  re- 
mained. Through  these  changes  of  residence 
he  was  employed  in  the  same  business,  serv- 
ing most  of  the  time  as  glass  blower.  He  is 
now  foreman  of  his  department,  whicii  posi- 
tion he  has  filled  for  some  years.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics,  while  he  has  never 
sought  political  honors.  He  is  an  old  mem- 
ber of  the  Millville  Lodge  of  Odd  p-ellows, 
in  which  he  has  served  as  Past  Grand  Master. 
His    wife,    Sarah,    was  a  daughter   of    Joshua 


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149 


Brick,  an  old  resident  of  Port  Elizabeth,  who 
ke])t  a  general  merchandise  store.  He  was  a 
son  of  the  Men.  Joshua  Brick,  one  of  the  most 
prominent  men  in  the  vicinity,  who  repre- 
sented his  district  in  the  State  legislature  for 
a  number  of  terms.  Mrs.  Henry  S.  Conover 
has  had  five  children,  four  of  whom  are  living, 
namely:  Charles  ]?.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  Reuben,  a  resident  of  Millville; 
l-'rank,  who  was  drowned  at  the  age  of  nine- 
teen;  Ada,  now  Mrs.  Frederick  Calhoun,  of 
this  city;  and  Howard,  who  is  a  resident  of 
Philadelphia.  The  parents  were  members  of 
the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  in 
which  the  father  officiated  as  steward  for  some 
years.      The  mother  died  in  1882. 

Charles  Brandriff  Conover  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Millville  until  he  was  twelve 
years  o(  age.  He  was  then  hired  as  clerk  in 
the  boot  and  shoe  store  of  Joseph  R.  Wells  for 
some  time.  He  spent  a  few  more  months  in 
school,  and  was  subsequentl)'  eniijloyed  in  the 
gri)cery  business  by  Thomas  Wilson  until  he 
sold  out  to  Wilson  &  Smith.  John  Wright, 
druggist,  was  his  ne.xt  employer.  Later  he 
worked  for  Harris  &  Cory,  grocers,  and  for 
Mulford  &  Hogate,  wlio  kept  a  general  mer- 
chandise store.  He  had  been  two  years  with 
Mulford  &  Hogate  when  they  o])ened  a  store 
exclusively  for  dry  goods  and  notions,  and 
placed  him  in  charge  of  it.  This  was  in 
1877,  when  he  was  twenty-one  years  old. 
Two  years  after  Mr.  Conover  0]jenetl  a  store 
on  his  own  account,  in  a  room  twelve  feet  by 
twenty-five.  Ne.xt  year  he  moved  into  quar- 
ters  measuring   fifteen   by  fifty.      Three  years 


later  his  rapidly  increasing  business  obliged 
him  to  take  store  space  in  ell  form,  twenty-five 
feet  by  seventy-five.  In  18S8  he  movetl  into 
the  store  he  now  occupies  at  102  High  Street. 
This  he  bought  and  enlargeil  in  1890,  making 
it  twenty-two  feet  by  one  hundred.  Since 
then  he  has  taken  a  new  room  on  the  second 
floor,  twenty-two  by  fifty,  for  a  cloak  depart- 
ment, with  a  stairway  leading  from  the  main 
store.  The  building  is  a  two-story  brick  etli- 
fice,  desiralily  locateii.  I'rom  five  to  eight 
people  are  employed  in  it.  Mr.  Conover 
served  the  community  for  three  years  as  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  lulucation.  At  one 
time  he  helped  to  form  a  Board  of  Traile,  and 
was  its  Secretary  while  it  existed.  This  body 
secured  from  the  national  government  an  ap- 
propriation for  river  and  harbor  improvements. 
Mr.  Conover  is  a  member  of  Shekinah  Lodge, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  of  Richmond  Chapter 
and  Olivet  Connnandery.  He  is  also  identi- 
fied with  Junior  Order  of  L'nited  American 
Mechanics,  Fame  Council. 

On  July  26,  1876,  Mr.  Conover  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Clara  Ludlam,  daughter 
of  John  C.  Ludlam,  of  Millville.  Her  pater- 
nal grandfather,  who  was  a  ])r()minent  man  of 
Cape  May  County,  owned  many  slaves  and 
eight  or  ten  vessels.  Her  father,  who  was  a 
carpenter,  came  to  Millville  from  Cape  May 
Court-house,  and  married  Mary  B.  Checsman. 
Mrs.  Conover  is  a  native  of  this  city.  She 
has  had  four  children  —  Nellie  W.,  Sallie  E., 
Frank  S.,  and  Charles  B.,  Jr.  ]k)th  parents 
are  members  of  the  l-'irst  Church,  in  whicli 
the   father   has   been   a   steward   for  seventeen 


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years.  Mr.  Conovcr  is  also  a  teacher  in  the 
Sunday-school  and  the  Treasurer  of  the  Mis- 
sionary Society.  The  family  residence  is  at 
310  Pine  Street. 


ILLIAM  OGDEN,  superintendent 
of  the  Cumberland  County  alms- 
liouse,  was  born  in  Greenwich,  Cumberland 
County,  N.J.,  on  October  10,  1834,  his  par- 
ents being  Samuel  and  I'htebe  (Elwell)  Ogden. 
Jonathan  Ogden,  father  of  Samuel,  was  a  na- 
tive of  Cumberland  County,  but  removed  to 
Illinois,  where  he  passed  the  latter  part  of  his 
life. 

Samuel  Ogden,  who  was  born  in  1801  in 
Fairfield,  N.J.,  and  who  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  district  schools  of  the  town,  fol- 
lowed through  life  the  occupation  of  farming. 
In  1825  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Phoebe  Elwell,  of  Gloucester  County,  New 
Jersey,  to  whom  were  born  six  children, 
n.'imely:  Mary  E.,  who  was  married  to  Mr. 
Joseph  Polk,  of  Bridgeton,  N.J.,  but  who  is 
now  deceased:  Matilda,  the  wife  of  Mr.  Jo- 
seph B.  Wood,  formerly  a  prominent  resident 
and  blacksmith  of  Bridgeton;  William,  above 
named;  David  ]•'..,  assistant  suiicrintendent  of 
the  comity  almshouse;  Jolin,  who  resides  at 
liuck  Neck  in  r'airfield;  and  Ivebecca,  the 
wife  of  Mr.  Thomas  J.  Ware,  an  express  agent 
of  Vineland,  N.J. 

Mr.  Samuel  Ogtlen  was  quite  prominently 
before  the  public,  having  held  several  local 
offices,  inchRJing  those  of  Townsliip  Commit- 
teeman   and    Commissioner    of    Api)eals.       In 


early  life  a  Whig,  he  was  later  identified  with 
the  Republican  party.  He  was  a  Presbyterian 
in  religious  belief,  being  .affiliated  with  the 
Greenwich  Presbyterian  Church.  He  carried 
on  farming  in  different  localities.  The 
second  move  he  made  was  on  to  what  was 
known  as  the  Seeley  Mill  farm,  owned  by 
Judge  Maskel  Ware,  of  Salem,  N.J.  There 
he  remained  under  one  continuous  lease  for  a 
period  of  nearly  forty  years.  After  Samuel 
Ogden's  death  Judge  Ware  was  heard  to  say, 
"Mr.  Ogden  lias  lived  on  my  farm  for  tliirty- 
eight  years  without  a  word  or  ripple;  and  I 
pronounce  him  an  honest,  sober,  industrious 
man,  second  to  none  in  the  State  of  New 
Jersey." 

His  good  wife,  Mrs.  Phcebe  P]lwell  Ogden,  a 
very  capable  woman,  unassuming  in  nature,  was 
a  devoted  mother  to  her  children  and  a  kind 
neighbor,  always  ready  with  a  helping  hand  in 
case  of  sickness.  Her  death  was  felt  as  a 
great  loss  to  the  community. 

William  Ogden,  son  of  these  worthy  |iar- 
ents,  received  his  education  in  the  district 
schools  of  a  town  located  near  Greenwich, 
which  were  taught  by  the  Rev.  ICdward  D. 
Fendle  and  Professor  Clarkson  Sheppard. 
After  leaving  school  he  assisted  his  father  on 
the  home  farm ;  and  he  continued  engaged  in 
agrictdture  till  the  spring  of  1893,  when  he 
was  elected  to  fill  the  high  office  of  superin- 
tendent of  the  county  almshouse.  That  Mr. 
Ogden  enjoys  the  esteem  of  his  fellow-towns- 
men, and  that  they  apiireciate  the  character  of 
his  ]niblic  service,  is  shown  l)y  tlie  fact  that 
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position     for    the     two    additional     terms    of 
office. 

On  September  3,  1S56,  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Kezia  K.  Sheppard,  the 
daiij^hter  of  William  and  Sarah  Sheppard,  of 
Greenwich;  and  into  their  home  have  come 
two  children  —  Eva  Dowdney  and  Belford 
Elwell.  Mr.  Sheppard  was  a  prominent  man 
in  his  town,  and  is  still  remembered  by  very 
many  as  an  exceedingly  kindly  neighbor  and 
a  progressive  citizen.  Mr.  Ogden  has  held 
several  important  public  offices  besides  the 
almshouse  superintendency,  having  for  nine 
years  occupied  the  position  of  Clerk  of  the 
township,  and  having  been  Committeeman  for 
two  years,  also  Judge  and  Inspector  of  the 
Election  and  Road  Supervisor.  Mr.  Ogden 
compiled  the  last,  the  eleventh,  government 
census  report  for  his  town,  and  also  rendered 
the  same  service  for  the  tenth  census.  Politi- 
cally, Mr.  Ogden  is  affiliated  with  the  Repub- 
lican party  in  politics:  and  in  religious  belief 
both  he  and  his  wife  are  Presbyterians,  be- 
ing members  of  the  Greenwich  Presbyterian 
Church,  but  not  communicants. 


(sffOHN  WALLACE  WADE,  M.D.,  of 
Millville,  N.J.,  one  of  the  most 
prominent  physicians  in  Cumberland 
County,  was  born  in  Lancaster  County,  Penn- 
sylvania, December  9,  1855.  Dr.  Wade  is  of 
Scotch-Irish  descent  on  one  side  of  the  house, 
his  maternal  grandfather,  a  farmer  named 
Dunlap,  having  come  to  Lancaster  County 
from  the  north  of  Ireland. 


His  father,  John  Wesley  Wade,  was  also  a 
native  of  Lancaster  County,  where  he  followed 
the  carpenter's  trade.  liefore  removing  to 
Milhille,  however,  in  ii>6\,  he  had  discarded 
hammer  and  nails  and  taken  to  spade  and 
plough.  So  on  coming  to  the  latter  place  he 
cultivated  a  farm  just  south  of  the  town,  com- 
monly known  as  the  Feaster  farm.  He  after- 
ward engaged  in  the  meat  and  butcher  busi- 
ness in  Millville,  and  for  many  years  had  a 
market  there.  Mr.  John  Wesley  Wade  en- 
listed in  August,  1864,  in  Company  C,  Thirty- 
eighth  New  Jersey  Volunteer  Infantry,  in 
which  he  served  as  Sergeant  until  the  close  of 
the  Civil  War.  He  belonged  to  the  militia, 
in  which  he  held  the  rank  of  First  Lieutenant 
after  the  war;  and  while  living  in  Millville 
he  was  elected  City  Councilman  from  the 
First  Ward  to  succeed  the  late  Mr.  -Lewis 
Mulford.  Having  no  taste  for  politics,  how- 
ever, he  resigned  his  office. 

Mr.  John  Wesley  Wade  married  Miss  Maria 
P.  Dunlap,  and  was  the  father  of  eight  chil- 
dren, two  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  The  sur- 
viving members  of  this  family  are:  Elizabeth 
J.,  wife  of  P'rancis  II.  Ware,  Postmaster  of 
Millville;  Dr.  John  Wallace  Wade;  Joseph 
H.,  Trustee  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  this 
city;  Benjamin  Lincoln,  also  of  Millville; 
P211a,  wife  of  J.  Albert  Charlesworth,  of  Mill- 
ville; Lula  R.,  wife  of  Provie  Flanagin,  of 
Tuckahoe.  Both  parents  were  for  many  years 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  every 
Christian  influence  was  brought  to  bear  upon 
the  home  life  of  the  famil)'  intrusted  to  their 
care.      Mr.  Wade  died  at  the  age  of  si.\ty-si.\, 


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on  the   first   day  of  the  year    1894.      His  wife 
still  survives  him. 

Dr.  Wade  has  spent  the  greater  part  of  his 
life  in  the  town  where  he  lives,  his  parents 
having  settled  there  when  he  was  a  child  of 
six  years  of  age.  As  a  boy  he  attended  the 
district  schools  of  the  vicinity;  and  between 
terms  he  often  foimd  employment  that  brought 
remuneration,  and  fixed  upon  his  character 
habits  of  industry.  At  ten  years  of  age  he 
worked  in  a  glass  factory  for  a  while,  and  was 
afterward  employed  in  a  brickyard  at  that 
lime  in  operation  in  the  neighborhood.  As 
he  grew  older  his  vacations  were  spent  in 
different  stores,  where,  as  a  clerk,  he  learned 
discipline  and  the  dignity  of  self-reliance.  In 
groceries,  meat  markets,  and  butcher  shops 
the  future  student  and  physician  struggled  to 
earn  an  indei>cndence ;  and  it  was  in  the  last- 
named  mart  that  he  met  his  future  wife. 
When  he  was  sixteen  years  old  he  entered  the 
drug  store  of  Dr.  Howard  E.  Peck,  an  able  and 
popular  physician  of  that  period;  anil  here  he 
received  the  impetus  toward  that  ambition 
which  he  afterward  gratified.  After  three 
years  of  practice  in  prescription  he  entered 
the  office  of  Dr.  Peck,  with  whom  he  read 
medicine,  preparatory  to  matriculating  at  the 
Philadelphia  University  of  Medicine  and  Sur- 
gery, from  which  he  graduated  with  honor, 
January  3,  1876.  This  institution  had  a  wide 
reputation  at  that  time,  and  was  considered 
unrivalled.  It  was  afterward  closed;  and  the 
young  doctor  returned  home  to  find  his  earli- 
est preceptor  dead,  and  a  fine  opening  for  his 
profession  in  the  town.      Dr.  Peek  had  died  on 


the  17th  of  April,  1876;  and  the  Philadelphia 
graduate  now  assumed  charge  of  the  drug 
store,  and  fell  heir  to  the  practice  awaiting 
the  advent  of  a  "new  doctor."  He  continued 
in  the  drug  store  for  nearly  a  year,  being 
deeply  interested  in  its  prosperity  from  a 
financial  point;  and  in  the  mean  time  he  was 
building  up  a  large  practice. 

But  Dr.  Wade  was  not  satisfied  with  medi- 
ocre qualifications.  He  desired  to  be  thor- 
oughly equip[ied  in  the  profession  he  had 
chosen  for  his  own,  and  with  this  in  mind  en- 
tered Jefferson  Medical  College  in  the  autumn 
of  1882.  He  was  graduated  at  Jefferson  in 
the  class  of  1884,  which  consisted  of  two 
hundred  and  fifteen  students.  These  two 
years  were  full  of  hard  work  and  replete  with 
experience,  for  he  was  in  all  of  the  laboratory 
work  and  hospital  parctice,  and  in  addition 
took  sex'eral  special  courses,  receiving  di- 
plomas in  each,  namely:  the  Shoemaker's 
Philadelphia  Hospital  for  Skin  Diseases; 
McClelland  School  of  Anatomy  and  Surgery; 
the  Philadelphia  Lying-in  Charity ;  and  also 
holding  a  certificate  for  four  years"  attendance 
at  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital.  The  Doctor  is 
a  life  member  of  the  Ahmini  Association  of 
Jefferson  College.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Censors  of  the  Medico-Chirurgical 
College  of  Philadeliihia,  one  of  the  most  pro- 
gressive institutions  in  the  United  .States. 
During  the  last  two  years  of  study  he  was  fre- 
quently in  his  office,  and  he  attended  to  his 
patients  during  the  months  of  vacation.  He 
has  the  largest  practice  in  South  Jersey,  and 
has  been  particularly  successful  in  that  branch 


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of  materia  medica  called  obstetrics.  Besides 
being  City  Physician  he  is  the  physician  to  the 
Board  of  Health,  his  life  being  one  of  tireless 
activity. 

He  married  Miss  Amy  B.  Westcott,  of 
Millville,  on  the  20th  of  June,  iSSo.  Mrs. 
Wade's  father,  Mr.  Arthur  Westcott,  was  an 
uncle  to  Judge  Westcott,  of  Camden. 

Dr.  Wade  is  an  attendant  and  supporter  of 
the  Presbyterian  church  and  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Golden  Kagle  and  of  the  Imjiroved 
Order  of  Red  Men.  His  reputation  as  a  phy- 
sician is  not  more  widely  known  and  recog- 
nized than  his  popularity  as  a  citizen,  few 
men  having  won  so  much  admiration  in  both 
public  and  private  life.  About  ten  years  ago 
he  had  a  handsome  residence  erected  on  North 
Second  Street,  No.  318,  in  which  he  has  made 
his  home  since  its  completion. 


P^REDERIC  LUMMIS,  a  leading 
dentist  of  Bridgeton,  was  born  in  Lum- 
mis  Mills,  near  Cedarvillc,  Cumber- 
land County,  December  25,  1853,  son  of  John 
O.  and  Martha  (Powell)  Lummis.  The  fam- 
ily, which  is  of  Welsh  extraction,  traces  its 
ancestry  back  to  the  early  Colonial  days. 
The  father  of  Mr.  Lummis  was  a  son  of 
George  Lummis,  by  his  wife,  Rachel,  who  was 
a  daughter  of  John  Ogden.  The  father  of 
George  was  a  son  of  Parson  Lummis,  whose 
license  to  marry  Hannah  Dimant  bears  the 
date  July  5,  1779.  Parson  Lummis  was  a 
son  of  Edward  Lummis  by  his  marriage  in 
1737  with   Margaret,   a  daughter  of  the   Rev. 


Daniel  Elmer.  Edward's  father  was  Edward 
Lummis,  Sr. ,  who,  born  in  Ipswich,  Mass., 
October  12,  1667,  removed  to  Cohansey,  N.J. 
There  the  latter,  before  November  3,  1707, 
married  Abigail  Waistcott  (who  was  still  liv- 
ing on  October  28,  1738),  and  he  died  in 
1740.  Samuel  Lummis,  the  father  of  Edward, 
Sr. ,  born  June  7,  1639,  died  in  February, 
1720.  His  father  was  Edward  Lummis,  born 
in  1606,  who  came  to  this  country  from  Wales 
in  1635,  settled  in  Ipswich  in  or  before  the 
year  1641,  and  served  in  the  Pequod  War. 

John  O.  Lummis,  father  of  J.  P^rederic,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  a  native  of  Cumberland 
County,  born  in  1 8 10,  was  educated  in  the 
common  schools.  For  the  greater  part  of  his 
life  he  followed  the  occupations  of  farmer  and 
miller.  When  a  young  man  he  drove  a  stage- 
coach for  some  time  between  Cape  May  and 
Philadelphia  and  later  between  Bridgeton  and 
Philadelphia.  At  one  time  he  was  Assessor 
of  the  district  now  included  in  the  townships 
of  Lawrence  and  Fairfield.  He  and  his  wife 
were  members  of  the  Baptist  church  at  Cedar- 
villc, which  they  helped  to  found.  He  died 
in  April,  1888.  His  wife,  who  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Powell,  of  Cedarville,  had  nine 
children,  as  follows:  George,  born  March  30, 
1S36;  Horace  E.,  born  April  28,  1838; 
Henry  P.,  born  September  30,  1840;  Martha 
E.,  born  November  17,  1842;  John  O.,  Jr., 
now  deceased,  born  in  1846;  Clarence  B., 
born  August  12,  1848;  Edward  F. ,  born 
March  21,  1851;  J.  Frederic,  the  subject  of 
this  notice;  and  Lizzie,  born  February  8, 
1862.       Geortre      Lummis      married      Harriet 


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Todd,  and  became  the  father  of  three  daugh- 
ters and  two  sons;  namely,  Martha,  William 
T.,  Sarah  Amelia,  Harriet,  and  George,  the 
last  two  dying  in  infancy.  His  daughter 
Martha,  born  in  December,  1859,  is  married 
to  Herbert  O.  Newcombe.  His  son  Will- 
iam T.  is  the  father  of  one  child,  Grace,  by 
his  wife,  Martha  (Crossley)  Lummis,  now  de- 
ceased. His  daughter  Sarah  Amelia  mar- 
ried Milton  Laning,  since  deceased,  and  has 
two  children  —  George  and  Lillian.  Henry  P. 
Lummis  successively  married  Matilda  Rolling 
and  Agnes  Grady,  and  has  by  his  second  wife 
three  children  —  Henry  P.,  Jr.,  George  O., 
and  Florence.  Martha  E.  Lummis  married  Dr. 
Charles  T.  Bennett,  of  Woodbury,  N.J.,  and 
has  two  children  —  Lillian  and  Gertrude. 
Iler  daughter  Gertrude  is  the  wife  of  Russell 
lUackwood,  and  has  one  child,  P]rnest. '  John 
O.  Lummis,  Jr.,  married  Sarah  Haines,  and 
had  four  children  —  Howard,  Frank,  John 
Milton,  and  Leslie.  Clarence  B.  Lummis 
married  Sarah  Thompson,  and  has  five  chil- 
dren—  Walter  T.,  Clarence  Percy,  Herbert, 
John  Ogden,  and  Mary  Fendell.  Edward  F. 
I,ummis  married  Catharine  Dare,  and  has 
three  children  —  Charles  William,  Martha  B., 
and  Helen. 

J.  Freileric  Lummis  was  reared  on  his 
father's  farm,  receiving  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  CedarviUc.  He  helped  his 
father  on  the  farm  and  in  the  mill  until  he 
was  about  twenty  years  of  age.  Then  he  went 
to  Philadelphia,  and  took  a  course  in  Bryant 
&  Stratton's  Business  College,  graduating 
therefrom    in     1874.      After    this    he    studied 


dentistry  in  Woodbury  with  a  brother-in-law, 
and  subsequently  passed  an  examination  in 
that  subject  by  the  State  Board  of  Dentistry. 
He  entered  upon  his  new  profession  in  Cedar- 
ville,  where  he  opened  an  office  in  1876. 
Subsequently,  in  1887,  he  opened  another 
office  in  Bridgeton.  He  attended  here  four 
days  of  every  week  until  1888,  when  he  closed 
the  office  in  Cedarville,  and  thereafter  devoted 
his  whole  time  to  his  Bridgeton  office. 

On  June  13,  1879,  Mr.  Lummis  was  united 
in  matrimony  with  Alice  M.,  daughter  of 
William  Flower,  of  Hartford,  Conn.  The 
marriage  was  blessed  by  the  birth  of  four  chil- 
dren—  Marshall  F.,  Warren  C,  Alice  May, 
and  Clara  15elle.  The  parents  are  communi- 
cants of  the  Baptist  church,  of  which  Mr. 
Lummis  is  also  a  Deacon.  He  is  likewise  a 
member  of  the  Heptasoph-P2ureka  Conclave. 
The  leading  dentist  of  Bridgeton  by  virtue  of 
devotion  to  his  profession,  and  in  the  receipt 
of  a  handsome  income  from  an  assured  patron- 
age, Mr.  Lummis  is  not  unwarrantably  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  successful  men  of  the 
county  and  a  most  creditable  product  of  his 
long  line  of  American  ancestry. 


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DWIN  CURTIS  BIDWELL,  M.D.,  a 
veteran  surgeon  of  the  Civil  War  and 
proprietor  of  one  of  the  oklest  drug  stores  in 
the  city  of  Vineland,  N.J.,  was  born  in  what 
is  now  Monterey,  Berkshire  County,  Mass., 
on  February  20,  1821,  son  of  Barnabas  and 
Betsey  (Curtis)  Bidwell. 

The   recorti    of   the   Bidwell   family    in   this 


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country  extends  over  seven  generations  before 
reaching  Dr.  Edwin  C,  the  first  progenitor  in 
this  country  being  John  Bidwell,  who  settled 
in  Hartford,  Conn.,  about  the  year  1639.  He 
was  a  large  land-owner,  and  also  owned  a  tan- 
nery. His  son,  John  Biilwell,  second,  was 
Ijorn  in  Hartford  about  1641.  He  spent  his 
life  there,  and  died  on  July  3,  1692.  On 
November  7,  1678,  he  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Sarah  Wells,  who  was  born  in 
1659,  daughter  of  Thomas  Wells  and  grand- 
daughter of  Governor  Wells,  the  seconil 
Governor  of  Connecticut.  .She  died  in  1708. 
Thomas  Bidwell,  son  of  John,  second,  and 
Sarah  Bidwell,  was  born  in  Hartford  on  De- 
cember 27,  1682.  He  was  one  of  the  leading 
merchants  of  that  city.  In  17 16,  while  on  a 
voyage  to  the  Barbadoes,  he  was  lost  at  sea. 
On  March  28,  1707,  he  married  Miss  Prudence 
Scott,  a  daughter  of  Edward  Scott,  of  New 
Haven,  Conn.  His  wife  died  on  February  14, 
1763,  having  been  the  mother  of  five  children. 
Adonijah,  the  youngest,  came  into  the 
world  after  his  father's  death,  his  birth  date 
being  October  18,  1716.  He  studied  for  the 
ministry,  and  during  the  e.\pcdition  against 
Louisburg,  Cape  ]5reton,  in  174S,  he  was 
Cha[)lain  of  the  Connecticut  Volunteers.  He 
was  the  first  settled  minister  in  the  town  of 
Tyriugham,  Mass.,  now  Monterey,  where  for 
thirty-four  years,  or  until  his  death  on  June 
2,  1784,  he  faithfully  preached  the  gospel  in 
the  Master's  name.  He  married  Miss  Jemima 
Devotion,  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Ebenezer 
Devotion,  whose  ancestry  is  traced  directly 
back  to    Edward   HI.   of    England.      Mrs.   Je- 


mima Bidwell  died  on  rY'bruary  7,  1771.  She 
and  her  husband  were  the  parents  of  four 
chiklren. 

Adonijah,  sccoiui,  their  first-born,  whose 
birth  occurred  in  Monterey  on  August  6, 
1761,  became  one  of  tiie  leading  citizens  of 
that  town.  He  was  frec|uenlly  chosen  for 
official  honors,  and  served  in  nearly  all  the 
town  offices,  also  as  a  Representative  to  the 
General  Court.  His  death  took  place  on  I'eb- 
ruary  14,  1837.  On  January  15,  1789,  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Milliccnt  Dench,  who  was 
born  on  April  4,  1764,  and  died  July  27, 
i860.  Barnabas  Bidwell,  their  fifth  child  in 
a  family  of  twelve,  was  born  in  Monterey  on 
March  13,  1796.  A  farmer  by  occupation,  he 
served  as  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  18 12.  He 
was  married  on  February  6,  1820,  to  Miss 
Betsey  Curtis,  a  daughter  of  Amasa  Curtis. 
They  had  four  children,  as  follows:  luhvin 
Curtis;  Marshall  Spring;  Orlando  Bird;  and 
Adonijah,  who  lived  to  be  but  nineteen  years 
of  age.  The  mother  died  on  October  29, 
1862,  the  father  on  April  8,  1882,  twenty 
years  later. 

Edwin  Curtis  Bidwell  received  his  early  ed- 
ucation in  the  public  schools  of  Monterey, 
and  fitted  for  college  at  Leno.x  Academy.  He 
matriculated  at  Williams  College,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1841,  and 
soon  after  entered  the  medical  department  of 
Yale  University,  completing  his  course  there 
in  1844.  He  was  then  at  Otis,  Mass.,  for 
about  a  year,  going  from  there  to  Salisbury, 
Conn.,  where  he  engaged  in  practice  for  two 
years.      At  the  end   of  that   time   he   removed 


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to  Keene,  Coshocton  County,  Ohio,  and  after 
five  years  of  successful  practice  in  that  town 
he  went  to  Ouasqueton,  Buchanan  County, 
la.,  where  he  remained  for  six  years.  His 
health  having  become  impaired,  he  then  re- 
turned to  Massachusetts,  and  was  engaged  in 
practice  in  Middlefield  until  the  beginning  of 
the  Civil  War.  In  1861  he  entered  the  army 
as  a  Surgeon  in  the  Thirty-first  Massachusetts 
Regiment,  serving  until  1S65.  The  following 
year  he  came  to  Vineland,  where  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1866  he  opened  a  drug  store,  which 
has  since  been  conducted  under  the  firm  name 
of  Bidwell  &  Co.  During  the  first  few  years 
he  was  engaged  to  a  limited  extent  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession,  but  of  late  years  he 
has  devoted  his  entire  attention  to  the  drug 
business. 

On  February  29,  1844,  he  was  joined  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Elizabeth  Ward,  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  Ward,  of  Sheffield,  Mass.  Two 
of  their  children  lived  to  maturity,  namely: 
John  Ward;  and  Elizabeth,  now  deceased. 
The  mother  died  on  January  25,  1850.  On 
October  29,  1850,  Dr.  Bidwell  was  again  mar- 
ried, this  time  to  Miss  Eveline  Rebecca  Far- 
well,  a  daughter  of  Zohar  Farwell.  By  his 
second  wife  he  has  one  son,  Charles  Sumner. 
Mrs.  P'veline  R.  F.  Bidwell  died  on  July  31, 
1855.  On  November  24,  1856,  Dr.  Bidwell 
married  his  third  wife,  Isabella  Calder  Gib- 
son, a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Hugh  Gibson.  A 
son  and  daughter  were  born  of  this  union  — 
Isabella  Jeanette  (deceased) ;  and  Edwin 
Hugh,  of  Vineland.  Their  mother  died  No- 
vember 20,  1888. 


While  residing  in  Iowa,  Dr.  Bidwell  served 
as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
Iowa  State  University,  and  in  New  Jersey 
from  1868  to  1 88 1  he  served  as  medical  ex- 
aminer for  the  pension  office.  Dr.  Bidwell 
contributed  many  articles  to  medical  jour- 
nals in  the  early  part  of  his  professional  life. 
Later  he  became  interested  in  the  study  of 
microscopic  fungi.  In  1881  the  fungus  of 
the  black  rot  of  the  grape,  Lccstadia  Bid- 
wellii,  was  discovered  by  him,  and  named  for 
him  by  Professor  Ellis.  In  politics  Dr.  Bid- 
well  was  an  anti-slavery  man  from  the  begin- 
ning, and  he  is  an  ardent  Republican  still. 


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HOMAS  S.  SIMMONS,  the  oldest  fur- 
niture dealer  and  undertaker  in  Mill- 
ville,  was  born  November  S,  1841,  in  Port 
Elizabeth,  this  county,  son  of  Fithian  S.  and 
Ellen  B.  (Smith)  Simmons.  The  family, 
which  is  of  German  origin,  was  founded  by 
the  great-grandfather  of  Thomas  S.  Daniel 
F.  Simmons,  the  grandfather,  who  was  a 
wheelwright,  moved  when  a  young  man  from 
Burlington,  Burlington  County,  to  Port  PHiza- 
beth,  where  he  afterward  died.  He  opened 
one  of  the  first  carriage  shops  in  that  town. 

Fithian  S.  Simmons,  who  was  also  a  native 
of  Port  Elizabeth,  born  August  8,  1808, 
learned  the  trade  of  wheelwright  with  his 
father,  and  carried  on  the  carriage  shop  for 
many  years.  He  also  worked  at  the  trades  of 
carpenter  and  shoemaker,  and  was  actively 
employed  until  within  a  few  years  of  his  death. 
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Overseer  of  Roads.  His  wife  was  a  daughter 
of  Wesley  Smith,  of  Port  Elizabeth,  who  was 
also  a  wheelwright,  and  died  when  compara- 
tively young.  ]\Ir.  and  Mrs.  Simmons  were 
the  parents  of  seven  children,  si.x  of  whom  at- 
tained maturity.  Their  daughter,  Elizabeth, 
married  Lewis  Sockwell,  of  Millville;  John 
S.  resides  in  Millville;  Ezekiel  fought  in  the 
late  war  with  the  Twenty-fourth  Regiment, 
New  Jersey  Volunteers,  Company  B,  and  was 
killed  in  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  Decem- 
ber 13,  1862;  Fithian  died  in  infancy;  and 
Fithian  S.  is  engaged  in  the  undertaking  busi- 
ness in  Camden,  N.J.  The  father  died  in 
Millville  in  December,  1892,  while  visiting 
his  son  Thomas.  The  mother  died  twenty 
days  after  her  husband,  being  then  seventy- 
four  years  of  age.  Both  parents  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
Three  of  their  sons  served  their  country  in  the 
late  war  —  John  S.,  Thomas  S. ,  and  P^zekiel. 

Thomas  S.  Simmons  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Port  Elizabeth  and 
Millville,  after  which  he  served  a  three  years' 
apprenticeship  with  John  W.  Hoover  to  the 
cabinet-maker's  trade.  At  the  age  of  seven- 
teen he  started  as  a  journeyman,  working  here 
and  at  Port  Elizabeth  until  his  enlistment  in 
Company  B,  Twenty-fourth  Regiment,  New 
Jersey  Volunteer  Infantry.  The  first  engage- 
ment he  took  part  in  after  joining  the  Army 
of  the  Potomac  was  that  of  Chancellorsville. 
While  in  the  service  he  was  promoted  from 
the  rank  of  Corporal  to  that  of  Sergeant.  He 
was  honorably  discharged  at  the  expiration  of 
his  term  of  service.      In  the  latter  part  of  the 


same  year,  after  his  return  to  Millville,  he 
joined  with  D.  B.  Snyder  in  the  undertaking 
business.  Mr.  Snyder  subsequently  sold  his 
remaining  interest  to  Henry  Poole,  after 
which  the  firm  was  known  as  Simmons  & 
Poole.  Eight  years  after  Mr.  Poole  retired 
from  the  firm ;  and  Mr.  Simmons  conducted 
the  business  alone  for  a  number  of  years, 
building  it  up  to  the  highest  standard.  His 
brother,  J.  S.  Simmons,  recently  joined  him, 
since  which  the  firm  name  has  been  T.  S. 
Simmons  &  Brother.  Their  present  fine 
place  of  business  is  located  at  122  North 
High  Street.  It  is  a  three-story  building, 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five  feet  deep  by  thirty 
feet  front.  Mr.  Simmons  has  buried  over 
three  thousand  persons.  P'or  the  last  five 
years  this  enterprising  man  has  been  engaged 
in  contracting  and  building.  He  erected 
Trinity  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  also  the 
fine  high-school  building  at  a  cost  of  thirty 
thousand  dollars,  besides  other  city  buildings. 
Mr.  Simmons  also  manufactures  brick  in  a 
large  yard  across  the  river,  at  the  rate  of  over 
one  million  a  year,  and  uses  them  largely  in 
his  building  operations.  He  now  owns  a  good 
deal  of  property  on  High  Street.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican,  but  he  has  no  ambition 
for  office.  He  is  a  member  of  Shekinah 
Lodge  of  Millville  and  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

On  March  5,  1866,  Mr.  Simmons  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Lorell  H.  High, 
daughter  of  Samuel  D.  High,  of  Millville. 
They  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,    of  which    Mr.    Simmons   was   steward 


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for  some  years  and  has  been  Trustee  for  a  long 
time.  Formerly  he  lived  on  High  Street  above 
Vine.  At  present  he  resides  at  322  High 
Street,  below  Vine.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Simmons 
have  no  children,  but  they  have  had  the  care 
of  a  daughter  of  Mrs.  Simmons's  brother  from 
its  early  infancy.  Mr.  Sinimons's  success  in 
business  is  a  striking  illustration  of  what  the 
coupling  of  ability  with  energy  can  attain. 


'MITH  DARE,  a  leading  farmer  of 
Fairfield  township,  was  born  Decem- 
ber 19,  1835,  in.  Stoe  Creek  town- 
ship, Cumberland  County,  son  of  Abel  S.  and 
Jane  (I lusted)  Westcott  Dare.  The  Dare  fam- 
ily is  of  English  descent.  David  Dare,  the 
grandfather  of  Smith,  lived  in  Roadstown, 
this  county,  where  lie  was  a  well-known  and 
successful  tailor.  He  and  his  wife  had  a  num- 
ber of  children,  only  three  of  whom  lived 
to  maturity  —  Isaac,  Abel  S.,  and  Amelia. 
Amelia,  now  deceased,  became  the  wife  of 
Joshua  Rhinehart,  of  Chester  County,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  had  four  children  —  Howard, 
lulgar,  Cornelia,  and  Fannie. 

Abel  S.  Dare  was  a  native  of  Roadstown, 
born  on  May  3,  1803.  With  the  exception  of 
a  few  months  spent  in  Northern  New  York, 
he  lived  on  the  farm  of  his  brother-in-law, 
Mr.  Richard  Garrison,  until  his  marriage, 
when  he  went  to  Stoe  Creek  township,  and 
rented  a  farm.  A  man  of  much  energy,  he 
afterward  became  the  owner  of  a  large  prop- 
erty, including  four  valuable  farms.  In  poli- 
tics he  affiliated  with  the   Democratic   party. 


was  elected  Surveyor  of  Highways,  and  served 
for  a  time  on  the  Town  Committee.      He  first 
married  Susan  Husted,  born  on  November   ig, 
1804,    who  died,    having  had  but    one    child, 
Ebenezer.      Ebenezer,  who  was  born   Novem- 
ber 5,   1829,  died    in    1876,  on   the  old   home- 
stead, at  the  age  of  forty-six  years.     Abel  S. 
Dare    subsequently    married    Jane     (Husted) 
Westcott,  then  a  widow,  who  was  a  sister  of 
his  first  wife  and  a  daughter  of  Daniel  Husted. 
The  children  of  this  marriage  were:   Edgar, 
David,    Smith,   and   Maria.     David  was   born 
October  6,    1833.      Maria,   who  was  born    on 
March    17,   1838,  married   Norton   L.  PauUin, 
of  Bridgeton,  this  county.     The  mother  was  a 
native  of  Fairfield  township,  born  February  7, 
1796.      She  came  of   Swedish  ancestry.      Her 
father,    Daniel,    was  an   early   settler   in    that 
township,  where  he  followed  agricultural  pur- 
suits.     Three  of    Mrs.    Jane   Dare's   children 
were  born  in  Stoe  Creek  township.      Her  hus- 
band afterward  bought  a  farm   near   Laning's 
Wharf  in  Fairfield  township,  where  he  became 
an    extensive    farmer.       They    were    formerly 
members  of  the  old  Baptist  church   in    Roads- 
town,   but    were    afterward    received    into   the 
membership  of  the  Cedarville  church.     Abel  S. 
was  an   active  worker  in  the  church,  and  offi- 
cially served  it  as  Trustee  and  Collector,      lie 
died  on  January  28,  1877,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
four  years.      His  wife  died   in  August,   1873. 
Their  son   David,  who  was  a  native  of  Stoe 
Creek,  born  October  6,  1833,  was  a  child  when 
he  came  here  with  them,  and  subsequently  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  common  schools  of 
the  town.      On   March    15,    1882,    he  married 


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Adeline  Jaggers,  daughter  of  Richard  R. 
Jaggers,  a  farmer  of  Fairfield  (the  old  town- 
ship). They  have  one  child,  Maria  P.  Dare, 
who  was  bom  April  29,  1889.  Another  child 
died  in  infancy.  Both  parents  are  highly  re- 
spected members  of  the  Baptist  church  in 
Ccdar\ille,  of  which  the  father  is  a  Deacon. 

Smith  Dare  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  Fairfield.  He  assisted  on  the  home 
farm  until  he  came  of  age.  Then  his  father 
confided  to  him  the  entire  management  of  the 
estate.  Mr.  Dare  and  his  two  brothers  are 
now  joint  owners  of  the  property.  Smith  and 
David  live  on  the  home  farm,  and  Edgar 
makes  his  home  on  the  one  at  Sayres  Neck. 
Before  Western  meat  came  in  they  were  en- 
gaged in  stock  raising,  but  recently  they  do 
more  general  farming.  Smith  and  David 
built  a  beautiful  house,  one  of  the  best  in  the 
township,  which  they  first  occupied  in  1887. 
They  are  first-class  farmers,  and  use  all  the 
latest  appliances.  While  Mr.  Smith  Dare  is 
not  an  active  politician,  still  less  an  office- 
seeker,  he  has  been  a  good  town  officer. 
After  the  division  of  Fairfield,  twelve  or  thir- 
teen years  ago,  by  the  setting  oflf  of  Ijwrencc, 
he  was  elected  the  first  F"reoholder,  and  filletl 
the  office  continuously  until  May,  1896.  He 
has  also  been  a  member  of  the  District  Stand- 
ing Committee. 


rOHX  STRATTON  REEVES,  assistant 
manager   of    Whitall,   Tatum   &  Co.'s 
South  Millville  works,  and  a  native  of 
this  county,  was  bom   February'  5,  1S31,   son 


of  Nathaniel  H.  and  Jane  (Steelman)  Reeves. 
His  grandfather,  Abraham  Reeves,  who  was  a 
lifelong  farmer  of  Port  Elizabeth,  N.J.,  died 
in  that  place  on  December  24,  1838,  in  the 
seventy-fifth  year  of  his  age. 

Nathaniel  H.  Reeves  was  born  at  Port 
Elizabeth  on  January  27,  1795.  Although 
the  opportunities  for  schooling  in  those  days 
were  oftentimes  very  limited,  it  was  his 
privilege  to  attend  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town.  After  acquiring  his  education 
he  remained  with  his  father  on  the  farm 
until  he  was  of  age.  He  then  rented  a 
farm,  and  was  successfully  engaged  in  carry- 
ing it  on  until  by  his  father's  death  the  old 
homestead  came  to  him  by  inheritance.  Soon 
after  he  took  up  his  residence  there,  and  car- 
ried on  the  farm  with  profit  until  about  three 
years  before  his  death.  At  that  time  he  came 
to  Millville,  and  thereafter  lived  in  practical 
retirement.  He  served  for  many  years  as  a 
Freeholder.  His  wife,  Jane,  was  a  daughter 
of  Charles  Steelman,  who  resided  near  Tucka- 
hoe,  N.J.  Of  the  union  there  were  b<irn 
eleven  chiKlren,  of  whom  but  one  did  not  at- 
tain maturity.  They  were:  Harriet,  born 
May  3,  1R19,  now  deceased,  who  married  Na- 
thaniel Foster,  of  Millville;  Elmer  antl  Al- 
fred, born  respectively  on  January  S,  1S21, 
and  October  11,  1822,  who  were  drowned  at 
sea  on  November  22,  1S46;  Jane  Ann,  bom 
December  17,  1824,  the  widow  of  Lewis 
Gandy,  of  Tuckahoe;  Eliza,  bom  June  25, 
1826,  the  wife  of  Lewis  C.  Stanley,  of  Mill- 
ville; Nathaniel  Reeves,  Jr.,  born  April  16, 
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sketch;  Smith,  born  May  lO,  1834,  who  re- 
sides in  New  York  City;  Ellis,  born  Novem- 
ber 10,  1837,  who  lives  in  Millville;  and 
Lydia  Smith,  born  July  11,  1839,  the  widow 
of  Daniel  Hires. 

John  Stratton  Reeves  acquired  his  education 
in  the  common  schools  of  Millville.  After 
leaving  school  he  learned  the  glass-blowing 
trade,  and  was  successfully  engaged  in  that 
trade  for  nineteen  years.  In  1S69  he  was 
made  assistant  manager  of  Whitall,  Tatum  & 
Co.'s  South  Millville  works.  In  this  position 
now  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century,  he 
has  proved  himself  one  of  the  most  faithful 
and  efficient  men  in  the  company's  employ- 
ment. On  June  23,  1852,  Mr.  Reeves  was 
joined  in  marriage  with  Miss  Althea  Camp- 
bell, a  daughter  of  William  Campbell,  of 
Dividing  Creek,  this  county.  His  children 
are:  Lewis,  Henry,  and  Clara.  Clara  is  now 
the  wife  of  Samuel  Stanger,  of  Millville. 

In  politics  Mr.  Reeves  is  a  firm  Republican. 
Among  the  responsible  official  positions  that 
he  has  held  are  those  of  City  Assessor  in 
Ward  2  and  School  Trustee.  In  1871  he 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  City  Council 
from  the  Second  Ward,  and  re-elected  in  1874, 
serving  all  together  six  years,  during  which 
time  he  was  a  member  at  different  times  of  all 
the  committees.  He  is  a  member  of  Millville 
Lodge,  No.  47,  Indei)endent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  which  he  is  Past  Grand;  and  he 
served  as  a  representative  to  the  Grand  Lodge 
in  1858.  He  has  membership  also  in  the  Im- 
proved Order  of  Heptasophs,  Knights  of 
Honor,  and  Chosen  Friends.      Mr.  Reeves  and 


his  wife  are  among  the  oldest  and  most  es- 
teemed members  of  the  First  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church  of  Millville,  and  he  has  served 
as  its  Recording  Secretary  for  twenty-five 
years. 

ON.  JOSIAH  B.  COMER,  the  Mayor 
of  Millville  from  1877  to  1886  and 
the  only  one  that  has  filled  the 
office  a  third  term,  was  born  July  14,  1822, 
near  Fairton  village,  in  Fairfield  township, 
this  county,  son  of  John  and  Ruth  (Bennett) 
Comer.  The  family  is  of  German  origin. 
When  quite  young  his  father,  who  had  resided 
for  a  number  of  years  in  Fairfield,  moved  to 
the  lower  end  of  Gloucester  County,  where  he 
died  in  1830.  His  mother,  a  native  of  Fair- 
ton,  was  a  daughter  of  Samuel  ]?ennctt,  an  old 
resident  of  the  county.  Of  the  ten  children 
of  John  Coiner  the  following  is  recorded: 
John  is  a  resident  of  Camden,  N.J.  ;  Nathan 
resides  in  Millville;  Joseph,  in  Haleyville, 
N.J.  ;  George  went  West;  Rebecca  is  the 
widow  of  William  Righter,  of  Philadelphia; 
Israel,  who  was  for  some  time  a  resident  of 
Williamstown,  N.J.,  died  there  in  1895;  and 
Sarah,  Catherine,  and  Ruth  are  also  deceased. 
The  mother,  who  was  a  Presbyterian,  passed 
the  last  days  of  her  life  with  her  daughter 
Rebecca. 

The  Hon.  Josiah  B.  Comer,  though  a  man 
of  culture,  attended  school  for  only  si.\  or 
seven  weeks.  Obliged  to  earn  his  living 
from  an  early  age,  he  studied  evenings,  after 
working  hours,  until  he  had  a  good  education. 
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Grove,  Cumberland  County,  working  at  what- 
ever offered  itself;  and  later  he  was  a  resident 
of  F'orest  Grove,  Gloucester  County,  where 
he  superintended  a  saw-mill.  In  1866  he 
moved  to  Millville.  Here  he  had  charge  of  a 
saw-mill  for  six  or  seven  years,  and  became 
prominent  as  a  strong  advocate  of  temperance. 
In  1877  he  was  elected  Mayor  on  a  temperance 
issue,  and  the  first  six  years  of  his  adminis- 
tration were  devoted  to  a  crusade  against  the 
liquor  sellers.  The  term  of  office  being  three 
years,  his  three  successive  elections  kept  him 
in  the  mayoral  chair  nine  years  in  all.  He 
accomplished  a  great  work,  effectually  stop- 
ping, for  the  time  being,  the  illegal  sale  of 
liquor;  and  the  resulting  order  and  prosperity 
in  the  city  were  matter  for  congratulation. 
Among  the  many  improvements  made  in  the 
city  during  his  official  life  may  be  mentioned 
the  construction  of  the  water  works.  Mr. 
Comer  is  now  living  retired  at  his  pleasant 
home,  [7  Broad  Street,  Millville,  where  he 
has  resided  since  1866. 

He  was  married  in  1845  to  Miss  Amy 
Down,  of  Downsville,  Gloucester  County,  and 
became  the  father  of  seven  children.  I""ive  of 
tiie  number  are  now  living.  Rutii  is  the 
wife  of  Isaac  Finch,  of  X'inelar.d,  this  cfiunty; 
Rebecca  is  the  wife  of  Wilbur  X.  Pan- 
coast;  Lizzie  is  with  her  father;  Sarah  is 
the  widow  of  John  Henderson,  of  Cape  May 
County;  Letta,  deceased,  was  the  wife  of 
Aldorus  Aldrich;  lunma  died  at  the  age 
of  eighteen  years;  and  Percy  is  foreman  at 
the  glass  factory  of  Whitall,  Tatum  &  Co. 
Mrs.    Comer  died    December   16,    1885.      Mr. 


Comer  belongs  to  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  and  has  filled  the  office  of  Past 
Grand  of  his  lodge;  and  he  attended  the 
Grand  Lodge  at  different  times.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Senior  Order  of  American  Me- 
chanics. He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  in  which  he  has 
officiated  as  Trustee,  steward,  class  leader,  and 
Sunday-school  sujierintendent. 


LLEN  ROGERS  SHINN,  Sheriff  of 
Cumberland  County,  was  born  at 
Haleyville,  N.J.,  on  October  14, 
1847,  son  of  Allen  R.  and  Abigail  (Compton) 
Shinn.  His  grandfather,  Samuel  Shinn,  wiio 
was  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and 
spent  his  life  in  Burlington  County,  was  acci- 
dentally killed  by  the  fall  of  a  tree.  Samuel 
Shinn  married  Miss  Hannah  Taylor,  who  sur- 
vived him,  living  to  the  very  advanced  age  of 
ninety-four  years. 

Allen  R.  Shinn,  Sr. ,  was  born  near  Mount 
Holly,  Burlington  County,  in  the  year  1801. 
He  was  a  3'oung  boy  at  the  time  of  his  father's 
death.  When  about  twenty  years  old  he  came 
to  Cumberland  County  with  Marmaduke 
Taylor,  settling  in  Mauricetown.  He  after- 
ward lived  for  many  years  in  Haleyville, 
where  he  followed  farming  with  success.  He 
also  dealt  in  wood  and  hoop  poles,  and  was  a 
prominent  man.  The  only  public  office  in 
which  he  consented  to  serve  was  that  of  School 
Trustee,  to  which  he  was  successively  elected 
for  several  terms,  until  advancing  years  led 
him   to   decline    further   nomination.      In    his 


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younger  days  he  was  a  Whig,  but  after  the 
formation  of  the  Republican  party  he  became 
one  of  its  strong  advocates.  His  wife,  Abi- 
gail, was  a  daughter  of  Gilbert  Compton. 
Her  ancestors  were  among  the  early  settlers 
of  South  Jersey,  and  the  names  of  some  of 
them  ajipcar  on  the  roll  of  those  who  fought 
for  American  independence.  She  bore  her 
husband  nine  children,  all  of  whom  attained 
maturity.  The  family  were  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  The  father  died 
in    October,    1S84,    and   the   mother    in   April, 

1873- 

Allen  Rogers  Shinn  received  his  education 
in  the  schools  of  Halcyville,  after  which 
he  continued  to  live  with  his  parents  until  he 
was  twenty-two  years  old.  At  that  time  he 
purchased  a  part  of  the  home  farm,  and  en- 
gaged in  market  gardening  for  the  New  York 
and  Philadelphia  trade.  At  the  same  time  he 
managed  his  father's  part  of  the  farm.  He 
was  profitably  occupied  in  this  way  until  he 
purchased  the  mail  and  stage  line  connecting 
Ileislerville,  Lecsburg,  Uorchestcr,  Port  I^liz- 
abeth,  and  Manumuskin  station  on  the  Cape 
May  &  Camden  Railroad,  a  route  of  eleven 
miles.  This  he  subsequently  sold,  and  en- 
gaged in  the  livery  business  at  Mauricctown, 
which  in  tiie  following  year  he  sold  to  his 
brothers-in-law,  and  purchased  the  stage  line 
from  Tuckahoe  to  Woodbine  station  in  Cape 
May  County.  Afier  running  this  for  a  year, 
he  sold,  and  bought  a  livery  business  at  Vine- 
land,  which  he  conducted  successfully  until 
his  election  to  the  office  of  Sheriff  of  Cumber- 
land County  on    November  7,   1893.      On   that 


occasion  he  received  one  thousand,  eight  hun- 
dred, and  seventy-si.x  votes.  On  the  15th  of 
that  month  he  took  the  oath  of  office,  and  has 
since  made  his  home  in  this  city.  Although 
his  official  business  has  been  nearly  double 
that  of  previous  terms,  his  duties  have  been 
performed  in  a  most  creditable  manner.  He 
has  shown  himself  to  be  thoroughly  qualified, 
and  a  man  who  can  be  relied  upon  for  faith- 
ful service. 

On  New  Year's  Day,  1870,  Mr.  Shinn  was 
married  to  Miss  Sally  Robinson,  a  daughter  of 
Thomas  Robinson,  of  Dividing  Creek.  They 
have  five  children,  as  follows:  Abigail,  who 
is  the  wife  of  Herbert  Perrigo,  of  Vineland, 
and  has  two  children;  Arthur,  who  is  in  the 
trainmaster's  office  of  the  W'est  Jersey  Rail- 
road at  Camden;  Thomas  R.,  a  student  of  the 
West  Jersey  Institute;  Wilson  B.  ;  and 
Mamie.  The  family  attend  and  support  the 
Methodist  ICpiscopal  church.  Mr.  Shinn  has 
supported  the  Republican  party  from  the  time 
he  was  old  enough  to  cast  a  vote.  He  belongs 
to  the  lirotherhood  of  the  Union,  and  is  a 
member  of  both  Vineland  Lodge,  No.  69,  and 
luireka  Chapter  of  the  Masonic  Order. 


,APTAIN  DeMOTT  SHAW,  formerly 
a  seaman  for  many  years,  but  at  the 
]iresent  time  successfully  engaged 
in  the  coal  and  wood  business  at  Millville, 
was  born  February  16,  1840,  at  Rockaway, 
near  Rockaway  Beach,  L.I.,  son  of  DeMott 
and  ICliza  (Prower)  Shaw.  His  grand- 
father on   the   paternal  side  was  Henry  Shavi', 


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a  successful  farmer  of  Long  Island.  DeMott 
Shaw,  who  was  a  native  of  Rockaway,  lived 
there  until  after  his  marriage.  He  then 
removed  to  Seaville,  Cape  May  County,  N.J., 
where  he  was  afterward  profitably  engaged  in 
the  oyster  business.  His  wife,  Eliza,  bore 
him  two  sons  and  a  daughter — Henry,  De- 
Mott, Jr.,  and  Eliza.  Henry  is  a  resident  of 
Cape  May  County;  and  Eliza  is  the  wife  of 
Chester  J.  Todd.  The  mother's  death  oc- 
curred many  years  ago.  Both  parents  were 
communicants  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church. 

Captain  DeMott  Shaw  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  Seaview,  Atlantic  County.  His 
first  experience  on  the  sea  was  obtained  in  his 
fatlver"s  oyster-boat.  He  continued  to  assist 
his  father  until  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age, 
at  which  time  he  secured  a  position  on  board 
a  coastin-g-vessel.  Within  six  years  after,  he 
worked  his  way  up  to  the  rank  of  captain,  and 
had  command  of  a  vessel.  Thereafter  it  was 
his  custom  to  make  trips  from  Philadelphia  to 
New  England  seaports  in  the  summer  and  to 
the  Gulf  of  Mexico  and  South  American  ports 
in  the  winter.  He  invariably  owned  an  inter- 
est in  the  different  vessels  he  sailed.  One  of 
these,  the  "Ann  H.  Hickman,"  jniilt  at  Mill- 
ville,  struck  a  wreck  at  sea;  and  he  was 
obliged  to  make  for  the  beach  iti  order  to  keep 
from  sinking.  At  the  time  of  the  Civil  War 
he  was  engaged  in  the  government  service, 
transporting  army  supplies  of  all  kinds,  during 
which  he  had  s:)me  narrow  escapes  from  fall- 
ing into  the  hands  of  the  enemy.  In  1884, 
while  managing  owner  of  the  schooner  "Anna 


L.  Mulford,"  he  employed  a  good  sailing- 
master  to  relieve  him  of  the  command  when 
he  desired.  Four  years  later  he  finally 
abandoned  seafaring,  and  started  his  coal  and 
wood  business  in  High  Street  at  Millville. 
A  switch  from  the  New  Jersey  Railroad  hav- 
ing a  long  frontage  on  this  street  makes  the 
location  an  especially  desirable  one  for  his 
business.  At  present  Captain  Shaw  has  the 
largest  trade  and  yard  in  the  city,  and  gives 
employment  to  four  men.  He  is  also  largely 
interested  in  real  estate  and  ship  property. 

On  January  24,  1867,  Captain  Shaw  was 
married  to  Miss  Emma  B.  Shaw,  a  daughter 
of  Simon  -Shaw,  of  Reeves  Mill,  near  Mill- 
ville. They  have  one  daughter,  Mary  E. 
The  family  attend  and  support  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  of  wliich  the  wife  and 
daughter  are  members.  They  reside  in  their 
pleasant  home  at  the  corner  of  Second  and 
Millliury  Streets,  which  has  been  Captain 
Shaw's  property  for  the  past  twenty-two  years. 


M 


AX'II)  II.  McBRIDE,  who  during 
1(7)  J  '^'^  busy  and  useful  life  filled  many 
prominent  positions  in  his  native 
county,  of  which  he  was  at  one  time  Sheriff, 
was  born  in  Pxnvcntowii,  Cumberland  Count)-, 
N.J.,  November  24,   1834. 

He  was  a  son  of  Lewis  and  Rebecca 
(Bovven)  McBride;  and  it  seems  a  pretty  co- 
incidence that  he  was  born  in  the  same  house 
in  which  his  mother  first  saw  the  world's 
light,  in  the  same  room,  and  on  the  same  day 
of   the   month.      He   was  two   years  old   when 


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his  parents  moved  to  Bridgeton,  N.J.;  and 
here  his  childhood  was  passed.  He  attended 
the  common  schools  of  Bridgeton,  and  was 
also  a  student  at  the  old  Shiloh  Academy. 
Having  determined  to  be  a  farmer,  he,  with 
a  wisdom  beyond  his  years,  took  a  special 
course  in  chemistry,  as  a  knowledge  of  the 
properties  of  the  soil  would  be  of  great  ad- 
vantage to  one  desiring  to  cultivate  the  fruits 
of  mother  earth  intelligently  and  to  the  great- 
est profit.  He  then  spent  two  years  as  a  farm 
hand,  learning  all  the  details  of  the  laborious 
work  practically.  At  the  end  of  this  period 
of  experimental  labor  he  began  to  take  charge 
of  his  father's  farm,  and  while  engaged  in  this 
wise  he  was  married.  Mr.  McBride  contin- 
ued on  the  farm  for  some  time,  becoming 
more  successful  each  year,  and  gaining  quite 
a  reputation  in  the  township.  During  this 
period  he  became  deeply  interested  in  the  old 
Agricultural  Society,  and  was  for  many  years 
its  Secretary,  even  after  leaving  the  farm 
being  still  one  of  its  most  active  officials  and 
supporters.  I^^our  years  after  his  marriage  he 
left  Howentown  and  moved  to  Bridgeton, 
where  he  gave  up  his  former  o(cu]iation  to 
engage  in  mercantile  life. 

His  first  venture  in  tiiis  line  was  as  a  dealer 
in  hay,  wood,'  and  coal,  and  his  stand  was  on 
Ikoad  Street  near  Cohansey  River,  he  having 
bought  the  property  there  which  is  now 
owned  by  Fithian  &  I'ennell.  -So  successful 
was  he  in  this  enterprise  that  he  soon  added 
to  his  wares  wagons,  all  sorts  of  agricultural 
iin]denients,  and  seeds.  He  was  agent  for 
the  Buckeye  mower;  and  as  at  that  time  mow- 


ing machines  were  new,  he  made  a  handsome 
profit  by  the  sales  of  these  popular  imple- 
ments. His  traffic,  indeed,  was  growing 
apace,  he  having  had  the  shrewdness  to  buy 
out  the  business  as  well  as  the  property  of  the 
old  firm  which  he  succeeded.  He  continued 
in  this  line  of  trade  until  1878,  when  he  was 
elected  to  the  office  of  Sheriff  of  Cumberland 
County.  Charles  E.  Mulford,  his  brother-in- 
law,  was  now  taken  into  partnership  with  him, 
this  giving  him  an  opportunity  to  discharge 
his  official  duties. 

During  the  three  years'  of  his  incumbency 
Sheriff  McBride  was  faithful  and  diligent  in 
his  service  to  the  public,  and  became  a  great 
favorite  generally.  He  was  a  man  of  strong 
political  influence,  which  was  always  wielded 
in  behalf  of  the  party  to  which  he  had  plighted 
his  allegiance,  the  Republican.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Republican  Committee,  and 
was  a  delegate  to  State  and  other  less  impor- 
tant conventions.  A  large-minded  spirit  for 
general  improvement  characterized  this  gentle- 
man, and  he  spared  no  effort  within  his  i)ower 
to  advance  the  best  interests  of  his  town  and 
county.  After  the  expiration  of  his  term  of 
office  as  Sheriff,  he  became  connectetl  with 
the  Eastlake  Glass  Company,  buying  out  the 
interest  of  John  Bowen,  of  Kirby  &  Bowen, 
and  becoming  the  practical  man  of  the  com- 
pany. Under  his  able  management  the  fac- 
tory was  enlarged  and  the  business  increased. 
His  widow  still  retains  an  interest  in  this  en- 
terprise, her  share  consisting  of  a  five-pot 
furnace. 

Mr.    McBride    was    married    on   January    2, 


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1856,  to  Caroline  D.  Miilford,  a  native  of 
Bridgeton,  where  she  was  born  October  11, 
1S34.  Her  parents  were  Jonathan  and  Cath- 
erine (Hay)  Mulford.  Jonathan  Mulford,  her 
father,  was  born  May  6,  1800,  in  Greenwich 
township,  this  county.  He  lived  there  until 
he  grew  up,  and  then  came  to  liridgeton, 
where  he  was  employed  in  what  is  known  as 
Elmer's  mill,  near  East  lake  on  East  Com- 
merce Street.  After  a  few  years  of  efficient 
service  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  mill, 
and  became  the  head  miller  of  the  largest 
mill  for  many  a  mile  around.  He  was  indus- 
trious and  faithful,  and  a  large  custom  trade 
was  established.  Mr.  Mulford  married  Miss 
Catherine  Hay,  daughter  of  John  and  I^arbara 
Hay,  who  were  residents  of  Baltimore,  but  of 
Dutch  ancestry  and  of  Pennsylvania  birth. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hay  came  to  Baltimore  in  1812, 
and  in  1825  their  daughter  came  to  Bridgeton 
to  bring  a  family  of  orphaned  children  to  the 
home  of  a  relative,  Mr.  Robert  Dare.  When 
Miss  Hay  had  made  ready  to  return,  her  little 
charges  raised  such  lamentations  that  she  con- 
sented to  remain.  This  prolongation  of  her 
stay  in  Bridgeton  resulted  in  her  marriage  to 
Jonathan  Mulford,  which  was  solemnized 
March  15,  1827.  Mr.  Mulford  died  in  his 
forty-ninth  year,  August  16,  1849.  Mrs. 
Mulford  moved  to  Dayton,  Ohio,  after  her 
husband's  death,  remaining  there  for  five 
years,  and  then  returning  to  Bridgeton,  where 
she  lived  until  her  death,  which  occurred 
March  26,  1879,  at  the  age  of  eighty  years. 
Mrs.  Mulford  had  the  happiness  of  rearing  a 
large  family,  all    of  whom   have   filled   honor- 


able places.  They  were:  Francis,  now  of 
Dayton,  Ohio;  Tillie  T.,  who  has  always, 
with  short  exceptions,  lived  in  Bridgeton; 
Lorenzo,  a  resident  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  Car- 
oline, Mrs.  McBriile;  Charles  K.,  of  Bridge- 
ton;  and  Clarence,  the  youngest-born,  who 
died  from  a  wound  received  in  the  Civil  War, 
or  rather  from  the  effects  of  this  wound. 
Both  of  Mrs.  McBride's  parents  were  members 
of  the  old  F'irst  Church  at  Bridgeton. 

David  H.  and  Caroline  D.  (Mulford)  Mc- 
Bride  became  the  parents  of  eight  children, 
only  one  of  whom  is  now  living,  David  H., 
Jr.,  born  May  27,  1S75.  The  others  were: 
Katie,  who  lived  to  be  eighteen  years  of  age, 
and  died  in  the  promise  of  a  sweet  woman- 
hood; Harriet,  who  lived  to  be  seven;  Carrie, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  two  and  a  half  years; 
Sallie,  who  passed  into  the  abode  of  the 
blessed  in  her  stainless  infancy,  having  lived 
on  earth  but  three  months;  Jennie,  who  died 
at  two  and  a  half  years,  just  after  the  birth  of 
her  brother,  Howard,  who  tarried  with  his  par- 
ents for  the  brief  space  of  seven  months;  and 
Flora,  who  died  at  thirteen  months. 

Mrs.  McBride  has  long  been  a  consistent 
member  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Bridgeton,  of  which  her  husband  was  a  Trus- 
tee and  for  many  years  President  of  the  Board. 
He  was  very  domestic  in  his  tastes,  and  be- 
longed to  but  one  social  organization,  Brearly 
Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  In  the  death  of 
David  H.  McBride  on  the  17th  of  October, 
1894,  leaving  a  sad  vacancy  in  the  home 
circle,  the  community  exi^erienced  the  loss  of 
a  valued   citizen,    who    was    taken    from   their 


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midst  in  the  strength  of  manhood,  not  much 
beyond  its  prime,  and  still  full  of  spiritual 
youth  and  vigor.  Mr.  McBride  has  left  to  his 
son  the  inheritance  of  an  honored  name,  re- 
vered alike  in  business,  social,  and  religious 
circles  of  his  fellow-citizens. 


KEWIS  McBRlDE,  who  was  for  many 
years  an  influential  and  highly  es- 
"^  teemed  citizen  of  Ikidgeton,  N.J., 
was  born  in  1797  in  Burlington  County,  this 
State.  He  attended  the  schools  of  the  neigh- 
borhood until  his  fifteenth  year,  when  he  was 
apprenticed  to  a  wheelwj-ight  and  carriage 
builder,  by  the  name  of  Samuel  Stack,  to 
learn  from  him  the  two  trades.  His  term  of 
apprenticeship  lasted  for  six  years,  terminat- 
ing just  as  he  reached  his  majority.  In  1818 
he  came  to  Bridgeton,  where  after  a  period  of 
unremitting  labor  and  by  force  of  superior 
skill  in  his  work  he  finally  established  a  large 
business  as  a  manufacturer  of  carriages  and 
heavy  wagons.  So  extensively  was  he  en- 
srased  in  this  line  of  manufacture  that  he  em- 
ployed  as  many  as  eighteen  men  in  his  shops, 
which  will  be  noted  as  a  large  number,  when 
it  is  remembered  that  this  was  long  before 
there  were  monopolies  in  trade.  The  McBride 
wagons  soon  gained  a  wide  reputation  for  du- 
rability and  excellence  of  quality,  and  the 
Bridgeton  manufacturer  achieved  financial 
success. 

The  year  1822  was  an  eventful  one  in 
Lewis  McBride's  life,  as  it  was  within  its 
round  of  months   that   he   was   united   in   mar- 


riage to  Miss  Rebecca  Bowen,  of  Hopeville. 
Miss  Bowen  was  a  daughter  of  Daniel  Bowen,  a 
representative  of  one  of  the  oldest  families  in 
the  county.  The  children  born  to  Lewis  and 
Rebecca  (Bowen)  McBride  were:  I'hcebe,  who 
became  the  wife  of  Joel  Fithian,  and  is  no 
longer  living;  Edward,  who  married  Mrs. 
Harriet  Packard,  and  is  now  a  resident  of 
South  Omaha;  Lewis,  who  married  Miss  Ruth 
Harris;  Rebecca,  who  married  the  Rev.  Jo- 
seph HubbartI,  and  is  now  dead ;  David, 
wiiose  biography  may  be  found  elsewhere  in 
this  volume;  Jesse,  a  physician  in  Columbia, 
Pa. ;  and  Louisa,  who  married  Francis  Clunn, 
now  of  Chicago. 

In  matters  of  public  import  Lewis  Mc- 
Bride took  great  interest,  and  wielded  a 
marked  influence.  For  many  years  he  was  a 
Whig,  and  was  a  Director  of  the  Board  of 
County  Freeholders.  Various  offices  of  trust 
were  given  him  by  the  vote  of  the  people  of 
his  section.  He  was  the  first  superintendent 
of  public  schools  in  Bridgeton,  which  position 
he  filled  until  his  death,  and  was  also  the  first 
President  of  the  County  Agricultural  Society, 
and  held  the  same  office  in  the  Cumberland 
Steamboat  Company.  Mr.  McBride  was  a 
member  ami  liberal  supporter  of  the  Second 
Presbyterian  Church  of  his  town,  and  was  one 
of  the  Elders  of  it  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
which  occurred  October,  1864,  in  his  sixty- 
seventh  year.  Mrs.  McBride  passed  into 
spiritual  life  in  the  July  of  1882. 

The  McBride  family  is  now  represented  by 
a  younger  generation,  and  it  may  be  hoped 
that  its  present  and  future  representatives  will 


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live  up  to  the  high  standard  of  those  who 
have  left  behind  them  the  examples  of  godly 
lives. 


-ONATHAN  S.  WHITAKER,  M.D., 
for  many  years  one  of  the  leading  gen- 
eral practitioners  of  South  Jersey,  was 
born  January  26,  1823,  in  Ccdarville,  Cum- 
berland County,  son  of  Thomas  and  Deborah 
S.  Whitakcr.  He  was  a  student  at  Hridgeton 
Academy  contemporaneously  with  Furman 
Sheppard,  afterward  District  Attorney  for 
Philadelphia,  and  graduated  from  Jefferson 
Medical  College  in  1848.  Much  of  his  early 
life  was  passed  in  Ccntrcton,  N.J.  His  first 
general  practice  was  in  Salem  County,  his 
home  being  in  Elmer  till  1864,  when  he 
moved  to  Millville,  this  county.  In  that 
place  he  had  a  large  practice,  to  which  he 
gave  his  attention  till  1S91,  when  on  ac- 
count of  failing  health  he  retired.  Dr.  Whit- 
akcr was  an  active  member  of  the  Cumberland 
Medical  Society,  which  he  served  at  one  time 
as  its  President  and  at  another  as  its  dele- 
gate to  State  and  national  medical  societies. 
As  a  medical  man  he  had  a  successful  and 
liouorable  career. 

Dr.  Whitakcr  for  years  was  active  in  poli- 
tics as  a  leading  member  of  the  Democratic 
party.  He  was  nominated  for  State  Senator 
in  1880.  This  was  the  year  of  the  exciting 
Garfield  campaign.  Though  a  Democrat  in  a 
Republican  district,  his  opponent  was  elected 
by  a  surprisingly  small  majority.  While  a 
resident  of  Elmer  (or  Pittstown),  he  was  nom- 
inated for  the  Assembly,  and  was  defeated  by 


two  or  three  votes  only;  while  he  received 
every  vote  cast  in  Pitt's  Grove  township  —  a 
flattering  tribute.  In  1881  he  was  appointed 
Judge  of  the  Court  of  Ivrrors  and  Appeals  by 
Governor  Ludlow,  nnw  a  judge,  anil  was  reap- 
pointed at  the  expiration  of  his  term  by 
Governor  Abbott.  This  position  he  held  for 
two  terms  of  five  years  each.  An  acli\e 
worker  for  the  Democratic  party,  he  was  a  del- 
egate to  many  im[)ortaiit  conventions,  Chair- 
man of  the  County  Convention  for  a  number 
of  years,  and  also  Chairman  of  the  Democratic 
County  Committee.  For  a  number  of  years 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Millville  School 
Board. 

The  Doctor  married  Miss  Mary  Johnson,  f)f 
Elmer,  daughter  of  Jolm  Jolinson.  Mr.  John- 
son, who  was  an  old  and  prominent  resident  of 
Elmer,  was  a  miller  by  occupation,  and  served 
as  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  in  other  official 
capacities.  Dr.  Whitaker  reared  four  chil- 
dren, namely:  Lilly,  the  wife  of  William 
Hitzman,  of  Millville;  Thomas,  who  was 
Mayor  of  Millville  from  1  S89  till  1895;  John 
J.,  also  of  Millville;  anil  Lizzie  C,  the  wife 
of  George  Hogan,  likewise  residing  in  Mill- 
ville. Dr.  Whitaker  is  Past  Grand  of  Grotto 
Lodge  of  Ccntrcton,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  P'ellows,  which  he  founded  some  time 
prior  to  1850;  and  Past  Grand  Master  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  State.  He  is  also  Past 
Master  of  Shekinah  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
Past  High  Priest  of  Richmond  Chapter,  and 
Past  Eminent  Commander  of  Olivet  Com- 
mandery,  and  by  virtue  of  his  office  attended 
the  Grand    Lodge,  Grand    Chapter,  and   Grand 


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Comniandery.  As  a  Knight  of  Pythias  he  has 
been  very  prominent,  and  remained  with  the 
old  lodo-e  at  the  time  of  its  division. 


/T^OLONEL  GEORGE  AVERY 
\J\  CHEP^VER,  a  paper  box  manufact- 
^ — -^  urer  and  prominent  citizen  of  V^ine- 
land,  N.J.,  was  born  in  Medway,  IVIass.,  on 
November  24,  1843,  son  of  David  Avery  and 
Susan  (Ruggles)  Cheever.  His  grandfather, 
Ariel  Cheever,  was  bcrn  in  Wrenthani,  Mass., 
in  1770.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade  and 
also  a  farmer.  During  the  War  of  1812  he 
enlisted  as  a  private  in  a  company  that  was 
organized  in  Wrentham,  and  at  his  discharge 
had  risen  to  the  rank  of  Colonel.  He  mar- 
ried Miss  Nancy  Grant,  a  cousin  to  Jesse 
Grant,  the  father  of  General  Ulysses  S. 
Grant. 

Their  son,  David  Avery  Cheever,  was  born 
in  Wrentham  in  18 13.  Plaving  acquired  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  town, 
he  went  to  Medway,  Mass.,  and  entered  the 
employ  of  two  older  brothers,  who  were  en- 
gaged in  a  general  mercantile  business.  After 
working  for  them  eight  years  he  removed  to 
West  Medway,  and  started  a  general  store  on 
his  own  account,  which  he  conducted  up  to 
1859.  P'or  four  years  thereafter  he  livetl  in 
Canton,  Mass.,  where  he  carried  on  a  general 
store.  In  1867  he  came  to  Vineland  and  es- 
tablished a  paper  box  manufactory,  and  did  a 
profitable  business  in  this  line  until  his  death 
on  March  17,  1882.  Under  President  l-'ill- 
more's  administration  he  was  appointed    Post- 


master of  Medway,  and  he  held  the  ofifice  for 
eight  years.  He  was  Deputy  Sheriff  of  Nor- 
folk County,  Massachusetts,  for  four  years. 
Assessor  of  Medwa'y  for  three  years,  and  Se- 
lectman of  that  town  for  many  years.  The 
fire  department  of  Medway  was  organized 
under  his  leadership,  and  for  many  years  he 
was  its  Chief  Engineer.  Pie  was  a  member  of 
the  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  His  wife,  Susan, 
was  a  daughter  of  Abram  and  Esther  (Cum- 
mings)  Ruggles.  Their  marriage  took  jilace 
in  1 841.  A  son  and  daughter  were  born  to 
them;  namely.  Pollen  M.  and  George  Avery. 
The  parents  attended  and  supported  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  of  which  the  mother  was  a 
member. 

George  Avery  Cheever  was  an  attendant  of 
the  public  schools  of  Medway  until  he  was 
twelve  years  old,  then  on  account  of  the  fre- 
quent change  of  teachers  in  the  schools  his 
father  took  him  into  his  store  and  personally 
taught  him.  He  remained  in  his  father's 
store  until  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  \Var. 
Three  weeks  before  open  hostilities  were 
begun  he  became  a  member  of  Company  A  of 
the  Fourth  Regiment  of  Massachusetts  Volun- 
teer Militia.  As  soon  as  the  news  of  the 
attack  on  P'ort  Sumter  reached  Boston,  the 
regiment  was  ordered  to  assemble  on  Boston 
Common,  where  it  was  reviewed  by  Governor 
Andrew,  who  in  his  address  to  them  said 
that  he  had  not  the  authority  to  order  the  regi- 
ment outside  the  State,  and  called  for  volun- 
teers for  three  months  to  step  forward  two 
paces.  The  regiment  iiromjjtly  resixinded  to  a 
man.     -They    were    sent    to    P'ortress    Monroe, 


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where  they  mounted  guns,  from  there  to 
Hampton,  and  thence  to  Newport  News, 
which  they  fortified,  remaining  at  the  last- 
named  place  about  six  weeks.  His  time  hav- 
ing then  expired,  Mr.  Cheever  retiuMied  home 
in  August,   1861 . 

In  November  of  that  year  he  re-enlisted 
for  three  years  in  Company  K  of  the  First 
Battalion  of  Massachusetts  Heavy  Artillery, 
which  was  sent  down  Boston  Harbor  to  Fort 
Warren,  and  remained  there  until  March  i, 
1S62.  A  regiment  having  been  formed  by  the 
addition  of  four  battalions,  known  as  the 
Thirty-second  Regiment  of  Massachusetts  Vol- 
unteer Infantry,  they  were  then  sent  to  Fair- 
fax Court-house,  and  thence  to  Alexandria, 
Va.,  where  they  took  a  steamer  up  the  James 
River  to  Harrison's  Landing.  Arriving  there 
during  the  progress  of  the  battle  of  Malvern 
Hill,  they  were  drawn  up  as  a  reserve,  and, 
although  not  actively  engaged  in  the  battle, 
were  exposed  to  the  enemy's  fire.  Following 
that,  he  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Fredericks- 
burg, Chancellorsville,  Second  Bull  Run,  An- 
tietam,  and  Gettysburg.  At  the  last-named 
battle  he  received  a  severe  injury  to  his  knee 
by  the  explosion  of  a  shell  from  the  enemy, 
and  was  laid  up  in  the  hospital  for  four  or 
five  months.  On  his  recovery  he  rejoined  his 
company,  and  shortly  after  was  detailed  with 
one  other  man  from  his  regiment  for  a  two 
weeks'  course  of  study  at  the  Branch  of  West 
I'oint  Academy  located  at  Philadelphia. 
Passing  the  examinations  successfully,  he  was 
then  assigned  the  work  of  drilling  the  Thirty- 
first  and  Thirty-second    Regiments   of   United 


States  Colored  Troops.  When  that  work  was 
completed  he  rejoined  his  company,  and  was 
in  the  battle  of  Petersburg  and  all  the  subse- 
quent battles  in  whicii  his  regiment  was  en- 
gaged. He  was  honorably  discharged  fnmi 
service  in  April,  1865.  At  Chancellorsville, 
while  engaged  in  throwing  up  breastworks,  a 
shell  from  the  enemy  landed  in  front  of  Mr. 
Cheever,  who  instantly  wet  his  finger  and  ex- 
tinguished the  fuse,  after  which  he  threw  the 
shell  outside.  Feeling  a  hand  upon  his 
shoulder,  he  turned  around,  and  beheld  Gen- 
eral Joe  Hooker,  who  had  witnessed  the  act, 
and  inquired  his  name  and  regiment.  Upon 
his  return  to  camp  Mr.  Cheever  found  a  thirty 
days"  furlough  and  an  order  for  three  months' 
pay  awaiting  him. 

After  the  war  he  went  to  Cincinnati,  where 
he  was  employed  as  conductor  of  a  special  car 
of  the  Seventh  and  Ninth  Street  Horse  Rail- 
road, of  which  company  an  uncle  was  a  di- 
rector. About  a  year  later  he  returned  to 
Vineland,  and  went  to  work  in  his  father's 
paper  box  factory.  In  1870  a  copartner- 
ship was  formed  under  the  name  of  D.  A. 
Cheever  &  Son,  which  continued  until  a  year 
before  the  father's  death,  when  the  son  pur- 
chased the  business.  Since  that  time  he  has 
carried  it  on  alone.  The  factory  is  the  only 
one  of  the  kind  in  this  city,  and  the  business 
is  large  and  successful. 

On  May  2,  1866,  Mr.  Cheever  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Angel ine  Cram,  a 
daughter  of  John  Cram,  of  Canton,  Mass.  Of 
their  three  children  but  one  is  now  living, 
their  daughter  Mabel. 


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Mr.  Cheever  has  never  been  desirous  of  po- 
litical honors;  but  at  one  time,  after  much 
urging,  he  consented  to  allow  his  name  to  be 
used  on  the  Republican  ticket  as  a  candidate 
for  the  legislature,  stipulating  that  he  would 
not  spend  a  cent  of  money  personally  in  the 
campaign.  He  was  defeated  by  only  twenty 
votes.  For  eighteen  years  he  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Health,  serving  as  its 
President  during  ten  years  of  that  time.  He 
has  been  on  the  Board  of  Fire  Connnissioners 
eight  years  and  its  President  for  five  years. 
In  1873  Company  D  of  the  Fourth  Battalion 
of  New  Jersey  Volunteer  Militia  was  organ- 
ized, with  Mr.  Cheever  as  First  Lieutenant; 
and  on  December  7,  1875,  he  was  appointed 
Captain.  The  company  was  afterward  trans- 
ferred to  the  Sixth  Regiment  of  New  Jersey 
Volunteer  Militia,  and  was  then  known  as 
Company  K.  On  April  14,  18S7,  Mr. 
Cheever  was  appointed  Lieutenant  Colonel 
of  the  Sixth  Regiment  of  National  Guards, 
and  on  June  6,   1892,  was  retired  as  Colonel. 

l-'raternally,  he  is  a  nieinber  of  X'ineland 
Lodge,  No.  69,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  ;  Hobah 
Lodge,  No.  122,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  with  which  he  has  been  connected 
for  thirty  years;  and  he  was  a  member 
of  l''riendship  Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias,  of 
Vineland,  which  is  now  disbanded,  and  of 
whici)  he  was  Past  Chancellor;  also  a  member 
of  Relief  Council,  No.  534,  Royal  Arcanum, 
of  which  he  was  Collector  and  Treasurer  a 
number  of  years;  and  Lyon  Post,  No.  10, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  of  which  he  was 
the  Commander  at  the  time  of  the  Washington 


encampment.  Mr.  Cheever  is  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  and  his  wife  of  the  L^nita- 
rian  church. 


AMUEL  IREDELL,  an  attorney-at- 
^/  1  law  of  Hridgeton,  where  he  is  win- 
ning repute  and  a  goodly  clientage, 
although  it  is  not  yet  two  years  since  he 
opened  his  office  at  103  East  Commerce 
Street,  was  born  April  20,  1869,  at  Centre- 
ton,  Salem  County,  son  of  Clark  and  Lizzie 
Thomas  (Eft)  Iredell.  His  great-grandfather, 
Thomas  Iredell,  Sr.,  who  was  a  pioneer  farmer 
of  Mullica  Hill,  Gloucester  County,  and  also 
worked  at  the  trade  of  millwright,  married 
Miss  Sybilla  Moore.     Both  were  Quakers. 

Robert  Iredell,  the  fourth  cliild  of  Thomas 
Iredell,  Sr.,  and  the  grandfather  of  Samuel, 
was  born  on  his  father's  farm  at  Mullica  Hill, 
October  21,  18 10.  On  attaining  manhood  he 
took  up  farming  as  an  occupation.  After  his 
marriage  he  removed  to  Hardingville,  N.J., 
and  remained  tliere  until  1893,  at  which  time 
he  aliaiulonecl  farming,  and  retired  to  Elmer, 
N.J.  At  tlic  time  of  his  ilcath,  which  oc- 
curred Octoijcr  7,  1895,  he  was  eighty-five 
years  old.  A  man  of  quiet,  unassuming 
manner,  he  was  yet  well  known  for  his  clear 
judgment  and  good  business  ability.  In  the 
days  of  stage-coach  travel  he  lived  for  a  time 
at  the  old  half-way  house  between  Bridgeton 
and  Philadelphia,  where  he  formed  many  ac- 
quaintances. He  married  Miss  Ruth  Ann 
Johnson,  a  daughter  of  John  Johnson,  and  be- 
came the  father  of  four  children,  of  whom  two 
died  in  childhood.      The  survivors  are:   Clark, 


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the  father  of  Samuel;  and  Hannah,  the  wife 
of  John  C.  Edmunds,  of  Elmer.  The  mother, 
who  was  born  in  1830,  is  still  living.  Both 
parents  were  formerly  connected  with  the 
Friends'  Society,  but  the  mother  afterward 
became  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  at  I'^dmer. 

Clark  Iredell,  who  was  born  at  IMullica 
Hill,  October  20,  1843,  received  a  good  prac- 
tical education  in  the  common  schools.  He 
lived  at  home  until  he  was  eighteen  years  of 
age,  assisting  his  father  in  the  work  of  the 
farm.  Following  that  he  engaged  in  school 
teaching  for  three  years  in  different  towns  of 
Salem  and  Cumberland  Counties.  Subse- 
quently he  settled  in  Centreton,  Salem 
County,  where  he  engaged  in  mercantile  busi- 
ness. When  twenty-two  years  of  age  he 
opened  a  general  store  on  his  own  account, 
and  conducted  it  for  three  years.  In  1869  he 
came  to  Bridgeton  and  started  a  grocery  store, 
which  he  sold  some  time  after  to  engage  in 
the  local  express  business.  Three  years  later 
he  sold  out  his  express  business,  and  accepted 
a  position  as  salesman  in  the  shoe  store  of 
W.  VV.  Robbins,  with  whom  he  remained  two 
and  a  half  years.  He  was  next  employed  for 
six  years  by  P.  H.  Goldsmith  in  his  shoe  de- 
partment; and  on  leaving  there,  in  1885,  ho 
took  his  present  position  with  T.  N.  Harris 
&  Co.  In  1864  Mr.  Iredell  was  married  to 
Miss  Lizzie  Eft,  of  Talentine,  now  Green 
Village,  N.J.,  where  her  birth  occurred  on 
March  8,  1 S44.  Her  father  was  Frederick 
Eft,  whose  father  came  to  this  country  from 
Germany.      Ella,   the   first   child   born   to   Mr. 


and  Mrs.  Iredell,  lived  to  be  but  two  years 
old.  Two  other  children  are  living,  namely: 
Samuel,  the  subject  of  this  brief  biography; 
and  Carrie,  who  is  still  at  home.  The  family 
are  members  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church. 

Samuel  Iredell  was  about  twelve  months  old 
when  his  parents  came  to  Bridgeton.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  this  city,  after  which  he  attended  the  South 
Jersey  Institute,  where  he  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1888.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  he  en- 
tered Buckncll  L^niversity  at  Bucknell,  Pa., 
where  he  studied  for  two  years.  In  August, 
1890,  he  began  a  course  of  law  in  the  office  of 
Walter  H.  Bacon,  Esq.,  of  this  city,  remain- 
ing with  that  gentleman  until  1895.  In  that 
year,  during  the  February  term  of  the  .Su- 
preme Court  at  Trenton,  N.J.,  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar,  and  has  since  been  in  active 
practice  here. 

Since  leaving  college,  Mr.  Iredell  has  taken 
an  active  part  in  political  affairs.  He  served 
as  Secretary  of  the  Democratic  E.xecutive  Com- 
mittee of  Cumberland  County  for  two  years, 
and  has  been  a  delegate  to  both  county  and 
State  conventions.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
liritlgeton  Camera  Society;  of  Hope  Council, 
No.  3,  Junior  Order  of  American  Mechanics; 
of  Cumberland  Council,  No.  477,  Royal  Ar- 
canum; and  of  l'>\'ening  Star  Lodge  of 
Masons. 


jETER    CAMBLOS    COSIER,    senior 
member    of     tiie    firm    of     I'eter    C. 
Cosier     &     Son,     wholesale     oyster 
planters  and  shippers  at   Bivalve,  Cumberland 


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County,    N.J.,    was    born     in     Newport,    this 
county,  September  i,  1846. 

Mr.  Cosier  is  a  son  of  Valentine  and  Erne- 
line  (Camblos)  Cosier,  and  is  a  member  of  an 
old  and  well-known  family  of  New  Jersey. 
His  great-grandfather,  Benjamin  Cosier, 
served  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  and  was 
one  of  the  soldiers  who  crossed  the  Delaware 
River  on  the  ice  with  Washington,  and  partic- 
ipated in  the  battle  of  Trenton.  He  was  a 
blacksmith  by  trade  and  a  man  of  exceptional 
physical  strength.  One  day,  when  he  was 
ninety  years  of  age,  he  walked  from  Newport 
to  Egg  Harbor,  a  distance  of  thirty  miles;  and 
he  returned  on  the  succeeding  day.  He  lived 
to  attain  the  marvellous  age  of  one  hundred 
and  seven  years  and  seven  months.  He  was 
pensioned  by  the  national  government  as  a 
reward  for  the  faithful  service  rendered  during 
the  struggle  for  independence.  He  married 
Miss  Annie  Shaw,  a  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Shaw,  of  Newport,  N.J.;  and  they  had  a  fam- 
ily of  eleven  children. 

One  of  their  sons  was  Jonathan,  who  was 
born  in  Egg  Harbor,  Cumberland  County. 
He  also  followed  the  vocation  of  a  blacksmith, 
and,  like  his  father,  was  a  soldier  in  his  coun- 
try's cause,  being  stationed  at  Red  Bank, 
N.J.,  in  the  War  of  1812.  Owing  to  a  severe 
injury  in  his  hand,  for  many  years  before  his 
death  he  was  unable  to  work  in  any  business. 
He  wedded  Miss  Hilary  Cantrell,  and  their 
union  was  blessed  in  the  birth  of  eight  chil- 
dren, namely:  Benjamin;  John,  who,  when 
seven  years  old,  met  the  sad  end  of  being 
burned   to   death ;    Jonathan,    who   is   also   de- 


ceased;  Valentine;  Phcenix;  William,  Mary 
Jane;  and  George.  Valentine  Cosier  was 
born  in  Newport,  November  5,  1821.  He 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools,  and  at 
an  early  age  began  to  take  jjart  in  the  oyster- 
fishing  industry.  When  he  was  twenty-two 
years  old  he  was  appointed  captain  of  an 
oyster-boat,  and  he  continued  in  the  oyster 
business  until  1870,  when  he  disposed  of  his 
boat,  and  thenceforth  devoted  his  attention  to 
husbandry  on  a  farm  of  which  he  had  been  the 
owner  for  a  number  of  years.  He  raised  gen- 
eral crops  and  garden  vegetables,  including 
sweet  corn  and  strawberries.  While  engaged 
in  agriculture  he  also  conducted  a  stage  route 
for  eighteen  years,  or  until  18S9,  between 
Newport  and  Bridgeton;  but  in  i88g  ho  sus- 
tained a  fracture  of  his  leg,  and  in  1895  he  re- 
tired from  active  life.  In  October,  1843,  Mr. 
Cosier  was  joined  in  matrimony  with  Miss 
Emeline  Camblos,  of  Newport,  N.J.  Into 
their  home  came  four  children,  namely:  Peter 
Camblos;  Franklin;  Cynthia  C,  who  is  now 
the  wife  of  William  Sithen;  and  Lucius 
O.  C.  E.  Socially,  Mr.  Valentine  Cosier  is 
affiliated  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  being 
a  member  of  Morning  Light  Lodge,  No.  8, 
of  Newport,  of  which  he  is  Past  Chancellor. 
In  religious  faith  and  fellowship  he  has  been 
associated  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  of  Newport  since  1839,  ^^^^^  ''^  't  be 
has  officiated  for  many  years  as  a  Trustee  and 
as  a  steward. 

Peter  Camblos  Cosier  attended  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  town  during  three 
months  in   winter  seasons  until  he  was  fifteen. 


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He,  however,  ascribes  his  education  largely  to 
his  own  private  reading  and  to  his  early  and 
long-continued  connection  with  practical  life. 
When  he  was  but  ten  years  of  age  he  began  to 
follow  the  water  with  an  uncle,  Captain  Will- 
iam Cosier  by  name,  with  whom  he  sailed  one 
season.  After  that  he  voyaged  with  his  father 
a  year,  then  with  Captain  William  L.  Lore 
for  the  same  period,  again  with  his  father  for 
three  seasons,  and  then  with  Gilbert  Lore  for 
a  year,  when  he,  at  eighteen  years  of  age,  as- 
sumed charge  of  a  boat.  He  commanded  a 
vessel  until  1883,  when  he  engaged  in  the 
wholesale  shipping  business. 

In  1S92  Mr.  Cosier's  son,  Morton  R.,  was 
constituted  a  partner  in  the  business,  which 
had  already  assumed  very  large  proportions. 
They  own  several  oyster-vessels,  which  are 
occupied  in  fishing;  and  they  are  reputed  to 
do  the  largest  business  in  their  line  of  any 
firm  in  the  county.  They  have  shipped  daily 
from  three  to  five  carloads  of  oysters;  and 
their  merchandise  is  sent  as  far  west  as 
Kansas  City,  as  far  south  as  Baltimore,  and 
to  New  York  City  and  Philadelphia.  Mr. 
Cosier  is  also  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Stat- 
ham,  Cosier  &  Co.,  who  are  extensively  en- 
gaged at  Newport  in  canning  tomatoes  and 
pumpkins.  Their  establishment  is  one  of  the 
largest  canning  houses  in  the  soutliern  ]iart  of 
New  Jersey.  Each  season  they  employ  be- 
tween one  hundred  and  fifty  anil  one  hundred 
and  sixty  workmen,  and  they  preserve  from 
seven  hundred  thousand  to  eight  hundred 
thousand  cans  of  tomatoes  each  year.  He  is 
also  one  of   the    firm    of    Statham,    Cosier   & 


Camm,  of  Fairton,  Cumberland  County,  who 
conduct  about  as  extensive  an  establishment 
as  the  above,  and  produce  nearly  the  same 
quantity  of  goods,  which  are  marketed  all  over 
the  country. 

Mr.  Cosier  is  the  President  of  the  Riparian 
Association,  which  is  composed  of  the  follow- 
ing gentlemen:  Joseph  M.  Cobb,  James  G. 
Gandy,  Leman  Garrison,  Luther  Bateman, 
Daniel  Sharp,  Harry  W.  Scull,  John  Ware, 
Howard  Husted,  George  D.  Newcomb, 
Zacheus  Joslin,  Sheppard  Campbell,  Ben- 
jamin F.  Joslin,  Peter  C.  Cosier,  Morton  R. 
Cosier,  Lucius  E.  Cosier,  Charles  Bradford, 
George  Peterson,  Charles  Davis,  Ethan  Lore, 
Oliver  S.  Gandy,  and  Quincy  Husted.  This 
association,  which  at  present  .is  organized 
with  Mr.  Cosier  as  President,  Luther  Bate- 
man  Treasurer,  and  Sheppard  (Campbell 
Secretary,  purchased  on  August  29,  1892,  the 
ground  on  Delaware  Bay  from  Fortescue  to 
Hawks  Nest,  which  they  named  a  riparian 
ranch,  and  on  which  they  planted  oysters 
valued  at  between  sevent)'  thousand  and  one 
hundred  thousand  dollars.  This  ground  the 
association  purchased  or  leased  from  the 
State  of  New  Jersey,  and  therefore  sujiposed 
it  possessed  the  exclusive  right  to  [slant  and 
to  dredge  oysters  there.  Oyster  pirates,  who 
engaged  in  oystering  on  these  grounds,  were 
arrested  to  the  number  of  fifty-two.  A  com- 
mittee from  the  Delaware  Bay  and  the 
Maurice  River  Oyster  Association  had  bills 
found  before  the  grand  jury  indicting  these 
men  for  illegal  dredging;  but,  as  the  warrants 
did    not   state  where   the    illegal   dredging  oc- 


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curred,  the  indictment  was  quashed.  The  at- 
torneys of  the  defendants  carried  the  case  to 
a  higher  court  to  test  the  constitutionality  of 
what  is  known  as  the  "  Delaware  Bay  and 
Maurice  Ixiver  Law,"  where  the  charge  was 
again  declared  void,  the  law  being  pronounced 
unconstitutional.  The  matter,  however,  has 
long  lain  in  the  courts;  and  a  suit  has  been 
entered  in  the  May  (1896)  term  of  the  Cum- 
berland County  Court  by  the  before-named 
committee  versus  Zebedee  Paul  Hainus,  of 
Leesburg.  Mr.  Cosier  is  the  most  active 
member  of  the  association  in  pushing  the 
case,  of  which  he  has  been  put  in  charge. 
The  (joint  at  issue  is  whether  a  member  of  the 
association  or  any  other  person  has  the  right 
to  dredge  oysters  on  the  grounds  which  tiie 
Riparian  Association  has  purchased  or  leased 
from  the  State. 

In  March,  1S70,  Mr.  Cosier  wedded  Miss 
Nancy  L.,  a  daughter  of  Sheppard  Robbins, 
of  Newport,  an  account  of  wliose  ancestry  may 
be  found  in  sketch  of  Henry  S.  Robbins,  who 
is  her  cousin.  Two  children  have  blessed 
their  union;  namely,  Morton  R.,  and  Peter 
C,  Jr. 

Mr.  Cosier  is  well  and  favorably  known  in 
both  the  civic  and  social  circles  of  the  com- 
munity; and  he  has  served  his  fellows  in 
l^ositions  of  public  trust.  In  itStS4  his  uncle, 
Peter  Camblos,  who  officiated  as  Township 
Collector  for  fifteen  or  twenty  years,  died ;  and 
he  was  appointed  to  fill  the  vacancy  thus 
made.  In  the  following  year  he  was  re- 
elected, but  he  declined  to  accept  the  proffered 
honor.      For  four  years  he  has   been   a   chosen 


Freeholder,  but  he  has  now  resigned  from  that 
office.  Socially,  he  is  affiliated  with  the 
order  of  Knights  of  Pythias,  being  a  member 
of  Morning  Light  Lodge,  No.  8,  at  Newport. 
He  is  likewise  identified  with  the  Indepen- 
dent Order  of  United  American  Mechanics  of 
Newport.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cosier  are 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
of  Newport,  which  he  serves  in  the  honored 
and  responsible  capacity  of  Trustee. 


^sl^OHN  R.  RADCLIFFE,  a  member  of 
the  City  Council  of  Millville  and  the 
foreman  of  the  black  department  of  the 
Manantico  Bleach  and  Dye  Works,  was  born 
in  this  city,  October  15,  1865,  son  of  Richard 
B.  and  lillen  (Scholes)  Radcliffe.  Richard 
B.  Radcliffe,  a  native  of  England,  was  born 
in  the  town  of  Radcliffe,  April  16,  1836. 
His  education  was  acquired  in  the  common 
schools.  After  completing  his  studies  he 
learned  the  trade  of  bleaching,  dyeing,  and 
finishing,  which  he  afterward  followed  as  a 
journeyman  for  some  time  in  PZngland.  Upon 
his  arrival  in  the  LTnited  States  he  was  for 
three  years  employed  as  foreman  of  a  bleach- 
ing and  dyeing  establishment  in  Providence, 
R.I.  From  there  he  came  to  Millville,  where 
he  became  superintendent  of  the  bleacli  and 
dye  department  of  the  Millville  Manufactur- 
ing Company's  works.  He  still  holds  that 
position,  and  he  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most 
skilful  and  competent  workmen  in  that  partic- 
ular branch  of  the  business.  He  is  a  member 
of   Shckinah  Lodge,  A.    F.    &  A.    M.,  and   of 


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the  chapter  and  commandery.  He  is  also  con- 
nected with  the  Humane  Lodge,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  His  wife,  Ellen,  who 
was  a  daughter  of  James  Scholcs,  of  Prest- 
wick,  England,  became  the  mother  of  three 
children,  of  whom  two  arc  living;  namely, 
James  Scholes  and  John  R.  Mr.  Radcliffe's 
mother  died  aged  thirty  years.  She  was  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
with  whicii  Richanl  15.  Radclifte  is  also 
united. 

James  Scholes  Radcliffe,  the  eldest  son, 
was  born  in  Radcliffe,  England,  February  14, 
1 86 1.  He  came  witli  his  parents  to  the 
L'nitcd  States;  and,  after  finishing  his  studies 
in  the  public  schools  of  Millville,  he  learned 
the  trade  of  a  finisher  in  the  dye  works,  where 
he  has  been  in  charge  of  that  department  since 
1.S85.      He  attends  Christ's  Episcopal  Church. 

John  R.  Radcliffe,  after  attending  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Millville,  supplemented  his 
studies  by  a  business  course  at  Bryant  & 
Stratton's  Commercial  College  in  Philailel- 
phia  and  a  special  course  in  chemistry  at  the 
School  of  Industrial  Arts.  Being  thus  well 
prepared  for  his  chosen  occujiation,  he  entered 
the  employment  of  the  Manantico  Bleach  and 
Dye  Compau)-,  with  whom  he  learned  the 
practical  part  of  the  trade;  and,  becoming 
familiar  with  the  business,  he  was  in  1886 
appointed  foreman  of  the  black  department,  a 
position  which  he  has  since  filled  with  ability 
and  satisfaction.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republi- 
can, being  an  active  supporter  of  that  party; 
and  in  i S94  he  was  elected  to  the  City  Coun- 
cil from  Ward  3.     As  a  member  of  the  Com- 


mittees upon  Railroad,  Finance,  Printing, 
Sanitary  Affairs,  Public  Buildings,  and  Re- 
lief, he  displays  an  energy  anil  sound  judg- 
ment in  managing  the  affairs  of  the  municiiial- 
ity  which  have  given  him  an  influence  among 
the  members  of  the  board;  and  his  valuable 
services  have  received  the  hearty  commenda- 
tion of  the  citizens  in  general. 

On  November  ir,  1889,  Mr.  Radcliffe 
wedded  Clara  Hughes,  daughter  of  Mason 
Hughes,  of  Philadelphia;  and  she  died  Decem- 
ber 17,  1894.  Mr.  Radcliffe  is  very  popular, 
and  is  a  member  of  Manumuskin  Tribe  of  Im- 
proved Order  of  Red  Men,  in  which  he  is  Past 
Sachem,  ant!  is  also  a  member  of  Humane 
Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 


7TA0NSTANT  ALBERTSON,  a  highly 
I   Jj         successful    contractor   and    builder   of 

^•^ — -^  Bridgeton,  was  born  at  "Tiie 
Roads"  in  Weymouth  township,  Atlantic 
County,  N.J.,  on  October  6,  183  i,  son  of  Jo- 
seiih  and  MiUincent  (Albertson)  Albcrtson. 
His  mother  also  was  a  native  of  Atlantic 
County,  born  near  May's  Landing. 

Constant  Albertson  was  the  only  chikl  of 
his  parents.  He  had  but  meagre  opportu- 
nities for  obtaining  an  eckication,  leaving 
school  when  eight  years  old,  and  being  unable 
to  again  avail  himself  of  school  privileges 
until  after  he  was  twenty-one,  at  which  time 
he  endeavored  to  make  up  his  educational  de- 
ficiencies, using  money  that  he  had  saved  for 
that  purpose.  Beginning  at  eight  years  of  age 
to   earn    his   own    livelihood,    he   was   appren- 


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ticed  six  years  later  to  learn  the  mason's  trade 
with  Jeremiah  Adams,  working  every  summer 
at  that  occupation  and  during  the  winters  in 
the  window  glass  factory  until  he  reached  his 
majority,  by  which  time  he  had  become  a 
practical  workman  in  both  these  lines  of  in- 
dustry. He  then  removed  from  Columbia  to 
Millville,  and  thence  that  same  summer  to 
Newport.  A  year  later  he  was  engaged  as 
junior  Methodist  preacher  on  the  Medford  cir- 
cuit, of  which  John  W.  Hickman  had  charge. 
After  spending  a  year  on  the  circuit,  his 
throat  became  so  seriously  affected  that  he 
was  obliged  to  give  up  that  work;  and  in  1855 
he  came  to  Bridgeton,  where  he  resumed  his 
former  trade.  After  working  two  years  as  a 
journeyman,  he  started  in  business  for  himself 
as  a  contractor  and  builder,  and  was  very 
successful,  being  for  many  years,  or  as  long 
as  he  remained  thus  engaged,  the  largest 
jjuilder  here.  He  has  erected  a  larger  num- 
ber of  brick  and  wood  buildings  than  any  one 
man  in  this  city,  and  owns  at  the  present  time 
forty  tenement  houses,  besides  store  and  office  ! 
jjiiildings.  In  view  of  the  humble  circum- 
stances of  his  early  life,  few  have  had  a  more 
prosperous  career.  On  February  24,  185S, 
Mr.  Albertson  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  T.  Madison,  a  daughter  of  John 
Godfrey,  ICsq.  Their  home  has  been  blessed 
by  the  birth  of  a  son  and  daughter  —  Lizzie, 
tile  wife  of  Ned  Ryder,  of  .Syracuse,  N.Y.  ; 
and  ICdwin  C,  a  dealer  in  musical  instru- 
ments in  ]5ridget'on. 

Mr.  Alijertson    has   supported   the    Republi- 
can party  since  its  formation.      He  was  one  of 


the  first  in  Downs  township  to  vote  that 
ticket,  there  being  but  three  other  supporters 
of  Republicanism  in  his  precinct  at  the  time. 
He  and  Mrs.  Albertson  are  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  is  a 
Deacon. 


'^OHN  ANDREW  DONELLEY,  a  well- 
known  resident  of  Dividing  Creek  and 
a  blacksmith  of  Bivalve,  this  county, 
was  born  April  11,  1S55,  in  Heislerville, 
Maurice  River  township,  this  county,  son  of 
James  and  Hannah  (Armstrong)  Donelley. 
Mr.  Donelley's  grandfather,  William  Henry- 
Donelley,  a  native  of  Ireland,  was  an  indus- 
trious tiller  of  the  soil  during  the  active 
period  of  his  life. 

James  Donelley  was  born  in  Heisler\'ille, 
June  18,  1825.  After  completing  his  studies 
in  the  common  schools  he  was  engaged  in  the 
oyster  fisheries  until  failing  health  prevented 
him  from  pursuing  that  or  any  other  calling. 
The  last  eight  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in 
retirement;  and  he  died  in  the  prime  of  life, 
April  15,  1863.  His  wife,  who  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  Armstrong,  became  the  mother  of 
five  children — John  A.,  William  Henry, 
Maurice,  Mary,  and  Luella.  Mary  is  the 
wife  of  George  Gaskill;  and  Luella  is  the 
wife  of  Willis  Taylor,  of  Camilen,  N.J.  Mrs. 
James  Donelley  married  for  her  second  hus- 
band Henry  Clay  Hughes,  of  Cape  May,  N.J., 
and  by  this  union  she  had  four  children; 
namely,  Benjamin  V.,  Hattie  M.,  Mary  L., 
and  ICmma.  She  died  August  19,  1895,  aged 
si.xty-two  years  and  two  months. 


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John  Andrew  Done! ley  was  but  eiglit  years 
of  age  when  his  father  died.  He  was  bound 
out  to  William  Endicott,  with  whom  he  re- 
mained for  some  four  years,  working  upon  a 
farm  during  the  summer  season,  and  attending 
school  in  the  winter.  He  then  went  to  live 
with  Mrs.  l{lizabeth  Mayhew  at  f^uckshutem, 
where  he  was  engaged  in  farm  labor  for  three 
years.  After  that  he  learned  the  blacksmith's 
trade  with  Mrs.  Mayhew's  son  Thomas,  serv- 
ing an  apprenticeship  of  three  years.  Having 
finished  his  time  he  was  afterward  employed 
as  a  journeyman  for  two  years  at  Cape  May, 
five  years  at  Port  Norris,  two  years  in  Cedar- 
villc;  and  in  1879  '^^  established  himself  in 
business  at  Bivalve,  where  he  has  since  re- 
mained. He  has  built  up  a  large  and  profit- 
able business  in  ship  work,  needing  the  iielp 
of  six  men,  more  or  less,  the  \ear  round. 
The  manufacture  and  repair  of  oyster  dredges 
are  made  a  specialty.  He  has  had  much  ex- 
perience in  this  line  of  work,  in  which  he  has 
acquired  a  wide  reputation  as  a  skilful  and 
reliable  workman. 

On  March  g,  i(SSg,  Mr.  Donelley  wedded 
liva  Gaskill,  tlaughter  of  Isaac  Gaskill,  of  tliis 
town.  Isaac  Gaskill,  Mrs.  Donelley's  father, 
was  born  in  Dividing  Creek  in  April,  1827, 
son  of  Stephen  and  Elizabeth  (Walker)  Gas- 
kill. The  family,  which  is  of  English  origin, 
was  founded  in  this  country  by  Hazel  Gaskill, 
Mr.  Gaskill's  great-grandfather,  who  emi- 
grated to  America  and  settled  in  Salem,  N.J. 
llazeTs  son  Stephen,  Mr.  Gaskill's  grand- 
father, was  born  in  Salem  County,  and  became 
a  prosperous  farmer.      He  married,  and  reared 


a  family  of  six  children;  namely,  Abel, 
Hester,  Charles,  I^enjamin,  Zerubbabcl,  and 
Stephen  (second).  Zerubbabcl  became  an 
ordained  minister. 

Stephen  Gaskill  (second),  Mr.  Gaskill's 
father,  who  was  born  in  Newport,  this  county, 
attended  the  common  schools.  He  resided  at 
home  until  reaching  his  majority,  after  which 
he  was  engaged  in  farming  upon  a  piece  of 
property  owned  by  his  mother,  who  subse- 
quently left  it  to  him  at  her  death.  He 
raised  potatoes,  wheat,  and  corn,  besides  a 
considerable  number  of  sheep  and  cattle,  and 
also  cut  large  quantities  of  wood,  which  he 
shipped  to  Philadelphia.  He  died  in  this 
town,  October  8,  1873.  His  wife,  who  was 
before  marriage  Elizabeth  Walker,  daughter 
of  Daniel  Walker,  of  Divitling  Creek,  became 
the  mother  of  nine  children;  namely,  Han- 
nah, David,  I{liza,  Daniel,  Isaac,  Stephen, 
Varney,  Hester,  and  William.  Hannah  is 
the  widow  of  Emanuel  Hignut;  Eliza  is  the 
wife  of  Major  McDaniel ;  and  Hester  is  the 
wife  of  Joseph  Bailey.  The  jiarcnts  were 
memliers  of  the  Baptist  church.  Isaac  Gaskill 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools,  and  at 
the  age  of  fourteen  he  began  life  for  himself 
as  a  cook  on  board  an  oyster-boat.  When  six- 
teen years  old  he  bought  the  dredger  named 
"The  Mary,"  of  which  he  had  become  master; 
and  he  was  engaged  in  the  oyster  fisheries  for 
about  thirty-five  years.  On  December  23, 
1857,  Mr.  Gaskill  married  Mary  C. ,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Fleetwood,  and  of  the  nine  chil- 
dren born  of  this  union  five  grew  to  maturity, 
namely:    Lizzie  \'.,  who  became  the  first  wife 


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of  Herbert  M.  Shephard  and  the  second  wife 
of  Benjamin  F".  Gaskill;  Cecelia,  tlie  wife  of 
Walter  Hickman;  Robert  W.  D.,  of  whom 
there  is  no  special  record;  Carrie  B.,  the  wife 
of  VViibert  F.  B.  Bower;  and  Ev'a,  who  is  now 
Mrs.  John  A.  Donelley.  Mr.  Gaskill  is  con- 
nected with  tlie  Good  Intent  Beneficial  So- 
ciety, and  both  he  and  his  wife  are  members 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Mrs. 
Donelley  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  of  which  Mr.  Donelley  is  an 
attendant  and  supporter. 


APTAIN  MARK  HULINGS,  an 
esteemed  resident  of  l^ridgeton,  now 
employed  in  the  Cumberland  Glass 
Works,  was  formerly  a  ship-master  for  many 
years.  lie  was  born  December  31,  1820,  in 
Silem,  N.J.,  son  of  Abram  and  Sarah  (Locke) 
llulings.  His  grandfather,  David  Hulings, 
ill  his  early  years  was  a  pilot  on  the  Delaware, 
and  also  followed  the  sea.  In  later  life  he 
settled  in  Bristol,  Pa.,  where  he  resided  until 
he  came  to  live  witii  liis  son  Abram  in 
Bridgeton.  He  died  here  when  he  was  over 
eighty  years  of  age. 

Abram  Hulings  was  a  native  of  New  Jersey, 
born,  it  is  thought,  in  Cape  May  County. 
When  a  young  man  he  worked  at  ship -carpen- 
tering in  Salem,  N.J.,  and  remained  there 
until  1S23.  Then  he  came  to  Bridgeton, 
where  he  was  employed  at  iiis  trade  during 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  died  on  De- 
cember 18,  1868,  nearly  si.xtynine  years  of 
age.     For  many  years  he  had  a  large  shipyard 


at  the  foot  of  Vine  Street,  where,  besides  re- 
pairing and  building  boats  for  other  persons, 
he  built  several  boats  to  sell.  His  wife, 
Sarah,  was  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Locke,  of  Cam- 
den, N.J.  She  bore  him  eight  children,  of 
whom  seven  are  living  —  Mark,  the  subject  of 
this  article;  Jane,  the  wife  of  Caleb  Weeks, 
of  Bridgeton;  Sarah,  the  widow  of  Henry 
DuBois,  residing  in  Bridgeton;  Fann}',  the 
second  wife  of  George  Kenned}',  whose  first 
wife  was  her  sister  Elizabeth,  now  deceased; 
Amanda,  the  wife  of  J.  Danforth  Fithian; 
Harriet,  who  married  Captain  Joseph  Bat- 
man; Susan,  the  wife  of  Aaron  Xiclitds,  of 
Bridgeton.  Their  father  and  mother  were 
members  of  Trinity  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  Captain  Mark  Hulings  received  his 
education  in  the  common  schools  of  Bridge- 
ton.  He  afterward  learned  the  glass-blowing 
trade,  which  he  followed  for  ten  years.  Be- 
fore taking  up  this  trade  as  a  regular  occupa- 
tion, he  secured  a  position  on  a  coaster  sailing 
from  Philadelphia  to  New  England  and  North 
Carolina  ports ;  and  when  eighteen  years  old 
he  became  master  of  a  vessel.  For  many 
years  after  reaching  his  twentieth  year  he 
spent  his  summers  on  the  sea  and  his  winters 
at  his  trade  of  glass-blower.  During  the  late 
war  he  carried  produce  for  the  government  on 
his  father's  and  his  own  vessels.  In  Jui\, 
1890,  owing  to  an  injury  received,  he  decided 
to  retire  from  the  sea.  During  his  seafaring 
life  he  had  some  thrilling  experiences.  The 
owner  and  commander  of  the  sloop  "Spray," 
he  was  on  the  voyage  home  from  Bristol,  Pa., 
when  he  was  run  into  by  the  steamer  "Allen- 


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town,"  owned  by  the  Reading  Railroad  Com- 
pany; and  three  minutes  after  the  collision  his 
boat  sunk.  Of  those  on  board,  Jacob  Souders 
was  killed,  and  Jesiah  Woodruff  was  so  in- 
jured that  he  was  drowned  before  assistance 
could  reach  him.  Captain  Hulings  was  thrown 
into  the  water,  but  was  picked  up  b\'  the 
steamer.  That  night,  which  was  just  before 
the  election  of  1880,  he  received  settlement 
from  the  owners  of  the  steamer.  He  had 
other  narrow  escapes,  coming  out  each  time 
with  equal  good  fortune.  In  July,  1890,  on 
account  of  an  injury  he  received,  he  forsook 
seafaring  finally.  For  the  past  five  years  he 
has  worked  for  the  Cumberland  Glass  Company. 
He  has  twice  married.  On  the  first  occa- 
sion he  was  wedded  to  Miss  Margaret  Tash,  a 
daughter  of  William  Tash.  She  died  leaving 
one  son,  now  Captain  William  Hulings,  of 
lirooklyn,  N.  Y.  His  second  marriage  was 
contracted  January  7,  1861,  with  Miss  Amelia 
A.  Goodman,  who  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
March  11,  1836,  daughter  of  James  and  Mary 
N.  (Reese)  Goodman.  Her  father  was  born 
on  Kent  Island,  Md.,  and  was  a  son  of  ]\Iarma- 
duke  Goodman,  one  of  the  early  settlers  of 
that  place.  Early  in  life  he  carried  on  a 
large  boat-building  business.  He  died  on 
January  iS,  1854,  in  the  prime  of  life,  being 
but  forty -two  years  of  age.  His  wife,  a  na- 
tive of  Philadelphia,  who  lived  to  the  age  of 
fifty -two  years,  died  in  1873.  Mrs.  Hulings 
received  her  education  in  Philadelphia,  and 
lived  there  until  her  marriage.  She  gave 
birth  to  eight  children,  of  whom  si.x  are  liv- 
ing.     They  were:   Frank  B.,  who  died  when 


three  months  old;  Alice,  who  died  at  the  age 
of  five  years;  Mary  A.,  who  is  the  wife  of  R. 
Elmer,  a  shoemaker  of  this  city;  Margaretla 
G.,  the  wife  of  Wallace  Rice,  of  this  city; 
Anna  R.,  who  married  Charles  Babcock,  of 
Lansdale,  Pa.  ;  Ida  T.,  the  wife  of  William 
C.  Lilly,  of  this  cit_\-;  \'clma  J.  and  Grace 
E.,  who  are  with  their  parents.  Captain 
Hulings  is  a  member  of  Millville  Lodge,  No. 
47,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He 
and  Mrs.  Hulings  have  been  members  of 
Trinity  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  respec- 
tively for  fifty-two  and  thirty -five  years.  The 
family  reside  in  their  pleasant  and  substantial 
home,  100  \'ine  Street,  erected  by  the  Ca|itain 
in  1862. 


ARCIUS  WILLSON,  now  resting 
in  the  quiet  of  his  home  in  Vine- 
land  after  a  busy  life,  has  been  an 
author  of  national  celebrity.  He  was  born  in 
West  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  December  <S,  1813, 
son  of  Gilbert  Willson  and  Selecta  Hen- 
dricks. The  family  is  of  good  New  England 
stock,  coming  original!)-  from  Rehoboth, 
Mass.,  which  was  the  birthplace  of  Nathaniel 
Willson,  the  paternal  grandfather  of  Marcius. 
Gilbert  Willson,  whose  birth  occurred  in 
Richmond,  Berkshire  County,  Mass.,  received 
his  education  in  the  district  schools.  When 
he  was  a  young  man  he  followed  an  occupation 
that  may  be  described  as  travelling  meichant. 
He  and  others  engaged  in  the  same  calling, 
joined  company,  forming  a  sort  of  caravan 
after  the  Oriental  fashion,  and  travelled  to 
the  Southern  States  in  heavy  covered  wagons, 


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carrying  rich  dry  goods,  which  they  offered 
for  sale  in  the  various  places  they  jiassed 
through.  Having  sold  their  goods,  it  was  the 
their  custom  to  dispose  of  their  teams  and 
wagons,  and  return  home  by  water.  It  is  re- 
lated of  Gilbert  Willson  that,  when  on  such 
trips,  he  used  to  stop  frequently  at  the  home 
of  General  Macintosh  in  Georgia,  a  half-breed 
Indian,  who  was  the  chief  of  the  Creek  tribe; 
and  that,  on  one  of  these  occasions,  the  chief 
offered  to  bestow  on  his  guest  all  the  land  he 
desired,  provided  he  would  take  one  of  the 
chief's  daughters  in  marriage.  After  he  had 
been  in  the  business  above  described  for  some 
years,  some  of  the  States  demanded  a  license 
fee  of  six  hundred  dollars  per  county  from 
each  person  engaged  in  the  trade.  This  ren- 
dered it  impossible  to  continue  the  business 
with  profit;  and  he,  as  well  as  the  others,  gave 
it  up.  In  the  spring  of  1821  he  and  his  family 
removed  to  Richmond,  Ontario  County,  N.  Y., 
making  the  entire  journey  in  a  covered 
wagon.  There  he  bought  a  farm,  and  en- 
gaged in  its  cultivation.  Nearing  the  end  of 
his  life,  he  sold  it  to  a  grandson,  but  contin- 
ued to  live  on  it  alterward,  and  died  there  at 
the  age  of  ninety-five  years.  Intelligent,  in- 
dustrious, and  enterprising,  he  had  the  con- 
fidence of  the  community,  and  filled  for  some 
time  the  offices  of  Assessor  and  Supervisor  of 
Richmond.  His  first  wife,  .Selecta,  bore  him 
three  cliildren,  namely:  ilaniet  L.,  who  be- 
came the  wife  of  DesiiKJiid  Feck,  of  West 
Bloonifield,  N.Y.  ;  l^liza  Ann,  the  w\ic  of  a 
Mr.  Warren;  and  Marcius,  the  distinguislied 
subject  of  this  sketch. 


Marcius  Willson  first  attended  school  in 
West  Stockbridge,  Mass.  After  the  family 
removed  to  New  York  State,  he  was,  in  turn, 
a  student  of  the  Canandaigua  Academy  and  of 
the  Geneseo  High  School.  His  education 
was  continued  in  Union  College,  Schenectady, 
N.Y.,  where  he  gratluated  in  the  class  of 
1836.  On  leaving  college  he  immediately 
obtained  an  engagement  as  teacher  of  classics 
and  mathematics  in  Matteawan,  N.Y.,  under 
Principal  Charles  Bartlett.  He  had  been 
teaching  here  but  si.\  months  when  Mr.  Bart- 
lett accepted  the  principalship  of  the  Collegi- 
ate Institute  in  Poughkeepsie,  N.Y. ;  and  Mr. 
Willson  went  with  him  to  take  charge  of  the 
department  of  belles-lettres  in  the  same  in- 
stitution. At  this  place  he  spent  four  years, 
in  the  course  of  which  he  read  law  during  his 
leisure  hours,  having  his  name  registered  in 
the  office  of  the  Hon.  Nathaniel  P.  Talmadge, 
United  States  Senator.  It  was  also  in  this 
period  that  he  wrote  his  first  work,  "Civil 
Polity  and  Political  Economy,"  and  conceived 
the  plan  of  his  "History  of  the  United 
.States."  With  the  purpose  of  ha\ing  easier 
access  to  the  New  York  libraries  in  prejiaring 
the  latter  woi'k,  in  1S45  he  acct'pted  an  en- 
gagement as  instructor  in  the  Newark  (N.J.) 
Academy.  .Subsequently,  while  satisfactorily 
fulfilling  the  duties  of  this  position,  he  car- 
ried his  projected  history  to  completion.  He 
tiien  went  back  to  his  home  in  Richmmid  for 
a  brief  stay,  to  renew  family  ties  and  old 
friendships.  While  so  occupied  he  was 
elected  principal  of  Canandaigua  Academy, 
where  in  his  boyhood  he  had  been  a  student. 


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Although  remote  from  the  metropolis,  the 
position  had  substantial  advantages.  He  ac- 
cepted it,  and  it  was  filled  by  him  for  the 
ensuing  four  years.  Thereafter  he  devoted 
himself  almost  entirely  to  literature.  Upon 
\vith(h'a\ving  from  the  Canandaigua  School, 
he  stayed  a  short  time  at  Allen's  Hill,  Onta- 
rio County.  Then,  in  order  to  be  near  his 
publishers  as  well  as  the  libraries,  and  that 
he  might  give  his  personal  attention  to  the 
introduction  of  his  works,  he  removed  first  to 
Astoria,  L.I.,  in  the  vicinity  of  New  York 
City,  and  later  to  the  city  itself. 

Perhaps  the  publications  that  brought  him 
the  widest  reputation  were  his  two  series  of 
school  readers.  The  first  series  was  entitled 
"The  School  and  Family  Readers,"  and  was 
brought  out  by  the  Harper  Brothers  under  a 
contract  made  with  Mr.  Willson  before  a 
word  of  the  manuscript  had  been  penned. 
The  preparation  of  this  work  subsequently  oc- 
cupied the  author  four  years.  Regarding  its 
success,  it  is  sufficient  to  state  that,  of  the 
primer  alone,  the  sales  amounted  to  more  than 
one  million  copies.  Mis  second  series  was 
published  by  the  Lippincotts,  of  Philadelphia, 
and  was  also  very  successful.  To  these  pub- 
lications for  schools  he  afterward  added  a 
series  of  historical  te.xt-books,  which  included 
a  work  on  universal  histor)'  and  an  excellent 
work  also  on  this  country,  Canada,  and  Mex- 
ico. Of  more  than  twenty-five  other  works 
produced  by  Mr.  Willson  the  most  important 
is  "The  Wonderful  Story  of  Old,"  in  two 
large  octavo  volumes,  handsomely  illustrated, 
containing     in    narrative    form,    most    attrac- 


tively told,  the  results  of  Biblical  research  up 
to  that  day.  This  publication  elicited  the 
warmest  commendation  from  bishops  and 
other  prominent  clergymen,  from  presidents 
of  colleges,  and  from  the  [jress.  Mr.  Will- 
son's  latest  work  is  entitled  "The  Principles 
of  Finance  and  the  Philosophy  of  Bimetal- 
lism," which  was   published   in    1896. 

Mr.  Willson  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Frances  A.  Pierpont,  daughter  of  David  Pier- 
pont,  of  Allen's  Hill,  Richmond,  N.  Y.  Of 
the  six  children  born  of  the  marriage  two 
failed  to  reach  maturity.  The  others  were: 
Caroline  A.,  who  is  the  wife  of  John  Hicks, 
of  Summit,  N.J. ;  Pierpont;  Fcuinie  E.  :  and 
Robert  P.  The  mother  was  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  church.  Mr.  Willson,  while  a  firm 
believer  in  the  general  doctrines  of  Christian- 
ity, could  not  conscientiously  bind  himself  by 
any  creed.  Now,  in  his  eighty-third  year, 
one  can  discern  no  impairment  of  his  facul- 
ties, while  it  becomes  quickly  obvious  to  one 
conversing  with  him  that  he  is  a  man  of  the 
broadest  culture  and  of  a  most  liberal  mind. 
He  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem  by  all  ad- 
mitted to  the  privilege  of  his  acquaintance. 


WILLIAM  MATTHl'AV  BROWN,  an 
enterprising  merchant  of  Cedarville, 
is  a  native  of  this  place,  born  April  13, 
1857,  son  of  Matthew  and  Hannah  H.  (Rocap) 
Brown.  His  father,  who  was  born  November 
13,  18 16,  in  Salem  County,  had  all  the  edu- 
cational advantages  offered  by  the  [lublic 
schools.      He    followed    the    occupation    of    a 


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farmer  until  about  the  year  1847,  when  he 
came  to  Cedarvillc  and  engaged  in  the 
oyster  business.  He  also  operated  a  thresh- 
ing machine  very  successfully  for  some  years. 
His  last  years  were  spent  with  his  son, 
William  M.  On  N<:)vember  23,  1839,  he 
was  united  in  matrimony  with  Hannah 
H.  Rocap,  tlaughter  of  Adrianne  Rocap, 
of  Hridgeton.  They  had  eleven  children, 
of  whom  seven  grew  to  maturity;  namely, 
I'^mma  J.,  Edgar,  Amanda,  I'llizabeth,  Maggie 
1'.,  William  M.,  and  Ella  H.  Amanda 
became  the  wife  of  James  F.  Everingham, 
of  Lawrence  township;  Elizabeth,  now  de- 
ceased,-was  the  wife  of  George  Wainwright; 
Maggie  V.  married  George  Venable,  of 
Rridgeton ;  and  Ella  It.  married  Henry 
luud,    of   Lawrence   township. 

William  Matthew  Brown  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  until  he  was  eighteen  years  old. 
He  then  spent  two  years  at  the  painter's  trade. 
After  that  he  became  station  agent  of  the 
Cumberland  &  Maurice  River  Railroad  at 
CedarviUe,  a  position  which  he  held  until 
I  89 1.  He  left  it  then  in  order  t<j  give  more 
attention  to  an  increasing  business  in  the 
shipping  of  produce,  which  he  had  started  in 
1879.  For  several  years  he  was  the  only 
jierson  in  the  town  engaged  in  this  enterprise. 
He  now  iiaudles  from  three  hundred  thousand 
to  five  hundred  thousand  cjuarts  of  small  fruits 
annually.  He  also  carries  on  a  considerable 
business  in  coal  and  fertilizers,  started  in  the 
year  1884;  and  he  is  still  the  only  coal  dealer 
in  the  place. 

On   June  27,   1894,  he  was  married   to   Miss 


Ray  Diament,  daughter  of  Robert  Diament,  of 
CedarviUe,  and  has  one  child,  Robert  How- 
ard. Mrs.  Brown  is  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church,  her  husband  belonging 
to  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church.  In  i)oli- 
tics  Mr.  Brown  is  an  active  Republican.  He 
has  served  the  community  as  member  of  the 
School  Board  for  nine  years  and  as  clerk  of 
the  same  board  for  seven  years.  In  1891  he 
was  appointed  Collector  of  Taxes,  in  1892  he 
was  elected  to  that  office  for  the  term  of  three 
years,  and  in  1895  he  was  re-elected  for 
another  term  of  three  years.  It  is  an  unmis- 
takable indication  of  the  high  esteem  in  which 
he  is  held  by  the  community  at  large,  that 
his  appointment  to  this  office  was  made  by  a 
Democratic  ]5oard,  and  that  his  subsequent 
elections  thereto  were  accomplished  by  the 
Democratic  majority  in  the  town.  He  is  Past 
Grand  of  Welcome  Friends  Lodge,  Indepen- 
dent Order  of  Odd  P'ellows;  Past  Councillor 
of  CedarviUe  Council,  No.  45,  Senior  Order 
of  United  American  Mechanics;  and  Past 
Master  of  Salome  Lodge,  No.  145,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  of  CedarviUe,  N.J. 


f^OllN  BOAS  CLEVPLNSTINP:,  man- 
ager of  the  only  printing-office  in 
Bridgeton  exclusively  de\-oted  to  joli 
work,  was  born  December  7,  1S61,  in  Kimljcr- 
ton,  Chester  County,  Pa.,  son  of  John  and 
Sarah  (Boas)  Clevenstine.  The  Clevenstines 
are  an  old  Penn.sylvania  family  of  German 
origin. 

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County,  was  an  extensive  land-owner  and 
largely  interested  in  the  mule  teams  which 
were  then  used  to  switch  or  transfer  cars  in 
West  Philadelphia.  He  also  had  a  large  min- 
ing interest,  being  engaged  in  transporting 
iron  ore  to  the  mills  in  I'hoenixville,  Pa. 
The  old  bridge  from  Phcenixville  to  Mont  Clare 
was  constructed  by  his  instrumentality,  while 
he  was  one  of  the  principal  members  of  the 
Bridge  Company.  He  was  also  one  of  the 
early  stockholders  of  the  old  National  Bank  of 
Phcenixville.  He  took  an  active  interest  in 
public  affairs,  and  served  successively  in  a 
number  of  county  offices.  He  was  widely 
known  anti  highly  respected  as  an  authority 
in  town  questions.  In  politics  he  was  a  life- 
long Democrat.  His  wife  was  a  daughter  of 
John  Boas,  of  Philadelphia.  She  had  but  one 
child  by  this  union,  John  Boas  Clevenstine, 
the  subject  of  this  biography.  At  the  time  of 
her  marriage  to  John  Clevenstine  she  was  the 
Widow  Dcttra,  and  had  four  children.  Two 
of  tiiese  are  now  living,  naineh':  Jnhii,  who  is 
now  at  Oaks  Station,  Pa.;  antl  Benjamin,  who 
is  an  attorney  in  Reading,  Pa.  The  parents 
were  Lutherans  in  religious  belief.  The 
father  died  in  1872,  and  the  mother  passed 
away  in  i  SS  i . 

John  Boas  Clevenstine,  after  receiving  a 
public-school  education  in  Chester  County, 
was  sent  to  Ursinus  College  in  Montgomery 
County.  He  was  graduated  from  the  jirepara- 
tory  course,  and,  yielding  to  the  wish  of  an 
intimate  friend,  he  decided  to  take  the  theo- 
logical course,  entering  tlie  Freshman  class  in 
1877.      On  October  4  of   the  same  year  he  was  I 


injured  in  the  Pickering  Valley  Railroad  dis- 
aster, and  laid  up  for  eight  weeks.  Then,  in 
spite  of  many  pleas  to  return  and  complete 
the  course  of  study,  he  entered  a  job  printing- 
office  in  Philadeli)liia.  Here  he  remained 
until  the  death  of  his  mother,  after  which  he 
entered  the  office  of  the  Phcenixville  Iiidcf in- 
dent. He  subsequently  became  connected  as 
compositor  with  the  Daily  Eagle  of  Reading, 
Pa.  Later  he  served  as  proof-reader  for  the 
Reading  Evening  NclVS,  which  post  he  held 
some  time,  also  having  charge  of  the  adver- 
tising department  until  1882.  He  then  started 
in  business  for  himself.  Five  years  afterward 
he  consolidated  this  office  with  another  and 
came  away.  He  next  entered  the  emjiloy  of 
McCowan  &  Nichols,  publishers  of  tiie 
Weekly  Pioneer,  with  whom  he  remained  as 
manager  of  the  mechanical  department  for  a 
year.  Then  he  and  S.  A.  Laningeach  bought 
one-half  interest  in  the  Bridgeton  Cltroniele, 
Mr.  Clevenstine  being  the  practical  manager 
there,  as  his  partner  was  in  the  post-office. 
During  the  two  and  a  half  years  of  association 
with  that  organ  he  was  elected  as  Clerk  of  the 
Board  of  Freeholders,  which  position  he  re- 
tained two  years.  He  was  twice  nominated 
for  the  assessorship  of  the  Third  Ward, 
which  is  strongly  Repujjlican,  while  Mr. 
Clevenstine  is  a  Democrat.  Tiie  last  time  he 
consented  to  run  he  cut  down  the  opposing 
majority  by  one-half.  I-'or  a  short  time  he  was 
local  editor  of  the  Norristown  Daily  Register ; 
but,  not  wishing  to  move,  he  returnetl  to 
the  city,  and  started  a  job  printing  business 
on  August  I,  1894.      All  lines  of  job  work  are 


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done  here,  and  always  got  out  on  time.  The 
office  is  at  40  South  Laurel  Street,  where  he 
employs  a  number  of  hands. 

Mr.  CIcvenstine  is  Treasurer  of  ]5ridgeton 
l)ranch  of  Republic  Building  and  Loan  Asso- 
ciation of  Newark,  N.J.,  which  does  a  good 
business.  Me  is  Court  Crier  for  Cumberland 
County;  member  of  Junior  Order  of  American 
Mechanics  Council,  of  which  he  is  Treasurer; 
a  member  of  Knights  of  Malta,  ICnights  of 
Golden  Eagle,  and  the  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen.  On  P'ebruary  13,  1883, 
he  married  Miss  Ella  Garst,  of  Reading. 
Her  father,  George  W.  Garst,  was  one  of  the 
leading  contractors  and  builders  of  the  city. 
It  was  he  who  built  the  public  government 
buildings.  Mr.  Clevenstinc  and  his  wife  are 
members  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church. 
They  have  two  children  —  Violet  M.  and 
Laura  A. 


RANGE  H.  ADAMS,  A.M.,  M.D., 
a  leading  physician  and  surgeon  of 
X'ineland,  now  President  of  the  Board 
of  I'Lchication  of  this  town,  was  boin  in 
Rindge,  N.H.,  January  i,  1856.  He  is  a 
grandson  of  Israel  Adams,  Jr.,  a  native  of  An- 
dover,  Mass.,  and  his  wife;  Sally,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  Aihinis,  of  Ashlnu'iihani,  Mass.;  and 
more  remoteh'  he  traces  his  descent  from 
Henry  Adams,  who  came  to  America  about 
1636,  settling  at  Braintree,  Mass.;  and  among 
whose  posterity  have  been  numbered  two  Pres- 
idents of  the  United  .States. 

Israel  Adams,  Sr.,  the  great-grandfather  of 
Dr.  Adams,  removed  from  Andover  to   Rind<re 


in  1772,  when  his  son  and  namesake,  Israel, 
was  a  child  of  four  years  of  age.  The  birth 
date  of  Israel  Adams,  Jr.,  was  the  8th  of  Jan- 
uary, 176S.  He  married  Sally  Adams  on 
August  28,  1796;  and  to  them  was  born  on 
the  4th  of  March,  1S07,  in  the  town  of 
Rindge,  a  son,  who  bore  the  name  of  Albert. 
Mr.  Albert  Adams  was  a  farmer  in  his  native 
place  during  his  life,  and  was  also  engaged  in 
the  lumber  business.  He  held  the  office  of 
Selectman,  and  was  one  of  the  District  School 
Committee.  He  married  Miss  Mary  Pollard, 
May  26,  1836.  This  lady  was  a  daughter  of 
Mr.  Levi  Pollard,  of  Winchendon,  Mass. 
She  was  born  June  22,  181 1,  and  was  a  sister 
of  the  Rev.  Andrew  Pollard,  D.  D.,  who  was 
a  divine  of  great  reputation  in  the  city  of  Bos- 
ton. The  Pollard  family  was  of  patriotic 
stock,  and  the  great-grandfather  of  Miss  Pol- 
lard was  one  of  those  victorious  soldiers  who 
marched  into  Quebec  during  the  war  of  the 
American  Revolution.  He  was  seventeen  on 
the  day  of  the  victory,  and  used  to  recall  with 
pride  the  celebration  of  his  birthday. 

To  Albert  and  Mary  Adams  seven  children 
were  born,  namely:  George  A.,  who  was  a 
Captain  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-seventh 
New  York  Volunteers,  ami  who  was  fatally 
wounded  at  Gettysburg,  dying  a  few  da^'s  after 
that  memorable  battle;  Israel,  who  died  in  in- 
fancy; William,  who  died  of  fever  when  a  lad 
of  si.xteen ;  John  15.,  a  farmer  of  New  Hamp- 
shire; l-^rancis  A.,  who  lives  in  Massachu- 
setts; Mary  B.,  wife  of  Mr.  I^eonard  F. 
Sawyer;  and  Dr.  Orange  II.  Adams,  of  \Mne- 
land.      Mr.    Albert    Adams,    the    father,    died 


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May  14,  1875.  His  wife  survived  him  nine 
years,  dying  on  the  31st  of  October,  1884. 
She  was  for  forty  years  in  the  communion  of 
the  Congregational  church. 

Orange  H.  Adams  was  educated  in  his  boy- 
hood in  the  common  schools  of  Rindge  and 
East  Jaffrey,  N.H.,  and  prepared  for  college 
at  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  entering  Dartmouth 
in  the  fall  of  1877.  He  was  graduated  in 
1 88 1  with  the  degree  of  A.B.,  having  a  com- 
mencement part.  He  belonged  to  the  I'hi 
Beta  Kappa  and  the  Theta  Delta  Chi  fraterni- 
ties. He  then  entered  the  Medical  School, 
where  he  remained  three  years,  graduating 
with  the  degree  of  M.D.  After  leaving  Dart- 
mouth he  engaged  in  special  study  at  the 
New  York  Polyclinics,  and  in  the  summer  of 
1884  came  to  Vineland,  where  he  has  ever 
since  been  jiractising  his  profession.  In  the 
last  few  years  he  has  paid  special  attention  to 
diseases  of  the  eye,  having  taken  special 
courses  of  study  in  this  branch  of  medical 
science.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Cumberland 
County  Medical  Association,  of  which  he  has 
been  President. 

A  strong,  public  spirit  has  always  actuated 
Dr.  Adams,  and  it  was  to  a  large  degree 
through  his  efforts  that  the  glass  works  were 
established  in  the  city,  besides  many  other 
manufacturing  interests  that  were  helped 
by  him  while  serving  as  a  member  of  the 
Vineland  Improvement  Company,  in  behalf  of 
which  he  used  his  influence  for  seven  years. 
He  held  offices  of  public  trust,  not  only  in 
Vineland  but  also  in  other  towns.  Besides 
being  President  of  the  Board  of  Trade    in   his 


own  town,  he  has  held  the  same  position  on 
the  Board  of  Health  and  on  the  Board  of  Edu- 
cation in  the  township  of  Landis.  The 
Tradesmen's  Bank  of  Vineland  owes  some- 
thing to  him  also,  as  he  was  one  of  its  organ- 
izers and  Directors.  Tailing  in  health  some 
time  ago,  he  was  compelled  to  give  up  those 
of  his  offices  which  entailed  too  arduous  labor 
upon  him,  and  to  devote  himself  more  partic- 
ularly to  his  professional  duties,  which  his 
large  practice  rendered  sufficiently  absorbing 
even  to  a  man  of  his  energy  and  capacity. 
Dr.  Adams  married  first  Miss  Jessie  C. 
Ballou,  of  Massachusetts,  a  daughter  of 
George  W.  Ballou,  an  old  veteran  of  the  Ci\'il 
War.  She  died  in  May,  1894,  leaving  two 
children  —  Alice  M.  and  Gertrude  J.  On  the 
1 2th  of  June,  1895,  Dr.  Adams  contracted  a 
second  marriage  with  Miss  Clara  J.  Whitsitt, 
daughter  of  Mr.  Joseph  Whitsitt,  of  Paterson, 
N.J.  Both  the  Doctor  and  his  wife  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Congregational  church,  of  which 
the  former  is  a  Trustee. 


/^TeORGE  BRANNIN,  a  well-known 
\f£J_  glass-blower  of  Millville  and  a  na- 
tive of  the  town,  was  born  August  29,  1854, 
son  of  Joseph  and  Margaret  (Houck)  Brannin. 
Joseph  Brannin  was  also  a  native  of  Millville, 
where  he  received  his  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools.  Early  in  life  he  became  a 
sailor.  In  tiiis  calling  he  succeeded  so  well 
that  at  the  age  of  eighteen  he  was  ajipointcd 
commander  of  a  vessel  sailing  between  Mill- 
ville and    Philadel])hia.      His  wife,  Margaret, 


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who  was  a  daughter  of  William  Houck,  of 
Dorchester,  N.J.,  had  twelve  children,  of 
whom  nine  lived  to  maturity.  These  were: 
William,  Sergent,  John,  Hannah  Ann,  Eben- 
czer,  George,  Eleanora,  Newell,  and  Mark. 
Hannah  Ann  married  Daniel  Woodruff,  of 
Bridgeton,  N.J.;  and  Eleanora  is  the  wife  of 
Mr.  Chance,  of  Millville.  The  family  at- 
tended worship  at  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  of  which  the  mother  was  a  member. 

George  Brannin  received  a  common-school 
education  in  his  native  city.  He  afterward 
learned  the  trade  of  glass-blower  in  the  factory 
of  Whitall,  Tatum  &  Co.,  by  which  firm  he  is 
still  employed.  In  1895  he  was  appointed  a 
member  of  the  City  Council,  to  fill  a  vacancy 
caused  by  the  resignation  of  a  member.  He 
is  Past  Grand  Master  of  Millville  Lodge,  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  also 
belongs  to  the  Millville  Lodge  of  the  Knights 
of  Pythias,  and  to  the  A.  O.  K.  M.  C.  Mr. 
Brannin  is  a  member  of  the  E.xecutive  Board, 
Branch  7,  of  the  United  Green  Glass  Workers' 
Association  of  the  United  States  and  Canada, 
and  has  been  a  representative  to  the  national 
convention.  He  has  also  membership  in  the 
City  Trades  Council,  and  is  an  e.xecutive 
member  of  the  Republican  County  Commit- 
tee. On  June  29,  1877,  he  married  Miss 
Lizzie  L.,  daughter  of  Cornelius  Lashley. 
They  have  had  three  children,  of  whom  F"lora 
and  Claude  are  living.  Edward  died  at  the 
age  of  six  years.  Mr.  Brannin  is  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Mrs. 
Brannin,  who  was  also  in  communion  with 
that  ciiurch,  died  some  time  ago. 


"ARRY  L.  WOODRUFF,  one  of  the 
=^  prominent  citizens  of  Deerfield, 
N.J.,  and  belonging  to  that  family 
for  whom  Woodruff  Station  is  named,  was 
born  at  Woodruff,  August  28,  1855. 

His  great-grandfather,  and  the  ancestor  of 
all  the  Woodruffs  of  New  Jersey,  was  Ephraim 
Woodruff.  He  and  his  brother  came  from 
England  to  this  country  at  an  early  period. 
His  brother  settled  himself  in  Connecticut, 
and  Ephraim  came  to  New  Jersey,  where  he 
settled  on  a  large  tract  of  wild  land.  The 
site  of  this  ancestral  estate  was  once  the 
dwelling-place  of  an  Indian  tribe,  and  many 
arrow-heads  have  been  found  here,  the  relics 
of  a  past  and  gone  race.  Buying  a  very  large 
tract  of  land  in  this  section,  I^jjhraim  Wood- 
ruff established  a  home  that  still  remains  in 
possession  of  his  descendants. 

The  immigrant  left  a  son,  who  bore  the 
name  of  Lewis,  and  who  was  in  reality  the 
founder  of  the  Methodist  church  in  this 
region,  as  he  erected  the  church  edifice,  and 
paid  the  minister's  salary  out  of  his  own  pri- 
vate funds.  He  also  built  a  school-house  on 
the  adjacent  land,  so  that  the  estate  was  sup- 
plied, like  the  feudal  castles  of  old,  with 
place  of  worship,  a  school,  and  all  of  the  nec- 
essary institutions  of  life  within  the  boun- 
daries of  its  broad  acres.  Lewis  Woodruff 
died  in  1867,  aged  si.xty-seven  years.  He 
was  a  man  of  wealth,  leaving  to  each  of  his 
children  a  farm.  His  sons  and  daughters 
were:  Susan,  who  married  Mr.  William 
Daughaday,  wlunn  she  sur\-ives;  Robert  S., 
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1885;  John  S.,  the  father  of  Mr.  Harry  L. 
Woodruff;  Katie,  now  deceased,  who  was  the 
wife  of  Mr.  Holcroft;  Lewis,  who  died  in 
childhood;  Lewis  R. ,  who  lived  on  the  farm 
here  until  his  death:  Edward  S.,  whose  farm 
was  next  to  the  school-house;  Maggie,  who 
became  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  William  Shimp, 
and  is  now  a  resident  of  Atlantic  City;  Jo- 
seph A.,  who  owned  a  farm  here,  but  finally 
moved  to  Bridgeton,  and  is  now  an  ex-Coun- 
cilman of  that  city,  and  engaged  in  buying 
and  selling  real  estate;  and  Thomas,  the 
youngest,  who  fell  heir  to  the  old  homestead, 
where  he  lived  for  many  years,  afterward  re- 
moving to  Atlantic  City. 

John  S.  Woodruff  was  born  in  Deerfield  on 
the  5th  of  November,  1829.  He  was  educated 
in  the  school-house  that  stood  on  his  father's 
farm.  Here  he  remained,  sharing  in  the 
home  responsibilities  until  the  date  of  his 
marriage  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Hitchner,  which 
was  May  8,  185  i.  He  then  began  farming  on 
the  place  given  him  by  his  father,  and  on 
which  he  still  lives.  F"or  a  number  of  years 
he  was  engaged  in  cattle  dealing,  buying  great 
droves  of  cattle,  and  selling  them  to  the  well- 
to-do  farmers  throughout  Cumberland  and 
Salem  Counties.  In  this  way  he  travelled 
about  a  good  deal,  though  not  over  a  very 
great  extent  of  country,  and  was  one  of  the 
largest  cattle  dealers  of  his  time.  His 
father's  gift  of  land  embraced  a  stretch  of 
sixty  acres,  and  to  this  he  added  by  the  pur- 
chase of  an  adjoining  farm  of  eighty  acres. 
On  this  land  he  has  built  one  of  the  handsom- 
est residences   in   Ueerfield.      He   has   always 


been  a  man  of  public  affairs.  He  was  one  of 
the  constituent  stockholders  of  the  Yineland 
Railroad,  and  it  was  owing  to  his  energetic 
efforts  that  the  town  of  Bridgeton  ever  en- 
joyed the  benefits  of  two  railways.  This 
enterprise  was  the  result  of  the  conjoined 
efforts  of  Mr.  Woodruff  and  Mr.  Landis. 
When  the  road  was  a  fact  accomplished,  the 
route  lay  very  near  Mr.  Woodruff's  property; 
and  he  secured  the  station,  which  was  shortly 
to  be  built,  on  his  farm,  at  the  point  where  the 
highway  is  crossed  by  the  road  leading  from 
Woodruff  to  Millville.  In  his  honor  it  was 
called  Woodruff  Station. 

For  the  last  quarter  of  a  century  Mr.  John 
S.  Woodruff  has  been  engaged  in  an  enter- 
prise which  he  himself  inaugurated  and  devel- 
oped. In  1872  he  devoted  three  acres  of  his 
land  to  the  culture  of  strawberries  and  other 
small  fruits,  believing  that  he  would  find  a 
ready  market  for  them  in  the  cities  then  sup- 
plied by  the  distant  fruit-growing  States. 
The  result  has  proved  the  sagacity  of  his  judg- 
ment. His  fruit-fields  have  been  enlarged 
till  they  now  embrace  more  than  twelve  times 
the  original  number  of  acres.  Commencing 
in  a  modest  way,  he  has  gradually  established 
an  enormous  trade.  Seeing  the  possibilities 
in  their  reach,  his  neighbors  also  planted 
their  lands  in  the  same  way;  and  the  shipping 
of  the  luscious  red  berries  is  now  the  chief 
business  of  the  place.  Mr.  Woodruff  alone 
gives  employment  to  sixty  pickers,  and  several 
hundred  people  find  remunerative  occupation 
in  the  strawberry  fields  of  the  various  growers 
every  summer.     During  the  season  there   is  a 


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daily  export  of  strawberries  from  these  farms 
which  is  estimated  at  forty  thousand  quarts. 
Five  years  ago  it  was  impossible  to  get  enough 
pickers  in  the  neighborhood  to  fill  the  de- 
mands ;  antl  the  growers  were  forced  to  send  to 
Philadelphia,  and  import  Italians  by  the  car- 
load to  gather  the  fruit.  The  South  Jersey 
berries  come  in  just  between  the  South-grown 
and  the  North-grown  berries,  so  there  is  an 
unfailing  demand  for  them  in  the  markc'ts. 
When  it  is  remembered  that  thirty  years  ago 
there  was  not  a  field  of  strawberries  grown  in 
this  section,  Mr.  Woodruff's  energy,  fore- 
sight, and  judgment  seem  phenomenal,  and 
his  success,  great  as  it  has  been,  scarcely  ade- 
quate to  what  he  has  accomplished,  not  only  for 
himself  but  for  the  community.  The  receipts 
for  the  shipment  of  these  berries  to  New 
York,  Massachusetts,  and  the  other  Eastern 
States,  amounts  to  above  twenty- five  thousand 
dollars  annually;  and  the  little  Woodruff 
Station  is,  in  consequence,  one  of  the  most 
important  in  the  country,  though  there  are  no 
manufactures  here.  Pleased  with  the  result 
of  his  enterprise,  Mr.  Woodruff  has  deter- 
mined to  still  further  enlarge  his  business, 
and  with  this  in  view  has  lately  set  out  a 
large  orchard  of  Kieper  pear-trees. 

To  Mr.  John  S.  Woodruff  and  his  wife  four 
children  were  born:  Sadie  H.  (deceased),  who 
married  Mr.  Frank  E.  Hale,  of  Cumberland ; 
Harry  L.,  whose  name  is  the  initial  word  of 
this  biography;  Allie  T.,  who  died  in  her 
youth;  and  Warren  C,  who  was  born  in 
March,  1870.  The  mother,  Mrs.  P^lizabeth  il. 
Woodruff,  was  born  April    12,   1831,  in    Pitt's 


Grove,  Salem  County.  Her  father,  Matthias 
Hitchner,  was  for  many  years  a  farmer  and  resi- 
dent of  that  county,  where  he  was  well  known. 
Mr.  Jacob  Hitchner,  an  uncle  of  Mrs.  Wood- 
ruff, lived  to  be  over  one  hundred  years  old. 
He  was  familiarly  known  through  South 
Jersey  as  "Uncle  Jake."  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John 
S.  Woodruff  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
church;  and  it  is  largely  due  to  their  support 
that  the  community  has  the  privilege  of 
divine  service,  for  Mr.  Woodruff  has  been  the 
steward  and  Trustee  of  the  church,  which  is 
built  on  his  estate,  for  the  last  thirty-five  or 
forty  years,  he  having  begun  his  church  work 
when  he  was  a  young  man  of  twenty-five  years 
of  age.  He  was  one  of  the  prime  movers  in 
the  erection  of  the  new  church  building;  and 
he,  together  with  the  rest  of  the  family,  meet 
the  greater  part  of  the  expenses  of  church  ser- 
vice and  ministration.  He  has  been  the 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school  held 
here  for  many  years,  and  has  striven  faithfully 
to  teach  by  precept  as  well  as  example.  He 
has  been  honoreil  by  election  to  the  best  ]iub- 
lic  offices,  having  been  Collector  of  Deerfield 
for  many  years;  and  he  has  often  been  a  dele- 
gate to  conventions  held  for  the  consideration 
of  public  matters  of  interest.  He  has  now, 
however,  retired  from  active  politics.  He  has 
always  been  firm  in  his  allegiance  to  Democ- 
racy. 

Warren  C.  Woodruff  was  educated  in  Deer- 
field  and  the  South  Jersey  Institute,  and  at 
fourteen  years  of  age  entered  the  railroad  ser- 
vice. He  was  employed  on  the  New  Jersey 
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trains  from  Bay  Side  to  Winslow  Junction. 
From  train  agent  he  was  appointed  cliief  clerk 
at  Port  Norris,  whence  he  was  afterward  trans- 
ferred to  the  station  agency  of  Broadway. 
This  situation  he  gave  up  to  enter  into  a 
partnership  with  liis  brother,  Harry  h.,  with 
whom  he  is  now  in  business,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Woodruff  Brothers.  He  is  the  organ- 
ist of  the  church  in  which  the  family  wor- 
ship. 

Harry  I^.  Woodruff  attended  the  school  on 
his  father's  farm,  and  then  became  a  stutlent 
at  the  South  Jersey  Institute  at  Bridgeton. 
When  he  returned  from  Bridgeton,  he  remained 
with  his  father  until  his  marriage.  When  the 
New  Jersey  Central  Railroad  came  through 
Deerfield,  he  was  immediately  made  its  sta- 
tion agent  at  Wooilruff  Station,  and  for  twenty 
years  has  been  the  only  person  who  has  filled 
this  position.  He  has  a  charming  home  on 
one  of  his  father's  farms  near  the  station, 
which  rivals  that  in  which  his  childhood  was 
passed.  The  commodious  dwelling  contains 
all  of  the  latest  improvements  in  the  way  of 
heating,  ventilation,  and  sanitary  arrange- 
ments, and  is  one  of  the  handsomest  in  this 
locality.  Mr.  Harry  L.  Woodruff  now  has 
charge  of  both  farms,  his  own  and  his  father's, 
and  manages  the  farming  and  berry-growing 
together  as  one  great  whole,  leading  a  very 
busy  life.  He  is  also  the  general  shipper  for 
the  various  other  growers  in  the  neighbor- 
hood, who  receive  their  pay  through  him;  and 
he  is  the  United  States  ICxpress  agent. 

When  the  post-office  was  established  at 
Woodruff,  May  lo,   iS8i,  his  father,  Mr.  John 


S.  Woodruff  received  the  appointment  of  Post- 
master, an  office  he  has  held  through  the 
changing  fortunes  of  the  different  administra- 
tions. Mr.  Harry  L.  Woodruff  fills  the  place 
of  assistant  in  the  post-office,  where  the  mail 
matter  is  distributed  for  a  wide  territory. 
Two  special  fruit  trains  run  from  this  depot 
daily,  one  to  Boston,  leaving  in  the  morning, 
and  one  to  New  York,  leaving  in  the  after- 
noon, making  the  little  station  a  busy  centre 
during  the  summer  season. 

Mr.  Harry  L.  Woodruff  was  married  on 
December  31,  1885,  to  Miss  Lillie  Martin, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Martin,  Postmaster  at 
Pitt's  Grove.  She  was  born  February  23, 
1861,  in  Pitt's  Grove,  and  lived  in  that  town 
until  her  marriage.  She  assisted  her  father 
in  the  post-office  while  he  was  Postmaster, 
and  also  helped  him  in  the  general  affairs  of 
the  store  which  he  conducted  there.  Mr. 
Samuel  Martin  was  a  son  of  Jacob  Martin,  and 
was  a  native  of  Philadelphia,  where  he  was 
born  in  1820.  He  married  Miss  Mary  Ru- 
dolph, who  was  born  in  1825  in  the  same  city. 
Mrs.  Woodruff's  father  died  in  1S86.  Her 
mother  still  survives.  Both  parents  were 
members  of  the  l^aptist  Church  of  Pitt's 
Grove. 

Mr.  Harry  L.  Woodruff  has  for  many  years 
been  sent  as  delegate  to  the  county  and  State 
conventions,  and  to  those  conventions  that 
-nominate  national  Presidential  delegates.  He 
has  been  Town  Clerk,  and,  since  the  passage 
of  the  law  regarding  registration,  has  held  the 
office  of  Judge  of  Registration.  He  is  a 
stanch  Democrat  and  a  faithful  member  of  the 


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Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  is 
steward  and  Trustee,  while  his  wife  still  holds 
her  membership  in  the  Baptist  Church  of 
Pitt's  Grove,  her  native  town.  In  religious, 
political,  business,  and  social  circles  of  Deer- 
field  the  family  of  Woodruff  holds  an  honored 
place,  and  wields  a  strong  influence.  The 
name  is  a  synonym  of  success  in  the  locality 
where  they  have  done  so  much  for  themselves 
and  their  neighbors. 


ARREN    C.    WOODRUFF,    an    en- 
terprising    young     business     man, 
member  of  the  firm  of  Woodruff  Brothers,  was 
born  on  his  father's  farm  at  Woodruff  Station, 
N.J.,  March  10,   1870.      He  attended  the  pub- 
lic   schools,    the   school    building   wherein    he 
mastered   the   rudiments   of    knowledge    being 
situated  on  his  father's  farm,  and  was  also  a 
student  at   South  Jersey  Institute   of   Bridge- 
ton,    N.J.      He  began  his  business  career  at 
an    unusually  early   age,    obtaining  a   position 
on  the   New  Jersey  Central    Railroad  when   he 
was  but  a  lad  of  fourteen  years.     During  most 
of  the  time  that  he  was  in  the  railroad  service 
he  was  train  agent,  running  between  Bay  Side 
and    Winslow    Junction.       The    conscientious 
discharge  of  his  duties  secureil  for  him  speedy 
promotion,  and  he  was  shortly  appointed   chief 
clerk  at  Port   Norris.      Subsequently  the  com- 
pany promoted  him  to  the  more   important  po- 
sition   of    station    agent    at    Broadway,    N.J., 
which    he   retained    until    1896,    when    he    re- 
signed it  to  become  a   partner    in   the   present 
firm  of  Woodruff  Brothers.      While  located  in 


Broadway  he  was  agent  for  the  United  States 
Express  Company,  and  also  became  interested 
in  the  commission  business,  being  the  heavi- 
est receiver  at  that  place.  Joining  forces 
with  his  brother,  H.  L.  Woodruff,  who  had 
already  established  a  good  business  in  the 
shipping  of  produce,  they  have  since  contin- 
ued together  on  the  road  to  prosperity,  having 
extended  the  enterprise  so  as  to  embrace  other 
lines.  Besides  the  practical  bent  of  mind 
which  seems  to  be  a  sort  of  natural  heritage  of 
this  family,  Mr.  Woodruff  possesses  a  decided 
talent  for  music,  which  gift  is  a  source  of 
pleasure  to  himself  as  well  as  to  others.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  of  which  he  is  steward  and  organist. 
His  father  having  taken  an  active  part  in  es- 
tablishing and  supporting  the  church  that 
literally  stands  within  the  boundaries  of  the 
family  estate,  it  is  pleasant  to  note  that  the 
second  generation  of  the  name  and  blood 
stand  fast  in  the  faith.  If  the  past  is  pro- 
phetic of  the  future,  Mr.  Woodruff's  success 
in  life  would  seem  to  be  assured. 


ISAAC  T.  NICHOLS,  an  eminent  jour- 
nalist of  New  Jersey,  who,  as  a  jioli- 
tician,  has  a  long  ami  honorable  record, 
was  born  in  the  city  of  Bridgeton,  Cumberland 
County,  N.J.,  March  22,  1848.  His  parents 
were  Captain  Isaac  and  Mary  A.  (M'Gear) 
Nichols.  His  paternal  ancestors  were  among 
the  early  English  settlers  of  the  "Colony  of 
Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Plantations." 
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to  New  Jersey;  and  during  the  Revolutionary 
War  they  were  residents  of  Deerfield,  Cum- 
berland County,  and  were  active  in  the  patriot 
cause. 

Isaac  Nichols,  first,  tlic  great-grandfather 
of  Isaac  T. ,  was  born  in  Deerfield  in  1757, 
and  died  April  i,  iiSi7.  Samuel  Nichols,  son 
of  Isaac  first,  was  also  a  native  of  Deerfield. 
lie  was  born  in  1778,  and  died  October  9, 
1828.  In  1806  he  was  married  to  Catherine 
Carll,  daughter  of  John  Carll,  a  prominent 
citizen  of  Cumberland  County,  who  was  of 
German  ancestry.  The  Carll  family  produced 
some  noted  men  in  the  early  days  of  New 
Jersey,  who  were  leading  citizens  of  Salem 
and  Cumberland  Counties.  Samuel  and  Cath- 
erine (Carll)  Nichols  were  the  parents  of  the 
following  children:  Isaac,  second,  born  No- 
vember 21,  1806;  Thomas,  born  January  22, 
1809;  John,  May  26,  iSio;  Judith,  June  20, 
1812;  Samuel,  December  28,  181 3;  Phcebe, 
December  2,  1S15;  Abigail,  March  27,  181 7; 
and  Parthenia  M.,  F"ebruary  27,   1821. 

Isaac  Nichols,  son  of  Samuel  and  the 
father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born 
in  Deerfield.  He  removed  to  Bridgeton,  and 
became  a  resident  of  that  city.  In  his  early 
manhood  he  followed  the  sea,  and  was  for  a 
long  time  master  of  a  vessel.  The  last  years 
of  his  life  he  was  foreman  of  the  measuring 
department  of  the  Cumberland  Nail  and  Iron 
Company's  pipe-mill.  Although  his  father 
was  a  Democrat,  Captain  Nichols  became  affil- 
iated with  the  Whig  party  as  soon  as  he  was 
qualified  to  vote,  and  cast  his  first  Presiden- 
tial ballot  for  John  Q.  Adams.      Later  he  was 


one  of  the  first  adherents  of  the  Free  Soil  and 
Republican  parties  in  Cumberland  County. 
In  religious  belief  he  was  a  Methodist.  He 
died  August  13,  1875.  In  1835  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Caroline  M'Gear.  She 
dying,  he  married  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Garrison, 
daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Middle- 
ton)  M'Gear,  of  Bridgeton.  Mary  A.  Nichols 
was  born  in  18 17,  and  died  August  10,  1863. 
She  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church 
and  a  zealous,  earnest  Christian  from  early 
girlhood.  The  M'Gears  are  a  Scotch-Irish 
Protestant  family.  Elizabeth  Middleton  was 
a  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Mary  Middleton. 
Captain  Nichols's  family  consisted  of:  Caro- 
line M'Gear,  born  P'ebruary  8,  1845;  Isaac 
T.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  born  March 
22,  1848;  Barclay  R.,  born  December  28, 
1849;  Ann  Maria,  born  March  19,  1852;  and 
Mary  E.,  born  January  5,  1857. 

Isaac  T.  Nichols  attended  the  Bank  Street 
public  school  in  Bridgeton,  and  at  the  age  of 
seventeen  began  to  learn  the  printer's  trade  in 
the  office  of  the  Chronicle.  He  became  fa- 
miliar with  all  branches  of  newspaper  work, 
and  on  October  8,  £874,  became  editor  of  the 
Bridgeton  Pioneer,  and  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  M'Cowan  &  Nichols,  publishers  of  that 
journal.  In  1S86  the  firm  established  the 
daily  Pioneer  which  is  still  a  regular  visitor 
in  the  homes  of  the  people  of  Bridgeton.  As 
a  journalist  Mr.  Nichols  wields  a  facile  pen, 
his  intimate  connection  with  public  events 
giving  him  a  wide  field  of  personal  observa- 
tion to  draw-  from;  and  his  natural  literary 
talent  has   been   developed    by   years   of   news- 


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paper  work,  the  best  course  of  training  for  a 
writer  of  the  present  day.  In  1887  he  built 
the  business  block  in  which  the  post-office 
is  located,  a  handsome  structure  which  cost 
twenty  thousand  dollars,  and  is  a  monument  to 
his  energy. 

In  1876,  centennial  year,  Mr.  Nichols  was 
chosen  to  represent  the  First  Assembly  Dis- 
trict, on  the  ticket  with  General  R.  B.  Hayes, 
and  was  re-elected  the  following  year,  serving 
on  the  Committees  on  Education,  Revision  of 
the  Laws,  Hanks  and  Insurance,  State  Library, 
and  the  special  committee  appointed  to  inves- 
tigate charges  against  certain  State  officials. 
He  gained  prominence  in  the  House  by  his 
ability  as  a  debater  and  his  parliamentary 
tact  and  sound,  practical  judgment  on  impor- 
tant issues.  In  1877  he  originated  and  intro- 
duced a  bill,  which  became  a  law,  exempting 
all  soldiers  and  sailors  who  served  in  the  civil 
war  from  poll-tax;  and  he  advocated  the  "cash 
hill,"  which  prohibited  the  use  of  punch  orders 
in  the  glass  factory  stores  of  South  Jersey. 
II  is  speech  on  the  report  of  the  investigation 
of  accounts  and  transactions  of  the  Secretary 
of  State  was  concise  and  to  the  point,  and  re- 
ceived the  unanimous  indorsement  of  both 
parties  in  the  Assembly.  In  1878  he  was  the 
effective  advocate  of  the  bill  reducing  the 
legal  rate  of  interest  from  seven  to  six  per 
cent,   in  the   State  of   New   Jersey. 

In  1880,  when  General  Garfield  was  made 
President,  Mr.  Nichols  was  elected  State  Sen- 
ator on  the  Republican  ticket,  and  served  as 
the  honest  exponent  of  the  interests  of  his 
constituents.      He  introduced  and  secured  the 


passage  of  numerous  important  measures,  in- 
cluding the  act  prohibiting  the  sale  of  ciga- 
rettes and  tobacco  in  any  form  to  children 
under  sixteen  years  of  age.  Recognizing  the 
value  of  the  oyster  industry  as  a  source 
of  prosperity  in  South  Jersey,  he  introduced 
and  had  passed  several  bills  of  great  impor- 
tance to  the  oyster  interests  of  Cumberland 
County.  He  was  for  two  years  Chairman 
of  the  joint  Committee  on  Printing,  and 
of  the  joint  Committee  on  Bicentennial 
Celebration.  In  1880  also  he  was  alternate 
delegate  to  the  Republican  National  Conven- 
tion at  Chicago  as  a  Blaine  man,  when 
James  A.  Garfield  was  nominated  over  the 
famous  three  hundred  and  six.  Again 
elected  to  the  Senate  in  1883,  he  served  on 
important  committees;  and,  taking  part  in 
the  memorable  contest  with  the  Baltimore  & 
Ohio  Railroad  concerning  the  right  of  way  for 
their  bridge  at  Kill  von  Kull,  Staten  Island, 
which  gave  them  admission  to  New  York 
State,  made  a  telling  speccli  on  that  issue. 
The  most  important  measure  with  which  he 
was  connected  as  Senator  was  that  passed  by 
the  Senate  in  1884,  taxing  railroad,  telegraph, 
and  telephone  companies  one-half  of  one  per 
cent,  on  taxable  property.  In  the  advocacy  of 
this  bill,  which,  when  passed,  brought  the 
State  a  revenue  of  fifteen  million  dollars,  Mr. 
Nichols  was  associated  with  his  intimate  per- 
sonal friend.  Governor  Griggs.  Mr.  Nichols 
was  also  one  of  the  Senators  who  sat  on  the 
impeachment  of  Patrick  H.  Laverty,  State 
prison  keeper,  who  was  tried  by  the  Senate, 
and    expelled    for    immorality.      Though    Mr. 


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Nichols  was  the  youngest  man  ever  elected  to 
the  State  Senate  from  Cumberland  County, 
the  soundness  and  impartiality  of  his  views  on 
State  matters  and  his  earnest  and  eloquent 
advocacy  of  legislation  in  the  interest  of 
morality,  together  with  his  loyalty  to  the 
cause  of  economy  and  thorough  reform,  which 
often  led  him  to  vote  against  his  own  personal 
interests,  won  for  him  not  only  the  confidence 
and  high  regard  of  his  constituents,  but  the 
esteem  of  even  political  opponents. 

In  1884  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  Republican 
Convention  at  Chicago  which  nominated  James 
G.  Blaine,  his  choice  for  President;  and  in 
the  campaign  of  1888  he  was  sent  out  by  the 
Republican  Executive  Committee  of  New 
Jersey,  and  made  a  number  of  speeches  in 
different  parts  of  the  State.  During  the  cam- 
paign of  1895  he  took  an  active  part  in  the 
election  of  Governor  Griggs,  having  been 
again  sent  out  by  the  Republican  Committee 
as  speaker.  He  has  for  twenty  years  been  a 
delegate  to  Republican  State  Conventions, 
and  taken  an  active  part  in  forwarding  the  in- 
terests of  his  party.  A  member  of  the  Board 
of  lulucation  of  Bridgeton  for  nine  years,  he 
was  President  two  terms,  and  has  long  taken 
an  interest  in  school  matters,  advocating  the 
erection  of  the  splendid  liigh-school  building 
in  that  city,  which  was  carried  after  a  hot  con- 
test. 

August  21,  1869,  Mr.  Nichols  was  married 
to  Emma,  daughter  of  George  Remstcr  and 
grand-daughter  of  Judge  George  Remster,  of 
Salem  County,  New  Jersey.  Judge  Remster's 
grandfather,   Frederick  Remster,   came    origi- 


nally from  Amsterdam,  Holland,  and  settled 
in  Salem  County,  where  the  family  has  since 
occupied  a  prominent  position. 

Mr.  Nichols  is  a  Past  Grand  of  Bridgeton 
Lodge,  No.  129,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  Bridgeton,  and  a  Past  District 
Deputy  Grand  Master.  In  1892  he  was 
chosen  Grand  Master  of  the  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen,  the  first  Grand  Master  in 
New  Jersey,  and  at  the  expiration  of  his  term 
of  service  was  elected  Representative  to  the 
Supreme  Lodge,  which  met  in  1893  in  To- 
ronto, Canada,  and  in  1894  in  San  I'rancisco, 
Cal.  He  is  also  connected  with  other  benevo- 
lent and  beneficiary  societies  and  is  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  Republican  League  of 
Bridireton. 


ENJAMIN  CHANDLER  SKIN- 
NER, who  died  March  18,  1896, 
was  a  widely  known  contractor  and 
builder,  and  a  prominent  and  esteemed  citizen 
of  Landis,  Cumbcrlantl  County,  N.J.  He  was 
born  in  Dana,  Worcester  County,  Mass.,  Oc- 
tober 4,  1816,  the  son  of  Benjamin  and  Lydia 
(Hoskins)  Skinner,  and  was  a  representative 
of  one  of  the  old  and  respected  families  of  that 
town.  His  grandfather,  Benjamin  Skinner, 
Sr. ,  was  there  engaged  throughout  life  in  the 
honored  vocation  of  farming.  He  served  his 
country  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  and 
also  in  that  of  18 12.  He  married,  and  was  the 
father  of  a  large  family  of  children,  ot  whom 
five  daughters  and  two  sons  grew  to  maturity. 
Mr.  Benjamin  Skinner,  Sr.,  died  in  1841,  at 
at  the  venerable  age  of  eighty-seven  years. 


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Benjamin,  Jr.,  the  elder  of  his  two  sons, 
was  a  native  of  Dana.  He  passed  his  boy- 
hood and  early  manhood  at  the  paternal  home, 
receiving  his  education  in  the  district  schools. 
He  co-operated  with  his  father  in  the  work  on 
the  farm  until  he  became  of  age,  when  he 
learned  the  trade  of  stone  cutting,  which  he 
followed  as  an  occupation  for  a  long  period. 
Previous  to  the  last  twenty  years  of  his  life, 
which  were  devoted  to  his  chosen  calling,  he 
owned  a  farm  of  about  one  hundred  acres, 
nine-tenths  of  which  he  kept  under  cultiva- 
tion. He  was  joined  in  wedlock  with  Miss 
Lydia,  the  daughter  of  Elkanah  and  Lydia 
(Morse)  Hoskins,  of  Dana,  Mass.  Mr. 
Hoskins  was  a  farmer.  He  and  his  wife  were 
the  parents  of  three  children,  namely:  Lydia, 
the  wife  of  Mr.  Skinner;  Lynda,  who  is  now 
Mrs.  Jacob  Amsden ;  and  Lettie,  the  wife  of 
Josiah  Doubleday.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Skinner 
were  blessed  in  the  birth  of  a  large  family  of 
nine  chiklren,  as  follows:  Elkanah;  Otis; 
Lois  L.,  Mrs.  Horr;  Benjamin  Chandler,  of 
this  sketch;  Merrick,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
eleven  years;  Hannah  V.,  who  is  now  Mrs. 
Austin  Doane,  of  Dana,  Mass.  ;  Mindwell, 
the  wife  of  I'eirce  Horr,  of  Dana;  Clarissa, 
now  Mrs.  Lendell  Thayer;  and  Elias. 

Benjamin  Chandler  Skinner,  the  fourth 
chiKl  nametl  above,  was  educated  in  the  dis- 
trict schools  of  his  native  town.  At  the  con- 
clusion of  his  period  of  mental  training  he 
applied  himself  to  the  acquirement  of  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  carpentering.  After 
plying  his  trade  for  three  years  as  a  journey- 
man,   he   bought   out    his   employer,    and   con- 


ducted a  sash  and  blind  factory,  and  was  also 
engaged  in  contracting  and  building.  He  was 
one  of  the  most  prominent  and  active  builders 
of  Athol  Centre,  Mass.,  in  which  town  he 
erected  about  one-third  of  the  buildings.  In 
1865  he  removed  to  Vineland,  N.J.,  where  he 
purchased  a  farm  of  about  twenty-five  acres, 
which  he  devoted  mainly  to  the  cultivation  of 
fruit.  Toward  the  close  of  his  life  he  dis- 
posed of  the  greater  portion  of  his  estate,  re- 
serving only  about  ten  acres,  on  which  he 
made  his  home  till  his  death. 

Mr.  Skinner  was  twice  married.  In  Sep- 
tember, 1840,  he  was  united  in  wedlock  with 
Miss  Mary  R.  Stockwell,  daughter  of  Josiah 
Stockwell,  of  Athol,  Mass.  Mr.  Stockwell 
conducted  for  the  long  period  of  forty  years  a 
stage  route  from  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  to  Worces- 
ter, Mass.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Skinner  became  the 
parents  of  three  children,  only  one  of  whom 
now  survives;  namely,  Mary  Jane,  who  is  the 
wife  of  Joseph  Houghton,  of  Athol.  Being 
called  upon  in  1864  to  mourn  the  loss  of  his 
first  wife,  Mr.  Skinner  on  September  16, 
1864,  was  married  to  Mrs.  Mary  L.  Amsden, 
the  daughter  of  John  Battle,  of  Athol.  She 
was  the  widow  of  Festus  F.  Amsden,  with 
whom  she  was  joined  in  matrimony  April  27, 
1845.  By  her  first  mar-riage  she  had  nine 
children,  seven  of  whom  attained  to  maturity, 
namely:  ICUiott  F.  ;  Charles;  Fred;  Mary 
Ella,  who  married  Frank  Fish;  Carrie  M. ; 
Frances,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Reuben 
Starkweather,  of  V^ineland;  and  Linda,  who 
is  a  school  teacher  in  Vineland.  Charles  and 
Fred  are  associated    in    the   clothing   business 


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in  Athol,  Mass.,  under  the  partnership  style  of 
Amsden  &  Amsden,  and  are  among  the  lead- 
ing firms  of  that  line  of  goods  in  the  place. 
Charles  Amsden  married  Miss  Jennie  Dun- 
bar, of  Athol,  and  they  have  three  children; 
namely,  Maud,  Ralph,  and  13uston.  Fred 
Amsden  married  Miss  Helen  Davis,  of  Bald- 
vvinville,  Mass.  ;  and  from  their  union  have 
come  two  children  —  Ruth  and  Mildred. 

Mr.  l^enjamin  C.  .Skinner  was  among  the 
most  prominent  and  respected  citizens  of 
Landis,  and  he  served  his  fellows  in  several 
important  and  responsible  capacities.  In  1S67 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Township 
Committee,  and  in  the  following  year  he  was 
appointed  Superintendent  of  Roads.  He  had 
the  supervision  of  all  the  roads  in  the  town 
until  1S92  and  of  those  in  the  borough  until 
1894.  He  had  under  his  care  from  1867  to 
the  end  of  his  days  the  building  of  bridges 
in  the  town,  and  during  his  administration  he 
constructed  in  the  town  nearly  four  hundred 
bridges. 


T^AP 


APTAIN    JOHN    YATES,   of  whom  a 
1        portrait  is  here  presented,  is  a  well- 


K^ 


known  grocer  and  ship-chandler  of 
Hivalve,  this  county.  A  resident  of  Port 
Norris,  he  was  born  in  the  township  at 
Mauricetown,  F"ebruary  19,  1836,  son  of 
Klmer  and  Catherine  (Shellhorn)  Yates. 
John  Yates,  his  grandfather,  who  was  a  black- 
smith by  trade,  spent  his  younger  days  in 
Haleyville,  but  subsequently  resided  in  New- 
port, where  he  owned  a  house  and  a  shop  ad- 
joining   it.       He    was    twice    married.       The 


grandmother  of  Captain  Yates  was  Jane,  who 
had  three  children  —  Elmer,  Jane,  and  John. 
The  grandfather  became  blind  several  years 
before  his  death. 

I{lmer  Yates  was  born  in  Newport,  Decem- 
ber 11,  1/99,  just  three  days  before  the  death 
of  Washington.  His  boyhood  days  were 
spent  there,  alternately  engaged  in  farm  work 
and  attending  school.  Later  he  ubtained 
further  instruction  at  an  evening  school.  He 
was  afterward  engaged  in  carrying  wood  from 
the  Maurice  River  to  Philadelphia,  owning 
and  commanding  his  sloop  for  many  years. 
When  the  government  breakwater  was  started, 
he  landed  the  second  load  here.  He  carried 
stone  for  it  for  several  years,  and  coal  for 
some  time,  from  the  Schuylkill  River  to  New 
York  and  different  points  in  New  England. 
He  was  captain  of  his  own  boat  probably  for 
half  a  century.  After  a  short  time  spent  in 
the  oyster  business  he  retired  to  a  small  farm 
in  Haleyville,  where  he  continued  to  live  for 
twenty-two  years.  His  wife,  Catherine,  was 
a  daughter  of  Lewis  Shellhorn,  who  was  an 
extensive  land-owner  in  Haleyville,  of  German 
origin,  and  belonged  to  one  of  the  oldest  fam- 
ilies there.  She  had  seven  children,  five  of 
whom  lived  to  maturit)-.  These  were:  Jane, 
who  married  Parent  Sharp,  of  Dividing  Creek, 
this  county;  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  Jacob 
Shinn,  a  brother  of  Samuel  Shinn,  who,  serv- 
ing in  the  Civil  War,  fought  in  the  battle  of 
Chancellorsville,  and  was  never  after  heard 
from;  John,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Cath- 
erine, now  deceased,  who  married  Ziba  Pagan, 
of   Dividing   Creek;  and  Lucius  E.  Yates,  re- 


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siding  in  Port  Norris.  Samuel  Shinn's 
widow  and  her  son  Jacob  are  now  living  in 
Elmer,  N.J.  Elmer  Yates  died  in  1887,  at 
the  age  of  eighty-eight  years.  His  wife,  who 
was  a  consistent  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal   church,  [jassed  away  in  1868. 

Captain  Jolm  Yates  received  his  education 
in  Haleyville.  At  the  age  of  thirteen  years 
he  shipped  as  cook  on  a  Maurice  River  sloop, 
and  worked  in  that  capacity  for  five  years. 
He  was  afterward  in  the  crew  of  a  coasting- 
vessel  sailing  from  ports  in  New  England  to 
Florida.  When  he  was  twenty-four  years  of 
age  he  became  commander  of  the  schooner 
"John  Compton,"  and  sailed  that  vessel  for 
four  years.  In  1862  Captain  Yates  was  taken 
sick,  antl  was  laid  up  for  three  years.  For 
some  time  after  this  he  gave  his  services  for  a 
monthly  salary.  In  1866  he  bought  a 
schooner,  which  he  ran  as  a  trading-vessel  in 
Chesapeake  Hay.  In  the  period  of  his  seafar- 
ing life,  which  lasted  until  1884,  he  never 
suffered  sliipwreck.  When  he  al)andoned  tiie 
sea  he  removed  from  Haleyville  to  l?ivalve. 
Here  he  has  since  been  engaged  in  grocery 
and  ship-chandlery  business,  becoming  one  of 
the  leading  men  in  his  line.  He  owns  sev- 
eral boats  profitably  engaged  in  oyster  fishing, 
an:l  employing  a  number  of  men.  The  first 
post-office  in  Hivalve  was  established  at  his 
solicitation,  and  he  served  as  tlie  first  Post- 
master for  a  term  of  four  years.  He  is  a 
stockholder  in  the  Cumberland  Bank  of 
Bridgeton,  where  one  hundred-dollar  shares 
are  now  worth  four  hundred  dollars.  Al)out 
five  years  ago  Captain   Yates  bought   the   Dr. 


Fithian  place  in  Port  Norris,  and  has  since 
made  it  his  residence,  although  retaining  the 
house  in  Haleyville. 

On  August  10,  1 86 1,  Captain  Yates  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ann  Walker,  of 
Haleyville,  daughter  of  George  and  Elizabeth 
Walker.  Mr.  Walker  was  an  oysterman  and 
captain  of  a  boat.  By  his  marriage  Captain 
Yates  became  the  father  of  three  children; 
namely,  William,  "Kate,  and  J.  Leroy.  Will- 
iam, who  is  associated  with  his  father  in 
business,  married  Miss  Caroline  McElwee,  a 
daughter  of  David  and  Sarah  McElwee,  and 
has  two  children  —  Mabel  and  Flora.  Kate 
is  the  wife  of  Harry  Lee,  an  oysterman  of 
Port  Norris,  and  has  two  children  —  Edith  and 
William  Lee.  Captain  Yates  and  his  wife  are 
honored  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church. 


«m•^^ 


LLIAM  FRANKLIN  JOSLIN,  a 
prosperous  general  farmer  of  New- 
port, Cumberland  County,  N.J.,  and  a  veteran 
of  the  Civil  War,  was  iiorn  in  Roadstown,  this 
State,  October  2,  1837,  son  of  William  and 
Deborah  (Henderson)  Joslin.  Mr.  Joslin's 
paternal  grandfather  was  Zaccheus  Joslin,  a 
native  of  New  Jersey,  who  married  Naomi 
Gaudy,  and  reared  a  family  of  seven  children, 
two  sons  and  five  daughters.  He  was  a  large 
land-owner  in  New  Jersey  and  very  ])rospor- 
ous,  living  to  reach  a  good  old  age. 

His  son,  William  Joslin,  was  born  in  New 
Jersey  on  September  13,  1813.  He  acquired 
a  good  education,  and  in  young  manhood 
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followed  for  many  years,  but  finally  settled 
upon  a  farm  in  Newport.  He  also  engaged  in 
the  oyster-fishing  industry,  being  for  several 
years  captain  of  a  vessel.  His  last  days  were 
passed  upon  his  farm  in  this  town,  where  he 
died  July  8,  1884.  His  wife,  Deborah  Hen- 
derson, whom  he  married  January  28,  1835, 
and  who  died  on  August  13,  1842,  was  a 
daughter  of  Nathan  Henderson.  She  was  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  church. 

William  I'ranklin  Joslin,  who  is  the  only 
child  of  his  parents  that  lived  to  maturity, 
passed  his  boyhood  in  attending  the  public 
schools  of  Newport ;  and  at  an  early  age  he 
started  in  life  as  an  oyster  fisherman.  On 
September  4,  iS6i,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in 
Company  K,  Sixth  Regiment,  New  Jersey 
Volunteers,  for  service  in  the  Civil  War;  and 
he  was  present  at  all  the  battles  fought  by  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  until  his  discharge  in 
1862.  He  then  went  to  Kansas,  where  he 
took  up  farming  land;  and  after  a  residence 
there  of  four  years  he  sold  his  Kansas  pro[i- 
erty,  and,  returning  to  Newport,  bought  his 
present  farm  of  thirty  acres,  with  fine  private 
oyster  grounds  and  marsh  lands.  His  land  is 
desirably  located  and  extremely  productive,  it 
being  especially  well  adapted  to  the  raising  of 
garden  truck,  to  which  he  devotes  his  prin- 
cipal attention,  cultivating  besides  vegetables 
about  two  and  one-half  acres  of  strawberries. 

On  February  8,  1856,  Mr.  Joslin  married 
Ruth  Anna  Newcomb.  Slie  is  a  daughter  of 
Nathan  Newcomb,  whose  ancestors  came  from 
the  west  of  England,  probably  from  Devon- 
shire.     Mrs.    Joslin    has    the    records    of    her 


family  back  to  1635,  she  being  of  the  eighth 
generation.  Her  ancestors  in  direct  line  on 
the  paternal  side  were  as  follows:  first,  Cap- 
tain Andrew  Newcomb;  second.  Lieutenant 
Andrew  Newcomb;  third.  Captain  Joseph 
Newcomb;  fourth,  William  Newcomb,  farmer; 
fifth,  Nathan  Newcomb,  farmer;  si.\th,  Will- 
iam Newcomb,  farmer;  seventh,  Nathan  New- 
comb. 

Nathan  Newcomb,  of  the  seventh  genera- 
tion, Mrs.  Joslin's  father,  was  born  October 
I,  1 8 19.  He  learned  the  carpenter's  and 
shoemaker's  trades,  which  he  followed  in 
Greenwich  for  many  years.  Although  his 
sight  has  failed,  he  is  otherwise  vigorous  and 
hearty  to-day.  He  married  Kllen  Walker, 
who  was  born  March  18,  1826,  daughter  of 
Richard  and  Ann  (Carrison)  Walker,  the  for- 
mer of  whom  was  born  in  September,  1803, 
and  the  latter  in  18 10.  Nathan  and  Ellen 
(Walker)  Newcomb  were  the  parents  of  three 
children,  namely:  Charles;  Ruth  Anna,  who 
is  now  Mrs.  Joslin;  and  Ellen. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joslin  have  two  children,  as 
follows:  Sherman,  who  was  born  December 
19,  1865,  and  who  married  Maggie  L.  Spen- 
cer; and  Ella  H.,  widow  of  Richard  J.  Gei- 
singer,  late  of  Bridgeton.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Joslin  enjoy  pleasant  social  relations,  and  are 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 


,HARLES     TRACEY     HILL,     .M.D., 
a    prominent    physician    of     Dividing 
Creek,    Cumberland    County,    N.J. , 
was  born  in  Cohocton,  Steuben  County,  N.Y., 


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February  8,  1836,  being  a  son  of  John  J.  and 
Emeline  E.  (Tracey)  Hill. 

His  grandfather,  Timothy  Titus  Hill,  was 
a  native  of  the  State  of  Vermont.  He  had  a 
large  family  of  children,  of  whom  the  eight 
following  attained  maturity:  the  Rev.  Charles 
Orville  Hill;  Reulah,  who  became  the  wife  of 
a  Mr.  Barber;  John  J.;  Abner;  Sarah,  who 
married  Mr.  A.  McOuigg,  of  Steuben  County, 
New  York ;  Harlow ;  Harriet,  who  married  a 
Mr.  Chambcrlin,  of  Michigan;  and  Henry  F. 

John  J.,  the  •  third  in  the  group  above 
named,  was  born  in  V'ermont  in  December, 
1806.  He  enjoyed  in  his  boyhood  very 
limited  educational  advantages.  After  leav- 
ing school  he  learned  the  hatter's  trade;  and 
he  subsequently  engaged  in  that  business  at 
Rushville  in  Ontario  County,  N.  Y. ,  in  coni- 
[KUiy  with  his  brother,  Henry  F.,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Hill  Brothers.  Several  years 
later  the  partnership  was  dissolved,  he  dispos- 
ing of  his  interest  in  the  trade  to  his  brother, 
and  returning  to  his  parents"  home  in  Steuben 
County.  He  there  ]iurchased  an  estate  adjoin- 
ing his  father's  farm,  and  for  several  years  he 
and  his  father  engaged  in  general  agricultural 
pursuits  together.  He  always  kept  two  hun- 
dred sheep  on  the  average  and  about  twenty 
head  of  cattle,  which  latter  he  raised  for  beef. 
He  also  raised  a  considerable  number  of 
horses,  having  at  times  as  many  as  fifteen 
horses  and  colts.  Mr.  Hill  resitletl  there 
operating  his  farm  until  1856,  when  he  pur- 
chased a  grist-mill  at  Naples  in  Ontario 
County,  N.Y.,  still,  Imwever,  letaining  the 
four  farms  which  he   had  ac(.|uiretl   thiough   his 


energy  and  mercantile  ability.  At  the  time 
of  his  last-mentioned  purchase  his  property 
was  appraised  at  fourteen  thousand  dollars, 
and  was  without  the  least  pecuniary  encum- 
brance. He  had  conducted  the  mill  about 
three  years  when  there  occurred  a  very  large 
and  disastrous  freshet,  which  damaged  his 
property  to  the  extent  of  more  than  three 
thousand  dollars'  worth;  and  later  another 
freshet  affected  his  possessions  to  such  a  de- 
gree that  he  was  financially  ruined,  and  he 
was  obliged  to  direct  his  attention  to  some 
other  means  of  livelihood. 

It  happened  that  when  he  was  a  young  man 
he  had  studied  medicine  with  a  physician  in 
Auburn,  N.Y.,  whither  his  parents  had  re- 
moved from  Vermont  when  he  was  about  five 
years  old.  Of  this  circumstance  he  deter- 
mined to  make  good  use;  and  about  two  years 
after  his  calamity  he  met  an  electric  physi- 
cian, with  whom  he  prosecuted  medical  stud- 
ies, and  from  whom  he  purchased  a  galvanic 
battery.  He  then  removed  to  I'enn  Yan, 
Yates  County,  N.Y.,  and  there  practised  his 
profession  for  several  years,  very  successfully 
treating  chronic  troubles.  He  subsequently 
moved  to  Seneca,  where  he  enjoyed  a  very 
prosperous  and  lucrative  practice,  and  from 
there  changed  his  residence  to  Cayuga  County, 
not  far  distant  from  Moravia.  That  ■^as  in 
1862,  and  just  then  there  was  raging  through 
all  that  region  an  epidemic  of  diphtheria. 
He  had  as  many  demands  as  he  was  able  act- 
ually to  supply  to  treat  with  electricity  and 
with  one  or  two  other  remedies  which  he  ap- 
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successful,  he  seldom  failing  even  in  the  case 
of  patients  who  had  been  offered  no  encourage- 
ment, and  had  been  despaired  of  by  the  regu- 
lar physicians.  Two  or  three  years  later  he 
removed  to  Northville,  in  the  same  county, 
where  he  purchased  a  homestead.  He  subse- 
quently resided  at  Poughkeepsie,  whence  he 
removed  after  a  little  time  to  Coldwater, 
Mich.,  where  he  purchased  a  large  dwelling 
and  established  an  invalids'  home.  This  he 
conducted  for  about  five  years,  or  until  1872. 
Death  overtook  him  in  the  month  of  Septem- 
ber, 1874. 

He  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
luneline  E.  Tracey  in  1835;  and  they  became 
the  parents  of  seven  children,  five  of  whom 
grew  to  maturity,  the  remaining  two  dying  in 
infancy,  one  of  them  being  a  twin  brother  of 
John  J.  They  are  as  follows:  Charles  Tracey, 
the  eldest-born,  who  is  the  direct  subject  of 
this  sketch;  John  ].,  who  is  now  a  resident  of 
Cleopatra,  Mo.  ;  Charlotte,  who  married  Sam- 
uel Lu.xmore,  now  a  resident  of  Grass  Lake, 
Mich. ;  Ann  Eliza,  who  is  married  and  resides 
at  Constantine,  Mich.;  and  William  II.,  who 
lives  in  Detroit,  Mich. 

Mr.  John  J.  Hill  was  a  very  energetic 
Abolitionist,  and  he  was  reputed  to  be  one  of 
the  conductors  of  what  was  known  as  the 
underground  railroad  of  anti-slavery  times. 
While  a  lad  he  many  times  rode  all  night 
assisting  fugitive  slaves  to  make  good  their 
esca])e  to  Canada.  In  national  politics  he 
was  at  first  a  Whig  and  later  a  member  of 
the  Republican  party.  He  was  actively  inter- 
ested in    local   and   national    concerns,  though 


not  an  aspirant  for  official  distinction.  Re- 
ligiously, he  was  a  Presbyterian,  and  was  in 
fellowship  with  the  church  of  that  denomina- 
tion at  Naples,  Ontario  County,  N.Y.,  of 
which  he  was  at  one  time  a  Trustee.  His 
parents  were  affiliated  with  the  Presbyterian 
church  at  Liberty,  Steuben  County,  N.  Y. 

Charles  Tracey  Hill  acquired  his  early  edu- 
cation in  the  common  schools  of  Naples  town- 
ship, which  he  attended  about  three  months 
in  the  year.  He  continued  his  studies  at  the 
Naples  Select  School,  whence  he  went  to 
Franklin  Academy  at  Prattsburg,  Yates 
County,  N. Y.,  where  he  worked  to  pay  his 
way.  During  the  latter  part  of  his  period  of 
schooling  he  read  medicine  somewhat.  Until 
his  twenty-seventh  year  he  co-operated  with 
his  father  in  the  work  on  the  farm,  helping 
him  to  recover  from  his  pecuniary  misfortune. 
After  his  marriage  in  1862  he  commenced  to 
apply  the  electric  treatment  with  his  father, 
and  during  this  time  he  was  still  residing  in 
Cayuga  County.  In  .Sejjtember,  1864,  how- 
ever, he  removed  to  Landis  township,  settling 
on  a  farm  owned  by  his  wife's  father.  There 
he  operated  the  farm  during  the  summer  ami 
engaged  in  school  teaching  in  the  winter  ;  but 
about  two  years  later  he  changed  his  residence 
to  Dividing  Creek,  where  he  established  him- 
self in  the  practice  of  medicine.  In  1880  he 
matriculated  in  the  Penn  Medical  University, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  the  class  of  1881. 
-Since  that  time  he  has  enjoyed  a  very  extensive 
and  lucrative  practice,  the  demands  of  Iiis  pro- 
fession requiring  the  keeping  of  two  horses. 
He  occupies  a  small  farm  of  ai)out  eleven  acres, 


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on  which  he  as  an  avocation  raises  garden 
vegetables. 

On  November  28,  1862,  Dr.  Mill  wedded 
Miss  Hannah  Wing,  a  daughter  of  James  W. 
Wing,  a  resident  of  Naples,  Ontario  County, 
N.Y.  Into  their  home  have  come  three  chil- 
dren, two  of  whom  are  still  spared  to  them, 
namely:  H.  Alice;  and  John  Tracey,  who 
lives  in  Dividing  Creek. 

Dr.  Hill  is  identified  with  the  social  life  of 
the  community;  and  he  is  a  member  of  Purity 
Council,  No.  206,  at  Dividing  Creek,  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  the  United  American 
Mechanics.  In  national  politics  he  is  found 
in  the  ranks  of  the  Republican  party,  to  whose 
principles  he  gives  his  firm  and  constant 
allegiance.  His  religious  faith  and  sym- 
pathies bring  him  into  cordial  relations  with 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Dividing 
Creek,  whose  services  he  regularly  attends, 
and  to  the  support  of  which  he  liberally  con- 
tributes. 


I.V.     CHARLES     C.     TILLEY,     the 


loved  pastor  of  the  Eirst  Baptist 
Church  of  Bridgeton,  was  born  in 
Sidney,  Me.,  January  12,  1850,  son  of  the  Rev. 
William  and  Elizabeth  (Amsbury)  Tilley. 
Mr.  Tilley  comes  from  an  old  English  family 
of  tiiat  name.  William  Tilley,  of  England,  ar- 
rived in  Boston,  Mass.,  in  1660.  He  was  a 
rope-maker  by  trade,  and  found  the  business 
so  profitable  that  he  sent  for  the  three  sons  of 
his  uncle,  William  Tilley,  also  of  England; 
namely,  William,  John,  and  James.  From 
these   have  descended    the   Tilleys   of    United 


States  and  Canada.  The  eldest  brother,  Will- 
iam, finally  settled  in  Newport,  R.I.  He 
had  one  son,  who  was  known  as  Deacon  Will- 
iam Tilley.  Deacon  Tilley  was  born  in  New- 
port, R.I.,  October  19,  1738,  and  died  April 
14,  1825.  He  had  seventeen  children,  of 
whom  Thomas,  born  in  Newport,  March  16, 
1767,  who  died  June  16,  1814,  was  the  sixth 
in  line.  Thomas  married  Mary  Sinkins,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1788.  She  died  October  8,  1844, 
having  been  the  mother  of  nine  children. 
The  youngest  of  these  was  the  Rev.  William, 
the  father  of  Charles  C. 

The  Rev.  William  Tilley  first  saw  the  light 
August  25,  1808,  in  Newport,  R.I.  After 
graduating  from  the  public  schools  of  that 
town  he  served  his  time  at  cabinet-making, 
became  a  skilled  workman,  and  started  in  bus- 
iness for  himself.  But,  naturally  gifted  with 
an  uncommon  degree  of  intelligence,  he  as- 
pired to  a  higher  plane  of  life,  and  prepared 
himself  to  enter  college.  This  he  accom- 
plished at  the  Pawtuxet  Academy,  under  the 
instruction  of  Dr.  Loomis,  and  then  obtained 
admission  to  Waterville  College,  now  Colby 
University.  After  taking  a  four  years' 
course  with  the  purpose  of  qualifying  himself 
for  the  ministry,  he  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1840.  Two  years  afterward  he  was  ordained 
in  -Sidney,  Me.,  the  field  of  his  first  pastorate. 
He  was  subsequently  offered  the  degree  of 
D.D.  by  his  Alma  Mater,  but  he  modestly  de- 
clined the  honor.  He  died  October  2,  1882, 
at  the  age  of  seventy-four  years.  His  wife, 
IClizabeth,  was  a  daughter  of  Israel  Anislmry, 
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was  married  to  her  April  8,  1833;  and  they 
had  seven  children,  of  whom  six  grew  to  ma- 
turity. These  were:  Thomas,  Catherine, 
William  Henry,  George,  Lauriston  G.,  and 
Charles  C.  Catherine  died  at  the  aire  of  eisch- 
teen,  and  George  in  the  year  1864.  Will- 
iam Henry  resides  in  Providence;  and  Lauris- 
ton G.,  in  Sidney. 

The  Rev.  Charles  C.  Tilley,  accompanying 
his  father  in  the  various  changes  of  his  pas- 
toral charge,  obtained  the  total  of  his  early 
education  in  contributions  from  the  public 
schools  of  Jefferson,  West  Waterville,  and 
Jefferson  again,  both  towns  of  Maine.  At  the 
age  of  seventeen  he  engaged  in  school  teach- 
ing, which,  with  other  work,  he  continued  for 
two  years.  Then  he  fitted  himself  for  college 
at  Waterville  Classical  Institute.  In  due 
time  he  entered  Colby  University,  and  subse- 
quently graduated  therefrom  in  the  class  of 
1876,  the  first  to  furnish  the  institution  with 
a  President.  Soon  after  graduating  he  was 
ordained  in  the  First  Church  of  Nobleboro. 
After  officiating  at  Nobleboro  for  one  year  he 
spent  two  years  in  the  Newton  Theological 
Seminary.  Then  he  had  charge  of  Fairfield, 
Me.,  for  three  years;  of  St.  George,  Me.,  for 
a  brief  pastorate,  owing  to  the  illness  of  his 
wife;  of  Nobleboro  again  for  two  years;  of 
Foxcroft,  Me.,  for  nearly  the  same  space  of 
time;  and  of  Lewiston,  Me.,  for  five  years. 
In  the  latter  place  he  found  the  church  bur- 
dened by  a  heavy  debt,  which  he  was  instru- 
mental in  discharging.  In  1891  he  came 
from  Lewiston  to  Bridgeton,  where  he  has 
since   labored   zealously  in    his   vocation,  win- 


ning the  lo\-e  of  his    flock  and   the  esteem   of 
the  general  public. 

In  1S76,  A]iril  28,  he  was  united  in  matri- 
mony with  Lydia,  tiaughter  of  Walter  Rath- 
bun,  of  Providence.  The  union  was  blessed 
by  the  birth  of  four  children;  namely,  F"rank 
W.,  Alice,  George,  and  Florence.  Frank  W. 
and  George  are  now  students  of  Bucknell  Uni- 
versity, the  former  in  the  class  of  1898,  and 
the  latter  in  the  class  of  1899.  In  his  earlier 
years  Mr.  Tilley  was  a  member  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  still  be- 
longs to  the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  Society 
and  to  the  Junior  Order  of  United  American 
Mechanics. 


YRON   J.    KIMBALL,  senior  mem- 


ber of  the  firm  of  Kimball, 
Prince  &  Co.,  who  conduct  an  ex- 
tensive lumber  business  in  Vineland,  was 
born  December  17,  1846,  in  Wallingford,  Vt., 
son  of  Charles  A.  and  Caroline  C.  (Kent) 
Kimball.  William  Kimball,  the  grandfather 
of  Myron  J.,  went  from  Massachusetts  to  V'er- 
mont,  where  his  son,  Charles  A.,  was  born. 
When  a  young  man  this  son  settled  in  the 
town  of  Wallingford,  and  was  there  engaged 
in  the  contracting  and  building  business  dur- 
ing the  greater  part  of  his  life.  On  April  13, 
1865,  he  was  accidentally  killed  by  the  unex- 
pected fall  of  a  building  that  he  was  taking 
down.  While  he  gave  no  special  attention  to 
politics,  he  took  a  leading  part  in  school 
affairs.  His  wife,  Caroline  C. ,  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  William  Kent,  of  Wallingford,  who  was 
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descendant  of  the  old  Kent  family  of  Leicester 
in  Worcester  County,  Massachusetts.  He  was 
known  as  Esquire  Kent,  and  was  highly  es- 
teemed by  his  townsmen.  Charles  Kimball's 
children  were:  Myron  J.  and  Eliza  K.  The 
latter  married  Freeman  S.  Hale,  of  Vineland, 
N.J.     The  mother  died  in  1857. 

Myron  J.  Kimball  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Wallingford  until  he  was  fifteen 
years  of  age.  He  then  went  to  Winchendon, 
Mass.,  where  his  sister  was  living,  and 
became  a  student  in  the  high  school  of 
that  place.  In  January,  1866,  he  came  to 
Vineland,  and  engaged  in  the  lumber  and 
mill  business  in  the  employ  of  Earle  &  But- 
trick.  Here  he  was  afterward  promoted  to  the 
position  of  clerk,  and  later  on  was  placed  in 
charge  of  the  business.  After  Messrs.  Earle 
&  Buttrick  sold  out  to  D.  A.  Newton  &  Co., 
Mr.  Kimball  was  retained  in  the  position  of 
manager  until  1871,  when  he,  in  company 
with  W.  V.  and  John  Prince,  purchased  the 
business.  In  1886  John  Prince  sold  his  in- 
terest to  his  partners;  but  the  title  of  the 
firm,  Kimball,  Prince  &  Co.,  remained  un- 
changed. Since  this  firm  first  took  hold  of 
the  business  it  has  doubled  in  magnitude. 
They  are  now  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  sashes,  doors,  and  blinds,  while  dealing 
in  lumber  and  building  materials  of  all 
kinds.  They  have  a  branch  establishment  at 
Millville  and  another  at  Avalon,  Cape  May 
County;  and  they  give  employment  to  be- 
tween twenty-five  and  thirty  men.  They  are 
now  the  oldest  lumber  dealers  in  Southern 
New  Jersey. 


On  June  3,  i86g,  Mr.  Kimball  was  married 
to  Miss  Clara  A.  Prince,  a  daughter  of  John 
Prince,  who  came  to  this  city  from  Maine. 
He  has  one  son  living,  Eugene  Myron,  who, 
attending  the  public  schools  for  the  usual 
period,  was  a  student  of  the  South  Jersey  In- 
stitute at  Bridgeton,  and  finally  completed  a 
business  course  at  Prickett's  Commercial  Col- 
lege in  Philadelphia.  Eugene  M.  is  now  as- 
sociated with  the  lumber  firm,  having  charge 
of  the  ofifice  business.  The  elder  Mr.  Kim- 
ball votes  the  Republican  ticket.  While  not 
taking  especial  interest  in  politics,  all  move- 
ments looking  to  public  improvements  elicit 
his  hearty  support.  He  was  one  of  the  pro- 
moters and  organizers  of  the  Vineland  Na- 
tional Bank,  started  in  May,  1883,  with  a 
capital  stock  of  fifty  thousand  dollars.  At 
the  first  meeting  of  the  shareholders  he  was 
chosen  a  Director  and  Vice-President,  and 
served  until  the  fall  of  1883.  The  first  Presi- 
dent then  resigned,  and  Mr.  Kimball  was 
elected  to  the  vacant  office.  At  the  end  of 
the  first  si.\  months  following  its  organization 
the  bank  declared  a  dividend  of  three  per 
cent.  It  never  paid  less  than  si.\  per  cent, 
since  its  establishment,  and  is  now  paying 
three  and  a  half  per  cent,  semi-annually.  At 
present  it  has  an  undivided  surplus  of  thirty- 
one  thousand  dollars.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kimball 
are  influential  members  of  the  Baptist  church, 
in  which  he  is  a  Deacon  and  has  served  as 
Trustee.  For  many  years  he  was  superinten- 
dent of  the  Sunday-school,  and  all  branches 
of  the  church  work  have  felt  the  influence  of 
his   interest  and   co-ojjeration.      Mr.  and   Mrs. 


BIOGRAPHICAL    REVIEW 


Kiiiiliall  reside   in   their  pleasant  and  substan- 
tial home  at  534  Montrose  Street. 


'STEPHEN  B.  DUREEE,  a  retired 
merchant  of  Millville,  N.J.,  was 
born  in  Madison,  Madison  County, 
N.  Y. ,  Februar}'  12,  181 5,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Judith  (Simmons)  Durfee.  The  father,  who 
was  a  native  of  Little  Compton,  R.I.,  re- 
ceived a  good,  jjractical  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  that  place.  At  the  age  of  six- 
teen years  he  removed  to  Madison  with  his 
mother,  his  father  having  died  a  short  time 
before.  In  Madison  they  purchased  a  farm, 
which  he  carried  on  until  his  marriage. 
Then  he  bought  an  adjoining  farm,  and  culti- 
vated it  until  1S65,  when  he  retired  from  ac- 
tive labor.  Two  years  later  he  came  to  Mill- 
ville, and  made  his  home  with  his  son, 
Stephen  H.,  during  the  remaining  years  of  his 
life.  His  wife,  Judith,  was  a  daughter  of 
Benjamin  Simmons,  of  Madison.  Her  father 
was  a  veteran  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  and 
in  consequence  she  received  a  pension  from 
the  government.  She  bore  her  husband  nine 
children,  of  whom  eight  attained  maturity; 
namely,  Mary,  Stephen  B.,  Susanna,  Alisha, 
Ro.xana,  Benjamin  A.,  Samuel  G.,  and  Cor- 
nelius S.  Mary  became  the  wife  of  David 
Stuart;  Susanna,  the  wife  of  William  A. 
Simmons;  and  Roxana,  the  wife  of  Benjamin 
Bump.  The  father  was  a  Quaker  and  the 
mother  a  Presbyterian. 

Stephen    B.    Durfee,    who   was    educated    in 
the  common  schools  of  Madison,  remained  with 


his  parents  on  the  farm  until  he  was  twenty- 
two  years  old.  On  attaining  his  majority  he 
purchased  a  farm,  on  which  he  settled  after 
his  marriage.  About  a  year  later  he  sold  it, 
and  engaged  in  the  shoe  manufacturing  busi- 
ness in  partnership  with  John  Peckhani,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Peckham  &  Co.,  for  about  a 
year.  He  then  went  to  Utica,  N.Y.,  where 
he  became  a  partner  of  Obadiah  Lawton,  firm 
of  Lawton  &  Durfee,  manufacturers  of  har- 
nesses, trunks,  valises,  and  similar  goods, 
in  which  they  did  a  successful  business  for 
seven  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  sold 
his  interest,  and  rented  a  farm  in  Madison 
County  for  a  year.  During  the  next  tw'o  years 
he  was  employed  as  clerk  in  a  store,  after 
which  he  formed  a  copartnership  with  Henry 
Vaughn,  under  the  style  of  Vaughn  &  Co., 
and  started  a  livery  business.  They  had  con- 
ducted for  a  year  when  they  became  associated 
with  Horace  White,  the  patentee  of  a  leather- 
splitting  machine,  and  carried  on  that  busi- 
ness for  a  year.  Mr.  Durfee  then  became  a 
clerk  in  a  wholesale  and  retail  liquor  estab- 
lishment, of  which,  three  years  after,  he  took 
full  charge.  Having  filled  this  position  for  a 
year,  the  next  three  years  were  spent  in  buying 
and  selling  stores  and  other  property.  After 
that  he  went  to  Muscatine,  la.,  and  worked 
for  a  brother  in  the  jewelry  business  for  a 
year.  In  1866  he  returned  P3ast  and  [jur- 
chased  a  farm  in  Millville,  where  for  two 
years  he  was  engaged  in  general  farming. 
On  leaving  there  he  purchased  the  property 
situated  at  the  corner  of  High  and  Oak 
Streets,    which   he   still    owns,   and   where   for 


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sixteen  years  he  successfully  conducted  a 
general  store.  Since  then  he  has  lived  in 
practical  retirement. 

In  1870  Mr.  Durfee  was  married  to  Miss 
Mary  E.  Rush,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Rush, 
of  Muscatine,  la.  They  adopted  three  chil- 
dren, namely:  Nora,  who  is  a  teacher  in  the 
public  schools;  Thomas,  now  deceased;  and, 
in  1891,  another  boy,  named  Thomas,  now 
ten  years  old. 


/"CHARLES  ERRICKSON  WILL- 
I  J|        lAMS,  an  extensive  strawberry  farmer 

^•- "  of     Heislerville,     was     born     here, 

July  23,  185  I,  son  of  Whitefield  B.  and  Mary 
(Blackson)  Williams.  His  great-great-grand- 
father, John  Williams,  with  his  wife,  came 
from  Holland  to  this  country,  and  settled  in 
North  Carolina;  and  his  great-grandfather. 
Barlow  Williams,  was  born  either  in  Holland 
or  on  the  ocean  during  the  voyage  to  Amer- 
ica. His  grandfather,  Whitefield  Williams, 
who  was  born  in  1782,  and  died  at  the  age  of 
thirty-four,  married  Khoda  Riggins  and  reared 
the  following  children:  Mehitable,  born  in 
1808;  Rhoda  L.,  born  in  18 10;  Lorania,  born 
in  1812;  and  Whitefield  Barlow,  the  father  of 
the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Whitefield  15.  Williams,  born  in  Heisler- 
ville in  1814,  was  educated  in  the  schools  of 
his  native  town.  lie  shipped  as  a  sailor  when 
a  boy,  and  spent  much  of  his  time  on  the 
waters  near  home  until  of  age.  Then,  in- 
heriting from  his  father  the  farm  now  tilled 
by  his  son,  he  engaged  in  raising  garden  prod- 


uce, making  a  specialty  of  sweet  potatoes. 
He  planted  from  five  to  seven  acres  with  sweet 
potatoes  alone,  which  he  sold  in  Philadelphia 
and  New  York;  and  he  kept  from  five  to  ten 
head  of  cattle.  Mis  death  occurred  July  20, 
1872,  at  the  age  of  fifty-eight  years.  In  1844 
he  was  married  to  Marv,  daughter  of  Moses  and 
Tabitha  (Peterson)  Blackson,  of  Heislerville. 
He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church.  Six  children  were 
born  to  them,  five  of  whom  attained  maturity, 
namely:  Samuel  B.,  who  was  lost  at  sea  in 
1870;  Charles  E.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
Whitefield  B. ,  of  whom  there  is  no  special 
record ;  Rhoda,  the  wife  of  John  Wesley  Cox, 
of  Pleasantville,  N.J.;  and  John  Ii.,  of  I'ort 
Norris,  N.J.  Their  second  child,  Loiania, 
died  at  the  age  of  seven  years. 

Charles  tlrrickson  Williams  recei\'ed  his 
education  in  the  common  school  of  his  native 
town.  Beginning  in  boyhood  to  take  part  in 
the  farm  work,  he  settled  permanently  on  the 
home  farm  on  attaining  man's  estate.  He 
plants  four  acres  of  strawberries,  and  raises 
some  fine  fruit.  ]>elieving  in  [xitronizing 
home  industry,  he  hires  native  pickers  for  his 
strawberry  crop.  On  October  31,  1874,  Mr. 
Williams  was  married  to  Sally  B.,  daughter 
of  John  Chance,  of  Delmont,  this  county;  and 
he  has  two  children  —  Samuel  B.  and  Thomas 
!'.  At  this  writing  Samuel  B.  is  attending 
Pennington  Seminary,  preparatory  to  entering 
Temple  College,  Philadelphia;  and  Thomas  P. 
is  attending  the  common  schools  of  Heisler- 
ville. The  father  is  a  member  of  Leesburg 
Council,    No.    84,    Junior    Order    of     United 


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213 


American  Mechanics.  Both  he  and  Mrs. 
Williams  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  Mr.  Williams  having  the  further 
relation  vyith  it  of  steward.  Worthy  repre- 
sentatives of  old  native  families,  they  are  well 
known  in  the  locality  and  highly  esteemed. 


)KVI  D.  JOHNSON,  of  Vineland,  a 
well-known  manager  of  photograph 
and  art  rooms  in  both  N'ineland  and 
Millville,  was  born  January  19,  1832,  in 
Bridgewater,  Grafton  County,  N.  H.,  son  of 
Jeremiah  and  Elizabeth  (Sleeper)  Johnson. 
His  grandfather  was  Jeremiah  Johnson,  Sr. 
Jeremiah  Johnson,  Jr.,  who  was  a  native  of. 
lvi)ping,  N.II.,  when  quite  young  went  to 
Bridgewater,  where  he  spent  the  rest  of  his 
life  in  farming.  He  was  a  representative 
man  of  the  town,  which  he  served  as  Collector 
for  a  number  of  years.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Sleeper,  a  daughter  of  Daniel  Sleeper,  of 
15ristol,  N.H.,  born  July  ig,  1805.  She  bore 
him  seven  children,  all  of  whom  grew  up. 
They  were:  Levi  D.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  John  E.,  of  Everett,  Mass.;  Daniel 
S.,  who  died  in  Bridgewater;  Warren  M.,  of 
Arizona;  Leroy  S.,  of  Maiden,  Mass.;  Charles 
W.,  of  Boston;  Mary  Ann,  who  became  Mrs. 
Fisher,  of  Boston,  and  is  now  deceased.  The 
father  by  a  former  marriage  had  two  children 
—  Malinda  M.  and  Elizabeth  O.  He  died  in 
1873,  at  the  age  of  seventy-four.  The  mother 
of  Levi  D.  died  in  1893.  ]5oth  were  es- 
teemed members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church. 


Levi  D.  Johnson,  after  attending  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town  for  the  usual 
period,  went  to  the  New  Hampshire  Confer- 
ence Seminary  at  Tilton.  On  reaching  the 
age  of  twenty  he  learned  the  old  daguerrotype 
business  at  Plymouth,  N.H.,  in  connection 
with  which  he  afterward  travelled  for  some 
years.  He  subsequently  taught  school  for  some 
time  in  his  native  State,  successively  held  the 
offices  of  Township  Clerk  and  superintendent 
of  schools  in  Bridgewater,  and  later  was  su- 
perintendent of  schools  of  Bristol.  In  1868 
Mr.  Johnson  came  to  Vineland,  where  he  has 
since  resided.  He  has  the  reputation  of  being 
one  of  the  most  experienced  men  in  his  line  of 
business.  The  Millville  studio  was  opened 
more  recently.  From  1880  to  1883  he  was 
Township  Clerk  for  Landis;  and  from  1891  to 
1895  he  served  on  the  School  Board,  being 
also  District  Clerk  during  two  years  of  that 
time.  Mr.  Johnson  was  elected  Borough  As- 
sessor in  1893  for  three  years.  The  Federal 
government  appointeil  him  Census  Enumerator 
in  1890.  In  politics  he  has  always  been  found 
in  the  Republican  ranks,  and  he  has  been  a 
delegate  to  different  conventions.  In  Novem- 
ber, 1857,  he  was  received  into  the  Masonic 
Order.  He  helped  in  1865  to  organize  the 
Bristol  Lodge,  of  whicii  he  was  the  first  Sec- 
retary until  his  removal  to  Vineland.  He  is 
Past  Master  of  the  Vineland  Lodge,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  No.  69,  and  a  member  of  Eureka 
Chapter,  No.  18.  At  present  he  is  serving  as 
Deputy  Grand  Master  for  the  Twelfth  Masonic 
District. 

Mr.  Johnson  was  twice  married,  on   the  first 


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occasion  to  Miss  Ellen  C.  Rollins,  daughter 
of  Colonel  Samuel  H.  Rollins.  She  died  in 
1864,  at  the  age  of  twenty-four,  leaving  one 
child,  Nellie,  now  the  wife  of  Frank  Dolloff, 
of  Bristol.  His  second  marriage-  was  con- 
tracted August  3,  1865,  with  Mrs.  Abbie  J. 
Hanchett,  a  widow  with  one  child,  Edith,  who 
lives  at  home.  Mrs.  Johnson's  maiden  name 
was  Collier;  and  she  was  a  native  of  Pitts- 
field,  N.H.,  born  February  15,  1842.  By  Mr. 
Johnson  she  has  had  one  child,  Alice  R. ,  who, 
born  June  21,  1876,  was  graduated  from  the 
Vineland  High  School,  and  subsequently  be- 
came a  teacher  in  the  manual  training  de- 
partment of  that  institution.  Mr.  Johnson 
recently  bought  a  house  on  the  corner  of  Plum 
and  Seventh  Streets. 


RICK  COBB  LORE,  an  enterprising 
and  prosperous  agriculturist  and  a 
respected  citizen  of  Newport,  Cum- 
berland County,  N.J.,  was  born  in  this  town, 
July  12,  1841,  being  a  son  of  John  and  Rhoda 
C.  (Shaw)  Lore. 

His  father  was  a  native  of  Dividing  Creek, 
Cumberland  County.  He  there  received  his 
intellectual  equipment  for  life's  duties  and  re- 
sponsibilities in  the  common  schools,  and  he 
was  subsequently  engaged  until  he  became  of 
age  in  the  work  of  the  home  farm.  After  his 
marriage  he  operated  on  shares  the  farm  of  his 
father-in-law,  Mr.  Shaw,  and  at  the  decease 
of  the  latter  he  inherited  the  estate.  He  then 
conducted  thereon  general  agricultural  pur- 
suits until   about    1870,  when   he   retired   from 


active  life.  He  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Mrs.  Rhoda  C.  Smith,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Henry  Shaw,  of  Newport.  She  was  the 
widow  of  Samuel  Smith,  of  Newport,  by 
whom  she  had  two  children,  namely:  Henry, 
who  now  resides  at  Tupper's  Plains,  Meigs 
County,  Ohio ;  and  Pleasant,  who  is  the 
widow  of  James  Gandy,  late  of  Newport,  N.J. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Lore  had  eight  children, 
namely:  Elizabeth,  who  is  the  wife  of  Joseph 
Bradford,  of  Newport;  Charles  S. ;  Arick 
Cobb;  Joseph,  who  at  the  time  of  the  Civil 
War  enlisted  in  Company  F  of  the  Si.xth 
Regiment  of  New  Jersey  Volunteer  Infantry, 
and  met  his  death  in  the  service  of  his  coun- 
try at  the  battle  of  Williamsburg,, Va. ;  John; 
Ann  Eliza,  who  is  now  the  widow  of  George 
Lockwood,  formerly  of  Paulsboro,  N.J.; 
Harvey;  and  Martha,  who  resides  at  Newport 
as  the  wife  of  Evan  O.  Compton.  Socially, 
Mr.  John  Lore,  when  he  was  a  young  man, 
affiliated  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
F"ellows.  He  never  very  actively  participated 
in  politics,  though  he  regularly  exercised  the 
right  of  suffrage,  and  usually  lent  his  support 
to  the  Democratic  ticket.  In  religious  faith 
and  fellowship  both  he  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  the  Baptist  Church  of  Newport. 

Arick  Cobb  Lore  obtained  his  education  in 
the  common  schools  of  his  native  place.  He 
passed  his  early  manhood  at  home  on  the  pa- 
ternal farm  until  his  father  rented  the  estate 
of  his  maternal  grandfather:  and  he  was  then 
engaged  for  a  year  or  two  as  a  farm  hand, 
being  employed  by  the  month.  Soon  after 
his   marriage,  in    1861,   he   purchased   a   farm, 


ARICK     C.    LORE. 


BIOGRAPHICAL    RF,VIKW 


2  17 


which  he  conducted  about  four  years,  when  he 
disposed  of  it,  though  he  rented  it  of  the  new 
proprietor  for  the  two  succeeding  years. 
About  1876  he  purchased  a  portion  of  his 
present  property,  having  since  added  to  the 
original  until  now  he  possesses  one  hundred 
and  eight  and  a  half  acres  of  land,  constituting 
one  of  the  finest  farms  in  the  vicinity.  He 
keeps  it  all  in  a  state  of  cultivation,  raising 
as  the  principal  crop  sweet  corn  ;  but  he  de- 
votes about  six  acres  to  the  culture  of  straw- 
berries, and  in  the  berry  season  he  employs 
from  fifteen  to  twenty  pickers,  who  mostly 
come  from  a  distance.  He  cuts  yearly  a  crop 
of  between  fifty  and  seventy-five  tons  of  hay, 
and  keeps  four  horses  and  ten  or  twelve  head 
of  cattle.  He  sells  quite  a  large  quantity  of 
milk,  the  jiroduct  of  his  dairy. 

In  December,  1861,  Mr.  Lore  was  joined 
in  matrimony  with  Miss  Eleanor,  a  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  David  Osborn,  of  Alloway, 
in  Salem  County.  Eight  children  have  been 
born  to  them,  namely:  Joseph,  who  is  now 
engaged  in  the  oyster  business  at  Solomon 
Island,  Md.  ;  James,  who  is  a  resident  of 
Newport;  George,  also  in  Newport;  John  T., 
who  also  conducts  the  oyster  business  at  Solo- 
mon Island;  Elaminda,  who  is  the  wife  of 
Hammond  Davis,  of  DeerfieUl ;  Rhoda;  Arick 
C,  Jr.  ;  and  Milton. 

Mr.  Lore  is  actively  identified  with  both 
the  civic  and  social  life  of  the  community. 
In  response  to  the  solicitation  of  his  fellows 
he  has  served  them  in  the  capacity  of  Sur- 
veyor of  tiie  Iligliw.iy  for  several  terms,  and 
also  in  the   position   of   Road   Overseer.      So- 


cially, he  fraternizes  with  the  Order  of 
Knights  of  Pythias,  being  a  member  of  Morn- 
ing Light  Lodge  of  Newport,  of  which  he  is 
Past  Chancellor.  He  is  also  connected  with 
the  tribe  of  the  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men 
located  at  Bridgeton,  and  likewise  with  a  local 
beneficial  society  at  Newport.  In  the  begin- 
ning of  the  Civil  War  he  was  employed  by  the 
government  for  three  months  on  the  Susque- 
hanna River  in  training  mules.  After  suffi- 
cient training  the  animals  were  shipped  to 
I'ortress  Monroe,  whence  they  were  distrib- 
uted wherever  needed  on  the  field.  Mr.  Lore 
also  served  in  the  regular  army  for  two 
months  under  General  Smith.  In  national 
politics  he  is  found  in  the  ranks  of  the  Demo- 
cratic party,  the  principles  and  candidates  of 
which  camp  he  generally  supports  with  his 
ballot.  Religiously,  he  regularly  attends  and 
supports  the  Baptist  Church  of  Newport,  of 
which  his  wife  is  a  member. 


Yk7%01^ERT  L.  LAKE,  of  Port  Norris, 
I  r\  Notary  Public,  Commissioner  of 
^-^  Deeds,  and  an  enterprising  dealer 
in  gentlemen's  furnishing  goods,  was  born  in 
this  town,  March  29,  1865,  son  of  Samuel 
and  Mary  (Robbins)  Lake.  Mr.  Lake's 
grandfather,  Henry  Lake,  was  one  of  the  early 
residents  and  thriving  farmers  of  the  place 
formerly  called  Downs  township,  where  his 
son  Samuel  was  born. 

Samuel  Lake  at  an  early  age  was  engaged 
in  carrying  freight  by  water  along  the  coast. 
He  was  afterward  one  of  the  first  in  this  vicin- 


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ity  to  take  to  oyster  fishing.  When  he  started 
in  that  industry  he  was  but  sixteen  years  old, 
and  at  seventeen  he  had  charge  of  a  boat.  A 
year  later  he  purchased  a  boat  and  outfit  for 
his  own  use,  and  thereafter  became  very 
prosperous.  He  subsequently  owned  several 
schooners,  and  personally  superintended  the 
business  when  oysters  were  carried  by  water 
to  the  Philadelphia  market.  After  having 
been  actively  engaged  in  the  industry  for  fifty 
years  he  retired,  but  retained  its  general  man- 
agement until  his  death,  which  occurred  June 
1 8,  1894.  Although  his  wealth  was  acquired 
by  arduous  labor,  a  shade  of  parsimony  never 
appeared  to  mar  his  generous  disposition. 
His  family  has  had  an  elegant  home  from  the 
time  when  his  means  first  enabled  him  to  fur- 
nish it,  and  he  subsequently  took  pride  in 
giving  to  each  of  his  children  a  costly  and 
substantial  residence.  He  married  Mary  Rob- 
bins,  daughter  of  David  Robbins,  a  representa- 
tive of  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  prominent 
families  of  Port  Norris.  She  had  by  him  four 
children,  as  follows:  Myra  H.,  the  wife  of 
Theophilus  Newcomb,  of  this  town;  David 
R.,  of  whom  there  is  no  special  record; 
Robert  L.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and 
Daniel  L.,  who  died  in  1874.  The  mother 
died  in  October,  1884.  Both  jjarents  were 
members  of  the  Baptist  church.  The  father 
was  Treasurer  of  the  Building  Committee  ap- 
pointed to  superintend  the  erection  of  the  new 
church  edifice. 

Robert  L.  Lake  began  his  school  life  in 
Port  Norris,  and  completed  his  studies  at  the 
South     Jersey     Institute     in     Bridgeton.      He 


then  entered  the  oyster  business  with  his 
father,  beginning  as  a  common  assistant  on 
the  schooners,  and  later  becoming  associated 
with  E.  Brown  in  Bridgeton.  In  1893  he 
bought  the  business  in  Port  Norris  formerly 
carried  on  by  B.  F.  Sharp,  now  of  Bridgeton; 
and  he  conducts  the  only  store  in  town  devoted 
exclusively  to  boots,  shoes,  and  gentlemen's 
furnishing  goods.  The  stand  is  in  the  Knights 
of  Pythias  Block,  which  is  situated  at  the 
junction  of  two  busy  thoroughfares  in  the  cen- 
tre of  the  town.  He  is  already  very  popular, 
and  the  large  patronage  he  has  so  far  acquired 
is  still  increasing.  He  is  also  ticket  agent 
of  the  West  Jersey  &  Seashore  Railroad 
and  agent  of  the  West  Jersey  Express  Com- 
pany. When  a  boy  his  father  gave  him  a 
small  printing-press,  in  which  he  took  great 
interest.  As  the  result  of  his  early  liking 
for  the  "art  preservative"  industry,  he  is  now 
the  proprietor  of  the  only  job-printing  busi- 
ness in  Port  Norris.  What  spare  time  may 
be  left  him  by  these  occupations  is  filled  by 
his  duties  as  Notary  Public  and  Commissioner 
of  Deeds.  In  politics  he  always  acts  with  the 
Republican  party,  and  has  been  frequently 
chosen  delegate  to  the  party  conventions. 

On  January  51,  18S5,  Mr.  Lake  wedded 
Myrtle  L.  Campbell,  of  Newport,  N.J.  For 
four  years  he  was  Master  of  Finance  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge.  He  is  at  present 
Keeper  of  Wampum  of  Idaho  Tribe,  No.  51, 
Improved  Order  of  Red  Men,  and  is  also 
connected  with  the  Knights  of  the  Golden 
Eagle.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church,    while    Mrs.     Lake    is    a     Methodist. 


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They  occupy  a  handsome  residence,  opposite 
the  Baptist  church,  erected  for  Mr.  Lake  by 
his  father. 


'I-IANK  H.  WALLS,  D.D.S.,  one  of 
J  the  most  e.xpcriencetl  dentists  of  Vine- 
lantl,  was  born  September  15,  ICS53,  in  Ells- 
worth, Me.,  son  of  Simeon  M.  and  Ann 
(Burke)  Walls.  Simeon  Walls,  who  was 
born  in  Mount  Desert,  Me.,  in  1821,  moved 
to  Vineland  in  1864,  where  he  resided  for  the 
rest  of  his  life.  The  captain  of  a  merchant- 
man, he  made  several  voyages  from  Philadel- 
phia to  Mediterranean  ports.  He  retired  a 
short  time  previous  to  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred August  12,  1 87 1,  the  fiftieth  anniver- 
sary of  his  birth.  He  married  Miss  Burke,  of 
Charlestown,  ^Llss. ;  and  they  had  five  chil- 
dren, of  whom  Simeon  is  deceased.  The 
others  are:  Mary,  who  married  Captain 
George  B.  Swain;  Winslow  W.,  who  lives  in 
Vineland;  Frank  IL,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  and  Alonzo  H.,  who  also  lives  in 
Vineland.  The  mother  died  on  December  31, 
1894.  She  and  her  husband  were  respected 
members  of  the  Baptist  church. 

I"" rank  H.  Walls,  D.D.S.,  was  educated  in 
the  iHiblic  schools  of  Vineland.  Then  engag- 
ing with  Wiswell  &  Co.,  of  this  place,  he 
learned  the  shoe-cutting  trade,  which  he  fol- 
lowed for  ten  years.  In  18S2  he  began  to 
study  dentistry  in  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  graduated  therefrom  in  1884.  He 
then  entered  upon  his  profession  in  this  city, 
where  he  has  since  acquired  a  large  practice 
by  his  skill  and  up-to-date  methods.      He  was 


one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Tradesman's 
Bank,  and  has  since  been  one  of  its  Di- 
rectors. Dr.  Walls  served  in  the  Borough 
Council  three  years,  being  elected  on  the  Re- 
publican ticket.  The  Board  of  Education 
were  benefited  by  his  zeal  for  the  welfare  of 
the  schools  for  eight  years,  during  two  of 
which  he  was  President  of  the  Board.  Me  is 
a  member  of  the  Royal  Arcanum,  also  of 
the  Knights  of  the  Golden  Eagle,  and  Chosen 
Friends  Society.  Since  the  organization  of 
the  Board  of  Trade  he  has  served  it  as  Sec- 
retary, and  was  instrumental  in  bringing  here 
several  large  industries. 

On  October  7,  1878,  Dr.  Walls  was  riiarried 
to  Lizzie  Gould,  daughter  of  Solon  S.  Gould. 
They  have  five  children  —  Harry  G. ,  Lizzie 
M.,  Herbert  A.,  Raymond  M.,  and  Roscoe  A. 
Walls.  Both  parents  are  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  The  family 
make  their  home  in  the  handsome  residence, 
built  in  189s,  at  25  Myrtle  Avenue. 


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^rill'ENRY  REEVES,  Jr.,  the  proprietor 
ol  a  large  general  store  and  bakery 
in  Leesburg,  was  born  November 
24,  1857,  in  Manumuskin,  N.J.,  son  of  Henry 
and  Mary  J.  (Lee)  Reeves.  Mr.  Reeves's 
grandfather,  I^enjamin  Franklin  Reeves,  a 
native  of  Burlington  County,  settled  in  Man- 
umuskin, where  he  became  an  extensive 
mill-owner,  and  was  for  many  years  a  prom- 
inent business  man   of  that   locality. 

Henry  Reeves,   Sr.,  Mr.  Reeves's  father,  was 
born   in   Manumuskin,    April    5,    1824.      After 


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finishing  with  school  he  began  to  work  in  his 
father's  grist-mill.  Later  he  became  proprie- 
tor of  a  saw-mill  that  had  also  been  the  prop- 
erty of  his  father.  Here  he  manufactured  and 
dealt  in  all  kinds  of  lumber,  and  had  the  larg- 
est business  of  its  kind  in  Manumuskin  for 
several  years.  hi  October,  1S76,  he  sold  the 
mill  property,  and,  going  to  Philadelphia, 
conducted  a  restaurant  for  the  succeeding  four 
years.  He  then  sold  his  restaurant,  returned 
to  Manumuskin,  settled  upon  a  farm  which  he 
owned  there,  and  has  since  devoted  his  atten- 
tion to  general  farming  and  the  shipping  of 
eggs.  His  wife,  Mary  J.,  a  daughter  of  John 
Lee,  of  Tuckahoe,  Cape  May  County,  has 
been  the  mother  of  four  children,  three  of 
whom  are  living,  namely:  Samuel  V.,  a  resi- 
dent of  Haddonfield,  Camden  County;  Ida, 
the  wife  of  George  W.  Stevens,  of  Manumus- 
kin; and  Henry,  Jr.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch.  Both  parents  are  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Henry  Reeves,  Jr.,  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town,  and  when  of 
sufficient  age  he  began  to  assist  his  father  in 
the  mill.  After  the  business  was  sold  he  was 
employed  at  another  mill  in  the  neighborhood 
for  some  years.  He  residetl  in  Manumuskin 
until  icS84,  when  he  came  to  Leesburg,  where 
he  estai)lished  the  first  livery  stable  in  the 
town.  Possessing  one  horse  minus  a  harness, 
with  which  to  start  business,  he  rented  the 
place  of  Dr.  Daniel  G.  Carlisle.  Obtaining 
some  credit  upon  the  strength  of  previous 
transactions,  he  secured  a  small  equipment, 
which   was   increased   as   his    business    devel- 


oped. Soon  after  he  had  a  flourishing  busi- 
ness. He  carried  it  on  for  four  years,  and 
then  sold  out.  After  managing  his  brother's 
store  in  Haddonfield  for  one  winter,  he  re- 
turned to  Leesburg,  and  established  himself 
in  the  stove  and  hardware  business  in  his 
present  store,  which  was  erected  by  him  about 
that  time.  Pie  carries  a  large  and  varied 
stock  of  general  merchandise,  exclusive  of 
groceries  and  dry  goods.  In  1895  he  erected 
a  bakery,  the  first  establishment  of  its  kind  in 
this  vicinity.  Both  ventures  are  prospering, 
and  have  a  large  and  profitable  trade.  He 
employs  two  experienced  bakers,  and  runs  two 
teams,  one  as  far  north  as  Port  Elizabeth,  and 
the  other  south  to  Dennisville  and  Port 
Norris.  His  energy  and  enterprise  are  fully 
appreciated  by  the  people  of  this  and  the  sur- 
rounding towns.  He  was  for  several  years 
Postmaster  of  Leesburg,  and  has  been  Town- 
ship Assessor  since  1891. 

In  September,  1880,  Mr.  Reeves  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Hannah  Hoffman, 
daughter  of  Ervin  Hoffman,  of  Leesburg. 
Mrs.  Reeves  has  had  five  children,  three  of 
whom  are  living;  namely,  Lydia  II.,  Adclia 
F.,  and  Winnie  W.  Mr.  Ree\'es  is  con- 
nected with  Leesburg  Lodge,  No.  87,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  Leesburg 
Council,  No.  84,  Junior  Order  of  Unitetl 
American  Meciianics;  and  Washington  Camp, 
No.  13,  Patriotic  .Sons  of  America,  of  Del- 
mont.  Both  as  a  business  man  and  a  citizen 
he  occupies  a  leading  position  hei'e,  and  his 
success  is  the  outcome  of  his  own  ability 
and   perseverance.      Mr.  and   Mrs.  Reeves  are 


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nicmljcrs  of   the    Methodist   Episcopal  church, 
vvliicli  they  liberally  supijort. 


(^OSIAH  HAMMOND  TICK,  an  enter- 
prising general  farmer  and  truck 
gardener  of  Commercial  township,  was 
born  in  Williamstown,  Camden  County,  Sep- 
tember 39,  1847,  son  of  Josiah  Hammond, 
Sr. ,  and  Elizabeth  (Newcomb)  Tice.  His 
father,  who  was  born  in  Millville,  this  county, 
about  the  year  18 15,  was  a  glass  cutter  by 
trade,  and  ])ursued  his  calling  for  some  years 
in  Shutterville,  a  suburb  of  Millville.  He 
afterward  moved  to  Winslow,  and  thence  to 
Williamstown,  where  he  kept  a  general  store, 
and  dealt  in  lumber  until  his  death,  which 
t)ccurred  in  1847.  His  wife,  Elizabeth,  whom 
he  married  in  1839,  was  born  in  Millville  in 
1808,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Hannah  (Dia- 
mond) Newcomb.  Her  parents,  who  were 
prosperous  farming  jjeople,  reared  seven  other 
children;  namely,  ]5ethsheba,  Mary,  James, 
Ephraim,  John,  Isaac,  and  Helen.  Both 
father  and  mother  were  members  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church.  Josiah  H.  Tice,  Sr., 
and  his  wife  had  four  children,  three  of  whom 
grew  up,  namely:  Sophia  C,  the  wife  of 
Thomas  Campbell,  of  Williamstown;  Amelia, 
the  widow  of  the  late  Archibald  Cam]jbell; 
and  Josiah  H.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 
The  mother  subsequently  wedded  James  Camp- 
bell, and  by  him  had  two  children -- Hannah 
Jane  and  Cornelius,  both  of  whom  attained  ma- 
turity. Mrs.  Campbell,  who  is  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  is  still  living. 


Josiah  Hammond  Tice  acquired  his  educa- 
tion in  the  common  schools  of  the  different 
places  where  his  step-father  resided,  and  sub- 
sequently learned  the  shoemaker's  trade.  In 
August,  1864,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in 
Company  E,  Third  Regiment,  New  Jersey 
V^olunteer  Cavalry,  witli  which  he  serveil  until 
the  close  of  the  Civil  War.  He  was  with 
his  company  in  the  front  rank  throughout  the 
formalities  attending  General  Lee's  surrender 
at  Appomattox.  Just  previous  to  his  return 
home  he  sustained  a  severe  injury  in  his  foot 
that  caused  him  considerable  inconvenience  at 
the  time,  and  from  which  he  has  never  full\- 
recovered.  After  the  war  he  and  John  Kirby, 
forming  the  firm  of  Kirby  &  Tice,  carried  on 
a  thriving  custom  and  retail  trade  in  the  boot 
and  shoe  business,  having  two  stores,  one  in 
Williamstown  and  the  other  in  Clayton, 
Gloucester  County.  In  1869  the  partnership 
was  dissolved,  Mr.  Tice  becoming  sole  propri- 
etor of  the  Clayton  store.  This  he  conducted 
until  1 87 1,  when  he  sold  out,  and  bought  a 
part  of  his  present  farm  of  five  hundred  acres 
in  Commercial  township,  where  he  has  since 
resided.  He  has  about  two  hundred  acres  of 
land  under  cultivation.  Ten  acres  are  de- 
voted to  strawberries,  of  which  he  raises  annu- 
ally and  ships  to  Boston  and  I'rovidence,  R.I., 
twenty  tliousand  quarts.  He  has  a  peach 
orchard  of  eighteen  acres,  five  acres  planted 
with  blackberries,  and  thirty-five  acres  with 
cranberries.  He  also  raises  watermelons, 
wheat,  rye,  corn,  oats,  and  other  products, 
besides  turkeys  and  other  fowl.  He  is  inter- 
ested to  a  considerable  e.xtcnt    in    the   real   es- 


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tatc  business,  buying  and  selling  timber  land; 
and  during  the  year  1895  he  cut  five  hundred 
cords  of  wood  and  three  thousand  piles,  which 
were  sold  in  Philadelphia  and  Camden. 

Mr.  Ticc  has  been  twice  married.  On  De- 
cember 31,  1 868,  he  wedded  Letitia  Emma, 
daughter  of  Andrew  Long,  of  Williamstown. 
By  this  union  there  were  nine  children,  seven 
of  whom  reached  maturity.  These  are: 
Amelia,  the  wife  of  Frank  Ferguson,  of  Mill- 
ville;  Josiah  Hammond  (third)  ;  Andrew  Her- 
bert; John  Oscar;  Francis  Stanton;  Rose 
Emma;  and  Goodwin.  The  mother  died  in 
September,  1883.  The  second  marriage  of 
Mr.  Tice  was  contractcti  September  10,  1884, 
with  Mrs.  Abigail  B.  (Tullis)  Trout,  daugh- 
ter of  Eli  and  Eunice  (Lake)  Tullis,  of 
Drakestovvn.  She  has  three  children  by  her 
former  marriage;  namely,  Lawrence  Trout, 
Matilda,  and  Martha.  Matilda  is  the  wife  of 
Richard  Buckaloo,  of  Port  Norris,  this  county; 
and  Martha  is  the  wife  of  John  Grace,  of  New- 
port, also  this  county.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tice 
attend  the  Baptist  church. 


\\(:A)/ ILLIAM  BURBANK  BARNES, 
VpV^  car|ienter  and  building  mover  of 
Vineland,  is  accounted  a  successful  and  able 
man  in  his  sjiecial  line  of  work.  He  was 
l)orn  in  Weymouth,  Mass.,  March  10,  185 1, 
son  of  Robert  Vinal  and  lilizabeth  (Burbank) 
Barnes.  Robert  Vinal  Barnes,  who  is  a  na- 
tive of  Hingham,  Mass.,  born  December  24, 
1820,  received  a  good  common-school  educa- 
tion.     When  a  young  man   he  worked  aboard 


a  sailing-vessel,  engaged  in  coast  trading. 
Later  he  purchased  a  farm  in  Weymouth,  con- 
taining between  two  and  three  hundred  acres, 
where  he  kept  a  large  dairy,  and  was  quite 
extensively  engaged  in  farm  gardening.  Sev- 
eral years  ago  he  sold  that  i^lace,  and  pur- 
chased a  farm  of  twenty-five  acres.  He 
subsequently  sold  this  estate  also,  and  then 
purchased  the  place  containing  between  two 
and  three  acres,  on  which  he  now  lives. 
Among  the  town  offices  in  which  he  has  served 
are  those  of  Selectman  and  School  Trustee. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Good  Templars.  His 
marriage  with  Miss  Elizabeth  Burbank  in 
1844  resulted  in  the  birth  of  nine  children,  of 
whom  Robert  Bruce,  Isaac  Burr,  David  Beales, 
William  ]5urbank,  Sarah,  Ouincy  Tufts, 
Susie,  and  Herbert  ,  Franklin  are  living. 
Sarah  is  the  wife  of  Frank  Young,  of  Ouincy, 
Mass.;  and  Susie  is  the  witlow  of  William 
Rich.  The  parents  are  members  of  the  Con- 
gregational church. 

William  Ikirbank  Barnes  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  district  school.  Wiien  si.Kteon 
years  of  age  he  went  to  work  in  a  shoe  factor)'. 
After  remaining  there  between  two  and  three 
years,  he  left  to  accept  a  position  in  a  bo.K 
factory.  Here  he  worked  for  the  three  ensu- 
ing years,  and  then  began  to  learn  the  trade 
of  a  carpenter.  In  1873  he  came  to  Vineland, 
finished  his  apprenticeshi]i,  and  worked  for 
two  months  as  a  joLtrneyman.  He  went  to 
Ohio  in  1875,  and  for  three  months  was  em- 
ployed in  the  cities  of  Cleveland  and  Paines- 
ville.  Going  then  to  Port  Huron,  Mich.,  he 
secured  a  position  in  a  sash  and  blind  factory, 


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in  which  he  worked  up  to  1877.  After  that 
he  went  to  I'etrolia,  Canada,  where  he  was 
employed  in  a  sash  and  blind  factory  for  a 
year.  He  was  next  employed  in  a  saw  and 
planing  mill  of  Verona,  Mich.  Three  years 
later  he  returned  to  Port  Huron,  where  he 
worked  as  a  journeyman  carpenter  during  the 
three  succeeding  years.  From  Port  Huron  he 
came  back  to  Vineland,  and,  after  carrying  on 
business  as  a  contractor  and  builder  for  about 
a  year,  he  added  that  of  building  mover.  A 
large  number  of  fine  residences  in  this  city 
were  erected  by  him.  He  has  been  engaged 
in  building  moving  in  various  places  through- 
out Southern  New  Jersey,  where  he  has  made 
a  reputation  as  a  very  successful  and  com- 
petent man  in  that  line  of  work. 

On  April  10,  1873,  he  was  joined  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Alice  Foster,  and  has  since 
become  the  father  of  five  children,  of  whom 
four  are  living  —  George  Otis,  Randall, 
Jerretter  A.,  and  Oscar.  Mr.  Barnes  is  a 
member  of  Vineland  Castle,  Knights  of  the 
Golden  P3agle,  and  is  one  of  the  e.\emi)t  fire- 
men. At  one  time  he  was  assistant  foreman 
of  the  fire  company.  He  and  Mrs  Barnes 
are  attendants  and  supporters  of  the  Sweden- 
borgian  church. 


V^^fUAAAM  HENRY  KNOLL,  a  well- 
V^  Vi  known  farmer  and  fruit  grower  of 
Landis  township,  was  born  July  18,  1858,  in 
VValheim,  Wiirtemberg,  Germany,  son  of  M. 
Gottleib  and  Christiana  (Sieber)  Knoll.  M. 
Gottleib    Knoll,    also   a    native    of    VValheim, 


born  February  7,  1830,  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town.  After  the 
close  of  his  school  life  he  assisted  his  father 
in  the  work  of  the  farm  for  seven  years.  Then 
he  engaged  in  general  agriculture  on  his  own 
account.  He  gave  special  attention  to  the 
culture  of  grapes,  and  in  time  had  quite  an 
extensive  vineyard.  In  1884,  however,  he 
migrated  to  this  country,  and,  settling  at 
Landis,  purchased  the  estate  which  is  now 
the  property  of  his  son  William  H.  Here 
until  the  spring  of  1890  he  raised  almost  ex- 
clusively fruit  and  sweet  potatoes,  and  then 
returned  to  VValheim,  in  his  native  land,  where 
he  still  resides.  In  1857  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Christiana  Sieber,  by 
whom  he  became  the  father  of  five  children  — 
William  Henry,  Regina,  Christiana,  Gottleib, 
and  Katherina.  Regina  is  now  the  wife  of 
Gustav  Faul,  a  resident  of  Monroeville,  N.J.; 
Christiana  is  deceased;  and  Katherina,  who 
resides  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  is  the  wife  of 
Frederick  Sckweichcr.  Both  parents  when 
in  this  country  were  members  of  the  German 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Vineland. 
The  mother,  who  was  born  in  September, 
1828,  passed  away  in  Landis,  June  19,  1885, 
in  her  fifty-seventh  year. 

William  Henry  Knoll  ac(|uired  his  educa- 
tion in  the  common  schools  of  his  native 
town.  At  the  com]:)letion  of  his  schooling  he 
found  employment  on  the  paternal  farm  until 
his  twenty-fourth  year,  when  he  crossed,  the 
Atlantic,  and  fixed  his  residence  in  Landis. 
He  there  worked  on  a  farm  until  1884,  when 
he  transferred  his  services  to  his  father's  farm 


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in  Landis.  On  his  father's  return  to  Ger- 
many he  purchased  the  property,  where  he  has 
since  been  successfully  engaged  in  the  culture 
of  sweet  potatoes,  blackberries,  and  straw- 
berries. 

On  February  2,  1886,  Mr.  Knoll  was  joined 
in  matrimony  with  Miss  Ida  K.,  a  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Muhleisen,  of  Vineland, 
N.J.;  and  he  has  since  become  the  father  of 
four  children  —  George  G.,  William  Henry, 
Jr.,  Charles  G.,  and  Matilda  Bertha. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Farmers"  Alliance  of 
Landis.  He  belongs  to  the  German  RTeth- 
odist  Episcopal  Church  of  Landis,  in  the  work 
of  which  he  has  been  very  actively  engaged. 
He  has  served  in  the  capacity  of  Sabbath- 
school  treasurer,  and  he  has  also  officiated  as 
President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 


-pNFNJAMIN  F.  HARDING,  Superin- 
I  ^^^\  tendent  and  Treasurer  of  the  Bridge- 
ton  Gas  Light  Company,  was  born 
in  Glassboro,  Gloucester  County,  N.J.,  Oc- 
tober 14,  1838,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Mary 
Marshall  (Fisler)  Harding.  Mr.  Harding's 
paternal  grandfather,  Thomas  Harding,  was 
born  in  Pitt's  Grove  township,  and  there  fol- 
lowed farming  as  an  occupation.  He  and  his 
wife,  l.ydia  Richman,  whom  he  marrieil  in 
■795'  reared  a  family  of  nine  children. 

Their  son,  Benjamin  Harding,  was  born  in 
Pitt's  Grove  township,  Salem  County,  Decem- 
ber 21,  1798.  He  acquired  his  education  in 
the  schools  of  his  native  town;  and  after  the 
completion  of   his  elementary  studies   he   i)ur- 


sued  a  course  in  surveying,  which  he  prac- 
tised during  his  entire  life  in  connection  with 
farming.  After  his  marriage  he  settled  upon 
a  farm  in  Red  Lion,  now  Hardingville,  where 
he  remained  for  four  years.  In  1S27  he  re- 
moved to  Malaga,  where  he  took  charge  of  the 
store  carried  on  by  the  glass  company.  He 
resided  there  for  ten  years,  during  which  time, 
in  connection  with  his  other  affairs,  he  was 
engaged  as  a  surveyor.  Removing  to  Glass- 
boro in  1837,  he  continued  in  mercantile  pur- 
suits for  four  years;  and  at  the  end  of  that 
time  he  went  to  Fislerville,  now  Clayton, 
where  he  carried  on  the  farm  belonging  to  his 
wife's  father,  being  thus  occupied  until  his 
death,  which  took  place  April  4,  1880.  He 
was  a  Whig  in  politics,  and  was  active  in 
public  affairs.  During  his  residence  in  Mal- 
aga he  was  Assessor  of  Franklin  township, 
and  he  was  also  Postmaster  of  Malaga  for  sev- 
eral years.  In  1827  he  served  on  the  Town- 
ship Committee,  and  in  1834  'i^  was  Town 
Clerk  of  Franklin.  He  was  Township  Asses- 
sor in  1 83 1  and  1832,  and  from  1835  to  1S38. 
He  ably  represented  Gloucester  County  in  the 
General  Assembly  in  1843,  'I"''  'i*^  ^^''is  ''e- 
elected  twice.  It  was  during  his  first  term  that 
the  constitution  of  New  Jersey  was  changed. 
Benjamin  Harding  acted  as  Justice  of  the 
Peace  during  the  greater  portion  of  his  active 
period.  His  wife,  Mary  Marshall  P'isler, 
whom  he  married  in  January,  1823,  was  a 
daughter  of  Leonard  Fisler,  of  Fislerville, 
who  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  18 12.  She 
became  the  mother  of  seven  chihlren,  five  of 
whom  lived  to  reach   maturity.      They  were  as 


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follows:  Annie  F. ;  Lydia  M.  ;  Hannah  H., 
wife  of  Thomas  Stanger,  of  the  firm  of  War- 
wick &  Stanger,  of  Glassboro;  John,  who  died 
in  infancy;  Leonard  F. ;  Thomas  Whitney, 
wlio  tlicd  at  the  age  of  nine  years;  and  Ben- 
jamin F. ,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Mr. 
Harding's  parents  were  members  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  of  which  his  father  was  an 
Elder. 

Benjamin  F.  Harding  commenced  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  and  finished  his 
studies  at  the  West  Jersey  Academy.  After 
leaving  school  he  remained  at  home  until 
reaching  the  age  of  thirty-five,  looking  after 
the  farm,  and  managing  a  saw-mill  from  1866 
to  1873.  During  this  time  he  acted  as  agent 
for  the  Cumberland  Mutual  I'^ire  Insurance 
Company,  and  transacted  a  large  amount  of 
business  in  that  direction.  He  then  accepted 
the  general  management  of  the  Bridgeton  Gas 
Company,  a  position  which  he  still  holds,  his 
able  direction  of  its  affairs  having  given  com- 
plete satisfaction.  Since  coming  to  Bridge- 
ton  he  has  figured  prominently  in  public 
affairs,  having  been  elected  in  i<SS6  to  repre- 
sent Ward  4  in  the  Common  Council  for  two 
years,  and  in  1888  re-elected  for  three  years. 
He  served  with  Ability  on  the  Committees 
ujjon  Water,  Finance,  Ordinance,  anil  Print- 
ing, and  was  President  of  the  Council  in  the 
last  year  of  his  service. 

On  May  14,  1867,  Mr.  Harding  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Harriet  L.  Lawrence,  daugh- 
ter of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Lawrence,  of  Lewis- 
ton,  Pa.  Three  children  have  been  born  to 
them,  as  follows:   Samuel  Lawrence,  who  is  a 


student  at  Rutgers  College;  Mary  Marshall, 
who  attends  Ivy  Hall  School;  and  Benjamin 
N.  The  family  are  members  of  the  Second 
Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  Mr.  Harding  is 

an  Polder  anil  superintendent  of  the  Sunday- 
school. 


bkni:zi:r  c.  Henderson,  a  weii- 

known  and  highly  esteemed  resident  of 
Delmont,  was  born  in  Newport,  Cumberland 
County,  June  11,  1838.  Pie  is  a  son  of  James 
and  Margaret  (P'ilbert)  Henderson,  and  comes 
of  an  old  family.  His  earliest  ancestor  in 
this  country  was  his  grandfather,  Nathan 
Henderson.  Nathan  married,  and  reared  a 
family  of  four  children  —  Nancy,  Sarah,  Na- 
than, and  James.  James  Henderson,  who  was 
also  a  native  of  Newport,  married  Margaret 
Filbert,  of  Newport,  who  bore  him  two  chil- 
dren, of  whom  Ebcnezer  C.  attained  maturity. 
Ebenezer  C.  Henderson  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  common  schools.  As  soon  as  his 
school  days  ended  he  went  to  sea;  and  he 
sailed  many  years  on  coasting-vessels,  visiting 
most  of  the  ports  on  the  Atlantic  coast. 
Subsequently  he  was  engaged  for  some  time 
in  the  oyster  business,  which,  though  it  kept 
him  on  the  water,  did  not  take  him  far  from 
the  vicinity  of  his  home.  In  i  S92  he  settled 
permanently  on  term  Jiniia  at  Delmont,  and 
has  been  since  engaged  in  farming.  He 
raises  corn,  potatoes,  and  strawberries.  He 
makes  a  specialty  of  strawberries,  with  which 
he  has  planted  three  acres.  He  takes  pleasure 
in  developing  the  berries,  and  has  lU'oduced 
some  of  the   finest  fruit   in   the  market. 


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Mr.  Henderson  was  married  August  17, 
1863,  to  Emma  C,  daughter  of  Charles  W. 
and  Amanda  W.  (McKaig)  Corson.  Charles 
VV.  Corson  was  born  in  Delmont,  July  29, 
1S23.  He,  too,  followed  the  sea  for  several 
years,  until  his  marriage,  when  he  settled  on 
a  farm,  and  has  since  been  engaged  in  the 
pursuit  of  agriculture.  He  was  married  Sep- 
tember 13,  1846,  to  Miss  McKaig,  and  reared 
three  children,  namely:  Emma  C,  now  Mrs. 
Henderson;  William  Henry,  deceased;  and 
Lucy  lu  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Corson  are  members 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Mr. 
Henderson  and  his  wife  have  two  children  — 
Sally  M.  and  Clementine  G.  Clementine  G. 
Henderson  was  married  January  27,  18S5,  to 
Captain  William  Linwood  Foster,  a  native  of 
Cape  May  Court-house,  Cape  May  County, 
who  was  born  November  i,  1863,  son  of  W'ill- 
iam  H.  and  Hannah  (Patent)  Foster.  He  is 
a  carpenter  by  trade,  and  works  at  building 
when  not  engaged  in  the  oyster  business,  in 
which  he  has  been  interested  since  early 
youth.  He  was  made  captain  of  a  boat  in 
1892,  and  owns  an  interest  in  the  vessel. 
Captain  Foster  is  a  Republican,  and  has 
served  on  the  Election  Board  of  Delmont. 
He  belongs  to  the  Delmont  branch  of  the 
Order  of  Patriotic  Sons  of  America  and  to 
Maurice  River  Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias. 
Of  his  two  children  Charles  died  when  six 
years  old.  The  other,  Ebenezer  Henderson, 
so  named  after  his  grandfather,  is  living. 
Both  parents  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  and  the  father  is  superin- 
tendent of  the  Sunday-school.      Mr.  and  Mrs. 


Henderson  are  also  members  of  that  church; 
and  Mr.  Henderson,  like  his  son-in-law,  is 
affiliated  with  the  Patriotic  Sons  of  America. 


n>M  ENRY  S.  ROBBINS,  of  Port  Norris, 
the  largest  oyster  planter  in  this  sec- 
tion of  South  Jersey,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 18,  1846,  son  of  Richard  and  Anna 
Maria  (Hines)  Robbins.  He  is  of  English 
extraction,  his  grandfather,  David  Robbins, 
who  was  a  farmer,  having  been  a  native  of  the 
mother  country.  David  Robbins  was  one  of 
the  early  settlers  at  Port  Norris  and  one  of 
the  members  of  the  pioneer  Baptist  church  at 
Dividing  Creek. 

Richard  Robbins,  son  of  David,  was  born 
in  Port  Norris,  near  the  village,  January  22, 
1817,  and  here  grew  to  manhood.  Having  ac- 
quired a  good  education,  he  taught  school  in 
the  village  for  two  years,  in  the  mean  time 
working  also  at  farming  on  the  homestead. 
This  estate  he  inherited  on  the  death  of  his 
father;  and  he  was  very  successful  as  a  farmer 
and  stock  raiser,  gradually  increasing  his  real 
estate  until  it  comprised  tlnxe  hunelred  acres. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  to  see  the  opportuni- 
ties in  the  oyster  business,  and  gathered  one 
season's  crop  before  any  jilanting  was  done; 
and,  wliile  active  in  oyster  gathering  only  a 
single  year,  he  owned  shares  in  three  boats, 
and  in  that  way  derived  some  income  from 
this  new  industry.  A  keen  and  intelligent 
business  man,  he  was  highly  esteemed  in 
financial  circles  and  actively  interested  in 
many  leading  enterprises.      He  was  connected 


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with  the  Cumberland  Bank  of  Bridgeton, 
antl  was  instrumental  in  connecting  Port  Nor- 
ris  with  the  Cumberland  &  Maurice  River 
Railroad,  the  first  railroad  to  touch  this 
place. 

In  politics  he  was  at  first  a  Whig  and  later 
a  Republican,  and,  though  one  of  the  strong- 
est citizens  of  the  place,  was  not  an  office- 
seeker.  He  died  December  17,  1S90,  at  the 
age  of  seventy-four.  His  wife,  Mrs.  Anna 
M.  Robbins,  who  was  born  in  iSiS,  and  died 
April  25,  1S96,  was  a  daughter  of  Joseph 
Hines,  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Newport, 
N.J.,  and  a  member  of  a  prominent  family  of 
that  place.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church  at  Port  Norris,  which  her  husband  was 
instrumental  in  founding,  and  of  which  he  was 
Deacon  forty-nine  years.  He  helped  to  build 
the  first  and  second  church  edifices,  he  being 
always  the  one  to  suggest  plans  to  raise  money 
or  to  carry  out  a  needed  improvement.  He 
was  on  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  a  number  of 
years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  Robbins  were 
the  parents  of  seven  children,  namely:  Eliza- 
beth, wife  of  Robert  Bateman,  of  Newport, 
N.J.  ;  limma,  wife  of  Alphonso  Lore;  Henry 
S.,  above  named;  Rhoda,  wife  of  Peter 
Ladow,  of  Dividing  Creek;  I^ydia,  wife  of 
Charles  Whitaker;  David  and  George,  both 
residents  of  Port  Norris. 

Henry  S.  Robbins  acquired  his  education  in 
the  schools  of  Port  Norris,  his  native  place. 
He  engaged  in  the  oyster  trade  when  seven- 
teen years  of  age,  and  learned  the  business 
thoroughly,  taking  an  active  part  in  all  the 
work  to  be  done  on   land   and   water.      Before 


he  was  of  age  he  had  a  boat  of  his  own  and 
oyster  beds  planted;  and  he  gradually  in- 
creased his  trade  until  he  was  owner  and  oper- 
ator of  si.\-  fine  oyster  boats,  for  each  of  which 
he  plants  three  years  in  ach'ance.  His  plant- 
ing ground  is  extensive,  and  he  has  developed 
his  business  to  enormous  proportions.  At 
present  he  takes  no  personal  part  in  the  opera- 
tions of  planting  and  gathering  oysters,  but 
gives  much  of  his  time  to  the  direction  of  the 
trade,  which  is  mostly  wholesale,  shipping 
more  than  any  other  oyster  merchant  from  this 
place.  His  financial  operations  are  not 
limited  to  the  oyster  business  alone,  for  he 
also  owns  and  operates  a  fine  farm  in  the 
township  of  Commercial,  and  is  a  stockholder 
in  the  Bridgeton  National  Bank. 

Mr.  Robbins  was  married  June  13,  i86g,  to 
Miss  Mary  Jane  Hand,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Hand,  one  of  the  early  and  prominent  settlers 
at  Port  Norris.  A  native  of  West  Creek,  Mr. 
Hand  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  active  life 
in  Port  Norris,  where  he  kept  a  store,  and  was 
also  interested  in  the  oyster  business.  He 
was  a  large  land-owner,  and  the  possessor  of  a 
number  of  shares  of  stock  in  the  Cumberland 
&  Maurice  River  Railroad,  of  which  he  was  a 
Director.  A  freeholder  of  Port  Norris  for 
twenty  years,  he  did  a  great  deal  for  the  uj)- 
building  of  the  place,  and  was  one  of  the 
most  prominent  of  the  town  fathers.  He  had 
a  kindly  disposition  and  generous  heart,  and 
was  widely  known  as  a  friend  to  the  poor,  con- 
ferring benefits  both  on  the  "just  and  on  the 
unjust,"  for  he  was  too  honest  himself  to  sus- 
pect   imposition.      He   and   his   contemporary, 


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Mr.  Richard  Robbins,  occupied  the  same 
social  plane  in  Port  Norris,  and  shared  the  es- 
teem of  the  townspeople.  Mrs.  Robbins  was 
born  in  Port  Norris,  and  has  been  a  lifelong 
resident  of  the  place.  She  is  the  mother  of 
six  children,  namely:  Clarence,  a  business 
man  of  this  town,  who  married  Miss  Anna 
Hurtz  Pepper,  and  has  one  child,  Helen  L.  ; 
Hammitt  L.,  captain  of  an  oyster  boat; 
Thomas,  who  commands  a  boat  of  his  own, 
and  also  manages  one  for  his  father;  Wilbert 
H.,  a  cigar  manufacturer,  who  married  Miss 
Georgia  Terry,  and  has  one  son,  Henry  S. ; 
Maude  M.,  wife  of  George  McConnell,  an 
oyster  man  of  this  place;  and  David,  who, 
though  still  attending  school,  materially  helps 
his  father  in  the  oyster  business. 

Mr.  Robbins  is  an  active  worker  in  the  in- 
terests of  the  Republican  party,  and,  though 
not  seeking  ofifice,  has  acted  as  delegate  to 
different  conventions,  and  has  served  a  number 
of  terms  as  a  member  of  the  County  Republi- 
can Committee.  He  is  a  member  of  Morning 
Light  Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias,  of  Newport, 
with  which  he  has  been  connected  twenty- 
eight  years ;  a  charter  member  of  tlie  Im- 
proved  Order  of  Red  Men,  and  also  of  the 
Order  of  Knights  of  the  Mystic  Chain,  of  the 
Knights  of  the  Golden  Eagle,  and  of  the 
Junior  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics. 
A  liajjtist  in  religious  belief,  he  is  a  member 
and  strong  supporter  of  the  church  in  this 
town.  He  has  a  handsome  residence,  which 
he  erected  some  twenty -two  years  ago,  fitted 
with  all  modern  conveniences  and  tastefully 
furnished. 


RANCIS  WATHIER,  the  oldest  cigar 
manufacturer  of  Millville,  was  born  at 
Longvue,  France,  February  2,  I  S3  5,  son  of 
Nicholas  and  Margaret  (Andre)  Wathier. 
The  father  was  a  general  merchant  at  Longvue, 
where  his  life  was  spent.  His  wife  bore  him 
nine  children,  of  whom  Francis,  Charles,  and 
John  B.  came  to  the  United  States.  Charles 
settled  in  New  Orleans,  served  in  the  Mexi- 
can War  to  its  close,  was  subsequently  en- 
gaged in  business  for  several  years  in  New 
Orleans,  and  finally  returned  to  F"rance,  where 
he  died.  John  B.  also  settled  in  New  Or- 
leans, and,  after  conducting  a  successful  hotel 
and  restaurant  business  at  the  corner  of 
Franklin  and  Custom-house  Streets  for  a 
number  of  years,  sold  out  and  returned  to 
France.  After  the  close  of  the  war  he  came 
back  to  the  United  States,  going  this  time  to 
the  West,  where  he  lived  in  different  parts  of 
Colorado  and  New  Mexico.  He  has  since 
been  to  Europe  again,  and  now  lives  retired 
in  Millville. 

Francis  Wathier  received  his  education  in 
the  schools  of  France.  In  1S55  he  came  to 
America,  settling  first  in  Milwaukee,  Wis., 
where  he  soon  secured  a  position  as  clerk  in  a 
grocery  store.  Later  he  became  an  interpreter 
for  a  large  company,  a  position  that  he  was 
well  qualified  to  fill,  having  learned  in  France 
to  speak  German,  HoUanci-I'lemish,  and  ling- 
lish  as  well  as  French.  The  work,  however, 
proved  too  great  a  tax  on  his  strength,  and  he 
resigned.  He  then  became  the  New  York 
agent  for  a  man  owning  a  large  tract  of  land 
in  Michigan.      Mr.  Wathier's  business  was  to 


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get  emigrants  to  settle  on  the  land,  at  which 
he  was  very  successful.  Soon  after  the  begin- 
ning of  the  Civil  War,  on  May  8,  1861,  he  en- 
listed for  general  service  in  the  regular 
United  States  Army.  He  was  placed  in  the 
artillery,  and  sent  to  the  Army  of  the  Poto- 
mac to  start  the  first  "flying  artillery."  In 
August,  1 86 1,  after  that  was  accomplished, 
he  was  transferred  to  the  Army  of  the  Poto- 
mac, with  which  he  took  part  in  twenty-two 
different  battles,  the  more  important  being 
those  of  Yorktown,  Gaines  Mill,  first  and 
Second  Hull  Run,  first  and  second  F"red- 
ericksburg,  Antietam,  South  Mountain,  the 
seven  days'  retreat,  and  the  battle  of  Gettys- 
burg. At  Culpeper,  Va.,  on  November  8, 
1863,  a  portion  of  his  foot  was  shot  off. 
After  submitting  to  field  amputation  at 
Mayor's  farm-house,  he  was  sent  to  the  Co- 
lumbian College  Hospital  at  Washington, 
where,  when  he  had  recovered,  he  acted  as 
assistant  surgeon  until  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged on  June  28,  1864.  In  the  service  he 
hati  belli  the  ranks  of  Corporal  and  Sergeant. 
From  Washington  he  went  to  Philadelphia, 
where  he  remained  for  a  time  on  account  of  ill 
health.  Then  he  accepted  a  position  in  the 
arsenal  at  Bridesburg,  Pa.,  working  there 
until  the  close  of  the  war,  ten  months  later. 
After  this  he  was  engaged  in  the  cigar  and 
tobacco  manufacturing  business,  successively 
in  Philadelphia  and  Trenton.  From  Trenton 
he  came  to  Millville,  where  he  has  been  for 
the  past  twenty-five  years,  and  is  now  the  old- 
est cigar  and  tobacco  manufacturer  in  this 
place.      The   business,    which    is    confined    to 


the  manufacture  of  first-class  goods,  has  ma- 
terially increased  since  he  came  here,  and 
now  he  furnishes  employment  for  four  or  'five 
people  besides  his  three  sons.  His  was  the 
first  union  shop  started  in  Millville.  The 
product  from  this  manufactory  is  sold  at 
wholesale  and  retail. 

Mr.  Wathier  married  Miss  I'auline  C. 
Leibig,  of  Philadelphia,  a  native  of  Mount 
Holly,  N.J.,  and  has  four  children  —  Charles, 
Frank  J.,  Louis,  and  Amy.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Union  Pest,  No.  55,  of  the  Grand 
Army,  at  the  time  it  consolidated  with  Tice 
Post,  under  the  name  of  Sharp  Post,  No.  2, 
has  served  in  all  the  chairs,  and  has  been  a 
delegate  to  the  State  encampment.  For 
twenty-two  years  he  has  been  a  member  of 
Manumuskin  Tribe,  No.  13,  Improved  Order 
of  Red  Men.  Both  he  and  Mrs.  Wathier  are 
communicants  of  the  Lutheran  church. 


EV.    JOHN    ALLP:N    KINGSBURY, 


now  living  in  retirement  from  active 
life,  is  one  of  the  most  esteemed 
residents  of  Vineland.  He  was  born  in 
Springville,  Erie  Count)',  N.Y.,  October  6, 
183 1,  son  of  Blodgett  George  and  Sarah 
(Smith)  Kingsbury.  His  grandfather,  George 
Kingsbury,  whose  birth  occurred  January  23, 
1770,  in  Poultney,  Vt.,  was  a  prosperous 
lawyer. 

Blodgett  George  Kingsbury,  also  a  native  of 
Poultney,  was  born  March  13,  1800,  and 
was  educated  in  the  district  school.  After 
learning  the  trades  of  tanner  and   shoemaker, 


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he,  in  company  with  an  uncle  named  Blodgctt, 
started  in  business  on  liis  own  account  in 
Western  New  York.  Having  been  occupied 
in  this  way  for  many  years,  he  went  to  the 
locality  in  McKean  County,  Pennsylvania, 
now  called  Tarport,  and  for  two  years  engaged 
in  lumbering,  at  the  same  time  that  he  carried 
on  a  mercantile  business.  The  next  five  years 
he  spent  in  Chautauqua  County,  New  York, 
employed  in  shoemaking.  Then  he  went  to 
Springville,  where  he  carried  on  the  shoe 
business  for  about  one  year.  Subsequently  he 
was  engaged  in  the  same  way  for  si.x  or  eight 
years  in  McHenry  County,  Illinois,  for  about 
one  year  in  Madison,  N.J.,  and  for  two  years 
in  Chatham,  N.J.  From  Chatham  he  re- 
moved to  River  Head,  L.  I.,  and  there  carried 
on  a  retail  boot  and  shoe  store  for  about  three 
years.  Having  disposed  of  his  store  at  the 
end  of  this  period,  he  spent  another  year  in 
visiting  relatives  in  various  parts  of  the  coun- 
try, and  settled  down  in  Vineland,  where  he 
died  July  6,  1886,  at  the  age  of  eighty-six 
years.  His  wife,  Sarah,  who  was  a  daughter 
of  Solomon  Smith,  of  Wyoming,  Genesee 
County,  N.Y.,  bore  him  si.x  children,  of  whom 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Kingsbury  is  the  sole  survi- 
vor. Four  of  the  number  reached  maturity, 
namely:  Permelia,  who  first  married  John  ]}. 
Groger,  and  afterward  Samuel  McCray,  of 
Woodstock,  111.  ;  Polly,  who  was  the  wife  of 
George  Tower,  of  Wyoming  County,  New 
York;  John  A.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
and  Lora,  who  was  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  D.  F. 
Hallock,  of  Long  Island.  The  mother's 
death  occurred   in  January,   1S92,   at   the  age 


of  eighty-seven  years.  In  religious  belief  she 
was  a  Baptist,  while  her  husband  was  a  Uni- 
versal ist. 

The  Rev.  John  Allen  Kingsbury  attended 
the  several  district  schools  of  the  places  in 
which  his  father  resided  until  he  reached  the 
age  of  fourteen.  Then  he  began  to  earn  his 
own  living  by  working  in  his  father's  store. 
Later  he  obtained  a  position  as  clerk  in  a  gen- 
eral store.  He  continued  in  this  employment 
until  he  was  twenty-two  years  of  age,  when  he 
engaged  as  a  salesman  in  a  wholesale  hat  and 
fur  establishment  in  New  York  City.  At  the 
end  of  three  years  there  was  formed  a  new 
firm,  styled  Lawrence,  Griggs  &  Kingsbury, 
of  which  he  became  a  partner.  After  con- 
ducting a  successful  business  for  nine  years 
the  firm  sold  out.  Mr.  Kingsbury,  however, 
retained  an  interest  in  the  store  as  a  special 
partner  for  eleven  years  longer,  when  his 
relations   with   mercantile   life    ended. 

That  was  in  the  year  1875.  Ten  years  be- 
fore this,  in  1865,  having  for  a  long  time 
previously  taken  a  zealous  part  in  church 
work,  Mr.  Kingsbury  was  appointed  local 
preacher  of  the  Methodist  Episco])al  church 
in  Jersey  City,  N.J.  In  April,  1868,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  Newark  Annual  Conference. 
Soon  after  he  received  for  his  first  clerical 
charge  Roundbrook,  Somerset  County,  N.J. 
In  the  course  of  the  three  years  spent  here  he 
was  ordained  Deacon.  He  was  next  assigned 
to  Scotch  Plains,  where  in  1872  he  was  made 
Klder.  He  remaineil  only  one  year,  but  he 
found  it  sufficient  time  to  build  a  church. 
Tlien  he  went  to  Dunellen,  Middlesex  County, 


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233 


for  a  year  and  built  another  church.  After 
this  he  ministered  in  Perth  Amboy,  N.J.,  for 
nearly  three  years,  and  at  Whitehous'e,  N.J., 
for  two  years.  From  Whitehouse  he  was  sent 
to  Boonton,  Morris  County,  where  there  was  a 
large  church  laboring  under  a  heavy  debt,  that 
threatened  to  swamp  the  congregation.  Here 
his  business  experience  enabled  him  to  so 
deal  with  the  difficulty  that  the  floating  debt 
was  paid  in  a  brief  time.  His  ministry  lasted 
two  years,  after  which  he  stayed  one  year  in 
Newark,  building  another  church.  He  was 
now  assigned  to  Rossville,  L.I.  His  health 
was  greatly  benefited  by  his  stay  of  three 
years  in  this  place.  From  there  he  went  to 
Jersey  City,  where  he  ministered  for  two 
years,  and  built  his  fijurth  church,  known  as 
Janes  Church.  Relapsing  into  ill  health  after 
this  work,  he  sought  a  less  laborious  charge, 
and  obtained  it  in  Areola,  Bergen  County. 
But  his  health  became  poorer;  and  at  length, 
after  one  year  more,  he  was  obliged  to  retire 
from  the  field  where  he  had  worked  so  faith- 
fully in  the  service  of  Christianity.  In  1S90 
he  came  to  Vineland,  where  he  has  resided 
since,  compelled  to  abstain  from  active  occu- 
pation in  caring  for  his  health. 

On  January,  1S54,  he  was  united  in  matri- 
mony with  ICmil)-  Groger,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam B.  Groger.  They  had  five  children,  of 
whom  four  failed  to  reach  maturity.  The  sur- 
vivor is  Cora,  who  first  married  Knight 
Overington,  of  lirooklyn,  N.Y.  She  is  now 
the  wife  of  William  Stone,  of  Vineland.  Her 
mother  is  of  the  same  religious  belief  as  her 
father.      Mr.  Kingsbury  entered  the  fraternity 


of  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  in  Jamestown,  N.Y., 
and  was  subsequently  Chaplain  of  a  lodge  in 
Jersey  City.  Now,  at  the  close  of  a  well- 
spent  life,  he  is  "waiting  at  the  gate,"  iiojiing 
that  he  has  earned  the  reward  promised  by  the 
Master  to  the  "good  and  faitiiful  servant." 


W^=^ 


NSLOW  LAFAYETTE  FISH,  an 
esteemed  resident  of  Landis  town- 
ship, was  born  January  16,  1825,  in  Hart- 
land,  Windsor  County,  Vt,  son  of  Otis  and 
Theoda  (Kimball)  Fish.  His  grandfather  on 
the  father's  side  fought  for  American  indepen- 
dence in  the  Revolutionary  War.  Otis  Fish 
was  a  native  of  Braintree,  Mass.,  born  about 
the  year  1792.  Having  been  educated  in  the 
district  school,  he  made  a  living  by  farming 
and  the  making  of  ship  spars  in  Hartland. 
He  was  also  clerk  of  the  district  school.  By 
his  wife,  Theoda,  who  was  daughter  of 
Phineas  Kimball,  of  Fairlee,  \'t.,  he  became 
the  father  of  eleven  children,  nine  of  wiiom 
attained  maturity.  These  were:  Zelotes,  Ben- 
jamin P^ranklin,  Clara,  Thirza  K.,  limeline, 
Orpha  Taylor,  Lydia  A.,  Winslow  L.,  and 
Louisa.  '  Clara  became  the  wife  of  Alfred 
Neal,  Esq.;  Thirza  K.  married  the  Rev. 
James  L.  Lathrop,  a  Baptist  minister,  who  has 
since  died;  Emeline,  now  deceased,  was  the 
wife  of  Levi  Boynton,  of  Springfield,  Mass. ; 
Orpha  Taylor  became  the  wife  of  Justin  Hutch- 
inson, of  Manchester,  N.H.;  and  Lydia  A. 
married  successively  Moses  Hubbard  and  Will- 
iam I'Y'nu,  both  now  deceased.  The  mother 
was  a   member  of   the  Congregational  church. 


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Winslow  Lafayette   Fish  attended  the  dis- 
trict school  for  the  customary  period,  and  then 
learned  the  trade  of  wool-carding  and  cloth- 
dressing,  which  he  never  worked  at  afterward. 
After  spending  the  following  year   in    Boston, 
he  was  employed  for  three  years  in  a  sash   and 
blind  factory  in  Manchester,  N.H.      In    1S49, 
catching  the  gold  fever,  he  joined  a  company 
of    one    hundred    and    twenty-five    men,    who 
bought  the  ship  "Regulus,"  of  eight  hundred 
tons'  burden,  repaired  her,  provisioned  her  for 
eighteen  months  and  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
five   men,  and   on   March   4   sailed    away   from 
T  Wharf,  Boston,  by  the  Cape  route,  for  the 
gold  fields  of  California.     They  stayed  a  week 
at   Rio  Janeiro,    which  they  reached    in    fifty 
days.      Rounding    Cape    Horn,  -they    had    the 
usual    experience    of    stormy    weather,    which 
continued    during    the    voyage    up   to    Callao, 
where  they  remained  a  week  making  necessary 
repairs.       Four    weeks    after    their    departure 
from    Callao    they  arrived  at   San    Francisco, 
being   then    seven    months    out    from    Boston. 
The  owners  then  had  the   vessel    laid  up,  and, 
leaving  one  of  the  directors  in  charge  of  her, 
they  took  their  way  to  the  gold   fields.     No 
.sooner  had   they  turned  their  backs  than   the 
man  left  behind  sold  for  eight  hundred  dollars 
the  ship  that  had  cost  them  thirty-six  thousanil 
dollars,    and    went    off    elsewhere.      The    gokl 
seekers   betook    themselves   to    Beal's   Bar,    at 
the  junction  of  the  north  and  south  forks  of 
the    American  River,   and,    chartering  a    flat- 
bottomed    steamer,    went    up   the    Sacramento 
River,    until    their    craft    struck    a    snag    and 
sunk.      As  the  hurricane-deik  remained   above 


water,  no  lives  were  lost,  but  all  on  board 
were  obliged  to  spend  the  night  on  the  deck. 
Next  morning  they  were  rescued  from  their 
uncomfortable  position.  On  inquiring  the 
name  of  the  place  they  had  reached,  they  were 
informed  that  it  was  Sacramento  City.  At 
that  time  the  municipality  contained  one 
house  of  ten-foot  stud,  together  with  a  port- 
able saw-mill.  In  one  year  from  that  time, 
when  Mr.  Fish  visited  it  again,  the  place  was 
occupied  by  a  large  city  with  its  streets  and 
brick  blocks. 

After  some  time  Mr.  Fish  got  ahead  of  his 
personal  necessities  by  a  thousand  dollars,  and 
he  then  started  on  a  prospecting  trip  up  the 
Sierras.  In  this  venture  he  lost  all  his 
money,  and  his  mule  was  stolen  from  him. 
He  then  worked  for  a  short  time  at  Beal's  Bar 
and  Willow  Grove,  and  soon  after  discovered 
a  bar  on  the  river  that  turned  out  very  profit- 
able. Following  upon  this  piece  of  good 
luck,  he  found  a  prairie  that  was  quite  rich  in 
gold,  but  the  place  could  not  be  worked  until 
the  rainy  season.  He  went  next  to  the  Trin- 
ity River,  and  was  also  successful.  Through- 
out his  entire  stay  in  California  Mr.  I'^ish 
was  accompanied  by  two  faithful  com|)an- 
ions,  Alfred  Bagley  and  John  Bennett.  In 
185 1  he  abandoned  mining,  and,  with  these 
friends,  purchased  a  ranch  in  the  Sacramento 
Valley,  and  engaged  in  stock  keeping.  Be- 
sides having  eighteen  cows  and  a  pair  of 
mules,  they  had  the  herding  of  three  hundred 
and  sixty  head  of  horses  and  mules,  for  which 
they  were  paid  at  the  rate  of  four  dollars  per 
head  every  month.      They  also  supplied  Shasta 


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235 


City,  about  eight  miles  away  up  the  moun- 
tains, with  miltc,  for  which  they  charged  one 
dollar  per  gallon,  and  with  butter,  for  which 
they  got  three  dollars  per  pound.  At  the  end 
of  six  months  spent  in  this  occupation  I\Ir. 
Kish  sold  his  interest  to  his  partners,  and 
started  for  the  Kast  via  Graytown.  He  ar- 
rived in  New  York  on  the  ship  "Daniel  Web- 
ster," and  went  thence  to  New  Hampshire. 
During  the  next  ten  years  he  conducted  a 
shingle  and  clapboard  mill  in  Canaan,  N.H. 
On  April  21,  1S62,  he  came  to  Vineland, 
among  the  first  settlers  of  the  place,  and  has 
since  been  a  resident  of  the  township.  At 
first  he  bought  a  farm  of  ten  acres.  This  he 
sold  at  the  end  of  a  year,  and  bought  another 
more  to  his  liking  of  the  same  extent.  His 
chief  employments  have  been  those  of  carpen- 
ter and  builder.  He  has  erected  a  large  num- 
ber of  fine  residences,  the  last  of  which  is  that 
of  Edward  Manks  on  Landis  Avenue,  finished 
in  1S95.  Recently  he  has  taken  to  raising 
pigeons,  of  which  he  now  has  four  hundred 
pair. 

In  1S52,  September  26,  he  was  united  in 
matrimony  with  Miss  Eveline  M.  Heath, 
daughter  of  David  Heath,  of  Vershire,  Vt. 
She  died  February  23,  1864,  aged  thirty-two 
years,  five  months,  and  seven  days,  leaving 
si.x  children.  These  were:  Frank  W.,  born 
August  2,  1853;  George  \V.,  born  August  31,- 
1855;  Edwin  Arthur,  born  June  29,  1857; 
Armintha  Eviline,  born  February  26,  1859, 
who  is  the  wife  of  James  Robertson,  of  ]5ris- 
tol,  R.I.;  James  L.,  born  June  7,  1861;  and 
Clara   Melissa,    born   February    18,    1864,  who 


at  her  mother's  death  was  adopted  by  Captain 
Albert  Hall,  of  San  Francisco.  Mr.  Fish 
married  again  June  9,  1864,  taking  for  his 
second  wife  Zeruiah  Heath,  the  sister  of  his 
first  wife.  liy  this  marriage  he  became  the 
father  of  Clarence  Lincoln,  born  April  3, 
1865.  His  wife,  Zeruiah,  who  was  born  July 
7,  1825,  died  September  26,  1881.  On  July 
ig,  1883,  he  entered  a  third  marriage,  by 
which  he  was  united  to  Mrs.  Sarah  Sharpe, 
widow  of  the  late  rifle  manufacturer  of  that 
name  and  a  daughter  of  William  Chadwick. 
Mrs.  Fish  has  one  son  by  her  late  husband, 
Leone  S.  Sharpe,  of  New  York.  In  his 
seventy-second  year,  few  of  the  surviving 
forty-niners  can  relate  their  e.xjieriences  of 
that  exciting  period  in  California  more  graph- 
ically than  does  Mr.  Fish. 


7TAAPTAIN  WILLIAM  GLENN 
I  jK      ROI3BINSON,  a  well-known  resident 

^ '  of  Dividing  Creek,  engaged   in   the 

oyster  business,  was  born  near  this  place, 
April  7,  1S42,  son  of  William  and  Mary 
(Glenn)  Robbinson.  His  father,  a  native  of 
Port  Norris,  this  county,  born  in  1807,  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  common  schools  of 
that  town.  While  yet  very  young  he  com- 
menced to  follow  the  sea  on  a  wood  shallop, 
conveying  freight  between  points  in  Cumber- 
land County  and  the  city  of  Philadelphia. 
He  was  but  a  young  man  when  he  became 
master  and  part  owner  of  a  vessel.  He  fol- 
lowed this  employment  almost  througiiout  his 
whole    life.      I'ailing    health    obliged    him    to 


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quit  seafaring  two  years  before  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  1855,  when  he  was  forty- 
seven  years  old.  Me  married  Miss  Mary 
Glenn,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  John  Glenn,  a  wharf 
builder  of  Philadelphia.  She  had  eight  chil- 
dren, five  of  whom  still  survive,  namely: 
Elizabeth,  who  is  now  the  widow  of  the  late 
Philip  Clark,  and  resides  at  Dividing  Creek; 
Mary,  who  became  the  wife  of  Charles  Sloane, 
of  Philadelphia,  after  whose  decease  she  mar- 
ried I'hilip  Baker,  who  also  passed  away  in 
1889;  William  Glenn,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  Silas,  of  whom  there  is  no  special 
record;  and  Eliza  K.,  who  married  William 
Gandy,  an  oysterman,  of  Dividing  Creek. 
The  mother,  who  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church  of  Dividing  Creek,  passed  away  in 
December,  1878. 

Captain  William  Glenn  Robbinson  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Dividing  Creek  in  the 
winter  term  until  he  was  ten  years  of  age. 
He  then  went  with  his  father,  sailing  on  a 
wood  shallop  for  about  two  and  a  half  years. 
In  the  fall  of  1S54  he  obtained  employment  on 
an  oyster  boat,  and  eight  years  after  he  be- 
came captain  of  the  same  craft.  He  disposed 
of  his  vessel  in  1893,  but  is  still  engaged  in 
oyster  fishing. 

On  January  28,  1866,  Mr.  Robbinson  mar- 
ried Miss  Hannah  Rebecca  Chew,  a  daughter 
of  the  Rev.  Jonas  Chew,  a  Methodist  Epis- 
copal clergyman  of  the  New  Jersey  Confer- 
ence. Her  great-grandfather,  Andrew  J. 
Chew,  was  an  itinerant  preacher  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church,  traversing  his  circuit 
in    New   Jersey   on    horseback.      Her   paternal 


grandfather,  who  also  bore  the  name  of  An- 
drew J.,  was  likewise  a  minister  of  the  same 
denomination.  He  was  not  a  member  of  the 
Conference,  though  he  often  filled  the  pulpit 
as  a  supply.  Besides  preaching  he  also  taught 
school  for  a  number  of  years.  His  son,  Jonas 
Chew,  who  was  born  at  Mantua,  Gloucester 
County,  was  also  in  the  early  part  of  his  life 
engaged  in  school-teaching.  Afterward  he 
took  up  the  business  of  ship-building  at 
Penn's  Grove,  Salem  County,  where  he 
launched  several  boats,  employing  a  large 
number  of  workmen.  He  subsequently  pur- 
chased a  farm,  which  he  conducted  for  about 
three  years.  In  this  period  he  was  appointed 
a  local  preacher,  and  in  1S56  he  was  made  a 
travelling  preacher.  After  laboring  in  this 
last  capacity  for  five  years  his  voice  failed 
him,  and  he  returned  to  his  farm  in  Dividing 
Creek.  He  personally  conducted  the  farm  for 
about  two  years,  after  which  he  placed  it  in 
charge  of  another  person,  and  engaged  in  the 
construction  of  oyster  boats.  He  had  com- 
pleted one  boat  and  had  another  in  process  of 
construction  when  his  decease  occurred.  He 
wedded  Miss  Lucetta  Pierce,  a  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Pierce,  of  Williamstown, 
N.J.,  and  they  had  eleven  children,  nine  of 
whom  grew  to  maturity;  namely,  John  Iv, 
Abigail  A.,  Charles  W.,  Andrew  J.,  Rebecca, 
Wilbur  E.,  Ann  liliza,  Hannah  Rebecca,  and 
William  V.  Mr.  Chew  passed  away  October 
9,  1866,  at  the  age  of  fifty-nine  years;  and 
his  wife  dieil  in  March,  1889,  aged  seventy- 
four  years. 

Mr.      and     Mrs.     Robbinson's     union     was 


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blessed  in  the  birth  of  six  children,  five  of 
whom  are  living.  These  are:  Laura,  who  is 
now  Mrs.  Alexander  Perry,  of  Dividing  Creek; 
Lewis  H.,  born  at  Dividing  Creek,  August 
14,  1 87 1,  who  since  September,  1894,  has 
been  the  superintendent  of  the  South  Jersey 
Traction  Company;  Etta,  who  is  now  the  wife 
of  George  Munch,  of  Dividing  Creek;  Bessie; 
and  Paul. 

Captain  Robbinson  fraternizes  with  the  In- 
depentlent  Order  of  Odd  P^ellows,  being  Past 
Grand  of  Social  Lodge,  No.  S3,  at  Dividing- 
Creek.  He  also  belongs  to  the  local  lodge  of 
the  Good  Intent  Beneficial  Society.  In  na- 
tional politics  he  is  a  Republican.  Both  he 
and  Mrs.  Robinson  arc  in  fellowship  with  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Dividing- 
Creek,  which  he  serves  in  the  capacity  of 
Trustee  and  steward. 


ENRY  BROOKS  CONNER,  a  pros- 
perous general  farmer  of  Newport, 
N.J.,  was  born  in  Eairfield  town- 
ship, October  19,  1834,  son  of  David  D.  and 
Ann  P.  (Brooks)  Conner. 

David  D.  Conner  was  a  native  of  Eairfield 
township,  where  his  education  was  acquired 
in  the  con-inion  schools.  As  his  father  died 
when  he  was  very  young,  he  went  to  live  with 
Henry  Brooks,  an  extensive  farmer  and  large 
land-owner.  He  labored  diligently  as  a  farm 
assistant  for  some  time,  and  eventually  mar- 
ried Ann  P.,  daughter  of  his  employer. 
Henry  Brooks  was  very  well-to-do,  owning 
several    farms    upon    Jones's    Island;    and    he 


gave  the  land  upon  which  the  school-house 
now  stands.  At  his  death  he  left  the  home- 
stead farm  to  his  daughter,  and  Mr.  Conner's 
parents  resided  there  for  the  rest  of  their 
lives.  David  D.  Conner  became  an  energetic 
tiller  of  the  soil,  cultivating  general  farm 
products,  and  keei)ing  quite  a  number  of  cattle 
and  sheep;  and  he  also  raised  one  or  two  colts 
each  year.  He  was  well  and  favorably  known 
as  a  useful  and  worthy  citizen,  who  ably  and 
faithfully  served  as  Overseer  of  Roads.  At 
one  tin-ie  he  was  connected  with  the  Sons  of 
Temperance.  He  was  an  active  member  of 
the  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  devoting 
considerable  time  to  church  work;  and  he 
was  an  Elder  for  several  years,  or  until  his 
death,  which  took  place  December  14,  1893. 
His  wife  became  the  mother  of  five  children, 
as  follows:  Hannah,  wife  of  D.  C.  Rocap; 
Henry  B.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Esther, 
wife  of  William  Robinson;  David,  who  is  no 
longer  living;  and  Harlan  Page,  \vho  died  in 
young  manhood.  Mrs.  Ann  P.  Conner  died 
March  12,   1850. 

Henry  Brooks  Conner  passed  his  boyhood  in 
attending  the  common  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  he  resided  at  home  until  attaining 
his  majority.  He  then  engaged  in  oyster  fish- 
ing for  one  season,  after  which  he  ran  a  farm 
on  shares  in  Fairfield  for  two  years;  and  for 
the  succeeding  year  he  was  again  employed  in 
the  oyster  fisheries.  He  then  bought  a  farm 
upon  Jones's  Island,  which  he  sold  seven  years 
later,  in  order  to  purchase  a  smaller  piece  of 
property;  and,  after  carrying  that  on  for  six 
years,  he  bought  his  present  farm  in  Newport. 


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He  owns  one  hundred  and  eighty  acres  of 
land,  forty  of  which  are  under  cultivation;  and 
besides  strawberries  and  other  products  he 
raises  large  quantities  of  sweet  potatoes,  from 
five  to  six  hundred  bushels  annually,  cuts 
about  fifty  tons  of  hay,  keeps  six  or  eight  cows, 
and  produces  a  fine  quality  of  butter.  He  is 
exceedingly  energetic  and  practical,  never 
losing  an  opportunity  for  advantage;  and  he 
realizes  good  financial  returns  for  his  labor. 

Mr.  Conner  wedded  Sarah  ^^,  daughter  of 
Henry  B.  Robinson,  of  F"airfield,  and  they 
arc  the  parents  of  three  children,  namely: 
Anna  P.,  wife  of  Eli  Worten;  Harry  B. ;  and 
David  D.  Although  deeply  interested  in  the 
general  welfare  and  improvement  of  the  town, 
Mr.  Conner  is  not  an  aspirant  for  public  office; 
and  he  prefers  to  spend  what  leisure  time  he 
has  in  social  enjoyment.  He  has  been 
officially  connected  with  the  Second  Presby- 
terian Church  in  Cedarville,  of  which  Mrs. 
Conner  is  a  mcnil)cr. 


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tOBERT  MORE,  Jr.,  President  of  the 
More-Jonas  Glass  Company  of  Bridge- 
"^  ton,  was  born  May  14,  1S54,  in 
Harmony,  Iloiiewell  township,  N.J.,  on  the 
More  homestead,  which  has  been  in  the  family 
several  generations,  and  is  now  owned  by 
Robert  More,  .Sr.  The  latter  has  for  years 
occupied  a  prominent  place  among  the  busi- 
ness men  of  Bridgcton,  N.J.  Robert  More, 
Jr.,  received  a  good  education,  attending  the 
common  schools  of  his  native  place,  Shiloh 
Academy,    and   the    West    Jersey   Academy    at 


Bridgeton.  In  1866  he  was  appointed  page 
in  the  State  Assembly,  of  which  his  father 
was  a  member,  and  went  to  Trenton  to  enter 
upon  the  duties  of  his  office.  Here  in  his 
free  time  he  attended  Bryant  &  Stratton's 
Business  College,  until  he  completed  the 
course  and  graduated.  Having  been  twice  re- 
appointed page,  he  served  three  years  in  that 
capacity  in  the  Assembly.  During  the  three 
years  following  he  was  Assistant  Sergeant-at- 
arms  of  the  Senate.  In  these  offices  he  was 
brought  into  contact  with  some  of  the  bright- 
est men  of  the  State.  At  that  time  Governor 
Beadle  was  President  of  the  Senate,  and  Leon 
Abbott,  John  R.  McPherson,  and  William  J. 
Sewall  were  members. 

While  residing  in  Trenton,  Mr.  More,  with 
his  room-mate,  began  to  study  pharmacy,  with 
the  idea  of  buying  and  conducting  a  pharma- 
ceutical establishment.  His  father  discoun- 
tenanced the  plan;  but,  still  wishing  to  be- 
come versed  in  medical  lore,  the  son  entered 
Jefferson  Medical  College.  Soon  after,  how- 
ever, he  voluntarily  decided  on  a  business 
career,  and  started  a  commission  agency  in 
Camden,  N.J.  Poinding  himself  not  very  well 
fitted  for  this  business,  he  abandoned  it,  and 
engaged  in  that  of  flour  and  feed.  He  bought 
out  an  old  established  firm  in  Bridgeton,  and 
there  built  up  a  large  trade.  He  then  bought 
the  West  Jersey  Express  line  in  Bridgeton,  in 
connection  with  the  West  Jersey  Express 
Company.  After  this  he  took  up  the  manu- 
facture of  glass  witli  his  brother  Richard  and 
Mr.  Jonas.  The  capital  with  which  tliis  en- 
terprise was  started  was   limited;  biit  the  part- 


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241 


ners  were  men  of  ability,  and  soon  had  matters 
on  a  firm  footing.  They  built  a  small  factory 
on  the  site  of  the  present  establishment. 
They  manufactured  at  first  only  bottles,  and 
began  with  one  furnace  and  about  twenty-five 
men.  They  now  have  a  large  establishment, 
give  steady  employment  to  about  two  hundred 
and  fifty  men,  and  manufacture  both  bottles 
and  window  glass.  The  general  manufactory 
was  incorporated  with  a  capital  of  one  hundred 
thousand  dollars,  and  the  window  glass  depart- 
ment with  a  capital  of  fifty  thousand  dollars. 
The  two  departments  are  under  the  manage- 
ment of  the  More-Jonas  Glass  Company,  of 
which  Mr.  More  is  President.  The  concerns 
cover  five  acres  of  ground,  and  have  switches 
from  the  West  Jersey  and  the  South  Central 
Railroads  at  the  doors.  Three  large  furnaces 
are  in  almost  constant  operation,  the  factory 
closing  only  during  the  heated  summer  term, 
when  all  glass  workers  rest  from  their  labor. 
In  the  fall  of  1895  the  company  added  a  gen- 
eral supply  store.  They  now  have  a  fully  and 
finely  equipped  manufactory  and  one  of  the 
largest  in  the  State.  The  sand  which  the  com- 
pany uses  comes  from  their  own  pits;  and  they 
ship  large  quantities  of  it,  supplying  other 
manufacturers  East  and  West. 

Mr.  More,  who  has  always  been  a  lover  of 
horses,  at  one  time  was  engaged  in  raising 
thoroughbreds,  and  trained  and  dealt  exten- 
sively in  trotting  horses.  At  the  present 
time  he  owns  one  of  the  handsomest  and 
fastest  horses  in  the  country,  Ben  D.,  a  six- 
year-oUl,  with  a  record  of  2.06  3-4.  It  has 
also    done    an  eighth   of    a    mile    in    fourteen 


seconds,  and  a  quarter  of  a  mile  in  twenty- 
nine  seconds.  This  horse  has  been  a  figure  in 
several  races  on  the  grand  circuits,  and  at  De- 
troit and  Cleveland  made  a  record  of  the  fast- 
est five-heat  and  eight-heat  pacing  in  the 
world. 

On  February  23,  1S81,  Mr.  More  was  mar- 
rietl  to  Ada  B.,  daughter  of  Robert  H.  Dare, 
of  Bridgeton.  He  is  a  Ma.son  of  Brcarly 
Lodge  of  Bridgeton,  and  belongs  to  the 
Orders  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
Knights  of  the  Golden  Eagle.  He  and  his 
wife  are  members  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church.  They  live  in  a  handsome  double 
brick  house  at  214  Pearl  Street,  which  Mr. 
More  erected.  Mr.  More  is  a  high  type  of 
our  American  business  men  in  the  present  day. 


ILLIAM    H.    C.    SMITH,    M.D.,  of 

Millville,  N.J.,  one  of  the  leading 
physicians  of  Cumberland  County,  New  Jer- 
sey, son  of  Dr.  William  F.  and  Harriet  E. 
(Whitaker)  Smith,  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  August  2,  1848.  He  comes  of  old  New 
Jersey  stock  on  both  sides  of  the  family.  On 
the  paternal  side  he  traces  his  descent  from 
one  of  three  brothers  who  settled  at  Chestnut 
Neck,  Atlantic  County,  N.J.,  in  the  seven- 
teenth century. 

The  Rev.  Asa  Smith,  the  grandfather  of 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  in  Janu- 
ary, 1772.  He  was  one  of  the  pioneer  Meth- 
odist ministers  in  this  section  of  the  countrv, 
and  was  occupied  during  a  great  part  of  his 
life  as  a  circuit   rider,  travelling   much   of  the 


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time  on  horseback  through  Delaware,  New 
Jersey,  Maryland,  and  Pennsylvania.  Jour- 
neying through  wooded  and  unbroken  country, 
the  messenger  of  the  gospel  suffered  many 
hardships.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Smith  was  often 
away  from  home  four  months  at  a  time  on  a 
circuit,  lie  lived  at  different  times  in  Mary- 
land and  New  Jersey,  and  was  widely  known 
and  highly  esteemed.  At  the  time  of  his 
death,  in  1847,  he  was  one  of  the  officers  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Conference;  and  he  was 
engaged  as  a  preacher  up  to  the  very  last. 
His  remains  are  interred  at  Penn's  Grove, 
N.J.  His  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Abigail  Dennis,  was  born  in  1774,  and  died 
in  1850.      They  reared  a  large  family. 

Their  son  William  F.  was  born  in  Phila- 
delphia, January  10,  1813.  Graduating  from 
tiie  high  school  of  that  city,  he  went  to  New 
York  to  take  up  the  study  of  medicine  with 
David  Hosack,  M.D.,  one  of  the  prominent 
physicians  of  the  time,  colaborer  with  the 
elder  Dr.  Valentine  Mott,  and  took  a  course  of 
lectures  at  the  medical  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  New  York.  He  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1835,  and  joined  the  New  York  State 
Medical  Society.  Dr.  William  F.  Smith 
practised  for  a  while  in  Maryland  and  in  Cum- 
berland and  Gloucester  Counties,  New  Jersey, 
and  about  1846  settled  in  I'liihulclphia,  which 
from  that  time  forth  was  the  scene  of  his 
labors.  There  for  many  years  he  conducted  a 
large  practice,  chiefly  medical,  for  after  his 
eyesight  began  to  fail  he  gave  up  surgery; 
and  many  are  living  to-day  who  speak  ot  him 
with  grateful  appreciation.      Besides  attentling 


to  his  practice  he  was  for  a  while  professor  of 
the  institutes  of  medicine  in  the  American 
Medical  College  of  Philadelphia,  a  good, 
high-grade  school,  which,  though  deserving  a 
better  fate,  had  a  short  life,  dying  from  want 
of  support  only.  The  mother  of  our  subject 
was  his  father's  second  wife.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  Henry  and  I.ydia  (Shaw)  Whit- 
aker,  of  Philadelphia,  ami  niece  of  David 
Whitaker,  a  member  of  the  New  Jersey  legis- 
lature, and  of  Thomas  Whitaker,  who  was  the 
father  of  Dr.  Jonathan  S.  Whitaker,  of  Mill- 
ville.  The  children  of  the  elder  Dr.  Smith's 
first  union  died  before  attaining  maturity. 
The  children  of  his  second  union  are:  Flor- 
ence A.,  wife  of  F.  J.  Roberts,  of  Delaware 
Water  Gap;  Thomas  VV.,  of  Philadelphia; 
Harriet  A.,  wife  of  Lewis  F.  Mulfortl,  of  that 
city;  Leroy  V. ,  who  died  in  1876;  and  Will- 
iam II.  C,  who  is  the  eldest.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
William  Smith  were  members  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church. 

William  H.  C.  Smith  attended  the  Phila- 
delphia High  School,  in  the  mean  time  study- 
ing medicine  with  his  father;  and  later  he 
attended  medical  lectures  at  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania.  The  war  breaking  out  before 
his  course  of  study  was  finished,  he  responded 
to  the  call  of  the  government  for  surgeons, 
passed  an  examination,  and  was  accepted. 
The  high-school  authorities,  in  consideration 
of  the  fact  that  a  number  had  joined  the  army, 
graduated  young  Smith  and  his  comrades  with- 
out an  examination;  but  the  class  record 
showed  him  to  be  fully  qualified  to  receive  a 
tliploma.      In   the   spring  of    1S63    he  was   ap- 


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243 


pointed  acting  assistant  surgeon  at  Satter- 
ley  General  Hospital,  and  he  subsequently 
served  in  other  places  where  surgeons  were  re- 
c|uired.  In  the  early  part  of  1864,  his  health 
being  undermined  by  his  arduous  work,  which 
was  too  heavy  for  a  youth  of  his  age,  he  re- 
turned to  the  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1S66.  He 
liad  had  his  hospital  experience  as  a  member 
of  the  army  corps;  and  so  he  opened  an  office 
immediately  after  receiving  his  medical 
diploma,  and  practised  in  Philadelphia,  until 
poor  health  made  country  air  necessary.  Then, 
in  the  spring  of  1869,  he  became  a  resident 
of  Millville,  where  he  has  made  his  home  for 
the  greater  part  of  the  time  since.  Dr. 
Smith,  with  one  other  physician,  has  attended 
to  all  the  surgical  cases  in  Millville  for  many 
years.  Dr.  Smith  is  Secretary  of  the  United 
States  Pension  Board.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Cumberland  County  Medical  Society,  the  old- 
est district  society  in  the  State,  of  which  he 
was  President  a  number  of  years  and  subse- 
quently reporter,  and  is  permanent  representa- 
tive from  Cumberland  County  to  the  State 
Medical  Society  of  New  Jersey,  an  office  which 
was  created  five  years  ago,  and  has  been  held 
by  Dr.  Smith  ever  since.  It  is  a  great  honor 
to  hold  the  office  of  permanent  representative, 
for  the  society  is  composed  of  some  of  the 
brightest  and  best  scientific  scholars  in  the 
State.  The  Doctor  was  also  for  several  years 
superintendent  of  pidjlic  schools  in  Millville. 

In  April,  1868,  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Artemisia  Mulford,  daughter  of  Lorenzo  F. 
Mulford,  of  Millville,  a  carpenter  and  builder. 


He  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Mulford,  a  contrac- 
tor of  Maryland,  who  took  part  in  the  build- 
ing of  the  Delaware  &  Chesapeake  Canal,  ami 
previous  to  that  time  was  a  resident  of  South 
Jersey,  where  the  family  has  been  favorably 
known  for  generations.  The  Doctor  and  his 
wife  have  four  children,  namely:  Harry  C, 
a  druggist;  D.  Evans,  a  graduate  of  the  Phil- 
adelphia College  of  Pharmacy,  in  business  in 
Millville;  Frank  C,  an  apprenticed  machin- 
ist; and  Albert  J.,  an  apprenticed  druggist. 

In  politics  Dr.  Smith  is  independent,  favor- 
ing the  Democratic  side.  He  is  Past  Master 
of  Shekinah  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  the 
only  living  charter  member  of  Salome  Lodge 
of  Cedarville,  which  he  organized,  and  of 
which  he  was  Past  Master.  He  is  Past  High 
Priest  of  Richmond  Chapter,  No.  22,  belongs 
to  Olivet  Commandery,  No.  10,  Knights 
Templars,  of  which  he  is  Past  Commander, 
and  by  virtue  of  the  offices  he  has  held  is  a 
member  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  Chapter,  and 
Commandery  of  the  State;  and  he  has  at- 
tended many  triennial  conclaves.  The  Doctor 
attends  and  helps  to  support  the  Presbyterian 
church,  of  which  his  wife  is  a  member. 


'^T^RS.  ARTEMISIA  SMITH,  the 
wife  of  Dr.  William  II.  C.  Smith, 
of  Millville,  N.J.,  and  a  daughter 
of  Lorenzo  and  Hannah  J.  (Chew)  Mulford,  is 
a  native  of  this  city.  Her  paternal  grand- 
father, Thomas  Mulford,  was  the  representa- 
tive of  an  old  and  respected  family  of  Cumber- 
land  County.      He    was    a    large    farmer   and 


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stock  breeder,  and  was  one  of  the  contractors 
and  builders  of  the  Delaware  &  Chesapeake 
Canal.  He  resided  for  some  time  at  the 
Pivot  Bridge  in  St.  George's,  Del.,  where  he 
was  widely  reinited  to  be  an  enterprising  and 
energetic  business  man.  He  married  Miss 
Rebecca  Carroll,  of  Port  Elizabeth,  N.J.,  and 
they  reared  two  children  to  maturity —  Martha 
(Mrs.  Sutton)  and  Lorenzo  V. 

Lorenzo  F.  Mulford,  who  was  born  in 
Bricksboro,  Cumberland  County,  N.J.,  on 
October  17,  1822,  removed  with  his  parents 
to  Pivot  Bridge,  Del.,  when  he  was  only 
four  years  of  age.  He  obtained  his  rudi- 
mentary education  in  the  common  schools; 
and,  his  father  dying  and  his  mother  subse- 
quently remarrying,  he,  when  only  a  lad,  came 
to  Millville,  to  make  his  home  with  an  uncle. 
In  his  young  manhood  he  learned  the  carpen- 
ter's trade,  and  became  a  pump-maker.  He 
was  also  a  contractor  and  builder;  and  he  was 
appointed  Supervisor  of  Roads  and  Streets  in 
Milhille,  antl  subsequently  likewise  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Works.  He  owned  and 
im|5roved  quite  an  amount  of  real  estate  in 
Millville.  On  April  8,  1S42,  Mr.  Mulford 
wedded  Miss  Hannah  J.  Chew,  a  daughter  of 
Benjamin  F.  Chew,  of  Millville.  Her  pater- 
nal grandfather  was  a  very  prominent  planter 
of  Havre  de  Grace,  owning  a  large  estate  and 
many  slaves.  But  in  his  will  it  was  specified 
that  his  slaves,  male  and  female,  should  be  set 
at  liberty  at  the  ages  respectively  of  twenty- 
one  and  eighteen  years.  He  and  his  wife  be- 
came the  parents  of  seven  children,  one  of 
whom   was   Benjamin    F. ,   the  grandfather    of 


Mrs.  Smith.  He  was  born  at  Havre  de  Grace; 
and  as  a  young  man  he  came  to  Millville,  en- 
tering the  employment  of  the  Cumberland 
Furnace  Company,  of  which  he  subsequently 
became  the  manager.  He  was  always  either 
the  proprietor  or  manager  of  a  store  of  some 
description.  For  three  years  he  represented 
his  district  in  the  New  Jersey  legislature. 
Mr.  Chew  married  Miss  Fannie  Ayers,  a  na- 
tive of  Cumberland  County  and  a  daughter  of 
I'llisha  and  Hannah  Ayers.  Their  union  was 
favored  in  the  birth  of  six  children,  namely: 
Margaret  R.,  who  was  the  wife  of  D.  G. 
Evans,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  Hannah  J.,  the 
mother  of  Mrs.  Smith;  N.  F.,  of  Philadel- 
phia; H.  K.,  also  of  that  city;  E.  A.,  now 
Mrs.  John  Mickle,  of  Philadelphia;  and 
Charles,  who  is  now  deceased.  Mr.  Chew 
was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
He  died  in  1S44,  and  Mrs.  Chew  in  April, 
1893.  Si-x  of  the  children  born  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Mulford  still  survive,  namely:  Martha 
S.,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Dr.  Albert  Porch, 
of  Clayton,  N.J. ;  Artemisia,  now  Mrs.  Will- 
iam H.  C.  Smith;  Lewis  ¥.,  who  is  employed 
in  the  ofifice  of  the  Pullman  Palace  Car  office 
at  Jersey  City,  N.J. ;  P'annie  C,  who  resides 
at  her  father's  home;  George  C,  who  offici- 
ates as  the  superintendent  of  the  mould-room 
of  a  glass  manufactory  at  Marion,  Ind.  ;  and 
Rebecca,  the  wife  of  George  Bacon,  who  is 
the  manager  of  the  Whitall,  Palmer  &  Co.  "s 
glass  works,  located  at  Millville,  N.J. 

Mr.  Mulford  died  December  31,  1894;  but 
his  wife  survi\es  him,  making  her  home  at 
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where  she  has  resided  for  thirty-five  years. 
She  has  been  a  member  of  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church  of  INIillville  for  many  years,  and 
has  taken  a  very  active  part  in  the  various 
lines  of  Christian  work  conducted  by  that  so- 
ciety. In  the  Presbyterian  missionary  socie- 
ties she  has  played  a  leading  part,  and  in  the 
Sunday-school  she  officiated  as  a  teacher  for  a 
long  [leriod.  Mrs.  Mulford  has  likewise  been 
the  Treasurer  of  the  Church  Building  Associa- 
tion ever  since  it  was  founded,  a  decade  ago. 
She  is  also  prominently  connected  with  the 
Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union  of 
Millville,  and  for  several  years  she  has  acted 
as  the  Treasurer  of  the  same.  She  has  been 
the  representative  of  that  branch  to  the  State 
Convention,  and  also  delegate  to  the  National 
Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union  Con- 
vention held  in  New  York. 

Artemisia  Mulford  acquired  her  early  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  this  city.  On 
April  29,  1868,  she  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Dr.  William  H.  C.  Smith,  a  son  of  Dr. 
William  F.  and  Harriet  F.  (Whitaker)  Smith, 
of  Philadel[)hia,  Pa.,  where  he  was  born  Au- 
gust 2,  1848.  He  is  next  to  the  oldest 
practising  pliysician  of  Millville,  and  a  de- 
tailed sketch  of  his  life  may  be  found  else- 
where in  this  work.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Smith 
have  four  children,  as  follows:  Harry  C. ;  D. 
Fvans,  who  is  now  practising  pharmacy  in 
Millville,  he  being  a  graduate  of  the  Philadel- 
phia College  of  Pharmacy;  Frank  C,  an  ap- 
prenticed machinist  of  Millville;  and  Albert 
J.,  now  an  apprenticed  druggist. 

Mrs.  Smith  is  a  member  of  the  F"irst    Pres- 


byterian Church  of  Millville,  which  her  hus- 
band, Dr.  Smith,  also  attends  and  liberally 
supports. 

FORGE  F.  HOLT,  a  well-known 
J^J_  stock  farmer  of  Landis  township,  was 
born  in  Windham  County,  Connecticut,  son  of 
Charles  and  Nancy  (Ingalls)  Holt,  April  27, 
1S29.  His  paternal  grandfather  was  Oliver 
Holt.  Grandfather  Ingalls  was  for  many 
years  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  legis- 
lature, and  also  held  the  offices  of  County  Sur- 
veyor and  County  Judge  in  the  same  State. 
Charles  Holt,  who  was  a  native  of  Pomfret, 
Conn.,  born  in  May,  1806,  was  educated  in 
the  district  schools.  Being  left  fatherless 
when  quite  young,  he  was  obliged  to  work  for 
his  living  at  an  earlier  age  than  was  usual. 
His  chief  occupation  was  that  of  assistant  on 
farms.  This  he  followed  until  his  marriage, 
after  which  he  engaged  in  farming  on  his  own 


account. 


In     iS6s     he    came    to     Vinelanc 


where  he  bought  a  farm,  and  was  thereafter 
occupied  in  cultivating  it  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  March  30,  1874.  His  wife, 
who  was  a  daughter  of  Lemuel  Ingalls,  of 
Pomfret,  bore  him  four  children  —  George  F., 
Elizabeth  L.,  Charles  E.,  and  Sarah  C. 
Elizabeth  L.  became  the  wife  of  Daniel  Ar- 
nold, Jr.,  of  Killingly,  Conn.;  and  Sarah  C, 
the  wife  of  Henry  D.  Sanford,  of  Webster, 
IMass.  The  mother  died  December  2,  1840, 
aged  fort_\-four  years.  She  was  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church,  which  her  husband 
attended  and  supported. 

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schools  for  a  substantial  education.  After 
leaving  school  he  learned  the  shoemaker's 
trade.  He  worked  at  this  and  at  farming,  as 
the  opportunity  offered,  until  1854,  when  he 
left  Hampton,  Conn.,  for  I.awrence,  Kan. 
Here  he  spent  two  years  in  farming.  Then 
he  started  a  shoe  store,  where,  besides  making 
shoes,  he  carried  on  a  wholesale  and  a  retail 
business  for  eight  years,  during  which  he  was 
quite  prosperous.  In  August,  1S63,  Ouan- 
trell's  guerillas  burned  the  town,  and  killed 
one  hundred  and  eighty  men.  Mr.  Holt,  who 
was  in  bed  when  the  attack  began,  was  shot  in 
view  of  his  wife,  and  left  for  dead;  and  his 
store  and  residence  were  looted  and  burned. 
Some  hours  later  a  young  man,  who  found  him 
still  alive,  lying  on  the  ground,  took  him  to  a 
neighbor's  house  that  escaped  burning,  and 
had  his  wound  attended  to.  In  about  six 
montlis  from  that  time  he  was  restored  to 
health,  but  he  still  carries  the  bullet  in  the 
back  of  his  neck.  He  returned  East  in  the 
fall  of  1S64,  and  bought  a  farm  in  South 
Vinelaud.  The  care  of  this,  together  with 
occasional  employment  at  his  trade,  formed 
his  chief  occupation  up  to  the  year  1877, 
when  he  received  charge  of  the  large  stock 
farm  of  C.  W.  Kellogg,  the  well-known  horse 
dealer  of  New  York.  The  place  contains  four 
hundred  and  fofty  acres;  and  upon  it  are  kejit 
about  twenty  head  of  registered  horses  and 
colts,  with  about  fourteen  head  of  registered 
Jersey  cattle. 

In  1 85 1,  September  21,  Mr.  Holt  was 
united  iii  matrimony  with  Miss  Lora  TI. 
Abbott,  daughter  of  James  Abbott,  of   Hamp- 


ton, Conn.,  and  became  the  father  of  two  chil- 
dren —  George  Byron  and  Joseph  W.  Both 
parents  were  members  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church.  The  mother  died  January  19, 
1892.  The  father,  who  continues  to  discharge 
the  duties  of  superintendent  of  the  stock  farm, 
at  one  time  had  affiliation  with  Lawrence 
Lodge,  No.  21,  Independent  Order  of  Fores- 
ters, of  which  he  was  a  Past  Grand  Master. 
His  son,  Joseph  W.,  who  wa^  born  in  Law- 
rence, Kan.,  May  i,  1862,  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  South  Vineland.  After 
leaving  school  he  remained  on  the  farm,  as- 
sisting in  the  care  of  it,  and  acquiring  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  farming.  He  has  had 
the  sole  care  of  the  property  since  1894.  On 
November  28,  1882,  he  married  .\lida  Palmer, 
daughter  of  Charles  Palmer,  of  Vinelaml,  and 
became  the  father  of  si.\  children,  four  of 
whom  are  living;  namely,  Pauline  R.,  Lora 
].,  Alvin  Palmer,  and  Lawrence  Earl.  Mr. 
Joseph  Holt  is  a  member  of  Vineland  Lodge, 
No.  69,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 


ALDO  F.  SAWYER,  M.D.,  a 
popular  physician  and  surgeon  of 
Vineland,  was  born  October  15,  1865,  in 
Fond  du  Lac,  Wis.,  son  of  James  and  Lucy 
(Meacham)  Sawyer.  He  is  of  Puritan  descent 
through  both  mother  and  father.  On  the  pa- 
ternal side  his  earliest  ancestor  in  this  coun- 
try was  John  Sawyer,  of  Somersetshire,  Eng- 
land, who  came  to  America  in  1670.  His 
grandfather,  P^benezer  Sawyer,  was  a  Vermont 
farmer. 


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James  Sawyer  was  born  December  25,  1826, 
at  Thetford,  Vt.  In  1S52  or  1853  he  went  to 
Kansas,  where  lie  was  for  some  time  asso- 
ciated with  John  Brown,  of  Osawatomie.  He 
built  the  first  house  in  Lawrence,  and  was  so 
fortunate  as  to  preserve  his  life  and  property 
during  the  border  troubles.-  After  a  residence 
of  three  years  in  Kansas  he  went  to  Wis- 
consin, and  engaged  in  the  lumber  business. 
He  was  an  energetic  and  ambitious  man,  and 
at  one  time  owned  and  controlled  the  largest 
saw-mills  in  the  North-west.  Settling  in 
Fond  du  Lac  when  it  was  a  small  place,  he 
took  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs  from 
the  beginning.  He  rejiresented  the  town  in 
the  State  legislature,  and  after  its  incorpora- 
tion as  a  city  he  served  as  a  member  of  the 
City  Council  and  as  Mayor.  Shortly  after 
the  close  of  the  war,  his  health  demanding  a 
milder  climate,  he  went  to  Datona,  Fla. ,  and 
while  there  was  appointed  Postmaster.  In 
1S68  he  became  a  resident  of  Vineland,  en- 
gaged in  business  there,  and  in  the  course  of 
time  acquired  a  large  amount  of  real  estate, 
including  both  farms  and  stores.  Here  also 
he  was  a  leading  public  man,  and  served  on 
the  Township  Committee.  He  was  an  es- 
teemed member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity. 
His  death  occurred  F'ebruary  4,  1S81,  in  his 
fifty-fifth  year.  Mrs.  James  Sawyer,  who  is 
yet  living,  was  born  in  Moriah,  N.Y.,  in 
1S27.  She  is  a  daughter  of  James  Meacham, 
a  farmer  of  that  place,  who  was  Captain  of  a 
company  during  the  War  of  1812.  She  and 
her  husband  reared  two  sons,  namely:  James 
\V.,     a     resident     of     Brooklyn,     N.Y.  ;     and 


Waldo  F.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  She  is 
a  member  of  the  Congregational  church,  to 
which  her  husband  also  belonged. 

Waldo  F.  Sawyer,  M.D.,  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Vineland,  including  the  high 
school.  Going  to  Michigan  in  1882,  he  s]jent 
two  years  travelling  in  the  North-west,  and 
then  returned  home,  and  took  up. the  study  of 
medicine  with  Dr.  C.  R.  Wiley.  He  at- 
tended Ik'llevue  Medical  College,  New  York 
City,  and  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadel- 
phia, graduating  from  the  latter  institution  in 
1890.  Previous  to  his  graduation  he  gained 
much  valuable  experience  in  Pennsylvania,  as 
a  member  of  the  Red  Cross  Society,  in  assist- 
ing for  seven  weeks  the  victims  of  the  Johns- 
town flood.  He  was  connected  with  the  New 
Jersey  National  Guards  for  seven  years;  and, 
though  bearing  the  rank  of  Second  Sergeant, 
he  was  usually  detached  from  his  company  and 
occupied  with  hospital  service.  Dr.  Sawyer 
already  has  a  large  practice  in  Vineland  and 
vicinity,  and  his  visiting  list  is  steadily  in- 
creasing. He  is  a  member  of  the  County  and 
State  Medical  Associations.  In  1892  he  was 
elected,  on  the  Republican  ticket,  Coroner  of 
Cumberland  County,  and  served  three  years. 
He  was  also  elected  in  the  same  year  a  mem- 
ber of  the  City  Council  for  three  years,  and 
was  re-elected  in  1896.  He  has  the  distinc- 
tion of  having  introduced  the  original  resolu- 
tion regarding  Vineland's  peculiar  method  of 
disposing  of  its  sewage. 

On  June  5,  1895,  Dr.  Sawyer  was  married 
to  Miss  Isabelle  Hill,  of  Bear  Brook,  Canada, 
daughter  of  Alfred  Hill,  a  well-known  man  of 


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English  origin.  Dr.  Sawyer  is  a  member  of 
Hobah  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  Vineland;  of  the  Junior  Order  of 
United  American  Mechanics,  in  which  he  is 
Senior  Past  Councillor  of  Perseverance  Coun- 
cil; and  of  Vineland  Lodge  and  Eureka  Chap- 
ter of  the  Masonic  fraternity.  He  has  a  pleas- 
ant home  at  109  South  Seventh  Street,  where 
he  has  resided  since  he  began  to  practice. 


iDMUND  PARVIN,  who  for  many  years 
conducted  an  extensive  butchering  busi- 
ness in  Bridgeton,  N.J.,  and  is  now  living  in 
retirement,  was  born  in  this  city,  July  3, 
18 16,  son  of  William  and  Sarah  (Davis)  Par- 
vin.  Mr.  Parvin's  father  was  also  a  native  of 
Cumberland  County.  He  was  born  February 
26,  1790,  in  Deerfield  township,  and  there  ac- 
quired such  education  as  the  public  schools  of 
that  day  afforded.  In  1816  he  began  carrying 
the  United  States  mail  between  Bridgeton  and 
Philadelphia,  following  that  occupation  stead- 
ily until  1851,  when  he  retired  from  active 
labor,  and  passed  the  rest  of  his  life  at  his 
home  in  Bridgeton.  He  died  September  13, 
1872.  His  wife,  Sarah  Davis,  whom  he  mar- 
ried March  17,  18 14,  was  a  native  of  Deer- 
field.  They  had  a  family  of  seven  children, 
as  follows:  Robert,  deceased;  Edmund,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch;  Albert;  Mary,  wife  of 
John  Graham,  of  Bridgeton;  Francis  R. ; 
William;  and  Robert.  Mr.  Parvin's  parents 
attendetl  the  Presbyterian  church,  of  which 
his  mother  was  a  member. 

Edmund    Parvin    was    educated    in   the  pay 


schools  of  Bridgeton,  and  after  completing  his 
studies  he  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade, 
which  he  followed  as  a  journeyman  for  one 
year.  He  then  went  to  Wisconsin,  where  he 
was  for  four  years  employed  in  the  lead 
mines.  Returning  to  Bridgeton  in  1844,  he 
became  an  employee  at  the  Cumberland  Nail 
and  Iron  Works,  remaining  thus  engaged 
for  eleven  years.  In  1856  he,  with  a  part- 
ner, bought  the  butchering  establishment  of 
Daniel  Davis,  which  was  thenceforth  carried 
on  under  the  firm  name  of  Parvin  &  Sneeden, 
and  continued  to  do  a  large  and  profitable 
business  until  1879,  when  he  retired  from 
the  enterprise.  Mr.  Parvin  is  still  both 
mentally  and  physically  active,  although  he 
is  numbered  among  the  few  octogenarians  of 
this  vicinity;  and  his  natural  brightness 
and  vigorous  constitution  are  comparatively 
undisturbed  by  the  weight  of  years. 

On  August  20,  1844,  Mr.  Parvin  married 
Ann  Barbara  Rocap,  daughter  of  Henry 
Rocap,  of  Germany.  Seven  children  were 
born  of  this  union,  namely:  Daniel,  who  is 
no  longer  living;  William;  Henry;  Sarah, 
widow  of  Jonathan  Riley,  of  Bridgeton; 
George;  Mary,  widow  of  Isaac  Evans,  of 
Salem  County;  and  Anna  B.,  wife  of  William 
Howell,  of  Millville.  Mrs.  Parvin  died 
March  25,   1885,  aged  sixty-nine  years. 

Mr.  Parvin  has  been  an  energetic  and  suc- 
cessful business  man;  and  he  is  highly  es- 
teemed by  his  fellow-citizens,  who  regard  him 
as  one  of  the  most  worthy  residents  of  Bridge- 
ton.  He  possesses  social  qualities  which  are 
heartily  appreciated   by  his  many  frienils   and 


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acquaintances,  and  in  liis  younger  days  he  was 
an  active  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  C)dd  Fellows  and  the  Sons  of  Temperance. 


(51  HOMAS  F.  AUSTIN,  of  Millville,  a 
q)\  Representative  of  Cumberland  County 
in  the  State  Assembly,  was  born  in  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.,  July  15,  1864,  son  of  George  and 
Sarah  R.  (Sherwood)  Austin,  of  Philadelphia. 
When  he  was  six  years  old  he  came  to  Mill- 
ville with  his  parents,  and  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  this  place.  Owing  to 
the  prolonged  illness  of  his  father  he  was 
compelled  to  leave  school  at  thirteen,  within 
a  year  of  his  graduation.  He  then  went  into 
the  glass  factory  of  Whitall,  Tatum  &  Co.,  as 
attending  boy,  and  worked  in  that  capacity  for 
two  years.  Following  that  he  served  an  ap- 
prenticeship of  four  years  as  glass  cutter.  He 
has  since  been  employed  in  that  department, 
becoming  thereby  able  to  care  for  his  widowed 
mother  and  sisters.  On  Xew  Year's  Day, 
iSSg,  Mr.  Austin  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Pauline  Souder,  a  daughter  of  Samuel 
Souder,  of  Millville,  and  now  has  two  daugh- 
ters —  Grace  and  Helen. 

Although  still  a  young  man,  Mr.  Austin  has 
had  an  interesting  public  career.  A  stanch 
Republican,  he  has  interested  himself  in  poli- 
tics and  political  work  since  he  was  fifteen 
years  old.  When  twenty-three  years  of  age 
he  was  elected  Assessor  of  Ward  4  in  the  city 
of  Millville.  While  holding  that  office  he 
continued  in  his  position  in  the  shops,  doing 
the  work   connected  with   this   office  after   his 


regular  work  was  completed.  For  three  years, 
beginning  in  1889,  he  was  principal  of  the 
public  night  school.  In  1890  he  was  ap- 
pointed one  of  the  National  Census  Enumera- 
tors; and  in  February  of  the  following  year 
he  received  from  Isaac  Moffett,  Chief  Col- 
lector of  the  District,  an  appointment  as  Dep- 
uty Collector  of  Internal  Revenue  for  the  First 
Division  of  the  First  District  of  New  Jersey, 
his  territory  embracing  the  counties  of  Cape 
May,  Cumberland,  and  Salem.  This  office  he 
continued  to  hold  up  to  December  31,  1893, 
at  which  time  he  was  obliged  to  resign,  as  he 
had  been  elected  a  member  of  the  Assembly 
in  the  preceding  November.  Although  this 
was  his  first  nomination,  and  the  district  was 
alleged  to  have  been  "gerrymandered"  in 
favor  of  the  Democrats,  he  received  a  plurality 
of  five  hundred  and  twenty-five  votes.  Dur- 
ing the  ensuing  term  in  the  Assembly  he  was 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Labor  and  In- 
dustries, a  member  of  the  Committees  on  P'ish 
and  Game  and  Revision  of  Law,  and  of  the 
joint  Committee  for  Auditing  the  Treasurer's 
Accounts.  He  was  instrumental  in  the  pas- 
sage by  the  House  of  several  bills  of  great 
value  to  labor  organizations  and  laboring 
people,  and  put  in  other  effective  work  in 
their  interest.  At  the  next  election  he  was 
re-elected.  The  ensuing  year  he  became 
memorable  in  the  history  of  the  labor  question 
in  Cumberland  County,  on  accoimt  of  the  agi- 
tation over  the  Cash  15ill,  introduced  by  Mr. 
Bullock,  of  Paterson.  This  bill  was  sup- 
ported from  the  start  by  Mr.  Austin.  After 
standing    a    storm    of    opposition    for    eleven 


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weeks,  it  passed  the  House.  It  was  amended 
in  the  Senate,  and  the  amendment  was  con- 
curred in  by  the  House.  It  was  then  sub- 
mitted to  tlie  Governor,  who  upon  examina- 
tion found  it  so  seriously  mutilated  and 
tampered  with  that  he  returned  it  to  the  leg- 
islature. It  was  thereupon  rewritten,  and  re- 
introduced in  the  House,  which  again  passed 
it;  but  under  a  suspension  of  rules  it  did  not 
go  beyond  the  Senate.  In  1S95,  contrary  to 
custom  and  precedent,  Mr.  Austin  received 
the  nomination  for  a  third  term,  and  was 
elected.  He  is  a  conservative  legislator  on 
the  labor  problem,  conceding  the  just  rights 
of  employers,  but  demanding  due  considera- 
tion for  workmen.  Careful  at  all  times  to 
avoid  anything  even  tending  toward  fanati- 
cism, his  aim  is  to  benefit  the  labor,  and  not 
to  prejudice  the  capitalist.  Mr.  Austin  has 
affiliation  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
Junior  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics. 
He  and  Mrs.  Austin  attend  and  support  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  which  she  is 
a  member.  He  also  contributes  toward  the 
support  of  the  Trinity  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  of  which  his  father  was  one  of  the 
founders. 


(JOSEPH  MASON,  a  successful  real  es- 
tate and  insurance  broker  of  Vineland, 
was  born  in  Essex,  England,  on  April 
20,  1829,  son  of  George  and  Keziah  (Stanley) 
Mason  and  grandson  of  George  Mason,  Sr. ,  a 
farmer  of  Bishop's  Stortford,  England.  His 
father  was  a  native  of  Bishop's  Stortford,  I'-ng- 
land.     As    his    parents    were    in    comfortable 


circumstances,  he  received  the  benefit  of  such 
an  education  as  could  be  obtained  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  town.  Throughout  the 
active  years  of  his  life  he  carried  on  a  suc- 
cessful horticultural  business.  His  wife, 
Keziah,  bore  him  seven  children  —  George, 
Henry,  Charles,  Alfred,  Joseph,  Maria,  and 
Sarah.  Sarah  died  when  fourteen  years  of 
age.  Both  parents  were  members  of  the  Epis- 
copal church. 

Joseph  Mason  acquired  the  greater  ]iart  of 
his  school  education  at  a  place  called  VVal- 
thamstow,  Essex  County,  England.  While 
still  a  school  boy,  he  gained  a  practical 
knowledge  of  horticulture  and  the  florist's 
business  that  he  was  afterward  able  to  turn 
to  good  advantage.  Upon  leaving  school  he 
secured  work  in  a  grocery  and  general  store  at 
Woodford,  and  remained  there  for  four  or  five 
years.  He  then  went  to  London,  where  he 
availed  himself  of  an  opening  in  a  collection 
house.  By  faithful  and  conscientious  work 
he  won  the  consitleration  of  his  superiors,  and 
was  gradually  advanced  until  finally  he  be- 
came the  manager  of  the  business.  The 
strain  was  too  much  for  his  health,  however; 
and  twelve  years  from  the  time  he  entered 
the  establishment  as  an  under  clerk  he 
was  obliged  to  resign.  He  returned  to  his 
parents'  home  in  the  country,  where  a  few 
months  were  enough  to  renew  his  health  and 
vigor.  Coming  back  to  London  again,  he  be- 
came the  manager  of  another  collection  agency 
in  that  city.  In  1S54  he  came  to  this  coun- 
try, making  his  residence  in  West  Hartford, 
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Mason,  had  a  well-established  nursery  busi- 
ness. He  joined  his  brother  in  a  [jartnership, 
under  which  they  transacted  a  prosperous  busi- 
ness until  the  outbreak  of  the  Rebellion. 
The  partnership  was  then  dissolved,  and  Jo- 
seph Mason  embarked  in  the  real  estate  and 
life  and  fire  insurance  business.  He  was  one 
of  the  first  to  represent  the  /Etna  Live  Stock 
Insurance  Company,  which  at  that  time  was  a 
new  departure.  In  1872  failing  health  again 
led  him  to  make  a  change  of  locality,  and  he 
came  to  Vineland  on  a  visit  to  a  brother,  who 
then  owned  a  farm  here.  The  climate  proved 
so  congenial,  and  his  health  improved  so 
rapidly,  that  he  decided  to  make  this  place  his 
home.  Some  time  after  he  began  the  publi- 
cation of  a  horticultural  paper  called  A/ason's 
MoHtlily,  devoted  to  the  interests  of  Vineland, 
which  has  proved  an  influential  agent  in  de- 
veloping this  place  and  in  bringing  sundry  in- 
dustries into  it.  He  afterward  sold  the  paper 
and  his  insurance  business  to  Leonard  S. 
Mulford.  After  this  he  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  ladies',  misses',  and  children's  shoes 
for  a  time,  and  then  resumed  his  former  busi- 
ness of  a  real  estate  and  insurance  agent.  In 
January,  1895,  he  received  John  A.  Ackley  as 
a  partner;  and  the  business  has  since  been 
conducted  under  the  firm  name  of  Mason  & 
Ackley. 

In  1873  Mr.  Mason  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Mrs.  Charlotte  K.  (Puzy)  Ruhl,  of 
Barnes,  FIsse.x  County,  England.  He  has 
been  prominently  identified  with  the  public  in- 
terests of  Vinelantl.  He  was  the  first  Mayor 
of  the  city,  holding  the  office  for  two  terms, 


and  declining  a  third  nomination.  He  was 
also  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  ten  years.  He 
is  a  Mason  of  Vineland  Lodge,  Eureka  Chap- 
ter, and  belongs  to  Vineland  Castle  of  the 
Knights  of  the  Golden  Eagle.  Both  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Mason  are  influential  members  of  the 
Episcopal  church,  in  which  he  is  a  Vestry- 
man and  lay  reader. 


(^OHN  N.  GLASPELL,  of  Bridgeton, 
the  superintendent  of  schools  for  Cum- 
berland County,  was  born  October  29, 
1S50,  in  the  town  of  Greenwich,  this  county, 
son  of  Thomas  D.  and  Christiana  C.  (Fithian) 
Glaspell.  His  grandfather,  John  Glaspell,  a 
well  educated  man,  was  a  farmer  of  Green- 
wich, and  taught  school  near  his  home. 

Thomas  D.  Glaspell  was  also  a  native  of 
Greenwich,  born  in  October,  18 13.  He  was 
connected  with  a  stage  line  for  three  years. 
The  greater  part  of  the  rest  of  his  life  was 
devoted  to  farming  and  peach  culture,  in  both 
of  which  he  was  very  successful.  In  politics 
he  took  an  active  interest,  loyally  supporting 
the  Republican  party.  He  died  in  April, 
1S87.  His  wife,  who  was  a  daughter  of 
Charles  Beatty  F"ithian,  a  farmer  of  Green- 
wich, is  still  living,  and  celebrated  her 
seventy-ninth  birthday  in  April,  1896.  She 
was  the  mother  of  four  children,  namely: 
Enos  E.,  a  Grand  Army  man,  who  resided  in 
Bridgeton,  and  died  June  6,  1896;  lulward 
M.,  a  farmer  of  Greenwich,  in  whose  home 
the  mother  spent  her  last  days;  John  N.,  the 
subject   of  this  sketch;  and  Mary,  the  wife  of 


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Charles   Rudderow,    of    Camden,    N.J.       The 
mother  died  July  lo,  1896. 

John  N.  Glaspell  received   his   early   educa- 
tion  in   the   schools   of   Greenwich,  and   spent 
two    winters    at    the    South    Jersey    Institute. 
He  then   entered   on   his   career  as  a   teacher, 
taking  charge  first  of  a  school   in  his  native 
district,  where  he  taught  for  two  years.     For 
the  following  two  years  he  conducted  a  school 
at  Heming  Row.      In    1876  he  was  appointed 
principal  of  one  of  the  leading  schools  of  the 
county  at    Mauricetown,    and   efficiently   filled 
the  position  for  eleven   years.     Then,   think- 
ing to  try  his  ability  in   business,  he  was  en- 
gaged  as   a   butcher  for  a    year    and    a    half. 
Being  elected  in  1S91  principal  of  the  Second 
Wartl   School    of   Bridgeton,    he    resumed    the 
teacher's    chair.      Among   the    several    radical 
changes  made   in   the   Bridgeton   schools,  dur- 
ing the  following  spring,    was  the  consolida- 
tion of  the  grammar  department  of   Mr.    Glas- 
pell's   school   with   the   course  of   the   Central 
High    School.      Thereupon    Mr.    Glaspell   re- 
signed his  position,  and  has  not  been   engaged 
in  teaching  since.     He  has  long  been   promi- 
nent as  a  Republican,  and  in  1890  was  elected 
to  the  Assembly   from   the   Second   Assembly 
District,    which    had    been    "gerrymandered" 
by  the  legislature  of  the  previous  year.      This 
was    shortly  after   he    severed    his    connection 
with  the  Second   Ward   School,  and  was  able 
to  give  his  whole  attention  to   his   legislative 
duties.      He  took  a  special  interest  in  the  bill 
regarding  the   oystermen  of    the    county.      In 
1892  and  1893  he  was  sent  again  to  tlie   legis- 
lature by  tile  Re])Liblicans,  despite  a  redistrict- 


ing  that  was  expected  to  put  him  in  a  minor- 
ity. At  the  expiration  of  his  last  term  he 
engaged  as  book-keeper  for  the  State  Mutual 
Benevolent  and  Life  Association  of  Camden. 
This  position  he  held  until  March  7,  1S95, 
when  he  was  called  to  fill  the  unexpired  term 
of  Charles  J.  Hampton,  county  superintendent 
of  schools.  In  the  following  September  he 
was  reappointed  for  the  full  term  of  three 
years.  He  has  the  oversight  of  all  the  public- 
school  teachers  within  the  county,  excluding 
those  of  the  cities.  His  practical  experience 
as  a  teacher,  added  to  his  natural  ability  and 
good  judgment,  admirably  qualify  him  for  the 
important  duty. 

In  religious  belief  Mr.  Glaspell  is  a  Presby- 
terian. He  is  a  Mason  of  Neptune  Lodge  of 
Mauricetown,  Brearly  Chapter  of  Bridgeton, 
and  Olivet  Commandery  of  Millville,  and  also 
belongs  to  the  Order  of  American  Mechanics. 


OVAL  P.  TULLICR,  of  Vineland,  at- 
torney, counsellor-at-la\v,  and  master 
in  chancery,  although  still  a  young 
man,  has  won  quite  a  reputation  in  his  ]irofes- 
sion.  He  was  born  at  Newark,  Oiiio,  Febru- 
ary 12,  1859,  son  of  Emory  R.  and  Jane 
(Powers)  Tuller. 

Emory  R.  Tuller,  a  native  of  Genesee, 
N.Y.,  born  October  i,  1824,  acquired  his 
early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive town.  He  subsequently  took  up  the  study 
of  medicine,  which  he  cimiplcted  by  a  course 
at  the  Cleveland  Homcuopathic  Medical 
School,  and  was  one  of  the   first  in  this  coun- 


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255 


try  to  enter  the  field  of  homccopathic  medical 
practice.  After  his  graduation  he  went  to 
I'airfield,  Ohio,  in  1S48,  where  he  worked  at 
his  profession  until  1853.  He  then  removed 
to  the  city  of  Newark,  Ohio,  and  was  there  in 
successful  practice  up  to  1866.  In  March  of 
that  year  Dr.  Tuller  came  East  with  his  wife 
and  children,  and  settled  in  Vineland,  N.J., 
when  the  place  was  buf  three  years  old,  and 
the  stumps  of  the  trees  that  were  cut  down  in 
laying  out  the  streets  and  highways  were  still 
plainly  visible.  He  came  here  in  the  hope 
that  his  wife's  health  would  be  benefited  by 
the  change  and  with  the  intention  of  retiring 
from  practice.  He  was  probably  the  first 
homoeopathic  doctor  to  settle  here,  although 
he  was  soon  followed  by  another  physician  of 
the  same  school.  Despite  the  fact  that  he 
had  purposed  to  lay  aside  the  cares  of  profes- 
sional life,  he  was  often  asked  to  visit  pa- 
tients, and  soon  acquired  a  large  and  success- 
ful practice.  His  death  occurred  on  August 
4,  1891.  He  was  a  member  of  the  National 
Homoeopathic  Societies  and  of  those  of  Ohio 
and  New  Jersey.  While  located  at  Fairfield, 
Ohio,  in  1 85  I  Dr.  Tuller  was  married  to  Miss 
Jane  Powers,  who  was  born  January  5,  1825, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Lemuel  Powers,  an  allopathic 
physician  and  one  of  the  pioneer  doctors  of 
the  State  of  Ohio.  Her  grandfather  was 
Grand  Master  of  the  Grand  Masonic  Lodge  of 
Ohio  when  the  fraternity's  meetings  were 
heUl  in  a  cave  in  Columbus,  Ohio.  Six  chil- 
dren were  born  to  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Tuller, 
namely:  Malcolm  B.,  now  of  Tennessee; 
Daisy,   the  wife  of   Herman   E.   Bonschur,    an 


optician  of  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia; 
Horace  L. ,  who  died  on  November  10,  1S94; 
V\'illis  N.,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  Royal  P.,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch;  and  John  J.,  a  physi- 
cian, who  for  several  years  was  in  active  prac- 
tice here,  but  is  now  taking  a  special  course 
of  -Study  at  Vienna,  Austria.  The  mother 
died  June  23,  1895.  Both  parents  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Swedenborgian  church. 

Royal  P.  Tuller  attended  the  common 
schools  of  Vineland  until  fifteen  years  of  age. 
After  leaving  school  he  continued  to  study 
without  a  teacher.  Being  able  to  turn  his 
hand  to  a  variety  of  occupations,  he  in  time 
earned  sufficient  to  enable  him  to  take  up  the 
study  of  law,  first  in  the  office  of  Edwin  M. 
Turner  and  later  with  Major  T.  W.  Walker. 
In  1 88 1,  after  an  examination  at  Trenton, 
N.J.,  before  the  Supreme  Court,  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  as  an  attorney;  and  three 
years  later  he  was  recognized  as  a  counsellor. 
He  started  in  practice  here  in  Vineland  in 
1881,  and  has  since  built  up  a  large  clientage. 
While  he  has  devoted  considerable  attention 
to  general  practice,  he  has  made  a  specialty  of 
questions  relating  to  municipal  law  and 
taxes,  and  whatever  pertains  thereto.  He  has 
acted  as  solicitor  for  the  borough  of  Vineland, 
the  town  of  Landis,  and  the  school  district, 
and  at  the  present  time  is  serving  all  three  in 
that  capacity.  He  was  interested  as  an  attor- 
ney for  one  of  the  parties  during  the  settle- 
ment of  the  question  as  to  whether  women 
should  be  allowed  to  vote  for  school  trustees, 
and  he  has  usually  had  a  leading  jiart  on  one 
side  or  the  other  in   all   the   important   cases 


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tried  in   this   community   during  the   past   ten 
years. 

Mr.  Tullcr  has  always  been  an  active  sup- 
porter of  the  Republican  party  and  a  leader 
in  local  affairs.  He  has  served  on  the  Cum- 
berland County  Executive  Committee  of  his 
party,  and  has  been  a  delegate  in  different 
iState  conventions.  In  1883,  when  about 
twenty-three  years  of  age,  he  was  elected  to 
the  office  of  Township  Collector,  the  duties  of 
which  he  fulfilled  in  a  creditable  manner.  He 
is  Past  Master  of  Vineland  Masonic  Lodge, 
No.  69;  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Grand 
Lodge  of  the  State;  of  Eureka  Chapter  of 
Vineland;  of  Olivet  Commandery,  Knights 
Templars,  of  Millville,  which  he  represented 
at  the  triennial  conclaves  held  in  Washing- 
ton and  Boston;  and  of  LuLu  Temple,  Order 
of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  of  Philadelphia.  Mr. 
Tuller  attends  and  supports  the  Sweden- 
borgian  church. 


APTAIN     SILAS     ROBBINSO^f,     a 


well-known  resident  of  Dividing 
Creek,  engaged  in  oyster  fishing, 
was  born  here,  November  18,  1844,  son  of 
William  and  Mary  (Glenn)  Robbinson.  His 
father,  who  was  born  at  Port  Norris,  this 
county,  in  1807,  acquired  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  that  town.  While  yet  quite 
young  he  engaged  in  the  business  of  transport- 
ing freight  from  Maurice  River  to  the  city  of 
Philadelphia  in  a  wood  shallop.  In  early 
manhood  he  was  appointed  to  the  captaincy  of 
the  vessel   on   which    he  sailed    and   of  which 


he  was  a  part  owner.  He  followed  that  call- 
ing until  about  two  years  prior  to  his  decease, 
when  on  account  of  declining  health  he  aban- 
doned it.  He  wedded  Miss  Mary  Glenn,  a 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Glenn,  the 
former  of  whom  was  engaged  in  carpentering 
at  Philadelphia.  Her  grandfather,  John 
Glenn,  spent  his  adult  life  in  oystering. 
William  Robbinson  and  his  wife  had  eight 
children,  of  whom  five  are  still  living; 
namely,  Elizabeth,  Mary,  William  Glenn, 
Silas,  and  Eliza  K.  Elizabeth,  who  now  re- 
sides at  Dividing  Creek,  is  the  widow  of 
Philip  Clark;  Mary  successively  married 
Charles  Sloane,  of  Philadelphia,  and  Philip 
Baker,  who  died  about  18S8;  and  Eliza  K.  be- 
came the  wife  of  William  Gandy,  an  oyster- 
man  of  Dividing  Creek.  The  father  died  in 
1855,  in  his  forty-eighth  year;  and  his  wife, 
who  belonged  to  the  Baptist  Church  of  Divid- 
ing Creek,  departed  this  life  December  23, 
1878,  in  her  sixty-seventh  year. 

Captain  Silas  Robbinson  was  educated  in 
the  common  schools  of  his  native  town.  In 
his  eleventh  year  he  engaged  as  cook  on  an 
oyster  boat  at  three  dollars  a  month.  When 
he  was  about  twenty  years  of  age  he  took 
charge  of  an  oyster  boat,  and  he  has  been  sail- 
ing boats  in  the  oyster  business  to  the  jiresent 
time.  On  March  5,  1866,  Captain  Robbinson 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Minerva 
Blizzard,  who  was  bcn'n  at  Downs,  N.J.,  July 
10,  1846,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jonathan 
lilizzard.  Her  mother  is  still  living.  Her 
father,  who  was  a  general  farmer  of  Downs, 
died    when    she    was    five   years   old.      By    her 


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Captain  Robbinson  became  the  father  of  six 
children,  namely:  Alice,  who  died  in  infancy; 
Belle,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  William  Hew- 
itt, of  Bridgeton,  this  county;  Henry,  who 
departed  this  life  in  18.S9,  in  his  twenty- 
first  year;  Silas,  Jr.;  Ula;  and  Walter  C. 
Captain  Robbinson  is  affiliated  with  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  F"ellows,  being  a  mem- 
ber of  Social  Lodge,  No.  168,  at  Dividing 
Creek,  of  which  he  is  Past  Grand.  In  politics 
he  supports  the  Prohibitionist  party.  He  is 
a  regular  attendant  and  a  liberal  supporter  of 
the  Baptist  Church  of  Dividing  Creek,  of 
which  his  wife  is  a  member. 


/STeORGE  W.  BETCHNER,  the  well- 
\f^^J_  known  City  Collector  of  Bridgeton, 
was  born  here,  December  14,  i860,  son  of 
Jacob  and  Almira  (Gaun)  Betchner.  His  pa- 
ternal grandmother,  Catherine  Betchner,  after 
attaining  the  remarkable  age  of  one  hundred 
years,  passed  away  at  Philadelphia  in  Septem- 
ber, 1893. 

Jacob  Betchner  was  born  in  Philadelphia  in 
1835.  His  parents  were  very  poor,  and  he 
only  received  about  six  weeks'  schooling  in 
his  life.  When  eight  or  nine  years  of  age  he 
was  apprenticed  to  a  man  in  Bucks  County, 
Pennsylvania,  who  was  a  farmer  and  a  carpen- 
ter. He  was  cruelly  treated  by  this  man,  but 
according  to  the  terms  of  the  contract  he  was 
obliged  to  remain  during  his  minority.  In 
1856  he  came  to  Bridgeton,  and  worked  as  a 
carpenter  journeyman  on  Trinity  Church. 
Shortly  after  he   formed   a   copartnership  with 


Robert  S.  Carll,  and  under  the  style  of  Carll 
&  Betchner  did  a  very  flourishing  business. 
The  partnership  lasted  until  Jacob  Betchner's 
tragic  death  on  Eebruary  18,  1870.  During  a 
violent  gale,  while  he  was  directing,  from  the 
opposite  side  of  the  street,  the  removal  of 
scaffolding  from  the  cupola  of  the  Baptist 
chapel,  a  board  that  had  been  carried  off  by 
the  wind  struck  Mr.  Betchner  between  the 
eyes,  crushing  his  jaw  bones,  and  severing  the 
jugular  vein.  At  that  time  the  firm  were 
building  the  South  Jersey  Institute,  the  West 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  the  Baptist  Chapel 
on  South  Pine  Street.  Jacob  Betchner  was 
Vice-President  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association;  a  member  of  Brearly  Lodge, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  ;  of  Cumberland  Lodge,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  and  of  Ca- 
lantha  Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  was 
sympathetic  and  benevolent,  and  no  one  who 
went  to  him  in  need  ever  went  away  empty- 
handed.  He  married  Miss  Almira,  daugiiter 
of  John  Gaun,  of  Philadelphia,  and  became 
the  father  of  five  children  —  Winfield  Scott, 
George  W.,  Kate  E.,  Charles  E.,  and  John  G. 
Kate  E.  is  the  wife  of  David  Jones.  The  par- 
ents were  members  of  the  Metiiodist  Plpis- 
copal  church,  in  which  the  father  was  class 
leader  and  superintendent  of  the  Sunday- 
school  for  many  years. 

George  W.  Betchner,  after  completing  his 
education  in  the  Bridgeton  public  schools, 
learned  the  trade  of  cigar-maker.  In  1S84  he 
established  himself  in  business  as  a  manufact- 
urer and  wholesale  and  retail  dealer  in  cigars. 
This  enterprise  was  successfull)'  managed   by 


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him  for  ten  years,  though  for  two  years  of  the 
time  he  was  unable,  on  account  of  his  health, 
to  give  it  his  personal  attention.  During  that 
time  he  was  employed  by  the  post-ofifice  de- 
partment as  letter-carrier.  Since  his  election 
to  the  office  of  City  Collector,  Mr.  BetcJiner 
has  done  a  large  insurance  business,  also  deal- 
ing extensively  in  real  estate.  He  served  on 
the  County  Executive  Committee,  and  on  the 
City  Committee  for  one  year.  By  popular 
vote  he  was  elected  Collector  of  Taxes  for 
three  years,  on  March  13,  1873,  being  then 
younger  than  any  of  his  predecessors  in  the 
office.  He  is  very  active  in  the  ranks  of  the 
Democratic  party,  and  has  represented  his 
ward  as  delegate  to  several  conventions,  over 
which  he  has  frecjuently  ]3resided.  On  March 
lO,  1896,  he  was  re-elected  City  Collector, 
and  in  the  following  July  he  represented  the 
First  Congressional  District  of  the  State  in 
the  national  convention  of  his  party  held  in 
Chicago.  Mr.  Betchner  is  a  member  of  the 
Hoard  of  Trade  and  the  Knights  of  Malta; 
f)f  Progressive  Castle,  No.  64,  Knights  of 
Golden  Eagle,  of  which  he  is  Past  Chief; 
and  of  Welcome  Council,  Junior  Order  of 
United  American  Mechanics,  being  Past  Coun- 
cillor. 

On  May  i,  1883,  he  was  married  to  Lola, 
daughter  of  Abram  R.  Garrison,  of  Bridgeton. 
They  have  now  one  child.  Alberta  May.  Both 
parents  support  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  of  which  Mrs.  Betchner  is  a  member. 
Mr.  Betchner  is  a  worthy  son  of  an  honored 
father,  many  of  whose  admirable  characteris- 
tics he  inherits. 


"CJVAN  ROWLAND  WHITE,  one  of  the 
JQ[  partners  of  the  Pearl  Button  Novelty 
Company  of  Vinelajid,  was  born  November  29, 
1852,  in  St.  George,  Grenada,  W.I.,  son  of 
William  Rowland  and  Harriet  (Primmer) 
White.  William  Rowland  White  is  a  native 
of  Portsmouth,  England,  born  March  17, 
1826.  After  availing  himself  of  the  usual  ed- 
ucational facilities  his  native  place  afforded, 
he  learned  the  trade  of  a  blacksmith,  which 
he  followed  in  Portsmouth  until  he  was 
twenty-two  years  of  age.  He  then  went  to  St. 
George,  where  he  conducted  quite  an  exten- 
sive blacksmithing  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count, employing  five  men  on  an  average.  In 
i860  he  went  to  New  York  City,  but  returned 
to  St.  George  three  months  later,  leaving  his 
family  to  follow  him  a  year  later.  In  1864  he 
again  moved  to  New  York,  wlience  after  a 
brief  stay  he  came  to  Vineland,  and  pur- 
chased a  farm,  which  he  carried  on  for  three 
or  four  years.  On  leaving  there  he  returned 
to  the  West  Indies,  making  a  short  stay  in 
Jamaica.  He  then  went  to  Vallejo,  Cal.,  ami 
vifas  there  engaged  at  his  trade  for  three  years. 
At  the  expiration  of  that  time  he  retLwned 
East  to  Philadelphia,  where  his  family  had 
settled  in  1869.  Seven  years  later  he  again 
settled  in  Vineland,  and  carried  on  a  farm  for 
more  than  two  years.  In  December,  1880,  he 
started  what  is  now  known  as  White's  Variety 
Store.  This  venture  was  quite  successful. 
He  still  conducts  the  place,  and  is  doing  a 
thriving  business.  His  wife,  Harriet,  a 
daughter  of  Kichai'd  I'riinmei',  of  Portsmouth, 
England,  has  borne -her  husband  five  children. 


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of  whom  the  only  survivor  is  I^van  Rowland. 
She  is  a  communicant  of  the  Episcopal 
church. 

Evan  Rowland  White  received  his  education 
in  the  schools  of  St.  George,  New  York  City, 
and  Vineland.  After  he  left  school  he  was 
employed  in  the  pearl  button  factory  of  David 
James,  of  Vineland,  for  three  years,  during 
which  time  he  acquired  a  thorough  knowledge 
of  the  business,  lie  then  went  to  Philadel- 
pliia,  where  he  followed  his  trade  about  two 
years ;  and  then  on  account  of  impaired 
health  he  gave  up  that  business,  and  engaged 
in  farming.  The  change  proving  beneficial, 
in  two  years  he  was  able  to  resume  his  old  oc- 
cupation, which  he  followed  up  to  1S73,  when 
he  once  more  made  a  change  by  going  into  the 
grocery  business.  However,  after  two  years 
he  returned  to  his  trade,  and  worked  at  it  in 
Vineland  until  1890.  In  this  year  he  began 
in  a  small  way  to  manufacture  a  general  line 
of  j)earl  buttons.  The  business  steadily  in- 
creased until  in  1893  he  was  turning  out  one 
thousand  gross  of  buttons  per  week.  At  the 
beginning  of  the  panic  in  1893  he  deemed  it 
prudent  to  shut  down  his  factory,  and  did  not 
start  it  up  again  for  a  year.  In  the  fall  of 
1894  the  Pearl  ]5utton  Novelty  Company  was 
formed,  of  which  Mr.  White  is  a  member  and 
the  business  manager.  The  factory  was  turn- 
ing out  two  thousand  gross  of  buttons  weekly, 
and  employed  twenty-five  people  at  the  open- 
ing of  the  year  1896. 

On  October  39,  1873,  Mr.  White  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Emily  Dawson,  a  daughter  of 
William  Dawson,  of  Vineland.      She  was  born 


in  London,  luigland,  on  May  26,  1852.  Of 
the  seven  children  born  to  them  one  is  de- 
ceased. The  others  are :  William  R.,  ICleanor 
M.,  Hari'iet  E.,  Charles  E.,  limily  !•;.,  and 
Annie  Primmer.  Mr.  White  was  appointed  to 
the  office  of  Department  Factory  Inspector  by 
Governor  Green,  under  the  direction  of  L.  T. 
F"ell,  Chief  Inspector  of  Orange,  N.J.  lie 
was  appointed  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Health  by  the  Common  Council,  but  resigned 
shortly  after.  He  is  Past  Sachem  of  Muskee 
Tribe,  No.  125,  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men, 
and  has  connection  with  the  Pocahontas 
Branch  of  the  order.  He  has  also  affiliation 
with  a  commandery  of  the  Knights  of  Malta 
and  the  Brotherhood  of  St.  Andrew.  He 
and  Mrs.  White  are  members  of  tlie  Epis- 
copal church,  in  which  he  has  served  as  V^estry- 
man  and  secretary. 


Tt^^ICMARD  HEWITT,  Jr.,  extensively 
I  r^  engaged  in  market  gardening  and  the 
Vi— ^  florist's  business  at  South  Vineland, 
was  born  in  Wiconisco,  Dauphin  County, 
Pa.,  May  19,  1859,  son  of  Richard  and  /ilia 
(Davis)  Hewitt.  His  grandfather,  William 
Hewitt,  who  was  a  native  of  Bradford,  York- 
shire, England,  resided  for  the  greater  part  of 
his  life  in  Oldham,  Lancashire,  engaged  in 
coal  mining.  William  came  to  the  United 
States  twice  to  visit  his  son.  He  died  in 
England. 

Richaril  Hewitt,  Sr.,  was  born  at  Oldham, 
January  25,  1825.  In  1852,  soon  after  his 
marriage,  he  left  his  iiome  in  England  to  come 


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to  America.  On  his  arrival  he  settled  in 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  successfully  en- 
gaged in  coal  mining  for  many  years.  He 
afterward  came  to  Landis  township,  where  in 
1867  he  purchased  a  farm  situated  about  two 
miles  east  of  South  Vincland,  and  engaged  in 
fruit  raising  and  general  farming.  In  1888 
he  sold  this  farm,  and  purchased  his  present 
])lace  of  twenty  acres,  near  South  Vineland 
station.  His  wife,  Zilla,  also  a  native  of 
Lancashire,  England,  has  borne  him  nine 
children,  of  whom  one  died  in  infancy,  and 
William  Frank  at  the  age  of  twenty-eight 
years.  Those  living  are:  John  D.,  of  Bram- 
well,  Mercer  County,  W.  \^a. ;  James,  of  Cam- 
den, N.J.;  Elizabeth,  the  widow  of  George 
Grau,  residing  at  Philadelphia;  Richard,  Jr., 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Anna  R.,  of  New 
York  City;  Emma,  the  wife  of  S.  P.  Ash,  of 
South  Vincland;  and  Zilla,  living  at  home. 
Both  parents  are  members  of  the  Episcopal 
church. 

Richard  Hewitt,  Jr.,  acquired  a  good 
knowledge  of  the  subjects  taught  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Landis.  On  leaving  school  he 
remained  at  home,  and  assisted  his  father  in 
the  work  of  the  farm.  After  attaining  his 
majority,  he  became  interested  in  greenhouse 
work,  and  started  in  that  business  with  a  small 
hot  bed  of  twelve  sashes,  raising  lettuce,  rad- 
ishes, and  vegetables  for  the  winter  market. 
In  the  second  year  he  had  a  hot-bed  of  twice 
the  size,  and  in  the  third  year  he  had  a  small 
house  of  eighty-one  sashes.  His  business 
continued  to  increase  so  that  in  the  following 
year    he    hail    two    hundred    and    twenty-eight 


sashes  and  in  the  ne.xt  year  double  that 
amount.  Up  to  1888  he  conducted  the  busi- 
ness on  his  father's  farm  east  of  South  Vine- 
land,  and  was  assisted  by  him  in  the  work. 
In  time  it  became  desirable  to  have  the  busi- 
ness nearer  the  railroad;  and  they  purchased 
their  present  place,  near  the  South  Vineland 
station.  On  taking  possession,  they  erected 
a  greenhouse  of  six  hundred  and  forty-four 
sashes.  In  the  succeeding  year  Mr.  Hewitt 
built  a  new  house,  and  still  another  two  years 
later,  so  that  at  the  present  time  he  has  an 
area  of  twenty-seven  thousand,  four  hundred 
and  twenty  square  feet  devoted  to  forced  cult- 
ure. He  still  gives  his  attention  principally 
to  raising  winter  vegetables,  lettuce,  radishes, 
and  cauliflowers.  The  greenhouses  are  pro- 
vided with  steam  heat,  and  a  heater  for  warm- 
ing the  water  in  cold  weather.  It  is  now  the 
largest  establishment  of  the  kind  in  the 
county,  and  its  work  is  carried  on  all  the  year 
round.  Its  proprietors  also  raise  peaches  and 
other  fruits. 

On  November  18,  1883,  Richard  Hewitt, 
Jr.,  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Ella 
M.  Steele,  who  was  born  in  Elizabeth,  N.J., 
daughter  of  Thomas  B.  and  Margaret  S. 
(Crane)  Steele.  Her  father,  a  native  of  Lee, 
Berkshire  County,  Mass.,  is  now  one  of  the 
leading  attorne)S  of  Vincland.  Her  mother, 
who  was  born  in  Roselle,  N.J.,  died  in  1877. 
Mrs.  Hewitt,  having  been  a  child  when  iier 
parents  brought  her  to  Vineland,  receivetl  her 
education  in  the  schools  of  this  town.  She 
has  borne  her  husband  two  daughters  — Annie 
Laura  and  Maud   Elizabeth.      Mr.    Hewitt    has 


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always  been  a  faithful  supporter  of  the  Repub- 
lican party.  In  1894  he  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Committee  for  Lanilis  township. 
He  is  a  member  of  \'inelan(l  Lodge,  No.  62, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M. ;  also  of  Eureka  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  which  he  is  High 
Priest,  and  consequently  a  representative  to 
the  Grand  Lodge.  He  and  Mrs.  Hewitt  at- 
tend and  support  the  Episcopal  church. 


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HARLES  RICHMAN  is  a  prominent 
citizen  and  one  of  the  leading  farmers 
of  Hopewell  township,  N.J. ,  where 
he  has  a  fine  farm  of  about  one  hundred  and 
twenty-five  acres,  two  miles  from  the  cen- 
tre of  Bridgeton.  He  was  born  in  Sharps- 
town,  Salem  County,  N.J.,  in  1853,  son  of 
Isaiah  W.  and  Sarah  (Peak)  Richman. 

Isaiah  W.  Richman  was  born  in  Salem 
County  in  IMay,  1823,  and  was  a  representa- 
tive man,  who  held  many  important  offices. 
In  1882  he  removed  from  the  farm  now  occu- 
pied by  his  son  to  West  Avenue,  Bridgeton, 
there  remaining  until  his  death  three  years 
later.  He  married  Miss  Peak,  of  Sharkstown, 
and  they  had  three  children  —  Morris  P.,  who 
died  at  the  age  of  twenty-two;  Charles;  and 
Lydia,  Mrs.  W.  H.  H.  Elwell,  of  Bridgeton. 
Sarah  P.  Richman,  the  mother,  died  in  1861, 
at  the  age  of  about  forty-two  years. 

Charles  Richman,  after  acquiring  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Shiloh,  con- 
tinued on  the  farm  with  his  father  until  his 
marriage.  He  then  moved  to  Stoe  Creek, 
remaining    two    years.        Upon     his     father's 


retirement  he  returned  to  the  home  farm, 
which  he  bought  after  his  father's  death.  He 
carries  on  general  farming,  raising  hay,  grain, 
and  other  produce,  and  of  late  has  become  in- 
terested in  the  sale  of  milk.  Mr.  Richman 
thinks  a  great  deal  of  a  good  horse.  He  owns 
standard-bred  colts  of  Hambletonian  and  Bel- 
mont stock,  and  his  cattle  are  good  grade 
stock.  In  company  with  a  friend  he  has  spec- 
ulated some  in  live  stock,  shipping  carloads  of 
cows  from  New  York  State  to  sell.  He  is  a 
stockholder  in  the  Montecule  Packing  Com- 
pany of  See  ley,  N.J. 

Mr.  Richman  has  always  been  active  in  the 
ranks  of  the  Democratic  party,  especially  in 
township  affairs.  He  held  the  office  of  In- 
spector of  Elections  for  two  or  three  years, 
and  since  the  adoption  of  the  new  law  he  has 
been  appointed  on  the  Board  of  Registry  for 
three  years.  In  April,  1894,  he  was  chosen 
Freeholder  to  serve  one  year  of  an  unexpired 
term ;  and  the  ne.xt  year  he  was  elected  on  the 
Union  ticket  to  succeed  himself  for  a  full 
term  of  three  years,  although  the  first  year 
was  contested.  Mr.  Richman's  name  is  on 
the  membership  rolls  of  the  following  social 
organizations:  Cohansey  Lodge,  No.  205,  of 
Bridgeton;  Good  Intent  Flncampment,  No. 
1 5  ;  and  also  of  Ahwahneeta  Tribe,  No.  97, 
Improved  Order  of  Red  Men. 

He  married  Miss  Mary  Dare,  daughter  of 
Isaac  B.  Dare,  who  lived  in  Bridgeton.  They 
have  no  children.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richman 
are  members  of  the  West  Presbyterian  Church 
of  the  city.  They  own  a  fine  house,  which 
was  erected  by  Mr.   Richman's  father. 


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iLLiAM    fralp:y    GLACKIN, 

who  was  Postmaster  of  South  Vine- 
land  under  the  last  three  administrations  until 
March,    1896,    was    born    March    7,     1849,    at 
German  town,    Pa.,    son    of     Isaac    and    Sarah 
(Fraley)  Glackin.     Isaac  Glackin,  also  a  na- 
tive   of    Germantown,    was    born    in    the    year 
1807.     Early  in  life  he  learned  the  trade  of  a 
stone  mason,  at  which  he  was  successfully  en- 
gaged throughout  his  life.      He  died   in  Janu- 
ary,   1859,    at   Germantown,   where   his   whole 
life   was   spent.      His   wife,    Sarah,    bore  him 
four    children,    of    whom    the    survivors     are: 
Susanna,  the  wife  of  Charles   S.   Johnson,    of 
Philadelphia;    and   William   Fraley,    the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch.     The  mother,  who  was  a 
communicant    of     the    Methodist     Episcopal 
church,  died  in   1892,  eighty-five  years  of  age. 
William     Fraley     Glackin     completed     his 
school   education    in    the   Germantown   Acad- 
emy, one  of  the  oldest  educational  institutions 
in  America.      He  then  went  to  work  as  clerk 
in    the  wholesale  dry-goods  house  of  John  II. 
Ihown    &    Co.,    of    Philadelphia,    and    subse- 
quently   served    in    the    same     capacity    their 
successors,     Garrettson,     Blakemore     &     Co. 
Soon  after  reaching  his  majority  he  went  into 
a  general  mercantile  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count on  York  Road.      He  did  a  thriving  busi- 
ness   there    for  several   years,    after   which    he 
came  to  South  Jersey,  and  engaged  in  general 
farming  in  the  town  of  Landis.      He  had  been 
occupied    in   this   way   eight   years    when,    in 
1886,    he   was   appointed   agent    of    the   West 
Jersey  Railroad,  whose  duties   included  those 
of   a    passenger,    freight,    and    express    agent. 


He  then  came  to  South  Vineland  to  live,  jnir- 
chasing  about  the  same  time  an  interest  in  the 
general  store  of  A.  S.  Whittien  &  Co.,  that 
afterward  proved  a  profitable  investment. 

On  October  3,  1870,  Mr.  Glackin  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Mercy  A.  Medwary,  of  Philadel- 
phia, a  daughter  of  Bennett  Medwary.  Of 
their  four  children  Edith  died  when  but  three 
and  a  half  years  old.  The  others  arc:  Roger, 
Sarah,  and  Kittie.  Roger  is  employed  as 
telegraph  operator  by  the  West  Jersey  Rail- 
road. The  father  died  March  22,  1896,  aged 
forty-seven  years.  While  at  York  Road  he 
was  for  si.\  years  Director  of  the  Port,  an  elec- 
tive office.  Under  President  Cleveland's  first 
administration  he  was  appointed  Postmaster  of 
South  Vineland,  and  was  successively  reap- 
pointed under  President  Harrison  and  Presi- 
dent Cleveland,  proving  himself  a  faithful  and 
popular  official.  He  was  a  Mason  of  Vine- 
land  Lodge,  No.  69,  and  Eureka  Chapter,  and 
a  member  of  the  Order  of  the  Knights  of 
Malta.  He  was  a  communicant  of  the  h^jiis- 
cojxal  cluirch,  of  which  Mrs.  Glackin  is  and 
has  been  a  member. 


■I':nrv  whiteley  elmp:r,  m.d., 

^^  a  prominent  physician  of  Bridgeton, 
was  born  here,  April  26,  1847,  son 
of  William  IClmer,  M.D.,  and  Eliza  (Robeson) 
Elmer.  His  earliest-known  ancestor  was 
Daniel  Elmer  (second).  (See  the  sketch  of 
his  life  elsewhere  in  this  work.)  Jonathan 
Elmer,  M.D.,  son  of  Daniel  (second)  and  the 
great-grandfather    of     Henry    Whiteley,    was 


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born  November  29,  1745,  in  Cedarvillc,  this 
county,  and  died  September  3,  1S17,  in 
Bridgeton.  He  was  graduated  in  176S,  vvitli 
the  first  class  from  the  medical  de[)artment  of 
Pennsylvania  University,  and  was  one  of  the 
most  distinguished  men  of  his  time,  receiving 
the  highest  honors  in  church  and  State.  In 
1774  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  Provincial  Con- 
gress. In  1775  he  was  commissioned  Major 
of  the  Light  Infantry.  From  1776  to  1788  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Continental  Congress, 
from  1780  to  1784  a  member  of  the  New 
Jersey  Legislative  Council,  and  from  1789  to 
1791  United  States  Senator.  He  was  also 
Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  American  Philosophical  Society, 
and  the  Ruling  Elder  of  the  Presbyterian 
church.  In  1769  he  married  Mary  Seeley,  a 
descendant  of  Robert  Seeley,  who  came  from 
England  with  Governor  Winthrop.  William 
Elmer,  M.D.,  a  son  of  Jonathan  and  the 
grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this  notice,  was 
a  native  of  Bridgeton,  born  March  23,  178S. 
He  was  graduated  from  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  Pennsylvania  Unixersity  in  181 1. 
On  April  2,  181 2,  he  was  married  to  Nancy 
Blakesley  Potter,  a  daughter  of  Colonel  David 
Potter,  a  distinguished  soldier  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary War.  (See  sketch  of  Colonel  Will- 
iam E.  Potter.) 

Dr.  William  Elmer,  Jr.,  the  father  of 
Henry  W.,  was  born  in  Bridgeton.  He  was 
educated  at  Princeton  College,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1832.  Four  years 
later  he  received  his  diploma  from  the  medical 
department   of    Pennsylvania    University,    and 


located  in  Bridgeton,  where  he  became  a  lead- 
ing practitioner.  During  the  Civil  War  he 
was  examiner  of  recruits.  He  was  a  meniber 
of  different  medical  societies  of  Cumberland 
County  anil  of  the  State  and  American  Asso- 
ciations. He  was  also  one  of  the  Directors 
of  the  State  asylum.  In  the  West  Presby- 
terian Church  he  officiated  as  Elder  and  Trus- 
tee, being  one  of  its  founders.  By  his  wife, 
Eliza  (Robeson)  Elmer,  who  came  from  Dela- 
ware, he  became  the  father  of  six  children. 
P"our  of  the  number  attained  maturity,  namely: 
William,  who  is  a  physician  in  Trenton;  Mar- 
garet K.,  the  wife  of  Robert  Porter,  of  Phila- 
delphia; Henry  Whiteley,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  and  Macomb  K.,  who  for  a  long  time 
was  connected  with  the  banking  house  of  Jay 
Cooke  &  Co.,  and  died  in  1877.  The  father 
died  in  1889,  and  the  mother  in  1887. 

Henry  Whiteley  Elmer,  M.D.,  after  attend- 
ing the  public  schools  for  the  usual  period, 
went  to  West  Jersey  Academy,  and  duly  grad- 
uated therefrom.  He  then  entered  Princeton 
College,  from  which  he  graduated  in  the  class 
of  1866.  Three  years  later  he  graduated  in 
medicine  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 
In  the  same  year,  as  the  result  of  a  competi- 
tive examination,  he  was  appointed  interne  of 
Blockley  Hospital,  also  serving  in  Wells  Hos- 
pital. He  remained  in  Philadelphia  for  a 
short  time  after,  and  then  came  to  Bridgeton, 
where  he  has  since  been  in  successful  practice. 
His  father  and  he  were  in  partnership  up  to  a 
few  years  prior  to  his  parent's  death.  Dr. 
Elmer  had  been  the  Secretary  of  the  Cumber- 
land  County  Medical   Society   for  twenty-four 


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consecutive  years,  the  duration  of  his  member- 
ship, when  at  the  last  meetin";  he  declined  to 
serve  longer.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
New  Jersey  State  Medical  Society,  which  he 
now  serves  as  Chairman  of  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee. He  likewise  belongs  to  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association  and  to  the  Pan- 
American  Society  as  a  representative  from 
this  State.  Dr.  Elmer  is  a  Director  of  the 
Cumberland  National  Bank  and  the  Secretary 
and  Auditor,  as  well  as  a  Director,  of  the 
Bridgeton  Gas  Light  Company.  He  is  a 
Trustee  of  West  Jersey  Academy  and  a  mem- 
ber and  Trustee  of  the  West  Presbyterian 
Church.  He  is  not  a  politician.  In  his  so- 
cial and  professional  relations  he  has  worthily 
upheld  the  family  name. 


(^OHN  G.'  LEWELLEN,  the  efficient 
Postmaster  at  Dcerficld  Street,  New 
Jersey,  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Deerfield 
township,  about  a  mile  and  a  half  from  the 
village,  April  20,  1S65.  He  is  a  son  of  John 
S.  and  Hannah  A.  (Matlack)  Lewellen  and  a 
grandson  of  Reuben  Lewellen,  a  farmer  who 
lived  near  Marlton,  N.J.  John  S.  Lewellen 
was  born  in  Marlton  in  1818,  antl  was  reared 
in  that  town.  In  his  early  manhood  he  di- 
vided his  time  between  teaching  and  the  man- 
agement of  a  general  store.  When  he  married 
he  sold  the  store  and  purchased  the  farm  in 
Deerfield  on  which  his  son  was  born.  In 
1872  he  moved  from  this  farm  to  Deerfield 
Street,  where  he  spent  the  rest  of  his  life  re- 
tired from   active  work,  dying  September  23, 


1890.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen,  and  held 
a  number  of  town  offices.  His  wife,  who  is 
yet  living,  is  a  daughter  of  Simeon  Matlack, 
an  old  resident  of  Marlton.  Nine  children 
were  liorn  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lewellen,  namely: 
Sally,  wife  of  Henry  K.  DuBois,  of  Pal- 
atine, N.J.,  Lizzie,  wife  of  George  B. 
Cobb,  of  Deerfield  Street;  Anna,  wife  of  Joel 
DuBois,  who  lives  near  Palatine;  Minnie, 
now  deceased,  who  married  Albert  Fox; 
Elma,  wife  of  F.  E.  Moore,  of  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.  ;  Lida,  wife  of  Harry  J.  Garrison; 
Henry,  a  clergyman  of  Lafayette,  Ind.  ;  John 
G.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  antl  Amos,  who 
resides  in  the  State  of  Nebraska. 

John  G.  Lewellen,  after  receiving  a  public- 
school  education,  learned  the  wheelwright's 
trade  with  his  brother-in-law,  Mr.  Cobb,  and 
worked  at  it  some  seven  years,  or  until  the 
death  of  his  father.  Shortly  after  that  event 
he  purchased  a  general  store  in  Deerfield 
Street,  which,  under  his  management  has  be- 
come the  leading  store  of  the  place.  Here  he 
has  conducted  a  successful  business  for  si.x 
years,  his  trade  steadily  increasing;  and  he 
has  been  an  active  factor  in  developing  other 
business  enterprises  in  the  town.  He  helped 
to  organize  the  local  branch  of  the  Mutual 
State  Building  and  Loan  Association,  and  has 
been  its  Treasurer  since  it  was  incorporated. 
A  Democrat  in  politics,  he  was  elected  to  the 
office  of  Township  Clerk  three  years  in  succes- 
sion, and  was  appointed  Postmaster  in  Octo- 
ber, 1894,  a  position  which  he  now  holds. 
He  is  a  member  and  at  present  Treasurer  of 
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267 


i8Sg,  Mr.  Levvellen  was  mnrried  to  Miss 
Ilcttic  Surran,  daughter  of  Charles  M. 
Surran,  of  Elmer:  and  two  promising  cliildren 
have  come  to  brighten  their  home  —  Alson  and 
Charles. 


^s^ONATHAN  EDWARDS  COSMAN, 
an  enterprising  and  successful  agricult- 
urist and  fruit  grower  of  Landis,  was 
born  August  26,  1839,  i"  Newburg,  Orange 
County,  N.  Y.,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Hannah 
Elizabeth  (Lewis)  Cosman.  He  represents  an 
old  and  respected  family  of  Newburg.  His 
grandfather,  Jonathan  Cosman,  who  was  born 
in  Newburg,  November  14,  1760,  and  received 
iiis  education  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
town,  devoted  his  entire  subsequent  life  in 
that  place  to  the  pursuit  of  general  husbandry. 
His  wife,  Hannah,  made  him  the  father  of 
eleven  children,  namely:  James,  born  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1 781;  Phiebe,  born  September  7, 
1783:  Elizabeth,  born  July  7,  1785;  Bar- 
bara, born  June  6,  1787;  Hannah,  born  Sep- 
tember I,  1789;  Henry,  born  January  9,  1791; 
Rachel,  born  April  19,  1793;  Jonathan,  born 
March  10,  1798;  Sally,  born  July  18,  1800; 
Samuel  W.,  born  March  16,  1804;  and  Maria, 
born  July  21,   1808. 

Jonathan  Cosman,  the  father  of  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  was  a  native  of  Newburg.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  common  schools, 
and  followed  farming  as  his  chief  occupation. 
He  resided  at  the  old  homestead  until  within 
eight  or  nine  years  of  his  decease,  when  he  re- 
moved to  another  estate  in  the  vicinity,  on 
which    he   remained   for   the    rest    of   his   life. 


On  September  13,  1830,  he  was  joined  in 
matrimony  with  Miss  Elizabeth  Lewis,  daugh- 
ter of  Enoch  Lewis,  of  Milton,  Ulster  County, 
N.Y.,  and  his  children  were:  Hannah  Maria, 
commonly   called    Annie,    who   was   born   July 

24,  1837,  and  became  the  wife  of  Charles 
Sprague,  of  New  York  City;  Jonathan  Ed- 
wards, the  subject  of  this  sketch:  William 
Henry,  Vv-ho  was  born  May  24,  1840,  and  died 
in  1862;  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  March  29, 
1842,  who  was  married  to  John  Gardiner,  of 
Newburg,  N.Y.  :  Ruth  Amanda,  born  Decem- 
ber 25,  1843,  who  died  in  1894,  the  wife  of 
John  Ackerman,  of  Bergen  County,  New 
Jersey;  and  Cornelius  Lewis,  born  November 

25,  1845.  Ill  religious  belief  a  Presbyterian, 
the  father  was  affiliated  with  the  church  of  that 
denomination  in  Newburg,  which  he  served  in 
the  capacity  of  Deacon.  His  decease  occurred 
June  15,  1S47. 

Jonathan  Edwards  Cosmiin  was  educated  in 
the  common  schools  of  Newburg.  He  re- 
mained under  the  paternal  roof-tree  until  1864, 
when  he  removed  to  his  present  farm  in  Vine- 
land,  Landis  township,  purchased  by  him  in 
the  preceding  year.  On  his  estate,  which 
comprises  fifty-four  acres,  he  makes  a  specialty 
of  raising  potatoes  and  fruit.  Thirty  acres 
are  devoted  to  pears  and  peaches.  The  gen- 
eral appearance  of  his  property  indicates  thrift, 
industry,  and  prosperity.  In  1884  he  erected 
his  present  fine  residence  on  the  site  of  the 
original  dwelling. 

On  September  2,  1863,  Mr.  Cosman  mar- 
ried Miss  Catherine  W.  Rowe,  a  daughter  of 
Mr.    John    and    Ann    Eliza    Rowe,    of    Ulster 


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County,  New  York.  Her  maternal  grand- 
father was  Samuel  Wallace,  of  Ulster  County. 
Her  parents,  born  respectively  on  March  8, 
1812,  and  December  17,  181 1,  were  married 
September  2,  1835.  They  had  eleven  chil- 
dren, seven  of  whom  grew  to  maturity, 
namely:  Mary  E.,  born  August  17,  1840, 
who  became  the  wife  of  Theodore  Campbell; 
Catherine  W.,  born  April  11,  1843,  now  Mrs. 
Cosman ;  Thomas,  born  December  29,  1 844 ; 
Emma,  born  July  28,  1S47;  Evanna,  born 
September  17,  1849,  who  died  February  22, 
1886;  Susan  Eleanor,  who  died  July  16, 
1882,  aged  twenty-eight  years;  and  Mar- 
garet, born  August  17,  1856,  who  was  mar- 
ried to  William  Bookstaver,  of  Orange 
County,  New  York.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rowe 
were  both  members  of  the  Dutch  Reformed 
church.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cosman  have  had 
three  children,  two  of  whom  survive,  namely: 
Liberty  A.,  who  is  the  wife  of  Walter  H. 
]-:ilis,  of  Vineland;  and  May  A.  Mr.  Cos- 
man  is  a  member  of  the  Vineland  Grange; 
and  ill  religious  belief  all  his  family  are  Pres- 
byterians and  in  fellowship  with  the  church 
of  that  persuasion  in  Vineland. 


^^•^> 


T^LEMENT  WATERS  SHOEMAKER, 
I   Jl         tile   prii[)riet()r   of   the    Bridgeton    Iron 

^*^ ^  Works  and  Treasurer  of  the  Cum- 
berland Glass  Company,  was  born  in  Elsin- 
boro  township,  Salem  County,  N.J.,  on  April 
23,  1848.  Mis  parents  were  Hiram  and  Sarah 
(Waters)  Shoemaker.  George  -Shoemaker,  his 
great-grandfather,   a   Hollander  by   birth,  was 


the  first  representative  of  the  family  in  this 
country.  He  was  a  man  of  prominence  in 
Deerfield  township.  His  son,  George,  Jr., 
the  grandfather  of  Clement  W.,  was  born  in 
the  same  township,  but  afterward  moved  to 
Salem  County,  and  still  later  to  Ohio,  where 
he  died. 

Hiram  Shoemaker,  son  of  George,  Jr.,  was 
born  in  181 5  in  Mannington  township,  Salem 
County,  and  there  came  to  maturity.  He  en- 
gaged in  tilling  the  soil  and  also  in  dealing 
in  live  stock  and  poultry,  spending  his  life, 
with  the  exception  of  two  years  of  pioneering 
in  Ohio,  in  Mannington,  Salem,  and  Elsin- 
boro,  in  Salem  County.  He  married  Miss 
Waters,  daughter  of  Clement  Waters,  a  farmer 
and  native  of  Salem  County,  wiio  subsequently 
moved  to  Texas  and  died.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hiram  Shoemaker  had  eighteen  children,  of 
whom  sixteen  reached  maturity.  Eleven  of 
this  number  arc  now  living,  namely:  Amanda 
L.,  the  wife  of  John  N.  Miller,  in  I-'airton, 
N.J.;  Margaret,  who  married  W.  H.  Harri- 
son, of  Moore,  Pa.;  William  H.,  a  resident  of 
Camden,  N.J.  ;  Clement  Waters,  of  Bridge- 
ton;  Missouri  H.,  wife  of  Thomas  H.  Bo  wen, 
a  prominent  jeweller  of  Bridgeton;  Louisiana, 
a  twin  sister  of  the  preceding,  became  the  wife 
of  Jacob  Harris,  of  Cinnaminson,  N.J.  ;  Hiram 
J.,  of  this  city;  Charles  H.,  President  of 
Clark  Window  Glass  Company  of  15ridgeton  ; 
Laura  H.,  the  wife  of  John  M.  Davidson,  also 
of  this  city;  Robert  Elmer,  President  of  the 
Cumberland  Glass  Company  of  Bridgeton; 
and  Joanna,  wife  of  the  lion.  George  O. 
Whitney,       of      Hamilton,       Bermuda.       The 


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mother  died  at  the  age  of  forty-one,  and  the 
father  in  February,  1895.  It  is  a  remarkable 
fact  in  the  history  of  so  large  a  family  that 
but  one  death  has  occurred  in  thirty-five 
years. 

Clement  W.  Shoemaker  attended  school  in 
the  towns  of  Mannington  and  Elsinboro,  and 
also  went  to  the  Quaker  school  in  Salem;  but 
his  educational  advantages  were  not  extensive. 
At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  came  to  Bridgeton, 
and  went  into  the  store  of  H.  B.  -Shoemaker, 
a  distant  kinsman.  Mr.  Shoemaker  kept  a 
store  of  general  merchandise,  and  there  the 
farmer's  son  gained  his  first  knowledge  of 
business.  When  he  attained  his  majority, 
having  saved  a  little  money,  he  went  to  Pen- 
nington Seminary  for  six  months,  intending 
to  fit  himself  for  college,  and  loaning  his 
money  to  be  kept  until  he  should  need  it  to 
pay  his  expenses.  Unfortunately  the  borrower 
failed,  obliging  Clement  to  leave  school,  and 
go  on  the  farm  to  get  another  start.  While 
on  the  farm  his  (}U1  employer  offered  him  a 
good  salary  if  he  would  return  to  the  store,  but 
he  was  unwilling  to  break  his  contract  to 
work.  Finally,  being  offered  one-third  inter- 
est in  the  business,  he  accepted  after  being  re- 
leased, going  in  on  borrowed  capital.  There 
he  remained  six  years,  coming  out  at  the  end 
of  the  time  with  one  thousand  dollars  in  cash. 
He  then  entered  the  employ  of  Mr.  E.  M. 
Ware  for  one  year,  at  a  salary  of  twelve  dollars 
a  week.  Deciding  at  the  expiration  of  the 
year  to  go  into  business  for  himself,  he  bought 
out  his  old  employer,  Mr.  H.  B.  Shoemaker, 
and  intrmlucetl  the  cash   system    in   Bridgeton, 


making  a  success  of  it.  The  first  week  he 
sold  one  hundred  and  forty-six  dollars'  worth 
of  goods,  and  he  continued  driving  his  busi- 
ness to  such  an  extent  that  he  sold  forty  thou- 
sand dollars"  worth  of  goods  during  the  year. 
After  managing  this  business  two  years  alone, 
he  went  into  the  glass  business,  establishing  a 
new  plant  with  Joseph  A.  Clark,  Isaac  L. 
Clark,  and  S.  M.  Bassett.  Mr.  .Shoemaker 
paid  off  his  indebtedness  the  first  year,  and 
started  his  brother  Charles  in  a  store  in  Phil- 
adelphia. He  continued  to  run  the  store  in 
addition  to  the  glass  business  for  one  year, 
when  he  took  in  his  brother  Elmer  and  Will- 
iam E.  Cox  for  one  year.  He  then  gave  his 
brother  Palmer  one-half  interest  in  that  enter- 
prise, Mr.  W.  E.  Cox  retiring;  and  they  ran 
the  store  together  successfully  for  one  year,  at 
the  end  of  which  time  Mr.  Shoemaker  sold  his 
interest  to  his  nephew,  J.  Warren  Miller,  giv- 
ing his  own  time  exclusively  to  the  glass  in- 
terest. After  the  first  year  this  flourishing 
company  were  located  on  the  wharf,  near  Cox 
&  Sons;  but  they  were  burned  out.  Wishing 
to  provide  amply  for  the  growth  of  the  plant, 
they  went  out  on  Laurel  Street,  above  Laurel 
Hill,  buying  a  large  tract  of  land  of  Charles 
E.  Grosscup  and  Rachel  Whitaker,  building 
thereon  a  fine  plant. 

The  firm  then  began  the  manufacture  of 
rough  plate  glass  for  floors  and  sky-lights,  to- 
gether with  bottles  and  window  glass,  but 
afterward  dropped  the  rough  glass  department. 
The  Cumberland  Glass  Company  now  make 
bottles,  fruit  and  battery  jars,  and  window 
glass,  giving  employment  to  over  five  hundred 


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persons,  having  a  weekly  pay-roll  of  four 
thousand  dollars.  They  manufacture  for  one 
coneern  over  six  million  bottles  per  year. 
The  paid-in  capital  of  the  Cumberland  Glass 
Company  is  one  hundred  and  fifty-six  thousand 
dollars.  It  is  next  to  the  largest  glass  cor- 
poration in  the  State. 

These  fine  results  have  not  been  attained 
without  friction.  The  company  has  had  three 
contests  with  the  Union  Labor  Organization, 
neither  on  account  of  hours  nor  wages,  but  on 
being  denied  the  privilege  of  teaching  a  boy 
the  business  in  their  own  jslant.  In  each  con- 
flict, however,  they  have  come  out  victorious, 
[jroving  that  they  could  employ  whom  they 
would.  In  1887  Mr.  Shoemaker  organized 
the  Clark  Window  Glass  Company,  with  a 
capital  stock  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars, 
for  the  manufacture  of  window  glass,  building 
on  adjoining  ground.  This  enterprise  em- 
ploys about  seventy-five  hands,  and  their 
yearly  output  is  thirty-two  thousand  boxes  of 
glass.  Mr.  Shoemaker  was  also  the  organizer 
of  the  Britlgeton  Iron  Works,  of  which  he  is 
now  the  sole  owner.  In  the  foundry  light  and 
heavy  machine  castings  are  made,  and  in  the 
machine  shop  fences  and  railings,  employing 
a  working  force  of  thirty-five  men  and  boys. 
For  three  years  he  was  connected  with  the 
Crickler  Machine  Works,  but  recently  sold 
out.  Mr.  Shoemaker  is  a  stockholder  in  both 
banks,  and  in  the  Trust  Company  recently 
organized,  and  has  been  President  of  the  Law 
and  Order  Society  for  one  year,  doing  much  to 
purify  the  city  from  speak-easies,  gambling, 
and    other    evils,    and    their  resorts.      At  one 


time  he  was  a  member  of  the  School  Board. 
The  Shoemaker  family  are  Methodists:  and  he 
has  been  largely  identified  with  the  various 
interests  of  that  denomination  in  the  city. 
State,  and  country.  For  twenty-eight  years 
he  has  superintended  the  primary  department 
of  the  Sunday-school  of  the  Central  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  He  is  class  leader,  an  e.\- 
President  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation, and  President  of  the  Bridgeton  branch 
of  State  Charities  Aid  Association,  and  mem- 
ber of  State  Executive  Committee  of  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  also  a 
member  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the 
Young  People's  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor 
of  the  State.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  Pennington  Seminary,  and  also  . 
Trustee  of  Dickinson  College  of  Carlisle,  Pa. 
Mr.  Shoemaker  is  a  member  and  Director  of 
the  Preachers'  Aid  Society  of  New  Jersey 
Conference,  and  a  representative  of  the  New 
Jersey  Conference  to  the  General  Conference 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  has 
been  earnestly  active  in  the  building  of  the 
new  Fourth  Central  Methodist  Episcopal,  the 
Wesley  Memorial,  and  the  P^ast  Bridgeton 
churches.  While  he  has  spent  his  time  and 
money  for  the  good  of  the  churches,  it  has  also 
been  a  pleasure  to  help  any  kind  of  philan- 
thropic work.  When  Mr.  Shoemaker  first 
came  to  Bridgeton  he  taught  in  the  mission 
night  school,  conducted  by  Mrs.  Mary  I'ithian, 
coming  in  contact  with  many  poor  [leople. 
He  resolved  that  if  it  were  ever  possible  to 
start  a  manufactory  of  some  kind  to  enable 
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it.  In  the  day  of  his  prosperity  he  has  faith- 
fully remembered  the  injunction  that  "unto 
whomsoever  much  is  given,  of  him  shall  be 
much  required." 

Mr.  Shoemaker  was  married  on  May  26, 
i<S8o,  to  Rebecca  E.  Clark,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph A.  Clark  of  this  city.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Shoemaker  have  three  children  —  Joseph 
Clark,  Isaac  Clark,  and  Mary  Erety.  Such  a 
life  as  Mr.  Shoemaker's  exerts  an  untold 
power  of  good  in  any  community.  No  life  is 
a  failure  which  bases  business  sagacity  on 
moral  steadfastness. 


AKON  LEWIS  CHAMBERLIN,  of 
Vineland,  the  representative  of  the 
Sonoma  Wine  and  15randy  Company 
of  Stockton,  Ca!.,  with  headquarters  in  Brook- 
lyn, N.Y.,  was  born  in  Lewisburg,  Pa., 
March  i,  1825,  son  of  Aaron  and  F^lizabeth 
(Dale)  Chamberlin.  His  grandfather,  Will- 
iam Chamberlin,  born  September  25,  1736, 
was  a  prosperous  miller  in  Ilunterilon  County, 
New  Jersey.  In  1776,  during  the  struggle  for 
American  independence,  William  Chamber- 
lin's  mill  was  burned  by  the  British.  They 
also  pressed  his  team  and  colored  man  into 
their  service.  It  is  told  of  the  colored  man 
that  he  did  not  lose  control  of  his  wits  tin  that 
occasion,  although  to  appearances  he  did  of 
his  horses.  The  team  was  [daced  in  the  rear, 
and  the  wagon  loaded  with  ammunition.  The 
horses  kept  rearing  and  apparently  were  be- 
coming unmanageable,  because,  as  their  driver 
explained,    they    were    behind    another    team. 


Consequently,  they  were  placed  in  front;  and, 
when  they  reached  the  top  of  a  hill,  the  driver 
whipped  them  up  to  their  full  speed,  directing 
their  course  for  his  master's  camp,  which  he 
succeeded  in  reaching,  though  bullets  flew 
thick  and  fast  around  him.  The  store  of  am- 
munition was  gladly  received,  and  the  color- 
man's  reward  was  his  freedom  from  that  day. 
William  Chamberlin  was  a  Lieutenant  Colo- 
nel under  Colonel  Chambers,  and  took  part 
in  the  battle  of  Germantown,  in  wliicli  his  son 
Lewis  was  killed.  He  was  married  four 
times,  his  third  wife  being  the  grandmother 
of  Aaron  L.  Chamberlin.  Her  maiden  name 
was  Margaret  Park,  and  the  year  of  her  mar- 
riage was  17S2.  She  had  four  children,  as 
follows:  Uriah,  born  June  21,  1783;  Eliza- 
beth, born  May  22,  1785;  Aaron,  the  father 
of  Aaron  L. ;  and  Rachel,  born  September  16, 
1789.  In  all,  twenty-three  children  were 
born  of  William  Chamberlin's  four  marriages. 
Aaron  Chamberlin  was  born  in  Lewisburg, 
Union  County,  Pa.,  on  May  24,  1787.  He 
received  a  good  district-school  education, 
after  which  he  learned  the  trade  of  a  miller  in 
his  father's  mill.  He  subsequently  became 
the  manager  of  the  mill,  and  purchased  the 
business  shortly  before  his  father's  death. 
He  continued  milling  in  tliat  vicinity  until 
1S40.  In  the  preceding  year  he  had  made  a 
trip  to  P'reeport,  Stephenson  County,  111., 
where  he  selected  a  farm  and  built  a  log 
house.  After  closing  up  his  business  here  in 
the  ICast,  he  started  from  Milllinburg,  Pa., 
taking  his  household  goods  on  two  wagons, 
and   his  wife  with   his   four  )'oungest   children 


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ill  t\V(i  buggies,  and  accomplished  the  journey 
to  Freeport  in  six  weeks  and  four  days.  His 
family  were  among  the  earliest  settlers  of 
Freeport,  where  he  lived  until  his  death  on 
January  12,  1856.  He  served  as  County  Sur- 
veyor for  many  years.  In  the  War  of  18 12  he 
was  a  Lieutenant  under  General  Smythe,  and 
was  stationed  at  Black  Rock,  and  shared  in 
the  defence  of  Buffalo.  The  organization  of 
his  company  was  kept  up  after  the  war,  and  he 
was  subsequently  elected  Colonel  of  the  regi- 
ment. He  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth 
Dale  on  February  11,  181 2.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  Samuel  Dale  who  for  more  than 
thirty  years  was  a  member  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania legislature.  They  reared  a  family  of  ten 
children,  as  follows:  Mary  and  Ann,  twins, 
born  March  7,  181 3,  now  deceased,  who  re- 
spectively married  Francis  Wilson,  of  LeWis- 
burg.  Pa.,  and  Lambert  Van  Dyke,  of  White 
Deer,  Pa.;  James  Dale,  born  April  12,  1814; 
William,  deceased,  born  September  i,  1815; 
Samuel  Dale,  born  January  6,  1817;  Mar- 
garet, born  February  19,  1S18,  now  the  widow 
of  James  Barber,  of  Mifflinburg;  Elizabeth, 
deceased,  born  July  27,  1819,  who  married 
Luther  H.  Bowen,  of  Savanna,  111. ;  ICnoch, 
deceased,  born  April  7,  1821;  Jane,  deceased, 
born  November  2,  1822,  who  married  Alfred 
Goddard,  of  Monroe,  Wis.  ;  and  Aaron  Lewis, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch.  The  parents  at- 
tended and  sujjported  the  Presbyterian  church, 
of  which  the  mother  was  a  member.  She  tlied 
in  Toledo,  Ohio,  August  29,  1879,  ^g^f' 
eighty-nine  years  and  twenty-four  days. 

Aaron  Lewis  Cliamberlin  received  his  early 


education  in  the  district  schools  of  White 
Deer,  Pa.,  after  which  he  attended  the  acad- 
emy at  Miflflinburg.  He  accompanied  his 
parents  on  their  journey  to  Illinois,  and  sub- 
sequently remained  with  them  until  he  was 
twenty-two  years  of  age.  At  that  time  he 
went  to  Savanna,  111.,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed as  clerk  in  a  general  store  kept  by  his 
brother-in-law,  Luther  Bowen.  Mr.  Bowen 
made  a  permanent  impression  on  young  Cham- 
berlin's  mind  with  two  useful  rules,  by  say- 
ing: "There  are  two  things  I  want  you  to  re- 
member. I  want  to  impress  them  upon  you. 
Always  give  good  weight  and  measure:  and, 
when  you  receive  money  from  any  one,  never 
lay  it  out  of  your  hands  until  you  have  placed 
it  to  the  proper  credit."  Mr.  Chamberlin  re- 
mained in  his  brother-in-law's  store  for  three 
years,  and  then  went  to  BidwelTs  Bar,  Butte 
County,  Cal.,  where  he  kept  a  general  mining 
and  supply  store  on  his  own  account.  Some 
time  after  he  started  the  store,  which  was  un- 
insured, it  was  destroyed  by  fire.  He  at  once 
rebuilt  it,  and  continued  to  conduct  it  for  the 
balance  of  twelve  years  after  he  first  estab- 
lished himself  there.  He  then  sold  out  and 
removed  to  San  P"rancisco.  In  that  city  he 
took  up  the  business  of  a  general  merchandise 
broker,  at  which  he  was  engaged  for  si.x  years. 
In  1868  he  returned  to  New  York,  and  started 
a  wholesale  wine  store,  which  he  carried  on 
for  ten  years.  Three  years  later  he  became 
the  liastern  representative  of  the  Sonoma 
Wine  and  Brandy  Company  of  Stockton,  Cal., 
a  position  that  he  still  fills. 

Although   Mr.    Chamberlin  was  one  of  the 


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leaders  in  the  organization  of  the  Republican 
party  in  California,  he  declined  all  nomina- 
tions for  office.  He  is  a  prominent  Mason, 
being  Past  Master  of  Mount  Moriah  Lodge, 
No.  44,  of  San  Francisco.  He  formerly  be- 
longed to  Chapter  No.  20,  Royal  Arch 
Masons,  of  Oroville,  Cal.  He  is  still  a  mem- 
ber of  Sacramento  Council,  Columbia  Com- 
mandery,  No.  i,  Knights  Templars,  and  of 
New  York  Consistory. 


tOBERT   HARRIS   DARE,   a   succes; 
ful  farmer  and  fruit  grower  of  Bridge 
— ^  ton,  N.J.,  son  of  David  Dayton  an 


success- 

;e- 

and 

Rebecca  (Fithian)  Dare,  was  born  on  April  4, 
1827,  in  that  part  of  Bridgeton  known  as 
Indian  F"ields. 

William  Dare,  third,  the  father  of  David 
Dayton,  was  born  in  the  same  house  as  his 
grandson,  Robert  Harris,  on  September  6, 
1736,  being  a  son  of  William  Dare,  second, 
who  was  the  son  of  William,  first,  the  great- 
great-grandfather  of  the  direct  subject  of  the 
present  sketch.  Grandfather  Dare,  the  third 
William,  was  a  soldier  in  the  American  Revo- 
lution. On  December  21,  176S,  he  was 
joined  in  marriage  with  Miss  Elizabeth  Rose, 
by  whom  he  had  seven  children,  as  follows: 
William  (fourth),  Levi,  Ephraim,  Jonathan, 
David  D.,  Lemuel,  and  Elizabeth  Rose. 

David  Dayton  Dare  was  born  at  the  family 
homestead  on  August  28,  1780.  In  his  boy- 
hood he  enjoyed  the  advantages  afforded  by 
the  best  schools  of  the  neighborhood  in  his 
day,    and    with    the    e.xception    of   three   years 


all  his  life  was  spent  on  the  home  farm.  Be- 
sides engaging  in  general  farming,  he  was  at 
one  time  a  buyer  and  seller  of  stock,  and  also 
worked  at  butchering,  in  his  younger  days 
having  had  quite  a  reputation  as  a  deer  hunter. 
On  March  2,  1809,  was  solemnized  his  union 
with  Miss  Rebecca  Fithian,  who  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  Fithian,  of  Deerfield.  They 
were  the  parents  of  nine  children,  only  one  of 
whom  —  namely,  Robert  Harris  —  is  now  liv- 
ing. The  others  were:  Jane,  who  married 
Ephraim  E.  Shcppard,  of  Bridgeton ;  Enoch 
Fithian;  Sarah,  who  was  the  wife  of  Benja- 
min F.  Garrison;  William;  Ephraim,  who 
died  in  childhood;  Mar)'  Hay,  who  married 
Captain  William  J.  Banks;  another  Ephraim, 
who  died  at  an  early  age;  and  Elizabeth  Rose, 
who  died  in  childhood.  Their  mother  be- 
longed to  the  First  Baptist  Church,  being  one 
of  its  founders  and  original  members. 

Robert  Harris  Dare  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Bridgeton.  He  remained 
with  his  father  on  the  farm  until  he  was 
twenty-one  years  of  age;  and  seven  years 
later,  in  1855,  he  formed  a  copartnership 
with  Charles  S.  Miller  and  S.  E.  McGear, 
under  the  firm  name  of  C.  S.  Miller  &  Co., 
and  opened  the  first  exclusive  dry-goods  store 
in  Bridgeton.  After  they  had  conducted  a 
successful  business  together  for  five  years,  Mr. 
Dare  sold  his  interest  to  his  partners;  and 
during  the  succeeding  four  years  he  engaged 
in  farming.  About  the  year  1864  he  estab- 
lished a  grocery  store  here;  and  later  on  he 
went  into  the  news  and  stationery  business, 
being  engaged  in  both  lines   for  about   twenty 


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years.  In  1886  he  retired  from  mercantile 
business,  selling  out  his  interests  to  his  sons, 
and  has  since  been  engaged  in  fruit  growing 
and  poultry  raising. 

On  September  15,  1851,  he  was  married  to 
Mrs.  Emily  White,  a  daughter  of  Amos  Buzby, 
of  Salem  County,  New  Jersey.  Three  sons 
and  three  daughters  are  the  fruit  of  their 
union,  namely:  Rebecca  F.,  the  wife  of  Ed- 
ward P.  Bacon,  of  Hridgeton ;  Ada  Buzby,  the 
wife  of  Robert  More,  Jr.,  of  Bridgeton  ;  Theo- 
dore B.,  residing  in  Bridgeton;  William  W., 
also  a  resident  of  this  place;  Robert  R. ;  and 
Emily  M.,  the  wife  of  Linwood  A.  Wentzell. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dare  are  communicants  of  the 
First  Baptist  Church  of  Bridgeton. 


'ENRY  S.  ALVORD,  Esq.,  of  Vine- 
land,  attorney  and  counsellor-at-law, 
was  born  December  18,  1861,  in 
Torrington,  Conn.,. son  of  Hubbell  and  Caro- 
line (Fowler)  Alvord.  His  grandfather,  Saul 
Alvord,  who  also  was  a  lawyer  by  profession, 
was  a  native  of  Bolton,  Conn.  A  graduate  of 
Yale,  Saul  Alvord  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
Connecticut,  and  practised  law  in  Hartford  up 
to  the  time  of  his  death.  This  occurred  when 
he  was  sixty-three  years  of  age,  and  was  caused 
by  his  being  thrown  from  a  carriage.  Of  his 
sons  Henry  served  as  a  member  of  the  Con- 
necticut legislature;  Charles  was  a  State  Sen- 
ator; and  Hubbell  filled  a  leading  place 
among  the  manufacturers  of  the  State. 

liubbell    Alvord   was   born    in    Bolton,    De- 
cember   14,   181 1.      About    forty  years   ago   he 


bought  a  patent  device  for  the  manufacture  of 
sewing  machine  needles,  and  with  his  brother 
founded  the  f^xcelsior  Needle  Company. 
This  company,  now  the  wealthiest  of  its  kind 
in  the  States,  if  not  in  the  world,  has  factories 
and  branch  offices  in  different  parts  of  this 
country  and  Europe.  Hubbell  Alvord  died 
January  16,  1881.  His  wife,  Caroline,  who 
was  a  sister  of  Seaman  R.  Fowler,  of  Vineland, 
died  in  Vineland,  August  4,  1896.  She  was  a 
member  of  the  Vineland  Presbyterian  Church, 
of  which  her  husband  was  Deacon.  They  had 
four  children,  two  of  whom  are  living,  namely: 
Henry  S.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and 
Belle,  the  wife  of  William  K.  Schoderer,  of 
Philadelphia.  Hubbell  Alvord's  brother  is 
now  the  Treasurer,  Secretary,  and,  practically 
speaking,  the  Manager  of  the  Excelsior  Needle 
Company. 

Henry  S.  Alvord  was  five  years  of  age  when 
his  parents  removed  to  Vineland.  He  there 
received  his  education,  attending  the  common 
and  high  schools,  and  then  taking  up  the  study 
of  law  with  Edwin  M.  Turner  and  Leverett 
Newcomb.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
Trenton  during  the  June  term  of  1883,  when 
only  twenty-one  years  of  age,  being  the  young- 
est member  of  his  class.  Opening  an  office 
in  Vineland  immediately,  he  has  since  built 
up  a  good  civil  practice,  and  is  now  one  of 
the  leading  attorneys  of  the  city.  He  has  ile- 
clined  criminal  cases  from  the  beginning. 
When  the  Tradesman's  Bank  of  Vineland  was 
organized,  he  bought  some  of  its  stock;  and 
three  or  four  years  later  he  was  elected  a  Di- 
rector.     He   is    now    attorney    for   the    bank. 


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Mr.  Alvord  is  also  a  Director  of  the  Wildwood 
Beach  Improvement  Company.  He  was  the 
Secretary  of  this  company  for  a  number  of 
years,  having  been  finally  obliged  to  resign  on 
account  of  the  pressure  of  other  business. 
Mr.  Alvord  is  a  loyal  Republican.  He  was 
at  one  time  solicitor  of  the  borough,  but  is  not 
an  aspirant  for  public  office. 

Mr.  Alvord  was  first  married  July  12,  1S87, 
to  Miss  Hattie  Tinker,  daughter  of  William 
R.  and  Mary  A.  (Harris)  Tinker,  all  origi- 
-nally  of  Meriden,  Conn.  Mrs.  Alvord  was 
born  within  a  few  miles  of  her  husband's 
birthplace.  She  died  February  21,  1894, 
leaving  one  child,  Ruby.  Her  first-born, 
Grace,  lived  but  eighteen  months.  Mr. 
Alvord  was  again  married  June  18,  1S96,  to 
his  present  wife,  Wirt  S.  (Brewer)  Alvord,  a 
daughter  of  Charles  Brewer,  M.  D.  Another 
daughter  of  Dr.  Brewer'  (Ray  Brewer)  was 
married  at  the  same  time  to  John  S.  Haley, 
M.D.,  of  Vineland.  The  double  wedding 
ceremonies  took  place  in  the  Episcopal  church 
of  Vineland.  Mr.  Alvord  is  a  member  of  the 
Episcopal  Church  of  Vineland.  His  first  wife 
was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church  of  Meri- 
ilen.  Conn. 


HARLES  D.  CRICKLER,  exten- 
sively engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
glass  bottle  moulds  at  Bridgeton, 
of  which  place  he  is  an  honored  and  respected 
citizen,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  March 
28,  1859,  son  of  F"rederick  and  Julia  (Jen- 
kins) Crickler.  Frederick  Crickler,  who  was 
born  in  Germany,  came  of  an  aristocratic  fam- 


ily. His  father  held  the  position  as  one  of 
the  Emperor's  counsellors.  When  twenty-one 
years  of  age  Frederick  came  to  Philadelphia, 
where  he  conducted  a  German  hotel.  Acquir- 
ing a  dislike  to  that  business,  he  learned  the 
trade  of  a  pot-maker,  and  for  many  years  car- 
ried on  a  manufacturing  business  in  this  line 
with  profit,  until  advancing  age  caused  him  to 
retire  from  active  occupation.  He  then  re- 
moved to  Millville,  N  J.,  and  there  lived  until 
his  death  in  1874.  His  wife,  Julia,  was  a 
daughter  of  Captain  William  Jenkins,  a  well- 
to-do  and  prominent  commander  of  Hudson 
River  boats.  Eight  children  were  born  of 
their  union.  The  mother  died  in  Philadel- 
phia in  1891.  Both  parents  were  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Charles  D.  Crickler  began  at  an  early  age 
to  work  in  the  glass  factory  at  Millville.  He 
acquired  an  education  by  attending  night 
school  for  eleven  years,  paying  for  his  tuition 
at  the  rate  of  three  dollars  per  quarter.  His 
attendance  terminated  with  his  acceptance  of 
the  position  of  blower.  He  was  the  first 
glass-house  boy  employed  in  the  factory  to 
learn  the  trade  of  mould  manufacturing. 
After  having  become  proficient  in  that  branch 
of  the  industry,  he  Cdutinued  to  work  for  a 
time  in  Millville  and  later  in  Philadelphia. 
Finally  he  came  to  Bridgeton,  where  he  went 
into  business  on  his  own  account,  and  now 
gives  employment  to  fifteen  men.  He  occu- 
pies a  large  three-story  building,  forty  by 
eighty  feet  in  ground  area.  It  is  furnished 
with  steam-powei-,  and  is  well  equipped  with 
lathes,  drill  presses,  planers,    special    muchin- 


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ery  for  the  manufacture  of  glass  bottle  moulds 
—  in  short,  all  the  appliances  needed  in  such  a 
factory.  The  business  extends  to  all  parts  of 
this  country  and  Canada.  Progressive  and  en- 
terprising, and  withal  scrupulously  upright  in 
his  dealings,  he  has  the  esteem  of  all  with 
whom  he  comes  in  touch. 


J^ENJAMIN  W.  SIMMS,  a  retired 
^^N  sea  caiitain  of  Cedarville,  Cumber- 
land County,  N.J.,  was  born  in 
Lower  Alloway  Creek,  .Salem  County,  June 
23,  1S42,  being  the  son  of  William  and  I^liza 
(Ayers)  Simms. 

His  father,  William  Simms,  was  born  in 
Salem,  Salem  County,  N.J.,  June  15,  181 5. 
When  he  was  eleven  years  of  age  he  was 
bound  out  to  William  Denn,  of  Lower  Allo- 
way Creek  Neck,  with  whom  he  remained  and 
assisted  in  the  vVork  of  the  farm  until  he  was 
twenty-one  years  old.  He  then  went  to  New 
York  City,  where  his  brother,  Ebenezer 
.Simms,  resided,  and  with  him  learned  the 
mason's  trade,  which  he  followctl  there  for  two 
years.  At  the  expiration  of  that  time  he  re- 
turned to  Salem  County,  and  there  pursued 
his  trade  until  he  retired  from  active  life, 
some  time  in  the  year  1.S91. 

He  married  on  March  17,  1838,  Miss  ICli/.a 
Ayers,  a  daughter  of  David  Ayers,  of  Salem 
County,  and  to  them  were  born  seven  chil- 
dren, namely:  Lewis,  who  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany E  of  the  Twelfth  Regiment  of  the  New 
Jersey  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  who  met  his 
death  at  Chancellorsvillc,  May  8,  1862;  Isaac; 


Benjamin  W. ;  Henrietta,  who  was  first  united 
in  marriage  with  William  Waddington,  of 
Salem,  and  afterward  became  the  wife  of 
Charles  Johnson;  William;  Mary  Elizabeth, 
who  is  the  wife  of  William  Newcomb;  and 
Annie  Melissa,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Conover. 
In  religious  belief  and  sym]5athy  Mr  William 
Simms  is  a  Methodist,  and  is  united  witli  the 
Methodist  Church  of  Cedarville.  His  mother 
was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  for  sixty- 
one  years.  Mrs.  William  Simms  lived  to 
the  advanced  age  of  seventy-eight,  and  de- 
parted this  life  in  June,   1895. 

Benjamin  W.  Simms,  the  third  of  the  four 
sons  as  named  above,  enjoyed  in  his  childhooti 
and  youth  the  educational  advantages  offered 
by  the  common  schools  of  his  native  town. 
After  leaving  school  he  was  occupied  in  farm- 
ing until  1864,  when  he  engaged  in  the  oyster 
industry.  Beginning  as  a  ccok,  he  worked  his 
way  up  until  in  1873  he  became  master  of 
the  "Mary  Margaret,"  a  vessel  of  which  he 
was  part  owner.  He  followed  this  occupation 
until  1895,  when  he  retired  from  active  life,, 
although  he  still  holds  an  interest  in  tlie 
"Caroline  H.  Mears. "  Mr.  .Simms  is  the 
possessor  of  a  farm  of  twenty  acres ;  and, 
being  of  an  industrious  temperament  and  not 
contented  to  remain  idle,  he  gives  his  atten- 
tion to  the  culture  of  strawberries,  which  fruit 
he  grows  in  abunilance. 

On  September  3,  1S62,  IMr.  Simms  was 
united  in  matrimony  with  Miss  Anna  Con- 
over,  a  daughter  of  John  Conover.  Their 
union  has  been  blessed  in  the  birth  of  tliree 
children,  only  two  of   whom  grew  to  maturity. 


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namely:  Margeretta  C. ,  who  is  the  wife  of 
Jonathan  R.  Hartman;  and  Louisa,  who  is 
Mrs.  Stephen  D.  Startsey. 

Mr.  Simms  is  closely  identified  with  the 
social  life  of  the  community,  heing  a  member 
of  Salome  Lodge,  No.  145;  Welcome  Friends 
Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows; 
the  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics; 
and  also  of  the  Sons  of  Temperance.  Re- 
ligiously, Mr.  Simms  is  a  Methodist,  and 
affiliates  with  the  church  of  that  persuasion  in 
Cedarville,  of  which  he  is  an  active  member, 
serving  as  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
steward,  and  class  leader.  He  also  holds  the 
responsible  office  of  Sunday-school  superin- 
tendent, which  he  has  filled  with  acceptability 
for  eighteen  years,  having  also  previously 
served  as  assistant  superintendent  for  the 
period  of  si.x  years.  Mr.  Simms  is  a  great 
reader,  and  takes  delight  in  purchasing  and 
l^erusing  many  of  the  interesting  books  that 
in  these  later  years  are  being  brought  before 
the  iHiblic. 

RGUS  S.  FERGUSON,  an  industrious 
blacksmith  and  wheelwright  of  Lees- 
burg,  was  born  in  Millville,  Cum- 
berland County,  N.J.,  on  July  14,  1857.  His 
parents  were  Thomas  and  Rhoda  (Buzby) 
Ferguson.  His  paternal  grandfather  also 
was  named  Thomas.  Thomas  Ferguson,  the 
father,  received  a  common-school  education, 
and  subsequently  became  a  teacher,  which  oc- 
cupation he  followed  for  a  short  time.  He 
resided  on  the  home  farm  most  of  his  life, 
linally  inheriting  it  from  his  father.      His  land 


was  chiefly  devoted  to  the  production  of 
cereals  and  garden  produce,  though  from  ten 
to  twenty  acres  were  set  apart  for  water- 
melons and  cantaloupes.  Mr.  I'erguson  always 
voted  the  Republican  ticket,  but  he  was  not 
an  active  politician.  I-'raternally,  he  was  a 
member  of  Ariel  Lodge,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Mauricetown.  He  mar- 
ried Rhoda,  daughter  of  Daniel  Buzby,  oi 
Buckshutem,  and  they  had  twelve  children, 
nine  of  whom  reached  maturitv,  namely: 
Daniel  B. ;  Mary,  wife  of  Samuel  Garrison,  of 
Bridgeton ;  Samuel  S. ;  Sarah  B.,  who  mar- 
ried F"rank  Shepard,  of  Haleyville;  Argus; 
Lewis  M.  ;  Catherine  (deceased);  Thomas  S. ; 
and  Frank.  The  parents  were  faithful  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  The 
father  died  in  i88g,  at  the  age  of  sixty-six 
years. 

Argus  S.  Ferguson  received  his  education 
in  the  schools  of  his  native  township.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  blacksmith,  and,  as  soon 
as  he  had  finished  his  apprenticeship,  started 
in  business  for  himself  in  Heislerville,  where 
he  remained  two  years.  He  then  came  to 
Leesburg,  and  in  1884  began  a  general  black- 
smithing  business.  He  has  done  blacksmith- 
ing  work  on  fifteen  oyster  boats,  three  coast- 
ing-vessels, and  one  shallop.  About  1890  he 
started  in  the  wheelwright  and  wagon  builil- 
ing  business,  and  has  built  a  hundred  wagons 
of  various  kinds,  besides  a  large  number  of 
oyster  dredges.  He  keeps  one  apprentice. 
Politically,  Mr.  h'erguson  is  a  Republican. 
Fraternally,  he  is  a  member  of  Leesburg 
Lodge,    Independent    Order    of    Odd    Fellows; 


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and  he  is  Past  Councillor  of  the  Junior  Order 
of  the  Leesburg  United  American  Mechanics. 
Mr.  Ferguson  was  twice  married.  His  first 
wife  was  Josephine,  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Chance,  of  Port  Elizabeth.  Two  children 
were  the  fruit  of  this  union  —  Rhoda  B. -and 
Harry.  The  mother  was  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  church,  and  died  when  she  was  but 
twenty-two  years  old.  For  his  second  wife 
Mr.  Ferguson  married  Miss  Mary  Cruse, 
daughter  of  George  Cruse,  of  Leesburg;  and 
they  had  one  child,  Leo  They  attend  and 
help  support  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 


I'HRIAM  GARRISON  AVARS,  one 
of  the  leading  farmers  of  Hopewell, 
where  he  manages  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and 
seventy-nine  acres,  was  born  in  Roadstown,  in 
this  township,  on  March  5,  1849.  His  par- 
ents were  Ephriam  P.  and  Sarah  (Garrison) 
Ayars,  his  father  being  born  April  25,  1814, 
and  his  mother,  May  4,  1816.  Ephriam  P. 
Ayars  learned  the  trade  of  a  blacksmith,  and 
resided  at  Greenwich  for  some  time,  subse- 
quently moving  to  Roadstown.  His  marriage 
to  Miss  Garrison  occurred  on  March  21,  1837, 
their  old  marriage  certificate  being  now  in  the 
possession  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  They 
h-iil  four  children  —  Jonathan,  of  whom  a 
sketch  appears  elsewhere  in  this  volume; 
Alphonso  D.,  who  died  in  1S48,  at  the  age  of 
fi\e  years;  I'^ihriam  G.;  and  Gamaliel  P. 
The  father  died  on  May  20,  1889,  ant!  the 
niothcr  on  y\ugust  23,  1893.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  Jonathan  Thompson  Garrison. 


Ephriam  G.  Ayars  obtained  his  education 
in  the  Roadstown  schools  and  at  Shiloh  Acad- 
emy. After  completing  his  studies,  he  turned 
his  attention  to  farm  work,  and  subsec[uently 
learned  the  butcher's  trade,  carrying  on  that 
industry  in  Roadstown  in  partnership  with 
Isaac  Swing.  In  1874  he  engaged  in  farming 
in  Hopewell  township,  near  Bridgeton,  where 
he  lived  for  nineteen  years,  having  a  fine 
large  farm.  Mr.  Ayars  is  the  owner  of  some 
fine  stock,  both  Jersey  and  Guernsey  cattle, 
and  carries  on  general  farming  and  dairying. 
He  also  keeps  eight  head  of  good  horses.  He 
follows  in  the  footsteps  of  his  father  in  poli- 
tics, affiliating  with  the  Democratic  party. 
He  served  on  the  Election  Board  for  some 
time,  or  until  his  voluntary  withdrawal.  He 
has  also  been  a  delegate  to  several  conven- 
tions. Fraternally,  he  is  a  member  of  Co- 
hanscy  Lodge,  No.  205,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows:  and  Ahwahneeta  Tribe,  No.  97, 
I.  O.  Red  Men,  filling  different  chairs  in  that 
order. 


WLLIAM     HENI 
known      greenl 


RY  ASH,  a  well- 
diouse  gardener  of 
South  Vineland,  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
October  12,  1836,  son  of  Peter  and  Margaret 
(Field)  Ash.  The  family  is  of  German  ex- 
traction. Jonathan  Ash,  William  Henry's 
grandfather,  who  was  boin  in  Alsace,  or 
Lorraine,  in  1777,  came  to  this  country  in 
1804,  and  settled  in  Philadelphia.  When 
preparations  for  the  War  of  1S12  were  in 
progress,  he  helped  to  build  lortificntions  on 
the  Delaware  River,  but  he  did   not   enter   the 


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service  as  a  soldier.  He  was  engaged  to  some 
extent  in  farming.  When  about  twenty-seven 
years  old  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mary 
Magdalene  Kemper,  by  whom  he  became  the 
father  of  twelve  chiUhcn.  Ten  of  the  number 
reached  maturity;  namely,  Peter,  Michael, 
John,  Jonathan,  Henry,  I'^lizabeth,  Jacob, 
George,  William,  and  Sebastian.  Elizabeth 
became  the  wife  of  John  Stroubel.  The 
father  died  in  April,   1865. 

Peter  Ash,  also  a  native  of  I'hiladelphia, 
was  born  July  19,  1805.  Having  received 
but  a  limited  education,  he  was  apprenticed 
to  a  butcher.  When  he  attained  his  majority 
he  began  farming  on  his  own  account.  At 
the  age  of  thirty-two  years  he  went  to  Newark, 
N.J.,  where  he  carried  on  a  truck  farm  until 
1874.  He  then  bought  a  farm  of  about  forty 
acres  in  South  Vineland,  and  was  engaged  in 
general  farming  for  some  time.  He  subse- 
quently made  a  specialty  of  market  gardening, 
beginning  with  a  few  hot-beds.  Later  he 
erected  a  fine  double  greenhouse,  three  hun- 
dred and  forty  feet  by  twenty-two.  He  con- 
tinued in  this  business  until  1S7S,  when  he 
sold  out  to  his  son,  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
and  retired  from  active  life.  He  died  in  Jan- 
uary, 1896.  In  November,  1835,  he  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Margaret  Field,  daugh- 
ter of  George  Field,  of  Ireland.  His  children 
were:  William  H.,  Rosanna,  Mary,  Jacob 
Jefferson,  Salathiel  Peter,  and  Sarah  Ellen. 
Rosanna  married  Joseph  Webb,  of  Newark, 
N.J.;  Mary  married  David  MacDonald,  also 
of  Newark;  Sarah  Ellen,  who  was  the  twin 
sister  of  Salathiel  Peter,  married   successively 


Jonas  Thompson,  of  Heislerville,  and  Jdhn 
Richards.  All  are  members  of  the  Episcopal 
church,  in  which  the  father  served  as  Vestry- 
man. 

William  Henry  Ash,  who  was  educated  in 
the  Newark  public  schools,  remained"  at  home 
until  after  his  marriage.  He  was  engaged  in 
the  greenhouse  business  in  Newark  until 
1879,  when  he  came  to  South  Vineland. 
Since  he  bought  his  father's  farm  he  has  added 
about  si.xteen  thousand  square  feet  of  glass, 
making  in  all  about  twenty  thousand  square 
feet  under  glass.  Mr.  Ash  makes  a  specialty 
of  radishes,  lettuce,  cucumbers,  beets,  cauli- 
flower, musk-melons,  and  strawberries.  He 
takes  an  active  interest  in  politics,  but  is  not 
an  aspirant  to  office.  On  June  19,  1868,  he 
was  married  to  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Mr. 
Jesse  Bennett,  of  Newark.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ash 
have  had  seven  children,  of  whom  are  living: 
Jesse  Bennett  and  Joseph  Gordon. 


^AMES  H.  ELMER,  an  extensive  farmer 
and  stock  raiser  of  P'airfield,  is  both  a 
resident  and  native  of  this  township, 
born  August  19,  1844,  a  son  of  James  E.  and 
Lydia  M.  (Swing)  Elmer.  His  grandfather 
also,  Jonathan  Elmer,  was  a  native  of  Fair- 
field, being  a  prosperous  farmer  and  wood 
dealer  and  the  owner  of  large  tracts  of  land 
in  this  town.  He  married  Elizabeth  Earl, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Earl,  also  of  Fairfield. 
James  Earl  Elmer,  father  of  James  H.,  was 
born  in  Fairfield,  November  14,  1816.  He 
grew  to  manhood  upon  his  father's  farm,  and, 


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after  completing  his  studies,  engaged  in  the 
wood  business,  first  transporting  his  wood  to 
Philadelphia  by  water.  After  his  marriage 
he  settled  upon  his  father's  farm,  which  is 
now  occupied  by  his  son,  W.  B.  Elmer,  and 
continued  to  carry  on  the  wood  business.  He 
bought  large  tracts  of  woodland  and  cedar 
swamps,  from  which  he  supplied  the  Philadel- 
phia market  with  wood  and  hoop  poles  in  large 
quantities;  and  his  enterprise  was  a  great 
benefit  to  the  community,  as  he  furnished 
employment  for  a  large  number  of  men.  He 
occupied  the  old  lilmer  farm  for  forty-two 
years,  or  until  his  retirement,  when  he  moved 
to  fairton,  where  he  resided  for  the  last 
twelve  years  of  his  life,  dying  March  6,  1896. 
He  was  prominently  identified  with  all  meas- 
ures relating  to  public  improvements,  and  to 
his  instrumentality  and  support  is  due  the 
completion  of  the  Cumberland  &  Maurice 
River  Railroad.  Though  not  a  politician,  he 
exercised  considerable  influence  in  public 
affiirs,  and  supported  the  Democratic  part)'  in 
|)olitics.  His  wife,  Lydia,  whom  he  married 
April  21,  1 841,  was  a  daughter  of  John  M. 
and  Lydia  (Brooks)  Swing,  her  father  being 
a  successful  oyster  dealer  and  a  lifelong  resi- 
dent of  Fairfield.  She  reared  a  family  of 
nine  children,  as  follows:  John  Swing,  who 
died  at  the  age  of  three  years;  Lydia  S.,  who 
is  now  Mrs.  F.dwin  W.  Starns,  of  this  town; 
Isabel  Potter,  wife  of  Samuel  H.  Williams, 
of  Camden;  Emily  Jane,  widow  of  James 
McNichol ;  Sophronia  Mayhew,  who  died  at 
the  age  of  twenty-one;  Eleanor  T. ,  wife  of 
Charles  O.  Whittaker,  of  Cedarville;   Charles 


Swing,  a  resident  of  Fairton ;  James  Harris; 
and  Wilburforce.B.  The  mother,  who  is  still 
living,  has  been  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  for  many  years ;  and  her  husband  was 
an  earnest  worker  in  church  affairs. 

James  PL  Elmer  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  was  engaged  in  assisting  his 
father  upon  the  home  farm  until  1870,  when 
he  married.  He  then  bought  a  farm  of  fifty 
acres,  which  he  has  since  continued  to  work 
with  profit,  paying  particular  attention  to 
sheep  raising  and  the  breeding  of  fine  stock. 
He  owns  some  registered  animals,  and  has 
made  notable  e.xhibits  at  the  county  fairs. 

In  December,  1870,  Mr.  Elmer  married 
Mary  Emma  Allen,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Allen,  of  Camden.  He  has  two  children  — 
Theodore  Allen,  who  in  1894  graduated  fr(un 
Lafayette  Ctdlege  in  Easton,  Pa.,  and  is  now 
at  Princeton,  preparing  for  the  Presbyterian 
ministry;  and  Orilla,  who  resides  at  home. 
Mr.  Elmer  is  well  and  favorably  known  as  a 
straightforward  business  man  and  a  citizen  of 
more  than  ordinary  intelligence  and  worth. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
and  has  been  superintendent  of  the  Sunday- 
school  for  eighteen  years. 


OHN  REMINGTON  COREY 
THOMPSON,  M.I).,  of  Bridgeton, 
N.J.,  son  of  Daniel  15.  and  Hannah  P. 
(Corey)  Thompson,  was  born  in  this  city. 
May  2,  i860.  Daniel  B.  Thompson,  whose 
birth  occurretl  in  April,  181 5,  received  his 
education  in   the  public  scluiols.      He  became 


JOHN     R.    C.    THOMPSON. 


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a  resident  of  Bridgeton  at  the  age  of  fifteen, 
and  soon  after  he  began  to  learn  tailoring 
inulcr  Curtis  Ogden.  In  time  he  became  a 
first-class  workman,  and  subsequently  for 
many  years  he  was  the  leading  tailor  of  this 
city.  Among  the  several  apprentices  he 
trained  during  this  period  was  Uriah  Stevens, 
now  famous  as  the  founder  of  the  organization 
known  as  the  Knights  of  Labor.  At  a  later 
date  ]\Ir.  Thompson  abandoned  tailoring,  and 
engaged  in  mercantile  business,  dealing  in  dry 
goods,  and  keeping  a  coal  and  wood  depot, 
later  also  carrying  on  the  lumber  trade  and 
finally  a  lime  business.  Ill  health  at  length 
obliged  him  to  give  up  all  active  occupation; 
and  in  the  autumn  of  1887,  si.\  months  after 
retiring,  he  died. 

A  man  of  much  public  spirit,  Daniel  B. 
Thompson  took  a  lively  interest  in  local 
affairs.  He  represented  the  Second  Ward  in 
the  Common  Council  for  several  years;  and 
he  was  Postmaster  for  four  years,  having  re- 
ceived the  appointment  in  1844.  He  was  a 
Free  Mason,  belonging  to  the  livening  Star 
Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  an  Odd  Fellow 
of  the  Cumberland  Lodge.  He  was  one  of 
the  most  prominent  and  active  members  of  the 
Central  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  always 
doing  earnest  work,  whether  as  class  leader, 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school,  or  Trus- 
tee. His  wife,  who  was  also  a  member  of  the 
Central  Church,  was  a  daughter  of  John  R. 
Corey.  She  bore  him  five  children  —  Anna 
Mary,  Charles  H.,  Lizzie,  Emma  J.,  and  John 
R.  C.  Anna  Mary  was  the  wife  of  Charles 
H.    Dare,  M.D.,  of    Bridgeton.      She   died    in 


March,  1S96.  Lizzie  died  at  the  age  of  eigh- 
teen. Emma  J.  is  the  wife  of  Smith  Tomlin, 
of  Bridgeton.  Mrs.  Hannah  P.  Thompson 
makes  her  home  in  Bridgeton. 

John  Remington  Corey  Thompson,  after 
receiving  his  elementary  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Bridgeton,  completed  the 
more  advanced  course  of  the  South  Jersey  In- 
stitute and  subsequently  the  business  course 
of  Bryant  &  Stratton's  College  at  Philadel- 
phia. Although  now  well  equipped  for  com- 
mercial life,  he  preferred  a  professional  career 
and  decided  to  qualify  himself  for  the  prac- 
tice of  medicine.  This  purpose  he  carried 
out  by  entering  the  Jefferson  Medical  College 
in  Philadelphia,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in  the  class  of  1888.  Returning  to  Bridgeton 
in  the  same  year,  he  at  once  opened  an  office 
tind  entered  upon  the  pursuit  of  his  profes- 
sion. Attentive  and  skilful,  he  has  acquired 
an  excellent  practice,  which  yields  him  a  com- 
fortable income. 

In  1888,  April  18,  Dr.  Thompson  was 
united  in  matrimony  with  Lottie  Burch, 
daughter  of  Ephraim  J.  Burch,  of  Bridgeton; 
and  one  child,  D.  Herbert  Thompson,  has 
been  born  of  the  union.  Both  [parents  attend 
and  support  the  Central  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  .Mrs.  Thompson  being  a  member. 
Dr.  Thompson  has  been  County  Physician 
since  the  first  year  of  his  practice.  For  two 
years  he  was  a  member  and  the  physician  of 
the  Board  of  Health.  A  I'ree  Mason  like  his 
father,  he  belongs  to  the  Evening  Star  Lodge, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  to  Bridgeton  Lodge,  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  P'ellows.      He  is  also 


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in  affiliation  with  Niagara  Tribe,  Improved 
Order  of  Red  Men,  and  with  Welcome  Coun- 
cil, Junior  Order  of  United  American  Me- 
chanics. Dr.  Thompson  is  very  highly  es- 
teemed in  the  county,  both  as  a  professional 
man  and  as  a  private  citizen. 


Y^  FRANK  GLASPEY,  a  well-known 
lei  _  dairy  and  produce  farmer  of  Hopewell 
^  township,  was  born  in  Stoe  Creek 
townshij)  on  July  14,  1849.  His  jjarents  were 
Henry  VV.  and  Sarah  T.  (Ayars)  Glaspey,  and 
his  paternal  grandfather  was  Silas  Glaspey. 
Henry  W.  Glaspey  was  born  in  Cumberland 
County,  New  Jersey,  on  November  24,  18 14. 
He  obtained  a  common-school  education,  and 
was  reared  to  agricultural  life.  After  spend- 
ing some  years  working  for  others  he  bought  a 
farm  of  his  own,  which  he  managed  for  a  year, 
and  again  purchased  a  farm  near  Shiloh,  where 
he  continued  to  till  the  soil.  In  1869  he 
went  to  Walworth,  Wis.,  and  ojiened  a  gen- 
eral merchandise  store,  remaining  there  for 
two  years.  He  then  removed  to  Farina,  III., 
in  which  place  he  purchased  three  farms,  two 
of  which  he  managed  himself.  He  has  since 
resided  there  being  retired  from  active  life 
by  reason  of  the  burden  of  eighty-one  years. 
He  is  still  well  preserved,  and  his  appearance 
is  that  of  a  much  younger  man.  He  married 
Sarah  T.  Ayars,  a  daughter  of  Clayton  Ayars, 
of  this  county,  and  they  have  had  si.x  children, 
five  of  whom  are  living,  namely:  Emma,  wife 
of  Brazillie  D.  CrosJey,  of  Farina,  III.;  I^d- 
ward    M.,    a    resident  of    Nortonville,    Kan.  ; 


Isabella,  widow  of  the  Rev.  W.  C.  Titsworth, 
of  Alfred,  N.Y.  ;  and  Hattie.  The  parents 
were  members  of  the  Seventh  Day  Baptist 
church,  in  which  the  father  officiates  as  a 
Deacon. 

L.  Frank  Glaspey  received  his  education  in 
the  common  schools  of  Shiloh  and  at  Union 
Academy.  He  was  then  employed  for  a  short 
time  by  a  harness-maker  and  subsequently  as 
a  clerk  in  his  father's  store.  Upon  his 
father's  selling  out  his  interest  in  the  store, 
L.  Frank  returned  to  Shiloh,  where  he  carried 
on  a  farm  for  a  year.  The  next  three  years 
were  spent  in  I'arina,  III.,  in  farming.  In 
the  centennial  year  he  again  returned  to 
Shiloh,  and  shortly  after  purchased  a  farm  of 
about  forty-five  acres,  which  he  now  conducts, 
all  of  it  being  under  good  cultivation. 

In  March,  1872,  Mr.  Glaspey  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Anna  M.  Ayars,  daughter  of 
Micajab  Ayars,  of  Shiloh.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Glaspey  have  had  four  children,  but  three  of 
whom  are  living:  Ward  R.,  Bertha,  and 
Ethel.  Arthur,  a  promising  young  man 
nearly  nineteen  years  of  Tige,  vvlio  exjiected  to 
enter  college  in  the  fall  of  1895,  met  with  an 
untimely  death  by  drowning  on  July  25,  1S95. 
The  family  are  Seventh  Day  Baptists  in  re- 
ligion, and    Mr.    Glaspey  is  a   member  of   tlie 


J^RCIVAL  NICHOLS,  a  respected 
citizen  of  Bridgeton,  N.J.,  where  he 
is  living  a  retired  life,  enjoying  the 
fruits  of  a  successful  business  career,  was 
born  in  Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  on  January  11,   1821, 


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son  of  Robert  and  Sarah  Van  Dam  (Mesier) 
Nichols.  When  five  years  old  he  went  to 
Jamaica,  L.I.,  to  live  with  an  uncle;  anil  his 
first  schooling  was  received  in  that  place,  as 
he  remained  with  this  relative  until  arriving  at 
the  age  of  eleven.  He  then  removed  to  Phil- 
adelphia, where  he  attended  school.  At  the 
age  of  eighteen  years  he  returned  to  Jamaica, 
L.I.,  and  was  employed  on  a  farm  there  until 
reaching  the  age  of  twenty-two.  Shortly  after 
this  he  settled  in  Norristown,  Pa.,  and  estab- 
lished himself  in  the  nursery  and  tiorist's  busi- 
ness, carrying  it  on  with  profit  for  about  four 
years.  In  1847  he  came  to  the  Ireland  Mill 
farm  in  Bridgeton,  where  he  remained  for  ten 
years,  coming  to  Bridgeton  proper  in  1857, 
when  he  took  up  his  residence  in  the  house  he 
now  owns  and  occupies.  For  ten  years  he 
was  employed  in  the  Cumberland  Nail  and 
Iron  Works.  On  leaving  there  he  formed  a 
copartnership  with  David  McBride,  under  the 
firm  name  of  McBride  &  Nichols;  and  they 
carried  on  a  business  in  coal,  grain,  and  agri- 
cultural implements  for  four  years.  Mr. 
Nichols  then  sold  his  interest  to  his  partner, 
and  started  a  florist's  business,  which  he  con- 
ducted with  profit  for  twenty  years.  He  sold 
to  I">an  Miller  in  1890,  and  since  then  has 
lived  in  practical  retirement.  On  July  22, 
1846,  he  was  joined  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Annie  Davis,  a  daughter  of  George  Davis,  of 
Norristown,  Pa.,  by  whom  he  had  a  son  and 
daughter.  For  nearly  thirty-eight  years  the 
family  circle  remained  unbroken;  and  then 
within  three  years  he  was  called  upon  to  part 
with   both   wife   and   children,  his   wife   dying 


in  April,  1884,  at  the  age  of  si.\ty-four,  the 
daughter,  Maria  L.,  in  March,  1885,  and  the 
son,  Robert,  who  was  born  in  January,  1853, 
dying  November  5,   1886. 

Mr.  Nichols  served  as  Trustee  of  the  Third 
Ward  for  nine  years.  He  is  a  communicant 
of  St.  Andrew's  Episcopal  Church,  in  which 
he  has  been  a  Vestryman  since  its  organiza- 
tion.     In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 


—•••■••-•— 


2EMUEL  P.  SLOAN,  a  sturdy  .and  in- 
dustrious blacksmith  of  Greenwich, 
^■^  who  makes  a  specialty  of  oyster 
dredges  and  shipping  work,  was  born  in  New- 
port, N.J.,  February  i,  1861,  son  of  George 
W.  and  Mary  T.  (Plumley)  Sloan.  He  is  a 
descendant  of  James  Sloan,  a  native  of  the 
north  of  Ireland,  who,  being  of  the  Protestant 
faith,  was  obliged  to  fly  from  the  country  on 
account  of  religious  persecutions  during  the 
reign  of  Queen  Mary.  Settling  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, he  made  a  home  for  himself  about  two 
and  one-half  miles  west  of  Morristown.  Mr. 
Sloan's  grandfather,  James  Sloan,  second,  was 
born  and  reared  in  Pennsylvania.  He  learned 
the  trade  of  a  blacksmith,  which  he  followed 
through  life;  and  he  served  as  a  soldier  dur- 
ing the  War  of  1812.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Hansel.  Their  son,  George  W.  Sloan,  was 
born  in  Reeseville,  Pa.,  March  8,  1832.  He 
served  an  apprenticeship  at  the  blacksmith's 
trade  in  Philadelphia,  where  he  continued  to 
work  as  a  journeyman  until  the  spring  of 
1855,  when  he  moved  to  Newport,  N.J.,  in 
which    place   he   followed   his   trade   for    some 


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twelve  .years.  In  1867  he  removed  to  Divid- 
ing Creek,  where  he  opened  a  large  shop, 
whieh  he  carried  on  for  fifteen  years;  and  for 
eleven  years  of  this  time  he  conducted  another 
shop  in  Port  Norris,  of  which  place  he  was  a 
resident  for  five  years.  On  May  9,  iSgi,  he 
sold  out,  and,  coming  to  Greenwich,  has  since 
resided  here.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was 
a  freeholder  of  Downs  township,  and  has  voted 
with  the  Republican  party  since  its  formation. 
He  is  a  member  of  Neptune  Lodge,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  of  Morristown.  He  married  July 
31,  1853,  Mary  Plumley,  a  daughter  of  Na- 
than I'lumley,  who  was  of  old  Pennsylvania 
Dutch  ancestry.  She  is  the  mother  of  five 
children,  as  follows:  Nathan,  a  resident  of 
Mauricetown;  George  C,  who  resides  in  I'hil- 
adelphia;  Sarah  E.,  who  married  John  H. 
Bowen,  of  Greenwich;  Lemuel  P.;  and  Leo- 
nora, wife  of  Harry  E.  Pierson,  of  Bridgeton. 
Both  parents  are  members  of  the  Baptist 
church. 

Lemuel  P.  Sloan's  education  was  acquired 
in  the  schools  of  Dividing  Creek  and  Port 
Norris.  He  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade 
with  his  father,  and  afterward  worked  as  a 
journeyman  until  coming  to  Greenwich. 
Here  he  built  and  occupied  a  shop,  twenty- 
four  by  thirty  feet,  which  he  still  conducts; 
and  he  is  the  only  mechanic  in  this  town  who 
devotes  his  attention  exclusively  to  shipsmith 
work  and  the  making  of  oyster  dredges.  He 
has  been  largely  instrumental  in  developing 
the  business  interests  of  the  village,  being 
one  of  the  projectors  of  the  Greenwich  Pier 
Marine    Railway,    which    he   heljjed    to   build; 


and  he  now  owns  a  one-quarter's  interest  in 
the  enterprise.  Mr.  Sloan  was  first  married 
to  Clara  L.  Fleetwood,  who  died  leaving  two 
children  —  William  B.  and  Boyd  L.  On  De- 
cember 5,  1S94,  he  wedded  for  his  second 
wife,  Lizzie  Brenner,  of  Philadelphia.  Mr. 
Sloan  belongs  to  the  Jimior  Order  of  the 
United  American  Mechanics.  His  religious 
views  bring  hipi  into  communion  with  the 
Baptist  church,  of  which  he  is  a  member.  He 
enjoys  a  well-earned  prosperity,  and  occupies 
a  pleasantly  located  residence,  which  he 
erected  some  time  ago. 


ILLIAM  HENRY  DAVIS,  a  suc- 
cessful farmer  and  horse  dealer, 
residing  in  Lawrence  township,  two  miles 
from  Cedarville,  where  he  owns  an  excellent 
farm  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  was  born 
in  Fairfield  township  on  April  28,  1854. 
His  parents  were  Smith  and  Fannie  (Rocap) 
Davis.  The  father  was  born  at  Parvin's  Run, 
near  Vineland,  and  there  grew  to  manhood. 
After  his  marriage  to  Miss  Rocap,  who  was  a 
daughter  of  William  Rocap,  of  Millville,  he 
settled  on  a  farm  in  Fairfield  township  on 
the  Cohansey  River,  where  he  became  an  ex- 
tensive farmer.  He  is  now  living  a  retired 
life  in  Bridgeton. 

William  H.  Davis  was  born  on  the  old 
homestead,  and  there  remained  luitil  he  at- 
tained his  majority,  receiving  his  education  in 
the  public  school.  His  first  employment  was 
on  his  father's  farm  at  Dutch  Neck,  where  he 
worked    for    two   years.      In    i88j    he    bought 


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his  present  farm;  and,  since  coming  here,  he 
has  been  engaged  in  horse  dealing  to  quite  an 
extent,  importing  horses  in  carloads  from  the 
West,  and  selling  them  to  good  advantage. 
His  enterprising  s]iirit  has  also  led  him  to 
become  a  grower  of  small  fruits,  in  which  oc- 
cupation also  he  has  met  with  the  success  that 
has  crowned  his  efforts  in  other  directions. 
In  politics  Mr.  Davis  is  a  Democrat.  He  is 
a  member  of  Massasoit  Tribe,  No.  16,  I.  O. 
Red  Men.  The  maiden  name  of  his  wife,  to 
whom  he  was  married  on  February  22,  1876, 
was  .-^nna  S.  Phillips.  She  is  a  daughter  of 
William  S.  Phillips,  of  this  township.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Davis  have  three  children  —  E.  Mul- 
ford,  Maggie,  and  Bertha  N.  They  attend 
the  Methodist  Kpi.scopal  Church  of  Cedar- 
ville. 


ll'IlRAIM  H.  SHKLDON,  a  wholesale 
meat  dealer  and  retailer  of  groceries 
and  provisions  at  319  North  Third  Street, 
Millville,  N.J.,  was  born  at  May's  Landing, 
Atlantic  County. 

His  father,  Lemuel  Sheldon,  was  a  native 
of  Vorkshire,  England.  He  enjoyed  fair  edu- 
cational privileges  in  his  boyhood,  and  after 
leaving  school  he  learned  the  trade  of  an  iron 
worker.  At  twenty  years  of  age  he  came  to 
this  country,  settling  at  May's  Landing, 
where  he  entered  the  employ  of  Lewis  & 
Walker,  with  whom  he  remained  a  number  of 
years.  He  ne.xt  went  to  work  in  a  glass 
house  in  Port  Elizabeth,  where  he  remained 
about  five  years,  or  until  his  death  in  1840. 
He  was  a  Free  Mason.      His   union  with   Miss 


Lydia  Senders  was  blessed  by  the  birth  of  ten 
children,  of  whom  five  lived  to  maturity, 
namely:  Rebecca  Ann,  the  wife  of  Harris 
Harris,  of  Clayton,  N.J.;  Hannah,  the  wife 
of  Thomas  Morgan,  of  Chew's  Landing,  N.J.; 
Joseph,  residing  in  Millville;  Ephraim  H.  ; 
and  Thomas,  a  glass  manufacturer  of  Gas 
City,  Ind. 

Ephraim  H.  Sheldon,  who  is  the  si)ecial 
subject  of  the  present  sketch,  received  his  ed- 
ucation in  the  public  schools  of  Millville. 
His  parents  removed  to  this  place  when  he 
was  very  young.  After  completing  his  school- 
ing, he  set  himself  to  acquiring  the  art  of 
glass  blowing,  going  in  1857  to  Baltimore, 
Md. ,  where  he  finished  learning  his  trade,  and 
worked  at  it  up  to  1S60.  He  then  returned  to 
Millville,  and  started  in  the  grocery  and  meat 
business,  which  he  has  since  conducted  very 
successfully.  He  has  a  large  slaughtering 
establishment  and  packing  house,  which  he 
has  operated  for  twenty-five  years,  or  longer 
than  any  other  person  in  the  city  has  been 
similarly  engaged,  and  does  an  extensive 
wholesale  business,  being  the  only  dealer  who 
puts  up  fresh,  salt,  and  smoked  meats.  For 
twenty-two  years  he  was  at  18  High  Street; 
but  in  September,  1895,  he  moved  into  his 
large  two-and-a-half-story  wooden  l)uilding  at 
319  North  Third  Street,  which  is  entirely 
devoted  to  his  business.  This  is  separate 
from  his  abattoir,  which  is  located  on  the  op- 
posite side  of  the  street. 

On  March  25,  i860,  Mr.  Sheldon  was 
joined  in  marriage  with  Miss  Sally  Cheesman, 
a  daughter  of  Reuben  Cheesman,  of  Millville. 


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Four  children  were  born  to  them,  as  follows: 
Frank,  living  in  Clayton,  N.J. ;  John  How- 
ard, in  Millville;  George;  and  Sally  C. 
Their  mother  died  on  July  25,  1891.  On  No- 
vember 26,  1893,  Mr.  Sheldon  was  married 
to  his  present  wife,  formerly  Miss  Kate 
Reeves,  who  is  a  daughter  of  Morris  Reeves. 

Elected  to  the  City  Council  from  Ward  2, 
Mr.  Sheldon  served  on  the  Buildings  and 
Water  Works  Committees.  He  has  likewise 
served  as  Highway  Surveyor  for  several  years, 
and  one  term  on  the  ]5oaid  of  Education,  and 
was  chosen  Freeholder  from  1868  to  1871. 
He  is  a  Mason,  being  a  member  of  Shekinah 
Lodge;  Richman  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
Masons:  and  Olivet  Commandery,  Knights 
Templars.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Humane 
Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of 
Millville;  and  .Millville  Encampment:  and  a 
charter  member  of  Shekinah  Lodge,  Knights 
of  Pythias.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sheldon  are  com- 
municants of  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  of  Millville,  in  which  he  has  served 
as  steward  for  fifteen  years. 


(s5Y^HN  WH.LCOX,  the  proprietor  of  the 
Jersey  State  Nurseries  at  Bridgeton, 
was  born  in  Malone,  N.Y.,  April  11, 
1830,  being  the  son  of  Dr.  David  and  Eliza- 
beth (Cass)  Willco.x. 

David  Willcox  was  born  in  Dublin,  Ireland. 
At  the  age  of  eight  years  he  ran  away  from 
home,  and  fell  in  with  a  captain  of  a  vessel, 
who  took  a  liking  to  him,  and  generously  pro- 
posed to  give  him  a  free  passage  to'  Quebec. 


He  accepted  the  proffered  kindness,  made  the 
voyage,  and,  landing  at  the  port  of  destina- 
tion, worked  his  way  up  to  Montreal.  There 
he  was  fortunate  enough  to  find  friends  in  a 
family,  who  received  him  into  their  household, 
and  gave  him  the  advantages  of  a  coninion- 
school  education.  After  that  he  engaged  as 
a  clerk  in  a  store,  and  later  as  a  book-keeper. 
The  money  which  he  was  able  to  set  aside  en- 
abled him  to  pursue  a  course  of  study  in  the 
medical  department  of  McGill  LTniversity  in 
Montreal,  from  which  he  was  graduated,  re- 
ceiving his  professional   diploma   October   27, 

1829.  He  then  removed  to  L'Orignal,  On- 
tario, where  he  began  medical  practice,  going 
thence,   however,    to   Malone,   N.Y. ,   early   in 

1830,  shortly  before  the  birth  of  his  son  John. 
He  remained  there  about  two  years,  and  in 
1832  returned  to  L'Orignal,  Ontario,  where 
he  practised  his  profession  until  his  decease 
in  1848.  About  1824  he  married  Miss  Eliza- 
beth Cass,  daughter  of  Joseph  Cass,  of 
L'Orignal,  who  was  among  the  Revolutionary 
refugees.  Dr.  Willco.x  hatl  a  family  of  nine 
children,  of  whom  eight  lived  to  maturity, 
namely:  Edward;  William;  Josiah;  David; 
John;  Daniel;  Jeanette,  who  is  the  wife  of 
Elisha  B.  Dean,  of  San  Jose,  Cal.;  and  Su- 
sanna. Dr.  Willco.x  was  identified  with  the 
fraternity  of  Free  Masons. 

John  Willcox,  with  whom  this  sketch  is 
mainly  concerned,  received  his  education  in 
the  common  schools  of  L'Orignal.  In  early 
youth  he  learned  the  chair-maker's  trade,  and 
when  only  twenty  years  of  age  removed  to 
Omro,    Winnebago    County,    Wis.,    where    he 


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followed  that  occupation  about  four  years. 
He  then  went  to  Klamath  County,  California, 
and  engaged  for  four  years  in  mining.  At 
the  end  of  that  time  lie  returned  to  Oniro,  and 
established  himself  there  in  the  nursery  busi- 
ness in  company  with  his  brother.  Discon- 
tinuing that  business,  he  in  1875  came  East 
to  New  York  City,  where  he  remained  a  year, 
coming  in  1877  t"  New  Jersey,  and  engaging 
in  the  nursery  business  at  Vinelantl,  in  part- 
nership with  R.  D.  Cole,  under  the  firm  name 
of  the  West  Jersey  Nursery  Company.  Dis- 
solving that  partnership  about  twelve  years 
later,  he  removed  to  ]5ridgeton,  and  estab- 
lished the  Jersey  State  Nurseries,  which  he 
has  conducted  with  enterprise  and  prosperity 
to  the  present  time. 

Mr.  Willcox  has  been  twice  married.  In 
1858  he  was  joined  in  matrimony  with  Miss 
Gertrude  Van  Cleck,  of  L'Orignal,  Ottawa,  to 
whom  were  born  four  children,  only  two  of 
whom  grew  to  maturity,  namely:  Carrie,  who 
is  tlie  wife  of  O.  S.  Johnson,  of  Princeton, 
Wis.;  and  Mabel.  On  March  4,  i  S90,  he  was 
ijiarried  to  Margaret  Jones,  who  is  the  daugh- 
ter of  Edward  Jones,  of  l^uckingham  County, 
Virginia. 

In  his  younger  days  Mr.  Willcox  was  affili- 
ated with  the  Independent  Oriler  of  Odii  Fel- 
lows, and  had  the  distinction  of  being  a  Past 
Grand  and  also  a  Past  High  Priest  of  the  en- 
campment. 

In  politics  Mr.  Willcox  was  early  identified 
with  the  Republican  party,  assisting  in  its 
formation,  and  affiliating  with  it  until  the 
candidacy  of    Horace   Greeley,  when    he   x'oted 


for  him.  He  next  supported  the  Greenback 
party,  and  later  becoming  a  Populist  remains 
so  to-day. 

<^*»-» — — 

-sTfOSEPH  BEAUMONT,  a  successful  ma- 
chinist, now  residing  in  Vineland, 
N.J.,  was  born  at  Clitheroe,  in  Lanca- 
shire, England,  May  12,  1837.  His  father, 
George  Beaumont,  whose  birth  occurred  March 
20,  181 1,  was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
of  his  native  place.  After  leaving  school  he 
learneil  the  trade  of  a  weaver,  which  he  fol- 
lowed prosperously  until  his  death,  December 
22,  1876,  at  the  age  of  sixty-five  years.  In 
1833  he  married  Susanna,  daughter  of  Richard 
and  Susanna  Oddy,  of  Gildersome,  Yorkshire. 
Mr.  Oddy  was  a  constable  in  Gildersome  and 
an  Episcopalian  in  religious  belief.  He  and 
his  wife  had  eleven  children,  of  whom  eight 
grew  to  maturity;  namely,  Sarah,  Joseph, 
Richard,  Mary,  Ann,  John,  George,  and 
James. 

Joseph  Beaumont's  education  was  received 
in  the  common  schools  of  Lancashire.  After 
finishing  his  studies  he  was  apprenticed  to  the 
trade  of  machinist.  But  two  years  of  his 
time  had  expired  when,  in  1S56,  he  emigrated 
to  this  country.  On  his  arrival  he  went  to 
Schenectady,  N.Y.,  and  made  arrangements 
to  complete  his  apprenticeship.  This  being 
accomplished  in  1857,  he  went  to  La  Porte, 
Ind.,  and  worked  at  his  trade  until  the  spring 
of  1858.  He  then  went  to  Panama,  and  ob- 
tained employment  in  tlie  machine  shop  of 
the  Panama  Railway  Company.  He  contin- 
ued in  the  service  of   this   corporation    for   the 


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next  thirty-two  years.  For  eighteen  months, 
beginning  in  i860,  he  was  engineer  of  their 
steamship  "Columbus,"  alleged  to  have  been 
the  first  steam  vessel  navigated  along  the 
Pacific  coast  of  Central  America.  On  January 
I,  1885,  he  was  made  master  mechanic  of  the 
company's  shops;  and  he  held  that  position 
until  September,  1890,  when  the  failure  of  his 
health  obliged  him  to  leave  Panama  for  a  more 
temperate  climate.  He  then  rejoined  his 
family  in  Vineland,  where  he  has  since  been 
engaged  in  manufacturing  a  patent  automatic 
low  point  marker  for  surfacing  railroad  tracks, 
ejecting  paint  on  rails  where  repairs  are 
needed. 

On  October  2,  1865,  Mr.  Beaumont  married 
Anne,  daughter  of  Thomas  Redihalgh,  of 
Leeds,  England.  They  had  one  child,  Isa- 
bella Anne,  who  died  at  Colon,  Panama,  in 
April,  1887,  aged  nineteen  years  and  eleven 
months.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peaumont  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and 
take  an  active  interest  in  church  work.  Mr. 
Beaumont  was  one  of  the  Trustees  of  his 
church,  while  his  wife  has  for  many  years 
been  I'resident  of  the  Woman's  P'oreign  Mis- 
sionary Society  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  of  Vineland. 

In  politics  Mr.  Beaumont  is  a  Republican. 
Largely  a  self-educated  man,  lie  has  a  wide 
and  varied  knowledge  of  scientific  subjects, 
antl  is  a  corresponding  member  of  the  New 
York  Academy  of  Sciences  and  of  the  New 
York  Microscopical  Society.  While  in  Cen- 
tral America  he  availed  himself  oi  the  oppor- 
tunities afforded  him  to  make  a  special   study 


of  the  termites,  or  white  ants.  The  results  of 
his  researches  were  embodied  in  two  interest- 
ing papers,  subsequently  read  before  the  New 
York  Academy  of  Sciences.  Mr.  Beaumont 
was  for  about  three  years  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Education  of  Vineland.  His  resi- 
dence on  Landis  Avenue  was  purchased  by  him 
in  April,  1S63,  and  was  the  home  of  his  wife 
and  daughter  for  the  greater  part  of  his  stay 
in  Panama. 


^OHN  BATEMAN  GARRISON,  a  re- 
spected farmer  and  a  chosen  P'reeholder 
of  Stoe  Creek,  Cumberland  County, 
N.J.,  was  born  on  the  old  family  homestead 
in  Stoe  Creek  on  April  26,  1855,  being  the 
son  of  William  and  Mary  O.  (Garrattson) 
Garrison. 

His  father,  William  Garrison,  was  a  son  of 
Thompson  Garrison.  His  birth  occurretl  in 
Salem  County,  New  Jersey;  but  in  early  life 
he  removed  to  Stoe  Creek,  Cumberland 
Countv,  where  he  was  engaged  in  agricultural 
pursuits  throughout  his  active  life,  and  wliere 
he  was  also  largely  interested  in  the  sand  busi- 
ness. He  gave  employment,  on  an  average, 
to  from  fifteen  to  twenty  men  in  washing 
and  preparing  the  sand  for  sale,  to  be  used  in 
the  manufacture  of  glass,  he  being  one  of  the 
first  men  in  that  vicinity  to  engage  success- 
fully in  the  sand  trade.  Besides  the  farm  on 
which  he  resided  and  which  he  cultivated,  he 
owned  another  piece  of  property,  ninety  acres 
in  extent,  that  he  rented ;  and  he  thus  had  a 
landed  possession  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
acres.      He  married  as  his  second  wife   Miss 


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Garrattson,  of  Fairton,  Cuniberlaiul  County, 
and  they  became  the  parents  of  five  children, 
three  sons  and  two  (laii<;hters,  naniel)': 
Martha,  who  is  the  wife  of  Edgar  Sheppard  ; 
William  O. ;  John  I?.;  Henry,  who  is  in  the 
sand  and  furniture  business  at  Cedarville, 
Cumberland  County;  and  Mary,  now  de- 
ceased, who  was  the  wife  of  Philip  Hann. 
Mr.  William  Garrison  served  his  town  in  sev- 
eral public  positions,  among  them  that  of 
Trustee  of  the  schools. 

John  Garrison,  the  direct  subject  of  this 
sketch,  received  his  early  education  in  the 
common  schools  of  Stoe  Creek.  He  later  pur- 
sued a  course  of  stud)-  at  Shiloh  Academy, 
then  a  notably  good  school,  and  subsequently 
at  the  South  Jersey  Institute  also.  Soon 
after  his  marriage,  in  1875,  he  engaged  in 
farming  at  Stoe  Creek,  where  he  has  resided 
ever  since,  and  where  he  has  followed  various 
pursuits,  such  as  general  farming,  the  raising 
of  strawberries,  peaches,  and  other  fruit,  and 
lumbering.  He  also  owns  a  farm  in  Mill- 
ville,  Cumberland  County,  which  has  on  it  a 
large  quantity  of  glass  sand,  of  which  he  sells 
many  loads  every  year  on  royalty. 

On  March  11,  1875,  he  was  joined  in  matri- 
mony with  Miss  Rhoda  Kelle\-,  wiio  is  the 
daughter  of  Job  Kellcy,  of  Newport,  Cumber- 
land County,  N.J.  Into  their  home  have 
come  six  children — Ella,  Harvey,  Eva, 
Laura,  Oscar,  and  George.  Mr.  Garrison's 
public  services  have  been  frequently  sought, 
and  he  has  been  honored  at  the  hands  of  his 
fellow-townsmen  by  election  to  several  re- 
sponsible positions.     He  is  a  Trustee  of  the 


public  schools,  in  which  capacity  he  has 
served  for  a  period  of  years,  and  he  is  now 
discliarging  in  his  second  term  of  office  the 
duties  of  chosen  Freeholder,  to  which  position 
he  was  elected  without  opposition;  and  he  is 
also  a  member  of  the  committee  which  has  the 
supervision  of  the  sheriffs,  of  the  almshouse, 
etc.  Both  he  and  his  wife  are  identified  with 
the  Canton  Baptist  Church,  in  the  religious 
work  of  which  he  is  very  actively  engaged, 
being  Deacon  of  the  church  and  also  the  super- 
intendent of  the  Sunday-school.  In  politics 
he  has  been  a  lifelong  Republican. 


■AMES  ELLSWORTH  MITCHELL, 
superintendent  of  the  T.  C.  Wheaton 
Glass  Works  in  Millville,  was  born  in 
rhiladelphia,  March  16,  1S58,  son  of  James 
and  Elizabeth  (McGonegal)  Mitchell,  both 
natives  of  the  north  of  Ireland.  Sturdy,  in- 
dustrious people  and  firm  adherents  to  the 
Scotch  Presbyterian  faith,  his  parents  reared 
their  children  according  to  the  strict  religious 
teachings  of  that  church.  James  Mitchell 
learned  the  trade  of  a  carpet  weaver  in  Ire- 
land. In  1S45  he  emigrated  to  this  country, 
making  his  residence  in  Philadelphia.  Here 
he  became  the  first  foreman  of  the  carpet  fac- 
tory established  by  the  father  of  Alexander 
Crow,  so  well  known  at  the  present  day,  and 
was  instrumental  in  founding  the  wide  reputa- 
tion acquired  by  that  concern.  During  his 
long  connection  with  the  carpet  manufacturing 
industry  it  was  his  constant  effort,  in  which 
he    was     largely    successful,    to    bring    home- 


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made  goods  up  to  a  high  standard  of  excel- 
lence. He  continued  actively  engaged  in  the 
business  until  his  death,  which  occurred  at 
the  family  residence  in  Fairmount,  Pa.,  in 
1892,  at  the  age  of  sixty-nine  years.  His 
wife,  Elizabeth,  who  died  in  1871,  became 
the  mother  of  nine  children,  three  of  whom 
are  living,  namely:  Matilda,  the  wife  of  John 
Montgomery,  City  Surveyor  of  Philadelphia; 
Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  William  Smith,  a  police 
sergeant  of  this  city;  and  James  E. ,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch. 

James  Ellsworth  Mitchell  acquired  the  ru- 
diments of  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  Philadelphia,  which  he  attended  for  three 
years.  Beyond  this,  being  of  a  studious  in- 
clination, he  gained  much  valuable  knowledge 
upon  practical  subjects  by  self-tuition  and  a 
course  of  careful  reading.  At  the  age  of 
fifteen  he  came  to  Millvillc,  where  he  entered 
the  employ  of  Whitall,  Tatum  &  Co.,  with 
whom  he  remained  in  all,  as  an  apprentice  and 
a  journeyman  glass  worker,  for  fourteen  years. 
About  the  year  1888,  when  the  T.  C.  Whea- 
t<in  Company  established  its  glass  factory 
here  he  was  secured  as  foreman  of  the  ho- 
moeopathic or  small  bottle  department.  Three 
years  later  he  was  made  general  foreman  of 
the  factory,  and  finally  was  ajipointed  to  his 
present  responsible  position  of  superintendent 
of  the  works.  The  concern  employ  an  average 
of  one  hundred  and  seventy  men,  who  are 
kept  busy  in  producing  the  material  required 
to  meet  the  steadily  increasing  demand  made 
upon  the  company's  outiMit.  The  practical 
part   of   tlie    work    is    presided    over    by    Mr. 


Mitchell,  whose  knowledge,  experience,  and 
natural  fitness  for  his  occupation  are  of  untold 
value  to  his  employers. 

Although  not  an  aspirant  to  public  ofifice, 
Mr.  Mitchell  is  actively  interested  in  political 
affairs.  He  united  with  the  Republican 
party  upon  reaching  his  majority,  and  has 
been  one  of  its  most  ardent  and  serviceable 
supporters  since.  He  has  been  sent  as  a  dele- 
gate to  several  county  and  State  conventions, 
in  which  he  often  had  the  honor  of  nominating 
successful  canditlates  for  the  legislature  and 
other  branches  of  the  public  service,  including 
Congressman  Loudenslager.  Eor  the  jiast 
four  years  he  has  been  Chairman  of  the  Re- 
publican County  Committee,  in  which  capacity 
his  wise  counsel  and  spirited  action  have 
greatly  enhanced  the  party's  prestige,  and  for- 
warded its  interests  in  this  section  of  the 
State.  He  is  particularly  interested  in  secur- 
ing good  men  to  serve  upon  the  School  Board, 
believing  that  the  best  educational  and  moral 
qualifications  should  be  i)ossessed  by  members 
of  that  body.  In  both  the  Junior  Order  of  the 
United  American  Mechanics  and  the  Knights 
of  the  Golden  Eagle  he  is  an  active  and  ex- 
tremely valuable  member.  He  was  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  Columbia  Loan  and  Build- 
ing Association  of  Millville,  served  on  its 
Board  of  Directors  for  three  years,  and  is  now 
its  President. 

On  March  15,  1882,  Mr.  Mitchell  wedded 
Fanny  Andrew  De  Maris,  daughter  of  Freeman 
De  Maris,  of  Cedarville.  He  has  now  five 
children  —  Bessie  T.,  Anna  H.,  Edith  1)., 
James   E.,    Jr.,  and    I'uster   Voorhees.      When 


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seventeen  years  of  age  he  joined  the  Presby- 
terian church,  and  has  since  been  active  in  its 
work.  He  served  as  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday-school  for  seven  years,  and  is  now 
President  of  the  Young  People's  Christian 
luideavor  Society  connected  with  the  church 
in  Millville.  The  family  residence  is  pleas- 
antly located  at  714  High  Street. 


OSEPH  TOMLINSON,  M.D.,  a  suc- 
cessful physician  and  surgeon  of 
Bridgeton,  was  born  in  Roadstown, 
N.J.,  August  15,  1854,  son  of  Dr.  George  and 
Phebe  (Mulford)  Tomlinson.  George  Tomlin- 
son  was  a  native  of  Stoe  Creek,  N.J.,  in  which 
place  his  boyhood  and  youth  were  passed. 
lie  there  attended  the  common  schools,  and 
assisted  his  father  in  carrying  on  the  farm. 
In  early  manhood  he  matriculated  at  the  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  the  West- 
ern District  of  New  York,  and  after  graduat- 
ing he  began  the  practice  oi  his  profession  in 
Roadstown.  His  skill  and  faithful  attention 
to  liis  duties  enabled  him  to  acquire  a  large 
and  profitable  practice;  and  he  continued  ac- 
tively connected  with  the  medical  profession 
until  1882,  when  he  moved  to  Shiloh,  where 
he  spent  the  rest  of  his  life  in  retirement, 
dying  in  1892.  His  wife,  Phebe,  was  a 
daughter  of  Henry  Mulford,  of  Roadstown. 
She  became  the  mother  of  eight  children, 
as  follows:  Thomas  H.,  now  a  physician 
of  Plainfield,  N.J.;  Horatio  M. ,  a  resident  of 
Roadstown;  Sojjhronia  A.,  a  physician  of 
Providence,      R.I.;       Edward      M.,      Professor 


of  Greek  in  Alfred  University,  Allegany 
County,  New  York;  ICmma  (deceased),  who 
married  the  Rev.  A.  E.  Main;  George  A.,  a 
resident  of  Roadstown;  Mary  J.,  deceased; 
and  Joseph.  The  parents  were  members  of 
the  Seventh  Day  Baptist  church. 

Joseph  Tomlinson,  after  attending  the  dis- 
trict schools  of  Roadstown,  took  a  course  at 
Union  Academy,  Shiloh.  He  then  entered 
Williams  College  at  Williamstown,  Mass., 
from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of 
1875,  His  medical  studies  were  pursued  at 
the  New  York  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons, from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1878; 
and,  after  serving  for  eighteen  months  as  house 
physician  at  the  Charity  Hospital  of  New 
York  City,  he  received  his  diploma  from  that 
institution  in  1S80.  His  first  year's  practice 
was  with  his  brotlier  in  Plainfield;  and  he  then 
returned  to  New  York  City,  where  he  engaged 
in  a  general  practice,  and  also  opened  a  "Quiz 
class,"  in  which  he  prepared  a  large  number  of 
students  for  hos|)ital  and  government  service 
examinations.  In  i8S7he  establisheil  himself 
in  Roadstown,  where  he  practised  his  profes- 
sion successfully  for  about  six  years,  or  until 
1893,  when  he  came  to  Bridgeton.  Since 
locating  here  he  has  built  up  an  extensive  and 
lucrative  practice,  both  of  medicine  anil  sur- 
gery. He  is  a  member  and  at  the  present 
time  Treasurer  of  the  Cumberland  County 
Medical  Society,  and  is  also  a  Fellow  of  the 
American  Academy  of  Medicine.  On  June 
15,  188 1,  Dr.  Tomlinson  married  Caroline  M. 
Lawrence,  a  daughter  of  J.  W.  Lawrence,  of 
Troy,    N.  Y.      He   has   two   children  —  George 


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Lawrence  and  Devoe.      Dr.  and   Mrs.  Tomlin- 
son  attend  the  Presbyterian  church. 


Tu^EV.  ADOLPH  ROEDER,  pastor  of 
I  ^Y^  the  New  Jerusalem  (Swedenborgian) 
V««^  Church  of  Vineland,  is  i<novvn  in 
two  hemispheres  as  a  scholar,  translator,  and 
prolific  writer  of  prose  and  verse.  He  was 
born  in  ]?altimore,  Md.,  March  i,  1856,  son 
of  Charles  and  Mary  (Hempel)  Roeder,  the 
former  a  native  of  P'rankfort,  Germany,  the 
latter  of  Ilanau,  a  town  within  four  hours'  ride 
of  P'rankfort. 

Charles  Roeder  was  in  trade  in  his  native 
country  for  some  years.  He  was  married  in 
Germany,  and  early  in  the  fifties  came  to  this 
country  with  his  wife  and  famil)',  settling  in 
H  iltimore.  At  the  time  of  the  war  the  family 
were  continuously  on  the  move,  several  times 
being  between  the  two  armies;  and  very  often 
the  children  were  obliged  to  hide  for  protec- 
tion. The  Rev.  Mr.  Roeder,  though  so  young 
at  the  time,  distinctly  remembers  scenes  of 
destruction  which  were  dee]dy  stamped  on  his 
childish  mind  —  the  collapse  of  a  house  from 
the  shock  of  a  cannon  ball,  or  a  fire  started  by 
a  bursting  shell.  His  father  finally  settled  in 
P.gg  Plarbor  City,  N.J.,  where  he  died  in 
1894.  His  mother  is  still  living.  P'ive  chil- 
dren were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roeder,  two 
of  whom  arj  living — Adolph,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch:  and  P^mma,  wife  of  Professor 
]'".mil  Gastel,  of  Philadelphia. 

Adolph  Roeder  acquired  the  rudiments  of 
his   education   in   German   and   P'rench,  begin- 


ning to  study  in  English  when  he  was  thirteen 
years  old.  Pie  graduated  from  the  Episcopal 
Academy  at  Philadelphia,  which  was  then  in 
charge  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Robbins,  having  there 
acquired  a  knowledge  of  the  Oriental  lan- 
guages; and,  as  his  parents  were  Sweden- 
borgians,  he  continued  his  studies  at  the 
Swedenborgian  Theological  Seminary,  com- 
pleting the  course  at  the  age  of  eighteen. 
While  attending  school  he  taught  in  I'hiladel- 
phia,  making  a  specialty  of  the  languages,  and 
had  a  large  patronage;  and  he  began  to  preach 
at  the  age  of  seventeen,  four  years  before  his 
ordination.  He  still  teaches  to  a  limited 
extent,  preparing  students  for  college.  As  a 
clergyman  he  was  first  located  at  Frankford, 
Philadelphia,  and  then  went  •  to  Baltimore, 
where  he  took  up  the  work  of  the  New  Church 
among  the  Germans  especially  of  that  city, 
whose  respect  and  esteem  he  won.  He 
formed  new  organizations  there,  and  l-secame 
the  leading  man  of  the  Synod,  wliich  was 
formed  and  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Il- 
linois, where  is  the  head  and  centre  of  the  New 
Church;  and  Dr.  Roeder  still  hokls  a  iiigh 
position  in  the  councils  of  the  Synod.  He 
was  obliged  to  suspend  work  in  Baltimore  on 
account  of  failing  health,  and  went  to  the  sea- 
shore, where  he  remained  some  time.  In 
1885  he  became  i)astor  of  the  church  in  Vine- 
land,  whicii  was  then  very  small,  and  which 
under  his  management  has  greatly  increased 
in  size  and  popularity.  While  here  he  has 
had  many  calls  to  preach  in  more  important 
pulpits  of  his  denomination.  In  P'ebruary, 
1896,  he   took   charge   of   the    New   Church   at 


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Orange,  N.J.,  wiiilc  retaining  his  residence 
at  Vinelancl. 

As  a  writer  his  genius  is  of  an  unusual 
order.  A  lover  of  music  and  a  skilled  instru- 
mental performer,  though  never  exhibiting 
this  talent  in  public,  he  began  work  as  a  trans- 
lator of  songs  when  in  charge  of  his  Frankford 
church,  and  [uiblished  many  rare  gems  that  had 
never  been  used  in  this  country.  His  Ger- 
man translations  are  true  to  the  original,  per- 
fect in  rhyme,  and,  most  difficult  of  all,  give 
the  vowel  and  sound  best  adapted  to  each  note. 
There  is  but  one  other  translator  who  does 
this;  and  the  noted  Philadelphia  music  pub- 
lishers. Boner  &  Meyer,  gave  Mr.  Roeder  all  he 
could  do,  and  many  German  societies  sought 
his  services.  He  has  also  tra'nslated  much 
poetry  that  is  not  set  to  music,  and,  as  a  com- 
poser, has  won  widespread  ]3opularity,  includ- 
ing among  his  i^ieces  "Strangers  Yesterday," 
"Thy  Words,"  "The  Silent  City,"  "The 
Shadows  of  the  Valley,"  the  "Alyta  Waltz," 
and  "Rosy  Morn."  "The  Song  of  the  Three 
Tramps,"  words  by  Dodge  of  the  New  York 
lior/i/,  was  also  set  to  music  by  Mr.  Roeder, 
under  a  //(>!//  dr  [^Ininr.  This  work  — translat- 
ing verse  and  setting  it  to  music  —  Mr. 
Roeder  does  because  he  enjoys  it,  and  he  has 
finished  an  enormous  amount.  He  teaches 
music,  too;  and  he  has  a  wide  acc|uaintance  in 
musical  circles,  numbering  among  his  friends 
Professor  Zeckwer,  of  the  Philadelphia  Con- 
servatory of  Music,  and  other  well-known 
musicians;  while  Professor  Emil  Gastel  is  his 
brother-in-law. 

In  the  realm  of  prose   the   Rev.  Mr.  Roeder 


is  also  an  accomplished  writer.  After  settling 
in  Vineland  he  purchased  from  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Brickman  a  paper  called  Bote  ifcr  Ncui-ii 
Kirchc  (Messenger  of  the  New  Church), 
which,  as  editor  and  ijroiirietor,  he  published 
monthly  until  1894,  when  he  made  it  the 
official  organ  of  the  .S)'n()d,  who  now  publish 
it  in  St.  Louis;  and  Mr.  Roeder  still  ctmtrib- 
utes  largely  to  its  pages.  He  is  also  a  regu- 
lar correspondent  for  many  other  papers  and 
a  contributor  to  several  periodicals,  including 
the  Auicrican  Magazine  of  Civics,  the  A'cw 
CInnrli  Magazine,  the  AtTc  Clirisliaiiit)\  and 
the  Neiv  Church  Messenger.  Under  tlie  noin  rfe 
plinnc  of  Harvey  Reese  he  writes  light  matter 
for  the  secular  press;  and  he  is  a  correspond- 
ent for  a  number  of  papers  in  France,  Ger- 
many, and  India,  to  which  he  has  contributed 
much  in  regard  to  the  political  situation  in 
Turkey  and  Armenia.  The  jK'tition  to  Presi- 
dent Cleveland  that  the  American  government 
should  interfere  in  behalf  of  Armenia  passed 
through  Mr.  Roetler's  hands.  He  has  pub- 
lished many  tracts  and  books  in  German  ]K'r- 
taining  to  the  work  of  the  church,  including 
"The  Doctrine  of  the  New  Jerusalem  concern- 
ing the  Lord,"  a  book  which  he  translated  from 
the  Latin;  and  one  of  his  largest  and  most  im- 
portant translations  from  English  to  German 
is  the  leailing  church  work,  "Skepticism  and 
Divine  Revelation."  In  English  he  has  writ- 
ten books  too  numerous  to  mcnticin  in  our  lim- 
ited space,  including  juvenile  works  of  a  first- 
class  character;  and  his  original  poetry  is  of  a 
high  order,  one  epic,  "Nebo, "  being  a  standard 
production,  which  is  often  quoted  from. 


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Particularly  skilled  in  foreign  languages, 
for  a  time  he  located  the  mail  plant  for  dis- 
tribution from  Vineland.  The  enlargement  of 
his  work  necessitated  the  establishment  of 
agencies  in  Germany,  France,  and  Austria. 
Dr.  Roeder  is  a  member  of  the  Psychic 
Research  Society,  which  has  branches  in  Eng- 
land and  America;  of  the  University  E.xten- 
sion  Society;  of  the  American  Institute  of 
Civics,  whose  members  are  all  in  favor  of 
municipal  reform;  and  of  the  National  Mu- 
nicii)al  League,  of  which  Charles  J.  Bonaparte 
is  President.  He  is  local  Secretary  of  the 
Citizens'  Committee  and  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary of  the  National  Direct  Legislation  and 
Reform  Society. 

March  l6,  1879,  he  was  married  to  Mary, 
daughter  of  John  ]5onschur,  a  scion  of  the  old 
P'rench  nobility,  many  of  whom  found  a  home 
in  Philadelphia  after  the  Revolution  in 
P'rance.  Mrs.  Roeder,  who  is  a  native  of 
Philadelphia,  is  the  sister  of  Dr.  G.  A. 
Honschur,  a  prominent  New  York  physician, 
and  of  II.  K.  Bonschur,  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Bonschur  &  Holmes,  the  leading  opticians 
of  Philadelphia.  She  is  the  mother  of  three 
children  —  Miriam,  Lisa,  and  Arthur.  Miss 
Elsa  Roeder  already  displays  much  talent  as 
an  artist. 


ISAAC  HAMPTON  FOSTER,  a  popular 
merchant  and  the  Postmaster  of  Heisler- 
ville,  was  born  in  Leesburg,  Cumber- 
land County,  January  18,  1863,  son  of  Samuel 
and  Mary  C.  (Hampton)  P'oster.  The  family, 
which   is  of  English   extraction,  was  founded 


by  his  great-great-grandfather.  His  great- 
grandfather and  grandfather  were  both  named 
Thomas.  The  latter,  who  was  born  in  Cape 
May  County,  probably  at  Dyer's  Creek,  and 
lived  in  a  farming  district,  devoted  his  time 
chiefly  to  agriculture,  and  died  in  1835.  His 
wife,  Catherine,  was  a  daughter  of  John 
Tomlin,  of  Heislerville,  who  came  originally 
from  Gloucester  County,  and  was  one  of  the 
pioneer  settlers  of  Heislerville,  where  he 
owned  a  good  deal  of  land.  Mrs.  Catherine 
(Tomlin)  P'oster  had  but  one  child  by  her  first 
marriage,  Samuel,  the  father  of  our  subject. 
She  subsequently  married  Nathaniel  Norton, 
by  whom  she  had  four  children,  two  of  whom 
are  living  —  Nathaniel  and  Francis.  She  was 
an  esteemed  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church. 

Samuel  Foster  was  born  at  Dyer's  Creek, 
November  26,  1833.  He  was  but  an  infant 
when  his  father  died;  and  he  lived  with  his 
uncle,  Aaron  Tomlin,  until  of  age.  He  ob- 
tained his  early  education  in  the  common 
schools,  and  subsequently  attended  Eldridge 
Hill  Boarding-school  in  \\\)odstown,  N.J. 
He  afterward  taught  in  Lancaster  Academy 
at  Norristovvn,  N.J.,  for  a  year,  at  the  same 
time  taking  a  special  course  of  study.  He 
then  taught  in  a  public  school  in  Leesburg 
for  about  six  years  and  in  different  schools  in 
the  vicinity  for  five  years  more.  In  1865  he 
])urchased  the  store  in  Heislerville  formerly 
owned  by  George  Heisler,  in  whose  honor  the 
town  was  named.  There  for  years  he  has  had 
a  large  trade  in  general  merchandise.  In 
1885    he   began    to   keep   a   temperance    hotel. 


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For  six  or  seven  years  he  has  clone  a  large  fire 
insurance  business,  acting  as  agent  for  the 
German-American  Company;  and  he  was  the 
first  in  this  locality  by  five  or  six  years  to 
grow  strawberries  for  tlie  wholesale  trade. 
He  owns  a  farm  of  about  twenty-eight  acres, 
twenty-one  of  which  are  under  cultivation. 
There  he  raises  from  three  to  five  acres  of 
strawberries,  and  from  one  to  two  acres  of 
cantaloupes,  besides  white  and  sweet  potatoes, 
corn,  and  all  sorts  of  vegetables.  He  ships 
large  quantities  of  fruit  to  New  York,  Phila- 
delphia, Newark,  and  Boston.  Mr.  Foster 
has  been  Commissioner  of  Deeds  for  many 
years.  Township  Clerk  for  the  past  fourteen 
years,  having  been  recently  re-elected  for 
three  years  more,  and  Township  Assessor  for 
four  years. 

Mr.  Foster  was  married  October  29,  1859, 
to  Mary  C,  daughter  of  Isaac  Hampton,  by 
whom  he  became  the  father  of  two  children. 
These  were:  Thomas,  now  deceased,  who  was 
for  five  years  the  keeper  of  the  Maurice  River 
Lighthouse;  and  Isaac  Hamptcm,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch.  Both  parents  are  members  of 
the  IMethodist  Episcopal  church.  Mr.  Foster 
has  seen  Heislerville  grow  from  a  small  settle- 
ment in  the  wilderness  to  a  thriving  town. 

Isaac  Hampton  I'oster  acquired  his  educa- 
tion in  the  common  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  in  Pierce  Business  College  at 
Philadelphia.  In  18S0  he  went  to  work  in  a 
printing-office  in  Philadelphia,  where  he  re- 
mained about  four  years.  While  here  he  com- 
pleted a  business  course  of  evening  tuition. 
In    1885,    well-grounded    in    the   principles   of 


book-keeping  and  commercial  affairs,  he  took 
charge  of  his  father's  store,  and  has  since  con- 
ducted it  as  manager. 

Mr.  Foster  was  married  in  1S92  to  Miss 
Rettie  S.  Goff,  daughter  of  Asbury  Goff,  of 
East  Creek,  Cape  May  County.  Of  the  two 
children  born  to  him  Thomas  is  living.  The 
other  died  in  infancy.  Mr.  Foster  has  many 
friends.  He  is  an  esteemed  member  of  Lees- 
burg  Council  of  the  Junior  Order  of  the 
United  American  Mechanics,  and  of  Court 
Stephen  Ciirard  of  the  Ancient  (3rder  of 
Foresters  of  Philadelphia.  He  attends  and 
supports  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 


(^OHN  COOMBS  GARRISON,  an  enter- 
prising agriculturist  and  an  extensive 
fruit  grower  of  Haleyville,  in  Commer- 
cial township,  Cumberland  County,  N.J.,  was 
born  in  Deerfield,  this  county,  April  6,  1835, 
being  a  son  of  Daniel  and  Elizabeth  (Coombs) 
Garrison. 

His  father  was  a  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James 
Garrison,  formerly  of  Broad  Neck,  Salem 
County,  N.J.,  to  whom  he  was  born  June  27, 
1802.  He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  after  the  con- 
clusion of  his  period  of  schooling  he  remained 
at  home  until  his  marriage.  He  then  pur- 
chased a  farm  of  about  one  hundred  acres  in 
Deerfield  township,  on  which  he  conducted 
general  husbandry.  He  kept  three  first-class 
horses,  and  reared  and  sold  two  or  three  colts 
every  year.  On  March  26,  1825,  he  was 
united    in    marriage   with    Miss    Elizabeth,    a 


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daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nathan  Coombs,  of 
Dcerfickl.  They  became  the  parents  of  eight 
children,  all  but  two  of  whom  still  survive, 
namely:  Catherine,  who  was  born  January  29, 
1S26,  and  who  has  been  twice  married,  first  to 
Mlmcr  McPherson,  of  Bridgeton,  and  subse- 
quently to  his  decease  to  John  McKee,  also  of 
Bridgeton;  Susan,  who  was  born  July  22, 
1829,  and  who  was  married  to  Lewis  McPher- 
son; Daniel,  also  born  July  22,  1829;  Rachel, 
who  was  born  September  i,  1831,  and  who  be- 
came the  wife  of  Andrew  Paris;  John  Coombs, 
who  is  further  mentioned  below;  and  David, 
who  was  born  October  30,   1838. 

John  Coombs  Garrison  received  his  intel- 
lectual training  in  the  common  schools  of 
Woodruff,  in  Deerfield  township.  He  re- 
mained at  home  on  the  jiaternal  farm  until  he 
was  eighteen  years  of  age,  when  on  the  event 
of  his  father's  decease  he  went  to  work  on 
the  Hannon  farm,  where  he  was  occupied  for 
the  two  following  years.  At  the  age  of 
twenty  he  became  an  employee  in  the  rolling- 
mills  (if  the  Cumberland  Nail  and  Iron  Com- 
pany as  a  puddler,  remaining  with  that  corpo- 
ration until  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War. 
On  May  28,  1861,  he  enlisted  in  Company  V 
of  the  Third.  New  Jersey  Regiment,  in  the 
First  Brigade  of  the  .Sixth  Army  Corjis.  He 
was  in  all  the  battles  in  which  his  regiment 
was  engaged  except  during  his  short  captiv- 
ity. He  was  taken  prisoner  in  the  battle  of 
the  Wilderness,  but  on  the  following  day  he 
was  recaptured  by  General  Sheridan.  He 
served  as  a  color  guard  for  two  years. 

Discharged   on   June   2;},   1864,  he   returned 


to  the  rolling-mill,  in  which,  however,  he  con- 
tinued only  a  short  time.  He  then  directed 
his  attention  to  oyster  fishing,  making  his 
first  trip  on  an  oyster  boat  in  the  winter  of 
1864,  and  continuing  in  that  business,  as 
events  proved,  for  more  than  twenty  years. 
In  I  87 1  he  purchased  an  oyster  boat,  which  he 
sailed  successfully  until  1886,  when  he  bought 
his  present  farm,  which  he  conducts  in  con- 
nection with  another  piece  of  property, 
twenty-nine  acres  in  extent,  owned  by  his 
wife.  On  his  own  farm  of  one  hundred  and 
six  acres  he  at  first  made  a  specialty  of  the 
culture  of  peaches,  raising  in  some  seasons  as 
many  as  two  thousand  baskets  of  that  fruit. 
He  devotes  about  twelve  acres  of  land  to  the 
cultivation  of  strawberries,  and  during  the 
strawberry  season  employs  about  twenty 
pickers,  a  ready  market  for  his  berries  being 
found  in  New  York  City  and  in  Boston.  He 
also  specializes  in  sweet  potatoes,  setting  out 
yearly  about  twenty  thousand  plants.  Mr. 
Garrison  keeps  about  five  horses  and  colts,  and 
also  a  team  of  mules.  He  has  raised  consider- 
able stock  of  approved  breed;  and  at  present 
he  has  a  fine  bay  filly,  sired  by  Bentoneer, 
whose  racing  record  is  2.28  1-2.  Her  dam 
was  Lizzie  A.,  sired  by  Young  Volunteer. 
Mr.  Garrison  has  also  reared  some  excellent 
Jersey  cattle,  and  he  now  has  one  of  the  finest 
Jersey  bulls  in  the  State.  Keeping  about  two 
hundred  bens,  he  sends  to  market  a  large  quan- 
tity of  eggs.  He  likewise  owns  a  flock  of  one 
hundred  and  twenty  pairs  of  pigeons,  and  he 
expects  to  engage  more  extensiveh'  in  the 
pigeon  business. 


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Mr.  Garrison  has  been  twice  married.  In 
1857  he  was  united  in  matrimony  with  Miss 
Sarah  C,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph 
Vanable,  of  Bridgeton,  N.J.  Two  children 
were  the  fruit  of  this  union,  namely:  Johnctta, 
who  died  when  she  was  two  years  old;  and 
Klwood,  who  now  resides  at  Elreno,  Ok. 
El  wood  Garrison  left  home  at  the  age  of  nine- 
teen, and  went  to  work  on  a  cattle  ranch,  and 
a  little  later  spent  a  brief  period  in  Kansas. 
He  then  conducted  a  traffic  in  mules  among 
the  Indians  until  he  lost  them  all,  when  he 
removed  to  Colorado  to  enter  the  employment 
of  General  Sophris,  on  his  very  extensive 
ranch.  The  second  year  of  his  engagement 
he  was  appointed  foreman  of  the  ranch,  which 
then  contained  twenty  thousand  head  of  cattle. 
Remaining  with  General  Sophris  until  1SS6, 
he  then  commenced  in  business  for  himself; 
and  he  is  now  the  proprietor  of  a  large  ranch 
at  Elreno,  Ok. 

Mrs.  Sarah  C.  Garrison,  who  was  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Bridge- 
ton,  died  while  Mr.  Garrison  was  absent  in 
the  army;  and  on  August  6,  1864,  he  wedded 
Miss  Lydia,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Phiiieas  Lupton,  of  Newport,  N.J.  Mr.  Lup- 
ton's  original  name  was  William  Wesley 
Hurd;  but  when  he  was  quite  young  he  and 
his  mother  removed  from  the  W^est,  and  took 
up  their  residence  with  Phineas  Lupton,  with 
whom  he  grew  up,  and  from  whom  he  received 
the  name  by  which  he  was  ever  afterward 
known.  He  for  many  years  resided  at  New- 
port, N.J.,  as  a  butcher,  and  also  as  the  pro- 
prietor of   a   store.      On    March    29,    1840,   he 


married  Miss  Rachel,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Thomas  Fleetwood.  This  union  was 
favored  by  the  birth  of  eight  children,  six  of 
whom  attained  to  maturity,  namely:  Lydia 
C,  who  is  now  Mrs.  Garrison;  Emma; 
Cynthia;  Stamford;  Ellmina;  and  Milton. 
In  religious  belief  and  fellowship  both  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Lupton  were  identified  with  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Dividing 
Creek.      His  decease  occurred  in  1864. 

Mr.  Garrison  is  intimately  connected  with 
the  social  and  civic  affairs  of  his  community, 
and  he  is  widely  and  favorably  known.  He 
now  officiates  as  constable,  in  which  capacity 
he  has  served  for  a  number  of  years.  He 
affiliates  with  the  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
being  a  member  of  Social  Lodge  of  Dividing 
Creek.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Idaho  Tribe 
of  the  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men,  located 
at  Port  Norris;  and  he  likewise  fraternizes 
with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  in  Morning  Light 
Lodge  of  Newport.  In  national  jiolitics  he  is 
found  in  the  ranks  of  the  Republican  party, 
of  the  jirinciples  advocated  by  wliich  lie  is  a 
vigorous  supporter. 


ONSTANT  W.  HAND,  the  genial 
r  Postmaster  at  Port  Norris,  N.J.,  and 
also  an  oyster  shipper  and  planter, 
was  born  here  on  the  2Sth  of  April,  1857,  son 
of  Job  and  Margaret  (Garrison)  Hand. 

Job  Hand  was  born  November  8,  1822,  in 
Dias  Creek,  Cape  May  County.  He  spent 
his  early  life  there,  and  when  a  young  man 
moved  to  Port  Norris.      Recognizing  the  great 


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importance  of  the  oyster  trade  and  culture,  he 
bought  a  boat  and  entered  the  business  heart 
and  soul,  being  one  of  the  very  first  to  go  into 
it.  He  was,  moreover,  the  first  man  to  ship 
oysters  away  from  the  town  :  and  he  is  still  held 
in  grateful  memory  as  the  father  of  one  of  the 
most  important  industries  of  the  town  of  Port 
Norris.  He  continued  to  take  a  great  interest 
in  the  culture  of  the  bivalves  all  his  life;  but, 
after  a  few  years  from  his  entering  it,  he  de- 
voted more  of  his  time  to  shipping  them  than 
to  growing  them,  sending  away  three  or  four 
carloads  a  day,  being  the  largest  shipper  of 
that  time.  Job  Hand  was  also  one  of  the 
original  shareholders  of  the  Cumberland  & 
Maurice  River  Railroad. 

He  married  Miss  Garrison,  the  daughter  of 
Mr.  James  Garrison,  who  was  a  farmer  and  a 
wood  dealer  of  this  vicinity  and  a  member  of 
the  prominent  and  widely  known  Garrison 
family  of  Cumberland  County.  Miss  Garrison 
was  born  in  this  district  near  the  town  of  Port 
Norris.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Job  Hand  were  the 
parents  of  twelve  children,  of  whom  but  five 
lived  to  maturity,  namely:  Matilcki,  who  is 
now  the  wife  of  Thomas  Mayhew;  Warrington 
I..,  who  lives  in  the  city  of  Bridgeton,  N.J.; 
Ruth,  the  wife  of  Henry  Berry;  Constant  W., 
Postmaster  of  Port  Norris;  and  Abigail,  who 
died  the  wife  of  David  R.  Lake.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Job  Hand  were  both  members  of  the 
Methodist  church.  They  died  after  their  chil- 
dren were  grown,  Mr.  Hand  passing  away  on 
the  28th  of  September,  1878.  He  was  a 
member  of  Neptune  Lodge,  No.  75,  A.  F.  & 
A.     M.,     in    Mauricetown,    and    also    of     the 


Knights  of  Pythias,  of  which  organization  he 
was  Past  Chancellor.  He  was  a  Democrat  in 
political  faith,  but  never  entered  actively  into 
politics. 

Constant  W.  Hand  received  a  good  practi- 
cal education  at  Port  Norris;  and  tlien  he  went 
to  work  with  his  father,  learning  the  oyster 
business  from  the  bottom  up,  going  out  on  the 
boats  to  become  thoroughly  acquainted  with 
the  cultivation  of  the  oysters.  After  the 
death  of  his  father  Mr.  Hand  continued  to 
run  .  the  business  alone  until  twelve  years 
ago  he  went  into  partnership  with  Mr.  Henry 
Berry,  who  married  his  sister  Ruth.  The  firm 
name  is  now  Hand  &  Berry.  These  gentle- 
men own  and  operate  three  oyster  boats, 
thereby  giving  employment  to  nineteen  men 
during  the  oyster  season.  They  have  control 
over  a  large  number  of  good  grounds,  and 
plant  there  quite  extensively.  In  a  good 
year,  when  the  oysters  run  to  a  large  quantity, 
they  gather  as  many  as  one  thousand  bushels  a 
day;  but  this  is,  of  course,  out  of  the  ordinary, 
their  average  liaul  being  about  four  hundred 
bushels  daily. 

Besides  his  oyster  business  Mr.  Hand  has 
also  been  interested  in  the  bicycle  trade  for 
the  past  four  years,  employing  his  son  to  man- 
age that  department  of  his  business  for  iiim. 
He  is  now  one  of  the  oldest  and  foremost  men 
in  that  line  in  this  section  of  the  State.  He 
has  been  agent  for  the  Columbia  bicycles  from 
the  time  he  started  in  to  handle  wheels.  Mr. 
Hand  has  off  and  on  made  quite  a  number  of 
investments  in  real  estate  in  tiie  town  of  Port 
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and  around  it,  including  a  fine  dwelling-house, 
which  he  built,  and  which  is  fully  supplied 
with  all  modern  improvements,  including  a 
windmill  and  tank  for  water. 

Mr.  Hand  has  been  a  member  of  the  Town- 
shi[)  Committee,  an  ofifice  which  he  held  for 
the  period  of  one  year,  that  being  the  only 
elective  office  to  which  he  ever  accepted  a 
nomination.  He  was  appointed  Postmaster  of 
Port  Norris  in  November,  1893,  under  Cleve- 
land. This  is  the  most  important  postal  sta- 
tion in  the  county  outside  of  the  cities  of 
Bridgeton,  .  Millville,  and  Vineland.  Mr. 
Hand's  son  Morton  helps  him  in  the  routine 
of  office  work  as  Assistant  Postmaster.  Mr. 
Hand  has  been  a  member  of  the  Democratic 
fCxecutive  Committee  of  the  county  for  twelve 
years,  and  he  still  holds  that  position. 

On  the  lOth  of  June,  1877,  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Arabella,  daughter  of  Henry 
Lee,  of  Port  Norris.  Four  children  were 
born  of  this  marriage,  of  whom  but  three  sur- 
vive: Morton,  who  is  Assistant  Postmaster; 
Stella;   and  Leon. 

The  whole  family  attend  and  sujjport  wisely 
and  heartily  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
of  Port  Norris,  of  which  Mrs.  Hand  is  a  de- 
vout member;  and  Mr.  Hand's  generosity 
helped  to  build  the  new  church  edifice. 


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AVID  HITCHNER,  a  respected 
(^  J  farmer  of  Hopewell,  was  born  in  this 
town,  near  the  farm  whicii  he  now 
occupies,  February  4,  1845,  being  a  son  of 
David    J.    and   Anna    (Brown)    Hitchner.      He 


received  his  education  in  the  common  .schools 
of  Lower  Hopewell.  He  continued  to  reside 
at  home,  engaged  in  general  agricultural  work, 
until  his  marriage,  April  19,  1883,  to  Mi.ss 
Ella  L.  Sharp.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Lorenzo 
and  Jane  (Peterson)  Sharp,  and  was  born  in 
Mauricetown,  this  county.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hitchner  are  the  parents  of  three  children  — 
Alma  T.,  Franklin  Sharp,  and  Jennie  D. 
They  are  Presbyterians  in  religion,  being 
members  of  the  church  of  that  denomination 
in  Greenwich. 


ARRISON  PERRY,  a  prosperous  gen- 
eral farmer  of  Down  township,  N.J., 
was  born  in  Bridgeton,  December 
14,  1828,  son  of  John  and  Amanda  (Du  Bois) 
Perry.  Mr.  Perry's  grandfather,  Jeremiah 
Perry,  was  probably  a  native  of  Cape  May. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  a  wheelwright,  which 
he  followed  successfully  upon  his  own  ac- 
count, and  was  one  of  the  active  business  men 
of  his  day  in  Cape  May.  He  was  a  high- 
minded,  intelligent,  and  patriotic  citizen,  who 
is  thought  to  have  served  in  the  War  of  1812. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
He  married  Sarah  Crandall,  a  native  of  Cape 
May,  and  they  reared  a  family  of  five  chil- 
dren, as  follows:  Samuel;  Sarah,  who  became 
the  wife  of  George  Erety,  of  I'hiladelphia ; 
John;  Rachel,  who  married  Elijah  Winslow, 
of  Philadelphia;  and  Elizabeth,  who  married 
Joshua  Lewis,  of  Blakely,  Pa. 

John  Perry,  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Sarah 
(Crandall)  Perry,  was  born  in  Cape  May 
County,    April    19,     1795.       He    learned    the 


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wheelwright's  trade  with  his  father,  remaining 
with  him  till  he  became  of  age,  and  after  mar- 
riage removed  to  Bridgeton,  where  he  carried 
on  quite  an  extensive  business  for  the  rest  of 
his  life,  employing  apprentices  and  journey- 
men. He  died  March  12,  1832.  As  an  in- 
dustrious business  man  and  a  worthy,  upright 
citizen,  he  was  highly  respected;  and  for  many 
years  he  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  resi- 
dents of  Bridgeton.  His  wife,  Amanda  Du 
Bois,  whom  he  married  March  10,  18 19,  be- 
came the  mother  of  five  children,  three  of 
whom  grew  to  maturity,  namely:  Francis; 
Sarah,  who  died  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years; 
and  Harrison,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Mrs.  Amanda  Du  Bois  Perry  was  born  in 
Pitt's  Grove,  Salem  County,  in  1791,  and 
died  August  20,  1884.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
Thomas  Du  Bois.  The  family  is  of  French 
Huguenot  extraction,  and  descends  from  Louis 
Du  Bois,  who  was  born  in  France  about  the 
year  1630.  To  escape  from  religious  persecu- 
tion he  emigrated  to  America  in  1660,  settling 
at  what  is  now  Kingston,  N.Y.  His  wife 
was  Catherine  Blanson  or  ]51ansbon,  a  native 
of  France.  (For  further  details  see  "Record 
of  the  Family  of  Louis  Du  Bois,"  press  of 
John  C.  Clark  &  Co.,  i860,  reprinted  by 
Pierce  &  Budlong  of  Providence,  R.I.)  Jacob 
Du  Bois,  son  of  Louis,  who  was  born  in 
America  in  1661,  married  Gerritje  Gerritsen, 
and  died  in  1745.  Louis  Du  Bois,  son  of 
■Jacob,  was  born  in  Hurley,  N.Y. ,  January  6, 
1695.  He  moved  to  West  Jersey,  where  he 
acquired  a  tract  of  land  containing  ten  hundred 
and  ninety-one  acres,  situated  upon  AUoway's 


Creek.  He  was  one  of  the  original  members 
of  the  first  Presbyterian  congregation  ever  as- 
sembled in  this  section,  which  met  at  what 
was  afterward  named  Pitt's  Grove  township, 
in  honor  of  Sir  William  Pitt.  He  married 
Margaret  Jansen  on  May  2,  1720,  and  reared  a 
family  of  eleven  children.  He  died  in  1784. 
Peter  Du  Bois,  eighth  child  and  fifth  son  of 
Levi  Du  Bois,  and  maternal  great-grandfather 
of  Harrison  Perry,  was  born  in  Pitt's  Grove 
township,  Salem  County,  April  10,  1734. 
He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War  as  a 
Lieutenant  of  a  company  commanded  by  his 
cousin,  Jacob  Du  Bois ;  and  he  was  afterward 
promoted  to  the  rank  of  Captain.  He  in- 
herited one-fifth  of  his  father's  estate,  and  re- 
sitlcd  in  Pitt's  Grove  until  his  death.  About 
the  year  175S  he  married  Amy  Greenman,  who 
was  born  in  Stratford,  Conn.,  October  24, 
1727.  Their  seven  children  were:  Joel,  Jere- 
miah, Sarah,  Thomas,  Samuel,  Uriah,  and 
Amy.  Peter  Du  Bois  died  May  21,  1795; 
and   his   wife  died  June  2,    1S07. 

Thomas  Du  Bois,  Mr.  Perry's  maternal 
grandfather,  was  born  in  Pitt's  Grove  town- 
ship, July  16,  1764.  He  was  educated  in  the 
common  schools  and  reared  to  farm  life,  which 
was  his  occupation  during  his  active  period. 
He  was  noted  as  a  teacher  of  sacred  and  ora- 
torio music,  some  times  having  as  many  as  six 
classes  a  week  during  the  winter  season;  and 
he  also  acted  as  drum-major,  l^right  and  so- 
cial, as  well  as  talented  in  music,  he  was 
much  sought  after  by  all  lovers  of  wit  and 
harmless  pleasantry,  his  humor,  which  was 
original  and  spontaneous,  being  refined  and  of 


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a  nature  that  could  not  create  displeasure  nor 
give  offence.  His  native  powers  were  devoted 
to  the  good  of  his  fellow-men;  and  he  had  a 
large  number  of  friends  and  acquaintances, 
who  regarded  him  with  the  most  sincere  love 
and  admiration.  Although  he  was  a  strong 
supporter  of  the  Whig  party  in  national  poli- 
tics, he  always  voted  for  the  candidate  whom 
he  considered  most  capable  and  worthy  of 
holding  local  office.  He  was  actively  identi- 
fied with  public  affairs  until  his  death,  which 
took  place  in  Bridgeton,  December  12,  1845, 
at  the  age  of  eighty-two  years.  His  wife,  for- 
merly Sarah  Foster,  became  the  mother  of 
seven  children,  namely:  Charlotte;  Peter; 
Amanda,  Mr.  Perry's  mother;  Maria;  Phoebe; 
Ephraim;  and  Daniel. 

Harrison  Perry,  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
attended  the  common  schools  of  Bridgeton  in 
his  childhood  and  youth;  and,  after  completing 
his  studies,  he  became  an  employee  at  the 
Cumberland  Nail  and  Iron  Works  in  Bridge- 
ton,  where  he  remained  for  ten  years.  He 
then  settled  upon  a  farm  in  Deerfield  town- 
ship, where  he  resided  for  five  years.  In  1870 
he  bought  his  present  property  in  Dividing 
Creek,  to  the  cultivation  of  which  he  has  since 
devoted  his  entire  time  and  energies.  He 
owns  sixty  acres  of  excellent  tillage  land, 
which  under  his  able  management  produces 
bountiful  crops,  including  garden  truck  and 
strawberries;  and  he  derives  a  good  income 
from  these  products.  He  keeps  an  average  of 
eighteen  head  of  cattle  and  several  work 
horses,  has  raised  some  fine  colts,  and  for- 
merly made  a  specialty  of  raising  poultry. 


On  September  8,  1853,  Mr.  Perry  was  mar- 
ried to  Hannah  Paul  1  in,  daughter  of  Lemuel 
Paullin,  of  Bridgeton.  Of  the  nine  children 
born  to  this  union,  seven  lived  to  grow  up, 
and  are  as  follows:  Laura,  wife  of  David 
Turner,  of  Hall  County,  Nebraska;  Francis 
M.;  Albert;  Alexander;  Elizabeth,  wife  of 
Enoch  Locke,  of  Dividing  Creek;  William; 
and  Alice. 

In  [lolitics  Mr.  Perry  is  an  ardent  Prohibi- 
tionist. Although  not  an  aspirant  for  jniblic 
notoriety,  he  was  forced  by  his  friends  and 
political  associates  to  accept  the  office  of  Com- 
missioner, of  Appeals,  which  he  ably  filled  for 
some  time.  He  has  been  officially  connected 
with  the  Baptist  church  for  several  years,  and 
Mrs.  Perry  is  also  an  active  member. 


^TiDWARD  DUFFIELD  FLEETWOOD, 
t_  a  respected  and  prominent  citizen  of 
Dividing  Creek,  Down  township,  Cumberland 
County,  N.J.,  holding  office  as  a  Notary  Pub- 
lic and  a  Justice  of  the  Peace,  is  a  native  resi- 
dent. He  is  a  son  of  George  F.  and  Sarah  A. 
(Gandy)  F"leetwood,  and  was  born  March  21, 
1846. 

His  great-grandfather,  Thomas  Fleetwood, 
Sr. ,  was  a  native  of  Smyrna,  Del.,  where  he 
was  engaged  in  general  husbandry.  One  of 
the  children  born  to  him  anil  his  wife,  Miriam, 
was  Thomas,  Jr.,  who  was  born  in  Smyrna, 
Del.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  at 
the  time  of  the  second  war  with  England  he 
served  his  country  as  a  private  in  the  army. 
He   married    Miss   Clarissa    Foster,   and   they 


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were  blessed  with  a  large  family  of  children, 
six  of  whom,  three  sons  and  three  daughters, 
attained  to  maturity ;  namely,  Rachel,  George 
F.,  Thomas  T.,  Maria,  Jeremiah  C,  and 
Mary  C.  Thomas  Fleetwood,  Jr.,  departed 
this  life  in  June,  1865,  at  the  advanced  age  of 
seventy-four  years;  and  his  wife  died  in  1880, 
aged  about  eighty  years. 

George  F.  Fleetwood  was  born  in  Dividing 
Creek,  April  25,  1821,  and  enjoyed  in  his 
youth  such  educational  advantages  as  the  com- 
mon schools  of  his  native  town  then  afforded. 
Remaining  at  the  paternal  home  until  he  be- 
came of  age,  he  then  engaged  in  agricultural 
pursuits  on  shares  upon  his  father's  farm. 
He  later  purchased  a  threshing  machine,  oper- 
ated by  horse-power,  which  was  one  of  the  first 
endless-chain  machines  ever  owned  in  the 
southern  part  of  Cumberland  County ;  and  for 
several  years  he  travelled  with  it,  performing 
work  by  engagement  here  and  there  as  far 
north  as  Bridgeton.  In  1865  he  bought  a 
farm  at  Dividing  Creek  of  about  four  hundred 
acres,  which  comprised  considerable  salt 
marsh,  meadow,  and  woodland.  He  kept 
about  one  hundred  acres  under  cultivation,  his 
principal  crops  being  wheat,  corn,  hay,  and 
sweet  potatoes.  He  also  raised  considerable 
poultry  for  those  days,  and  he  likewise  kept 
from  fifteen  to  twenty  head  of  cattle.  He 
conducted  the  farm  until  about  1S83,  when  he 
retired  from  husbandry,  seeking  relief  from  its 
cares  and  arduous  labors;  and  for  five  or  si.x 
years  he  ran  a  poultry  wagon  of  his  own,  his 
farm,  however,  being  simultaneously  operated 
on  shares. 


On  March  11,  1843,  Mr.  George  F.  Fleet- 
wood was  united  in  wedlock  with  Miss  Sarah 
A.,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ephraim 
Gandy,  of  Dividing  Creek.  Her  grandfather, 
Thomas  Gandy,  with  his  brother  David,  served 
in  the  Revolutionary  War.  The  latter  sus- 
tained a  severe  wound  from  a  ball  passing 
through  his  hand,  on  account  of  which  he  re- 
ceived a  pension  from  the  national  govern- 
ment. Thomas  participated  also  in  the  War 
of  18 1 2,  enlisting  from  Dividing  Creek. 
Mrs.  I'leetwood's  father,  Ephraim  Gandy,  was 
born  in  P'airfield  township,  Cumberland 
County,  N.J.  He  wedded  Miss  Sarah  Lee,  of 
Down  township,  where  she  was  born  Decem- 
ber 25,  1772,  and  they  became  the  parents  of 
ten  children,  seven  of  whom  attained  to  matu- 
rity, namely:  Deborah;  Mary;  Rachel;  John; 
Ruth;  Edward;  and  Sarah  A.,  who  is  now 
Mrs.  Fleetwood.  Religiously,  both  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Gandy  were  in  fellowship  with  the  Bap- 
tist Church  of  Dividing  Creek.  The  former 
reached  the  goodly  age  of  seventy-four  years, 
passing  away  about  1856,  and  the  latter  in 
1832.  Seven  of  the  ten  children  born  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  George  F.  Fleetwood  have  grown  to 
maturity,  namely:  Edward  Duffield ;  Eve 
Anna,  who  is  the  wife  of  Timothy  Turner,  ol 
Dividing  Creek;  Eleazar;  George;  Nehe- 
miah;  Theodore;  and  Clara,  now  deceased, 
who  was  married  to  Lemuel  P.  Sloan,  of 
Greenwich,   N.J. 

Mr.  George  F.  Fleetwood  has  taken  an  ac- 
tive interest  in  local  politics;  and  for  four 
years  at  various  times  he  has  served  his  fel- 
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dehce  he  has  long  enjoyed,  in  the  capacity  of 
Overseer  of  the  Highways.  He  and  his  wife 
are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  of  Dividing  Creek,  in  which  the  for- 
mer officiates  in  the  responsible  capacity  of 
Trustee  and  steward.  In  its  work  his  wife 
also  freely  participates,  and  for  ten  years  has 
acted  as  a  class  leader.  For  a  number  of  years 
Mrs.  Fleetwood  has  also  been  actively  identi- 
fied with  the  temperance  work,  and  she  has 
been  the  President  of  the  Woman's  Christian 
Temperance  Union  at  Dividing  Creek  from 
the  date  of  its  organization. 

Edward  DuflReld  Fleetwood  acquired  his 
early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town.  At  the  termination  of  his 
schooling  he  devoted  his  attention  to  oyster- 
ing,  in  which  he  continued  until  about  1886, 
meanwhile  for  two  winters  engaging  in  school 
teaching.  During  a  portion  of  this  time,  in 
which  he  was  exposed  to  the  dangers  of  the 
deep,  he  was  the  captain  of  a  vessel;  and, 
while  he  commanded  the  two-masted  schooner 
"Ida,"  he  experienced  a  gale  in  which  the 
boat  was  blown  ashore.  Being  engaged  dur- 
ing the  spring  of  1862  in  oystering  in  Chesa- 
peake Bay  he  on  a  certain  Sunday  landed,  to 
attend  divine  worship  in  a  church  at  what  is 
now  Chrisfield.  On  returning  to  his  boat  he 
was  taken  prisoner,  on  the  charge  of  being  a 
deserter  from  the  army,  but,  succeeding  in 
proving  his  identity,  he  was  released. 

In  June,  1868,  Mr.  Fleetwood  was  united 
in  matrimony  with  Miss  Victoria,  a  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Garrison,  of  Dividing  Creek. 
Into  their  home  have  come  four  children,  two 


of  whom  are  still  spared  to  them,  namely: 
William  S.,  who,  socially,  is  affiliated  with 
the  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  in  Social  Lodge, 
No.  168,  at  Dividing  Creek,  in  which  he  is  a 
Noble  Grand  ;  and  Carrie. 

Mr.  Fleetwood  has  been  very  closely  identi- 
fied with  the  life  and  activity  of  the  commu- 
nity, both  civic  and  social ;  and  he  has  offici- 
ated in  several  public  capacities.  In  1885  he 
was  constituted  a  member  of  the  Township 
Committee,  on  which  he  served  by  successive 
re-elections  until  1S90,  when  he  resigned,  hav- 
ing been  appointed  a  Justice  of  the  Peace. 
To  this  latter  ofiice  he  was  re-appointed  in 
1895,  and  in  1890  he  was  also  made  a  Notary 
Public.  In  1893  he  was  elected  Commis- 
sioner of  Public  Deeds,  and  he  is  now  the  fire 
insurance  agent.  Mr.  Fleetwood  has  also  for 
one  term  been  a  member  of  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  township. 

Socially,  Mr.  Fleetwood  is  associated  with 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  being 
a  member  of  Social  Lodge,  No.  168,  at  Divid- 
ing Creek,  of  which  he  is  a  Past  Grand. 
He  also  fraternizes  with  the  Junior  Order  of 
United  American  Mechanics,  belonging  to 
Purity  Lodge,  No.  206,  at  Dividing  Creek, 
in  which  he  fills  the  position  of  F"inancial 
Secretary.  In  national  politics  he  lends  his 
earnest  and  vigorous  support  to  the  Repub- 
lican party,  and  has  served  as  a  delegate  to 
nearly  all  of  its  recent  county  and  Con- 
gressional conventions.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Fleetwood  are  members  of  the  Baptist  Church 
of  Dividing  Creek,  in  which  he  has  officiated 
as  a  Trustee. 


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^ENJAMIN  F.  LADD,  the  editor 
^^iS  and  proprietor  of  tlie  Vineland  Even- 
ing Journal,  and  also  a  member  of 
the  well-known  firm  of  Ladd  &  Steele,  dealers 
in  real  estate  and  insurance,  was  born  May  4, 
1855,  in  Appleton,  Wis.,  son  of  Harvey 
Hammond  and  Liicinda  B.  (Perry)  Ladd. 
The  preceding  generations  of  the  family  were 
successively  represented  by  Samuel  Ladd,- 
John,  David,  Jeremiah,  Cyrus,  Chester,  and 
Harvey.  Samuel,  the  founder,  came  from 
England  in  1649,  and  settled  in  Haverhill, 
Mass.  He  was  a  soldier  in  King  Charles's 
army,  and  fought  against  Cromwell.  Ches- 
ter Ladd,  the  grandfather  of  Benjamin  F., 
was  born  in  Burlington,  N.Y.,  in  1795.  He 
subsequently  moved  to  Pennsylvania,  and  then 
to  Rockford,  ni.,  where  he  spent  the  rest  of 
his  life.  He  was  a  pioneer  farmer  of  Rock- 
ford,  and  served  the  community  in  the  capac- 
ity of  preacher.  His  wife's  maiden  name  was. 
Harriet  Hammond. 

Harvey  Hammond  Ladd,  the  father  of  the 
subject  of  this  narrative,  was  born  May  22, 
1825,  in  Burlington,  N.Y.  After  spending 
his  early  life  there,  in  the  neighborhood  of  Bur- 
lington Green,  he  removed  to  the  oil  district 
of  Pennsylvania  prior  to  1840,  before  the  dis- 
covery of  oil  entitled  it  to  that  name.  There 
he  lived  on  Oil  Creek,  where  Oil  City  now 
stands,  and  taught  school.  At  a  later  date  he 
went  to  Belvidere,  111.,  where  he  learned  the 
carpenter's  trade,  l-'rom  that  place  he  moved 
to  Appleton,  Wis.,  then  a  mere  village,  and 
became  interested  in  lumber  dealing  and  saw- 
mills.     A   man   of   very   temperate   habits,    he 


was  one  of  the  early  members  of  the  Sons  of 
Temperance.  In  1865  he  came  to  Vineland, 
when  it  was  a  new  town,  and  lived  here  for 
many  years,  in  the  course  of  which  he  was 
able  to  render  efficient  service  to  the  commu- 
nity as  School  Trustee.  He  went  to  Chicago 
or  a  suburb  of  that  city  in  1879,  and  died 
there  in  the  year  following.  He  had  retired 
from  the  activities  of  life  some  time  pre- 
viously. His  intellectual  and  moral  qualities 
obtained  him  respect  wherever  he  went.  Be- 
sides the  filling  of  the  office  of  School  Trustee, 
he  also  served  in  the  public  capacities  of 
Alderman,  Justice  of  the  Peace,  and  Commis- 
sioner of  Deeds.  In  1850  he  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Lucinda  D.  Perry,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  F.  and  Abigail  (Newland)  Perry. 
Mr.  Perry's  father  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier 
and  a  cousin  of  Commodore  Perry  of  Lake 
Erie  fame.  Mrs.  Harvey  H.  Ladd,  who  was 
born  in  1830,  still  lives  in  Vineland. 

Benjamin  F.  Ladd  received  the  foundation 
of  his  education  in  a  little  village  named 
Stevensville,  where  the  family  lived  two  or 
three  years  before  going  to  Appleton.  He 
also  attended  the  Appleton  schools,  but  com- 
pleted his  course  of  study  at  the  Vineland 
High  School.  His  business  career  began  in 
the  office  of  the  \'ineland  Weekly,  where  he 
learned  the  mechanical  part  of  newspaper 
work.  Afterward  he  and  Obert  Spencer,  who 
was  in  the  same  office,  purchased  the  Vine- 
land  Journal,  which  had  been  started  in  the 
spring  of  1875,  but  had  not  been  successfully 
managed.  One  year  later  Mr.  Latid  bought 
out   his   partner,    and   has   since   conducted    it 


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alone.  At  its  inception  the  paper  liad  a  very 
limited  circulation,  but  by  dint  of  hard  work 
and  perseverance,  it  now  has  a  fine  circulation 
for  a  town  of  this  size.  It  is  not  only  the  old- 
est daily  now  published  in  the  State  south  of 
Trenton,  but  it  is  the  only  one  left  out  of  the 
dozen  that  have  been  started  in  Vineland. 
The  publication  is  a  six-column  folio,  except 
on  .Saturday,  when  the  amount  of  reading 
matter  is  doubled.  It  is  recognized  as  one  of 
the  leading  papers  in  Southern  New  Jersey, 
and  owing  to  its  large  urban  and  suburban 
circulation  it  is  deemed  an  excellent  advertis- 
ing medium. 

In  1886  Mr.  Ladd  added  a  real  estate  and 
insurance  business  to  his  other  interests. 
The  firm  name  was  Ladd  &  Spencer  until  the 
death  of  the  latter.  Then  Thomas  15.  Steele 
was  received  into  partnership,  since  which 
the  firm  has  been  known  as  Ladd  &  Steele. 
One  of  the  oldest  agencies  of  the  kind, 
it  represents  seven  prominent  insurance  com- 
panies. Mr.  Ladd  was  one  of  the  organ- 
izers of  the  Tradesman's  Bank  of  Vineland, 
and  has  been  one  of  its  Directors  from  the  be- 
ginning. He  erected  the  buildings  used  for 
the  printing  and  insurance  business,  and  has 
been  actively  interested  in  other  real  estate 
business.  He  formed  one  subdivision,  divid- 
ing twenty-five  acres  and  opening  up  Colum- 
bia Avenue.  In  politics  he  has  always  been  a 
stanch  Democrat,  and  the  Jo/nyia/  has  reflected 
his  sentiments  in  regard  to  party  issues.  He 
is  not  an  aspirant  to  political  honors.  For 
cpiite  a  while  he  was  a  member  of  the  Na- 
tional Guards  of  New  Jersey  and  for  several 


years  the  President  of  the  Vineland   Board  of 
Trade. 

On  November  23,  1878,  Mr.  Ladd  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Julia  M.  Gifford, 
who  was  a  native  of  New  Bedford,  Mass. 
Her  father,  Chester  C.  Gifford,  a  contractor 
and  builder,  moved  to  Vineland  in  early  man- 
hood. Mr.  Ladd  has  now  four  children  — 
Charles  Franklin,  George  Chester,  Mary 
Belle,  and  Edward  Harvey.  Although  not 
members,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ladd  most  frequently 
attend  the  Presbyterian  church.  Their  pleas- 
ant home,  corner  of  Landis  and  Columbia 
Avenues,  was  erected  by  Mr.  Ladd. 


^OHN  COLLINS  HAND,  Collector  of 
Commercial  township,  was  born  in 
Philadelphia,  May  10,  1848,  son  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  A.  (Collins)  Hand.  His 
grandfather,  Jeremiah  Hand,  was  a  resident 
of  Cape  May  County,  and  was  probably  born 
there.  His  maternal  grandfather,  John  Col- 
lins, was  captain  of  a  vessel,  and  was  lost  at 
sea,  February  14,  1846. 

Thomas  Hand  was  born  November  29,  181 8, 
at  West  Creek,  Cape  May  County,  N.J. ,  and 
lived  there  till  twelve  years  of  age,  when  he 
went  to  sea.  He  was  but  a  little  lad  when  his 
father  died,  and  he  early  began  to  help  his 
mother  support  the  family.  When  seventeen 
years  old  he  was  master  of  a  boat  running 
from  Maurice  River  to  Philadelphia.  At 
that  time  the  country  was  sparsely  settled,  and 
the  town  of  Commercial  was  not  in  existence. 
Thomas    Hand    sailed    for     Richard     Robbins 


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until  able  to  purchase  a  boat  of  his  own,  and 
eventually  became  owner  of  several  vessels. 
He  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land  at  Port 
Norris,  which  was  then  a  hamlet  of  twenty 
houses ;  and  to  his  enterprise  much  of  the  early 
growth  of  that  place  is  attributable.  In  Octo- 
ber, 1850,  he  moved  to  Port  Norris,  and 
shortly  opened  a  grocery  store  and  engaged  in 
ship-chandlery,  ship-building  and  repairing 
vessels.  He  was  owner  of  the  only  marine 
railway  in  the  town,  and  also  built  a  number 
of  houses,  many  of  which  he  sold.  At  the 
time  of  his  death  he  was  owner  of  eighteen 
houses  and  eight  thousand  acres  of  improved 
and  marsh  land. 

Mr.  Thomas  Hand  was  eminently  Icind- 
hearted  and  generous,  and  during  the  oyster 
war  of  1871  he  did  much  for  the  poor,  hiring 
a  number  of  men,  not  because  he  needed  them, 
but  because  they  needed  help;  and,  though 
owning  an  interest  in  several  oyster  beds,  he 
took  no  active  part  in  the  hostilities.  He 
was  a  stanch  Republican  politically,  and  was 
one  of  the  strong  men  on  the  Board  of  Free- 
holders, of  whicli  he  was  a  member  some  fifteen 
years.  His  death,  which  occurred  November 
5,  1890,  was  universally  regretted.  Mrs. 
Mary  A.  Collins  Hand  was  born  June  9,  1824, 
and  died  October  5,  1885.  She  was  the 
mother  of  seven  children,  namely:  Mary  E., 
who  lived  but  four  years;  Caroline,  wife  of 
Samuel  S.  Ferguson;  John  Collins,  the 
special  subject  of  this  sketch;  Mary  J.,  wife 
of  Henry  S.  Robbins;  Thomas;  Anna  M.  ; 
and  Joseph.      The  two  latter  are  now  deceased. 

John  Collins  Hand   acquired    his   early  edu- 


cation at  Port  Norris,  supplementing  it  by  a 
two  years'  course  of  study  at  the  West  Jersey 
Academy  in  Bridgeton.  He  finished  his 
schooling  in  1866,  and  went  to  work  as  a 
clerk  in  his  father's  store,  remaining  till 
1873.  In  that  year  he  built  at  Bivalve,  where 
he  was  the  second  man  to  build,  and  opened  a 
ship-chandler's  shop  there,  where  he  carried 
on  a  successful  business  until  1879.  Then, 
forming  a  partnership  with  William  H.  Town- 
send,  he  engaged  heavily  in  oyster  planting 
and  shipping,  his  trade  bringing  in  from  fifty 
thousand  to  seventy-five  thousand  dollars  a 
year,  and  extending  all  over  the  country;  but, 
being  his  father's  executor,  he  had  so  much 
work  to  do  in  settling  the  estate  that  he  was 
obliged  to  retire  from  the  oyster  business  at 
the  end  of  a  year.  He,  however,  retained  his 
interest  in  the  boats,  the  house  scows,  and 
floats,  and  the  oyster-house,  and,  now  that  the 
estate  is  settled,  is  again  planting  and  ship- 
ping. When  he  was  actively  engaged  in  the 
business  he  was  one  of  the  largest  planters 
and  shippers  here.  Mr.  Hand  also  owns  his 
handsome  home  and  considerable  real  estate. 
December  19,  1868,  Mr.  Hand  was  married 
to  Miss  Anna  B.  Bacon,  daughter  of  The- 
ophilus  Bacon,  a  builder  by  trade,  an  old  resi- 
dent of  Dividing  Creek.  Nine  daughters  have 
blessed  their  union:  Edessa,  wife  of  Daviil  R. 
Sutton,  of  Glassboro,  and  mother  of  two  chil- 
dren —  Leroy  and  John ;  Hannah,  wife  of  Jo- 
seph P.  Gibson,  of  Port  Norris,  who  is  asso- 
ciated with  Mr.  Hand  in  the  oyster  business; 
Ada;  Mary  A.;  Lucy  B. ;  Fannie;  Julia; 
Anna;  and  Caroline. 


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Mr.  Hand  has  for  years  been  active  in  poli- 
tics as  a  Republican.  He  is  now  in  his  eigh- 
teenth year  as  Collector,  having  served  fifteen 
terms  of  one  year  each  and  one  term  of  three 
years  without  a  break;  and  he  has  served 
as  delegate  to  county,  senatorial,  Congres- 
sional, and  State  conventions.  In  1889,  dur- 
ing President  Harrison's  administration,  he 
was  appointed  Postmaster,  and  held  the  office 
four  years,  improving  the  mail  service  during 
his  incumbency.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
County  Board  of  Registry  in  1892  and  1893, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Republican  County 
Committee  for  a  number  of  years.  Prominent 
also  in  social  matters,  Mr.  Hand  was  Treas- 
urer of  Social  Lodge,  No.  168,  of  Dividing 
Creek,  for  si.\  years,  and  is  a  member  of  Port 
Norris  Lodge,  No.  y^^.  Knights  of  Pythias,  of 
which  he  was  Treasurer  eight  years,  and  is 
now  Past  Chancellor.  He  belongs  to  Idaho 
Tribe,  No.  51,  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men, 
in  which  he  was  Keeper  of  Wampum  seven 
years.  He  attends  and  helps  to  support  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  which  his 
wife  is  a  member;  and  he  has  aided  liberally 
in  building  the  new  church  and  parsonage. 
Mr.  Hand,  like  his  father,  is  generous  and 
kind-hearted,  always  willing  to  help  men  in 
need  of  aid,  and  is  known  as  the  friend  of  all. 


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HEODORE    F.    DAVIS,    a    member    of 

ejj_     the  well-known  firm  of  Davis,  Rainear 

&     Davis,     fruit     and    vegetable     canners     of 

Shiloh,  was  born  in   Cumberland   County,  this 

village,   August   20,    1844,  son   of   Jarman    A. 


and  Eliza  (Bivins)  Davis.  Samuel  B.  Davis, 
the  grandfather  of  Theodore  V.,  was  born  in 
Hopewell  township.  He  was  a  farmer  by  oc- 
cupation and  an  active  citizen,  ever  ready  to 
promote  the  interests  of  the  town  in  which  he 
resided.  Jarman  A.  Davis  was  a  native  of 
this  township.  He  acquired  his  education  in 
the  district  schools,  and  subsequently  taught 
school  during  the  winters  and  worked  on  the 
farm  summers  until  attaining  his  majority. 
He  then  by  inheritance  came  into  possession 
of  a  farm,  which  he  carried  on  for  the  rest  of 
his  life.  He  was  prominent  in  local  affairs, 
serving  on  the  Township  Committee,  as  Con- 
stable for  some  years,  Surveyor  of  the  High- 
way, and  Justice  of  the  Peace,  which  last- 
named  office  he  held  until  his  death.  He 
also  filled  other  positions  in  the  gift  of  his 
fellow-townsmen. 

His  wife,  Eliza,  was  a  daughter  of  Joseph 
Bivins.  She  became  the  mother  of  seven 
children,  namely:  Elizabeth,  who  died  in  in- 
fancy; Sarah,  who  married  Charles  Socwell, 
of  Down  township;  Harriet  B.,  who  became 
the  wife  of  John  G.  Hummel,  of  Philailel- 
phia;  Charlotte  E.,  who  married  Richard 
Howell,  of  Stoe  Creek  township;  Sophronia, 
who  is  the  wife  of  Louis  Schaible,  and  resides 
in  Salem  County;  Thomas  B. ;  and  Theodore 
F.  The  parents  were  members  of  the  Seventh 
Day  Baptist  church,  in  which  Theodore  F.  is 
chorister. 

Theodore  F.  Davis  was  educated  in  the  dis- 
trict schools  and  at  Union  Academy,  and  sub- 
sequently taught  school  for  a  number  of  years. 
When   he  was  twenty-two  years  old   he  bought 


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a  farm,  which  he  successfully  managed  until 
about  1880.  He  then  opened  a  store  of  gen- 
eral merchandise  in  Shiloh,  and  continued 
there  for  six  years.  In  1 886,  with  Harrison 
VV.  Davis  and  James  R.  Rainear,  he  started 
in  the  canning  business,  at  first  in  a  limited 
way.  A  firm  composed  of  three  such  enter- 
prising men  necessarily  flourished,  and  the 
business  was  soon  established  on  a  permanent 
basis.  They  have  continued  to  thrive,  and 
now  put  up  about  five  hundred  thousand  cans 
of  tomatoes  annually,  besides  fruits  and  other 
vegetables  in  proportion.  Like  his  public- 
spirited  father,  Mr.  Davis  has  been  largely 
identified  with  local  affairs.  In  1889  he  was 
elected  Justice  of  the  Peace,  and  was  re- 
elected in  1894  for  five  years.  He  officiated 
for  a  long  period  as  Clerk  of  the  township, 
and  he  has  long  been  a  member  of  the  Town 
Committee.  Mr.  Davis  belongs  to  the  local 
Masonic  Lodge,  and  while  a  farmer  was  a 
member  of  the  grange.  On  February  20, 
1867,  he  married  Eliza  S.,  daughter  of  Jere- 
miah B.  Davis,  of  .Shiloh.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Davis  have  had  four  children,  only  two  of 
whom  are  living:  Isadore  J.,  the  wife  of 
Wilson  S.  Davis;  and  Walter  B.  Davis,  both 
of  whom  are  worthy  representatives  of  the 
name  they  bear. 


)EWLS  H.  ROBBINSON.  superintend- 
ent of  the  .South  Jersey  Traction 
Company,  was  born  in  Dividing 
Creek,  Cumberland  County,  N.J.,  on  August 
14,  1871.  He  is  a  son  of  William  G.  and 
Rebecca   (Chew)    Robbinson.     The   father   of 


Lewis  H.,  William  G.  Robbinson,  was  an  old 
resident  of  the  county,  being  a  planter  and  one 
of  the  most  prominent  men  there.  For  many 
years  he  was  engaged  in  the  oyster  business, 
but  he  is  now  a  retired  gentleman.  He  mar- 
ried Miss  Chew,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Jonas 
Chew,  a  Methodist  minister.  Of  the  six  chil- 
dren born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  G.  Rob- 
binson, there  are  living:  Laura,  wife  of 
A.  R.  Perry,  of  Dividing  Creek;  Hannah 
Lucretia,  wife  of  Professor  G.  S.  Minch,  prin- 
cipal of  the  public  schools  of  Dividing  Creek; 
Bessie;  and  Paul.  The  father  and  mother  are 
valued  members  of  the  Methodist  church,  in 
which  Mr.  Robbinson  has  officiated  as  steward, 
taking  an  active  interest  for  many  years. 

Lewis  H.  Robbinson  supplemented  the  in- 
struction received  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
town  by  attending  night  schools  in  Atlantic 
City  and  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  while  he  was  in 
the  employ  of  the  Citizens'  Railway  Com- 
pany. There  he  gained  a  knowledge  of  elec- 
tricity as  applied  to  railways.  When  he  was 
but  eighteen  years  of  age  he  was  appointed 
electrician  at  Wheeling,  being  on  dut\'  in  the 
day-time  and  studying  nights.  He  had  a  long 
line  to  take  charge  of,  there  being  seventeen 
miles  of  railway  operated.  Later  he  was 
called  to  Carbondale,  Pa.,  to  serve  as 
chief  engineer  and  electrician,  having  charge 
of  the  power  house  as  well  as  tiie  electric 
lines.  Four  months  afterward  Mr.  Robbinson 
had  an  offer  to  go  on  the  road  for  the  Mather 
Electric  Company  of  Philadelphia,  travelling 
for  them  Flast  and  South,  installing  isolated 
lines.      He   accepted    the   offer   of    the    South 


LEWIS     H.    ROBBINSON. 


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Jersey  Traction  Company,  which  controls  all 
of  the  South  Jersey  Traction  Company  lines, 
Bridgeton  &  Millville  Railroad,  Bridgeton 
and  Millville  turnpike,  and  Bridgeton  and 
Deerfield  turnpike,  including  seventeen  miles 
of  railway  and  sixteen  miles  of  turnpike, 
being  the  longest  line  in  South  Jersey.  It 
requires  a  working  force  of  from  thirty-five  to 
forty  men  and  frequently  in  winter  a  large 
number  of  laborers,  besides  ten  extra  cars  in 
summer.  Mr.  Robbinson  is  a  member  of  Co- 
hansey  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows. On  December  19,  1894,  he  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Cora  Irvin,  of  Ogdens- 
burg,  N.Y. 

"OSEPH  COOK,  who  is  now  living  re- 
tired from  active  business  pursuits  in 
Vineland,  N.J.,  was  born  in  Cheshire, 
l']ngland,  on  August  18,  1834,  during  the 
reign  of  William  IV.  His  parents  were 
Jacob  and  Mary  (Murray)  Cook.  Jacob,  his 
father,  was  born  in  Cheshire  about  1797.  He 
received  a  substantial  education,  and  remained 
on  the  farm  with  his  parents  until  attaining 
his  majority.  He  then  took  a  farm  with  a 
grist-mill  on  it,  and  managed  both  success- 
fully during  the  rest  of  his  life.  His  wife, 
Mary,  wlio  was  a  daughter  of  Joseph  Murray, 
became  the  mother  of  six  children,  namely: 
Lucy  (deceased),  who  married  John  Berris- 
ford,  of  Cheshire;  Emma  (deceased),  who 
married  James  Willett,  of  Cheshire;  Mary 
(deceased),  who  became  the  wife  of  Charles 
Moody,  also  of  Cheshire;  Martha,  who  mar- 
ried Thomas   Growcott,    of  Cheshire;   Harriet 


(deceased),  who  married  James  Skeldon,  also 
of  Cheshire;  and  Joseph,  the  special  subject 
of  this  sketch.  The  family  were  members  of 
the  Church  of  England. 

Joseph  Cook,  after  receiving  his  education 
in  the  schools  of  his  native  town,  entered  tiie 
employ  of  the  London  &  North  Wales  Rail- 
road Company,  with  which  he  remained  in 
various  capacities  until  1877,  when  he  occu- 
pied the  post  of  cashier.  He  then  associated 
himself  in  imsiness  with  his  brother-in-law, 
James,  in  New  York  City,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Everall  Brothers,  their  place  being 
located  on  the  corner  of  Broadway  and  Fifth 
Avenue.  There  they  established  a  tailoring 
business,  which  they  carried  on  with  signal 
success  for  four  years,  when  Mr.  Cook  sold  out 
to  his  brother-in-law,  and  located  in  Jan\-ier, 
N.J.,  where  he  built  a  factory  for  the  manu- 
facture of  Smyrna  rugs.  This  enterprise  pros- 
pered; and  Mr.  Cook  employed  about  fifty 
men,  turning  out  about  one  hundred  and  fifty 
rugs  a  day.  After  continuing  the  factory^for 
six  years  and  a  half,  Mr.  Cook  let  the  property 
on  lease  in  1892,  and  came  to  Vineland  to 
retire  from  active  pursuits.  He  was  married 
on  September  21,  1873,  to  Lucy  Homer,  a 
daughter  of  William  Homer,  of  Staffordshire, 
England.  They  have  had  one  child,  h'.liza- 
beth,  who  met  with  a  tragic  death,  bein"; 
killed  by  a  runaway  horse  when  she  was  but 
six  and  a  half  years  old.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cook 
are  believers  in  Christian  Science. 

Mr.  Cook  well  deserves  the  rest  and  repose 
in  his  declining  years  which  his  diligence  in 
business  has  rendered  possible. 


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•OHN  F.  WATSON,  a  leading  hard- 
ware and  harness  dealer  of  Bridgeton, 
was  born  in  Greenwich  township,  Cum- 
berland County,  N.J.,  on  June  29,  1855.  He 
is  descended  from  Thomas  Watson,  who  set- 
tled in  Greenwich  in  1685.  Thomas  Watson 
had  a  son,  William,  who  was  born  in  1690, 
and  died  in  1743.  There  was  born  to  Will- 
iam a  son  named  Isaac.  Isaac  Watson  became 
the  father  of  a  son  named  Howell;  and  to 
Howell  Watson  there  was  born  a  son,  George, 
and  to  George  a  son,  Charles  L. ,  who  was  the 
father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Charles  L.  Watson,  the  father  of  John  F., 
was  also  a  native  of  Greenwich,  N.J.,  born  on 
August  8,  1823.  He  received  a  common- 
school  education,  and  became  a  farmer,  follow- 
ing that  occupation  till  within  five  years  of 
his  death,  when  he  retired  from  life's  activi- 
ties. He  died  in  July,  1894.  He  was  prom- 
inent in  local  politics,  and  served  the  town  as 
Constable  and  County  Sheriff,  being  elected 
Sheriff  in  November,  1863.  During  his  term 
of  office  Mowaril  and  (^gden  were  convicted  of 
nnu'iler,  and  executed. 

Mr.  Cliarles  L.  Watson  married  Ann  B. 
Hall,  a  daughter  of  Gabriel  Hall,  of  Green- 
wich. Tiiey  hatl  thirteen  childi'cn,  of  whom 
l)ut  five  lived  to  maturity;  namely,  George  L., 
]{lizaheth  L.,  John  !•".,  Calvin  II.,  and  Leon- 
ard L.  The  parents  were  members  of  the 
Baptist  church. 

John  F.  Watson  obtained  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  and  at  South  Jersey  Insti- 
tute. He  then  woiked  for  a  short  time  in  a 
grocery    store,    but    subsequently    entered    the 


employ  of  J.  H.  Elmer,  a  hardware  merchant. 
He  remained  with  Mr.  Elmer  until  March  i, 
1887,  at  which  time  he  became  a  partner  of 
W.  J.  Brooks,  under  the  firm  name  of  Brooks 
&  Watson;  and  they  began  to  deal  in  hardware 
in  addition  to  the  harness  business.  On  De- 
cember 31,  1893,  Mr.  Brooks  retired,  selling 
his  interest  to  Mr.  Watson,  who  has  since 
continued  the  business  alone  with  satisfactory 
results.  On  September  26,  1888,  Mr.  Wat- 
son was  united  in  marriage  to  A.  Maud 
Reeves,  a  daughter  of  Josiah  H.  Reeves,  of 
this  city.  Two  children  are  the  fruit  of  their 
union — J.  Reeves,  born  December  26,  1890; 
and  Alice  Maud,  born  May  18,  1892.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Watson  are  members  of  the  P'irst 
Baptist  Church  of  Bridgeton,  in  which  he  has 
been  superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school  fif- 
teen years,  clerk  of  the  parish  ten  years,  and 
Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Deacons.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  West 
New  Jersey  Baptist  Association,  of  which  he 
is  Chairman.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Managers  of  the  Baptist  State  Con- 
vention of  New  Jersey;  member  of  the  l^oard 
of  Managers  of  the  South  Jersey  Institute, 
Bridgeton;  Treasurer  of  the  Board  of  Man- 
agers of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion, Bridgeton;  member  of  the  Board  of  Di- 
rectors of  the  Bridgeton  branch  of  the  State 
Mutual  Builfling  and  Loan  Association  of 
New  Jersey,  of  which  he  is  Treasurer;  and 
member  of  the  city  Board  of  Education  from 
the  First  Ward,  Bridgeton,  N.J.  To  the  per- 
formance of  his  multifarious  duties  Mr.  Wat- 
son brings  earnestness  of  purpose,  a  clear  and 


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sagacious  mind,  long  business  experience,  and 
a  firm  reliance  on  an  all-wise  Providence. 


H^|ICHARD    OSBORNE    BIDWELL,    a 

prosperous  business  man  of  South 
Vineland,  was  born  in  Springfield, 
R.I.,  March  16,  1863,  son  of  Osborne  and 
Caroline  (Willis)   Bidwell. 

Osborne  Bidwell  was  a  native  of  South 
Manchester,  Conn.,  born  August  8,  1827. 
He  grew  to  manhood  on  his  father's  farm, 
receiving  his  education  in  the  common 
schools.  On  attaining  his  majority  he  went 
to  work  in  Colt's  armory,  and  continued  in 
that  employment  until  after  the  close  of  the 
Civil  War.  In  1865  he  came  to  South  Vine- 
land,  and  bought  a  farm  of  thirty  acres,  which 
he  successfully  conducted  for  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  Shortly  after  entering  upon  pos- 
session of  the  property,  he  found  on  it  a  qual- 
ity of  sand  that  was  susceptible  of  being  man- 
ufactured into  the  finest  quality  of  glass. 
This  he  immediately  began  to  take  out,  and 
readily  obtained  for  it  two  and  one-half  dol- 
lars per  ton,  a  price  asserted  to  have  been  the 
highest  ever  paid  in  the  State  for  similar  ma- 
terial. This  sand  having  yielded  him  a  good 
profit  while  it  lasted,  he  subsequently  pur- 
chased, in  company  with  C.  W.  Kilborn,  an- 
other farm,  also  containing  sand-beds,  and 
continued  the  business.  His  wife,  who  was  a 
daughter  of  Frank  Willis,  of  South  Manches- 
ter, Conn.,  bore  him  six  children;  namely, 
Richard  O. ,  Hattie  M.,  Jennie,  Caroline, 
William,    and    Lillian.       llattie    M.    married 


Henry  Wiley,  of  New  York  City;  Jennie 
married  Frank  Ward,  of  Vineland;  Lillian 
is  the  wife  of  Lewis  Miller,  also  of  Vine- 
land;  Caroline  married  Vernon  McMadsan, 
of  Vineland.  Both  parents  were  members 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  The 
father  was  a  Free  Mason  of  the  Vineland 
Lodge.      He  died  in  February,   1890. 

Richard  Osborne  Bidwell,  after  receiving  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  South  Vine- 
land,  began  to  contribute  to  his  own  living 
by  working  on  his  father's  farm.  On  August 
31,  1889,  he  was  able  to  buy  Mr.  Kilborn's 
interest  in  the  sand  business,  which  was  then 
continued  under  the  firm  name  of  Bidwell  & 
Son.  Upon  his  father's  death  a  share  in  the 
firm  fell  to  his  mother.  This  he  bought  July 
9,  1891,  becoming  thereby  the  sole  proprietor. 
Of  an  enterprising  spirit  and  possessed  of  a 
natural  capacity  for  business,  Mr.  Bidwell 
soon  became  the  largest  dealer  in  glass 
sand  in  the  State.  He  now  conducts  sand 
works  in  three  different  localities,  having  an 
average  output  of  two  hundred  and  ten  tons 
per  day.  On  May  31,  1884,  he  was  united  in 
matrimony  with  Elvira  E.,  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward Homan,  of  Newburg,  N.  Y.  The  union 
has  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  six  children, 
of  whom  three  are  deceased.  The  survivors 
are:  Richard  O.,  Jr.,  born  July  9,  1885; 
Sadie  E.,  born  April  12,  1887;  and  Ralph 
W.,  born  September  13,  1894.  Both  parents 
attend  the  Baptist  church,  of  which  the 
mother  is  a  regular  member.  Mr.  Bidwell 
belongs  to  Vineland  Castle,  No.  46,  Knights 
of  the  Golden  Eagle.      He  is  a  self-made  man. 


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owing  little  to  mere  good  luck,  but  a  good 
deal  to  the  shrewdness,  industry,  and  self-re- 
liance inherited  from  his  father.  There  may 
be  those  wlio  envy  his  success,  but  all  must 
respect  him  for  the  qualities  by  which  he  has 
earned  it. 


HARLE.S  TOWNSEND  GRASS- 
I  MAN,  of  Bricksburg,  Maurice  River 
township,  proprietor  and  manager  of 
one  of  the  largest  farms  in  the  vicinity  of  Port 
Elizabeth,  N.J.,  was  born  in  the  last-named 
town,  December  12,  1846.  He  is  a  son  of 
Edward  and  Rachel  (Errickson)  Grassman, 
both  natives  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey.  His 
grandfather,  John  Grassman,  who  was  born  in 
Germany,  came  to  this  country  when  about 
fifteen  years  old,  and  settled  at  Cumberland 
P'urnace,  spending  the  rest  of  his  life  in  this 
vicinity.  He  managed  a  general  store,  and 
was  fairly  successful  as  a  merchant.  John 
Gra.ssman  married  Abigail  Winnerman,  and 
reared  two  children  —  Edward  and  Samuel. 

Edward  Grassman  was  born  in  Port  Eliza- 
beth, May  22,  1 818,  and  obtained  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  that  place.  He 
chose  the  pursuit  of  agriculture  as  a  means  of 
earning  a  livelihood,  and  was  also  engaged 
for  a  number  of  years  in  teaming  on  his  own 
account.  One  of  the  prominent  citizens  of 
Port  Elizabeth,  he  served  for  a  number  of 
years  as  Overseer  of  the  Highways  and  Over- 
seer of  the  Poor.  He  was  married  in  1844  to 
Rachel,  daughter  of  Goen  Errickson,  of  Del- 
mont,  Cumberland  County,  N.J.  She  died  in 
1856,  having  been  the  mother  of  six  children, 


namely:  Abigail,  wife  of  Charles  Gilliland; 
Charles  T.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Sally; 
Samuel;  Eli;  and  John,  who  died  in  infancy. 
Mr.  Grassman  was  again  married  in  i860. 
Miss  Mary  Johnson  becoming  his  wife.  By 
this  union  he  had  two  children  —  EdwartI  and 
Mary. 

Charles  Townsend  Grassman  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
After  leaving  school  he  worked  on  a  farm  for 
monthly  wages  for  a  while,  and  then  followed 
the  sea  for  two  years.  About  1S68  he  took  a 
farm  at  Manantico,  which  he  worked  on  shares 
for  twenty-four  years,  or  until  1892,  when  he 
purchased  his  present  homestead.  This  com- 
prises one  hundred  and  seventeen  acres  of 
good  land,  which  is  all  under  cultivation,  the 
principal  crops  being  corn,  hay,  and  potatoes. 
Mr.  Grassman  cuts  annually  from  forty  to  fifty 
tons  of  fresh  hay;  and  he  keeps  about  nineteen 
head  of  cattle,  selling  milk  to  retail  dealers. 
He  keeps  a  pair  of  horses  for  his  own  use,  a 
pair  of  mules  for  heavy  work,  and  has  a  valu- 
able colt  sired  by  Pilot.  His  farm  is  one  of 
the  best  in  the  locality,  and  thrift  and  enter- 
prise preside  over  the  broad  acres. 

December  25,  1870,  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Mary,  daughter  of  Robert  Gray,  a 
native  of  County  Antrim,  Ireland.  Nine 
children  came  to  widen  the  family  circle,  only- 
three  of  whom  are  now  living — Rachel,  Ed- 
ward F.,  and  Richard  S. 

Mr.  Grassman  has  served  two  years  on  the 
Elective  Board  of  Port  Elizabeth,  and  is  at 
present  a  member  of  the  Board  of  School 
Trustees.      He  belongs  to  the  Methodist  Epis- 


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copal  church,  while  his  wife  is  a  Presbyterian. 
An  industrious,  thrifty,  and  law-abiding  citi- 
zen, he  has  earned  the  respect  of  his  fellow- 
townsmen. 


YI^ORTON  LORE,  Jr.,  a  farmer  and 
I  — f  wood  dealer  of  Mauricetown,  was  born 
^•-^  in  Buckshutem,  November  5,  1850, 
son  of  Norton  and  Lucy  H.  C.  (Mayhew) 
Lore.  His  great-grandfather,  Jonathan  Lore, 
who  was  the  first  of  the  family  to  settle  in  the 
district,  built  near  Dividing  Creek  the  house 
now  known  as  Lore's  Mill.  His  son,  John 
Lore,  was  born  at  Lore's  Mill,  and  there  grew 
to  manhood.  He  purchased  a  saw-mill  at 
Newport,  this  county,  and  conducted  it  for 
several  years.  He  then  bought  a  farm  at  Di- 
viding Creek;  but,  after  cultivating  it  for 
quite  a  period,  he  purchased  another  farm  in 
Buckshutem.  Here  he  resided  for  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life  engaged  in  general  husban- 
dry. He  was  joined  in  matrimony  with  Miss 
Deborah  Page,  a  daughter  of  David  Page,  who 
was  the  owner  of  both  a  farm  and  a  mill  at 
Newport.  They  had  several  children,  three  of 
whom  still  survive,  namely:  Norton,  Sr.,  the 
father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Deborah, 
who  is  now  the  wife  of  Joseph  Mayhew,  a  resi- 
dent of  Buckshutem;  and  Mary,  residing  at 
Millville,  this  county,  the  wife  of  Charles  G. 
Leake.  In  religious  faith  and  sympathy  they 
were  associated  with  the  Baptist  denomina- 
tion of  Commercial,  with  whom  they  regularly 
attended  divine  worship. 

Norton    Lore,    Sr.,    was    born    at    Newport, 
December  21,   1822.      He  acquired   his   educa- 


tion by  attending  first  the  common  schools  of 
Dividing  Creek  and  then  those  of  Commer- 
cial, to  which  town  his  father  had  removed. 
He  remained  with  his  parents  until  his  mar- 
riage, vvlicn  he  engaged  in  farming  and  the 
wood  business.  In  the  latter  he  was  engaged 
very  extensively  for  many  years.  Every 
winter  he  employed  from  twenty-five  to  thirty 
men  in  felling  trees  and  preparing  hoops. 
The  wood  and  hoops  he  shipped  in  his  own 
vessel  to  Philadelphia.  He  held  the  contract 
to  furnish  the  firewood  that  was  supplied  to 
the  poor  of  .that  city.  He  retired  from  busi- 
ness about  twenty  years  ago.  His  chief  occu- 
pation lately  has  been  the  management  of  a 
farm  of  seventy-five  acres,  where  he  keeps  five 
head  of  cattle,  and  gives  some  attention  to 
dairying.  On  February  7,  1844,  he  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Lucy  H.  C. 
Mayhew,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Mayhew,  of 
Commercial  township.  Two  children  were 
born  of  the  marriage,  namely:  Caroline  L. , 
now  deceased,  who  married  Maurice  P.  God- 
frey, of  Dorchester,  N.J.,  and  had  one  child, 
Lewis;  and  Norton,  Jr.,  the  subject  of  this 
article.  The  father  has  taken  an  active  in- 
terest in  local  politics  as  a  member  of  the  Re- 
publican i^arty.  He  has  served  the  community 
for  several  years  successively  on  the  Town- 
ship Committee  and  the  Committee  of  Ap- 
peals, and  his  party  have  sent  him  as  a  del- 
egate to  several  senatorial  and  Congressional 
conventions. 

Norton  Lore,  Jr.,  acquired  a  good  practical 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town.      Afterward   he   worked  with    his   father 


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in  the  wood  business,  first  as  assistant  and, 
after  coming  of  age,  as  partner,  until  liis  mar- 
riage. He  then  dissolved  the  partnership, 
and  purchased  the  farm  which  he  now  occu- 
pies. It  is  situated  in  the  northern  part  of 
Buckshutem,  and  comprises  eighty-five  acres 
of  arable  land  and  four  hundred  acres  of  wood- 
land. On  the  woodland  he  employs  a  con- 
siderable number  of  men  in  felling  and  chop- 
ping wood,  which  he  sells  to  the  glass  works 
at  Millville.  Besides  this  industry,  which  is 
carried  on  principally  in  the  winter  season,  he 
is  engaged  in  general  agriculture. 

On  March  12,  1873,  he  was  joined  in  wed- 
lock with  Miss  Ada  E.  Vail,  a  daughter  of 
John  Vail,  who  was  formerly  a  miller  at 
Willow  Grove,  this  county.  Mrs.  Lore  was 
born  December  28,  185 1,  and  received  her 
education  in  Buckshutem,  to  which  place  her 
parents  removed  in  1861.  The  Vail  family 
subsequently  removed  to  Port  Norris,  where 
Mr.  Vail  was  engaged  in  the  lumber  business. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lore  have  one  child,  Milton  L., 
born  August  22,  1880,  who  is  now  attending 
school.  Mr.  Lore  is  a  Republican,  and  has 
participated  quite  freely  in  town  affairs.  He 
was  a  Trustee  of  the  public  schools  for  a  time. 
At  a  later  date  he  was  appointed  Commissioner 
of  Appeals,  and  served  in  that  capacity  for 
several  years.  In  1890  he  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Township  Committee.  In  1893  he 
was  re-elected,  and  since  the  decease  of  Seth 
Bowen  he  has  acted  as  the  Chairman  of  the 
committee.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Republican  County  Committee,  and  he  has 
been  Commercial's  delegate  to  several  county, 


district.  Congressional,  and  senatorial  con- 
ventions. He  is  a  regular  attendant  and 
supporter  of  the  Buckshutem  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  of  which  Mrs.  Lore  is  a 
member.  The  family  now  occupy  a  nice 
residence  at  Buckshutem,  built  some  time 
ago   by    Mr.    Lore. 


APTAIN  WILLIAM  B.  PEPPER, 
of  Bivalve,  a  well-known  planter  and 
shipper  of  oysters,  was  born  in  Di- 
viding Creek,  this  county,  June  17,  1838,  the 
sixty-third  anniversary  of  the  battle  of  Bunker 
Hill.  His  parents  were  Captain  Amos  and 
Phoebe  (Garrison)  Pepper.  He  traces  his 
genealogy  to  German  ancestors  who  spelled 
the  name  Phifer.  Jesse  Pepper,  his  paternal 
grandfather,  resided  in  Down  township,  was 
a  sea  captain,  and  was  an  early  navigator  cf 
the  river  and  bay  before  1800.  When  the 
breakwater  was  built,  he  was  in  the  coasting 
trade,  and  assisted  in  carrying  the  stone  for 
its  construction.  His  son,  Captairf  Amos 
Pepper,  was  a  native  of  Down  townshij^,  born 
in  1809.  In  early  boyhood  he  shipped  as  cook 
on  a  coasting-vessel,  which  carried  lumber 
from  Maurice  River  to  Philadelphia.  Erom 
this  humble  position  he  worked  upward  with 
characteristic  energy  until  he  became  captain 
and  part  owner  of  the  vessel  in  which  he 
sailed.  He  was  a  seafaring  man  for  half  a 
century.  Seven  or  eight  years  previous  to  his 
death  he  retired  from  that  calling,  and  there- 
after became  identified  in  town  affairs,  officiat- 
ing as   School    Trustee  and   Overseer   of    the 


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Road.  He  married  Miss  Garrison,  a  daughter 
of  Jacob  Garrison,  of  Dividing  Creek.  Mr. 
Garrison,  who  was  of  German  extraction,  fol- 
lowed the  calling  of  a  sailor,  and  served  his 
country  in  the  War  of  1S12.  After  his  mar- 
riage Captain  Amos  Pepper  settled  on  a  small 
farm  near  Dividing  Creek,  which  thereafter 
remained  his  permanent  abode.  Of  his  seven 
children  six  grew  up,  namely:  Mary,  the  wife 
of  Daniel  Gaskell,  of  Port  Norris;  William 
B.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Phcebe,  who 
married  John  Tullis,  of  Dividing  Creek; 
Amos,  now  captain  of  a  boat,  and  a  resident  of 
Port  Norris;  Jacob,  a  resident  of  Dividing 
Creek;  and  Charles,  residing  in  Port  Norris. 
The  father  and  mother  were  life  members  of 
the  old  Baptist  Church  of  Dividing  Creek,  the 
father  having  been  a  Deacon.  He  died  July 
2,  1 88 1,  at  the  age  of  seventy-two  years. 
The  mother,  now  seventy-eight  years  of  age, 
still  lives  on  the  old  farm. 

Captain  William  B.  Pepper  attended  school 
in  Drakestown,  Morris  County,  until  he  was 
ten  years  of  age.  He  then  went  to  sea  with 
his  father,  and  thereafter  was  engaged  in 
seafaring  for  twelve  years.  Afterward  he  had 
charge  of  an  oyster  boat.  In  1862  he  enlisted 
in  the  Twenty-fourth  New  Jersey  Volunteer 
Infantry,  and  was  sent  to  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac,  going  out  as  private.  His  initiation 
in  war  was  received  at  the  battle  of  Fred- 
ericksburg, where  his  company  lost  ten  by 
death,  many  others  being  wounded.  He  had 
been  previously  promoted  to  Second  Lieuten- 
ant, and  after  the  siege  of  Fredericksburg  he 
was  made  Captain,  serving  in  that  capacity  at 


Chancellorsville.  He  was  honorably  dis- 
charged July  3,  1863,  at  Beverly,  N.J.,  and 
returned  to  his  home  in  Dividing  Creek,  after- 
ward commanding  an  oyster  boat  until  1876. 
He  plants  and  gathers  oysters,  and  sells  them 
by  wholesale  to  customers  in  this  State,  New 
York,  and  Pennsylvania.  Captain  Pepper  has 
an  interest  in  three  boats.  He  is  one  of  the 
oldest  men  in  this  business,  and  is  also  one  of 
the  largest  shippers  of  oysters.  For  four 
years  he  was  a  Director  of  the  Oyster  Asso- 
ciation, of  which  he  is  one  of  the  founders. 
The  object  of  the  organization  is  the  protec- 
tion of  oysters  in  the  bay  from  the  oyster  pi- 
rates. He  was  also  instrumental  in  having 
the  railroad  built.  He  is  a  member  of  New- 
port Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  of  the 
J.  C.  Shinn  Post  of  Port  Norris,  and  attends 
the  national  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic 
encampments. 

On  August  4,  i860,  he  was  married  to 
Emeline  Studhams,  a  daughter  of  Daniel 
Studhams,  who  was  a  seaman  of  this  town- 
ship. Captain  and  Mrs.  Pepper  have  six  chil- 
dren —  Almeda,  the  wife  of  Sanford  Bacon,  of 
this  township,  and  the  mother  of  two  children 
—  Lilian  and  Alma;  Frank  K.,  an  oysterman, 
of  Port  Norris,  who  married  Miss  Elizabeth 
Harris,  and  has  two  children  —  William  B. 
and  Alice;  Ella,  who  married  William  Hut- 
tenloch,  of  Dividing  Creek,  and  has  three  chil- 
dren—  Morton,  Ralph,  and  George;  Lilian, 
who  is  the  wife  of  Warren  Marts,  of  Dividing 
Creek;  Anna,  who  married  Clarence  Robbins, 
and  has  one  child,  Hellen;  and  Alberta,  who 
lives  at   home.      The   parents    have   been    for 


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thirty  years  members  of  the  Baptist  church,  of 
which  Captain  Pepper  has  been  Treasurer  and 
Trustee. 

LENHART  RICE,  of  Bridgeton,  N.J., 
a  partner  of  the  Acme  Gas  Fixture 
Company  and  of  Frazeur  &  Rice,  both 
well-known  firms  in  the  city,  is  one  of  the 
most  successful  business  men  in  the  State. 
He  was  born  in  Bridgeton,  August  29,  1841, 
son  of  William  and  Nancy  Snelling  (Jacobs) 
Rice.  His  grandfather,  Philip  Rice,  who  was 
a  native  of  Sweden,  emigrated  to  this  country, 
and  settled  in  Dorchester,  N.J.,  where  he 
kept  a  hotel  for  a  considerable  time. 

William  Rice,  from  whom  the  son  undoubt- 
edly inherited  his  business  aptitude,  was  also 
a  successful  man.  His  birth  occurred  March 
15,  1796,  in  Dorchester,  where  also  he  re- 
ceived a  common-school  education.  His 
school  days  ended,  he  engaged  in  the  calling 
of  a  sailor,  and  is  alleged  to  have  commanded 
a  vessel  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years.  Having 
spent  eight  years  in  seafaring  life,  he  estab- 
lished himself  in  liridgeton  and  Millville  as  a 
ship-builder,  taking  up  his  residence  in  the 
former  place.  He  carried  on  his  business  for 
thirty-five  years,  during  which  period  he  built 
many  large  vessels,  and  made  a  fortune.  He 
then  retired  from  active  occui^ation,  anil  died 
June  29,  I  87  I,  at  the  age  of  seventy-five  years. 
A  company  of  infantry,  in  which  he  had  en- 
listed, was  called  out  during  the  War  of  18 12. 
One  of  several  expressions  of  public  esteem 
for  him  was  his  election  to  the  office  of  Free- 
holder of  Bridgeton.      Both  he  and   his   family 


were  members  of  the  Trinity  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the 
founders.  He  was  also  an  active  worker  in 
the  organization  called  the  Sons  of  Temper- 
ance. His  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Charles 
Jacobs,  of  Boston,  Mass.  Death  having  ren- 
dered her  fatherless  at  the  age  of  nine  years, 
she  was  brought  up  in  Dorchester,  N.J.,  by  a 
family  whose  members  belonged  to  the  benev- 
olent Society  of  Friends.  She  bore  her  hus- 
band ten  children,  namely;  Charles  J., 
Thomas,  Philip,  Harriet,  William,  Elizabeth, 
Anna  J.,  Roger,  Matilda,  and  J.  Lenhart. 
Harriet  became  the  wife  of  li.  P.  Wilson; 
Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  Enoch  Brooks;  Anna 
J.,  the  wife  of  Wallace  C.  Rodgers;  Matilda, 
the  wife  of  Joseph  M.  Elwell  and  subse- 
quently of  John  M.  Frazeur.  William  re- 
sides in  Bridgeton. 

J.  Lenhart  Rice  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Bridgeton.  On  leaving  school  he 
was  trained  in  the  ship-carpenter's  trade  by 
his  father.  When  twenty-one  years  old  he 
enlisted  in  Compan)'  II,  Twenty-fourth  Regi- 
ment, New  Jersey  Volunteer  Infantry,  for  ser- 
vice in  the  Civil  War.  He  went  to  the  front 
with  his  regiment,  which  joined  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac,  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Fred- 
ericksburg and  Chancellorsville,  and  was  hon- 
orably discharged  in  1862.  The  next  year 
he  established  himself  in  business.  In  1877, 
in  company  with  David  O.  Frazeur,  he  pur- 
chased the  lime  business  of  John  B.  Rogers. 
This  they  have  successfully  carried  on  since, 
under  the  firm  name  of  I'razeur  &  Rice. 
To-day  they  have  the  largest  trade  of  the  kind 


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in  Southern  Jersey.  In  1894  he  sold  out  to 
his  brother  the  business  started  by  him  in 
1863,  and,  together  with  his  son,  formed  the 
Acme  Gas  Fixture  Company.  Owing  to  good 
management  this  firm  has  been  most  prosper- 
ous, and  is  now  doing  a  business  that  gives 
regular  employment  to  over  forty  men. 

On  September  13,  1865,  Mr.  Rice  was 
united  in  matrimony  with  Maria  A.,  daughter 
of  Samuel  D.  Frazeur.  Of  this  marriage 
there  were  born  three  children,  of  whom  one 
is  deceased.  Those  living  are:  Wallace  C. 
and  Jessie  A.  Both  parents  are  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  During  Mr. 
Rice's  connection  with  the  society,  a  period 
of  forty-two  years,  he  has  served  in  all  the 
offices,  from  the  lowest  capacity  to  that  of 
local  preacher. 

Mr.  Rice,  who  has  always  taken  an  active 
interest  in  local  affairs,  was  Town  Clerk  of 
Bridgeton  for  a  number  of  years  before  it  was 
chartered  as  a  city.  In  1S91  he  was  elected 
to  the  Common  Council  by  Ward  3,  on  the 
Republican  ticket,  and  served  in  that  body 
until  1894.  At  one  time  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Sons  of  Temperance.  He  has  affiliation 
with  Brearly  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Bridge- 
ton ;  with  Cumberland  Lodge,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Bridgeton;  and  with 
the  A.  L.  Robeson  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic.  The  family  occupy  the  tasteful 
residence,  162  Broad  Street,  built  by  Mr. 
Rice  in  1871.  He  settled  in  Bridgeton  in 
1865;  and  his  record  as  a  citizen,  a  man  of 
business,  and  a  Christian  has  been  such  as  to 
win  the  respect  of  all  his  neighbors. 


^OHN  ALFRED  ACKLEY,  auctioneer 
and  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  Vineland, 
was  born  in  Absecon,  Atlantic  County, 
July  14,  1854,  son  of  William  and  Mary  R. 
(Smallwood)  Ackley.  His  grandfather,  Uriah 
Ackley,  whose  birth  occurred  at  Blackwater, 
June  5,  1780,  was  a  farmer  and  a  sawyer. 
Grandfather  Ackley  also  found  time  to  serve 
as  itinerant  preacher  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church.  In  1809  he  married  Sarah 
Coombs,  who  was  born  April  25,  1791.  She 
had  by  him  fourteen  children,  as  follows: 
Samuel,  born  February  5,  18 10,  who  died 
February  28,  1890;  William,  born  November 
I,  181 1  ;  Joseph,  born  July  23,  18 13,  who 
died  October  iS,  1892;  Rachel,  born  March 
17,  181 5,  who  died  October  22,  1880;  Han- 
nah, born  November  11,  18 16,  who  died  Octo- 
ber 6,  1893;  Ann,  born  May  11,  18 18;  Mary, 
born  September  23,  18 19;  John,  born  March 
24,  1822;  Jesse  C,  born  October  20,  1823; 
Sarah  Ann,  born  May  2,  1826,  who  died  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1896;  Coombs,  born  January  [7, 
1828;  Ruth,  born  September  5,  1829;  Jane, 
born  June  1 1,  1832,  who  died  March  14,  1876; 
and  George,  born  July  15,  1835.  The  father 
died  August  5,  1854,  and  the  mother,  August 
4,   1879. 

William  Ackley,  who  was  a  native  of  Union 
Mill,  this  county,  beginning  as  soon  as  he 
was  able,  worked  as  a  farm  hand  for  his  father 
and  the  neighbors  until  he  came  of  age. 
After  his  marriage  he  took  up  his  residence  in 
Elmer,  Salem  County,  where  he  purchased  a 
tract  of  land  and  a  saw-mill.  In  clearing  the 
land,    which    was    thickly    wooded,    he    manu- 


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factured   such   trees  as  were  suitable  for  the 
purpose  into  ship  timbers.      Of  other  trees  he 
made  cord  wood,  while  such  as  were  not  suit- 
able for  either  of  these  purposes  he  converted 
into  charcoal.      There  being  no  railroad  com- 
munication   then,    he    had    the    ship    timbers 
carted  by  mule  teams   to   Bridgeton,  where   he 
disposed  of  them  at  a  satisfactory  price,   for 
use    in    the    building   of    coasting-vessels,    a 
thriving  industry  of  the  place  at   that   time. 
For   the    other    products    he    found    a    ready 
market  in   Philadelphia,  sending  the  wood  by 
way  of  Bridgeton  on   coasting-vessels  and  the 
charcoal    direct   on    mule   wagons.     Then,    as 
fast  as  the  land  was  cleared,  he  put   it   under 
cultivation.      He  also  kept  a  general  store  for 
the  convenience  of  the  large  number  of  men 
he  had  employed.     After  a  residence  of  five  or 
si.x  years   in    Elmer    he   moved    to    Absecon, 
where  he  obtained  and  successfully  filled  two 
profitable  contracts  for  grading  sections  of  the 
road-bed  of  the  original   Camden   &  Atlantic 
Railroad.       He    subsequently    undertook    and 
carried  out  a  contract  to  grade  roads   in  the 
neighborhood    of    Atlantic    City,    which    then 
existed  only  on  paper.      In  the  performance  of 
this  work  he  was  the  first  to  land  a  mule  team 
on  the  island.      He  is  also  entitled  to  the  dis- 
tinction of   having  graded   the   first    lots   and 
streets  laid  out  within   the  city  territory.      In 
1857    he    left    Absecon    for    the    old    Ackley 
homestead,  situated  on  the  west   bank  of  the 
Maurice  River,  about  a  mile  and  a  half  south 
of    Land  is    Avenue.       He    spent    one    season 
there,    and    then    went    to    Deal    Town,    now 
Duffield's  Mill,  where  he  became  manager  of  a 


farm  owned  by  Potter  &  Bodine,  glass  manu- 
facturers   of    Bridgeton.       He    was    employed 
here  until    i860,  when  he  went  to  Bridgeton 
and  engaged  in  teaming.      He  carried  on  this 
business  until  the  Civil  War  broke  out,  when 
he  enlisted   in   Captain  James   R.  Hoagland's 
company     of     the    Twenty-fourth    New  Jersey 
Volunteer  Infantry.      The  regiment  was  sent 
to  re-enforce  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  and  he 
participated  in   the  battles  of   Fredericksburg 
and     Chancellorsville.       After    receiving    his 
honorable  discharge   in    1863,   he  returned   to 
Bridgeton  for  a  short   stay,  and  then  came  to 
Vineland.     At   first    he  accepted   an    engage- 
ment from  Wilson  Brothers  to  oversee  the  cut- 
ting of  their  lumber  and  the  hauling  of  it  to 
the   railroad.     Afterward   he   bought    a    farm, 
which  be  has   since   conducted   with    his   usual 
success.      His    marriage    with    his    wife    took 
place  in  1832.     She  was  a  daughter  of  Solo- 
mon   Smallwood,    of    May's    Landing.      They 
had  seven  children,  six   of  whom  are  still    liv- 
ing;   namely,    Caroline   E.,    Rachel,    William 
S.,    Charles    F.,    Elizabeth   J.,   and   John  A. 
Caroline     E.     married    James    N.    Bedloe,    of 
Philadelphia,  and  died  in  1894;  Rachel  is  the 
wife  of  Joseph   T.    Dailey,  of  Bridgeton;  and 
Elizabeth  J.  is  the  wife  of  Gilbert  G.    Rich- 
man,     of      Pleasantville,      Landis     township; 
William  S.  was  killed  April  2,   1865,  in  front 
of    Petersburg,    Va.,    while    leading   a   charge 
of   Company   K,    Fourth   New  Jersey   Infantry 
Volunteer,    of    which    he   was   Captain.     The 
father  attends  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
of  which  the  mother  is  a  member. 

John  Alfretl  Ackley,  after  receiving  his  ed- 


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ucation  partly  in  the  Bank  Street  School  at 
Bridgeton  and  partly  in  the  public  school  of 
Vineland,  worked  for  a  while  respectively  in 
the  cotton-mill  at  Millville  and  in  the  glass 
factory  of  VVhitall,  Tatum  &  Co.  From  1870 
to  1 88 1  he  was  employed  in  hotel  business  in 
Philadelphia,  being  obliged  by  it  to  spend 
the  summer  season  at  Atlantic  City.  Then  he 
came  to  Vineland,  bought  a  farm,  and  con- 
ducted it  for  two  years.  He  next  entered  the 
employment  of  Charles  Keighley,  shoe  manu- 
facturer, with  whom  he  remained  until  1884, 
when  he  embarked  in  the  business  of  auction- 
eer with  Charles  H.  Birkinshaw,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Ackley  &  Birkinshaw.  Dealing 
in  new  and  second-hand  furniture,  they  did  a 
large  business  for  about  four  years.  Then 
Mr.  Ackley  sold  his  interest  to  C.  H.  Moraii. 
Subsequently  he  bought  out  the  second-hand 
goods  and  auction  business,  and  has  since  car- 
ried on  both  with  remarkable  success.  It  was 
Mr.  Ackley  who  conducted  and  cried  the 
largest  real  estate  sales  in  South  Jersey. 

On  July  7,  1885,  he  married  Antha  V., 
daughter  of  William  J.  Smith,  of  Vineland. 
The  union  has  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of 
four  children  —  Mary  L.,  Charles  W.,  John 
Alfred,  Jr.,  and  Rocus  W.  The  last  two  were 
twins,  of  whom  Rocus  W.  is  deceased.  Both 
parents  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church.  Mr.  Ackley  is  a  Free  Mason, 
owing  allegiance  to  the  Vineland  Lodge,  of 
which  he  is  Junior  Warden.  He  has  also 
affiliation  with  the  Sons  of  Veterans,  Camp 
Lieutenant  Porter,  and  with  Vineland  Castle, 
No.   46,    Knights   of    Golden    Eagle.       Enter- 


prising and  persistent,  Mr.   Ackley  is  a  type 
of  Vincland's  prosperous  business  men. 


fAVlLLIAM  HOLLINGSHEAD 
TOWNSEND,  a  prominent  citizen 
of  Dividing  Creek,  Cumberland  County,  N.J., 
who  is  successfully  engaged  in  the  oyster- 
shipping  business  at  Bivalve,  was  born  on 
September  25,  1842,  at  a  place  between  Di- 
viding Creek  and  Port  Norris,  being  a  son  of 
Mark  and  Rachel  (Garrison)  Townsend. 

His  great-grandfather,  Mark  Townsend,  the 
first  of  the  name,  an  English  emigrant,  was 
one  of  the  early  settlers  in  Cape  May  County, 
New  Jersey.  He  is  said  to  have  been  accom- 
panied to  America  by  two  brothers.  His  son, 
Mark,  second,  whose  birth  occurred  about 
1788,  followed  the  ancient  and  honorable 
occupation  of  husbandry  in  Cape  May  County 
throughout  life.  He  served  his  country  in 
the  second  war  with  England,  being  stationed 
on  Cape  May.  He  and  his  wife  were  both 
identified  in  religious  faith  and  activity  with 
the  Society  of  Friends,  he  being  at  one  time 
the  clerk  of  the  meeting.  He  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Sarah  Bradway,  and  of 
this  union  were  born  six  children,  only  two  of 
whom  attained  to  maturity,  namely:  Aaron, 
who  is  now  deceased;  and  Mark,  third.  The 
father  passed  away  about  1850,  at  the  age  of 
sixty-two  years. 

Mark  Townsend,  third,  son  of  Mark,  second, 
was  born  on  the  first  day  of  January,  18 16, 
at  what  is  now  known  as  Seaville,  in  Cape 
May  County,  and  was  educated  in  the  common 


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schools  of  his  native  town.  When  he  was 
quite  young  he  removed  with  his  parents  to 
Alloway's  Creek,  as  it  was  then  called;  and 
after  living  there  a  few  years  his  residence 
was  again  changed  to  the  neighborhood  of  Di- 
viding Creek.  At  the  termination  of  his 
period  of  schooling,  and  when  still  only  a  lad, 
he  commenced  to  follow  the  water,  being  em- 
ployed on  what  was  termed  a  wood  shallop, 
which  was  engaged  in  transporting  wood  be- 
tween points  on  the  Maurice  River  and  the 
city  of  Philadelphia.  His  skilful  seamanship 
is  evidenced  in  the  fact  that  when  he  was  only 
about  eighteen  years  of  age  he  was  given  the 
command  of  a  vessel.  In  1854  or  there- 
abouts he  engaged  in  the  oyster  business, 
being  the  owner  of  the  craft  which  he  sailed. 
He  continued  in  that  industry  between  eight 
and  ten  years,  when  he  sold  the  boat,  and  pur- 
chased a  farm  of  about  twelve  acres,  on  which 
he  raised  garden  vegetables,  specializing  in 
corn  and  sweet  potatoes.  Since  1894  he  has 
lived  retired  from  the  active  cares  of  business, 
though  he  enjoys  excellent  health  for  a  man  of 
over  fourscore  years  of  age. 

He  was  married  in  1838  to  Miss  Rachel 
Garrison,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jacob 
Garrison,  of  Down  township,  and  he  became 
the  father  of  five  children,  as  follows:  Ruth, 
who  died  when  a  girl  of  si.x  summers;  Josiah, 
who  passed  away  in  infancy;  William  Hol- 
lingshead;  Sarah,  who  is  now  the  wife  of 
Frank  Stults,  an  inhabitant  of  Philadelphia; 
and  Mark,  fourth,  who  resides  at  Port  Norris. 
Mr.  Mark  Townsend  is  a  member  of  Welcome 
Lodge,    Independent   Order  of    Odd    Fellows, 


at  Cedarville.  He  was  early  called  upon  to 
mourn  the  death  of  his  wife,  who  passed  away 
from  earth  in  August,  1850.  Mrs.  Rachel 
Townsend  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church 
of  Dividing  Creek. 

William  Hollingshead  Townsend  received 
a  common-school  education  at  Dividing  Creek. 
At  the  early  age  of  twelve  years  he  entered 
upon  his  seafaring  life,  attending  school  one 
quarter  in  the  winter,  and  following  the  water 
the  remainder  of  the  year.  Becoming  thus  ac- 
customed to  the  ways  of  the  sea,  he  when 
only  eighteen  was  appointed  captain  of  a  ves- 
sel, in  which  capacity  he  continued  actively 
employed  until  about  1878.  Since  that  time 
he  has  conducted  an  oyster-shipping  business, 
having  been  at  first  in  company  with  John  C. 
Hand,  under  the  firm  style  of  Hand  &  Town- 
send.  The  partnership  being  dissolved  in 
1893,  Mr.  Townsend  has  since  conducted  the 
industry  alone  at  Bivalve,  marketing  as  a  com- 
mission merchant  during  the  summer  the  prod- 
ucts of  the  fishing-ships. 

On  December  13,  1862,  he  was  joined  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Catherine  Ann  Turner, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Turner,  of 
Dividing  Creek.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Townsend 
have  two  children,  namely:  Rachel,  who  is 
now  the  wife  of  George  W.  Robbins,  of  Fort 
Lee,  Bergen  County,  N.J. ;  and  Annie  C, 
who  resides  at  Cape  May  as  the  wife  of  W.  H. 
Robbins. 

Mr.  Townsend  has  been  repeatedly  elected 
by  his  fellow-citizens  to  positions  of  public 
trust,  and  he  has  responded  by  serving  them 
in    several     important    capacities.       For    two 


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years  he  acted  as  Inspector  of  Elections,  dur- 
ing five  years  he  constituted  one  member  of 
the  Township  Committee,  in  1888  he  was 
elected  Freeholder  for  a  term  of  two  years, 
and  ill  1894  he  was  again  elected  to  tliat 
office.  He  has  represented  his  town  as  a 
delegate  to  the  county  convention,  and  he  has 
also  officiated  in  the  responsible  position  of 
Trustee  of  the  Public  Schools.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Baptist  Church  of  Dividing  Creek, 
of  which  he  has  been  a  clerk  and  a  Trustee. 
Mrs.  Townsend  is  also  identified  with  that 
church. 


^-f^\j^^ORTIMER    MAYHEW    is    a    well- 
t—  I  — f      known    producer    of     garden    vege- 
^  V_^  tables  and   small   fruits   at   Buck- 

shuteni,  in  Commercial  township,  N.J.,  where 
he  was  born  on  June  i,  1856.  He  is  a  son  of 
John  Lore  and  Catherine  P.  (Bright)  Mayhew, 
and  is  a  representative  of  an  old  and  respected 
Cumberland  County  family  of  English  extrac- 
tion. His  great-great-grandfather,  Thomas 
Mayhew,  emigrated  from  England  and  settled 
at  Deerfield,  N.J.,  more  than  one  hundred 
years  ago. 

Uriah  Mayhew,  son  of  Thomas,  became  the 
father  of  Ezekiel  Mayhew,  who  was  born  in 
Deerfield,  N.J.,  about  1781,  and  who  engaged 
there  in  general  farming  throughout  his  life. 
In  1S03  he  was  united  in  matrimony  with  Miss 
Hannah  Lore,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
John  Lore.  Si.x  children  were  born  to  them, 
three  of  whom  attained  to  maturity,  namely : 
John  Lore,  who  in  September  of  the  present 
year,     1S96,    reached    the    venerable    age    of 


ninety  years;  Ezekiel,  Jr.  ;  and  Lydia.  Eze- 
kiel Mayhew  was  a  regular  attendant  at  the 
Baptist  Church  in  Deerfield,  for  the  support 
of  the  services  of  which  he  liberally  contri- 
buted. 

His  son,  John  Lore  Mayhew,  the  father  of 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  in  Buck- 
shutem  on  September  6,  1806.  He  enjoyed 
such  educational  advantages  as  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  town  afforded  at  the  time 
of  his  youth,  and  for  several  years  after  the 
completion  of  his  course  of  study  he  engaged 
in  school  teaching.  He  then  purchased  a 
farm,  which  at  that  time  comprised  about 
forty-four  acres.  This  he  has  augmented  at 
various  times  until  the  estate,  which  his  son 
Mortimer  now  conducts,  embraces  about  fifty- 
eight  acres.  Here,  until  1886,  when  he  retired 
from  active  life,  he  prosecuted  the  honored 
vocation  of  husbandry,  raising  as  principal 
crops  sweet  potatoes,  of  which  he  produced 
yearly  between  two  hundred  and  four  hundred 
barrels,  watermelons,  of  which  he  raised  from 
two  thousand  to  six  thousand  a  year,  and  can- 
taloupes, which  he  cultivated  to  the  extent  of 
between  one  hundred  and  two  hundred  and 
fifty  barrels  each  year.  He  likewise  kept 
from  ten  to  fifteen  head  of  cattle,  and  made 
butter,  which  he  sold  to  private  customers. 
Besides  this  property  he  was  the  possessor  of 
several  other  farms. 

On  F'ebruary  26,  1 830,  Mr.  John  Lore  May- 
hew wedded  Miss  Catherine  P.  Bright,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Levi  Bright.  Her  father  was  a  native 
of  Dividing  Creek,  where  he  spent  his  life  in 
agricultural  pursuits.      He  and   his  wife,  Mrs. 


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Sarah  (Glen)  Bright,  whose  grandfather  was 
Gabriel  Glen,  of  England,  were  the  parents  of 
four  children,  namely:  William;  Anna,  who 
was  married  to  Uriah  Mayhew;  Catherine  P., 
who  was  born  November  27,  1809,  and  is  now 
Mrs.  John  L.  Mayhew;  and  Levi,  Jr.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Bright  both  passed  away  when  Mrs. 
Mayhew  was  only  three  years  of  age.  Their 
religious  faith  and  sympathies  brought  them 
into  affiliation  with  the  Baptist  Church  of  Di- 
viding Creek,  which  they  regularly  supported 
with  their  presence  and  substance. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  L.  Mayhew  were 
born  nine  children,  seven  of  whom  grew  to 
maturity,  namely:  the  late  Alfred  W.,  who 
resided  in  Millville;  Lorenzo,  an  inhabitant 
of  Richmond,  Ind. ;  Hannah  Lore;  Martha 
\V.,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Stetson  L.  Bacon, 
a  practising  physician  of  I'ort  Norris,  N.J,  ; 
Francis;  John  L.,  Jr.;  and  Mortimer.  Mr. 
Mayhew,  the  father,  is  well  known;  and  he 
has  enjoyed  the  respect  and  confidence  of  his 
fellow-citizens  a  great  many  years.  He  has 
been  elected  to  various  public  offices,  and  has 
served  for  several  years  as  Township  Assessor, 
and,  previously  to  the  division  of  the  town, 
also  as  Collector  for  over  a  decade.  He  has 
likewise  officiated  as  a  member  of  the  Town- 
ship Committee.  Mr.  Mayhew  still  remem- 
bers seeing,  when  a  lad  at  home,  the  soldiers 
going  down  to  the  coast  to  defend  Cape  May 
during  the  second  war  with  luigland,  and  their 
stopping  at  his  father's  house,  and  being  en- 
tertained with  bread  and  butter,  boiled  eggs, 
and  the  like.  His  life,  which  opened  at  very 
nearly  the    beginning  of   the   nineteenth   cen- 


tury, has  extended  almost  throughout  its  entire 
length ;  and  it  is  hoped  that  he  may  be  spared 
to  witness  the  ushering  in  of  the  more  glori- 
ous twentieth  century. 

Mortimer  Mayhew  received  his  early  intel- 
lectual training  in  the  common  schools  of 
Buckshutem,  and  he  also  spent  two  years  at  a 
select  school  in  Mauricetown.  I-fe  studied 
music  at  home  under  a  private  instructor,  and 
also  for  one  winter  at  Philadelphia.  After 
his  departure  from  academic  halls  he  gave  in- 
struction during  two  or  three  winters  on  the 
pianoforte  and  organ,  i^T  the  summer  months 
engaging  in  the  work  of  the  farm.  He  has 
always  made  his  home  on  the  paternal  farm, 
and  on  his  father's  retirement  in  1886  he  as- 
sumed its  management.  He  is  now  occupied 
with  the  cultivation  of  garden  vegetables  and 
fruits,  devoting  about  four  acres  of  land  to  the 
growth  of  strawberries,  five  to  watermelons, 
three  to  cantaloupes,  and  from  five  to  eight 
acres  to  sweet  potatoes. 

On  August  15,  i8gi,  he  joined  in  wedlock 
with  Miss  Lura  Del.  Laighton,  a  daughter  of 
the  Rev.  John  B.  Laighton,  a  Baptist  minister 
of  New  Hampshire. 

Mr.  Mayhew  has  responded  to  the  invitation 
of  his  fellow-citizens  to  occupy  official  posi- 
tions, and  he  has  served  them  with  acceptabil- 
ity as  a  Trustee  of  the  Public  Schools  for 
twelve  years.  He  also  officiated  as  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Registration  and  Election  for 
about  five  years,  and  before  the  new  law  went 
into  effect  he  filled  the  same  position  for  about 
a  half  a  dozen  years.  In  national  politics  he 
affiliates  with  the   Democratic  party,  the  prin- 


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ciplcs  and  candidates  of  which  he  earnestly 
and  vigorously  supports.  He  is  a  regular 
attendant  at  and  a  liberal  contributor  to  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Buckshutem, 
of  which  his  wife  is  the  organist.  Mrs. 
Mayhew  is  a  Baptist  in  persuasion,  but  there 
is  no  church  of  that  denomination  located  in 
or  near  Buckshutem. 


REEMAN  S.  HALE,  a  retired  busi- 
ness man  of  Vineland,  N.J.,  was  born 
in  Winchcndon,  Mass.,  October  i6,  1823. 
His  parents,  Jacob  and  Betsey  (Brown)  Hale, 
were  both  natives  of  that  town,  where  his 
father  was  engaged  in  farming.  He  died 
when  Freeman  S.,  his  youngest  child,  was 
about  twenty  years  of  age.  Mrs.  Betsey  Hale, 
who  was  a  daughter  of  Amos  Brown,  of  VVin- 
chendon,  lived  through  twenty  years  of  widow- 
hood, and  reared  twelve  children  to  maturity. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jacob  Hale  were  members  of  the 
Baptist  church. 

Freeman  S.  Hale  attended  the  district 
school  near  his  home,  and  worked  on  the  farm 
until  he  attained  his  majority.  He  then 
learned  to  make  pails,  and  worked  at  his  trade 
some  years,  becoming  foreman  of  his  depart- 
ment. He  subsequently  removed  to  Concord, 
Vt. ,  and  thence  to  Templeton.  During  the 
panic  of  1857  he  went  to  San  Francisco  by 
way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  arriving  there 
about  the  time  of  the  Frazer  River  (British 
Columbia)  mining  e.vcitement.  One  of  the 
first  to  reach  the  scene  of  operations,  he  staked 
out  a  claim,  and  engaged   immediately  in   sur- 


face mining,  to  which  he  devoted  one  summer. 
He  had  a  partner;  and  the  two  built  the  first 
log  cabin  in  the  locality,  the  only  dwellings 
there  previous  to  that  time  being  Indian  wig- 
wams. There  were  many  Indians  in  the  coun- 
try, and  the  partners  had  to  take  turns  in 
guarding  their  property  and  provisions,  wliich 
were  liable  to  be  stolen.  Their  claim  was 
high  in  the  mountains,  where  there  are  heavy 
floods  in  August.  When  Mr.  Hale  and  his 
partner  located  there,  Indians  and  squaws 
worked  witli  them  side  by  side;  but  the  sav- 
ages were  driven  out  by  the  first  flood,  and  in 
the  mean  time  the  white  settlers  increased  in 
numbers  to  such  an  extent  that  the  Indians 
did  not  think  it  best  to  return. 

The  miners,  however,  were  still  obliged  to 
guard  their  [jroperty  closely,  for  the  V'igilance 
Committee  drove  "Ned  McGowan's  crowd" 
from  San  Francisco,  and  they  located  in  the 
part  of  the  country  where  Mr.  Hale  had  set- 
tled; and  every  man  was  constantly  on  the 
alert  and  ready  to  defend  himself  from  these 
desperadoes.  At  the  time  of  high  water, 
when  Mr.  Hale  was  obliged  to  suspend  his 
mining  operations,  he,  in  company  with  two 
other  men,  started  a  pit-saw,  and  succeeded  in 
turning  out  from  one  hundred  and  fifty  to  two 
hundred  feet  of  lumber  a  day;  and,  as  lumber 
there  was  worth  four  hundred  dollars  per  one 
thousand  feet,  they  made  well  on  it.  Before 
leaving  his  claim  he  had  two  partners,  who 
did  the  manual  labor  while  he  attended  to  the 
trading.  They  bought  tlie  claims  of  many 
who  wanted  to  sell,  and  sold  thein  to  otliers, 
sometimes  making  double  profit.      Large  sums 


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of  money  were  constantly  changing  hands  in 
those  days,  and  the  necessities  of  life  were 
rated  at  an  exorbitant  price.  Mr.  Hale  at  one 
time  paid  seventy-five  cents  for  a  pound  of 
nails.  He  spent  the  winter  in  San  Francisco, 
and  was  so  fortunate  as  to  find  work  there  at 
his  trade  —  fortunate,  for  at  that  time  not  one 
in  fifty  could  obtain  employment. 

He  started  for  home  by  way  of  the  Isthmus 
of  Tehuantepec,  taking  the  steamer  to  San 
Diego,  where  the  party  found  forty  or  fifty  new 
Concord  stage-coaches,  to  vvliich  were  harnessed 
mules  or  raw  ponies,  four  or  six  to  each  coach. 
At  the  beginning  of  the  journey  the  pas- 
sengers were  often  required  to  get  out;  but 
after  they  were  fairly  started  they  could  ride 
most  of  the  way,  though  many  of  the  ponies 
died  on  the  route.  The  terminus  of  the  stage 
route  was  a  Mexican  corral,  where  saddled 
ponies  and  mules  awaited  the  passengers,  the 
road  beyond  being  impassable  for  wheels. 
Mr.  Hale  selected  a  mule,  and  proceeded  on 
liis  journey.  The  party,  which  was  the  first 
to  go  over  this  route,  consisted  of  three  hun- 
dred ICastern  men  returning  home.  Reaching 
the  Minatitlan  River,  they  took  passage  on  a 
little  steamer  which  drew  about  eighteen 
inches  of  water.  This  boat  took  them  to  deep 
water,  where  they  embarked  on  a  regular  pas- 
senger steamer  for  New  Orleans,  and  thence 
took  a  slow  boat  to  Louisville,  Ky.,  the  jour- 
ney between  New  Orleans  and  Louisville 
covering  fourteen  days.  The  journey,  how- 
ever, was  not  a  tedious  one;  for  the  men  be- 
guiled the  hours  in  various  ways,  and  the  pre- 
vailing feeling  of  good  comradeship  helped  to 


speed  the  time.  At  Cincinnati  Mr.  Hale 
bought  a  suit  of  store  clothes,  which  he  needed 
badly,  and  a  white  shirt,  so  that  when  he 
boarded  the  train  for  Tempi eton  the  "wild 
Westerner"  was  transformed  into  a  sedate 
Eastern  man. 

He  had  some  money  saved,  and,  after  work- 
ing for  a  time  in  a  chair  factor}'  at  Templeton, 
he  started  again  for  the  West,  locating  on  a 
farm  of  three  hundred  and  fifty  acres  in  Man- 
hattan, Kan.  There  he  engaged  in  cattle  and 
sheep  raising;  but  he  labored  under  as  great 
difificulties  as  he  did  in  California,  for  it  was 
the  time  of  border  ruffianism  and  jayhawking, 
when  no  man's  life  or  property  was  safe.  . 
Numbers  of  cattle  and  horses  were  stolen  in 
Missouri  and  sent  to  Manhattan  to  be  sold; 
and  the  cattle  thieves  carried  things  with  a 
high  hand,  defying  law  and  oriler.  Even  if 
caught  and  imprisoned,  they  were  rescued  by 
their  friends.  A  committee  of  fourteen  was 
finally  formed,  of  which  Mr.  Hale  was  a  mem- 
ber, who  went  to  the  rendezvous  of  the  des- 
peradoes, determined  to  arrest  them.  The 
man  who  met  the  committee  fired  at  them,  and 
was  shot  dead;  and  after  some  difficulty  the 
rest  of  the  gang  were  captured  and  delivered 
to  the  military,  who  took  them  to  Fort  Riley 
and  Fort  Leavenworth.  They  escaped  once 
more,  and  were  terrorizing  the  neighborhood, 
when  the  coimtry  rose  in  arms,  and  lynchetl 
some  of  them,  and  drove  the  rest  from  the 
State.  Mr.  Hale,  as  a  member  of  the  Vigi- 
lance Committee,  was  often  compelled  to  ride 
all  night.  That  winter,  with  two  others,  he 
went     to    Missouri    to    buy    sheep;    and     the 


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people  were  so  suspicious  that  he  was  closely 
examined,  and  finally  given  a  pass  which 
stated,  "This  man  has  been  examined  by  the 
committee  and  found  all  right."  This  pass 
saved  his  life;  but  he  was  followed  by  a  num- 
ber of  men  with  guns,  and  told  that  he  had 
better  get  out  or  he  would  be  shot  for  being  a 
Yankee.  He  stayed  in  Kansas  two  years,  and 
then,  weakened  by  malaria,  returned  home, 
where  he  remained  a  year.  After  that  he 
spent  another  year  in  Kansas,  but  finally  de- 
cided to  come  back  East,  leasing  his  sheep 
farm.  He  was  in  Kansas  during  the  famine 
year  of  i860,  and  was  preparing  to  leave  just 
as  Price  was  making  his  last  raid.  All  the 
men  of  Kansas  between  the  ages  of  sixteen 
and  forty-five  were  called  out,  and  assembled 
at  Manhattan  and  Kansas  City.  Mr.  Hale 
got  out  his  old  gun  and  blankets,  and  was 
twenty-two  days  in  military  service,  but  was 
not  called  upon  to  fight.  The  year  he  was  at 
home  he  was  in  the  livery  business  in  Fitch- 
burg,  Mass. ;  and  while  there  he  volunteered 
for  the  army,  but  could  not  pass  the  physical 
examination. 

After  his  second  return  from  Kansas  he 
visited  for  a  short  time  in  Massachusetts;  and 
in  1865  he  purchased  a  place  at  the  corner  of 
Eighth  and  Elmer  Streets,  Vineland,  N.J. 
This  land  was  at  that  time  covered  with  brush, 
and  Mr.  Hale  witii  characteristic  energy 
cleared  it  and  improved  it.  He  was  in  the 
lumber  business  for  a  year  or  two  when  there 
was  a  great  demand  for  lumber  in  Vineland, 
then  manufactured  Shaker  hoods  for  a  year, 
and  about   1868   engaged    in   the  grocery  busi- 


ness with  S.  D.  Dyer,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Dyer  &  Hale.  The  firm  managed  a  successful 
business  for  fourteen  years,  and  built  two  fine 
brick  blocks  on  Landis  Avenue,  the  principal 
street  of  the  city,  one  three- story  and  one  two- 
story  building.  They  also  own  considerable 
other  real  estate. 

About  1S82  Mr.  Hale  retired  from  trade, 
and  he  has  since  then  given  his  attention  to 
his  real  estate  interests.  While  working  for 
his  own  prosperity,  Mr.  Hale  has  always  been 
ready  to  help  projects  for  the  general  good  of 
the  public.  He  has  taken  a  great  interest  in 
the  Vineland  Agricultural  Society,  was  Presi- 
dent of  the  Vineland  Fair  Association  many 
years,  and  one  of  the  most  active  in  establish- 
ing their  track.  He  was  instrumental  in  get- 
ting the  fire  apparatus  for  \'ineland,  collecting 
the  money  to  buy  the  first  engine,  and  was 
President  of  the  first  company.  He  has  been 
one  of  the  Directors  of  the  Siloam  Cemetery 
Association  for  many  years,  and  has  had 
charge  of  all  the  work  in  the  cemetery,  which 
yearly  grows  more  beautiful.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Beaver  Lake  Association,  which 
started  a  beautiful  park,  but  were  obliged  to 
give  it  up  because  it  was  outside  of  police 
regulations. 

Mr.  Hale  has  been  twice  married.  His 
first  wife,  Maria  Sibley,  of  Winchcndon, 
Mass.,  died  in  1S57,  leaving  one  child,  Elvira 
M.,  who  is  the  widow  of  John  F.  Doughty,  of 
Vineland.  Mrs.  Doughty  has  one  child, 
Hattie,  who  resides  with  her  grandfather 
Hale.  She  is  quite  an  accomplished  young 
lad)',    having    graduated    from     the     Emerson 


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School  of  Oratory  in  Boston.  January  i, 
1866,  Mr.  Hale  was  married  to  Mrs.  Eliza 
Kimball  Hale,  of  Wallingford,  Vt.,  daughter 
of  Charles  A.  Kimball,  one  of  the  old  and  re- 
spected residents  of  the  town.  She  still  pre- 
sides over  the  beautiful  home  at  the  corner  of 
Eighth  and  Elmer  Streets  where  her  husband 
has  lived  for  thirty  years. 

In  politics  Mr.  Hale  was  a  Democrat  in  his 
younger  days,  but  for  many  years  now  has 
been  an  ardent  Prohibitionist.  He  has  served 
on  the  City  Council,  and  has  taken  an  active 
[jart  in  all  reform  movements,  working  espe- 
cially for  the  cause  of  temperance;  and  he 
has  lived  up  to  his  principles,  for  he  is  one  of 
the  few  men  who  went  to  California  in  the 
early  days  of  that  State,  and  remained  unsul- 
lied by  the  common  vice  of  intemperance. 
His  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church, 
which  he  attends  and  helps  to  support.  He 
carefully  treasures  the  Bible  that  his  sister 
gave  him  before  he  went  West,  which  was 
there  often  borrowed  to  administer  oaths 
upon. 


OHN  CHEW  APPLEGATE,  M.D.,  an 
esteemed  physician  of  Bridgeton,  N.J., 
was  born  near  Hurffville,  Gloucester 
County,  this  State,  on  Eebruary  19,  1861, 
son  of  Joseph  and  Drusilla  (Iiatten)  Applegatc. 
His  grandfather,  Anthony  Applegatc,  whose 
parents  were  among  the  settlers  in  the  vicinity 
of  Norris  River,  N.J.,  located  at  Hurffville  in 
early  life,  and  there  remained  until  his  death, 
having  been  engaged  as  a  shoe  dealer  during 
the  years  of  his  business  activity. 


Joseph  Applegatc,  a  native  of  Hurffville, 
son  of  Anthony,  was  born  on  February  6,  1831. 
His  education  was  such  as  the  district  schools 
afforded.  Beginning  the  work  of  life  betimes, 
he  carried  on  farming  operations  on  an  exten- 
sive scale  until  1881,  when  he  removed  to 
Camden,  N.J.,  and  engaged  in  business,  in 
which  he  continued  for  fourteen  years.  At 
the  end  of  that  period  he  sold  the  business, 
and  removed  to  Pitman  Grove,  where  he  has 
since  lived  in  retirement.  His  wife  was  a 
daughter  of  Jacob  and  Rebecca  Batten. 

Dr.  Applegatc  was  one  of  eight  children, 
seven  of  whom  attained  maturity,  William  S., 
the  eldest,  having  chosen  the  same  profession 
as  his  brother,  that  of  medicine. 

John  Chew  Applegatc,  after  receiving  his 
elementary  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Lincoln  and  Harrisonville,  pursued  an  ad- 
vanced course  at  the  Friends'  Select  School 
at  Woodstown,  under  the  direction  of  Professor 
Norris.  While  studying  here  he  obtained  a 
teacher's  certificate,  and  thereafter  engaged  in 
teaching  until  the  spring  of  1884.  He  was 
fulfilling  an  engagement  at  Harmony  School, 
Mullica  Hill,  Gloucester  County,  when  he 
began  to  read  medicine  with  Dr.  E.  E.  Dc 
Gofft.  In  the  fall  of  1S84  he  entered  Jeffer- 
son Medical  College  at  Philadelphia.  Hav- 
ing successfully  completed  a  three  years' 
course,  he  graduated  in  the  class  of  1887.  In 
the  same  period  he  was  able  to  take  a  special 
course  in  the  Lying-in  Charity  Hospital,  and 
also  in  the  Hospital  for  Diseases  of  the  Skin, 
securing  a  certificate  from  each.  On  obtaining 
his  tiiploma  he  went  to  Fairton,  where  he  sue- 


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ceeded  to  the  practice  of  his  brother,  Dr. 
William  S.  Applegate,  who  removed  to  Brook- 
lyn, N.Y.  In  Fairton  he  spent  three  years, 
considerably  increasing  the  jiractice  with 
which  he  began.  Then  he  came  to  Bridgeton, 
where  he  now  has  an  extensive  professional 
connection,  his  office  being  located  on  East 
Commerce  Street,  in  the  original  Fithian 
Building,  part  of  which  he  purchased  in  1891. 
His  residence  is  at  56  Fayette  Street. 

On  June  6,  1888,  Dr.  Applegate  married 
Frances,  daughter  of  Zamor  and  Rachel 
Briggs,  of  Cape  Vincent,  N.Y.  They  have 
one  child,  Zamor  B.  Both  parents  are  mem- 
bers of  St.  Andrew's  Episcopal  Church,  the 
father  at  one  time  having  been  Junior  Warden, 
and  being  at  the  present  time  a  member  of  the 
Vestry.  He  is  also  a  member  and  an  ex-Presi- 
dent of  the  Cumberland  County  Medical  Soci- 
ety, which  he  has  several  times  represented  as  a 
delegate  to  the  State  Medical  Society.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion, also  of  the  State  Medical  Society  of  New 
Jersey,  and  of  the  American  Dermatological 
Association.  He  is  a  life-member  of  the 
Alumni  Association  of  Jefferson  Medical  Col- 
lege, and  was  the  first  President  of  the  Crystal 
Literary  Society  of  Mullica  Hill.  Prior  to 
his  medical  career,  as  a  journalist  he  contrib- 
uted to  the  columns  of  the  press,  including 
regular  correspondence  to  the  Woodstown 
Monitor.  He  is  a  regular  correspondent  of 
the  Codex  Medicus  of  Philadelphia,  and  has 
contributed  to  the  Philadelphia  Medical 
lUillctiii.  He  is  affiliated  with  Welcome 
Council,    No.    45,    of    the    Junior    Order    of 


United  American  Mechanics,  and  formerly 
had  connection  with  a  lodge  of  Good  Tem- 
plars, during  which  he  passed  through  all  the 
chairs. 

Dr.  Applegate  was  not  long  in  Bridgeton 
before  his  skill  as  a  physician  became  known. 
Since  then  he  has  rapidly  grown  in  the  confi- 
dence of  the  people,  so  that  now  he  possesses 
an  enviable  reputation.  He  is  examiner  for  a 
number  of  life  insurance  companies,  including 
the  Prudential  (ordinary  branch),  the  North- 
western Mutual  Life  and  ICndowment  Insur- 
ance Company  of  Milwaukee,  the  Manhattan 
Life  Insurance  Company,  and  the  Fidelity 
Mutual  Life  Association  of  Philadelphia.  A 
man  of  Dr.  Applegate's  ability  reflects  credit 
on  the  town  of  his  residence. 


Y^ll'ARRISON  WILSON,  an  actor  well 
known  in  various  sections  of  the 
country,  is  now  living  in  retire- 
ment in  Vineland.  He  was  born  in  Philadel- 
phia, June  4,  1835,  son  of  James  Sampson 
and  Jane  (Lemon)  Wilson.  His  grandfather, 
James  Sampson  Wilson,  Sr.,  was  a  native  of 
Chambersburg,  Pa. 

James  .S.  Wilson,  Jr.,  was  a  native  of  Phil- 
adelphia, born  on  New  Year's  Day  of  1800. 
He  received  a  practical  common-school  educa- 
tion, after  which  he  learned  the  trade  of  an 
edge-tool  maker,  and  was  employed  as  a  jour- 
neyman in  his  native  city  up  to  1837.  That 
year  he  removed  to  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  and  entered 
the  employ  of  Li])pincott  &  Co.,  edge-tool 
manufacturers,    with    whom    he    remained    for 


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several  years.  About  1850  he  purchased  a 
farm  in  what  is  now  Montrose,  Allegheny 
County,  Pa.  Here  he  worked  at  farming,  and 
carried  on  a  blacksmith  shop  until  the  out- 
break of  the  Civil  War.  He  then  enlisted  in 
Company  B,  One  Hundred  and  Si.xty-third 
Regiment  of  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry, 
and  was  made  Quartermaster  of  his  company. 
In  the  spring  of  1863  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged, after  which  he  did  not  actively  en- 
gage in  any  business.  His  death  occurred  on 
December  28,  1884.  He  was  a  prominent 
man  in  Montrose,  and  in  turn  served  in  nearly 
all  the  different  offices  within  the  gift  of  the 
town.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic.  His  wife,  Jane,  a  daughter  of 
James  Lemon,  became  the  mother  of  the  fol- 
lowing children:  William  Thompson,  Harri- 
son, Rebecca  Jane,  Mary,  Clarissa,  Margaret, 
Rachel  Adeline,  and  James  S.  Rebecca  Jane, 
deceased,  was  the  wife  of  John  Henderson,  of 
Allegheny  County,  Pennsylvania,  near  Spring- 
dale;  Mary  is  now  Mrs.  Jacob  Beck,  of  IMtts- 
burg.  Pa. ;  Clarissa  married  Henry  A. 
Vought,  of  Pittsburg;  Margaret  is  the  wife  of 
Matthew  Bourland,  also  of  Pittsburg;  Rachel 
Adeline  is  now  deceased;  and  James  S.  lives 
near  Springdale.  The  parents  were  members 
of  the  United  Presbyterian  cluirch. 

Harrison  Wilson  received  his  education  in 
the  district  schools  of  Fairview  and  at  Father 
Riley's  Academy  in  Wilmington,  Del.  After 
completing  in  1852  a  three  years'  course  at  the 
academy,  he  remained  at  home  for  a  short 
time.  He  then  secured  employment  as  a  clerk 
in  Pittsburg,  and   subsequently  held   a  similar 


position  on  a  river  steamboat.  His  career  as 
an  actor  began  while  he  was  employed  in  this 
last  capacity.  In  the  winter  following  his 
twenty-second  birtjiday  the  steamer  on  which 
he  worked  was  lying  at  Cleveland,  Ohio.  An 
amateur  dramatic  association  of  that  city  had 
planned  to  present  a  play  called  the  "Idiot 
Witness,"  and  had  secured  William  R. 
Goodall,  a  well-known  actor  of  that  day,  for 
the  leading  part.  Some  one  was  needed  to 
play  the  part  of  Walter  Arlington,  and  after 
considerable  urging  Mr.  Wilson  was  prevailed 
upon  to  take  it.  He  subsequently  acquitted 
himself  so  well  that  Mr.  Goodall  became  in- 
terested in  him,  and  advised  him  to  make  a 
study  of  the  actor's  profession.  Through  this 
friend's  influence  Mr.  Wilson  secured  a  posi- 
tion in  one  of  the  city  theatres,  playing  minor 
parts  for  two  years.  The  third  year  he  was 
regularly  engaged  for  the  role  of  "walking 
gentleman,"  and  played  in  many  of  the  prin- 
cipal theatres  throughout  the  country.  He 
was  at  one  time  the  leading  JLivenile  and  light 
comedy  actor  of  St.  Louis,  and  played  such 
parts  as  those  of  Horatio  and  Laertes  with  a 
number  of  stars,  including  Forrest  and  Kean. 
In  the  spring  of  1 870  he  accepted  an  offer  from 
George  Wood  to  play  character  parts  in  the 
New  York  City  Museum,  where  he  remained 
for  three  years,  having  the  privilege  of  spend- 
ing the  summer  seasons  as  he  chose.  Upon 
leaving  there,  he  began  to  travel  with  Denman 
Thompson,  who  took  the  part  of  Joshua  Whit- 
comb  in  the  "Old  Homestead,"  a  play  that 
was  presented  in  the  majority  of  the  leading 
cities  of   the   United   States.      Following   that 


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he  took  part  in  other  dramas  of  a  similar  char- 
acter. In  1894  failing  health  led  him  to  re- 
tire from  the  stage;  and  he  has  since  lived 
quietly  at  his  home  in  \'ineland,  of  which 
place  he  first  became  a  resident   in    1868. 

On  September  15,  1862,  Mr.  Wilson  en- 
listed in  Company  H,  Eighteenth  Pennsyl- 
vania Cavalry;  and  from  that  time  until 
October  11,  1863,  he  took  part  in  every  en- 
gagement in  which  his  regiment  shared.  On 
the  latter  date  he  received  a  gunshot  wound  in 
his  shoulder,  and  his  leg  was  hurt  by  his 
horse,  which  fell  on  him.  From  these  injuries 
he  has  never  fully  recovered.  At  that  time 
he  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  Confederates, 
and  he  believes  that  he  was  confined  for  some 
time  in  every  Southern  prison  where  officers 
were  kept  between  Richmond  and  Charleston, 
S.C.  On  March  i,  1865,  he  was  released  and 
passed  through  the  lines  at  Wilmington,  N.C. 
He  was  promoted  from  the  ranks  to  the  posi- 
tion of  Second  Lieutenant  in  March,  1863; 
and  on  April  28,  1863,  he  received  the  com- 
mission of  First  Lieutenant.  At  the  time  of 
his  discharge,  October  31,  1865,  he  was  com- 
manding Company  H  of  the  Third  Pennsyl- 
vania Cavalry. 

On  January  23,  1S61,  Mr.  Wilson  was 
joined  in  marriage  with  Miss  Nancy  L. 
Lemon,  a  daughter  of  Robert  Lemon,  of  Pitts- 
burg, Pa.  They  have  two  children,  namely: 
Jennie,  the  wife  of  Frank  B.  Cunningham,  of 
Vineland ;  and  Elizabeth,  who  married  Edgar 
H.  Spencer,  of  Vineland.  Mr.  Wilson  is  a 
member  of  Lyon  Post,  No.  10,  Grand  Army  of 
the    Republic,    of  which    he    is    a    Past    Com- 


mander, and  of  Lodge  No.  i.  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  of  New  York  City. 
He  and  Mrs.  Wilson  are  attendants  and  sup- 
porters of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  this 
city. 


4^*  »» 


APTAIN     ZEBULON     POLHAMUS, 


of  Leesburg,  of  whom  a  portrait  is 
here  presented,  is  the  owner  am! 
master  of  an  oyster  schooner,  and  a  fruit 
grower  on  an  extensive  scale.  He  was  born 
February  14,  1838,  in  Delmont,  N.J.,  son  of 
Zebulon  and  Mary  (Chance)  Polhamus.  His 
grandfather,  John  Polhamus,  a  native  of 
F"lushing,  L.  I.,  who  was  a  wheelwright  by 
trade,  established  the  first  carriage-making 
business  in  Delmont,  where  he  subseciuently 
resided  for  the  rest  of  his  life. 

Zebulon  Polhamus,  also  a  native  of  Del- 
mont, born  April  13,  1804,  acquired  his 
education  in  the  common  schools.  At  an 
early  age  he  began  to  learn  the  wheelwright's 
trade  in  his  father's  shop,  where  he  remained 
until  he  came  of  age.  After  his  marriage  he 
bought  the  carriage-making  business  and  the 
farm  which  had  been  carried  on  by  his 
brother,  John  Polhamus,  and  successfully  con- 
ducted both  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
April  19,  1839,  when  he  was  but  thirty-five 
years  old.  His  wife,  Mary,  whom  he  married 
March  25,  1832,  was  a  daughter  of  John 
Chance.  She  bore  him  four  children,  of 
whom  Embley  and  Zebulon  attained  maturity. 
The  parents  were  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church. 

Captain    Zebulon    Polhamus     attended     the 


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common  schools  of  his  native  town  in  his  boy- 
hood. He  began  earning  his  living  upon  an 
oyster  boat.  Naturally  ambitious,  he  im- 
proved every  opportunity  afforded  him  for  ad- 
vancement, and  in  due  time  became  master  of 
a  vessel.  While  still  a  young  man  he  had 
built  "Lillie  Dale,"  which  was  the  first 
schooner-rigged  vessel  to  engage  in  the  oyster- 
fishing  industry.  He  has  since  followed  the 
business  with  success,  keeping  well  up  with 
the  times  in  the  way  of  improvements,  and  is 
to-day  one  of  the  best-known  oystermen  upon 
this  coast.  He  owns  a  valuable  piece  of  agri- 
cultural property  in  Leesburg,  consisting  of 
one  hundred  and  thirty-one  acres  of  fertile 
land,  which  is  one  of  the  very  best  fruit  farms 
in  this  locality.  His  orchards  contain  sixteen 
hundred  peach-trees,  from  four  hundred  to  five 
hundred  pear-trees,  and  one  hundred  and 
twenty  choice  apple-trees.  Nine  acres  are  de- 
voted to  the  cultivation  of  strawberries,  in  the 
handling  of  which  he  employs  forty  American 
pickers,  who  receive  a  half-cent  more  per  bo.x 
than  is  paid  to  foreign  pickers.  He  also 
plants  four  or  five  acres  of  sweet  potatoes,  cuts 
forty  tons  of  hay  annually,  keeps  twenty  head 
of  cattle  and  an  average  of  one  hundred  hens, 
and  constantly  employs  three  farm  assistants. 

On  March  iS,  i860,  Mr.  Polhamus  wedded 
Sarah  Thompson,  daugliter  of  Ezra  Thompson, 
of  Leesburg.  Of  the  eleven  children  borne 
by  her,  eight  grew  to  maturity,  namely :  Mary, 
now  deceased,  who  became  the  wife  of  Somers 
Whilden;  Benajah ;  Zebulon  (third);  William 
H.  ;  Alfred  T. ;  Emma  S. ;  Newton  Earl; 
and  Lena.      Mr.    Polhamus    is   connected   with 


the  local  lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  is  an  honorary 
member  of  the  Junior  Order  of  United  Amer- 
ican Mechanics  of  Leesburg,  is  affiliated  with 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  of  Dorchester,  and  was 
a  charter  member  of  a  tribe  of  Red  Men 
which  formerly  existed  in  that  town.  Politi- 
cally, he  is  a  Republican,  but  takes  no  active 
part  in  public  affairs.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
are  members  of  the  Methodist  lipiscopal 
church,  of  which  he  has  been  a  Trustee  for 
the  past  twenty-two  years. 


LFRED  HOLMES  LUPTON,  the 
oldest  brick  manufacturer  in  Cumber- 
land County,  was  born  in  Bridge- 
ton,  N.J.,  January  12,  1857.  His  father, 
Benjamin  Lupton,  is  also  a  native  of  Bridge- 
ton,  and  was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
of  this  city.  He  is  a  farmer  and  market 
gardener,  and  was  at  one  time  a  member  and 
Director  of  the'  West  Side  Glass  Company. 
He  married  Harriet,  daughter  of  James 
Coombs,  of  Shirley,  and  had  seven  children, 
five  of  whom  are  now  living — Edward  P., 
Stephen,  George  C,  Frank,  and  Alfred  II. 
Both  parents  were  members  of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian Church,  of  which  the  father  was  an 
Elder. 

Alfred  IL  Lupton  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Bridgeton,  subsequently 
learning  the  brickmaker"s  trade,  at  which  he 
worked  as  journeyman  during  his  minority. 
He  finally  bought  out  his  employer,  at  which 
time  the  concern  turned  out  about  four  hun- 
dred thousand  bricks  per  year.      By  Mr.    Lup- 


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ton's  persistent  energy  he  has  so  developed  the 
business  that  the  annual  output  is  now  from 
two  to  three  million  bricks. 

Mr.  Lupton  is  a  member  of  Brearly  Lodge, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Bridgeton ;  and  he  formerly 
belonged  to  the  Odd  Fellows.  On  March  5, 
1884,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary 
A.  Smith,  daughter  of  David  Smith,  of  Dela- 
ware.    They  have  one  child,  Alfred  H.,  Jr. 


ALTER  S.  GARRISON,  a  promi- 
nent farmer  and  stock  raiser  of 
Hopewell  township,  in  which  he  has  resided 
since  his  birth,  February  21,  1864,  is  a  de- 
scendant of  one  of  the  oldest  families  of  Cum- 
berland County.  He  is  a  son  of  Powell  H. 
and  Priscilla  (Davis)  Garrison  and  grandson 
of  Powell  Garrison,  one  of  the  early  residents 
of  Cedarville,  N.J.  He  was  educated  in  the 
common  schools  of  Shiloh,  at  Shiloh  Academy, 
and  at  the  South  Jersey  Institute  at  Bridge- 
ton,  which  he  attended  for  two  years  winters. 
He  then  worked  on  the  home  farm  until  his 
father's  death,  after  that  event  coming  into 
possession  of  the  property,  which  includes 
about  sixty-four  acres  of  well-improved  land. 
Besides  his  own  farm  Mr.  Garrison  manages 
that  of  Mr.  Tice,  which  contains  one  hundred 
acres,  and  is  known  as  the  Maplewood  stock 
farm.  Mr.  Garrison  does  a  large  business  in 
dairying,  retailing  the  milk  in  the  city  of 
Bridgeton,  and  thus  furnishing  employment 
for  several  men  and  teams.  In  his  herd  of 
cows  are  fifteen  registered  Holsteins,  the 
finest  and  largest  herd   in  the  southern  part  of 


the  State,  one  of  which  is  the  registered  bull, 
Duke  Clothilde,  fourth,  whose  sire,  Duke  Clo- 
thilde,  and  dam,  Lady  Artis,  were  imported 
by  Smith  &  Powell  Company,  Syracuse,  N.Y. 
Besides  these  he  has  several  graded  Jerseys. 
He  also  deals  in  New  York  stock,  having  reli- 
able buyers  in  that  State,  who  make  a  spe- 
cialty of  buying  milch  cows.  In  addition  to 
his  dairy  he  has  twenty  horses,  including  a 
handsome  registered  stallion;  and  four  men 
find  steady  employment  in  the  care  of  the 
horses  alone.  All  departments  of  the  farm 
are  managed  on  strict  business  principles,  and 
Mr.  Garrison  is  meeting  with  well-deserved 
success.  On  February  18,  1885,  he  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Fannie  M.  Tice, 
a  daughter  of  William  Tice.  A  son  and 
daughter  have  blessed  their  union  —  William 
Powell  and  Clara  Tice. 

In  political  affiliation  Mr.  Garrison  is  a 
Democrat.  He  served  creditably  on  the  Com- 
mittee of  Appeals  of  Hopewell,  but  with  this 
exception  the  demands  of  his  business  have 
made  it  impossible  for  him  to  accept  official 
position.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of 
the  Baptist  Church  of  Roadstown,  of  which  he 
is  a  Trustee. 


M 


AVID  H.  OLIVER,  M.D..  is  one 
of  the  most  popular  physicians  of 
Bridgeton.  He  was  born  in  Port 
Elizabeth,  N.J.,  April  20,  1855,  son  of  Joseph 
E.  and  Margaret  (Burch)  Oliver.  Joseph  E. 
Oliver  was  a  native  of  Cape  May  County,  born 
November  30,  1S14.  Having  received  a  com- 
mon-school education,  he  learned  the  trade  of 


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shoemaker.  Shortly  after  finishing  his  ap- 
prenticeship, he  started  in  business  for  him- 
self, and  carried  it  on  successfully  for  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  Being  a  very  intelli- 
gent man,  he  supplied  the  deficiencies  of  his 
early  schooling  by  self-education.  In  this  he 
was  so  successful  that  he  was  deemed  a  suit- 
able person  to -fill  the  office  of  Judge  of  the 
County  Court.  The  last  time  he  sat  on  the 
bench  was  the  occasion  on  which  Howard  and 
Ogden  were  sentenced  for  murder.  He  was 
also  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  many  years. 
His  wife,  whom  he  married  January  4,  1835, 
was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Rachel  Burch. 
They  became  the  parents  of  ten  children; 
namely,  Josephine  G. ,  Thomas  E.,  Eliza  L., 
Jane  A.,  Emma  T.,  Hosea  F.,  Joseph  C, 
George  W.,  David  H.,  and  William  D.  The 
parents  were  members  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal churcli.  The  father  died  September  3, 
1865,  at  the  age  of  fifty-one  years.  His  wife, 
who  survived  him  twenty-one  years,  expired 
September  4,  18S6,  in  her  seventy-first  year. 

David  H.  Oliver,  M.D.,  received  his  ele- 
mentary education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Port  I'".lizal)eth  and  Bridgeton.  (3n  leaving 
school  he  was  employed  for  several  years 
successively  in  the  Engineer  Corps,  the  Medi- 
cal Department,  the  Cavalry  Corps,  and  the 
Interior  Department  of  the  P'ederal  govern- 
ment, during  which  he  travelled  extensively 
in  the  West.  After  this,  vvitli  the  i>uri)ose  of 
joining  the  medical  profession,  he  for  one 
year  read  medicine  with  Dr.  Moore,  of 
Bridgeton.  Then,  in  1885,  he  entered  Jeffer- 
son  College,   Philadelphia,  pursued  the  usual 


three  years'  course,  and  graduated  in  the  class 
of  1888.  Soon  after  he  came  to  Bridgeton, 
where  he  has  since  resided,  and  where,  with 
an  excellent  professional  reputation,  he  has 
acquired  a  remunerative  practice. 

Dr.  Oliver  is  still  a  bachelor.  He  is  Presi- 
dent of  the  County  Medical  Society  and  a 
valued  member  of  the  State  Medical  Society. 
On  July  I,  1894,  he  was  appointed  Censor  of 
the  Medico-Chirurgical  College  of  Philadel- 
phia. Outside  his  professional  connections 
he  is  Commander  of  13ridgeton  Council, 
Legion  of  the  Red  Cross.  Dr.  Oliver  has 
well  earned  the  measure  of  success  he  enjoys 
by  close  and  sympathetic  attention  to  his 
patients,  and  by  giving  to  all  the  best  at  his 
command. 

fs^OHN  McMAHAN,  an  enterprising 
farmer  of  Landis  township,  N.J.,  was 
born  in  Northumberland  County,  Penn- 
sylvania, January  7,  1823,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Jennie  (Reed)  McMahan.  Of  Scotch-Irish 
extraction,  his  ancestors  have  been  American 
for  several  generations.  The  first  representa- 
tive of  the  family  in  this  country  was  John 
McMahan,  a  native  of  the  north  of  Ireland, 
who  crossed  the  Atlantic  in  the  year    1744  or 

1745- 

James  McMahan,  who  was  born  in  the  north 
of  Ireland  in  1744,  and  was  brought  to  this 
country  by  his  father,  the  emigrant,  was  the 
grandfather  of  the  present  John  McMalian. 
He  lived  with  his  father  in  Huntingdon 
County,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  banks  of  the 
Juniata  River,    until    1768,  when  he  took  up 


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laiKl  for  himself  in  Northumberland  County. 
He  fought  in  both  the  F"rench  and  Indian  War 
and  the  War  of  Independence.  In  the  former 
he  served  as  Sergeant,  and  in  the  Revolution 
he  rose  from  the  rank  of  Captain  to  that  of 
Major.  He  was  injured  at  the  massacre  of 
Freyling's  Fort. 

It  is  related  of  him  that  one  evening  in  the 
time  of  the  War  of  Independence,  as  he  was 
going  to  bring  in  his  cows  from  pasture,  he 
was  surprised  and  captured  by  an  Indian  and  a 
white  man  disguised  as  an  Indian.  After 
striking  him  on  the  head  with  a  gun,  they 
bound  his  hands  with  hickory  bark,  and  were 
leading  him  away  with  them,  when  he  man- 
aged to  escape  and  get  back  in  safety  to  the 
stockade  on  the  banks  of  the  Chillisquaque 
Creek.  This  was  not  the  only  time  James 
McMahan  had  a  narrow  escape  from  Indians. 
While  staying  at  the  house  of  a  family  named 
White,  on  one  occasion,  he  was  obliged  to  go 
in  search  of  his  horse,  which  had  strayed 
away.  Returning  after  a  short  absence,  he 
found  the  house  in  flames,  and  the  members  of 
the  family  all  dead,  massacred  by  the  Indians. 
As  he  was  riding  to  the  house,  he  was  sur- 
rounded by  the  savages,  who  fired  at  him. 
Hemmed  in  and  wounded,  but  one  desperate 
chance  for  escape  remained.  Throwing  him- 
self from  his  horse,  he  swung  himself,  by  the 
aid  of  a  small  tree,  down  the  bank  of  the 
Juniata  near  by.  As  the  bank  overhung,  he 
was  able  to  run  quite  a  distance  unseen  by  his 
pursuers.  Coming  to  a  favorable  spot  for  his 
purpose,  he  hastily  bound  his  wound  with  his 
handkerchief,    climbed   up  the  bank,    and   se- 


creted himself  in  a  rye  field  until  night,  when 
he  swam  across  the  river.  He  got  across  in 
safety,  and  subsequently  reached  his  friends 
without  further  adventure.  Major  McMahan 
died  in  1823,  aged  seventy-nine  years.  His 
wife,  whose  maiden  name  was  Mary  Murray, 
bore  him  nine  children,  of  whom  Samuel  was 
the  eighth  son  and  ninth  child. 

Samuel  McMahan,  who  was  born  in  North- 
umberland County,  Pennsylvania,  in  Septem- 
ber, 1779,  received  his  education  in  a  sub- 
scription school.  He  remained  under  the  pa- 
ternal roof-tree  all  his  lifetime,  and  died  June 
II,  1854.  On  March  17,  1803,  he  was  united 
in  matrimony  with  Jennie  Reed,  daughter  of 
William  Reed,  of  Sunbury,  Pa.  She  bore 
him  eleven  children,  of  whom  nine  attained 
maturity;  namely,  Polly,  Jennie,  Rebecca, 
James,  Margaret,  William  Reed,  Samuel, 
Eliza  Ann,  and  John.  A  daughter,  Sarah, 
died  in  infancy.  Jennie  became  the  wife  of 
James  Blair;  Rebecca,  the  wife  of  Samuel 
Blair;  and  Margaret,  the  wife  of  John  Griffin. 
Both  parents  were  members  of  the  Presby- 
terian church. 

John  McMahan  was  educated  in  the  schools 
of  Chillisquaque,  Pa.  He  remained  on  the 
homestead,  assisting  in  its  management,  until 
he  was  forty  years  old.  In  the  spring  of  1 863 
he  came  to  Vineland,  and  purchased  his  pres- 
ent farm  of  sixty  acres.  Until  recently  he 
was  wholly  engaged  in  fruit  growing,  making 
a  specialty  of  grapes,  strawberries,  and  black- 
berries; but  for  the  past  six  or  seven  years  he 
has  raised  sweet  potatoes  exclusively. 

On  October  5,  1847,  he  married  Miss  Eliz- 


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abeth  D.  Ilendrickson,  daughter  of  Adam 
llcndrickson,  of  Chillisquaque.  Seven  chil- 
dren were  born  of  this  union;  namely,  James 
II.,  Willard  C,  Thomas  S.,  Mary  Elizabeth, 
Samuel  A.,  Frank,  and  John  F.  Mary  E.  is 
now  the  wife  of  Wilmer  Martin,  of  Atlantic 
City.  The  father  and  mother  are  members  of 
the  Vineland  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr.  Mc- 
Mahan,  who  was  a  Trustee  of  the  church  for 
twenty-five  years,  together  with  his  wife  and 
brother  constitute  the  sole  survivors  of  the 
original  incorporators.  He  has  also  served 
the  community  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Elections  for  several  terms.  Industrious, 
painstaking,  and  skilful  at  his  calling,  he  is  a 
typical  man  of  the  busy  population  that  has 
earned  for  Vineland  the  reputation  of  a  human 
beehive. 


fAMES  MOORE  TORRENS,  glass 
blower,  an  industrious  and  highly  es- 
teemed citizen  of  Millville,  N.J.,  was 
born  near  Williamstown,  this  State,  October 
14,  1845,  son  of  Alexander  and  Margaret 
(Moore)  Torrens.  Mr.  Torrens's  paternal  an- 
cestors for  some  generations  were  residents  of 
County  Antrim,  Ireland,  where  his  grand- 
father, Robert  Torrens,  was  a  prosperous 
farmer.  lie  married  Mary  Watt,  and  twelve 
children  were  born  to  them,  ten  of  whom 
grew  to  maturity,  namely:  Martha;  Mary, 
who  became  the  wife  of  Adam  Elliott;  Eliz- 
abeth, wife  of  Alexander  McKeygan  and 
mother  of  the  late  Hon.  William  A.  Mc- 
Keygan, M.C.,  who  was  an  intimate  friend 
of  William  J.  Bryan,  the  Democratic  nominee 


for  President  of  the  United  States;  Alex- 
ander, Mr.  Torrens's  father;  Robert,  who 
is  no  longer  living;  William  Watt;  Nancy 
Jane;  James;  Stuart;  Margaret,  who  married 
Hugh  Whittle;  and  two  who  died  in  infancy. 

Alexander  Torrens  was  born  in  County  An- 
trim, April  15,  1812.  He  acquired  an  or- 
dinary education  in  his  native  land,  and  re- 
sided with  his  parents  upon  the  farm  until 
reaching  manhood,  when  he  learned  the  trade 
of  a  stone  mason.  At  twenty-four  years  of 
age  he  emigrated  to  the  United  States,  set- 
tling in  Williamstown,  N.J.,  where  he  worked 
as  a  charcoal  burner  until  1850,  when  he  came 
to  Millville,  and  entered  the  employ  of  Whit- 
all,  Tatum  &  Co.,  with  whom  he  remained  for 
some  thirty-five  years.  In  1885  he  retired 
from  active  labor.  His  first  wife,  whom  he 
married  January  21,  1836,  was  Margaret 
Moore,  daughter  of  Archibald  Moore,  of 
County  Antrim.  By  this  union  there  were 
six  children,  of  whom  one  died  in  infancy. 
The  others  were  Robert;  Alexander,  Jr.; 
James  M.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Mary 
Jane,  who  died  at  the  age  of  two  years;  and 
Margaret  Jane,  who  became  the  wife  of  Rob- 
ert McOuilkiii,  and  is  no  longer  living. 
Alexander  Torrens's  first  wife  died  in  1857; 
and  on  December  31,  1869,  he  wedded  for 
his  second  wife,  Matilda,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam Blair,  of  Millville.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alex- 
ander Torrens  are  members  of  the  Presby- 
terian church,  of  which  he  has  been  an  Elder 
for  many  years. 

James  Moore  Torrens  was  educated  in  the 
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sixteen  he  began  life  for  himself  by  entering 
the  employ  of  Whitall,  Tatum  &  Co.,  for 
whom  he  worked  for  about  two  years.  In 
1863  he  commenced  to  serve  an  apprenticeship 
at  the  glass-blower's  trade,  becoming  in  due 
time  an  expert  journeyman;  and  he  has  since 
continued  to  follow  that  occupation,  being  still 
in  the  employ  of  the  company  with  whom  he 
learned  his  trade.  He  is  connected  with 
Millville  Lodge,  No.  47,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  and  Millville  Encampment, 
No.  27. 

Mr.  Torrens  and  Esther  Pyle,  daughter  of 
George  W.  Pyle,  Sr.,  were  married  on  Novem- 
ber g,  1867.  They  have  two  children, 
namely:  Bella  C,  wife  of  Bruce  Simmermen, 
of  Camden,  N.J.;  and  Lottie  D.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  James  M.  Torrens  arc  members  of  the 
First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 


lEV.  CHARLES  A.  BREWSTER 
rector  of  Trinity  Protestant  Episco- 
pa\  Church  of  Vineland,  N.J.,  was 
born  in  Columbia,  Me.,  January  20,  1847. 
He  is  the  son  of  John  \V.  A.  and  Caroline  A. 
(Wilkin)  Brewster,  and  comes  of  an  ancient 
family  of  the  "English  landed  gentry,"  being 
a  lineal  descendant  of  Elder  William  Brews- 
ter, who  came  to  this  country  on  the  "May- 
flower"" in  1620,  as  the  spiritual  leader  of  the 
Pilgrim  Fathers.  Before  leaving  his  native 
P2ngland,  William  Brewster  had  held  from 
1594  to  the  close  of  September,  1607,  the 
office  of  Postmaster,  or,  as  it  was  called,  Post, 
at  Scrooby,  where  he  occupied  Scrooby  Manor. 


His  biographer,  the  Rev.  Ashbel  Steele,  says, 
"Brewster  must  have  had  influence  at  court 
to  be  placed  in  this  office,"  which  "required 
the  services  of  employees  under  him,  and  suit- 
able accommodations,  livery,  and  attendant 
servants,"  the  varied  duties  of  the  post  involv- 
ing greater  responsibilities  and  demanding 
greater  capacities  in  those  early  times  than  at 
the  present  day. 

Charles  Royal  Brewster,  son  of  a  Dr.  Brews- 
ter, of  Connecticut,  and  grandfather  of  the 
Rev.  Charles  A.  Brewster,  was  a  native  of 
Connecticut  and  a  physician.  He  went  to 
Buxton,  Me.,  in  early  manhood,  and  there 
married  and  settled  permanently.  His  wife 
was  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Paul  Coffin,  D.D. 
(See  History  of  Buxton,  Me.)  His  son, 
John  W.  A.  Brewster,  was  born  in  Buxton, 
Me.  When  about  twenty  years  of  age  he 
went  to  Boston,  and  engaged  in  trade  as  an 
importer,  being  so  successful  in  business  that 
he  was  able  to  retire  at  the  age  of  thirty-five. 
He  spent  the  rest  of  his  life  in  Columbia, 
Me.,  where  he  had  bought  extensive  tracts  of 
land,  and  in  Goshen,  Orange  County,  N.Y. , 
the  native  place  of  his  wife.  Mrs.  ]?rewster 
was  a  daughter  of  General  James  Wilkin,  of 
Goshen,  and,  like  her  husband,  was  a  member 
of  a  distinguished  family. 

Her  grandfather,  who  was  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Goshen,  was  a  magistrate  under  the 
King.  Her  father.  General  James  Wilkin, 
was  one  of^-the  leading  men  of  his  day,  serving 
successively  as  Speaker  of  the  State  legis- 
lature. President  of  the  Senate,  and  a  member 
of  Congress.     He  was  a  Ruling  Elder  in  the 


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Presbyterian  church  for  forty  years.  General 
Wilkin  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-three.  His 
sons  and  grandsons  also  were  men  of  ability 
and  influence.  One  son,  the  Hon.  Samuel  J. 
Wilkin,  was  a  prominent  lawyer  and  advocate 
in  the  State  of  New  York  and  a  member  of 
the  State  legislature  and  Senate.  He  was 
also  a  member  of  Congress,  and  was  at  one 
time  candidate  for  Lieutenant  Governor  of 
New  York.  His  two  sons,  Alexander  and 
Westcott,  took  an  active  part  in  public  affairs 
in  Minnesota.  Ale.xander,  who  was  Secretary 
of  the  Territory,  was  an  officer  of  the  United 
States  Army  during  the  Mexican  War,  and 
was  one  of  the  first  men  to  enlist  at  the  com- 
mencement of  the  late  Civil  War.  He  was 
Captain  of  Company  A,  First  Minnesota  Reg- 
iment of  Volunteer  Infantry,  was  subsequently 
Colonel  of  the  Ninth  Regiment,  and,  while 
acting  Brigadier-general,  was  killed.  The 
Hon.  Westcott  Wilkin  was  for  many  years 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Minnesota. 

Charles  A.  Brewster  received  his  early  and 
preparatory  education  in  private  schools  in 
Goshen,  N.Y.,  and  IClizabeth,  N.J.  He  en- 
tered Princeton  College  in  August,  1864,  and 
graduated  with  honors  in  1S68,  taking  in  reg- 
ular course  the  degrees  of  A.B.  and  A.M. 
Having  decided  to  adopt  the  legal  profession, 
he  entered  the  Columbia  College  Law  School 
in  New  York  City,  where  he  studied  for  a 
year,  and  then  read  Blackstone  in  the  office  of 
Thompson  &  Weeks,  a  leading  law  firm  of 
Poughkeepsie.  Admitted  to  the  bar  of  the 
State  of  New  York  in  June,  1870,  he  practised 
for  six  years,  three  years  in  Poughkeepsie  and 


three  years  in  New  York  City,  in  the  mean 
time  doing  considerable  work  as  a  journalist 
and  as  a  lecturer  on  literary  subjects.  In 
1876  he  determined  to  enter  the  ministry; 
and,  with  that  end  in  view,  he  spent  one  year 
in  private  study,  travelling  at  the  same  time 
in  Canada  and  the  South. 

In  the  fall  of  1877  he  entered  the  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  at  Princeton;  and,  after  complet- 
ing a  three  years'  course,  he  was  called  to  the 
Memorial  Presbyterian  Church  of  Newark, 
N.J.,  where  he  was  ordained  by  the  Presby- 
tery of  Newark.  This  church  was  a  mission 
when  Mr.  Brewster  took  charge  of  it;  but 
within  a  year  he  developed  it  into  an  organ- 
ized and  self-supporting  parish,  and  it  is  now 
one  of  the  most  successful  in  that  city.  His 
pastorate  covered  three  years.  After  two 
years  of  further  study  and  extensive  travel  in 
Europe  Mr.  Brewster  was  called  to  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Cape  May  City,  N.J., 
and  installed  as  pastor  by  the  Presbytery  of 
West  Jersey.  There  he  labored  successfully 
for  about  six  years  and  a  half,  and  then,  as  a 
result  of  deep  study  and  research,  entered  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  church,  receiving  con- 
firmation in  October,  1891.  He  was  received 
by  the  Bishop  and  Standing  Committee  of  the 
Diocese  of  New  Jersey,  as  a  candidate  for 
Holy  Orders  and  spent  the  winter  of  1891  in 
Florida,  engaged  in  missionary  work  as  a  lay 
reader  under  the  Bishop  of  that  State.  Re- 
turning North  in  the  spring  of  1892,  he  was 
ordained  Deacon  in  May  by  the  Bishop  of 
New  Jersey.  Called  to  the  rectorship  of 
Trinity   Church,    Vineland,    he   entered    upon 


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the  duties  of  his  office  in  September,  1S92, 
and  was  ordained  to  the  priesthood  in  Decem- 
ber of  the  same  year.  A  man  of  deep  learn- 
ing, great  executive  ability,  and  magnetic  per- 
sonality, Mr.  Brewster  invariably  infuses  new 
life  into  his  charge;  and  many  new  members 
have  been  added  to  Trinity  Parish  since  it  has 
been  under  his  direction. 

January  20,  1880,  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  E.  Gertrude  Taylor,  of 
Brookline,  Mass.,  daughter  of  William  Hart 
Taylor,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Chicago.  Mr. 
Taylor,  who  is  now  eighty-six  years  of  age, 
was  a  leading  man  in  Chicago  when  its  popu- 
lation was  little  over  three  hundred,  and  was 
active  in  laying  the  foundations  of  the  present 
great  city.  His  daughter,  Mrs.  Brewster,  was 
born  in  Chicago,  but  spent  the  greater  part  of 
her  life  before  marriage  in  Brookline.  She 
was  a  student  at  Vassar  College  during  the 
first  two  years  of  its  institution.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Brewster  lost  one  child  in  infancy,  and 
have  three  living  —  Carrie  Maud,  Charles 
Bertram,  and  Gertrude  Lucille. 


ILLIAM  A.  DAGGETT,  the  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  W.  A.  Dag- 
gett &  Co.  of  Vineland,  N.J.,  was  born  in 
Robbinslon,  Washington  County,  Me.,  Au- 
gust 30,  1823.  His  father,  Aaron  Daggett, 
was  born  May  2,  1774  (the  year  that  marks 
the  passage  of  the  Boston  Port  Bill),  at 
Holmes's  Hole,  Martha's  Vineyard,  or,  as  it 
is  now  called.  Vineyard  Haven. 

Having  finished  his  education,  Aaron  Dag- 


gett carried  on  the  hardware  business  in  New 
York  City.  Moving  to  Bangor,  Me.,  he 
opened  a  grocery  store,  and  afterward  went  to 
Deer  Island.  About  1820  he  moved  to  Rob- 
binston.  Me.,  and  there  bought  land,  erected 
the  necessary  buildings,  and  with  the  help  of 
his  boys  made  a  fine  farm.  15y  trade  he  was  a 
cabinet-maker;  and  this,  with  farming,  he 
followed  the  rest  of  his  life.  For  many  years 
he  was  a  Justice  of  the  Peace.  He  served  his 
country  in  the  War  of  181 2.  He  died  Decem- 
ber 29,  1863,  eighty-nine  years  of  age.  His 
wife  was  before  marriage  Miss  Mary  Mc- 
Laughlin, of  Bangor,  Me.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Aaron  Daggett  had  eight  children;  namely, 
Charles,  Allen,  George,  Lavina,  William, 
Elniira,  Daniel,  and  one,  the  eighth,  without 
name.  The  latter  died  with  its  mother,  who 
was  then  but  thirty -six  years  of  age. 

At  twenty-one  years  of  age  William  A. 
Daggett,  the  subject  of  this  biography,  went 
to  Shelburne,  N.  S.,  and  there  engaged  in  the 
lumber  business  two  years.  From  there  he 
removed  to  Mill's  Village,  Queens  County, 
continuing  the  same  business  four  years. 
Moving  to  Liverpool  Milton,  on  the  Mersey 
River,  he  ran  a  gang-mill  nine  years  for 
Freeman  Tupper;  and  at  the  same  place  he 
worked  as  a  millwright  for  three  years.  He 
then  went  to  Jordan  River,  Shelburne  County, 
and  ran  a  gang-mill  in  connection  with  doing 
millwright  work  three  years.  In  October,  1864, 
he  with  his  family  removed  to  South  Vine- 
land,  N.J.,  bought  land,  built  a  house,  and 
commenced  farming,  planting  fruit-trees,  etc. 

In  1869  W.  A.  Daggett  secured  a  patent  on 


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a  baking-pan,  making  two  improvements  on 
the  same  in  1870  and  still  another  in  1872, 
and  securing  patents  on  these  improvements. 
The  pan  is  now  what  is  known  as  the  Daggett 
roaster  and  baker.  For  several  years,  be- 
tween 1873  and  1880,  he  worked  at  carpenter- 
ing, and  during  that  time  secured  several  val- 
uable patents  on  other  articles.  He  now  has 
in  his  factory  seventeen  successful  iron-work- 
ing machines  of  his  own  invention,  con- 
structed especially  for  the  use  of  the  firm. 
These  inventions  have,  no  doubt,  contributed 
largely  to  the  business  success  of  the  firm. 

These  bakers  were  manufactured  on  royalty 
until  1880,  when  Mr.  W.  A.  Daggett,  in  com- 
pany with  his  son,  Arthur  C,  commenced 
manufacturing  in  a  small  way,  at  first  employ- 
ing but  three  or  four  men.  Under  their 
efficient  management  the  business  increased 
so  as  to  require  a  working  force  of  from  ten 
to  fifteen  men,  who  turned  out  about  six  hun- 
dred double  bakers  a  week,  shipping  them  all 
over  the  United  States.  The  firm  built  and 
now  occupy  a  three-story  brick  building,  con- 
taining thirteen  thousand  square  feet  of  floor- 
ing. They  are  now  beginning  the  manufact- 
ure of  an  improved  coffee-mill,  also  a  lamp 
stand. 

Apart  from  the  business  of  the  firm,  in 
1895  A.  C.  Daggett  commenced  the  manufact- 
ure of  women's,  misses',  and  chiUlren's  fine 
shoes.  W.  F.  Daggett,  brother  of  A.  C,  has 
conducted  a  branch  office  in  Chicago,  111.,  for 
the  sale  of  goods  manufactured  by  W.  A. 
Daggett  &  Co.,  and  has  now  opened  a  shoe 
store  in  Austin,  111. 


W.  A.  Daggett  was  married  in  Liverpool, 
N.S.,  September  5,  1846,  to  Miss  Aimee  M., 
daughter  of  Simeon  and  Aimee  Minard  Har- 
rington. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Daggett  have  had 
eight  children,  seven  of  whom  are  living: 
James  A.  ;  William  Allen,  who  died  an  in- 
fant; Ellen  M.,  wife  of  Elliott  Dudley,  of 
Philadelphia,  Pa.  ;  Sarah  Louisa,  wife  of 
J.  W.  Adams,  of  Vineland,  N.J.  ;  Augustus; 
Arthur  C. ;  William  F. ;  and  Hattie  H.,  who 
is  a  trained  nurse.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  A. 
Daggett  celebrated  their  golden  wedding 
September  5,  1896.  They  are  both  members 
of  the  Baptist  church. 

Arthur  C.  Daggett,  junior  member  of  the 
firm  of  W.  A.  Daggett  &  Co.,  was  born  in 
Liverpool,  N.S.,  July  18,  i860.  In  1S64  he 
came  with  his  parents  to  Vineland.  After 
completing  his  education  at  the  high  school, 
he  worked  for  a  short  time  in  a  shoe  factor}' 
and  afterward  in  a  retail  shoe  store  in  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.,  where  he  undoubtedly  laid  the 
foundation  for  future  prosperity.  On  May  7, 
1888,  he  was  married  to  Josephine,  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Dare,  of  V^ine- 
land,  N.J. 

W.  A.  Daggett  is  President  of  the  National 

Direct  Legislation   Reform   Society  (of  \'ine- 

land,  N.J.),  whose  purpose  is  to  educate  the 

people  to  the  advantages  of  the  initiative  and 

j  referendum,  thus  making  it  possible  to  obtain 

j  just    laws    for    the    whole    people.       In    1890 

W.  A.  Daggett  took  an  outing  trip  to  Florida, 

j  liking  the  climate    so    well   that   in    1891    he 

purchased  land  in  Monte  Vista,  Lake  County, 

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trees  set  out.  At  this  time  he,  with  his  fam- 
ily, went  to  Florida  to  superintend  the  work. 
In  1893  he  went  from  Florida  to  Chicago,  at- 
tended the  World's  Fair  a  month,  and  then 
returned  to  Vineland.  A.  C.  Daggett  also 
has  land  in  Monte  Yista,  Fla.,  adjoining 
W.  A.  Daggett's,  and  a  grove  of  six  hundred 
trees.  Adjoining  A.  C.  Daggett's,  Miss 
Hattie  Daggett  has  twenty  acres,  with  a  grove 
of  three  hundred  trees.  She  is  now  having  a 
sanatorium  built  for  invalids.  It  is  situated 
on  high  pine  land,  fronting  a  beautiful  clear- 
water  lake. 


ARDON  GIFFORD,  who  is  now  liv- 
ing in  retirement  upon  a  farm  in 
Landis  township,  N.J.,  was  formerly 
a  prosperous  blacksmith  and  carriage  builder 
in  Vineland.  He  was  born  in  Dartmouth, 
Mass.,  July  29,  1834,  son  of  Leonard  and  Ann 
(White)  Gifford.  Leonard  GifTord  was  also  a 
native  of  Dartmouth.  After  receiving  his  ed- 
ucation in  the  district  school,  he  remained  at 
home  until  his  father's  death,  at  first  helping 
on  the  farm,  but  afterward  having  full  charge 
of  it.  His  father,  Samuel  Gifford,  who  was  a 
Quaker,  followed  the  occupation  of  farmer, 
and  was  a  large  real  estate  owner.  Upon  los- 
ing his  father,  Leonard  removed  to  Naushon 
Island,  where  he  died  two  years  afterward. 
He  and  his  wife,  Ann  White  Gifford,  daugh- 
ter of  William  White,  of  Westport,  Mass.,  had 
nine  children;  namely,  Chester,  William, 
Abraham,  Hannah,  Samuel,  Cynthia,  Alex- 
ander, Eliza,  and  Pardon.  Cynthia  became 
the  wife  of   Solomon    Howland ;  and   Hannah, 


the  wife  of  Asher  Chester.  Eliza  died  at  the 
age  of  twelve  years.  Both  father  and  mother 
were  members  of  the  Baptist  church.  Leonard 
Gifford,  who  served  the  society  as  Deacon, 
was  a  devoted  Christian  worker  and  a  most 
hospitable  entertainer  of  Baptist  preachers, 
who  made  his  house  their  headquarters  for  the 
district. 

Pardon  Gifford  obtained  his  education  in 
the  district  schools  of  the  localities,  where  his 
parents  resided  during  his  boyhood.  From 
the  time  he  was  eleven  years  old  until  he 
reached  the  age  of  nineteen,  he  earned  his  own 
living  by  working  on  farms.  He  then  went 
to  Bedford,  Mass.,  where  he  served  an  appren- 
ticeship to  a  blacksmith,  and  after  his  time 
expired  worked  as  a  journeyman  for  seven 
months.  He  then  entered  into  a  partnership 
with  D.  Sherman,  and  did  his  part  in  carry- 
ing on  a  successful  business  until  1862,  a 
period  of  eight  years,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Sherman  &  Gifford.  In  1863,  January  23,  he 
came  to  Vineland  with  his  family,  and  started 
a  general  blacksmith  antl  carriage  building 
establishment,  thereby  becoming  the  pioneer 
blacksmith  of  the  place.  He  was  here  ac- 
tively engaged  in  his  calling  for  twenty-five 
years,  doing  an  especially  large  business  in 
the  manufacture  of  hoes  and  axes,  and  becom- 
ing a  leader  in  his  particular  line  of   industry. 

Having  acquired  by  his  unremitting  toil  a 
fortune  ample  enough  to  secure  the  future  of 
himself  and  family,  he  sold  out  in  1888,  and 
spent  the  following  five  years  in  travelling 
over  the  country  for  pleasure.  His  residence 
in   Vineland,  built   in    1862   by  Captain   Post, 


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of  Connecticut,  was  the  first  dwelling  erected 
in  the  city.  The  second  was  put  up  by  Orin 
Peckhard,  from  Hamilton,  N.J.  Mr.  Gifford 
bought  his  present  place  in  1891,  since  which 
time  he  has  remodelled  the  house  and  barn  on 
larger  and  improved  plans,  besides  erecting 
new  out-buildings  and  two  cottages.  Of  the 
thirty-two  acres  of  land,  ten  are  devoted  to 
the  raising  of  fruit,  and  twenty  are  kept  under 
grass.  Mr.  Gifford  does  this,  not  for  the 
money  returns,  but  wholly  as  an  agreeable  oc- 
cupation. He  also  keeps  some  doves,  and  his 
stock  is  of  a  select  grade.  The  property  does 
credit  both  to  his  taste  and  labor,  for  it  is  a 
beautiful  seat  in  a  district  distinguished  for 
its  beautiful  country  homes. 

In  January,  1S60,  he  was  united  in  matri- 
mony with  Miss  Amanda  Potter,  daughter  of 
Ichabod  Potter,  of  VVestport,  Mass.  By  this 
union  he  became  the  father  of  a  son,  P'rederick 
Potter.  Mrs.  Amanda  Potter  was  cut  off  in 
her  bloom  three  years  after  her  happy  wed- 
ding; and  two  years  later,  in  1865,  Mr.  Gif- 
ford contracted  a  second  marriage  with  Miss 
Eliza  Vail,  daughter  of  Captain  Jolin  R.  Vail, 
of  Hartford,  Conn.  By  this  marriage  he  be- 
came the  father  of  four  children;  namely, 
Walter,  Nellie,  Gertrude,  and  one  other  with 
whom  they  were  early  called  to  part.  Nellie 
is  now  the  wife  of  Mr.  Stanley  Searles,  an  es- 
teemed resident  of  .Stamford,  Conn.  lioth 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gifford  are  members  of  the 
Methodist  I'^piscopal  church.  Mr.  Gifford 
was  one  of  the  four  organizers  of  the  society, 
was  the  first  President  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees, and  is  the  only  one  of  the  organizers  of 


the  first  class  now  residing  in  \'ineland. 
During  his  connection  with  the  church  he  has 
served  in  most  of  the  offices  to  which  laymen 
are  eligible. 


^yENRY  HAMPTON  SPENCE,  agent 
and  superintendent  of  the  Cadwal- 
ader  estate,  which  in  Heislerville 
alone  comprises  nearly  five  thousand  acres, 
was  born  in  this  town,  December  31,  1826. 
His  parents  were  William  and  Sarah  H. 
(Hampton)  Spence.  Mr.  Spence  is  of  Ger- 
man descent,  and  is  of  the  third  generation  of 
his  family  born  in  New  Jersey,  his  great- 
grandfather, a  native  of  Germany,  having  been 
one  of  the  early  settlers  in  Burlington  County. 
His  grandfather,  George  Spence,  who  was 
born  in  that  county  in  1766,  died  in  1848. 
He  married  Deborah  Denight,  and  reared 
the  following  children:  Letitia,  Catherine, 
George,  William,  and  Elizabeth. 

William  Spence,  son  of  George,  was  born 
in  Heislerville,  and  educated  in  the  common 
schools.  He  lived  on  his  father's  farm  until 
his  marriage,  when  he  established  a  home  of 
his  own;  and  for  a  number  of  years  he  sup- 
ported his  family  by  farming  on  shares.  He 
eventually  purchased  a  farm,  and  spent  his 
last  years  under  the  shadow  of  his  own  vine 
and  fig-tree,  working  industriously  to  the  very 
last.  Mr.  William  Spence  was  highly  re- 
spected in  IIeisler\'ille.  He  served  as  Sur- 
veyor of  the  Highways  for  several  years.  His 
wife  was  a  daughter  of  Henry  Hampton,  M.D., 
a  well-known  and  esteemed  physician  of  Lees- 
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were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  They  were  the  parents  of  eleven 
children,  eight  of  whom  attained  maturity, 
namely:  Sarah  Ann,  who  married  James  Hol- 
lingshead;  Edward  P.;  Henry  Hampton; 
George;  Isaac;  John;  Abigail,  wife  of  Will- 
iam Major;  and  Clement  T. 

Henry  Hampton  Spence,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  received  a  common-school  education 
in  Leesburg.  When  quite  small  he  went  to 
live  with  his  maternal  grandfather.  Dr.  Hamp- 
ton, who  had  a  farm,  on  which  the  boy  learned 
to  make  himself  useful;  and  as  he  grew  older 
he  assumed  heavier  duties  until  a  large  share 
of  the  farm  work  devolved  upon  him.  When 
the  time  came  for  him  to  establish  a  home, 
he  engaged  in  carpenter  work,  taking  con- 
tracts for  building,  a  business  which  he  fol- 
lowed until  after  the  war.  He  was  then  en^ 
gaged  in  farming  on  his  own  account  until 
1S96,  when  he  was  appointed  manager  of  the 
estate  of  John  Cadwalader,  of  Philadelphia. 
This  landed  property  comprises  forty-eight 
hundred  acres  in  Heislerville  and  about  one 
thousand  acres  in  other  townships,  and  the 
management  involves  a  great  deal  of  care  and 
responsibility.  Mr.  Spence  also  has  a  truck 
farm  of  his  own,  on  which  he  raises  some 
eight  acres  of  strawberries,  employing  annu- 
ally twenty-one  imported  pickers. 

On  September  12,  1846,  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Judith  Stites,  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard Stites,  of  Cape  May.  She  was  born  De- 
cember 8,  1827,  and  died  May  19,  1890. 
Mr.  Spence  was-  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal    church.      She    was    the    mother   of 


eight  children,  namely:  Sarah  H.,  born  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1850,  now  wife  of  George  Pritchet, 
of  Millville,  N.J.;  P>anklin  L.,  born  June 
29,  1852,  of  Millville;  Anne  C,  born  Oc- 
tober 6,  1854,  wife  of  John  Robinson,  of 
Leesburg;  Judith  N.,  born  July  16,  1859, 
wife  of  Reuben  Hoffman,  of  Millville;  Clara 
T.,  born  September  17,  1861,  wifu  of  Anson 
Thompson;  Theresa,  born  June  14,  1864,  wife 
of  Howard  Sayre,  of  Millville;  Elfrida,  born 
September  3,  1866;  and  William,  born  July 
27,  1870. 

Mr.  Spence  has  long  occupied  a  position  of 
prominence  in  Heislerville,  taking  an  active 
part  in  affairs  of  public  interest.  He  has 
served  as  Surveyor  of  Highways  and  Township 
Committee  for  twenty  years,  and  has  officiated 
for  a  number  of  years  as  Commissioner  of  Ap- 
peals. A  man  of  sound  judgment  and  con- 
siderable executive  ability,  well  known  in  tlie 
town  which  has  been  his  home  for  seventy 
years,  he  enjoys  the  esteem  and  confidence  of 
the  community. 


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TT^APTAIN     LAFAYETTE    HENDER- 
I   J|         SON,  who  is   successfully  engaged   in 

^ '  the    oyster    business    at    I^eesburg, 

Cumberland  County,  N.J.,  was  born  in  this 
town,  January  31,  1853,  his  parents  being  La- 
fayette and  Elizabeth  (Chance)  Henderson. 

His  father  was  the  son  of  Joseph  Hender- 
son, and  was  also  a  native  of  Leesburg.  He 
received  his  early  intellectual  training  in  the 
common  schools  of  this  town  ;  and  when  he 
was  yet  a  mere  lad  he  began  to  follow  the 
water,  first  in  a  wood   shallop,  and   later,  from 


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his  twenty-third  year,  in  a  coasting-vessel. 
When  he  was  twenty-eight  years  of  age  he  was 
appointed  to  the  captaincy  of  a  vessel  which 
was  engaged  in  the  carrying  trade,  principally 
between  the  ports  of  Boston  and  Philadelphia. 
On  September  30,  1847,  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Elizabeth  Chance,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Zadoc  Chance.  Into  their 
home  came  successively  five  children,  namely: 
Sarah,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Jeremiah  Whil- 
don,  of  Delmont,  N.J. ;  Zadoc  C. ;  Lafayette; 
Elizabeth,  who  is  now  Mrs.  Ichabod  Whildon, 
of  Delmont;  and  Lucy,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
twelve  years.  Mr.  Lafayette  Henderson,  Sr., 
in  political  affiliation  was  numbered  among 
the  Democrats.  His  decease  occurred  Sep- 
tember 20,  1866,  in  his  fortieth  year.  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  C.  Henderson  has  been  for  years  as- 
sociated with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
of   Leesburg. 

Her  son,  Lafayette  Henderson,  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town; 
and  after  the  completion  of  his  course  of  study 
he  began  to  follow  the  sea.  He  first  sailed 
on  a  schooner  engaged  in  carrying  wood  to 
Philadelphia  and  in  transporting  coal  thence 
to  Hoston,  Marblehead,  and  intermediate 
points.  After  several  years  spent  in  such 
coasting  trade  he  directed  his  attention  to  the 
oyster  business,  in  which  he  has  been  success- 
fully occupied  for  twenty  years.  In  1877, 
wlicn  he  was  only  about  twenty-four  years  of 
age,  he  became  the  captain  of  a  vessel;  and 
for  the  last  twelve  years  he  has  owned  a  boat. 
On  September  18,  1876,  Mr.  Henderson 
married  Miss  Elizabeth  C.  Langley,  a  daugh- 


ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Langley,  of  Del- 
mont, N.J.  Mr.  Langley  was  born  in  Salem 
County,  New  Jersey,  on  February  25,  1809; 
and  he  followed  throughout  life  general  hus- 
bandry, raising  grain  crops  especially.  He 
served  his  fellows  in  the  capacity  of  Constable 
for  the  long  period  of  twenty-five  or  thirty 
years,  and  for  many  years  also  as  Overseer  of 
the  Poor.  He  wedded  Miss  Sarah  Christian, 
a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Isaiah  Christian, 
of  East  Creek,  Cape  May  County,  N.J.,  and 
they  became  the  parents  of  four  children, 
namely:  Sabilla,  who  died  at  the  age  of  si.\'- 
teen;  William;  Elizabeth  C,  who  is  now 
Mrs.  Henderson;  and  George.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Christian  were  both  identified  with  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church  of  Eldora,  Cape  May 
County,  N.J.  Two  children  were  born  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Henderson;  namely,  Lucy  and  Will- 
iam L. 

Socially,  Mr.  Henderson  has  been  asso- 
ciated with  the  Order  of  Knights  of  Pythias 
for  over  twenty  years,  being  a  member  of  Dor- 
chester Lodge,  No.  17,  of  Dorchester,  N.J. 
In  political  affiliation  he  has  always  been  a 
stanch  Democrat,  ever  supporting  the  ]irin- 
ciples  and  the  candidates  of  that  party.  Re- 
ligiously, both  he  and  his  wife  are  in  fellow- 
ship with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of 
Leesburg,  of  which  the  former  is  an  honored 
Trustee. 


(JONATHAN  LORE,  a  well-known  farmer 
of  Port  Elizabeth,  Cumberland  County, 
N.J.,  was  born  here   on   June   2,    1845, 
the  year   which   marks   the   beginning  of   the 


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Mexican  War.  His  parents  were  David  and 
Hannah  (Compton)  Lore.  Hezekiah  Lore, 
the  earliest  known  ancestor '  of  the  family, 
came  across  Maurice  River,  and  was  captured 
by  the  Manumuskin  Indians.  About  1750  he 
settled  on  the  farm  now  occupied  by  Jonathan, 
his  great-great-grandson,  who  is  the  subject  of 
this  biography.  The  barn,  twenty-five  feet 
by  forty  feet,  built  by  Hezekiah  Lore,  is  still 
standing;  antl  the  house  near  by  is  one  of  the 
oldest  in  the  township. 

Hezekiah's  son  David,  first,  married  and 
had  a  son,  Jonathan,  first,  a  native  of  this 
town,  who  was  extensively  engaged  in  farm- 
ing. He  served  as  Freeholder  and  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Township  Committee,  and  was  one 
of  thirty-five  appointed  in  Bridgeton,  N.J., 
to  see  that  the  recommendations  of  the  First 
Continental  Congress,  held  at  Philadelphia  on 
September  5,  1774,  be  carried  out;  namely, 
that  no  goods  which  came  from  Great  Britain 
or  any  of  its  dependencies  be  used  after  the 
next  March.  Me  married  Sarah  S.  Mason,  of 
Dividing  Creek;  and  they  had  seven  children, 
only  one  of  whom  is  now  living,  Ann  Maria 
by  name.  Mr.  Jonathan  Lore  and  his  wife, 
Sarah,  the  grandparents  of  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  were  highly  respected  members  of  the 
Baptist  church. 

Their  son,  David  Lore,  second,  was  born  on 
the  old  homestead,  and  acquired  his  education 
in  the  schools  of  his  native  town,  where  he  re- 
mained until  he  attained  his  majority.  Then, 
in  company  with  his  brother  Jonathan,  second, 
he  opened  a  general  merchandise  store,  which 
he  managed  during  the  rest  of  his   life.      The 


firm  also  engaged  in  cutting  and  sawing  lum- 
ber, which  they  shipped  to  Philadelphia. 
David  Lore,  second,  married  Hannah,  his 
brother  Jonathan's  widow,  who  was  a  daughter 
of  James  Compton,  of  Mauricetown.  By  this 
union  there  were  five  children — Jonathan, 
third,  of  Port  Elizabeth;  David,  who  died 
when  he  was  young;  Harry;  Charles;  and  an- 
other David.  The  mother  was  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  The  father  died 
on  July  7,   1853. 

Jonathan  Lore,  son  of  David  and  Hannah  C. 
Lore,  received  his  education  in  the  schools  of 
his  native  township,  going  subsequently  to 
Greenwich  to  live  on  a  farm.  When  he  was 
about  thirty  years  of  age  he  returned  to  Port 
Elizabeth,  and  opened  a  general  merchandise 
store,  which  he  carried  on  successfully  for 
about  ten  years.  Mr.  Lore  then  sold  the  plant, 
and  came  to  the  farm  he  now  occupies,  con- 
sisting of  one  hundred  acres  of  tillable  land 
and  about  fifty  acres  of  timber.  About  three 
acres  are  devoted  to  the  culture  of  strawber- 
ries, but  the  principal  crops  are  corn  and  oats. 
He  likewise  cuts  on  an  average  from  fifteen 
to  twenty  tons  of  hay.  He  has  a  dairy  of 
twelve  head  of  cattle  and  makes  butter.  He 
also  keeps  six  horses  and  raises  colts. 

In  politics  Mr.  Lore  is  a  Republican.  In 
1 888  he  was  elected  Collector  of  the  township, 
which  position  he  has  held  continuously  for 
nearly  nine  years.  Mr.  Lore  has  also  offici- 
ated at  different  times  as  a  member  of  the 
Township  Committee,  serving  in  all  about 
fourteen  years.  Fraternally,  he  is  identified 
with     the     Maurice     River     Lodge,     No.     17, 


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Knights  of  Pythias,  and  the  Leesburg  Coun- 
cil, lunior  Order  of  United  American  Me- 
chanics. 

The  maiden  name  of  liis  wife,  to  whom  he 
was  united  in  marriage  on  June  4,  1867,  was 
Mary  E.  Murphy.  Her  father  was  Stephen 
Murphy.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lore  are  the  parents 
of  six  children  —  Walter,  Harry,  Beulah,  Jon- 
athan, Jr.,  Elizabeth,  and  David.  They  at- 
tend and  financially  aid  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  of  which  Mrs.  Lore  is  a  highly 
respected  member. 


|LIJAH  R.  PAR\TN,  who  enjoys  the 
distinction  of  being  not  only  the  old- 
est but  also  the  leading  insurance  agent  of 
Deerfield  Street,  New  Jersey,  was  born  here 
on  March  8,  1844,  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Anna 
M.   (Riley)  Parvin. 

The  lineal  representatives  of  the  family  for 
four  generations  back  bore  the  Christian  name 
of  Jeremiah.  They  were  among  the  early  set- 
tlers of  this  section  of  New  Jersey.  Jeremiah 
Parvin,  the  father  of  Elijah  R.,  was  born  in 
Cumberland  County  in  1802.  He  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation  and  a  prominent  citizen. 
During  two  terms  he  represented  Cumber- 
land County  in  the  State  legislature.  Li  1848 
he  was  killed  by  the  falling  of  a  tree,  he  being 
then  but  forty-si.\  years  of  age.  He  was 
twice  married,  and  by  his  first  wife  had  three 
children.  His  second  wife,  who  was  before 
marriage  Miss  Anna  M.  Riley,  was  a  daughter 
of  Elijah  D.  and  Maria  Riley.  Her  father 
followed  farming,  and  was  one  of   the  leading 


men  of  the  town,  his  judgment  being  often  re- 
lied upon  in  the  settlement  of  important  ques- 
tions. For  a  number  of  years  he  was  a  Justice 
of  the  Peace  and  conveyancer.  He  was  a 
Ruling  Elder  of  the  Deerfield  Street  Presby- 
terian Church  for  over  thirty  years  and  a  mem- 
ber over  forty-five  years.  During  the  early 
history  of  the  church  he  was  one  of  its  main 
supporters;  and  he  assisted  in  the  erection 
of  the  stone  edifice,  which  stood  within  sight 
of  his  lifelong  home.  This  second  marriage  of 
Jeremiah  Parvin  was  blessed  by  the  birth  of 
four  children,  as  follows:  Alexander,  of  Okla- 
homa; Furman,  of  Salem;  Cornelia,  the  wife 
of  Daniel  H.  Padget ;  and  Elijah  R.  Their 
mother  died  on  January  28,  1888,  at  seventy- 
eight  years  of  age.  Both  parents  were  com- 
municants of  the  Deerfield  Street  Presby- 
terian Church  for  many  years. 

Elijah  R.  Parvin,  having  completed  his  edu- 
cational course  at  the  South  Jersey  Institute 
in  Bridgeton,  taught  school  for  nineteen  years 
at  various  places  in  Cumberland  and  Salem 
Counties.  Owing  to  the  loss  of  an  eye  in 
1859,  he  was  disqualified  for  service  in  the 
Civil  War;  but  his  brothers  Alexander  and 
Furman  served  through  that  great  conflict. 
Before  he  finally  gave  up  teaching,  Mr.  Parvin 
took  up  the  insurance  business  on  a  small 
scale;  and  he  has  since  acquired  a  large  clien- 
tage. It  is  now  twenty-four  years  since  he 
started  in  this  line.  For  an  equal  length  of 
time  he  has  had  charge  of  the  old  Deerfield 
Presbyterian  Church,  which  is  one  of  the  old- 
est in  this  part  of  the  country,  its  one  hundred 
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in  18S7.  On  December  24,  1868,  Mr.  Parvin 
was  married  to  Miss  Addie  C.  Harker,  a 
daughter  of  Elias  Haynes  Harker,  a  farmer  of 
Hopewell.  She  was  born  on  March  20,  1845. 
The  first  town  office  held  by  Mr.  Parvin  was 
that  of  Clerk,  in  which  he  served  very  faith- 
fully for  ten  years.  Following  that  he  held 
the  office  of  Commissioner  of  Deeds  up  to 
about  1884,  when  he  was  elected  Assessor, 
first  for  a  term  of  five  years  and  twice  since 
for  terms  of  three  years  each.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Cohansey  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  of  Bridgeton,  and  also  of  the 
Brotherhood  of  the  Union  of  Deerfield.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Parvin  attend  and  help  to  support 
the  Presb)'tci  ian  church. 


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(JOSHUA  C.  ADAMS,  who  is  engaged 
extensively  in  the  culture  and  market- 
ing of  cranberries  at  Vineland,  Cum- 
berland County,  N.J.,  was  born  at  Martha 
Furnace,  N.J.,  January  4,  1858,  son  of  Zeph- 
aniah  and  Eleanor  (Chambers)  Adams. 

11  is  father,  whose  birth  occurred  in  iSoi  at 
Jenkins  Neck,  N.J.,  enjoyed  in  childhood  and 
youth  the  advantages  of  a  common-school  edu- 
cation; and  for  many  years  from  the  conclu- 
sion of  his  period  of  pupilage  he  followed  the 
employment  of  an  ore  raiser,  extracting  iron 
ore  from  the  meadows  for  use  at  the  furnaces 
in  the  town.  When  a  young  man  he  pur- 
chased a  farm  of  thirty  acres,  on  which  he  was 
simultaneously  engaged  in  general  agricultural 
pursuits  until  1850,  when,  disposing  of  it,  he 
removed    to    Hillsboro,    Ohio.      He    remained 


there  only  about  a  year,  and  mean  time  did 
not  engage  in  any  business.  Returning  then 
to  the  vicinity  of  his  birth,  he  bought  an  es- 
tate located  about  three  miles  from  his  former 
home,  on  which  he  lived  in  retirement  from 
the  active  duties  of  life  until  his  decease. 

Mr.  Zephaniah  Adams  was  united  in  matri- 
mony with  Miss  Eleanor  Chambers,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Alexander  Chambers,  of  Irish  descent, 
and  tiieir  union  was  blessed  in  the  birth  of  a 
large  family  of  thirteen  children,  eleven  of 
whom  attained  maturity,  namely:  Eliza,  who 
is  now  deceased;  Franklin  B. ;  Frederick; 
John  W. ;  Lydia,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Ed- 
ward Buzby,  of  Chatsworth,  N.J. ;  Hannah, 
who  is  now  Mrs.  Amos  P.  Cline;  Theophilus 
H.;  Mary  J.,  now  the  wife  of  Ebenezer  E. 
Adare,  of  Philadelphia;  Joseph  R.;  Margaret 
E.,  who  resides  at  Long  Branch,  N.J.,  as  the 
wife  of  Theodore  Howland;  and  Joshua  C,  of 
Vineland.  In  religious  belief  both  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Zephaniah  Adams  were  Methodists,  and 
were  affiliated  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  of  Jenkins  Neck.  He  departed  this 
life  in  1858.  His  wife,  Mrs.  Eleanor  C. 
Adams,  is  still  living. 

Joshua  C.  Adams,  with  whose  name  tiiis 
biographical  record  begins,  obtained  his  edu- 
cation in  the  common  schools  of  Shamong, 
N.J.  In  188 1  he  entered  the  employment  of 
the  Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey  as  station 
agent  at  Lakewood.  After  continuing  in  that 
capacity  about  a  year  he  removed  to  Shamong 
(now  Chatsworth),  where  he  resided  for  about 
a  decade,  and  whence  he  changed  his  residence 
in     1894    to     V'ineland,     his    present     home. 


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While  living  at  Shamong  he  jjurchased  a  cran- 
berry meadow  about  three  hundred  and  fifty 
acres  in  extent,  on  which  he  is  largely  and 
successfully  engaged  in  the  cultivation  of  that 
fruit.  The  annual  yield  is  from  three  thou- 
sand to  five  thousand  bushels  of  cranberries, 
for  which  he  finds  a  ready  market  in  New 
York  City  and  Philadelphia. 

Mr.  Adams  and  Miss  Emma  J.  Mcllvaine, 
the  daughter  of  Joseph  M.  Mcllvaine,  of 
Batsto,  N.J.,  were  married  on  August  28, 
1 88 1,  and  are  the  parents  of  five  children; 
namely,  Ada  Virginia,  Florence  L.,  Eleanor, 
Carroll  C,  and  Beatrice  Eudora.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Adams  are  Methodists  in  religious  be- 
lief, and  regularly  attend  the  church  of  that 
persuasion  in  Vineland,  to  the  support  of 
which  they  are  liberal  contributors. 


lARLES  KLINE  LANDIS,  Sr.,  of 
\'incland,  is  the  founder  of  the  charm- 
ing town  in  which  he  resides.  At 
one  time  both  the  town  and  its  founder  had  a 
world-wide  celebrity.  By  its  establishment 
he  has  been  credited  with  having  solved  many 
problems  of  social  science.  However  this 
may  be,  several  of  the  principles  put  into  ex- 
ecution by  the  settlement  of  Vineland  were 
quickly  adopted  by  other  communities,  and 
now  find  general  acceptance  in  civilized  coun- 
tries. Mr.  Landis  is  the  father  and  Vine- 
land was  the  cradle  of  "local  option,"  so 
called,  that  has  made  such  progress  as  a  de- 
fence against  the  liquor  evil.  It  also  seems 
probable  that  he  has  finally  answered  the  vital 


hygienic  question  of  how  best  to  dispose  of  a 
city's  sewage,  by  utilizing  it  to  make  Vine- 
land  the  garden  of  the  Middle  States. 

Mr.  Landis  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  March 
16,  1833,  son  of  Michael  G.  and  Mary  Lewis 
(Quinn)  Landis.  By  each  parent  he  comes  of 
a  long  line  of  American  ancestry,  and  on  the 
father's  side  he  is  of  Italian  extraction.  The 
original  name  was  Landi,  last  borne  in  the  six- 
teenth century  by  ancestors  of  his  whom  po- 
litical troubles  caused  to  emigrate  from  Italy 
to  Switzerland.  Here  they  bought  land,  and 
in  the  course  of  their  efforts  to  settle  amicably 
among  the  people  their  name  was  German- 
ized to  Landis.  About  the  year  1600  John 
Landis,  who  had  been  converted  to  Protestant- 
ism, was  found  guilty  of  heresy  by  the  Inqui- 
sition at  Zurich,  and,  on  refusing  to  recant, 
was  beheaded.  Thereupon  his  three  sons, 
John,  Felix,  and  Benjamin,  came  to  America. 
They  arrived  in  Pennsylvania,  either  at  the 
same  time  of  William  Penn's  coming  or  a 
little  before,  and  bought  land  in  Bucks  and 
Lancaster  Counties.  The  descendants  of  John 
Landis,  who  settled  in  Lancaster,  number 
among  the  thousands  to-day,  and  own  a  large 
part  of  the  county;  while  the  towns  of  Lan- 
disburg  and  Landisville  perpetuate  their  name. 

John  Landis  of  a  later  generation,  grand- 
father of  Charles  K.,  the  subject  of  this  bio- 
graphical notice,  who  resided  in  Lancaster, 
Pa.,  was  a  merchant,  land-owner,  and  farmer, 
a  Free  Mason  of  high  rank,  a  magistrate,  and 
a  member  of  the  German  Lutheran  church. 
He  married  a  Miss  Kline,  whose  ancestors 
came  from  Wiirtemberg,    Germany,  about   the 


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same  time  as  did  the  Landis  brothers  and 
for  a  similar  reason,  being  German  Protes- 
tants. Their  children  born  of  this  union 
were:  Michael  G.,  John,  Israel,  Edmund, 
Jesse,  Mary,  Amelia,  Elliza,  Matilda,  and 
Ann.  John,  who  went  to  Texas  to  join  the 
rangers,  was  never  heard  of  afterward,  but  is 
supposed  to  have  been  killed  in  the  battle  of 
San  Jacinto.  Edmund,  a  physician,  went 
with  his  family  to  Chicago,  where  he  was 
very  successful.  Jesse  entered  the  legal  pro- 
fession, was  City  Solicitor  of  Lancaster  for 
some  years,  and  left  several  sons,  all  of  whom 
are  prominent  men.  Israel  had  a  large  out- 
fitting and  saddlery  store  in  St.  Joseph,  Mo., 
in  the  early  days  of  Western  emigration,  was 
very  prosperous,  and  left  several  children. 
With  regard  to  the  rest:  Mary  died  in  early 
life;  Eliza  married  a  Mr.  Landis  in  Califor- 
nia; Matilda  married  a  Mr.  Bunting  in  Cali- 
fornia; Amelia  married  Thomas  Jeffries,  of 
Lancaster;  and   Ann  died   in   middle   life. 

Michael  G.  Landis,  the  father  of  Charles 
K. ,  was  a  merchant  in  Lancaster  and  after- 
ward a  railroad  contractor  in  Pennsylvania  and 
Georgia.  In  1830,  July  25,  he  married  Miss 
Mary  Lewis  Ouinn,  of  Philadelphia,  who  was 
born  June  14,  1808,  daughter  of  William  and 
Mary  (White)  Ouinn.  Mr.  Ouinn,  who  was 
a  native  of  Chester  County,  Pennsylvania,  re- 
moved to  Philadelphia,  where  he  was  a  mer- 
chant. His  father  was  William  Ouinn,  Sr., 
of  Chester  County,  who,  while  serving  as  a 
Lieutenant  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  died  of 
small -pox.  Lieutenant  Ouinn"s  mother  be- 
longed to  a  Quaker  family  named  Coates,  who 


were  large  property  holders  in  Philadelphia. 
His  father,  who  was  also  an  officer,  fought  in 
both  the  French  and  Indian  War  and  the  War 
of  Independence,  and  died  of  wounds  received 
in  the  latter. 

The  mother  of  Mrs.  Mary  Lewis  Ouinn 
Landis  was  a  daughter  of  Captain  or  Colonel 
White,  of  White  Marsh,  who  served  in  the 
Revolutionary  Army,  and  was  wounded  in  the 
leg  at  the  battle  of  Brandywine.  Colonel 
White  had  four  children  —  Aaron,  Elizabeth, 
Rachel,  and  Mary.  Aaron,  when  of  age,  went 
to  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  married.  One  of  his 
daughters  became  the  wife  of  a  Mr  Smith, 
who  then  owned  the  Cincinnati  Gazette ;  and 
another  daughter  married  a  Mr.  Henkel. 
Elizabeth  married  a  Quaker  named  Isaac  Wal- 
ton, who  resided  on  the  old  York  Road  lead- 
ing out  of  Philadelphia.  Rachel  became  the 
wife  of  Francis  Sagee,  a  ship-builder.  Mary, 
the  mother  of  Mrs.  Landis,  bore  her  husband 
two  sons  and  five  girls.  The  boys,  Charles 
and  William  Quinn,  who  wore  brought  up 
to  follow  mercantile  life,  died  young.  Of 
the  girls,  Mary,  the  wife  of  Michael  G. 
Landis,  was  the  eldest.  Emily,  the  youngest, 
married  William  Baxter,  a  farmer  and  land- 
owner of  Delaware  County,  Pennsylvania. 
Mrs.  Landis's  grandmother  on  the  mother's 
side  was  a  daughter  of  a  family  named  Vogdes, 
who  lived  on  a  farm  in  Willis  township, 
Chester  County,  and  were  land-owners.  The 
Whites  and  the  Quinns,  who  all  came  to  the 
country  about  the  same  time  that  Penn  did, 
were  Quakers,  but  fighting  Quakers,  so  many 
of  them  were  soldiers  in  the  Revolution. 


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Michael  G.  Landis  and  his  wife  had  four 
children;  namely,  Mary,  Charles  Kline, 
Beulah,  and  Matilda  Tyson.  Mary,  who  mar- 
ried successively  John  Davis  Bishop  and  ]5ab- 
bington  Russell,  died  young;  Beulah  also 
married  twice,  her  first  husband  having  been 
James  Whitney,  of  Philadelphia,  and  her 
second  Dr.  Howard  Campbell,  of  that  city; 
Matilda  Tyson  remained  a  spinster.  The 
mother  died  February  14,  1896,  at  the  home 
of  her  son,  Charles  K.,  in  her  eighty-eighth 
year.  The  father  died  in  1882,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-eight  years. 

Charles  Kline  Landis  lived  with  his  parents 
for  various  periods  of  his  early  life  in  Phila- 
delphia, Macon,  Ga.,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  and  Lan- 
caster, Pa.,  and  was  under  the  instruction  of 
private  tutors.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  began 
to  study  law  in  the  office  of  F.  Carroll  Brews- 
ter, afterward  Judge  Brewster.  Admitted  to 
the  bar  in  October,  1852,  he  immediately 
opened  an  ofifice  in  Philadelphia,  and  entered 
on  the  practice  of  his  profession.  Soon  after 
he  organized  five  or  six  building  loan  associa- 
tions, all  of  which  were  successful,  and  natu- 
rally gave  him  charge  of  their  legal  business. 
At  about  the  same  time  he  joined  what  was 
called  the  Democratic  Club  of  the  Third 
Ward,  Spring  Garden,  in  Philadelphia,  which, 
with  needed  notoriety,  brought  him  some  more 
business.  In  1854,  becoming  interested 
through  a  client  in  several  extensive  real  es- 
tate transactions,  he  discovered  that  he  had 
an  aptitude  for  that  line  of  business,  and 
thereafter  gave  it  more  attention  than  his  legal 
work. 


Three  years  later,  in  company  with  Richard 
J.  Byrnes,  using  the  firm  name  of  Landis  & 
Byrnes,  he  founded  the  town  of  Hammonton, 
N.J.  This  enterprise  a  paper  of  Augusta, 
Me.,  where  he  had  advertised  it,  denounced 
as  a  swindle.  At  once  securing  a  hall  in 
Augusta,  Mr.  Landis  had  it  widely  announced 
that  on  the  night  of  a  date  named  he  would 
lecture  there  on  Hammonton.  When  the 
night  came,  the  hall  was  packed  with  people 
eager  to  hear  him.  His  first  words  on  this 
occasion  were  an  invitation  to  the  author  of 
the  newspaper  criticism  to  come  on  the  plat- 
form and  make  good  his  allegations  respecting 
the  Hammonton  scheme.  No  one  responding, 
he  then  refuted  the  charge  of  swindling,  and 
followed  with  an  account  of  the  advantages  the 
undertaking  offered  to  settlers.  He  made  so 
favorable  an  impression  that  a  number  of  fam- 
ilies went  to  Hammonton.  Plncouraged  by 
this  result,  he  afterward  lectured  in  several 
parts  of  Maine  and  Massachusetts,  and  found 
that  doing  so  was  a  most  successful  method  of 
obtaining  settlers. 

His  experience  with  Hammonton  made  ob- 
vious to  him  what  he  could  accomplish  on  a 
larger  scale,  and  he  conceived  the  idea  of 
starting  a  settlement  near  the  great  seaboard 
markets  of  America.  This  was,  in  his  own 
words,  "to  afford  the  widest  and  most  certain 
scope  for  individual  success,  alike  on  account 
of  the  markets  and  of  the  opportunities  for 
skilled  labor  in  farming,  gardening,  and  me- 
chanics." Having  decided  for  himself  that 
the  project  was  feasible,  he  resolved  to  carry 
it  into  effect  untrammelled   by  a  partner.     In 


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1 86 1,  being  then  but  twenty-eight  years  old, 
he  selected  a  tract  of  land  containing  about 
forty-eight  square  miles,  situated  in  the  wild- 
est part  of  New  Jersey,  on  the  line  of  a  new 
railroad  that  was  then  doing  a  very  little  busi- 
ness. He  obtained  possession  of  twenty-two 
thousand  acres  of  this  land  by  purchase  from 
Richard  D.  Wood,  of  Philadelphia.  The  rest 
he  bought  from  other  parties,  making  in  all 
about  thirty-two  thousand  acres. 

"It  was  in  the  centre  of  this  place,  upon  a 
mile  square  of  land,"  to  quote  his  own  words 
again,  "that  I  proposed  to  build  a  city,  which 
would  be  filled  with  manufactories,  shops  and 
stores  for  mercantile  purposes,  schools  and 
halls  for  public  recreation,  and  private  resi- 
dences, and  surround  this  mile  square  of  city, 
as  far  as  the  boundaries  of  the  land  would 
reach,  with  farms,  gardens,  orchards,  and  vine- 
yards." So  unpromising  was  the  site,  and  so 
great  were  the  obvious  difficulties  in  the  way, 
that  some  people  seemed  justified  in  character- 
izing the  plan  as  the  dream  of  a  lunatic. 
Nevertheless,  on  August  8,  1861,  in  the  high- 
est part  of  the  centre  of  the  tract,  Mr.  Landis 
himself  cut  down  the  first  tree  by  way  of  start- 
ing the  construction  of  an  avenue  ten  and  a 
half  miles  long  and  one  hundred  feet  wide, 
that  was  soon  after  completed  by  a  large  force 
of  workmen.  He  continued  the  work  until 
at  his  own  expense  he  had  made  two  hundred 
and  twenty  miles  of  roads  and  twenty  miles  of 
ditches,  besides  building  a  railroad  that  con- 
nected his  settlement  directly  with  New  York. 

By  1875  his  dream  was  so  far  realized  he 
was  able  to   state   in  Frascrs  (London)  Maga- 


zine "that  the  settlement  had  twenty  fine 
school-houses,  ten  churches,  fifteen  manufact- 
uring establishments,  and  four  post-ofifices," 
and  continued  to  say:  "Out  of  seventy-seven 
townships  in  that  State,  by  the  census  of 
1S69,  Landis  township  (the  entire  settlement) 
ranked  the  fourth  in  the  value  of  its  agricult- 
ural productions.  There  are  seventeen  miles 
of  railway  upon  the  tract,  embracing  six  rail- 
way stations.  There  is  more  fruit  raised  in 
Vineland  than  anywhere  else  in  the  United 
States  upon  the  same  amount  of  land.  To 
drive  through  the  place  over  the  smooth  and 
beautiful  roads,  lined  with  shade  trees  and 
bordered  with  green,  and  past  her  thousands 
of  orchards  and  vineyards,  is  like  driving 
through  the  loveliest  of  parks.  .  .  .  Her  citi- 
zens are  gathered  together  from  the  Far  West, 
from  the  Middle  and  New  England  States, 
from  Germany,  France,  England,  Ireland, 
and  Scotland,  even  from  sunny  Italy."  It 
does  not  come  within  the  scope  of  this  sketch 
to  describe  Vineland  as  it  is  to-day;  but  it 
may  be  mentioned  that  the  Italian  colony, 
started  in  the  township  by  Mr.  Landis  in 
1870,  now  occupies  five  thousand  acres,  and  is 
composed  of  sober,  industrious  farmers,  well 
skilled  in  the  various  branches  of  agriculture 
followed  in  this  country  as  well  as  in  Italy. 

Sea  Isle  City,  Cape  May  County,  was  also 
founded  by  Mr.  Landis.  His  attention  was 
first  drawn  to  Ludlam  Island  in  1879;  and  on 
inquiry  into  the  matter  he  found  that  the 
island  was  owned  in  undivided  interests  by 
two  families  named  Ludlam  and  Smith,  num- 
bering about   five  hundred  persons,   scattered 


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all  over  the  country.  This  was  discouraging; 
but  on  considering  that,  if  it  had  been  easy  to 
buy  the  property,  somebody  else  would  have 
had  it  before  then,  he  decided  to  make  the  at- 
tempt to  get  it.  Employing  five  or  six  agents, 
he  succeeded  in  purchasing  the  entire  title 
within  two  years.  He  then  organized  the  Sea 
Isle  City  Improvement  Comjjany,  and  held  the 
first  sale  at  the  offices  of  Thomas  &  Sons, 
Philadelphia,  on  May  2,  1881.  The  first  rail- 
road connecting  the  island  with  the  mainland 
was  built  in  the  following  year.  The  place 
has  now  two  railroads,  and  about  three  hun- 
dred buildings,  with  excellent  prospects  of 
future  development. 

In  1874  Mr.  Landis  travelled  for  about  ten 
months  in  Europe,  visiting  England,  Ireland, 
Scotland,  France,  and  Germany,  mainly  in  the 
interests  of  Vineland.  He  went  again  to 
Europe  in  1889,  staying  nine  months,  during 
which  he  made  a  study  of  the  sea  defences  of 
Holland,  and  subsequently  visited  Germany, 
Italy,  Sicily,  Greece,  and  Egypt.  He  still 
owns  or  controls  about  five  thousand  acres  of 
the  Vineland  tract,  and  about  six  hundred  lots 
in  Vineland. 

In  1868,  October  14,  he  married  Clara  F. 
Meade,  daughter  of  Captain  Richard  W. 
Meade,  and  niece  of  General  George  G.  Meade. 
They  had  four  children,  as  follows:  Henry 
Meigs  Landis,  who  died  in  infancy;  Charles 
K.  Landis,  Jr.,  counsellor-at-law,  who  mar- 
ried Mary  Rosenbaum,  daughter  of  Robert  A. 
Rosenbaum  and  grand-daughter  of  the  former 
proprietor  of  Malaga,  N.J.  ;  Richard  Worsen 
Meade    Landis,    who   is  engaged    in    studying 


art;  and  James  Montevert  Landis,  who  is  pur- 
suing a  course  in  scientific  and  mechanical 
electricity. 

Mr.  Charles  R.  Landis,  Sr. ,  is  a  member  of 
the  Episcopal  church.  Before  the  Civil  War 
he  was  a  Democrat.  Since  then  he  has  been 
a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  Vineland 
Lodge,  No.  69,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  of  Eureka 
Chapter.  When  a  young  man  in  Philadel- 
phia, he  belonged  to  the  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows. Although  New  Jersey  is  strewn  with 
the  beneficial  results  of  his  enterprises,  and 
the  world  at  large  is  indebted  to  him  for  some 
most  useful  ideas,  Mr.  Landis  has  always  de- 
clined to  be  regarded  as  a  philanthropist.  He 
claims  that  in  all  his  undertakings  he  has  had 
no  other  motive  than  self-interest,  which,  he 
has  always  held,  is  best  served  by  serving  the 
best  interests  of  others.  The  persons  come 
rarely  who  put  this  utilitarian  principle  into 
practice  as  consistently  as  Mr.  Landis  has 
done. 


HEPPARD   s.   McAllister,   of 

Millville,  N.J.,  a  dealer  in  house 
furnishings  and  fancy  goods,  was 
born  at  Jericho,  Stoe  Creek,  Cumberland 
County,  on  November  5,  1865.  He  is  a  son 
of  James  B.  McAllister,  and  is  of  Scottish  de- 
scent. His  grandfather,  Joseph  McAllister, 
followed  in  early  manhood  the  occupation  of 
farming  at  Lower  Alloway  Creek,  later  be- 
coming a  carpenter  of  Salem,  N.J. 

James  B.  McAllister,  son  of  Joseph,  was 
born  at  Lower  Alloway  Creek  on  November  2, 
1836,  and  had  his  home  there  for  some  years. 


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Removing  at  length  to  Stoe  Creek,  he  occu- 
pied himself  with  general  farming;  but  in 
1867  he  changed  his  residence  to  Bridgeton, 
and  engaged  in  business  until  he  became  the 
victim  of  small-pox.  The  expense  which  he 
was  compelled  to  incur  in  tiiat  and  in  his  suc- 
ceeding sickness,  together  with  the  state  of  his 
health,  induced  him  to  leave  the  city  for  the 
countr)';  and  he  removed  on  to  a  farm  near 
Canton,  and  thence  a  little  later  to  Ouinton, 
Salem  County,  where  he  established  a  shoe- 
repairing  shop,  in  which  business  he  is  still 
engaged.  He  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Elizabeth  Shimp,  of  Lower  Alloway 
Creek,  Salem  County,  N.J.,  she  being  the 
daughter  of  Mr.  Sheppard  Shimp,  one  of  the 
early  farmers  of  that  county.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
James  B.  McAllister  had  a  family  of  five  chil- 
dren, two  of  them  attaining  to  maturity, 
namely:  Mary,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Mr. 
Benjamin  Stevenson,  of  Woodstown,  N.J.; 
and  Sheppard  S.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  S.  McAllis- 
ter departed  this  life  on  October  27,  1895,  in 
her  fifty-fourth  year.  She  was  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  Church  of  Ouinton,  to  which  her 
husband  still  belongs. 

Sheppard  S.  McAllister,  the  direct  subject 
of  this  biography,  attended  the  district  school 
near  Quinton  until  he  was  twelve  years  of  age, 
and  after  that  for  a  year  and  a  half  was  a 
pupil  in  a  school  in  Ouinton.  He  then  be- 
came a  clerk  in  a  general  store  in  Quinton, 
where  he  remained  nine  years,  during  which 
time  he  attended  a  collegiate  institute  for 
three  months.  Thence  moving  to  Salem,  he 
was    employed     in    a    grocery    store    for    ten 


months,  after  which  he  entered  into  partner- 
ship with  a  Mr.  Robinson,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Robinson  &  McAllister,  they  becom- 
ing proprietors  of  a  wall-paper  and  carpet 
store.  Seventeen  months  later,  disposing  of 
his  share  of  the  stock  and  trade  to  Mr.  Robin- 
son, he  moved,  on  August  i,  uSgo,  to  Mill- 
ville,  to  establish  a  grocery  business,  locating 
at  Second  and  Broad  Streets.  After  success- 
fully managing  that  for  ten  months,  he  sold 
out  to  Mr.  James  L.  Smith,  with  whom  he 
continued  as  an  employee  a  year  and  seven 
months,  when,  on  February  4,  1893,  he  estab- 
lished himself  in  his  present  house-furnishing 
and  variety  store.  This  new  trade  he  started 
in  a  small  way,  and  has  gradually  increased 
till  to-day  he  carries  a  very  large  quantity,  as 
well  as  a  fine  quality,  of  goods,  with  every 
nook  and  corner  well  occupied,  from  the  top  to 
the  bottom  of  his  spacious  store,  which  has  a 
frontage  of  thirty-nine  feet  and  a  depth  of 
forty-eight,  and  enjoying  the  reputation  of 
carrying  the  largest  stock  of  toys,  together 
with  general  furnishing  articles,  of  any  dealer 
in  the  county.  He  is  the  leading  man  of  his 
town  to-day  in  his  particular  line  of  trade. 
Mr.  McAllister  also  owns  a  fine  double  house 
in  Millville,  both  tenements  of  which  he 
rents. 

On  October  3,  18S8,  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Anna  L.  Erhardt,  of  Salem, 
N.J.  Mrs.  McAllister  is  a  daughter  of  Paul 
Erhardt,  a  gunsmith  of  Salem,  who  was  born 
in  Tubingen,  Wiirtemberg,  Germany,  in  1829. 
His  father  was  born  at  the  same  place  in 
1802,  and  was  a  locksmith.      He  died  a  few 


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years  ago.  Paul  Erhardt  emigrated  to  this 
country  in  1849,  and  in  1853  went  to  Salem, 
N.J.,  where  in  1857  he  started  his  present 
gun,  ammunition,  and  locksmith  business. 
He  has  been  twice  married,  and  has  had  six 
children,  all  of  whom  reached  maturity.  His 
present  wife,  Mary  Stimer  Erhardt,  was  born 
in  Unterentfelden,  Canton  Argan,  Switzer- 
land. Her  father  was  from  the  same  place,  a 
blacksmith  by  trade,  born  in  1810.  Her 
mother  was  born  in  1S15,  and  is  still  living, 
residing  with  her  son  in  Salem,  N.J.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  McAllister  have  had  three  children; 
namely,  Paul  J.,  Helen,  and  Anna  E.  Mr. 
McAllister  is  a  member  of  the  North  Baptist 
Church  of  Millville,  of  which  he  is  a  Trustee, 
and  in  the  Sunday-school  connected  with 
which  he  is  an  honored  teacher.  He  is  a  self- 
made  man,  very  industrious  and  progressive, 
and  is  in  the  enjoyment  of  a  well-deserved 
success. 

HOMAS  H.  VINTER,  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Vineland,  N.J.,  was  born  near  Boston,  Lin- 
colnshire, England,  May  g,  1S41,  son  of 
Thomas  and  Ann  (I^aw)  Vinter.  His  father, 
who  was  a  farmer,  came  to  the  United  States 
when  Thomas  M.  was  ten  years  of  age,  and 
started  for  the  West.  Stopping  in  Rochester, 
N.Y.,  he  died  there,  leaving  his  little  son 
alone  in  a  strange  country.  The  mother  had 
remained  in  her  native  land,  waiting  until  her 
husband  should  establish  a  home  in  America. 
Five  or  six  years  after  the  decease  of  his 
father,  his  mother  married  again,  and  came  to 


this  country,  living  in  Buffalo,  N.Y.,  where 
she  died  about  the  time  of  the  Civil  War  in 
this  country,  leaving  two  daughters  there  — 
Charlotte  V.,  now  the  wife  of  Peter  Germain, 
of  Snyder,  Erie  County,  N.Y. ,  a  suburb  of 
Buffalo;  and  Mary  V.,  wife  of  John  Tripp,  of 
Vineland,  N.J. 

Thomas  H.  Vinter,  after  the  death  of  his 
father,  found  a  home  with  Oliver  H.  Day, 
who,  when  the  boy  had  been  with  him  about 
a  year,  moved  to  Suspension  Bridge,  N.Y. 
There  the  lad  grew  to  manhood,  working  on 
Mr.  Day's  farm,  and  attending  school  with 
comparative  regularity  three  months  each 
winter.  He  intended  to  stay  with  Mr.  Day 
until  he  should  attain  his  majority;  but  the 
war  broke  out  before  he  was  of  age,  and, 
choosing  Mr.  Day  his  legal  guardian,  he  ob- 
tained his  consent,  and  enlisted  in  1861  in 
Company  F,  Tenth  New  York  Cavalry.  His 
company  was  recruited  at  Niagara  Falls,  and 
joined  the  body  of  the  regiment  at  Elmira, 
N.Y. ,  whence  they  started  for  Gettysburg,  and 
moved  on  to  Richmond  with  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac.  The  young  soldier  took  part  in  all 
the  engagements  of  the  First  Brigade,  Second 
Division,  Cavalry  Corps,  up  to  the  time  of  the 
end  of  their  term  of  service,  which  covered 
two  and  a  half  years,  being  then  discharged  by 
reason  of  re-enlistment  with  his  regiment  as 
veteran  for  another  three  years,  or  during  the 
war.  His  regiment  was  then  given  thirty 
days'  furlough,  and  served  until  August, 
1865.  At  that  time  many  of  the  beardless 
youths  who  had  enlisted  with  no  knowledge 
of  military  science,    their  only  qualifications 


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being  courage  and  an  unflinching  purpose, 
were  looked  upon  as  veterans,  and  were 
greeted  with  the  plaudits  of  the  nation  as  they 
assembled  under  the  banners  of  peace.  At 
the  Grand  Review  in  Washington  the  cavalry, 
to  which  Mr.  \'inter  belonged,  headed  the  line 
of  march,  and  were  almost  buried  beneath  the 
flowers  showered  upon  them.  The  gallant 
soldiers  bore  away  all  they  could  carry,  and 
the  broad  sweep  of  Pennsylvania  Avenue  was 
covered  as  by  a  carpet.  Mr.  Vinter  passed 
through  the  war  unscathed,  suffering  neither 
wound  nor  sickness,  and  remained  a  private  by 
choice. 

When  the  army  was  disbanded  he  returned 
to  his  Niagara  home  and  entered  Eastman's 
Business  College  at  Poughkeepsie.  His 
course  of  study  finished,  he  went  to  St.  Jo- 
seph, Mo.,  then  the  terminus  of  all  railroads 
West,  and  shortly  after  went  up  the  Missouri 
River  to  Omaha.  Arriving  in  that  city,  he 
bought  a  wagon  and  mules  to  travel  across  the 
plains,  and  induced  an  old  comrade  of  his  reg- 
iment, whom  he  met,  to  go  with  him.  This 
was  at  the  time  of  the  Indian  troubles,  and 
most  of  the  stage  stations  were  burned.  The 
two  men  travelling  without  escort  ran  great 
risk,  but  they  reached  Denver  in  safety. 
Tiiis  beautiful  city  was  at  that  time  in  em- 
bryo, and  three  thousand  dollars  vvould  prob- 
ably have  purcliased  all  the  improvements 
there.  Camping  near  Denver,  the  comrades 
spent  a  week  hunting  and  fishing,  and  then 
moved  on  to  Salt  Lake  City,  taking  the  route 
through  the  Black  Hills.  They  arrived  at 
their  destination  in    1866,   ant!  heard   Brigham 


Young  preach  on  trade  and  other  practical 
topics  in  connection,  with  dealing  with  the 
Gentiles.  His  hall  was  a  brush  house,  the 
Tabernacle  and  other  large  public  buildings 
of  Salt  Lake  City  being  things  of  the  future. 

Mr.  \'inter  intended  to  go  to  San  Francisco; 
but,  his  companion  desiring  to  go  to  Montana, 
they  decided  by  lot,  and  turned  to  Virginia 
City,  then  the  capital  of  Montana.  In  Mon- 
tana Mr.  Vinter  worked  in  the  mines  and  at 
farm  labor  until  the  spring  of  1867,  when  he 
obtained  a  position  as  clerk  for  B.  D.  Max- 
ham,  a  business  man  of  Virginia  City,  who 
kept  a  large  general  store.  A  year  later  he 
became  Mr.  Ma.xham's  partner;  and  soon  the 
scope  of  their  business  was  enlarged,  the  firm 
investing  in  municipal  securities,  at  the  same 
time  wholesaling  and  retailing  merchandise. 
The  firm  of  Ma.xham  &  \'inter  conducted  a 
successful  business  in  Montana  for  ten  years, 
the  last  five  of  which  Mr.  Vinter  was  in  per- 
sonal charge,  Mr.  Ma.xham  having  returned  to 
the  East  and  made  his  home  in  Vineland, 
N.J.  At  the  end  of  that  period  they  disposed 
of  the  general  store,  but  still  continued  to 
deal  in  Western  securities. 

Mr.  Vinter  visited  Mr.  Ma.xham's  home  in 
Vineland,  arriving  December  25,  1876,  and  it 
was  his  intention  to  return  again  to  the  West, 
after  transacting  certain  business  incident  to 
the  dissolution  of  their  partnership;  but, 
while  stopping  for  a  while  visiting  friends  in 
Pennsylvania,  he  met  his  fate  in  the  shape  of 
a  charming  young  lady,  whom  he  married. 
The  summer  following  his  rjiarriage  he  trav- 
elled    through     the    White    Mountains     and 


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visited  Saratoga,  Martha's  Vineyard,  and  other 
Eastern  summer  resorts.  He  then  located  in 
Vineland,  and  with  Mr.  Ma.xham  started  the 
First  National  Bank,  Mr.  Vinter  being  Cash- 
ier. The  partners  furnished  most  of  the  capi- 
tal, and  had  charge  of  the  bank  the  first  year. 
Since  then  Mr.  Vinter  has  dealt  largely  in 
Western  municipal  securities.  As  a  business 
man  his  judgment  is  considered  unquestionable, 
and  as  a  member  of  society  he  is  very  popular. 
July  27,  1877,  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Emma  D.  Simpson,  of  Indiana,  Pa.,  daughter 
of  S.  L.  Simpson.  She  died  August  5,  1883, 
eight  days  after  the  birth  of  a  daughter,  who 
was  named  Emma,  in  memory  of  her  mother; 
and  in  1887  Mr.  Vinter  was  married  to  Miss 
Ella  A.  Packard,  a  native  of  Barnard,  Vt. 
Mr.  Vinter  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Vineland,  of 
which  he  is  a  Trustee;  and  he  was  Treasurer 
of  the  society  for  seven  years.  He  has  a 
pleasant  home  at  929  Landis  Avenue,  where 
he  has  resided  since  1878. 


■rf^ICHARU  LOTT,  a  prominent  busi- 
I  ^Y  ness  man  in  Bridgeton,  where  he  has 
V.-"^  been  for  a  number  of  years  engaged 
in  general  milling,  was  born  on  the  20th  of 
F'cbruary,  1861.  His  father,  also  Richard  by 
name,  was  a  native  of  Salem  County,  New 
Jersey,  born  in  Pitt's  Grove  on  December  31, 
18 1 8.  He  was  distinctively  a  self-made  man, 
having  had  only  the  meagre  advantages  of  the 
district  schools  as  a  child.  At  the  age  of  nine 
years,  upon  the  death  of  his  father,  he  went  to 


make  his  home  with  Ezekiel  Rose,  who  owned 
the  Rose  Flour  Mills,  located  at  what  is  now 
known  as  Seeley,  N.J.  At  the  age  of  ten 
years  he  was  placed  in  these  mills  to  learn 
the  trade  of  flour  milling.  He  remained  with 
Mr.  Rose  when  that  gentleman  bought  the 
Woodstown  P'lour  Mills,  continuing  in  his 
employ  until  becoming  of  age. 

There  is  something  as  admirable  as  it  is 
pathetic  in  the  history  of  youth  expended  in 
breadwinning.  The  law  of  compensation  is 
often  more  clearly  manifested  in  such  cases 
than  elsewhere.  What  is  lost  of  happy  child- 
life  and  freedom  is  in  later  years  made  up  to 
the  youthful  laborer  by  self-reliance,  experi- 
ence, and  strength.  Soon  after  attaining  his 
majority,  Mr.  Lott  left  the  mills  at  Woodstown 
to  seek  his  fortune  in  the  then  P'ar  West;  but, 
finding  business  very  dull  in  milling,  he  was 
forced  to  look  for  employment  in  other  fields, 
being  successful  in  securing  a  position  in  a 
millstone  factory  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  He 
subsequently  migrated  to  Davenport,  la.,  and 
worked  at  his  trade  in  a  flour-mill  at  Rocking- 
ham, about  three  miles  below  Davenport. 
Remaining  in  Rockingham  about  a  year,  he 
again  returned  to  Woodstown,  N.J.,  where  he 
found  employment  at  the  old  mill. 

In  1848  he  was  married  to  Ellen  M.  Bolton, 
the  youngest  daughter  of  Joseph  15olton,  of 
Woodstown.  Soon  after  their  marriage  he 
went  to  Glassboro,  where  he  took  charge  of 
the  Whitney  Flour  Mills.  In  1850  he  came 
to  Bridgeton,  N.J.,  and  rented  the  mill  prop- 
erty of  Jonathan  Elmer,  known  as  Elmer's 
mills.      In  this  undertaking  he  formed  a  part- 


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nership  with  Barzilla  Smith.  This  connec- 
tion lasted  for  three  years,  when  Mr.  Lett 
bought  his  partner's  interest;  and  until  1859 
he  conducted  the  business  alone.  In  the  year 
1859  hs  bought  from  the  Stratton  estate  what 
is  known  as  the  Bridgeton  Roller  Flour  Mills, 
and  continued  to  do  a  general  milling  busi- 
ness there.  In  1872  he  took  his  son,  L.  Bol- 
ton Lott,  into  partnership  with  him,  but  in 
1880  again  became  sole  proprietor.  In  1S89 
was  formed  a  new  partnership,  his  youngest 
son,  Richard  Lott,  and  John  T.  Cornwell,  be- 
coming members  of  the  firm.  This  partner- 
ship was  dissolved  only  by  the  death  of  the 
fatiier  and  senior  member,  which  occurred  in 
April,   1891. 

Mr.  Lott  was  undoubtedly  a  man  of  strong 
characteristics  with  shrewd  business  tact,  and 
possessed  the  gift  of  influencing  those  about 
him.  Despite  the  fact  of  his  scanty  early 
educational  opportunities,  he  occupied  a 
high  position  in  the  community  in  which  he 
lived.  For  many  years  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Bridgeton  Board  of  Education,  and  was 
Treasurer  of  the  Board  of  Trade  in  that  city. 
He  was  a  member  of  Evening  Star  Lodge, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  His  acumen  in  financial 
matters  was  universally  relied  upon,  and  from 
1865  until  his  death  he  was  a  Director  of  the 
Cumberland  National  Bank.  Of  Mr.  Lott's 
five  children  four  are  now  living:  Emma  L., 
widow  of  Eon  Robiquet  Denis,  of  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.;  L.  Bolton  Lott,  of  Bridgeton; 
William  C.  Lott,  a  physician  of  Philadelphia; 
and  Richard  Lott,  whose  name  appears  at  the 
head  of  this  sketch. 


Richard  Lott,  the  last  named,  enjoyed  the 
educational  advantages  that  had  been  in  so 
large  a  measure  denied  his  father,  the  educa- 
tion he  acquired  in  Bridgeton's  public  schools 
being  supplemented  by  four  years  of  instruc- 
tion and  study  in  the  South  Jersey  Institute. 
After  leaving  school  he  went  into  his  father's 
mill  as  an  apprentice.  Having  become  some- 
what familiar  with  the  working  of  the  intri- 
cate milling  machinery,  he  deemed  it  wise  to 
further  prepare  himself  for  a  business  career 
by  entering  Bryant  &  Stratton's  Commercial 
College  in  Philadelphia  and  taking  a  thorough 
course,  embracing  all  the  practical  details  of 
a  business  education.  Upon  returning  to 
Bridgeton,  1880,  he  again  entered  the  mill 
under  the  tutorshijj  of  his  father,  and  contin- 
ued to  work  for  him  until  the  partnership  was 
formed  in  1889,  as  above  mentioned,  consist- 
ing of  the  elder  Richard  Lott,  Richard  Lott, 
the  younger,  and  John  T.  Cornwell.  At  the 
death  of  Richard  Lott,  the  father,  in  1891, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  bought  his  interest, 
forming  a  partnership  with  John  T.  Cornwell, 
which  continued  until  November,  1895. 
Richard  Lott  then  bought  Mr.  CornwelPs  in- 
terest, thereby  becoming  sole  owner  and  pro- 
prietor of  the  Bridgeton  Roller  Flour  Mills. 

Mr.  Lott  was  married  on  P'ebruary  12,  1889, 
to  Clara  Wilson  Jackson,  daughter  of  Mr. 
Henry  Jackson,  of  Brooklyn,  N.Y.  They 
have  two  children  —  Edith  Jackson  Lott  and 
Alice  Marie  Lott.  Mr.  Lott  is  a  Mason,  be- 
longing to  Brcarly  Lodge,  A.  ¥.  &  A.  M.,  of 
Bridgeton,  N.J.  In  religious  affiliation  he  is 
a  Baptist. 


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B 


AVID  ROBBINS  LAKE,  a  retired 
merchant  and  a  fruit  grower  of  Port 
Norris,  was  born  in  the  village  in 
which  he  now  lives  on  the  31st  of  December, 
1 8 59.  His  parents  were  Samuel  and  Mary 
(Robbins)  Lake,  the  former  of  whom  was  also 
a  native  of  Port  Norris,  where  he  was  born  on 
September  3,   1826,  and  where  he  grew  up. 

Samuel  Lake  must  have  possessed  the  force 
of  authority  as  a  sort  of  inherent  faculty;  for 
he  was  the  captain  of  an  oyster  vessel  when 
he  was  not  more  than  fifteen  or  sixteen  years 
old,  beginning  his  career  as  a  boatman  before 
that  time  even.  He  was  recognized  as  the 
most  youthful  commander  in  the  service  in 
that  part  of  the  country,  and  at  an  imusually 
early  age  became  an  oyster  dealer.  This  was 
before  oyster  planting  had  become  a  regular 
industry,  and  the  young  man  hail  but  little 
comjjctition  to  encounter.  In  a  compara- 
tively short  time  he  was  the  owner  of  three 
schooners  and  one  sloop,  all  devoted  to  the 
oyster  industry;  and  he  eventually  became 
the  largest  dealer  in  that  most  popular  spe- 
cies of  shell-fish  in  his  generation  and  local- 
ity. He  continued  in  this  business  until  five 
or  six  years  before  his  death,  giving  his  per- 
sonal attention  to  the  enterprise,  frequently 
visiting  his  boats  and  looking  after  his  men. 
He  always  lived  in  Port  Norris  with  the 
exception  of  three  years  passed  in  Hridgeton, 
wiiile  his  children  were  at  school. 

Mr.  -Samuel  Lake  was  first  a  Whig  in  [joli- 
tics  and  later  on  a  Re]Hiblican.  Hesides  his 
oyster  beds  he  owned  cpiite  a  large  amount  of 
land  in  the  vicinity  of  Port  Norris,  and  was  a 


man  of  wealth.  He  married  Miss  Mary  Rob- 
bins,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  David  Robbins,  a 
large  farmer  in  this  locality,  whose  name  has 
descended  to  the  subject  of  the  present  sketch, 
his  grandson.  Mrs.  Lake,  who  was  born  in 
February,  1833,  was  the  mother  of  four  chil- 
dren, three  of  whom  grew  up  to  maturity: 
Daniel,  who  lived  to  the  age  of  seventeen; 
Myra,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Theophilus 
Newcomb,  a  resident  of  Newport;  David  Rob- 
bins; Robert  L. ,  of  whom  further  notice  will 
be  found  in  another  sketch  in  this  volume. 
The  parents  have  departed  this  life. 

These  good  old  people  were  at  first  members 
of  the  Baptist  Church  at  Dividing  Creek; 
but,  when  the  Baptist  church  was  established 
in  the  old  school-house  at  Robbinstown,  they 
were  among  its  primary  organizers.  Mr.  Sam- 
uel Lake  was  an  earnest  and  active  supporter 
of  the  Baptist  denomination  in  this  locality; 
and  it  was  greatly  due  to  his  efforts  that  the 
church  structure,  now  occupied  by  the  congre- 
gation to  which  he  belongs,  was  built.  .Such 
was  his  interest  in  the  success  of  the  deserv- 
ing attempt  to  establish  a  church  here  that  he 
circulated  the  subscription  papers  in  and  aiiout 
Bridgcton,  and  received  donations  amounting 
to  one  thousand  dollars,  which  was  a  great 
help,  coming  as  it  did  from  outside  generos- 
ity. It  was,  however,  hardly  generosity  so 
much  as  recognition,  as  he  had  for  years,  while 
he  was  in  the  oyster  business,  furnished  the 
Bridgeton  church  fairs  with  his  oysters  free  of 
charge;  and  now  the  grateful  congregations 
returned  his  kindness  with  their  hearty  sup- 
port, financial    as    well    as    otherwise,    for   his 


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new  church.  Mr.  Samuel  Lake  was  at  the 
time  of  his  deatli  one  of  the  most  highly  re- 
spected and  honored  citizens  of  the  place, 
not  only  because  of  his  wisely  and  justly 
accumulated  wealth,  but  also  for  his  sterling 
integrity  and  general  earnestness  of  character. 
David  Robbins  Lake,  son  of  Samuel,  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  Port  Norris.  Then  he  went  with 
his  parents  to  Bridgcton  and  attended  the  high 
school,  thus  completing  his  school  education. 
After  leaving  the  high  school  he  went  into 
the  oyster  industry  with  his  father.  With  the 
sturdiness  and  pertinacity  of  character  that 
early  developed  themselves  in  this  young  man, 
he  started  at  the  very  bottom  of  the  ladder  to 
learn  the  business,  in  order  to  get  a  thorough 
hold  of  it.  He  continued  in  the  oyster  busi- 
ness with  his  father  until  1883,  when,  at  the 
age  of  twenty-four,  he  married  Miss  Abigail 
Hand.  About  that  time  he  built  a  store  on 
the  corner  of  Market  and  Main  Streets  in  the 
town  of  Port  Norris.  Here  he  intended  to  do 
business  personally;  but,  owing  to  the  poor 
health  of  his  wife,  he  took  her  to  Colorado, 
and  they  spent  the  winter  in  the  vicinity  of 
Denver  and  at  Pueblo.  They  returned  here  in 
the  spring  of  1886,  when  she  died,  leaving  no 
children.  Mr.  Lake  sold  out  his  store  in  Port 
Norris,  and  during  the  three  years  of  his 
widowerhood  was  engaged  in  the  oyster  busi- 
ness again.  After  this  period  he  returned  to 
his  old  interest  in  the  grocery  trade,  and  went 
into  his  old  store,  where  he  continued  success- 
fully engaged  for  over  four  years.  In  Decem- 
ber,   1S94,    he   sold    out    his    interests    in    his 


grocery  business,  as  the  indoor  life  did  not 
agree  with  his  health.  Being  the  owner  of  a 
very  good  tract  of  land  amounting  to  about 
seventy  acres,  in  and  adjoining  the  town,  he 
decided  to  cultivate  a  part  of  it  especially  for 
fruit-growing  purposes;  and  he  accordingly 
set  out  a  large  number  of  peach-trees  and 
plum-trees,  and  devoted  quite  an  acreage  to 
the  culture  of  blackberries  and  strawberries. 
Although  very  much  taken  up  with  this  culti- 
vation of  fruit,  which  he  carried  on  so  well, 
he  still  retained  an  interest  in  the  work  of 
raising  and  selling  oysters  for  the  city 
markets,  a  part  of  which  business  he  conducts 
for  his  father-in-law,  Aaron  Campbell,  of  Port 
Norris.  In  fact,  the  oyster  business  in  the 
season  takes  up  the  most  of  his  time. 

In  June,  1889,  Mr.  Lake  married  for  his 
second  wife  Miss  Carrie  Campbell,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Aaron  Campbell.  I\Irs.  Lake  was  born 
in  Newport,  where  she  lived  until  her  father 
removed  to  Port  Norris.  Mr.  Campbell  is  an 
e.xtensive  oyster  dealer  here.  He  came  from 
one  of  the  most  prominent  families  in  tlie 
vicinity.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lake  have  two  little 
daughters  —  Mary  H.  and  Myrta. 

A  sturdy  Republican  voter  and  more  or 
less  interested  in  politics,  Mr.  Lake  has  never 
been  an  active  worker  in  the  party  ranks.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  of 
the  Red  Men,  but  spends  more  of  his  time  at 
home  than  at  the  lodge.  He  and  his  family 
occupy  the  house  which  he  built  on  the  corner 
of  Main  and  Market  Streets,  opposite  the  site 
of  his  old  store.  It  is  of  very  pleasing  archi- 
tectural    design,    is     supplied    with     running 


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water  and  all  modern  conveniences,  and  situ- 
ated in  the  midst  of  a  well-kept  lawn,  all  to- 
sether  one  of  the  finest  residences  in  Port 
Norris. 


^OHN  SAUL  DOWN,  a  contractor  and 
builder  of  Vineland,  N.J.,  was  born  in 
Franklin,  Gloucester  County,  N.J., 
April  9,  1832,  his  parents  being  Thomas  C. 
and  Mary  (Saul)  Down.  The  father  of 
Thomas  C.  Down  was  Samuel  Down,  who  was 
born,  as  the  youngest  son  of  his  parents,  May 
4,  1769,  and  who  followed  the  occupation  of 
farming.  He  was  joined  in  matrimony  with 
Miss  Rebecca  Clark,  whose  birth  was  on  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1770;  and  to  them  were  born  six 
children,  two  sons  and  four  daughters.  Sam- 
uel Down  passed  away  from  earth  April  7, 
1826. 

Thomas  C.  Down  was  a  native  of  Franklin, 
where  his  birth  occurred  on  November  11, 
1812.  He  received  his  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools,  and  passed  his  days  as  a  farmer 
on  the  old  homestead.  He  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Mary  Saul,  the  daughter 
of  James  Saul,  of  Franklin,  and  they  became 
the  hajjpy  parents  of  eight  children,  si.\  of 
whom  lived  to  maturity,  namely:  John  Saul; 
]5enjamin;  Martha,  who  is  now  the  wife  of 
Frederick  Hinckley;  Leonard;  Susanna,  the 
wife  of  Zephaniah  Dare,  of  Vineland;  and 
Rebecca,  now  Mrs.  Harry  Ilembley,  whore- 
sides  in  l'hiladcl|ihia,  I'a.  Thomas  C.  Down 
served  his  town  in  several  important  capaci- 
ties; and  he  was  identified  with  the  social  life 
of  his  native  place,   being  a  member  of   the 


Malaga  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  He  died  at  his  old  home  in  June, 
1887,  his  wife,  Mrs.  Mary  S.  Down,  surviving 
him  a  little  over  five  years,  passing  away  July 
17,  1892,  in  her  eighty-second  year.  Both 
were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church. 

John  Saul  Down,  the  direct  subject  of  this 
sketch,  received  his  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  Gloucester  County,  New  Jersey, 
and  remained  at  home  on  the  farm  until  he  at- 
tained his  majority.  He  then  learned  the 
carpenter's  trade,  and  worked  as  a  journeyman 
for  about  two  years.  Removing  then  to  W'ill- 
iamstown,  N.J.,  he  for  two  years  acted  as  the 
foreman  carpenter  for  the  Bodine  Brothers; 
and  in  1865  he  went  to  Millville,  N.J.,  where 
he  was  employed  for  five  years  as  foreman  for 
E.  &  J.  L.  Wilson,  contractors  and  builders. 
After  their  business  was  sold  to  D.  A.  Newtoir 
&  Co.,  Mr.  Down  remained  with  the  latter 
firm  for  two  years  in  the  same  capacity. 
From  Millville  he  removed  to  Malaga,  N.J., 
and  took  charge  of  the  Malaga  Window  Glass 
Works,  remaining  there  four  years.  He  then 
changed  his  residence  to  Atlantic  City  for  the 
benefit  of  his  family's  health,  and  was  in  busi- 
ness there  as  a  contractor  and  builder  for  five 
years.  In  1888  he  came  to  X'ineland,  where 
he  has  been  engaged  ever  since  in  the  same 
pursuit.  He  has  constructed  many  glass 
houses  in  the  vicinity,  among  which  may  be 
named  one  at  Malaga,  two  at  Millville,  and 
three  in  X'ineland;  and  in  the  last-named 
place  he  has  also  built  a  large  number  of  fine 
residences. 


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377 


On  January  30,  1S5S,  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Mary  Ann  Lashley,  the  daughter  of 
Philip  Lashley,  of  Franklin,  N.J.  Into  their 
home  have  come  two  children,  namely:  Mil- 
lard A.,  who  died  March  12,  18S6,  at  the  age 
of  twenty-seven;  and  Harry,  who  was  born 
June  5,  1865.  ]\Ir.  Down  has  been  promi- 
nently before  the  public,  and  his  citizenship 
has  been  put  to  the  proof  by  his  election  to 
several  important  local  offices.  When  he  was 
a  resident  of  Atlantic  City  he  served  in  the 
City  Council  from  1S86  to  1888.  In  1891  he 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  \'incland  Borough 
Council  for  a  term  of  three  years;  and  he  has 
served  on  the  Finance  Committee,  has  offici- 
ated as  Chairman  of  the  City  Committee,  and 
also  in  the  same  capacity  on  the  Printing 
Committee,  and  is  now  serving  as  a  chosen 
Freeholder  of  Cumberland  County.  He  is 
well  and  favorably  known  in  the  social  circles 
of  his  community,  and  is  identified  with  the 
fraternity  of  Odd  Fellows,  being  a  member  of 
the  Millville  Lodge,  No.  47.  In  religious 
belief  both  he  and  his  wife,  Mrs.  Down,  are 
Methodists,  being  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  of  Vineland,  of  which  he 
has  been  steward. 


iW^E 


OEN  ERRICKSON,  Jk.,  the  success- 
VtlJ-  ful  proprietor  of  a  general  merchan- 
dise store  in  Heislerville,  Cumberland  County, 
N.J.,  a  son  of  Goen  and  Alcena  (Corson) 
Errickson,  was  born  in  Lcesburg,  this  county, 
on  November  25,   1824. 

Goen  Errickson,  son   of  Samuel  and  Rachel 


(Corson)  Errickson,  was  born  in  Heislerville 
in  1 78 1,  and  received  his  education  in  the 
common  .schools.  He  served  his  country  in 
the  War  of  18 12,  being  stationed  at  Staten 
Island.  He  was  engaged  in  various  lines  of 
commercial  entcri)rise  until  his  death  in  1845, 
at  the  age  of  sixty-four.  He  married  Alcena, 
a  daughter  of  John  Corson,  of  Delmont,  N.J., 
and  they  were  the  parents  of  nine  children, 
namely:  Deborah,  wife  of  Jeremiah  Weiser, 
of  Port  Elizabeth;  Matilda,  who  married 
Washington  Brown,  of  Camden;  Elizabeth, 
who  married  Edward  Lee;  Samuel,  a  resident 
of  Massena,  la.;  Margaret,  now  Mrs.  William 
Shepard,  of  Port  Elizabeth;  Rachel,  wife  of 
Edward  Grassman,  of  Port  Elizabeth,  N.J.  ■; 
Goen,  Jr.;  Anna,  who  became  Mrs.  Thomas 
Mason;  and  Isaiah  (deceased). 

Goen  Errickson,  Jr.,  after  receiving  a  com- 
mon-school education,  began  a  seafaring  life 
while  he  was  yet  a  young  boy;  and  he  con- 
tinued to  brave  the  dangers  of  the  ocean  until 
1876.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  was  pro- 
moted to  the  position  of  mate;  and  in  1864  he 
became  captain  of  a  coasting-vessel  sailing  to 
points  between  Virginia  and  Philadelphia, 
New  Haven,  New  York,  and  Albany,  proving 
himself  to  be  an  able  mariner.  During  the 
centennial  year  he  started  the  store  which 
now  (1896)  engages  his  attention  and  yields 
e.xcellent  financial  results.  Politically,  Mr. 
Errickson  has  always  affiliated  with  the  Dem- 
ocratic party,  but  he  has  refused  to  be  a  can- 
didate for  office.  Fraternally,  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Maurice  River  Lodge,  No.  17,  Knights 
of  Pythias. 


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On  June  4,  1849,  Mr.  Errickson  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Elizabeth  R.,  daughter  of 
John  Hollingshead,  of  Leesburg,  N.J.  Two 
children,  daughters,  Catherine  and  Alcena, 
are  the  fruit  of  this  union.  Catherine  Errick- 
son married  Isaac  Co.\,  and  died  leaving 
three  children  —  Adelia,  Julia,  and  Anna. 
Alcena  Errickson,  who  married  Leman  Whil- 
den,  has  one  child,  Edward  H.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Errickson  give  their  religious  influence  and 
material  aid  to  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  of  which  Mrs.  Errickson  is  an  efficient 
member. 


^ANFORD  BACON,  a  retired  ship- 
master and  a  general  merchant  of 
Dividing  Creek,  and  of  whom  a  por- 
trait is  herewith  presented,  was  born  here, 
February  13,  1854,  son  of  Theophilus  and 
Hannah  (Burt)  Bacon.  Mr.  Bacon's  grand- 
father, Charles  ]?acon,  who  was  a  native  of 
Massachusetts  and  a  carpenter  by  trade, 
passed  the  greater  part  of  his  life  in  Maurice- 
town,  N.J.  Here  he  was  a  well-known 
builder  in  his  day,  and  he  ditl  the  carpenter 
work  upon  the  covered  bridge  at  Dividing 
Creek. 

Theophilus  Bacon,  Mr.  Bacon's  father,  was 
born  in  Mauricetown,  February  19,  1822. 
Having  acquired  such  an  education  as  the 
schools  of  his  day  afforded,  he  learned  the  car- 
penter's trade  with  his  father.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-one  he  settled  in  Dividing  Creek, 
where  he  became  a  contractor  and  builder,  and 
erected  many  of  the  best  buildings  in  the 
place,     including    the    Methoiiist    church    and 


several  of  the  prominent  residences.  He  was 
highly  respected,  occupied  a  leading  position 
in  both  society  and  business  circles,  and  was 
connected  with  Ariel  Lodge,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  F"ellows,  of  Mauricetown.  In 
public  affairs  he  was  actively  interested;  and 
he  had  served  with  ability  as  Township  Clerk 
for  several  years  when  his  death  occurred,  on 
September  13,  1S61.  His  wife,  Hannah, 
whom  he  married  December  3,  1845,  was  born 
in  Dividing  Creek,  November  15,  1829, 
daughter  of  Noah  Burt,  a  former  well-known 
resident  of  this  township.  She  became  the 
mother  of  five  children,  of  whom  Alonzo  T., 
Anna,  Lucy,  and  Sanford  are  living.  Anna 
is  the  wife  of  John  C.  Hand,  of  Port  Norris. 
The  mother  is  still  living,  and  is  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Sanford  Bacon  attended  the  public  schools 
of  this  town  until  he  was  sixteen.  For  the 
succeeding  two  years  he  was  employed  as  a 
farm  assistant.  He  then  shipped  before  the 
mast  on  board  of  a  coasting-vessel.  In  i88i 
he  became  part  owner  and  the  master  of  the 
three-masted  schooner  "Addie  B.  Bacon." 
He  was  engaged  in  the  coasting  trade,  princi- 
pally between  Philadelphia  and  Charleston, 
S.C.,  carrying  coal,  lumber,  anil  phosphate. 
In  the  notable  gale  of  1888  his  vessel  was 
driven  ashore  at  the  Delaware  breakwater,  the 
only  serious  mishap  he  ever  iiad.  In  1892  he 
retired  from  the  sea,  and,  settling  in  his  na- 
tive town,  bought  his  present  general  store, 
in  which  he  makes  a  specialty  of  ship  sup- 
plies. He  also  furnishes  regularly  about 
twenty  oyster  boats  with  provisions. 


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On  August  20,  1 88 1,  Mr.  Bacon  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Almeda  Pepper,  daughter  of 
Captain  William  H.  and  Emclinc  (Studhams) 
Pepper,  of  Dividing  Creek.  Mrs.  Bacon  is 
the  mother  of  two  children,  namely:  Alma, 
born  June  15,  1S82;  and  Lillian  P.,  born 
March  8,  1892.  Mr.  Bacon  is  connected  with 
Social  Lodge,  N.o.  168,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  and  Good  Litent  ]-?eneficial  So- 
ciety. In  politics  he  takes  no  active  interest 
beyond  casting  his  vote  for  whom  he  thinks 
the  best  men.  Mrs.  Bacon  is  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  church,  while  he  contributes  liber- 
ally to  both  that  and  the  Methodist  church. 
Mr.  Bacon  has  the  sincere  esteem  and  good 
will  of  his  townsmen. 


■^gjmTNEZER  PADGETT,  the  owner  of  a 
Jpl  fine  farm  situated  about  a  quarter  of 
a  mile  from  the  Deerfield  Street  post-office, 
is  one  of  the  most  enterprising  stock  raisers 
and  dairymen  of  this  town.  He  was  born  in 
the  northern  jjart  of  the  town  of  Deerfield, 
July  31,  1852,  son  of  Aaron  and  Sarah 
(Spence)  Padgett  and  grandson  of  Aaron 
Padgett,  Sr.  The  first  representative  of  the 
family  in  this  country  came  from  lingland. 

Aaron  Padgett,  the  father,  was  born  in 
Hopewell  in  1809,  and  grew  to  manhood  in 
that  town.  On  starting  out  in  life  for  him- 
self he  engaged  in  the  stage  business,  conduct- 
ing two  lines,  one  from  Cape  May  to  Bridge- 
ton  and  the  other  from  Greenwich  to  Phila- 
delphia by  way  of  Alloway.  On  the  latter 
route  one  day  was  occupied   in   going  to    Phil- 


adelphia and  the  following  day  for  the  return 
trip.  He  carried  passengers,  express,  and 
mail.  The  coaches  were  drawn  by  four 
horses,  and  every  ten  or  twelve  miles  the 
horses  were  changed;  and  in  this  way  the 
journey  was  accomplished  with  ease  and  speed. 
Mr.  Padgett  conducted  the  Philadelphia  line 
for  si.x  years  and  the  Cape  May  line  for  three 
years.  On  selling  the  last  named,  he  pur- 
chased a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five 
acres  in  this  towai,  but  subsequently  sold  it, 
and  removed  to  S.toe  Creek  township.  Later 
on  he  returned  to  Deerfield,  and  resided  here 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  October, 
1887.  His  wife,  whose  name  before  marriage 
was  Sarah  Spence,  was  a  daughter  of  John 
Spence,  of  Bricksboro,  in  which  place  she  was 
born  and  grew  to  womanhood.  Her  father 
was  extensively  engaged  in  the  shipping  of 
wood  to  Philadelphia  by  boat.  She  died  De- 
cember 5,  1890,  leaving  seven  children  — 
Cordelia,  Edwin,  David,  John,  Harrison, 
Ebenezer,  and  Eliza  J.  Cordelia  became  the 
wife  of  Jacob  Richer,  and  is  now  a  widow,  re- 
siding with  her  brother,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch.  Edwin  served  in  the  Civil  War  as  a 
member  of  Company  K,  Twelfth  New  Jersey 
Volunteers  (an  account  of  this  regiment  may 
be  found  in  the  sketch  of  F.  M.  Riley),  and 
died  after  his  return  from  the  war.  David 
married  Harriet  Hitchner,  and  resides  at  Back 
Neck,  N.J.  He  has  three  children  —  Anna 
H.,  A.  Walter,  and  Howard  B.  John  resides 
in  Bridgeton.  He  married  Anna  M.  Sharp, 
and  has  one  child,  Leander  S.  Harrison  died 
when   six  years   old.      tlliza   J.    is   unmarried. 


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The  parents  were  members  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  of  Deerfield,  the  father  being 
an  Elder  therein.  He  was  a  Republican  in 
politics. 

Ebenezer  Padgett  received  a  practical  com- 
mon-school education,  and  continued  to  reside 
on  the  farm  with  his  parents  until  his  father's 
death.  He  then  engaged  in  farming  for  him- 
self, and  carried  on  a  farm  in  the  northern 
part  of  the  town  for  five  years,  one  in  Jericho 
a  year,  and  two  in  this  town,  before  coming 
to  his  present  place,  which  he  rented  for  six 
years  prior  to  1895,  when  he  purchased  it. 
It  contains  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  acres 
of  well-improved  land,  and  is  pleasantly  and 
conveniently  situated,  being  but  a  short  dis- 
tance from  the  village.  On  the  farm  are  a 
windmill  and  other  modern  conveniences  for 
saving  labor.  Mr.  Padgett  is  unmarried,  his 
sister,  Mrs.  Richer,  acting  as  his  housekeeper. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Cohansey  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  l-'ellows,  of  Bridgeton,  and  is  a  commu- 
nicant of  the  Deerfield  Presbyterian  Church, 
in  which  he  is  an  Elder  and  Trustee. 


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AVID  HARLAND  PURGE,  a  pros- 
perous farmer  of  Landis  township, 
Cumberland  County,  N.J.,  was  born 
in  Brookline,  N.H.,  January  16,  1840,  son  of 
Luther  and  Almira  (Reed)  Purge.  His 
grandfather,  David  Purge,  was  a  native  of 
Ireland.  David  Purge  was  married  to  Petsey 
Mclntyre  in  1796,  February  16,  and  by  this 
union  was  the  father  of  six  children;   namely, 


Ebenezer,  Luther,  Rebecca,  Marian,  John, 
and  Gardner.  Marian  became  the  wife  of  Al- 
fred Vickery,  and  Rebecca  the  wife  of  a  Dr. 
Metcalf. 

Luther  Purge,  son  of  David,  born  in  Prook- 
line,  July  25,  1801,  after  receiving  his  educa- 
tion in  the  district  school,  learned  the  cooper's 
trade.  Working  at  this  was  his  chief  occupa- 
tion throughout  his  life.  His  wife,  Almira 
Reed,  of  Hollis,  N.H.,  gave  birth  to  the  fol- 
lowing children:  Luther,  John,  Charles,  Har- 
riet, David  Harland,  and  Almira.  Harriet 
became  the  wife  of  Luke  Paldwin,  of  Prook- 
line;  and  Almira  was  twice  married,  her  first 
husband  being  Joseph  Clariborn.  The  mother 
was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church. 

David  Harland  Purge,  the  fourth  son,  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town.  When  arrived  at  the  age  of  seventeen 
he  went  to  Townsend,  Mass.,  where  he  learned 
the  same  trade  that  his  father  followed.  He 
had  been  three  years  in  Townsend  when  the 
Civil  War  began;  and  he  enlisted  in  Company 
C,  Fourth  New  Hampshire  Volunteer  Infan- 
try. One  of  the  first  services  rendered  by  the 
regiment  was  to  help  in  the  expedition  that 
captured  Hilton  Head  Islands.  Subsequently 
it  went  to  Fernandina,  Jacksonville,  and  St. 
Augustine,  Fla.,  and  Peaufort,  S.C.  At 
Beaufort  in  February,  1863,  Mr.  Purge  re- 
enlisted  in  the  same  company  and  regiment, 
after  which  he  went  home  on  a  furlough  of 
thirty  days.  Returning  to  his  duty  by  way  of 
Washington,  D.C.,  he  was  sent  from  there  to 
the  Army  of  the  James.     After  reaching  his 


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regiment,  it  went  to  Cold  Harbor  as  a  part  of 
the  Eigliteenth  Corps.  Thence  it  went  with 
General  Butler  to  Petersburg,  to  Morehead 
City,  and  eventually  to  Raleigh,  N.  C. ,  stay- 
ing in  Raleigh  until  August  28,  1865.  The 
regiment  then  returned  to  Brookline,  N.  H., 
where  Mr.  Burge  was  mustered  out  in  Septem- 
ber. Shortly  after  he  came  to  Vineland,  and 
bought  his  present  farm  of  twenty-five  acres. 
The  cultivation  of  this  land,  which  he  devotes 
to  raising  sweet  potatoes  and  fruit  and  to  gen- 
eral farming,  has  been  his  principal  occupa- 
tion since. 

On  August  28,  1 86 1,  he  was  united  in  mat- 
rimony with  Miss  Caroline  M.  Weld.  Mrs. 
Burge  is  descended  from  ancestors  who  have 
been  American  for  more  than  two  and  a  half 
centuries.  Her  father  is  Moses  F.  Weld,  born 
in  Berkshire,  Vt.,  February  8,  1803,  who  has 
followed  the  trade  of  cabinet-maker  through- 
out his  life,  and  who  is  still  hale  and  hearty, 
with  every  faculty  clear,  at  the  age  of  ninety- 
three.  Mrs.  Burge  is  the  only  child  of  his 
marriage  with  Pamela  Hazeltine. 

Mr.  Moses  F.  Weld  is  of  the  seventh  gen- 
eration in  direct  descent  from  Captain  Joseph 
Weld,  who  was  born  in  England  in  1595, 
came  to  this  country  in  1633  or  1635,  and  set- 
tled in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  where  he  was  a 
wealthy  merchant  and  a  man  who  rendered 
important  services  to  the  colony.  His  eldest 
son,  John  Weld,  born  October  28,  1623,  came 
to  New  England  in  1638,  married  December 
25,  1647,  and  had  three  sons  and  six  daugh- 
ters. His  son,  Joseph  Weld,  second,  of  Rox- 
bury, Mass.,  born   September    13,    1650,    mar- 


ried twice,  and  was  the  father  of  thirteen  chil- 
dren. John  Weld,  second,  son  of  Joseph, 
second,  was  born  August  19,  i68g,  and  died 
January  11,  1764.  He  married  on  December 
3,  1712,  Mehitable  Child,  by  whom  he  had  ten 
children,  a  son  named  Moses  being  the  third 
in  order  of  birth.  This  Moses,  the  first  of 
the  name,  was  born  March  26,  1722,  and  died 
May  10,  1806.  By  his  second  marriage  with 
Deborah  Faulkner,  July  11,  1764,  he  became 
the  father  of  five  children,  namely:  Timothy, 
born  August  4,  1765;  Eben,  born  January  21, 
1768,  who  died  April  21,  1835;  Chester,  born 
in  Sturbridge,  Mass.,  August  27,  1769,  who 
died  May  21,  1820;  Deborah,  born  October 
16,  1777,  who  died  December  20,  1795;  and 
Peleg,  born  July  7,  1780.  Chester  Weld,  a 
farmer  by  occupation,  third  son  of  Moses, 
first,  married  Penninnah  Comings,  December 
14,  1800,  and  was  the  father  of  four  children 
who  reached  maturity,  namely:  Moses  F., 
father  of  Mrs.  Burge,  born  as  already  stated; 
Newton,  born  December  23,  1804,  who  died 
August  20,  1891  ;  Chester,  Jr.,  born  April  21, 
1807,  who  died  February  9,  1864;  Susan  C, 
born  August  28,  1809,  who  married  Adna 
Tenney. 

Mr.  Burge  and  his  wife  have  two  children 
living — Kathryn  and  Louis  H.  Kathryn 
Burge,  who  is  the  wife  of  Professor  W.  H. 
Hervey,  of  Wilberforce  University,  Ohio,  is 
herself  professor  of  cooking,  catering,  and 
diet  for  the  sick.  Louis  H.  is  a  student  of 
Bucknell  University,  in  the  class  of  1898. 
Both  parents  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
ICpiscopal  church.      Mrs.  Burge  has  taught  in 


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the  Sunday-school  for  many  years,  and  Mr. 
Burge  also  for  a  long  time  has  been  both 
steward  and  Sunday-school  teacher.  The 
latter  has  affiliation  with  Lyon  Post,  No.  lo, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  is  a  member 
of  Farmers'  Alliance,  grange,  Fruit  Growers' 
Union,  and  also  of  the  Sweet  Potato  Growers' 
Union. 


rm. 


JCOKGE  AVIS  HARRIS,  M.D.,  a 
\^J_  well-known  physician  of  Bridgeton, 
was  born  February  18,  1S44,  in  Daretown, 
Salem  County,  son  of  Aaron  D.  and  Mary 
(Avis)  Harris.  John  Harris,  his  grand- 
father, was  born  in  England,  whence  he  came 
to  South  Jersey  in  Colonial  times. 

Aaron  D.  Harris  was  a  native  of  Lower 
Alloway  Creek,  Salem  County,  born  August 
5,  181  I.  He  was  a  miller  by  trade,  and  at 
one  time  owned  the  i)lace  in  Salem  County 
formerly  known  as  Fries  Mill,  near  Friesburg, 
at  the  head  of  Cohansey  Creek.  Previous  to 
that  he  purchased  a  farm  near  Aldine,  Upper 
Alloway  Creek,  and  for  a  numlier  of  years  was 
profitably  engaged  in  general  farming.  His 
marriage  with  Miss  Mary  Avis  took  place  on 
February  20,  1 836,  the  ceremony  being  per- 
formed by  the  Rev.  Edward  Stout.  She  was 
born  November  8,  181 1,  daughter  of  George 
Avis.  Her  father,  who  came  of  Swedish  an- 
cestors, was  profitably  engaged  in  farming. 
She  bore  her  husband  twelve  children,  four  of 
whom  are  living,  namely:  William  S.,  now 
at  Aldine,  N.J.  ;  Mary  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of 
David  Williams;  George  Avis,  the  subject  of 
this    sketch;    and    David,    a    miller    of    Stoc 


Creek  township.  The  father  was  a  stanch  Re- 
publican. He  died  on  March  6,  1886,  and 
the  mother  on  January  i,  1881.  Both  parents 
were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  in  which  the  father  was  an  officer. 

George  Avis  Harris,  M.D.,  obtained  his 
early  education  in  the  common  schools  of 
Friesburg.  He  subsequently  took  a  course  at 
Shiloh  Academy,  which  at  that  time,  under 
Oscar  W.  Whitford,  was  one  of  the  leading 
institutions  of  learning  in  the  southern  part  of 
New  Jersey.  In  1863  Mr.  Harris  enlisted  in 
Company  K,  Twelfth  New  Jersey  Regiment. 
He  spent  almost  two  years  in  active  service, 
and  at  the  battle  of  Chancellorsville  received 
a  gunshot  wound  in  his  left  shoulder  and 
chest.  He  was  discharged  for  disability  in 
May,  1S65.  After  the  war  Mr.  Harris  was 
engaged  in  teaching  at  different  places  in 
Cumberland,  Salem,  and  Gloucester  Counties. 
He  then  took  up  the  study  of  medicine  at 
Palatine,  N.J.,  and  graduated  from  the  Penn- 
sylvania Eclectic  Medical  College  in  1873. 
In  addition  to  liis  course  of  medical  study.  Dr. 
Harris  has  had  tlie  advantages  of  a  hosiiital 
training,  having  been  in  attendance  at  Point 
Lookout  Hospital,  Maryland,  and  at  the  State 
Hospital  in  Newark,  N.J.  He  makes  a  spe- 
cialty of  tumors  and  cancerous  diseases,  and 
has  had  as  many  as  half  a  dozen  such  cases  on 
hand  at  one  time.  In  his  treatment  of  these 
maladies  he  has  met  with  extraordinary  sue-, 
cess  having  cured  many  difficult  cases  after 
other  practitioners  had  pronounced  them  incur- 
able, without  the  aid  of  the  knife  and  without 
causing  pain  to  the  patient. 


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On  December  22,  1887,  Dr.  Harris  was 
married  to  Miss  Caroline  W.  Kampf,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Frederick  Kampf,  of  Bridgeton,  this 
county,  who  is  of  German  origin.  They  have 
one  son,  Ralph  Avis.  In  his  political  views 
Dr.  Harris  is  a  Republican,  but  is  not  an 
aspirant  to  official  honors.  He  and  Mrs. 
Harris  are  communicants  of  the  Methodist 
Protestant  church.  Their  home  is  at  303 
North  Laurel  Street,  where  he  also  has  his 
office. 


fHOMAS  BRIGGS  ROSS,  Township 
Clerk  of  Landis,  N.J.,  was  born  in 
Providence,  R.I.,  August  28,  1837,  son  of 
Sanford  and  Lydia  (Yeaw)  Ross.  He  is  a 
stanch  veteran  of  the  Grand  Army,  having 
had  a  notable  career  as  a  citizen  soldier  of  the 
Republic;  and  it  seems  that  he  comes  natu- 
rally by  his  military  virtues,  for  his  paternal 
grandfather  served  in  the  Revolutionary  army, 
and  his  father  was  active  in  the  Dorr  War  in 
Rhode  Island. 

Sanford  Ross  was  born  in  181 5  in  Provi- 
dence, R.I.,  and  spent  his  boyhood  days  there. 
During  his  active  manhood  he  for  a  number 
of  years  conducted  a  large  comb  manufactory 
in  Leominster,  Mass.  His  last  days  were 
spent  in  Vineland,  N.J.,  with  his  son, 
Thomas  Briggs,  at  whose  home  he  died  in 
1 891.  At  the  time  of  the  Dorr  Rebellion  he 
was  Major  of  a  regiment  in  the  city  of  Provi- 
dence, and  he  was  always  afterward  called 
Major  Ross.  His  wife  was  a  native  of  Scitu- 
ate,  R.  I.,  daughter  of  Welcome  T.  Yeaw,  a 
large  land-owner  of  that  town.      She  died   in 


Vineland  in  1893.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sanford 
Ross  were  zealous  and  conscientious  members 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  They 
were  the  parents  of  eleven  children,  two  of 
whom  are  living:  Thomas  Briggs,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch;  and  Edward  A.,  of  Leomin- 
ster, Mass. 

Thomas  Briggs  Ross  received  a  good  educa- 
tion, taking  a  course  of  study  at  the  Leomin- 
ster High  School.  Shortly  after  leaving 
school  he  went  to  sea,  shipping  at  New  Bed- 
ford as  a  sailor  on  the  old  whale  ship  "Arab," 
under  command  of  Captain  Edward  Grinnell. 
He  was  on  this  ship  two  years,  cruising  from 
the  Arctic  to  the  Southern  Ocean,  and,  being 
taken  ill  with  inflammatory  rheumatism,  was 
put  ashore  at  Helo,  a  small  island  some  three 
hundred  miles  south  of  Honolulu.  When  he 
recovered  his  health  he  shipped  from  Honolulu 
on  a  large  clipper  for  a  trip  around  the  world, 
and  visited  Hong-Kong,  China,  and  Bombay. 
Freights  being  very  low,  the  ship  remained  in 
port  si.\  months,  waiting  for  a  rise  in  prices, 
and  then  took  a  cargo  for  Germany,  sailing 
around  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope.  It  took  one 
hundred  and  twenty-si.\  days  to  make  the  jour- 
ney, and  they  were  in  port  two  months  in 
Germany.  The  ship  was  there  loaded  with 
a  cargo  for  New  York,  and  Mr.  Ross  eventu- 
ally reached  home  after  an  absence  of  four 
years. 

A  few  months  after  his  return  the  Southern 
Rebellion  broke  out;  and  the  sailor  became  a 
soldier,  enlisting  in  Company  A,  Fifteenth 
Massachusetts  Volunteer  Infantry.  After 
drilling  for  a   while    at   Worcester,    the   regi- 


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ment  went  South,  stopping  first  at  Arlington 
Heights  and  moving  thence  to  Baltimore. 
They  were  soon  incorjDorated  in  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac,  and  took  part  in  the  disastrous 
engagement  at  Ball's  Bluff,  October  21,  1861, 
where  Mr.  Ross  was  taken  prisoner.  The 
Union  soldiers,  outnumbered  many  times  by 
the  Confederates,  had  no  avenue  of  escape ;  for 
the  Potomac  was  back  of  them,  the  rebels  in 
front,  and  the  enemy  fired  into  and  sunk  the 
small  scow  which  was  their  only  means  of 
crossing  the  river.  Mr.  Ross  was  held  by  the 
Confederates  four  months,  and  was  then  pa- 
roled and  went  home  on  furlough.  He  soon 
returned,  however,  and  took  part  in  the  skir- 
mish near  Berryville,  March  10,  1862;  the 
operations  against  Jackson's  forces  in  the 
Shenandoah  Valley,  March  13-22,  1862;  the 
advance  to  Hampton,  March  22-31;  the  siege 
of  Yorktown,  April  5  to  May  4  ;  the  action  at 
West  Point,  May  7;  and  the  battle  of  Fair 
Oaks,  May  31,  where  he  was  seriously 
wounded  in  the  arm. 

In  connection  with  the  jirescnt  war  in  Cuba, 
it  was  said  by  one  of  the  pliysicians  of  the 
Second  Army  Corps  that  a  Cuban  who  has 
been  wounded  is  a  better  soldier  than  one 
whose  blood  has  never  been  drawn.  In  like 
manner  the  valor  of  Mr.  Ross,  instead  of  being 
cooled  by  his  wound,  seems  to  have  been  in- 
tensified; for  he  was  in  the  field  again  as  soon 
as  possible  and  took  part  in  the  destruction  of 
the  stores  at  Savage's  Station  and  the  battle 
at  that  point,  the  engagements  at  White  Oak 
Swamp  Bridge  and  Glendalc,  and  the  two 
battles    of    Malvern    Hill.       His    detachment 


moved  to  the  support  of  General  Pope's  forces, 
August  16-31,  1862,  and  was  in  action  near 
Vienna,  September  i.  Then  came  the  battle 
of  South  Mountain,  September  14,  1S62, 
which  was  followed  by  Antietam,  September 
16  and  17.  At  Antietam  Mr.  Ross  was  again 
wounded,  his  head  being  laid  open  by  a  burst- 
ing shell;  and  his  life  was  saved  by  his  Cap- 
tain, who  carried  him  from  the  field.  As  soon 
as  his  head  was  healed  sufficiently,  he  rejoined 
his  company  at  Harper's  Ferry,  and  was  at 
Charleston,  W.  Va.,  October  16;  participated 
in  the  operations  in  Loudon  Valley,  Virginia, 
November  i-io;  the  skirmish  near  Snicker's 
Gap,  November  3;  Ashley's  Gap,  November  3 
and  4;  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  December 
11-15,  1862;  the  Chancellorsville  campaign, 
including  the  occupation  of  Fredericksburg, 
May  3,  1863;  and  the  Pennsylvania  cam- 
paign, including  the  action  near  Thoroughfare 
Gap  and  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  July  2  and 
3.  He  was  carried  from  the  field  of  Gettys- 
burg with  a  serious  wound  in  his  thigh,  and 
was  in  the  Chamberlain  Street  Hospital  three 
months.  The  wound  was  so  serious  that  part 
of  the  time  he  was  at  the  point  of  death;  and 
after  the  danger  point  was  passed  it  was  three 
months  before  he  regained  sufificient  strength 
to  start  for  home,  and  eighteen- months  before 
he  could  walk  without  the  aid  of  crutches. 
Mr.  Ross  took  part  in  twenty-seven  engage- 
ments during  his  term  of  service,  and  spent 
four  months  in  the  hospital  and  four  months  at 
Baltimore  recuperating.  I-'rom  the  wound  in 
his  head  he  has  never  fully  recovered,  for  to 
this  day  it  causes  him   intense  pain  at  times. 


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After  Gettysburg  he  was  discharged  on  ac- 
count of  disability,  and  returned  home  with 
the  rank  of  Sergeant.  While  in  the  hospital 
he  was  offered  a  Lieutenant's  commission,  but 
not  being  able  to  engage  in  active  service  did 
not  keep  it.  If  he  had  been  captured  when 
wounded,  being  a  paroled  soldier  and  not  an 
exchanged  prisoner,  the  Confederates  would 
have  executed  him. 

Mr.  Ross  spent  two  years  recruiting  his 
energies,  and  then  obtained  a  position  on  the 
Philadelphia,  Washington  &  Baltimore  Rail- 
road. In  iS/O  he  came  to  New  Jersey,  and  in 
1871  located  in  Vineland,  where  he  was  asso- 
ciated for  about  eight  years  and  a  half  with 
Thomas  H.  Proctor,  shoe  manufacturer.  His 
health  being  poor,  he  sought  a  change  of  occu- 
pation, and  engaged  in  the  confectionery  busi- 
ness, which  he  was  obliged  to  give  up  for  the 
same  reason  about  two  years  ago.  In  1883  he 
was  elected  Township  Clerk,  and  has  held  the 
office  by  successive  re-elections  ever  since. 
He  is  Past  Commander  and  Officer  of  the  Day 
of  Lyon  Post,  No.  10,  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic,  of  Vineland;  in  1894  was  aide-de- 
camp to  Commander-in-chief  Adams  of  the 
National  Department.  He  has  been  Inspector 
for  tlie  Department  of  New  Jersey,  and  is  at 
present  Assistant  Inspector  for  the  posts  in 
South  Jersey.  Mr.  Ross  is  also  a  Knight  of 
Pythias,  and  was  a  senior  member  of  the 
Order  of  United  American  Mechanics. 

August  9,  1S65,  he  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Mary  E.  McCrea,  who  was  born 
March  29,  1839,  and  is  a  daughter  of  Isaac 
and  Sarah  Jane  (Hanlon)  McCrea,  of  Philadel- 


phia. Mrs.  Ross,  who  has  been  a  sustaining 
and  sympathizing  helpmeet  to  her  husband  in 
time  of  sickness  and  pain,  still  presides  grace- 
fully over  his  household. 


AMUEL  SHINN,  who  is  or  was  a 
merchant,  none  the  less  respected 
because  retired,  of  the  town  of  Port 
Norris,  N.J.,  and  who  is  also  the  owner  of 
the  ice  plant  of  this  place,  was  born  on  the 
20th  of  April,  1827,  in  Mauricetown,  Cum- 
berland County.  He  is  a  son  of  the  late 
Allen  R.  and  Abigail  (Compton)  Shinn. 

The  grandfather  of  Mr.  Shinn,  of  whom  this 
slight  biography  is  written,  was  also  named 
Samuel.  He  was  a  resident  of  Mount  Holly, 
N.J.,  during  his  whole  life.  He  was  acci- 
dentally killed  here  while  he  was  working  on 
the  road  one  day,  prying  out  the  stump  of  a 
tree.  His  tool  slipped  and  struck  him  on  the 
forehead,  killing  him  instantly.  He  left  but 
one  child  —  Allen  R.,  the  father  of  the  present 
.Samuel  Shinn. 

Allen  R.  Shinn  was  but  a  very  young  boy 
when  the  sad  accident  occurred,  having  been 
born  on  the  first  da)'  of  January,  1801,  in  the 
town  of  Mount  Holly.  There  he  continued 
to  live  until  he  was  twenty  years  of  age,  when 
he  went  with  a  Mr.  Marmaduke  Taylor,  a 
Quaker,  to  Mauricetown,  then  a  very  small 
community.  After  working  for  some  time  on 
Mr.  Taylor's  farm,  Mr.  .Shinn  married  and 
settled  down  uii  a  farm  which  he  bought  at 
Haleyville,  where  he  spent  his  life  in  the  pur- 
suit of  agriculture.      He  died    in    18S5,  at   the 


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age  of  eighty-four  years,  his  wife,  Abigail, 
having  preceded  him  into  the  valley  of  the 
shadow  of  death  on  April  28,  1873.  She  was 
a  daughter  of  Mr.  Gilbert  Compton,  of  Haley-, 
ville,  Cumberland  County.  Her  father  was 
one  of  the  most  prominent  and  well-to-do  resi- 
dents of  Haleyville  in  its  early  days,  being  an 
extensive  wood  dealer  there.  He  was  also  a 
ship-owner,  and  shipped  his  lumber  to  Phila- 
delphia in  his  own  vessels,  acquiring  a  mod- 
erate competence  in  this  business.  Apart 
from  these  interests  he  engaged  at  the  same 
time  in  farming,  combining  the  busy  life  of 
trade  with  the  quiet  existence  of  a  farmer  very 
happily. 

In  politics  Mr.  Allen  R.  Shinn  was  a 
stanch  Whig  while  the  party  lasted.  After- 
ward he  became  a  Republican,  remaining  true 
to  the  old  tenets  of  his  former  party.  During 
the  latter  part  of  his  life  he  was  the  incum- 
bent of  various  local  offices.  He  and  his  wife 
had  ten  children,  namely:  Elizabeth,  who 
died  the  wife  of  Mr.  Whitfield  Shroopshire, 
of  Cumberland  County;  Samuel,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch;  Ann,  who  is  the  widow  of  Mr. 
James  Robbins,  an  early  resident  of  Glouces- 
ter County,  later  of  Millville;  Jacob,  who  was 
a  member  of  Company  H,  Twenty-fourth  New 
York  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  was  killed  at  the 
first  battle  of  Fredericksburg  during  the  late 
war;  Ichabod,  who  lived  in  his  native  town 
until  forty  years  of  age,  but  who  is  now  a  mer- 
chant in  Burlington,  N.J.  ;  Mary  Jane,  who 
died  in  childhood,  aged  six  years;  Sarah,  who 
is  the  wife  of  David  McElwee,  of  Haleyville; 
Mary,  now  dead,  wlio  was  the  wife  of  George 


W.  Sharp;  Jane,  the  widow  of  Levi  Sharp, 
a  native  of  Vineland,  but  who  was  a  resident 
of  Haleyville  until  his  death;  and  Allen  R., 
Jr.,  at  the  present  time  Sheriff  of  the  county. 
(See  the  sketch  of  his  life  for  further  particu- 
lars.) Mr.  and  Mrs.  Allen  R.  Shinn,  Sr., 
were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  of  Haleyville. 

Samuel  Shinn  received  a  common-school 
education,  and  also  studied  at  home  on  his 
father's  farm  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age, 
when,  as  his  father  had  a  large  family  to  sup- 
port, he  decided  to  begin  to  earn  his  own 
living,  and  went  off  to  work  for  a  neighboring 
farmer.  His  first  independent  labor  was  driv- 
ing a  team  and  carting,  and  he  continued  to 
work  at  this  and  at  similar  odd  jobs  for  several 
years.  Almost  as  soon  as  he  came  of  age,  he 
married  Miss  Phoebe  Ann  Ladow,  of  Dividing 
Creek,  and  with  his  young  wife  made  his  first 
home  at  Mauricetown.  There  he  took  up  the 
trade  of  a  house  carpenter,  at  which  he  worked 
for  a  few  years.  At  the  end  of  this  period  of 
carjientering  he  bought  out  the  general  mer- 
chandise store  of  Dallas  L.  Compton,  at 
Haleyville,  and  carried  on  the  business  for 
himself  very  successfully  for  some  length  of 
time.  When  there  was  talk  of  the  railroad 
coming  to  the  adjacent  town  of  Port  Norris, 
with  rare  foresight  Mr.  Shinn  sold  out  his 
establishment  at  Hale)-ville,  and  bought  a 
store  at  Port  Norris.  The  railroad  not  being 
then  constructed  to  that  point,  he  was  obliged 
to  cart  some  of  his  merchandise  all  the  way 
from  Cedarville  and  Millville,  and  to  transport 
a  portion  by  water.      He  continued  in  business 


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in  Port  Norris  for  twenty-four  years,  becoming 
the  oklest  business  man  of  the  town.  For 
this  long  term  of  years  he  was  as  successful 
in  his  trade  as  he  was  clear-headed;  and  he 
has  always  been  recognized  as  the  head  of  the 
mercantile  business  in  Port  Norris,  as  he  was 
its  pioneer.  On  January  20,  1SS8,  he  sold 
out  to  Mr.  J.  O.  Heritage,  rightfully  consid- 
ering that,  as  he  had  acquired  comparative 
wealth  by  his  untiring  industry,  and  being, 
moreover,  more  than  sixty  years  of  age,  it  was 
only  fair  that  he  should  rest  quietly  from  his 
labors  and  enjoy  their  fruits  for  the  remainder 
of  his  life. 

Mr.  Shinn  lost  his  wife  on  November  11, 
1891.  She  left  two  children  —  Mary  Jane 
and  Anna.  After  the  death  of  her  mother. 
Mar)'  Jane,  who  is  the  wife  of  Captain  Lucius 
E.  Yates,  moved  with  her  husband  into  her 
father's  beautiful  home.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Yates 
are  the  parents  of  three  children  —  George 
Christie,  Phcebe,  and  Maggie.  Anna  Shinn 
is  now  the  wife  of  Mr.  Milton  H.  Cox,  of  the 
firm  of  Cox  Piothers  &  Co.,  of  Bridgeton. 
They  have  three  children  —  Mary  Y.  ;  Milton, 
Jr.;  and  Hannah.  Amanda,  another  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shinn,  died  in  her  youth,  at 
the  age  of  five  years  and  eleven  days. 

Although  Mr.  Shinn  has  retired  from  busi- 
ness he  will  not  consent  to  remain  entirely 
inactive,  and  to  occupy  his  time  he  puts  up  ice 
winters  and  supislics  the  whole  town  with  this 
commodity.  His  handsome  house,  which  he 
built  some  twelve  or  thirteen  years  ago,  stands 
on  the  corner  of  Main  and  High  Streets,  and 
is  worthily  accounted  one  of   the  finest  in  the 


town  of  Port  Norris,  attracting  the  eye  as  it 
does,  even  at  some  distance,  with  its  smooth 
cement  walks  and  shade  trees.  Besides  his 
dwelling-place,  he  also  owns  his  old  store 
building,  which  he  once  occupied. 

Mr.  Shinn  has  been  a  most  active  supporter 
of  the  Republican  j)arty  and  a  member  of  the 
Township  Committee  for  the  last  ten  years  or 
more.  His  fellow-citizens  have  chosen  him 
a  delegate  to  party  conventions  a  number  of 
times.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Order  of 
Is^nights  of  Pythias,  Lodge  No.  ^6,  of  which 
he  is  Past  Chancellor;  and  he  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  Ariel  Lodge,  No.  56,  Lidependent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  being  Past  Grand  and 
the  representative  of  his  lodge  to  the  Grand 
Lodge.  Mr.  Shinn  has  been  intimately  con- 
nectetl  with  the  church  history  of  Port  Norris, 
belonging  to  the  Methodist  F4Discopal  church 
here,  in  which  he  at  one  time  held  the  office 
of  steward.  When  he  first  came  to  Port  Nor- 
ris he  was  the  builder  of  the  first  church  here; 
and  when  that  edifice  was  accidentally  de- 
stroyed by  fire  he  was  again  called  u])on  and 
helped  to  buikl  the  second,  being  each  time 
a  member  of  the  Building  Committee.  For 
over  thirty-two  years  Mr.  Shinn  has  been  a 
loyal  supporter  of  the  church  he  was  so  instru- 
mental in  establishing,  invariably  proving 
himself  as  active  as  he  is  zealous. 


AMUEL  LEATHERVVOOU,  a  well- 
known     agriculturist    and    a    promi- 
nent citizen   of   Landis,  Cumberland 
County,  N.J.,  was  born    in    I'reedom    District, 


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Carroll  County,  Mel,  April  3,  1837,  being' 
the  son  of  Hanson  and  Ann  (Barnes)  Leather- 
wood.  On  his  paternal  side  he  is  of  English 
extraction,  his  great-grandfather,  Samuel 
Leathcrwood,  first,  having  emigrated  to  this 
country  from  England.  He  married  a  Miss 
Buckingham,  of  Maryland.  Their  son  John, 
who  was  born  in  Franklin  District,  Carroll 
County,  was  twice  married.  His  first  wife 
was  Elizabeth  Giliss,  a  daughter  of  John 
Giliss,  who  came  from  England,  and  settling 
in  Maryland  became  the  possessor  of  the  land 
which  is  now  the  site  of  the  city  of  Annapolis. 
A  Whig  in  political  belief  and  patriotic  in 
spirit,  Mr.  Giliss  served  his  country  in  the 
War  of  1S12.  John  and  Elizabeth  (Giliss) 
Leatherwood  became  the  parents  of  two  chil- 
dren, namely:  Elizabeth;  and  Hanson,  above 
named.  The  mother's  decease  occurred  about 
icSii,  and  the  father  married  for  his  second 
wife  Miss  Elizabeth  Gushing. 

Hanson  Leatherwood,  who  is  a  native  of 
I'rcedom  District,  Md. ,  where  he  was  born, 
March  5,  181  i,  recei\ed  his  education  in  the 
common  schools  of  that  town.  He  passed  all 
his  years  on  the  old  homestead,  originally  an 
estate  of  si.\  hundred  acres,  the  property  of  his 
mother,  who,  dying  when  he  was  an  infant, 
willed  that  it  should  be  divided  between  him 
antl  his  sister  Elizabeth  when  they  became 
of  age.  On  a  farm  of  three  hundred  acres  he 
devoted  his  entire  life  to  agricultural  pursuits. 
He  was  well  and  favorably  known  by  his  fel- 
low-citizens, by  whom  he  was  earnestly  solic- 
ited for  appointment  to  positions  of  public 
trust.      He   seldom    acquiesced,    not    being  an 


aspirant  for  social  or  political  distinction.  But 
for  a  long  term  of  years  he  served  them  in  the 
responsible  capacity  of  Judge  of  Elections. 

He  participated  actively  in  the  social  life  of 
the  community;  and  he  was  identified  with  the 
fraternity  of  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, being  a  charter  member  of  Rainbow 
Lodge  of  Lisbon,  Howard  County,  Md.,  in 
which  he  was  also  Past  Grand.  He  subse- 
quently withdrew  from  that  to  become  associ- 
ated with  the  St.  Stephen's  Lodge,  No.  95, 
of  Defiance,  Carroll,  Md.,  of  which  he  like- 
wise became  a  Past  Grand.  His  opinions  and 
convictions  concerning  the  affairs  of  the  nation 
at  large  brought  him  into  afifiliation  with  the 
Whig  and  later  with  the  Republican  party. 
In  religious  faith  a  Methodist,  he  was  associ- 
ated with  the  church  of  that  persuasion  at 
Freedom  District,  in  which  he  officiated  as 
steward. 

Mr.  Hanson  Leatherwood  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Ann,  a  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain Dennis  Barnes,  of  Freedom,  a  commis- 
sioned officer  in  the  War  of  1812.  P'rom  thcii' 
union  came  nine  children,  namely:  Amanda, 
who  is  now  the  wife  of  John  W.  Reckard,  of 
Carroll  County;  Samuel,  of  this  sketch; 
Owen;  Leah  PL,  who  was  married  to  Llo3'd 
Pcnn,  of  Carroll  County;  Mary  A.,  who  re- 
sides in  Carroll  County  as  the  wife  of  William 
Dorsey ;  John  H.  ;  Elizabeth,  who  is  now 
Mrs.  Fletcher  Day;  Francis  Jesse ;  and  Mar- 
tha W. ,  who  is  now  Mrs.  Stephen  Gatrell,  of 
Carroll  County.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hanson 
Leatherwood  were  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  of  P'reedom. 


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Samuel  Leatherwood,  the  second  of  this 
family  of  nine  as  named  above,  was  educated 
in  the  common  schools  of  Freedom  District, 
and  remained  on  the  paternal  farm  until  his 
twentieth  year.  At  that  time  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad 
Company  as  a  locomotive  fireman,  subse- 
quently becoming  an  engineer,  which  he  con- 
tinued to  be  until  about  1857,  when,  being 
severely  injured  in  a  collision,  he  was  inca- 
pacitated for  a  year.  He  then  engaged  in 
farming  until  August  12,  1862,  on  which  date 
he  enlisted  in  Company  E  of  the  Fourth  Regi- 
ment of  Maryland  Volunteers.  Being  detailed 
to  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  he  participated 
in  the  battle  of  Rappahannock  Station.  Suc- 
cumbing to  the  fever,  he  was  sent  to  the  hos- 
pital, where  he  remained  for  a  year,  and  was 
then  on  the  detachments  in  Washington  until 
July  II,  1S65.  After  his  discharge  he  con- 
ducted for  about  a  year,  in  partnership  with 
Willis  Nutting,  a  temperance  dining-saloon  in 
Washington.  Returning  then  to  the  home  of 
his  boyhood,  he  followed  husbandry  on  a  por- 
tion of  the  old  homestead  till  March  18,  1872, 
when  he  purchased  a  farm,  now  comprising 
thirty-five  acres,  on  which  he  devotes  himself 
to  general  agriculture. 

On  April  2,  1866,  Mr.  Leatherwood  mar- 
ried Miss  Mary  Frances,  a  daughter  of  Addi- 
son I>:.  Nutting,  of  Hancock,  N.H.  Mr.  Nut- 
ting was  a  native  of  Mason,  N.H.,  where  he 
was  born,  March  6,  181 1.  He  was  a  miller 
by  trade,  being  the  proprietor  and  manager  of 
a  saw  and  grist  mill  in  Hancock  until  he  re- 
moved to  Vineland    in   the  fall   of    1865.      He 


then  purchased  a  farm,  on  which  he  was  en- 
gaged in  general  husbandry  until  1886,  when 
he  returned  to  New  Hampshire,  where  he  died 
in  July,  1890.  On  January  3,  1837,  he 
wedded  Miss  Mary  C,  a  daughter  of  Asher 
Loveland,  a  lifelong  |ihysician  of  Stoddard, 
N.  H.,  and  a  member  of  the  Unitarian  church. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nutting  became  the  parents  of 
seven  children,  of  whom  six  attained  to  matur- 
ity, namely  :  Mary  1"" ranees,  now  Mrs.  Leather- 
wood  ;  Willis  A.;  George  E.  ;  Warren  A.; 
Granville  T.  ;  and  Lizzie  M.,  who  is  now  the 
wife  of  Owen  Wiswell,  of  Marlboro,  N.H. 
Mr.  Nutting  passed  away  in  July,  1890.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Leatherwood  have  four  children, 
namely:  Annie  1?.,  who  is  now  the  wife  of 
Frank  B.  F-dwards,  of  ]5ridgeport.  Conn.  ; 
Harry  ]\L  ;   Mary  E.  ;  and  Jessie  H. 

Mr.  Leatherwood  is  among  the  prominent 
citizens  of  Landis,  and  he  has  served  his 
fellows  in  several  town  and  county  offices. 
For  many  years  he  acted  as  Judge  of  Elec- 
tions, and  for  five  years  ofificiatecl  as  Commis- 
sioner of  Deeds.  He  has  also  been  a  delegate 
to  the  township  anil  county  convention  of  the 
Republican  party.  In  social  affairs  he  is  like- 
wise an  active  participant,  and  his  is  a  famil- 
iar face  in  the  general  assemblages  of  the 
community.  He  was  early  identified  with  the 
fraternity  of  Masons,  being  a  member  of  La- 
fayette Lodge,  No.  Ill,  of  Baltimore,  from 
which  he  received  his  dimit  and  joined  the 
Masonic  Lodge  of  Vineland.  He  is  also  asso- 
ciated with  the  Farmers'  Alliance  of  Vineland; 
and  his  memories  of  the  war  are  kept  fiesh  by 
his  affiliation   with  Sharpe  Lost,  No.  2,  Grantl 


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Army  of  the  Republic,  of  Millville,  N.J.  In 
political  belief  and  action  he  is  found  among 
the  devotees  of  the  Republican  jiaity. 


YfAj/ILIJAM  A.  GWYNNE,  the  editor 
V^V^  and  publisher  of  the  Bridgeton 
Chronicle,  was  born  September  23,  1833.  He 
is  of  Welsh-English  extraction,  being  a  direct 
descendant  of  the  old  Welsh  family  of 
Gwynne.  Mis  mother  was  of  English  origin, 
and  his  grandfather  on  the  maternal  side  was 
an  officer  in  the  English  army. 

Mr.  Gwynne  followed  the  example  of  his 
father  in  selecting  for  his  calling  the  "art 
preservative."  He  edited  and  published  half 
a  dozen  or  more  papers  previous  to  his  pur- 
chasing the  Cf/roiiiclc,  and  had  a  wide  experi- 
ence as  a  journalist.  Much  reading  and 
study,  supplemented  by  close  observation, 
have  made  him  an  authority  on  the  topics  of 
the  times.  Wielding  a  trenchant  pen,  he  has 
accom]ilishcd  much  toward  forming  public 
o]iinion.  He  has  written  and  published  for 
many  years;  and,  though  at  this  writing  he 
is  sixty-three  years  old,  he  looks  forward  to 
many  more  years  of  usefulness.  Up  to  the 
present  time  he  has  never  been  confined  by 
illness:  and,  as  he  himself  puts  it,  "The 
Gwynnes  don't  begin  to  grow  fat  till  they  are 
eighty." 

Although  Mr.  Gwynne  has  long  been  in 
journalism  and  politics,  he  never  sought  office; 
and  the  only  position  ever  "thrust  upon  him" 
was  in  1872,  when  he  was  chosen  delegate 
from  the  I'irst    Distwct   of   New  Jersey  to   the 


Democratic  National  Convention  held  in  Bal- 
timore. He  feels  an  honest  pride  to  this  day 
in  the  stand  he  took,  although  ineffectual, 
against  the  nomination  of  Horace  Greeley, 
who  for  thirty  years  had  been  the  fiercest  and 
ablest  opponent  of  the  Democratic  party.  Mr. 
Gwynne  was  married  on  February  24,  1866,  to 
Maggie  J.  Grant,  daughter  of  William  Grant, 
Esq.,  of  Charlestown,  Md.  Mrs.  Gwynne 
died  without  issue  in  Washington,  D.C.,  on 
December  30,   1887. 


HARLES  KEIGHLEY,  who.se  por- 
trait is  here  presented,  is  the  senior 
member  of  the  firm  Charles  Keigh- 
ley  &  Sons,  shoe  manufacturers  of  Vineland. 
A  native  of  Great  Horton,  Bradford,  York- 
shire, England,  he  was  born  June  i,  1842. 
Having  received  a  good,  substantial  education 
in  the  schools  of  his  native  town,  he  entered 
the  shoe  factory  of  his  grandfather  with  the 
purpose  of  learning  the  shoemaking  trade. 
After  spending  some  time  here  he  went  to 
Ikadford,  where  he  completed  his  apiirentice- 
ship.  He  then  started  in  business  for  him- 
self, making  shoes  and  selling  them  at  retail, 
and  carried  it  on  successfully  until  1870.  In 
that  year  he  accepted  an  agency  to  introduce 
in  this  country  the  circulai"  feed  sewing 
machine  manufactured  by  Pitt  Brothers,  of 
Cleckheaton,  Yorkshire.  He  was  so  pleased 
with  what  he  saw  here  that  he  returned  soon 
after  and  brought  his  faniilv  to  this  country. 
At  first  they  residcil  in  I'hiladelpliia,  and  Mr. 
Keighley  continued  to  represent  Pitt  Brothers. 


CHARLES     KEIGHLEY. 


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Then,  in  1873,  he  removed  to  Vineland  and 
engaged  in  the  cultivation  of  a  farm  just  pre- 
viously bought  by  him.  He  continued  in  this 
occupation  for  about  a  year,  and  then  went  to 
\vori<  at  his  trade  in  a  shoe  factory,  where  he 
remained  until  his  employers  failed. 

In  1875  he  entered  into  an  agreement  with 
tlie  firm  of  Hunt  &  Reeves,  binding  himself 
to  manufacture  shoes  for  them  at  a  certain 
price,  provided  they  supplied  the  requisite 
materials.  Beginning  with  but  twenty  em- 
ployees, the  business  increased  to  such  a  mag- 
nitude that  in  1884  it  became  necessary  to 
erect  the  present  four-story  brick  factory. 
The  building  affords  fifty-four  thousand  square 
feet  of  superficial  space.  From  three  hundred 
to  three  hundred  and  fifty  hands  are  employed; 
and  the  average  daily  output  is  fifteen  hundred 
pairs  of  shoes,  comprising  hand  and  machine 
made  footwear  for  men,  ladies,  misses,  and 
children.  The  goods  are  sold  all  over  the 
United  States.  Mr.  Keighley  took  his  two 
sons  into  partnershiii  in  1894,  and  the  firm 
name  since  then  has  been  Charles  Keighley 
&  Sons.  A  considerable  share  of  his  success 
is  due  to  a  number  of  labor-saving  machines 
which  he  invented  and  patented.  The  princi- 
])al  one  of  these  was  an  automatic  heel  bur- 
nisher, with  which  one  man  could  do  the  work 
formerly  done  by  three. 

Vineland  is  indebted  to  Mr.  Keighley's 
enterprise  for  its  unsurpassed  supply  of  pure 
water.  In  1885  he  obtained  from  the  Borough 
Council  a  franchise  to  erect  the  works  neces- 
sary for  the  purpose,  after  which  no  time  was 
lost    in   carrying  out    the   project.      The  wells 


from  which  the  water  is  taken  were  quickly 
driven.  The  buildings  were  completed,  the 
machinery  secured  and  put  in  place,  and  the 
pipes  laid  within  an  incredibly  short  space  of 
time.  A  feature  of  the  plant  worthy  of  spe- 
cial mention  is  the  fire  [luni])  at  the  pumping- 
station,  which  is  so  powerful  that  three 
streams  from  hydrants,  through  the  regulation 
hose,  can  be  played  over  any  building  in  the 
borough.  The  enterprise  is  now  conducted  by 
the  Vineland  Water  Works  Company,  which 
was  organized  in  1890,  with  Mr.  Keighley 
for  president.  Mr.  Keighley  is  also  interested 
in  the  Tradesman's  Bank  of  Vineland,  of 
which  he  has  been  a  Director  since  its  incor- 
poration. 

On  December  17,  1863,  he  was  united  in 
matrimony  with  Miss  Martha  Bnttomley, 
daughter  of  William  Parker  Bottomley,  of 
Great  Morton,  England.  They  had  eight 
children,  of  whom  but  two  grew  to  maturity. 
These  are:  William  Bottomley,  born  March 
31,  1868;  and  Charles  Percy,  born  July  12, 
1870.  William  Bottomley,  after  receiving 
his  rudimentary  education  in  the  schools  of 
Vineland,  completed  the  more  advanced 
course  of  Pennington  (X.J.)  Seminary,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1S87.  After  gradua- 
tion he  was  given  the  position  of  department 
foreman  in  his  father's  factory.  Since  the 
new  firm  was  formed,  he  has  had  much  of  the 
general  management,  besides  attending  to  the 
purchasing  of  part  of  the  material.  He  is  also 
interested  in  the  Vineland  Water  Works  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  is  the  Secretary  and  Treas- 
urer.     On   September  9,   1891,  he  was  married 


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to  Miss  Carrie  Frances  Sykes,  daughter  of  the 
Rev.  George  S.  Sykes,  of  Philadelphia.  Both 
are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  in  which  he  serves  as  chorister  and 
organist.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  City 
Silver  Band  since  his  eleventh  year,  and  is 
now  its  leader.  His  brother,  Charles  Percy, 
who  also  received  his  elementary  education  in 
the  schools  of  Vincland,  graduated  from  Pen- 
nington Seminary  in  1888.  While  studying 
in  the  latter  institution  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Alpha  and  Omega  Society.  He  began 
business  by  receiving  charge  of  his  father's 
ofifice,  II  Fourth  Street,  Philadeliihia.  He 
had  been  three  years  here  when  the  office  was 
discontinued.  This  was  the  result  of  Mr. 
Keighley's  decision  thereafter  to  sell  directly 
to  the  jobbers  and  retailers.  Charles  Percy 
then  came  to  \'incland  and  took  charge  of  the 
sales  and  financial  departments,  and  of  the 
buying  of  upper  leather.  He  is  a  member  of 
Hobah  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  On  September  2,  1891,  he  was 
united  in  matrimou)-  with  Miss  Ikssie  H.  Car- 
son, daughter  of  John  \V.  Carson,  of  Vincland, 
and  has  two  daughters — Helen  Jennings  and 
Marion  Holden.  Mr.  Charles  Keighley  has 
been  a  member  and  Trustee  of  the  Methodist 
Iipiscopal  church  for  nine  years.  He  is  also  a 
Director  of  the  New  Jersey  Training  School 
for  Feeble-minded  Children.  His  wife  served 
a  term  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Managers 
of  the  State  Institution  for  Feeble-minded 
Women.  She  is  now  on  the  15oard  of  Lady 
Visitors  of  the  New  Jersey  Training  School 
for    Feeble-minded    Children,    and    has    been 


President  of  the  Woman's  Christian  Temper- 
ance Union  for  several  years.  In  politics  Mr. 
Keighley  is  a  Prohibitionist.  He  entertains 
strict  temperance  principles,  and  has  never 
used  tobacco.  He  is  a  Mason  of  Vineland 
Lodge,  No.  69. 


RANCIS  PIKE  BARTLETT,  who  is 
s  a  prosperous  harness-maker  of  Vine- 
land,  was  born  in  Nevvburyport,  Mass.,  Au- 
gust 16,  1843,  son  of  the  Rev.  Amos  G.  and 
Georgiana  N.  (Pike)  Bartlett. 

Amos  G.  Bartlett  was  a  native  of  Haverhill, 
N.H.  He  received  his  education  in  the  dis- 
trict schools,  and  early  in  life  he  began  to 
earn  his  livelihood  in  a  dry-goods  store.  For 
a  year  or  two  preceding  his  marriage  he  con- 
ducted a  store  on  his  own  account  in  Haver- 
hill. After  his  marriage  he  went  to  New 
York,  where  he  obtained  employment  in  the 
store  of  the  late  millionaire  merchant,  A.  T. 
Stewart.  Here  by  close  attention  to  his 
duties  he  worked  his  way  upward  to  the  posi- 
tion of  head  clerk.  Subsequently,  beginning 
in  1849,  he  was  successively  employed  by 
Levi  Cook  &  Co.,  and  a  French  importing 
house  on  Murray  Street,  remaining  several 
years  with  each  firm.  On  leaving  in  1858 
the  last-named  house,  he  cut  adrift  from  mer- 
cantile life,  and  went  to  Mount  \'ernon,  N.H., 
where  he  engaged  in  farming.  This  occupa- 
tion, however,  was  not  the  one  that  best  suited 
his  deeply  religious  temperament.  Three 
years  later  he  was  ordained  a  minister  at  Exe- 
ter, N.H.,  and  accepted  a  call  to  the  pulpit  of 


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a  Congregational  church  in  Vermont.  After 
spending  two  years  here  he  had  pastoral 
charge  of  a  church  at  Post  Mill,  Vt.,  for  about 
eighteen  months.  Then  he  went  to  Lynn, 
Mass.,  where  his  serioush'  impaired  health 
compelled  him  to  live  in  retirement.  In  1866 
he  came  to  Vineland,  and  made  his  home  with 
his  son  Francis  for  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
His  death  occurred  in  1882,  while  on  a  visit 
to  his  son  Ezra  in  Albany,  N.Y. 

In  jjolitics  the  Rev.  Amos  G.  Bartlett  was 
a  stanch  Republican.  His  wife,  who  was  also 
a  communicant  of  the  Congregational  church, 
was  a  native  of  Massachusetts.  She  bore  him 
four  children,  two  of  whom  attained  maturity, 
namely:  Ezra  Albert  Bartlett,  M.D.,  Presi- 
dent of  the  Pension  15ureau  of  Albany  and 
one  of  the  most  prominent  physicians  in  the 
State  of  New  York;  and  Francis  P.,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  biographical  notice.  Mrs.  Bart- 
lett died  in  1886. 

Francis  Pike  Bartlett  was  reared  and  edu- 
cated in  Atkinson,  N.H.  At  the  age  of 
seventeen  he  was  apprenticed  to  a  harness- 
maker.  On  August  20,  1862,  before  his  term 
of  apprenticeship  had  expired,  he  enlisted  for 
nine  months'  service  in  Company  I,  Eighth 
Massachusetts  Volunteer  Militia,  and  went 
with  his  regiment  to  Newbern,  N.C.  He 
was  honorably  discharged  August  7,  1863. 
In  the  following  year,  July  11,  he  re-enlisted 
in  Company  D  of  the  same  regiment,  for  one 
hundred  days,  and  was  again  discharged  on 
November  10.  He  then  finished  learning  his 
trade  of  harness-making  in  Lynn,  and  there- 
after   worked    as    a    journeyman     until     1866, 


when  he  came  with  his  father  to  Vineland. 
Here  he  bought  a  farm,  and  cultivated  it 
profitably  for  thirteen  years.  Then  he  started 
in  the  harness  business,  which  he  now  so 
prosperously  conducts. 

In  1868,  September  15,  he  was  happily 
united  in  matrimony  with  Clara  Poole,  daugh- 
ter of  Jeremiah  Buckminster  Poole,  of  Vinal 
Haven,  Me.  They  have  had  five  children, 
four  of  whom  are  living;  namely,  Hannah 
Frances,  George  Morris,  Mary  Ada,  and  Al- 
bert Hooper.  Both  parents  are  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Mr.  Bart- 
lett votes  the  Republican  ticket,  and  is  a 
member  of  Lyon  Post,  No.  10,  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic. 


^ICHAEL  JOHN  DILKS,  a  pros- 
perous lumber  dealer  at  Dividing 
Creek,  was  born  December  11, 
1855,  at  Upper  Alloway  Creek,  Salem 
County,  son  of  Calvin  and  Hannah  (Johnson) 
Dilks.  Calvin  Dilks,  a  son  of  Elisha  Dilks, 
was  also  born  at  Alloway  Creek,  and  there 
received  his  education  in  the  common  schools. 
When  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age  he  ran  away 
to  sea,  engaging  on  a  vessel  that  plied  between 
various  ports  on  the  Atlantic  and  the  Gulf 
coasts.  After  a  year  or  two  he  shipped  on 
board  a  square-rigged  vessel.  Although  he 
had  proved  himself  an  able  seaman  on  the 
other  craft,  he  was  unfamiliar  with  one  of  this 
description,  and  at  first  had  some  unpleasant 
experiences.  After  following  the  sea  for  six 
years     he     returned     home,     and     rebuilt     his 


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father's  saw-mill,  being  a  natural  mechanic. 
He  started  in  the  wheelwright  business  when 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  a  mere  lad. 
Since  then  he  has  been  engaged  in  either  that 
industry  or  in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of 
lumber.  He  is  enterprising  and  progressive, 
and  he  now  owns  three  saw-mills.  He  has 
invented  and  patented  the  Fountain  Turbine 
Water-wheel,  which,  though  it  has  proved  a 
very  satisfactory  device,  has  not  been  sold  very 
largely,  as  his  other  occupations  have  left  him 
but  little  time  to  devote  to  it.  He  married 
Miss  Hannah  Johnson,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  David  Johnson,  of  Friesburg,  N.J.,  and 
became  the  father  of  nine  children;  namely, 
Sarah,  Michael  John,  Mary  Amanda,  Hannah 
Belle,  Anna  Barbara,  George  McClellan, 
William  B.,  Elizabeth  E.,  and  Duey  J. 
Sarah  is  now  the  wife  of  Peter  Sigars,  of 
Friesburg.  Mary  Amanda  died  in  infancy. 
The  father,  while  holding  Democratic  prin- 
ciples, supports  for  office  whomsoever  he  con- 
siders the  best  candidate.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Lutheran  Church  of  Friesburg.  His 
wife  passed  away  in  1890,  in  her  fifty-fifth 
year. 

Michael  John  Dilks  attended  the  com- 
mon schools  of  White  Horse  Branch  in  Co- 
hansey,  Salem  County,  for  three  months  of 
one  winter  season.  When  he  was  fourteen 
years  of  age  he  assumed  the  charge  of  his 
father's  saw-mill.  This  he  operated,  still  re- 
siding at  the  paternal  home,  until  he  became 
thirty-one  years  old.  Then  for  two  years  he 
divided  his  time  between  this  mill  and  the 
mill  of  Jacob  House.      In  Marcli,   1889,  he  re- 


moved to  Dividing  Creek,  where  he  estab- 
lished himself  in  business.  He  is  now  exten- 
sively engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  peach 
and  tomato  baskets,  berry  bo.xes,  and  crates. 
His  factory  is  furnished  with  the  newest  im- 
proved machinery,  including  a  first-class  ve- 
neering machine. 

On  February  28,  1877,  Mr.  Dilks  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Mary  Sigars,  a 
daughter  of  Joseph  Sigars,  of  Friesburg,  and 
has  now  two  children  —  Hannah  Belle  and 
Elmira  J.  He  is  a  member  of  Idaho  Tribe, 
No.  51,  of  the  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men, 
located  at  Port  Norris ;  belongs  to  Cumber- 
land Castle,  No.  65,  of  the  Knights  of  the 
Golden  Eagle  at  Port  Norris;  and  he  is  also 
associated  with  the  Junior  Order  of  United 
American  Mechanics,  in  Purity  Council  at 
Dividing  Creek.  He  regularly  attends  and 
liberally  supports  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  of  Dividing  Creek,  of  which  his  wife 
is  a  member. 


"TiDWARD  DENNIS  PERRY,  a  general 
Jpl  farmer  and  stock  raiser  of  Lower  Hope- 
well, was  born  at  Bowentown,  Cumberland 
County,  N.J.,  September  24,  1847,  a  son  of 
John  and  Ann  Elizabeth  (Dennis)  Perry. 
His  grandfather,  John  Perry,  who  was  born  in 
1790,  was  a  lifelong  resident  of  Hopewell. 
He  fought  against  Great  Britain  in  the  War  of 
1812.  His  son,  John,  also  was  born  in  Cum- 
berland County,  and  became  a  prosperous 
farmer.  He  was  left  fatherless  when  very 
young,  and,  according  to  the  custom  of  those 


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days,  was  "bound  out"  to  a  Mr.  Sheppard, 
who  resided  near  the  okl  grave-yard  in  Lower 
Hopewell.  He  was  twice  married,  his  first 
wife  being  Ann  Elizabeth,  tiaughter  of  George 
Dennis,  of  Hopewell.  By  her  he  had  five 
children,  namely:  Edwanl  D. ;  Ella,  now 
Mrs.  Joseph  Wheaton ;  George,  a  farmer  of 
Hopewell;  Alfred;  and  John  W. ,  now  de- 
ceased. To  him  and  his  second  wife  one  son, 
John,  was  born.  John  Perry,  the  father,  died 
in  May,  1865.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Roadstown  Baptist  Church. 

Edward  Dennis  Perry  received  his  education 
in  the  district  schools  of  Lower  Hopewell  and 
of  Greenwich.  He  worked  on  the  farm  v^^ith 
his  father  until  the  latter's  decease,  at  which 
time,  though  but  eighteen  years  old,  he  as- 
sumed the  management  of  the  property,  which 
he  soon  afterward  let.  The  family  then  be- 
came separated ;  and  Mr.  Perry  worked  at 
whatever  employment  he  happened  to  find, 
being  engaged  most  of  the  time  in  farming 
until  his  marriage  in  1881.  Having  by  that 
time  accumulated  a  little  money,  he  rented  a 
farm  at  Dutch  Neck,  and  the  following  year 
purchased  one  of  fifty  acres  located  on  the  road 
to  Shepard's  mills  in  Lower  Hopewell.  He 
resided  on  and  cultivated  that  property  until 
the  spring  of  1S93,  when  he  purchased  and 
rfioved  on  to  his  present  farm  of  seventy-five 
acres.  He  has  been  quite  successful  as  a 
farmer,  and  he  is  one  of  the  large  land-owners 
of  the  county. 

Mr.  Perry  was  united  in  marriage  March 
21,  1881,  with  Miss  Anna  M.  Wheaton,  a 
daughter  of  Deacon  William  Wheaton.      They 


have  a  family  of  seven  children;  namely, 
John  Walter,  Ernest  B.,  Mabel,  E.  Linwood, 
Joseph  W.,  Anna  M.,  and  Leon  A.  Mr. 
Perry  has  serveil  his  town  in  the  cajiacity  of 
Overseer  of  Roads.  He  is  not  actively  en- 
gaged in  politics,  but  casts  his  vote  with  the 
Democratic  party.  Religiously,  he  is  affili- 
ated with  the  Roadstown  Baptist  Church. 


BEL  FISK  GUTTERSON  is  one  of 
the  largest  milk  dealers  of  Vineland, 
N.J.,  where  he  has  resided  since 
1865.  He  was  born  at  Milford,  N.H.,  De- 
cember I,  1840,  son  of  Amos  and  Eunice 
(Buss)  Gutterson  and  grandson  of  John 
Gutterson. 

Amos  Gutterson  was  a  native  of  Milford, 
where  he  spent  his  life  profitably  engaged  in 
farming.  He  died  there  in  November,  1859, 
aged  sixty-two  years.  His  wife,  Eunice,  was 
a  daughter  of  Richard  Buss,  of  Peterboro, 
N.H.,  who  attained  the  very  advanced  age  of 
ninety-si.\  years.  Three  of  the  four  children 
of  Amos  and  Eunice  Gutterson  are  living, 
namely:  Abel  Fisk;  Samuel,  residing  at  Mil- 
ford, N.H.;  and  Georgia  A.,  who  is  unmar- 
ried. The  mother,  now  eighty-seven  years  of 
age,  still  resides  in  Milford,  N.H.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  Congregational  church,  to 
which  her  husband  in  his  lifetime  belonged. 

Their  son,  Abel  Fisk,  first  attended  the  dis- 
trict schools  of  Milford,  and  later  was  a  stu- 
dent of  the  academy  at  New  London,  N.H. 
When  his  school  days  were  over,  he  continued 
with  his  father  on   the   farm   until   September, 


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1 86 1.  The  contest  between  the  North  and 
South  was  each  day  growing  more  severe;  and, 
finding  that  more  determined  measures  must 
be  resorted  to,  President  Lincohi  issued  a 
call  for  men  to  serve  three  years,  or  until  the 
war  was  over.  Young  Gutterson,  who  would 
have  gone  to  the  front  earlier  but  for  his 
mother's  illness,  enlisted  for  three  years  in 
Company  C  of  the  Fourth  New  Hampshire 
Volunteer  Infantry. 

His  regiment  was  ordered  to  Washington, 
where  they  remained  for  a  short  time,  and  then 
went  to  Annapolis.  Soon  after,  they  joined 
the  expedition  that  went  to  Port  Royal,  S.C., 
which  commanded  one  of  the  finest  harbors  on 
the  South  Atlantic  coast,  and  Hilton  Head, 
which  was  also  an  important  vantage  point, 
the  tleet  starting  from  Fortress  Monroe.  Al- 
though not  actively  engaged  in  the  taking  of 
these,  together  with  Beaufort  and  the  island, 
they  were  stationed  near  by  as  a  reserve  force. 
They  next  joined  the  expedition  that  was  sent 
to  capture  Fernandina,  Fla.,  whence  they  went 
to  Jacksonville,  which  they  took,  and  returned 
to  lieaufort,  S.C.,  by  way  of  Fernandina. 
After  going  to  Warsaw  Inlet,  they  were 
ordered  to  Morris  Island  in  Charleston  Har- 
bor, where  for  twenty-one  nights  they  were 
employed  on  the  fortifications  that  helped  in 
the  cai)ture  of  I'ort  Wagner  on  September  7, 
1863.  They  were  obliged  to  carry  on  their 
work  under  cover  of  darkness,  beginning  after 
nightfall  and  leaving  off  before  it  was  light,  so 
as  not  to  be  seen  by  the  enemy.  Mr.  Gutter- 
son  was  one  of  a  boat's  crew  that  helped 
carry  munitions  up  the  river  for  the  siege  of 


Fort    Sumter,    and    witnessed    the    first   shots, 
that  were  then  fired. 

After  a  time  his  regiment  returned  to  Beau- 
fort, where  he  and  others  re-enlisted,  and 
went  home  for  a  month  on  a  veteran's  fur- 
lough, at  the  end  of  which  they  returned  to 
Washington,  whence  they  were  ordered  to 
Gloucester  Point,  Va.,  and  went  with  General 
Butler  up  the  James  River  to  Bermuda  Hun- 
dred. From  there  they  marched  to  the  rail- 
road between  Petersburg  and  Richmond,  which 
they  destroyed,  and  then  continued  on  to 
Richmond,  where  they  succeeded  in  capturing 
the  outside  fortifications;  but  on  reaching  an 
inner  fort  they  were  repulsed,  and  many  were 
taken  prisoners,  those  who  escaped  going  back 
to  Bermuda  Hundred.  Although  three  of  his 
companions  were  captured,  Mr.  Gutterson 
was  among  those  who  escaped.  Thirty  men 
and  one  officer  were  missing  from  his  company 
at  the  close  of  that  day's  battle.  At  Bermuda 
Hundred  fortifications  were  thrown  up,  and  a 
strong  picket  line  established,  there  being 
three  lines  of  battle  to  guard  against.  Mr. 
Gutterson's  regiment  was  sent  out  as  re- 
enforcement,  and  took  part  in  another  engage- 
ment, in  which  fifteen  men  and  an  officer  were 
lost.  After  remaining  there  for  a  time  the 
regiment  went  to  Deep  Bottom,  Va.,  and  was 
in  a  sharp  contest  that  took  i^Iace  near  the 
James  River.  From  there  they  proceeded  to 
Petersburg,  Va.,  where  after  a  fierce  battle 
they  captured  Petersburg  Heights,  the  home 
of  Governor  Wise. 

They  then  retraced  their  steps  to  Deep 
Bottom,  and  advanced  to  Chapin's  Farm,  oppo- 


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site  Dutch  Gap,  where  they  remained  until 
into  the  winter,  for  which  they  had  prepared 
by  erecting  comfortable  log  houses,  but  were 
not  permitted  to  enjoy  them  for  long,  being 
again  ordered  to  Bermuda  Hundred,  and  thence 
by  steamer  to  Fort  Fisher,  near  Wilmington, 
N.C.,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Cape  Fear  River, 
where  they  landed  and  spent  all  one  daj'  in 
bombarding  the  fort,  being,  however,  unsuc- 
cessful in  their  undertaking.  They  then  went 
back  to  their  boat,  and  during  a  terrible  storm 
that  had  arisen  returned  by  the  route  that 
they  had  come  to  the  camp  at  Chapin's  Farm. 
During  their  absence  the  regiments  that  were 
left  in  camp  had  burned  their  houses  for  fire 
wood;  and  they  were  again  at  work  building 
new  ones  when  they  were  sent,  under  General 
Terry,  back  to  Fort  Fisher,  covering  the  same 
ground  and  landing  at  the  same  place  as  on 
their  former  expedition.  After  a  severe  bom- 
bardment preparations  were  made  for  storming 
the  fort ;  and  at  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon 
of  January  15,  1864,  a  charge  was  made  across 
a  half-mile  of  sand  that  lay  between,  and  at 
ten  o'clock  that  night  the  fort  was  in  the  pos- 
session of  the  Union  forces.  They  had  three 
lines  of  torpedoes  outside  of  the  fort  connected 
by  wires,  but  during  the  bombardment  the 
wires  were  cut.  The  morning  after  the  capt- 
ure a  terrible  mine  explosion  took  place,  and 
more  men  were  lost  than  on  the  preceding 
day.  After  remaining  there  a  few  weeks  the 
regiment,  under  General  Terry,  crossed  the 
river,  and  went  up  on  the  other  side  to  Fort 
Buchanan,  which  they  took,  going  from  there 
to   Wilmington,    where   they   again    met    with 


success,  although  the  city  was  strongly  forti- 
fied. This  victory  occurred  on  February  22, 
Washington's  birthday. 

From  Wilmington  they  started  for  Golds- 
boro,  but,  on  reaching  the  river,  found  that 
the  bridge  had  been  burned,  and  were  obliged 
to  construct  a  pontoon  bridge  before  they  were 
able  to  cross.  They  halted  a  number  of  days 
at  Faison's  Station;  and  on  their  arrival  at 
Cox's  Ferry  they  joined  General  Sherman, 
who,  with  his  division  of  the  army,  had  en- 
tered Goldsboro,  March  21,  and  together 
started  for  Raleigh.  The  news  of  Lee's  sur- 
render was  received  on  the  way;  and  this  was 
followed,  when  they  lay  outside  of  Raleigh, 
by  the  sad  tidings  of  the  assassination  of  Pres- 
ident Lincoln,  which  stirred  up  such  a  feeling 
of  indignation  and  wrath  that  threats  to  burn 
the  city  made  it  necessary  for  the  Brigadier- 
general  to  enter  the  city,  the  regiment  to  which 
Mr.  Gutterson  belonged  forming  a  part  of  his 
command.  They  were  encamped  in  the  State 
House  yard  for  several  days,  and  remained  as 
a  guard  to  the  city  until  the  close  of  the  war. 
Mr.  Gutterson  was  also  with  the  expedition 
that  went  from  Fortress  Monroe  to  White 
House  Landing,  and  on  the  re-enforcements  at 
the  battle  of  Cold  Harbor,  and,  when  Gen- 
eral Grant  changed  his  stand,  went  back  to 
Petersburg.  That  part  of  the  journey  made 
on  foot  was  attended  with  great  fatigue  and 
discomfort,  the  day  being  extremely  warm,  the 
roads  ground  to  a  fine  dust,  and  the  roadside 
strewn  with  dead  animals.  During  his  service 
Mr.  Gutterson  was  advanced  to  the  rank  of 
Orderly  Sergeant.     Although  after  Lee's  sur- 


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render  an  immediate  discharge  was  expected, 
his  regiment  was  kept  until  September  to 
guard  the  city;  and,  when  he  received  his  hon- 
orable discharge,  it  lacked  but  eight  days  of 
four  years  from  the  time  of  his  enlistment. 

During  the  summer  he  was  granted  a  fur- 
lough of  thirty  days  to  go  home.  When  the 
time  came  for  his  return,  he  started  by  water 
for  New  York  on  the  "v^dmiral  Du  Pont," 
which  left  the  dock  at  four  in  the  afternoon. 
At  four  o'clock  the  next  morning  he  heard  a 
crash,  and,  on  going  on  deck,  found  that  a 
large  merchantman  had  struck  and  cut  her 
down.  As  it  came  up,  Mr.  Gutterson  caught 
a  guy  rope  that  hung  from  the  square  yards 
and  swung  with  the  ship's  lantern,  and  had 
hardly  hold  of  it  when  he  was  pulled  in  by 
sailors.  As  soon  as  he  could  pick  himself  up 
and  look  around  he  saw  the  other  boat  sink, 
and  several  men  with  her.  The  merchantman 
was  bound  for  St.  John's,  but  on  the  following 
morning  it  ran  aground  on  the  sandy  Nan- 
tucket shoals  off  Smith's  Point.  After  re- 
maining there  for  some  time  they  went  ashore 
at  Ilyannis,  where  they  took  a  boat  for  the 
mainland,  and  went  to  the  headquarters  at 
Boston,  arriving  in  that  city  on  Saturday  after- 
noon, having  left  home  the  preceding  Monday. 
He  reported  each  day  for  transportation  to  the 
Provost  Marshal,  and  finally  went  to  the  Ad- 
jutant-general, who  at  once  prociiretl  trans- 
portation for  him  and  the  others  with  him  for 
New  York.  There  after  another  delay  of 
three  days  they  took  a  boat  to  Newbern, 
N.C.,  and  went  thence  by  rail  to  Raleigh,  ar- 
riving there  fifteen  days  behind  time,  and  find- 


ing their  names  dropped  from  the  roll  as 
drowned. 

On  receiving  his  discharge,  Mr.  Gutterson 
returned  to  his  home  in  New  Hampshire, 
where  he  remained  up  to  December,  1865, 
when  on  account  of  the  cold  climate  there  he 
came  to  Vineland.  P^or  fifteen  years  he  was 
employed  in  draying  and  in  a  lumber  yard, 
after  which  he  took  charge  of  a  machine  in  a 
mill  for  four  years.  The  confinement  within 
doors  affected  his  health,  so  that  he  gave  up 
this  position,  and  again  went  to  work  in  a 
lumber  yard,  where  he  remained  two  years. 
He  was  injured  in  a  great  fire  that  occurred 
about  that  time,  and  on  recovering  he  went 
into  the  ice  business.  In  1890  he  started  a 
milk  business;  and  he  is  now  the  oldest  dealer 
in  this  line  in  the  city,  has  a  large  route,  and 
keeps  two  teams. 

In  December,  1865,  Mr.  Gutterson  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Jennie  Kendall,  of  Milford,  N.H. 
Her  father,  Willard  Kendall,  a  native  of 
Hollis,  N.H.,  was  a  successful  farmer,  and 
was  also  profitably  engaged  in  the  milling 
business.  His  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Nancy  Peacock,  bore  him  nine  children.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Kendall  spent  the  last  years  of  their 
lives  in  Milford.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gutterson 
have  one  son,  Willard  M.,  a  letter  carrier. 
He  married  Miss  Mattie  Hutchinson,  and  had 
one  child  Madeline,  who  tlied  at  the  age  of 
six  months. 

For  six  years  Mr.  Gutterson  served  as  a 
member  of  the  Borough  Council,  and  he  has 
served  as  Chairman  of  the  Road  Committee. 
He  is  a  member  of  Lyon   Post,  No.  10,  Grand 


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Army  of  the  Republic,  of  which  he  was 
Quartermaster  for  eleven  years;  has  served  as 
Commander,  and  has  been  a  representative  to 
the  Grand  Encampment;  and  is  also  a  member 
of  Hobart  Lodge,  No.  1 22,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows.  On  coming  to  Vineland  Mr. 
Guttcrson  purchased  a  home  at  iio  South 
Sixth  Street,  where  he  has  lived  during  the 
thirty  years  of  his  residence  here. 


Tt^ICHARD  M.  MORE,  Secretary  of 
I  r\  the  More-Jonas  Glass  Company  of 
^— ^  Bridgeton,  was  born  May  6,  1858, 
in  Harmony,  Hopewell  township,  N.J.,  son 
of  Robert  More,  the  senior  member  of  the 
More,  Jonas  &  More  Company.  He  received 
a  good  practical  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  the  West  Jersey 
Academy.  He  was  first  employed  in  More's 
mill,  owned  by  his  father,  at  what  is  now 
called  Seeley,  in  Deerfield  township,  N.J. 
This  mill  he  subsequently  managed  for  three 
years ;  and  some  years  later,  as  President  of 
the  Edgewater  Milling  Company,  which 
bought  it,  he  became  part  owner.  It  is  the 
largest  mill  of  the  kind  outside  of  Camden  or 
Jersey  City,  is  supplied  with  the  best  roller 
process  facilities,  and  all  its  other  appoint- 
ments are  of  first-class  quality.  When  Mr. 
More  attained  his  majority  he  came  to  Bridge- 
ton,  N.J.,  where  for  two  years  he  managed  for 
the  city  an  express  business  in  connection 
with  the  West  Jersey  Railroad.  Afterward, 
selling  his  express  route,  he,  with  his  brother 
Robert    and    George    Jonas,     engaged     in    the 


manufacture  of  glass,  Mr.  Jonas  taking  an 
active  part  in  the  business  until  March,  1895. 
At  first  they  made  bottles  only,  and  were  very 
successful.  In  1882  they  built  a  new  factory, 
which  has  since  been  materially  enlargetl. 
In  1884  they  added  the  manufacture  of 
window  glass,  necessitating  the  erection  of 
another  building  and  furnace;  and  they  have 
since  added  another  bottle  furnace.  Their 
furnaces  are  very  large.  The  works  employ 
from  two  hundred  to  two  hundred  and  fifty 
men.  This  is  the  only  glass  manufactor}'  in 
the  United  States  that  can  boast  of  fourteen 
years  of  steady  work,  uninterrupted  by  strikes 
or  shut-downs.  The  place  is  closed,  like 
every  other  glass  factory,  diu-ing  the  two 
months'  summer  vacation,  which  is  enjoyed  by 
all  glass  workers.  Since  starting  in  business 
the  company  has  also  manufactured  all  the  pots 
in  which  their  sand  is  melted.  In  1S87  the 
company  was  incorporated  under  the  name  of 
the  More-Jonas  Glass  Company,  with  a  nom- 
inal capital  of  sixty  thousand  dollars. 

Mr.  More  is  also  the  Secretary  and  one  of 
the  three  stockholders  of  the  Crystal  Sand 
Company  and  the  West  Jersey  Sand  Company, 
separate  corporations,  which  in  five  years  have 
mined  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  tons  of 
sand  for  glass  melting.  They  own  the  largest 
sand  mines  in  South  Jersey,  including  the 
New  York,  New  Jersey,  and  Pennsylvania 
mines  at  Cedarville  and  South  Vineland,  N.J. 
Mr.  More  for  four  years  has  been  a  Director 
and  for  one  year  the  Vice-President  of  the 
¥..  S.  Burnham  Company  of  New  York  City. 
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beef  extract,  clam  bouillon,  and  are  the 
largest  makers  of  sea  foods  in  the  United 
States.  Its  actual  capital  is  three  hundred 
thousand  dollars.  Mr.  More  is  a  large  real 
estate  owner.  His  property  includes  the 
Bridgeton  Hotel  and  a  considerable  amount  of 
farm  land.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  and 
is  at  the  present  time  a  Director  of  the  Over- 
look Cemetery  Company,  which  in  i8go 
opened  a  new  cemetery  in  the  southern  part  of 
the  city.  This  cemetery  covers  sixty-seven 
acres.  A  large  part  of  it  has  been  laid  out 
and  improved  in  a  manner  that  indicates  it  is 
destined  to  be  one  of  the  handsomest  burial- 
places  in  the  southern  part  of  the  State. 

On  October  12,  1883,  Mr.  More  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Marian  Uhlinger,  daughter 
of  William  ?.  Uhlinger,  of  Philadelphia.  Mr. 
Uhlinger,  who  was  of  German  birth,  came  to 
this  country  when  he  was  twenty-two  years  of 
age.  In  time  he  became  one  of  the  prominent 
men  of  Philadelphia,  where  for  years  he  was 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  silk  and  ribbon 
looms.  He  moved  recently  to  San  Diego, 
Southern  California,  but  his  business  is  still 
carried  on  under  the  firm  name  of  Shawm  & 
Uhlinger.  Mr.  Shawm,  the  other  member 
(if  the  firm,  is  a  brother-in-law  of  Mr.  More. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  More  have  two  children  —  Will- 
iam P.  and  R.  Winfield.  Mr.  More  is  a 
Mason  of  I^rearly  Lodge,  Brearly  Chapter, 
Olivet  Commandery,  the  Mystic  Shrine  of 
Philadcl])hin,  and  of  the  Arch  Street  Temple 
Club  of  Philadelphia,  and  a  Knight  of  the 
Golden  Eagle.  A  Republican  in  belief  and 
practice,   he    is    not    an    aspirant    to    political 


honors.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Bridgeton. 
They  have  a  beautiful  home  at  212  Pearl 
Street,  which  Mr.  More  erected  some  five 
years  ago. 

(51  HEOPHILUS    G.    COMPTON,   of  Port 

q)\  Norris,  Justice  of  the  Peace,  Commis- 
sioner of  Deeds,  and  Notary  Public  of  Port 
Norris,  was  born  February  16,  18 19,  in  Down, 
now  Commercial  township,  this  county,  son  of 
David  and  Eliza  (Wells)  Compton.  His  father, 
a  native  of  the  same  township,  spent  his  life 
there  in  agricultural  pursuits.  David  Compton 
married  Miss  Wells,  of  Woodbury,  N.J.,  and 
subsequently  became  the  father  of  five  chil- 
dren, four  of  whom  lived  to  maturity.  Mr. 
Compton  belonged  to  no  church.  He  died  when 
Theophilus  was  eighteen  years  of  age.  The 
mother  passed  away  some  }'ears  previously. 

Theophilus  G.  Compton  attended  school  in 
his  native  town  and  in  Bridgeton.  P'or  some 
time  after  he  was  engaged  in  various  occupa- 
tions in  different  places,  including  an  experi- 
ence at  seafaring.  He  finally  settled  down  as 
a  painter,  and  came  to  Port  Norris  in  1877  or 
1878.  In  politics  Mr.  Compton  is  a  Republi- 
can. He  has  taken  an  active  part  in  local 
affairs,  and  has  served  in  all  the  township 
offices  from  the  lowest  to  the  highest.  For 
fourteen  years  he  served  as  Assessor,  for  one 
year  as  Collector ;  and  in  1862  he  was  elected 
Clerk  of  Cumberland  County,  which  office  he 
filled  throughout  the  trying  war  period,  when 
there  was  a  great  amount  of  business  to  be 
done.      In  1867  he  was  re-elected  for  another 


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five  years.  Mr.  Comptoii  cast  his  first  Presi- 
dential vote  for  William  Menry  Harrison  in 
1840,  and  since  that  time  has  never  missed 
a  general  election  and  but  one  township  elec- 
tion, giving  his  support  successively  to  the 
Whig  and  Republican  paities.  He  is  affili- 
ated with  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

On  March  28,  1838,  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Sarah  Avis,  daughter  of  Francis 
Avis.  They  have  had  ten  children,  nine  of 
whom  lived  to  maturity.  These  were :  Eliza, 
the  wife  of  Samuel  B.  Marts,  of  Baltimore; 
Laura,  who  married  James  McElwee,  of  Wood- 
bury, Gloucester  County;  Elmira,  who  is  the 
widow  of  Stephen  R.  Mayhew,  lately  of  Port 
Norris ;  Sarah,  the  wife  of  James  S.  Theo- 
bald; Theophilus,  Jr.,  who  married  Miss 
Emma  Burt,  and  resides  in  Port  Norris; 
James,  also  a  resident  of  Port  Norris,  who 
married  Miss  Marguerite  Garrison,  of  Port 
Norris;  Lorenzo,  now  a  resident  of  Salem, 
N.J.,  who  married  Miss  Hall,  of  Bridgeton ; 
Estelle,  who  is  a  resident  of  Riverton,  Bur- 
lington County;  and  a  son  who  died  in  Boston 
at  the  age  of  sixteen  years.  The  parents  were 
members  of  the  Methodist  Plpiscopal  church, 
and  were  actively  instrumental  in  helping  to 
build  the  new  church  edifice.  The  mother 
died  January  31,  1890.  Mr.  Compton,  of 
whom  a  portrait  is  presented,  is  a  man  of  su- 
perior intelligence,  whose  powers  of  adapta- 
tion have  enabled  him  to  fill  various  public 
offices  most  creditably.  He  well  deserves  the 
respect  and  confidence  which  his  fellow-towns- 
men have  cheerfully  accorded  him. 


'Sit OH N  DAVID  REUSTLl',  who  is  .suc- 
cessfully engaged  in  grape  culture  in 
Landis  township,  was  born  in  Wal- 
heim,  Wiirtemberg,  Germany,  May  11,  1S24, 
a  son  of  Michael  and  Katrina  (Hammar) 
Reustle.  His  father,  who  was  also  a  native  of 
Walheim,  was  a  vine  gardener,  and  followed 
that  occupation  upon  his  own  farm,  while 
residing  in  the  neighboring  village,  as  is  the 
custom  in  Germany.  He  and  his  wife  had 
seven  children,  namely :  Michael  and  Gott- 
lieb, deceased;  Christina,  also  deceased,  who 
married  Mr.  Shanliver,  of  Germany;  Jacob,  of 
whom  there  is  no  special  record ;  Katrina,  who 
is  now  Mrs.  Fritz  Knoll ;  John  David,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch;  and  Frederika,  who  is 
the  wife  of  Philip  Beck,  of  Vineland.  Both 
parents  are  now  deceased.  The  father's  relig- 
ious belief  was  that  of  the  German  Lutheran 
church. 

John  David  Reustle  passed  his  boyhood  and 
early  manhood  under  the  paternal  roof,  and 
enjoyed  the  advantages  of  a  good  education. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  linen  weaving,  which 
he  followed  in  the  winter  months.  He  heljied 
in  his  father's  vineyard  during  the  summer 
months.  In  1854  he  removed  to  Heilbronn, 
where  he  found  employment  for  eight  years  in 
the  office  of  an  oil  factory.  He  then  came  to 
this  countr)',  settling  at  Cooperstown,  N.  Y. 
After  a  stay  in  this  place  of  a  year  and  a  half, 
during  which  he  was  employed  in  quarrying, 
he  came  to  Vineland.  Here  he  purchased  a 
farm  of  ten  acres,  to  which  he  subsequently 
added  twenty  acres.  The  cultivation  of  this 
land  has  been  his  chief  occupation   since.      He 


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makes  a  specialty  of  grapes,  of  which  he 
raises  from  three  to  five  tons  yearly.  The 
wine  he  sells  in  all  the  leading  cities  of  New 
Jersey  and  Pennsylvania. 

Mr.  Reiustle  has  been  thrice  married.  His 
first  marriage  was  contracted  in  1849  with 
Miss  Regina  Dolte,  the  daughter  of  Michael 
Dolte,  of  Germany.  She  had  two  children, 
namely:  Fritz,  of  Cooperstown,  N.Y.  ;  and 
Louisa,  who  is  the  wife  of  Herbert  Boody, 
of  Vineland.  The  mother  having  died,  Mr. 
Reustle  was  married  in  1S57  to  Miss  Jo- 
hanna Re.xer,  w-ho  died  in  1864,  leaving  two 
children  —  Paul  and  Edward.  In  1867  he 
made  his  third  marriage  with  Miss  Caroline 
VValdman.  She  has  borne  him  five  children  — 
William,  Albert,  David,  Caroline,  and  Frank. 
Caroline  is  now  the  wife  of  William  Gute- 
kun.st,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.  In  politics  Mr. 
Reustle  votes  with  the  Democratic  party.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  German  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church,  which  he  served  from  1884  to 
1895  in  the  capacity  of  President  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees. 


(^AMES  HAND,  a  resident  of  Deerfield, 
where  he  successfully  conducts  a  saw 
and  grist  mill,  was  born  at  Seeley, 
N.J.,  on  July  16,  i860,  son  of  Abijah  S.  and 
Martha  (Simpson  Han)d. 

His  grandfather,  James  Hand,  came  here 
from  Gloucester  County,  and  conducted  a  saw 
and  grist  mill.  He  subsequently  removed  to 
l?ridgeton  and  established  a  hardware  business 
in  that  city  on  the  present  site  of  the  Bridge- 
ton  Bank.      In    1845  he  was  a  member  of  the 


Township  Committee,  and  at  different  times 
held  other  offices.  At  his  death  he  left  three 
sons  and  si.\  daughters,  one  child  having  died 
previously.  When  he  left  Deerfield  he  sold 
his  mill  property  to  Benjamin  Welch,  who  in 
turn  sold  it  to  Abijah  S.  Hand,  son  of  the 
former  owner.  Previous  to  this  Abijah  S. 
Hand  had  followed  the  wheelwright's  trade, 
having  been  in  business  for  himself  five  years 
in  Palmer,  one  year  in  Philadelphia,  and 
two  years  in  Bridgeton.  He  continued  his 
wheelwright  business  in  connection  with  the 
mill,  conducting  the  latter  for  eleven  years. 
His  wife,  Martha,  was  a  daughter  of  Henry 
.Simpson,  of  Philadelphia.  They  have  four 
children,  namely :  Amanda,  the  widow  of 
Robert  Morris,  of  Deerfield;  James;  Anna, 
the  wife  of  David  Davis,  of  Deerfield;  and 
Elizabeth,  who  resides  at  home. 

James  Hand  received  his  education  in  the 
schools  of  Elmer  and  in  the  Bank  Street 
School  of  Bridgeton.  He  accompanied  bis 
father  to  Deerfield,  and  found  employment  in 
the  mill.  In  1888,  having  learned  the  busi- 
ness, he  was  placed  in  charge ;  and  two  years 
later  he  purchased  the  property.  It  has  a 
never-failing  water  supidy  of  forty-horse- 
power, a  saw-mill  equipped  with  a  circular 
saw,  which  is  the  only  mill  of  this  description 
within  five  miles,  and  a  grist  and  feed  mill 
having  one  run  of  stone.  Mr.  Hand  enjoys 
a  good  local  trade.  On  March  10,  1891,  he 
was  joined  in  marriage  with  Miss  Susan  A. 
Davis,  of  Deerfield,  a  daughter  of  Joseph  L. 
Davis,  a  prosperous  farmer.  Her  father  is 
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Presbyterian  Church,  in  which  he  is  a  Trustee 
and  the  Sunday-school  superintendent.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Hand  have  two  children  —  Walter 
L.  and  Ethel. 

Mr.  Hand  is  a  Democrat  in  politics.  He 
was  elected  Precinct  Clerk  in  1890,  and  two 
years  later  was  aj^pointed  to  serve  the  unex- 
pired term  of  P.  Hires  on  the  Township  Com- 
mittee, being  elected  in  1893  for  a  full  term 
of  three  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Brotherhood  Union,  in  which  he  has  served 
as  Secretary  four  years.  He  and  his  wife  are 
church  communicants. 


lEV.  ALFRED  L.  VVINANS,  pastor 
of  the  First  Congregational  Church 
of  Millville,  was  born  in  Warren 
township,  Middlesex  County,  New  Jersey,  No- 
vember 20,  1S45.  Captain  Lewis  Winans, 
his  grandfather,  was  an  officer  in  the  early 
war.  He  died  in  Monroe  County,  where 
much  of  his  life  was  spent.  Grandfather 
Winans  was  of  English  birth,  and  he  married 
a  German  wife,  so  that  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  comes  from  two  strong  nationalities. 
Lewis  Winans,  Jr.,  son  of  Captain  Winans, 
was  born  in  Warren  township,  the  date  of  his 
birth  being  March  2,  1817.  He  married  Miss 
Susan  Harris,  who  was  born  in  1826,  and  died 
in  1S90.  Her  father,  John  Harris,  was  a 
farmer,  and  lived  in  Union  County.  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Lewis  Winans,  Jr.,  four  children 
were  born:  Alfred  L.,  of  whom  this  biog- 
raphy is  written;  James  H.,  a  soldier  in  Com- 
pany D,  Eleventh  Infantry,  New  Jersey  Vol- 


unteers, who  died  at  City  Point  Hospital; 
Sarah  E.,  who  is  the  wife  of  Edward  Shrop- 
shire, of  Millville;  and  Mary,  who  died  in  in- 
fancy. Both  parents  were  formerly  Baptists, 
but  afterward  became  Congregationalists. 

Alfred  L.  Winans,  after  obtaining  his  ele- 
mentary education,  was  enrolled  as  a  student 
at  New  Market  Academy,  taught  at  that  time 
by  Mr.  L.  C.  Rogers,  who  subsequently  be- 
came a  preacher  in  the  Seventh  Day  Baptist 
church.  Here,  very  possibly,  the  first  feeling 
of  the  desire  to  do  what  good  he  could  by 
ministering  to  the  spiritual  needs  of  the  hu- 
manity about  him  was  awakened.  He  left 
school,  however,  at  si.xteen  and  a  half  years  of 
age,  in  1862,  to  join  Company  D,  Eleventh 
New  Jersey  Volunteers,  and  was  mustered  in 
at  Trenton.  From  that  point  he  was  ordered 
with  his  company  to  Washington,  and  then  to 
Alexandria,  Va.,  where  he  was  on  guard  duty 
until  the  iith  of  December,  when  the  battle 
of  Fredericksburg  took  place,  in  which  he 
fought.  This  was  his  first  experience  of  the 
most  terrible  phase  of  war,  and  it  stamped  an 
indelible  impression  upon  his  boyish  mind. 
The  ne.xt  bloody  scene  at  Chancellorsville, 
where  exactly  half  of  the  six  hundred  men  who 
entered  in  his  regiment  were  left  dead  upon 
the  field,  only  made  more  intense  his  first  im- 
pression, and  must  have  been  a  fearful  ordeal 
for  a  lad  of  seventeen. 

Typhoid  fever  then  seized  upon  him  for  one 
of  its  many  victims,  and  he  was  sent  to  the 
Potomac  Creek  Hospital.  While  he  was  ill 
there  a  captain  secured  a  furlough  for  him, 
just  thirty  days  before  the   battle  of  Gettys- 


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burg.  As  soon  as  he  felt  himself  recovered 
he  reported  again  for  duty  at  Trenton  ;  but  the 
examining  board  saw  at  a  glance  that  young 
VVinans  was  utterly  unfit  to  return  to  the 
army,  and  ordered  him  home  for  twenty  days 
longer  to  rest.  Again  he  reported  at  the  ex- 
piration of  the  appointed  time,  and  was  sent 
to  the  United  States  General  Hospital  at 
Newark,  N.J.  From  the  latter  he  was  dis- 
charged with  a  certificate  of  disability  four  or 
five  months  later.  After  his  return  home  he 
began  to  farm  in  the  upper  part  of  the  State, 
and  during  the  time  he  was  thus  engaged  he 
married.  Coming  to  Cumberland  in  1S75,  he 
went  into  the  meat  and  grocery  business;  but 
his  health  failed  him,  and  he  sold  out  and  re- 
turned to  farming. 

In  the  earlier  part  of  his  life  Mr.  VVinans 
was  affiliated  with  the  Seventh  Day  Baptists, 
bringing  his  letter  of  membership  from  the 
eastern  part  of  the  State  to  Shiloh  church. 
When  he  moved  from  there  to  Fairton,  finding 
no  church  of  his  denomination,  he  joined  the 
Methodists,  and  became  a  prominent  and  ac- 
tive member,  filling  offices  in  both  church  and 
Sunday-school.  Upon  coming  to  Millville  he 
continued  his  Christian  labors,  and  as  class 
leader  and  exhorter  was  instrumental  in  keep- 
ing much  of  the  interest  of  the  congregation 
centred  upon  church  work.  In  1886  a  Sun- 
day-school was  established  within  the  city 
limits,  and  there  was  more  than  usual  interest 
aroused  in  the  community.  The  class  which 
had  been  organized  grew  from  six  to  sixty,  and 
this  was  the  direct  result  of  Mr.  VVinans's  spir- 
itual influence.    Recognizing  his  efficiency  and 


fitness  for  the  work,  he  was  licensed  as  an  ex- 
horter and  filled  the  position  of  local  preacher. 

In  1888  the  First  Congregational  Church  of 
Millville  was  organized,  and  there  was  a 
unanimous  call  for  Mr.  Winans  to  serve  as  its 
pastor.  In  March  of  the  ensuing  year  he  was 
ordained,  and  accepted  the  charge.  The  first 
services  were  held  in  the  Newcomb  school- 
house;  but  during  the  following  summer  a 
church  building  was  erected,  in  which  the 
congregation  now  worship.  An  unusual  suc- 
cess has  attended  Mr.  Winans's  pastorate,  and 
within  the  last  year  a  score  of  converts  have 
swelled  the  congregation.  For  eleven  years 
he  has  labored  as  Sunday-school  superintend- 
ent and  Bible  class  leader;  and  until  the  pres- 
ent year  he  has  had  charge  of  a  boys'  class, 
besides  his  regular  parish  duties.  Of  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Winans's  work  it  may  truly  be  said, 
"His  is  a  labor  of  love,"  since  at  every  annual 
meeting  of  the  congregation  he  presents  his 
parishioners  with  a  receipt  for  his  salary,  not 
one  dollar  of  which  he  has  ever  accepted. 
For  seventeen  months  he  had  charge  of  the 
Second  Congregational  Church,  during  which 
time  there  were  forty-five  conversions  under 
his  preaching  and  ministration.  The  Second 
Congregational  Church  afterward  became  the 
Fourth   Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

Mr.  Winans's  friends  do  not  claim  for  him 
any  deep  theological  lore,  but  appreciate  the 
deep  and  earnest  desire  of  his  life  to  make 
people  better  and  purer,  as  he  shows  he  wishes 
to  do  truly  by  accepting  no  remuneration  in 
return  for  his  ministry.  What  he  does  is  in 
God's  service,   hence    the  power  of  his  min- 


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istration.  He  has  private  resources  which 
enable  him  to  live,  one  of  which  is  a  trade  in 
fruit  and  vegetables.  He  has  wide  interests, 
and  is  in  touch  with  the  people  around  him  in 
many  ways.  He  was  a  special  agent  of  the 
Republic  Building  and  Loan  Association,  but 
resigned  that  position  in  March,   1896. 

Mr.  Winans's  first  wife,  Ellen  M.  Burnett, 
a  daughter  of  Captain  Thomas  Burnett,  of 
Bridgeton,  N.J.,  died  in  May,  1891,  leaving 
two  children,  namely:  Albert  S. ,  now  a 
travelling  man,  who  married  Miss  Mary  E. 
Dougherty,  daughter  of  Daniel  Dougherty, 
and  has  one  child,  Jennie;  and  Ida  V.,  now 
deceased,  who  was  the  wife  of  Samuel  Sny- 
der, of  Millville,  and  was  the  mother  of  one 
child,  Emma.  On  the  iSth  of  February, 
1892,  Mr.  Winans  formed  a  second  marriage 
with  Miss  Mary  E.  Jerrell.  There  have  been 
no  children  from  this  union.  The  Rev.  Al- 
fred Winans  has  lived  for  the  last  four  years 
at  4 19. Smith  Street.  His  boyish  war  recol- 
lections have  never  been  effaced,  and  are  fre- 
quently stirred  into  remembrance;  for  he  is  a 
member  of  Sharp  Post,  No.  2,  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic,  and  is  Chaplain  and  delegate  to 
the  State  encampment.  His  career  affords  an 
excellent  example  of  duty  done  for  the  love  of 
God  and  for  humanity,  which  is  always  com- 
pensative, needing  little  outside  of  itself. 


(GYOHN     BUCK     BOVVEN,    M.D.,    whose 

,-C^  I       portrait    is   herewith   presented,    was   a 

native  of  Bridgeton,  N.J.,  where  for  a 

number  of  years  he  was   successfully  engaged 


in  the  practice  of  his  profession,  his  death  at 
the  age  of  forty-nine  years  being  felt  as  a 
serious  loss  to  the  community.  He  was  born 
on  November  21,   1839. 

His  paternal  ancestors  were  American  for 
several  generations.  The  emigrant  progenitor 
of  the  family,  who  came  from  Swansea,  Wales, 
settled  in  Massachusetts,  and  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  town  of  Swansea,  in  that 
State.  Dr.  Bowen's  great-great-grandfather, 
Jonathan  Bowen,  removed  from  Massachusetts 
to  New  Jersey,  and  joined  the  Fenwick  colony 
of  Cumberland  County.  Jonathan's  son,  Jon- 
athan, Jr.,  was  the  father  of  Smith  I5owen, 
who,  by  his  marriage  with  Jane  Potter,  liad 
a  son.  Dr.  William  S. ,  who  was  the  father 
of   Dr.   John  Ikick  Bowen. 

William  S.  Bowen  was  born  in  Bridgeton, 
February  21,  1802.  Qualified  by  a  course  at 
Bridgeton  Academy,  he  entered  Nassau  Hall, 
Princeton  College,  from  which  he  graduated 
in  1822.  Having  selected  medicine  for  his 
profession,  he  began  the  necessary  studies 
with  Dr.  William  Elmer,  and  in  1.824  ''<^' 
ceived  his  diploma  from  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania.  He  was  resident  physician  of 
the  Pine  Street  Hospital  in  Philadelphia  for 
some  time;  but  he  subsequently  settled  in  his 
native  town,  where  he  continued  in  uninter- 
rupted practice  for  half  a  century.  He  ac- 
quired an  extended  reputation  as  a  successful 
practitioner.  He  was  especially  expert  in 
surgery,  while  his  progressive  ideas  and  ener- 
getic character  kept  him  always  alert  for  new 
truths  and  improved  methods,  and  conse- 
quently always  abreast  with  the  times.      Will- 


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iam  S.  Bovven,  M.D.,  was  a  member  of  the 
medical  societies  of  both  State  and  County. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  and  generally 
took  an  active  part  in  local  contests.  He 
served  a  term  as  Surrogate  of  the  county,  also 
was  Collector  of  the  Port  of  Bridgeton,  and 
was  Presidential  Elector  on  the  ticket  of  1856. 

John  Buck  Bowen,  having  obtained  his  pre- 
liminary education  at  the  Bridgeton  Academy, 
studied  medicine  with  his  father,  and  subse- 
quently entered  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  he  was  graduated  in  1861.  At 
first  he  joined  practice  with  his  father  in 
Bridgeton,  hut  later  accepted  a  position  in  the 
United  States  Army  Hospital  in  Philadelphia. 
Soon  after  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of 
Surgeon  of  the  Thirty-fourth  Regiment,  New 
Jersey  Volunteers,  and  assigned  to  duty  under 
General  Brayman.  He  was  subsequently 
transferred  to  the  staff  of  General  Prince, 
commanding  the  Sixteenth  Corps,  Army  of 
Tennessee.  After  serving  in  the  Civil  War 
for  two  and  a  half  years,  an  affection  of  the 
eyes  compelled  him  to  resign  his  commission. 
Having  done  so,  he  returned  to  Bridgeton, 
where  he  resumed  practice.  In  the  spring  of 
1888  he  went  to  .St.  Paul,  Minn.,  '\u  <|uest  of 
health.  Returning  to  Bridgeton  on  Decem- 
ber 1 1  of  the  same  year  he  died,  aged  forty- 
nine  years. 

By  his  union  in  marriage  with  Miss  Hannah 
P'lmcr,  which  took  place  May  i,  1S67,  Dr. 
Bowen  became  tlie  father  of  three  children  — 
Sydney  P'-lmer,  William  Cortland,  and  Martha 
Hawthorne.  He  was  a  member  of  the  West 
I'resbyterian  Church.      His  wife,  Mrs.  Hannah 


Elmer  Bowen,  since  his  death  has  transferred 
her  membership  to  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church.  Mrs.  Bowen  was  born  in  Bridgeton, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Ruth  Bowen  (Mc- 
Laen)  Elmer,  and  is  a  descendant  of  one  of 
the  older  families  of  the  State.  Her  great- 
grandfather was  Jonathan  Elmer,  M.D.,  a  phy- 
sician, who,  according  to  the  celebrated  Dr. 
Rush,  was  excelled  by  no  doctor  in  the  coun- 
try in  the  knowledge  of  medicine.  Dr. 
Elmer  was  a  native  of  Cedarville,  Cumberland 
County,  born  November  29,  1745.  Begin- 
ning his  medical  studies  in  1766,  he  gradu- 
ated in  1 77 1,  and  commenced  the  practice  of 
his  profession  in  Roadstown,  this  county,  but 
subsequently  established  himself  in  Bridge- 
ton.  In  1769  he  married  Mary  Seeley,  third 
daughter  of  Colonel  Ephraim  Seeley,  and  by 
the  marriage  became  the  father  of  five  chil- 
dren; namely,  I^lizabeth,  Sarah,  William  R., 
Jonathan,  and  William.  His  death  occurred 
on  September  3,  1817. 

William  Elmer,  M. D. ,  the  grandfather  of 
Mrs.  Bowen,  was  born  in  Bridgeton,  May  23, 
1788.  Having  chosen  his  father's  profession, 
he  received  his  diploma  at  Philadelphia  in 
181  I,  and  in  his  subsequent  practice  ac- 
quired the  reputation  of  being  the  most  suc- 
cessful physician  in  the  State.  In  his 
methods  he  happily  united  fearlessness  with 
the  necessary  amount  of  discretion,  and  seemed 
to  possess  an  intuitive  perception  of  the  true 
nature  and  source  of  the  ailments  treated  by 
him.  It  is  possible  that  in  clioosing  the  pro- 
fession he  was  more  influenced  by  the  ex- 
ample of  his  father  than  by  his  natural  tastes, 


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as  he  was  still  young  when  he  retired  from 
practice.  On  the  occasion  of  the  public  re- 
ception given  to  Lafayette  by  the  city  of 
Philadelphia  he  commanded  a  troop  of  cavalry 
that  attracted  general  admiration  on  account 
of  its  fine  appearance.  He  was  twice  mar- 
ried. His  first  marriage  was  contracted  with 
Nancy  B.  Potter,  daughter  of  Colonel  David 
Potter.  She  died  in  18 16,  leaving  three  chil- 
dren; namely,  Jonathan,  William,  and  David 
P.  His  second  wife,  whom  he  married  in 
i8ig,  was  Margaret  K.  Potter,  a  sister  of  his 
first  wife.  By  this  union  three  children  were 
added  to  the  number  of  his  offspring;  namely, 
Mary,  Nancy  P.,  and  Benjamin  F.  He  died 
May  6,   1836. 

Jonathan  Elmer,  Mrs.  Bowen"s  father,  who 
was  born  in  Bridgeton,  April  30,  1813,  after 
receiving  his  education  in  the  Bridgeton 
Academy,  engaged  in  farming  until  he  was 
twenty  years  old.  Thereafter  he  engaged  in 
milling  in  the  mill  situated  at  the  corner  of 
South-east  Avenue  and  East  Commerce  Street, 
which  he  subsequently  inherited  from  his 
father.  He  continued  in  this  business  until 
1850,  and  then  leased  the  mill  to  others  until 
1874,  when  the  mill  was  taken  by  his  son  Jon- 
athan, who  still  operates  it.  Some  time  after 
the  father  purchased  a  farm  located  on  the 
Millville  Road,  about  two  and  a  half  miles 
east  of  Bridgeton,  which  he  cultivated  for  the 
remainder  of  his  lifetime.  He  was  intimately 
identified  with  the  growth  of  the  city  in  other 
ways,  taking  a  share  in  most  enterprises  of  a 
public  character.  He  was  a  Director  of  the 
Cumberland    Mutual    Insurance    Company  for 


twenty  years;  of  the  Cumberland  National 
Bank  for  forty  years;  for  several  years  the 
President  of  the  Bridgeton  &  Millville  Turn- 
pike- Company;  and  a  heavy  stockholder,  a 
Director,  and  at  his  death  the  President  of 
the  Eastlake  woollen-mill.  He  served  the 
community  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Free- 
holders for  twenty-one  years  and  as  a  member 
of  the  Bridgeton  City  Council  for  nine  years. 
His  services  in  committee  when  the  water 
works  were  established  are  yet  remembered. 

On  March  4,  1835,  he  married  Miss  Ruth 
B.  McLaen,  daughter  of  Robert  McLaen,  of 
Roadstown.  Of  his  six  children  five  grew  to 
maturity.  These  were:  Robert  William,  now 
deceased,  who  became  a  physician ;  Charles 
Read;  Hannah  IMcLean;  Nancy  Potter:  and 
Jonathan.  Both  parents  were  members  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  for  many 
years  the  father  was  the  Treasurer,  being  at 
the  same  time  President  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees. Mr.  Elmer  was  esteemed  for  his  strict 
integrity  and  his  great  business  ability.  His 
strongest  trait  was  his  common  sense,  which 
made  him  keen  and  quick  at  detecting  all  sorts 
of  shams.  He  died  March  11,  1892,  having 
lived  to  the  good  old  age  of  seventy-nine 
years. 

T^ROFESSOR  HOMER  J.  WIGHT- 
MAN,  one  of  the  foremost  educators 
of  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  at  pres- 
ent the  superintendent  of  .schools  for  Landis 
township,  was  born  in  Morris,  Otsego  County, 
N.Y.,  March  29,  1867.  He  is  a  son  of  Sid- 
ney and  Lucretia  (Lewis)  Wightman,  both  na- 


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tives  of  New  Berlin,  Chenango  County,  N.  Y. 
Sidney  Wightmaii,  who  was  born  February  2, 
1834,  taught  school  for  twenty-four  years,  and 
then  retired  to  a  farm  in  Morris.  He  is  now 
living  in  South  New  Berlin.  His  wife,  who 
was  born  April  12,  1837,  is  a  daughter  of 
Clark  Lewis,  one  of  the  old  residents  of  New 
Berlin.  She  and  her  husband  are  members  of 
the  Baptist  church.  They  have  had  three 
children,  of  whom  but  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  attained  maturity. 

Professor  Homer  J.  Wightman  attended  the 
New  Berlin  union  school.  On  finishing  the 
course  of  study  there  he  received  the  State 
Regents'  diploma.  He  afterward  taught  for 
a  while  in  that  vicinity,  and  then  entered 
the  Cortland  Normal  School.  Here  he  com- 
pleted the  full  four  years'  course,  and  grad- 
uated in  1890.  In  the  mean  time,  with 
summer  work,  he  had  covered  the  ground  in- 
cluded in  a  three  years'  course  at  Cornell 
University,  paying  particular  attention  to 
mathematics  and  science,  in  order  to  qualify 
himself  fully  for  his  work  as  a  teacher.  Dur- 
ing the  two  years  following  his  graduation  he 
was  princii^al  of  the  consolidated  schools  at 
Lewes,  Del.  (the  union  and  high  schools), 
having  twelve  teachers  under  his  charge;  and 
in  the  fall  of  1893  he  assumed  the  duties  of 
liis  present  position.  His  district  has  the 
largest  school  po[nilation  in  the  county.  The 
Vincland  Iligli  Scliool  alone  cm])loys  fifteen 
teachers.  Professor  Wightman's  duties  in- 
clude those  of  principal  of  this  school,  which 
he  has  practically  reorganized  during  the  four 
years    he    has    been    in    Vineland,    gradually 


working  uj)  to  it,  and  adding  two  grades.  He 
has  added  to  the  course  of  study  chemistry, 
astronomy,  a  full  course  in  literature,  and  the 
higher  mathematics,  and  now  makes  a  specialty 
of  electricity  in  connection  with  chemical 
physics.  Connected  with  the  school  is  one  of 
the  finest  manual  training  departments  in  the 
State,  under  the  charge  of  two  competent 
teachers.  The  State  superintendent  now  con- 
siders the  high  school  one  of  the  model 
schools  of  New  Jersey.  Under  Professor 
Wightman's  supervision  the  attendance  has  in- 
creased by  four  hundred  and  eighty.  Many  of 
the  pupils  are  p.ay  students  from  outside  the 
township.  The  superintendent  is  required  to 
personally  supervise  the  schools  of  the  town- 
ship as  often  as  possible.  Professor  Wight- 
man  enters  into  the  work  with  heart  and  soul, 
aiming  to  bring  the  schools  under  his  charge  to 
the  highest  state  of  perfection.  He  refused 
the  position  of  superintendent  of  Cumberland 
County  offered  him  in  March,  1895,  preferring 
to  remain  where  he  is  and  complete  his  labors 
in  this  field.  His  work  as  an  educator  is  not 
confined  to  personal  teaching  and  direction 
alone,  but  is  also  carried  on  through  the  me- 
dium of  the  books  he  has  written.  In  1895  he 
published  an  extended  curriculum,  new  to  the 
schools  here,  and  sufficiently  complete  to 
admit  to  Cornell  and  other  universities.  It  is 
a  most  complete  work,  containing  many  valu- 
able suggestions,  and  lias  received  much  favor- 
able comment  from  high  authority.  It  is 
especially  valuable  in  suggesting  to  teachers 
methods  for  dealing  with  pupils,  making  them 
think,    developing    individuality,    and   putting 


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knowledge  to  practical  use.  He  has  also  put 
out  a  number  of  smaller  works  on  numbers, 
nature  study,  elementary  science,  and  other 
subjects,  tor  the  use  of  the  teachers  under  his 
charye.  The  Vincland  High  School  has  the 
Approved  High  School  Commission,  which 
admits  its  graduates  to  most  universities.  The 
Professor  is  a  member  of  the  National  Educa- 
tional Association.  He  is  also  connected 
with  the  State  Principals'  Association  of  New 
Jersey,  a  new  society,  of  which  he  is  a  charter 
member,  and  was  one  of  the  committee  that 
drafted  rules,  orders,  etc.  A  paper  read  by 
him  before  this  association  a't  Jersey  City  in 
March,  1895,  was  received  with  unanimous 
approval. 

On  April  12,  1SS9,  Professor  Wightman 
was  married  to  Miss  Isabel  H.  McWhorter, 
who  was  born  near  Ithaca,  N.Y.,  daughter  of 
David  McWhorter.  He  has  two  children  — 
Leha  Meta  and  Rolan,  aged  respectively  five 
and  two  years.  In  politics  Professor  Wight- 
man  is  a  Republican.  He  was  made  a  Mason 
two  years  ago,  joining  Vincland  Lodge,  of 
which  he  is  now  Junior  Deacon.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  P>piscopal  church. 


7TAHARLES  WHEATON  VINCENT 
(  V^     LEONARD     BI^RAULT     DE     ST. 

^^ ^  MAURICE,  attorney  and  coun- 
sel lor-at-law,  Vincland,  was  born  in  New 
York  City,  December  17,  1849,  son  of  Charles 
and  Mary  (Anderson)  Berault  de  St.  Maurice. 
The  family  originally  came  from  Normand)', 
and  belonged  to  the   French   nobility.      If  the 


monarchy  were  to  be  restored  in  France  to- 
day, Mr.  Berault  de  St.  Maurice  would  be  en- 
titled to  assume  the  rank  of  Count. 

Charles  Berault  de  St.  Maurice,  grandfather 
of  Attorney  Berault,  was  a  native  of  San 
Domingo,  where  he  lived  until  1792.  He  was 
then  obliged  to  flee  to  this  country  as  a  result 
of  the  insurrection  of  Toussaint  L'Ouverture, 
but  with  the  expectation  of  soon  returning  to 
his  plantation  after  the  quelling  of  the  rebell- 
ion. In  this  expectation  he  was  disappointed, 
as  the  rebellion  was  successful,  and  he  lost 
all  his  possessions  on  the  island.  However, 
he  brought  with  him  in  his  flight,  besides  his 
seals  and  jewelry,  the  sum  of  twenty  thousand 
dollars  in  money.  After  his  arrival  in  the 
States  the  seals  and  jewelry  were  stolen.  On 
June  25,  1796,  he  was  commissioned  Lieuten- 
ant in  a  cavalry  regiment  in  San  Domingo; 
and  on  the  26th  of  the  following  December 
he  was  promoted  to  a  captaincy  in  the  same 
command. 

His  wife,  Caroline,  was  a  daughter  of 
Pierre  Robert  Prosper  Desabaye.  The  his- 
tory of  her  family  begins  with  the  Revocation 
of  the  Edict  of  Nantes  in  1685,  when,  in 
consequence  thereof,  the  Huguenot  family 
D'Amberbos  emigrated  to  San  Domingo. 
Here  for  many  years  the  latter  people  had  for 
friends,  as  well  as  neighbors,  a  Catholic  fam- 
ily named  Dati.  The  intimacy  resulted  in  the 
marriage  of  Katherine,  the  only  daughter  of 
Monsieur  and  Madame  Dati,  with  young 
D'Amberbos.  Of  their  children  only  Kath- 
erine D'Amberbos  survived.  She  became  the 
heiress  of  both  the  estates  of  Dati  and  D'Am- 


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berbos.  When  she  was  nine  years  old  her 
parents  sent  her  to  be  educated  at  the  famous 
Convent  Les  Oiseaux.  She  subsequently  mar- 
ried Pierre  Robert  Prosper  Desabaye.  The 
young  couple  remained  in  Paris,  living  in 
grand  style  on  the  Rue  Victoria,  where  their 
four  children  were  born.  At  length  came  the 
rebellion  and  the  consequent  lessening  of  the 
income  of  the  San  Domingo  estates.  Poverty 
fell  upon  them  like  a  pall.  The  good  Made- 
moiselle Coppin,  a  friend  of  Mademoiselle 
d'Amberbos  before  her  marriage,  took  Mark, 
the  eldest  boy,  who  had  shown  a  pronounced 
taste  for  music,  and,  with  the  aid  of  Monsieur 
Flocon  as  tutor,  developed  in  him  so  much 
talent  that  at  the  age  of  fourteen  he  might 
be  called  a  prodigy.  Matters  becoming  worse 
in  San  Domingo,  Monsieur  Desabaye  and 
Mark  came  out,  hoping  to  save  something. 
In  1797  all  income  from  the  island  ceased, 
and  Madame  Desabaye,  with  her  children  — 
Gustave,  Caroline,  and  Heloise,  who  was  in 
after  years  the  celebrated  Madame  Chegaray, 
of  New  York  —  was  left  penniless  in  Paris. 
Complying  with  the  directions  of  her  hus- 
band, she  and  her  children  set  sail  for  New 
York.  On  their  arrival  Monsieur  Desabaye 
took  the  family  to  Springfield,  N.J.,  where  a 
house  was  placed  at  their  disposal  by  Mon- 
sieur Ciiencau.  After  a  short  time  they  re- 
mo\-ed  to  Hattle  Hill,  now  Madison,  N.J., 
where  they  were  obliged  to  live  on  the  bounty 
of  Van  Skalkwyck  Boisaubin,  once  a  member 
of  the  old  body  guard  of  Louis  XVI.  The 
family  subsequently  removed  to  New  Bruns- 
wick, N.J.,  where  Caroline  Desabaye  first  met 


Charles  Berault  de  St.  Maurice,  who  subse- 
quently became  her  husband.  Their  marriage 
resulted  in  the  birth  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Ameline,  Laura,  Charles,  St.  Maurice, 
Louise,  Arthur,  and  Pauline.  Ameline  be- 
came the  wife  of  Victor  Chaulet,  of  Paris, 
member  of  the  Chamber  of  Deputies;  Laura, 
the  wife  of  Felix  d'Hervilly,  of  Philadelphia; 
Louise,  the  wife  of  Victor  Prevost,  of  New 
York  City;  and  Pauline,  the  wife  of  Domingo 
de  Ruiz,  of  Cuba. 

Charles  Berault  de  St.  Maurice,  Jr.,  the 
father  of  Attorney  St.  Alaurice,  was  born  in 
New  York  City.  He  received  his  earlier  ed- 
ucation in  the  schools  of  New  York  and  at 
Mount  Airy  Catholic  College,  where  at  the 
age  of  twelve  he  translated  all  of  Virgil  and 
Cicero.  He  learned  the  printer's  trade,  al- 
though under  no  necessity  to  follow  it,  as  he 
had  considerable  property  by  inheritance. 
He  also  made  music  and  the  languages  special 
subjects  of  study.  For  years  he  was  Professor 
of  French  in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  resigned  his  position  to  accept  the  pro- 
fessorship of  French  and  belles-lettres  in 
Chegaray  Institute  of  Philadelphia,  which  had 
been  established  by  his  aunt  and  godmother, 
Madame  Heloise  Desabaye  Chegaray,  which 
position  he  held  until  compelled  by  failing 
health  to  resign.  Thereafter  he  lived  in  re- 
tirement, and  died  October  12,  1884.  Before 
undertaking  the  professorship  mentioned  he 
served  for  a  short  time  in  the  United  States 
Cavalry,  under  Major  Ringold  at  Fort  Worth, 
Tex.  He  also  wrote  an  excellent  translation 
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It  was  his  custom  to  spend  his  vacations  in 
Paris.  He  married  Miss  Mary  Anderson, 
daughter  of  William  Anderson,  and  became 
the  father  of  one  child,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch. 

Charles  Wheaton  Vincent  Leonard  Berault 
de  St.  Maurice,  who  had  been  cared  for  by  his 
parents  until  he  was  nine  years  of  age,  was 
then  given  into  the  charge  of  his  aunt, 
Madame  Ameline  Chaulet,  residing  at  I'ater- 
son,  X.J.  Having  received  his  elementary 
education  in  Paterson's  public  schools,  he  was 
sent  to  St.  Mary's  Jesuit  College  in  Montreal, 
Canada.  After  a  year  spent  there  it  was 
found  that  his  health  suffered  from  the  rigors 
of  the  climate.  As  a  consequence  he  was 
recalled  to  New  Jersey,  and  entered  as  a  stu- 
dent at  Seton  Hall  College,  South  Orange. 
He  remained  two  years  at  this  institution,  and 
then  took  a  three  years"  course  at  the  Military 
Academy  in  Chester,  Pa.  His  health  again 
failing,  he  spent  the  following  winter  in 
Cuba.  In  1S69,  shortly  after  his  return  from 
Cuba,  he  entered  into  a  copartnership  with 
Francis  Roome,  of  Boonton,  Morris  County, 
to  carry  on  a  hardware  business  in  that  town, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Roome  &  Berault. 
The  arrangement  lastetl  until  1872,  when  Mr. 
St.  ^laurice  sold  his  interest  to  his  partner. 
He  then  bought  a  large  farm  in  Montville, 
Morris  County,  and  engaged  in  raising  upon  it 
a  considerable  number  of  blooded  horses  and 
cattle.  Meeting  in  this  enterprise  more  diffi- 
culties than  he  had  anticipated,  he  abandoned 
it  after  two  years,  and  returned  with  his  fam- 
ily  and    his   aunt   to    Paterson.      In    1875    he 


came  to  Vineland  and  bought  a  fruit  farm, 
which  he  cultivated  for  eighteen  months  and 
then  sold. 

His  chief  object  in  coming  to  Vineland  was 
to  read  law  with  the  Hon.  William  A.  House. 
This  he  began  in  the  following  October,  and 
in  1879  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  Immedi- 
ately after  his  admission  to  the  courts  he 
opened  an  office  in  Vineland,  and  energetically 
entered  upon  his  profession.  A  few  years 
later  he  was  admitted  as  counsellor.  Mr. 
Berault  de  St.  Maurice  has  since  become  one 
of  the  most  successful  lawyers  in  the  State. 
In  his  practice  he  has  given  special  attention 
to  criminal  law.  As  counsel  for  the  defendant 
in  the  Kno.\  murder  trial,  held  in  1889,  he 
saved  his  client  from  the  gallows,  although  it 
was  the  general  belief  that  the  accused  could 
not  escape  the  extreme  penalty.  The  most 
renowned  of  his  later  successes  was  his  de- 
fence in  1894  of  Lewis  Fiehl,  charged  with 
murder  in  the  first  degree  for  killing  Chris- 
tian Zaiss,  and  who  was  found  guilty  of  murder 
in  the  second  degree.  On  March  26,  1880, 
Mr.  Berault  de  St.  Maurice  was  appointed 
Master  in  Chancery;  and  on  June  5,  1S95, 
he  was  designated  Supreme  Court  Commis- 
sioner. Outside  his  law  business  he  is  also 
interested  in  the  Kaolin  and  Mineral  Com[)any 
of  Decatur,  Ala.,  being  a  Director  as  well  as 
a  shareholder. 

In  1870,  August  9,  he  was  married  to  Sarah 
P.  Colfa.x,  daughter  of  Richard  Colfax,  of 
Passaic  County,  cousin  of  the  late  Vice-Presi- 
dent Schuyler  Colfax.  By  this  union  he  be- 
came the  father  of  seven  children,   of  whom 


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six  arc  living.  The  deceased  child  was 
Leonor,  who  died  in  infancy.  The  others 
are:  Charles  Colfax,  Arthur  G.,  Ameline 
Marie  Josephine,  Charlotte  PVances,  Wheaton, 
Jr.,  and  Dolores.  Besides  their  town  resi- 
dence, the  family  have  a  beautiful  country 
seat,  comprising  a  farm,  with  an  elegant  dwell- 
ing and  out-buildings,  purchased  by  the 
father  in  1891.  Mr.  Berault  de  St.  Maurice 
has  been  always  an  active  Republican,  but  is 
not  an  aspirant  to  political  honors. 


(^OlIN  ROCKWELL  ELTON,  for  many 
years  a  prominent  druggist  of  Vineland, 
N.J.,  where  he  is  now  living  in  retire- 
ment, was  born  in  Delhi,  Delaware  County, 
N.  Y. ,  September  4,  181 8,  son  of  Irenos  and 
Amea  (Rockwell)  Elton. 

Irenos  Elton  came  from  Connecticut,  where 
his  birth  occurred  in  the  town  of  Canaan  on 
August  12,  1797.  He  received  his  education 
in  the  district  schools  of  Canaan,  and  then 
went  to  work  in  a  woollen-mill,  where  he 
gained  a  practical  knowledge  of  the  woollen- 
manufacturing  business,  working  his  way  u]) 
to  the  position  of  foreman.  About  1816,  in 
company  with  his  brother  Goodrich,  he  pur- 
chased a  woollen-mill,  which  they  carried  on 
under  the  firm  name  of  I'LIton  ]-irothers,  and 
had  built  up  a  thriving  business  when,  in 
1830,  the  title  to  their  property  was  dis- 
covered to  be  defective  and  they  lost  all. 
After  that  he  worked  for  a  time  in  a  mill. 
Finally  learning  the  trade  of  a  tailor,  he  es- 
tablished   himself    in    that    line    of    business. 


which  he  carried  on  with  profit  for  about 
twenty  years.  In  1875  he  came  to  Vineland 
and  lived  here  in  retirement  until  his  death 
on  October  24,  1893.  While  a  resident  of 
Connecticut,  he  served  as  Treasurer  of  the 
town  of  Canaan,  and  filled  a  number  of  other 
township  offices  with  credit.  His  marriage 
with  Miss  Amea  Rockwell,  a  daughter  of  John 
Rockwell,  of  Canaan,  took  place  in  1817. 
Two  sons  were  born  of  their  union;  namely, 
Goodrich  and  John  Rockwell.  Goodrich 
Elton  married  Miss  Elmira  Rood,  and  died 
February  19,  i860,  leaving  one  child  —  Lizzie, 
who  has  since  made  her  home  with  her  uncle. 
When  John  Rockwell  Elton  was  about  a  year 
old  his  parents  moved  from  Delhi,  N. Y.,  back 
to  their  former  home  at  Canaan,  Conn.,  where 
from  the  time  he  was  old  enough  to  be  a 
pupil  he  attended  the  district  schools  until 
fourteen  years  of  age.  He  then  entered 
Amenia  Seminary,  of  Amenia,  N.  Y.  After 
completing  his  seminary  course,  he  spent  his 
winters  in  teaching,  and  during  the  summers 
he  read  medicine,  first  with  Dr.  -Smith,  of 
Sheffield,  Mass.,  and  afterward  with  Dr. 
Aiken,  of  Norfolk,  Conn.,  his  object  being  to 
better  qualify  himself  for  the  drug  business, 
to  which  he  had  decided  to  devote  his  life. 
About  1845,  in  company  with  Hawley  Dun- 
ning, under  the  firm  name  of  I-^lton  &  Dun- 
ning, he  opened  a  store  in  Canaan,  keejiing 
drugs  and  a  line  of  general  merchandise. 
They  continued  in  business  for  about  four 
years,  after  which  Mr.  Elton  was  employed 
for  a  short  time  as  buyer  for  a  manufacturing 
com])any  in    Canaan.      In     1865     he    came    to 


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Vineland  and  opened  the  first  drug  store  ever 
established  in  this  town.  The  first  three 
years  he  earried  a  stock  of  books  in  addition 
to  his  drugs,  but  at  the  end  of  that  time  he 
sold  the  book  department  and  it  was  moved 
to  a  store  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  street. 
He  continued  the  drug  business  very  success- 
fully until  1S84,  when  he  sold  out  to  Gifford 
Brothers  and  withdrew  from  the  cares  and  re- 
sponsibilities of  an  active  business  life.  In 
1880  he  came  into  possession  of  a  fruit  farm 
that  he  rented  till  recently,  and  that  he  now 
lets  on  shares. 

On  January  2,  1838,  Mr.  Elton  was  joined 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Mary  E.  Pierce,  a 
daughter  of  William  Pierce,  of  Canaan.  Of 
their  two  children  but  one  lived  to  maturity; 
namely,  Laura,  the  wife  of  VV.  Turner  Virgil. 
Mrs.  Elton  departed  this  life  on  October  16, 
I  888. 

Mr.  Elton  is  an  influential  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  in  which  he  has  held 
the  office  of  Treasurer  for  many  years,  and  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 


RANK  M.  RILI:Y,  Cashier  of  the 
Cumberland  National  Bank  of  Bridge- 
ton,  N.J.,  was  born  in  the  town  in  which  he 
now  resides,  October  13,  1842.  His  great- 
grandfather, Mark  Riley,  who  was  a  resident 
of  Cumberland  County,  New  Jersey,  was  a  de- 
scendant of  ancestors  whose  home  was  in 
the  north  of  Ireland.  He  left  a  family  of 
eight  children  — Daniel,  James,  Mark,  Day- 
ton,  I'Lphraim,  Nary,  Elizabeth,  and  Rachel. 


Daniel,  the  first-born,  was  the  next  in  the 
line  now  being  considered.  He  married  Pris- 
cilla  Thompson,  a  sister  of  Samuel  Thomp- 
son, Esq.,  of  Bridgeton,  then  living  on  the 
road  to  Beaver  Dam^  in  which  locality  the 
Thompsons  were  among  the  early  settlers. 

To  Daniel  and  Priscilla  (Thompson)  Riley 
nine  children  were  born,  briefly  mentioned  as 
follows:  Daniel,  named  for  his  father,  who 
afterward  moved  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where 
he  left  a  family;  Elijah  D. ,  who  married  in 
Deerfield,  and  was  for  many  years  a  Deacon 
of  the  Deerfield  Street  Presbyterian  Church; 
James  Madison;  Mark,  who  was  engaged  in 
the  boot  and  shoe  business;  Samuel,  who  died 
in  his  youth;  Philip,  who  moved  to  Middle- 
town,  Del.;  Mary,  Mrs.  Miner,  the  mother  of 
Joseph  S.  Miner,  of  Bridgeton;  Priscilla,  who 
became  the  wife  of  Curtis  Edwards,  of  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio;  and  Patience,  who  married  a  Mr. 
Parvin,  of  Cincinnati,  and  was  the  mother  of 
two  children,  both  of  whom  died  in  infancy. 

James  Madison  Riley,  father  of  Frank  M. 
Riley,  was  born  January  3,  1803,  and  grew  up 
in  his  native  town.  He  was  at  different  times 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  boots  and 
shoes,  owning  one  of  the  earliest  tanneries  in 
this  part  of  New  Jersey.  He  married  Ruth 
Coombs,  of  Bridgeton,  who  was  born  May  26, 
1806.  This  lady  was  the  daughter  of  Jesse 
Coombs,  born  March  11,  1781,  who  was  at 
one  time  a  farmer  of  Hopewell,  but  who  after- 
ward moved  beyond  Millville,  where  he  died 
October  22,  1846.  His  wife,  Mary  H.,  was 
born  October  8,  1782,  and  died  February  6, 
1863.      Mr.    and    Mrs.   James    M.    Riley  were 


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the  parents  of  eight  children,  Frank  M.  being 
the  seventh  in  order  of  birth.  The  following 
is  a  brief  record  of  his  brothers  and  sisters: 
Joseph,  born  March  30,  182S,  died  July  24, 
1828;  Harriet,  born  August  31,  1S29,  died 
April  4,  185S;  Daniel,  born  November  30, 
I  S3 1,  was  drowned  in  the  raceway,  July  31, 
1846;  Mary  Jane,  born  January  i,  1834,  is 
now  the  wife  of  Enoch  Hawthorne;  Elizabeth, 
born  January  2,  1836,  died  September  28, 
1841;  James  Madison,  born  October  7,  1839, 
was  drowned  in  the  Cohansey  River,  July  26, 
1845;  and  James  Wilber,  who  was  born  May 
4,  1846,  and  died  January  i /,  1S77,  was  a 
photographer  of  the  city,  and  was  popular  and 
successful  in  his  line  of  work. 

Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Madison  Riley 
were  in  the  communion  of  Trinity  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  in  this  city,  of  which  the 
former  was  one  of  the  original  organizers  and 
a  member  of  its  Official  Board.  Not  only  was 
he  active  in  promoting  the  erection  of  the 
house  of  worshi]),  but  he  also  was  a  powerful 
factor  in  the  sinritual  growth  and  develop- 
ment of  the  church,  serving  for  years  as  a 
class  leader,  lending  the  influence  of  a  pure 
life,  whose  faith  was  exemplified  by  the  high- 
est standard  of  moral  conduct,  and  whose  wor- 
ship was  not  "lip  service,"  but  the  service  of 
daily  endeavor.  The  sin  of  ilrunkenness  was 
particularly  ahhoi'rent  to  tliis  good  man,  and 
he  always  did  all  in  his  power  to  i)Ut  down  the 
vice  that  most  frequently  brings  degradation 
on  innocent  victims.  The  Order  of  the  Sons 
of  Temperance  appealed  to  him  at  once,  and 
he  became  a  zealous  member  of  that  body,  be- 


lieving that  the  movement  would  be  in  some 
degree  successful  in  the  accomplishment  of  its 
object.  Among  the  clergy  of  the  church  he 
was  well  known  and  beloved,  his  home  being 
a  headquarters  for  the  presiding  elder,  the 
ministers,  deacons,  and  out-of-town  members 
of  the  congregation.  This  gotlly  and  right- 
eous man  died  March  9,  1872,  leaving  an 
honored  and  revered  name  to  those  who  should 
bear  it  after  him,  and  a  worthy  example  of  life 
and  effort  to  the  world.  His  wife,  who  was 
in  truth  his  helpmate,  died  May  5,   1882. 

I'rank  M.  Riley,  after  attending  the  city 
schools  in  his  boyhood,  spent  three  years  of 
study  at  the  West  Jersey  Academy.  He  then 
taught  school  until  the  time  of  his  enlistment, 
under  the  stars  and  stripes,  in  Company  K, 
Twelfth  New  Jersey  Volunteer  Infantry.  The 
soldiers  of  this  company,  which  enlisted  at 
Woodbury,  N.J.,  did  so  in  response  to  the  call 
for  three  hundred  thousand  volunteers  to  serve 
for  three  years,  or  as  long  as  the  war  should 
last,  and  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
the  act  of  Congress  of  1861.  This  regiment 
was  one  of  five  from  New  Jersey  which  re- 
sponded to  the  call  for  troops,  and  was  fully 
organized,  officered,  and  equipped,  September 
4,  1862,  nine  hundred  and  ninety-two  men 
strong.  Having  been  mustered  into  the  United 
States  service  for  a  term  of  three  years  at 
Camp  -Stockton,  near  Woodbury,  N.J.,  Com- 
l)any  K  set  forth  on  -Sunday,  September  9, 
1862,  Mr.  blank  M.  Riley  having  been  elected 
to  the  rank  of  Sergeant  by  his  company  on  the 
22d  of  August  of  the  same  year. 

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tember  9,  they  were  sent  on  the  Baltimore  & 
Ohio  Railroad  to  I'lllicott  Mills,  where  they 
encamped  for  about  three  months.  In  De- 
cember orders  were  received  to  join  the  Army 
of  the  Potomac,  which  was  lying  before  Fred- 
ericksburg". The  New  Jersey  troops  immedi- 
ately marched  to  Liverpool  Point  from  Wash- 
ington, and  were  transported  across  the  river 
to  Aqua  Creek;  but  they  were  just  a  trifle  late 
to  engage  in  the  memorable  fight,  transporta- 
tion from  Washington  by  steamer  having  been 
unobtainable,  and  the  four  days'  march  too 
much  to  accomplish  with  sufficient  rapidity. 
They  were  encamped  near  Falmouth  and  Fred- 
ericksburg for  a  considerable  part  of  the 
winter,  remaining  there  until  called  upon  to 
assist  a  movement  of  General  Burnside,  which 
failed  in  its  object,  however,  because  of  vio- 
lent storms  that  made  the  roads  impassable. 
The  first  decisive  battle  in  which  Mr.  Riley 
was  a  participant  was  at  Chanccllorsville,  on 
the  fateful  morning  of  May  3,  1863.  It  was 
here  that  the  right  line  of  the  Federal  troops 
was  turned  by  Jackson's  men,  and  one  hun- 
dred and  seventy-eight  dauntless  men  were 
swept  by  shot  and  ball  to  their  death.  Ser- 
geant Riley  had  his  overcoat  closely  rolled 
and  fastened  to  his  back,  to  which  his  drink- 
ing-cup  was  secured.  A  passing  shell  tore 
the  coat  from  him,  and  the  cup  was  pierced  by 
balls  that  proved  their  owner  had  been  in  the 
thickest  of  the  fray.  The  Gettysburg  cam- 
paign ne.xt  engaged  the  energies  of  the  oppos- 
ing forces;  and  the  Twelfth  New  Jersey  took 
part  in  the  charge  made  on  the  Bliss  barn,  the 
morning  of   July   3,    and  also    in    the   defence 


against  Pickett's  charge  made  on  the  after- 
noon of  the  same  day.  During  the  last-men- 
tioned. Lieutenant  Riley's  men  had  to  stand 
fire  from  the  enemy's  shelling  for  some  two 
hours,  the  shells  striking  at  and  amongst 
them,  so  near  that  several  men  were  wounded 
and  others  covered  with  dirt.  Lying  behind 
a  stone  wall,  the  Bridgeton  officer  and  his 
men  waited  until  attacked,  and  then  repulsed 
the  enemy.  The  Twelfth  Regiment  was  first 
attached  to  the  Second  Brigade,  Third  Di- 
vision, Second  Army  Corps,  and  subsequently 
to  the  Third  Brigade,  Second  Division,  Second 
Army  Corps.  From  Gettysburg  they  followed 
Lee  through  Maryland  and  Virginia,  and 
camped  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  Blue  Ridge 
Mountains  on  the  Rappahannock,  to  recuper- 
ate from  the  active  service  of  the  previous 
campaign. 

Here  they  remained  until  they  were  ordered 
to  advance  to  Rapidan,  where  they  lay  until 
Lee  attempted  a  flank  movement,  which  made 
it  necessary  for  them  to  fall  back  and  cross 
the  Rappahannock  River.  At  the  ne.xt  en- 
gagements of  Auburn  Mills  and  Bristoe 
Station  they  had  to  fall  back,  and  in  order  to 
take  part  in  the  fight  were  compelled  to  come 
up  double  quick  a  mile  and  a  half.  They 
held  their  position  till  9  p.m.,  when  they 
withdrew,  crossing  Bull  Run  at  Blackburn's 
Ford. 

During  this  time  Mr.  Riley  had  been  acting 
as  Orderly  Sergeant,  but  while  at  Morton's 
Ford  he  was  promoted  Sergeant  Major  of  the 
regiment.  He  was  afterward  mustered  in  as 
First  Lieutenant  of  Company  G,  and   just   be- 


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fore  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  May  6, 
1864,  he  was  jilaced  in  command  of  Company 
K.  It  was  during  this  fierce  engagement  that 
he  received  a  severe  wound  from  a  ball, 
which  entered  just  beneath  the  right  eye  and 
lodged  in  the  head.  He  was  taken  to  the  field 
hospital;  but,  all  efforts  to  extract  the  ball 
being  frustrated  by  profuse  bleeding  from  the 
head,  the  surgeons  desisted  from  their  efforts. 
Nature  came  to  the  rescue,  however;  and  the 
following  day  the  bullet  dropped  into  his 
throat  from  his  head,  and  was  coughed  up. 
The  bit  of  lead  still  remains  in  the  possession 
of  its  barely  missed  victim. 

A  leave  of  absence  was  now  a  necessity,  but 
after  recuperating  from  his  wound  Captain 
Riley  again  reported  for  duty.  At  Washing- 
ton he  was  placed  in  command  of  one  hundred 
men,  and  moved  out  to  the  fortifications  of 
the  city,  going  out  by  Seventh  Street  in  the 
dusk  of  evening.  Me  took  part  in  the  rejiulse 
of  General  Early,  and  was  again  taken  with  a 
bleeding  from  the  head,  and  advised  by  the 
surgeons  to  refrain  from  joining  at  present  his 
regiment  at  the  front.  After  a  few  days' 
rest  he  returned,  however,  and  was  subse- 
([uently  in  various  battles,  lieing  jiresent  at 
the  mine  explosion  of  July  30,  1864,  and  at 
Ream's  Station,  August  25,  1864,  where  he 
was  taken  prisoner.  From  Libby  Prison  he 
succeeded  in  sending  a  letter  home  by  Lieu- 
tenant Ostrander,  who,  having  lost  a  leg,  and 
being  therefore  non-combatant,  was  released. 
The  letter  was  concealed  in  the  hollow  of  his 
brass  button,  and  after  many  days  reached  its 
destination.       Captain    Riley   remained    there 


until  about  the  ist  of  November,  when  he  was 
paroled,  and  returned  home  in  time  to  cast 
his  first  vote  for  the  re-election  of  Lincoln. 
Captain  Riley  was  an  active  participant  in  all 
of  the  last  engagements  of  the  Civil  War,  at 
the  fall  of  Richmond  and  surrender  of  Lee, 
following  General  Lee  to  High  Bridge,  Farm- 
ville,  where  he  was  ordered  out  to  fill  a  gap, 
and  was  exposed  to  continuous  firing  from  the 
enemy.  Winding  up  his  varied  experience  at 
Appomattox  Court-house,  the  distinguished 
gallantry  of  this  brave  officer  received  due 
recognition;  and  shortly  after  the  battle  of 
High  Bridge  he  was  appointed  Assistant 
Adjutant-general  of  the  Third  Brigade, 
Second  Division,  Second  Army  Corps,  which 
honorable  office  he  held  until  his  final  dis- 
charge, June  4,  1865.  His  regiment  partici- 
l)ated  in  fifty  battles  and  skirmishes.  Of  his 
men  one  hundred  seventy-seven  were  killed  in 
battle,  four  hundred  ten  were  wounded,  and  one 
hundred  one  died  from  sickness  and  exposure. 
A  position  in  the  Cumberland  National 
Bank  was  offered  him  before  reaching  home 
from  the  army,  and  from  the  acceptance  of 
that  office  he  has  steadily  risen  to  his  jiresent 
important  and  intluential  position  as  Cashier 
and  Director.  The  Cumberland  National 
Bank  is  the  oldest  and  strongest  monetary  in- 
stitution in  this  part  of  the  State,  having  been 
established  in  18 16,  and  having  a  capital  of 
one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dnllars,  and 
surplus  and  undivided  profits  of  three  hundred 
thousand  dollars.  Its  deposits  amount  to 
eight  hundred  thousand  dollars,  while  the  last 
public  sale  of    stock    brought   three   hundred 


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and  seventy-two  dollars  per  share  on  a  par 
value  of  one  hundred  dollars. 

On  October  27,  1869,  he  married  Miss  Re- 
becca Evans,  of  Woodbury,  N.  J.,  a  daughter  of 
Samuel  Evans,  formerly  of  Atlantic  County. 
This  marriage  has  been  blessed  by  the  birth 
of  three  children  —  Frank  E.,  who  is  a  grad- 
uate of  the  West  Jersey  Academy,  and  is  now 
a  clerk  in  the  bank  of  which  his  father  is 
Cashier;  Emma  G. ;  and  Bessie  E.  Captain 
Riley  and  his  family  reside  in  a  handsome 
residence  on  West  Commerce  Street,  into 
which    they    moved    in    the    spring    of    1887. 

In  political  afifiliation  this  patriotic  citizen 
is  an  enthusiastic  Republican.  He  has  held 
the  ofifice  of  City  Treasurer  from  his  first  elec- 
tion in  1877  up  to  that  of  1895,  a  period  of 
eighteen  years.  He  is  a  member  of  }5rearly 
Lodge,  No.  2,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  of  Robe- 
son Post,  No.  42,  Grand  Army  of  the  Repidi- 
lic,  having  joined  the  former  in  1863,  and 
being  a  charter  member  of  the  latter,  of  which 
he  was  Quartermaster  for  a  long  period.  He 
also  belongs  to  the  State  Council  of  Adminis- 
tration of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 
As  a  soldier,  a  man  of  business,  and  a  public 
official,  his  record  stands  fair  and  unblem- 
ished; while  in  the  closer  relations  of  life  he 
has  fulfilled  the  poet's  assertion  that  the 
"bravest  are  the  tenderest." 


APTAIN    NEIL   JOHNSON,  who  was 
I         for  a  number  of  years  extensively  en- 

•^ ^  gaged    in    the    oyster    business,    his 

residence   during    the    latter   part    of    his    life 


being  at  Greenwich,  N.J.,  was  born  in 
Ringkjobing,  Denmark,  on  the  i6th  of  April, 
1847.  The  state  of  Ringkjobing  lies  near 
the  North  Sea;  and  Christian  Janson,  the 
father  of  Neil  Johnson,  was  a  prosperous 
North  Sea  fisherman,  owning  the  vessel  which 
he  plied  between  Denmark  and  England.  He 
had  previously  filled  out  his  time  in  the  mili- 
tary service  of  Denmark.  He  died  in  1874, 
survived  three  years  by  his  widow,  who  died 
in  1877.  Their  children,  eleven  in  number, 
migrated  to  different  localities;  and  several  of 
them  came  overseas  to  America.  Those  now 
living  in  the  United  States  are:  Ole  Johnson, 
who  is  a  captain  on  one  of  the  Morgan  line  of 
steamers,  and  whose  home  is  in  Louisiana; 
and  Simon,  who  was  one  of  the  seventeen  that 
were  rescued  when  the  ill-fated  "Schiller" 
went  down  with  six  hundred  souls  aboard  her 
in  1870.  Another  brother.  Christian,  who 
was  captain  of  a  fruit  boat  sailing  from  Balti- 
more, died  in  1883. 

Neil  Johnson,  or  Janson,  as  the  name  ap- 
pears to  have  been  spelled  in  Denmark,  led  a 
life  replete  with  interest  and  adventure.  As 
a  child  he  was  sent  to  school  in  his  native 
country:  but  at  twelve  years  of  age  he  became 
a  sailor,  taking  service  on  a  square-rigged 
vessel  bound  for  distant  ports,  and  two  years 
later  he  found  himself  in  China.  He  sailed 
around  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope  and  Cape  Horn 
twice,  and  once  on  a  cruise  lasting  for  twenty- 
eight  months,  the  vessel  on  which  he  had 
shipped  taking  cargoes  from  the  East  Indies 
and  all  of  the  more  impoi-tant  ports  in  China. 
He  remembered  with  interest  the  places  lately 


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made  prominent  to  the  world  as  the  scenes  of 
the  conflict  between  China  and  Japan.  On 
the  memorable  cruise  above  mentioned  the 
ports  visited  were  equal  in  number  to  the 
months  elapsing,  being  twenty-eight.  Neil 
Johnson  was  in  the  service  of  luiropean  ves- 
sels until  he  was  twenty-four  or  twenty-five 
years  old,  in  the  capacity  of  mate.  His  first 
trip  to  America  was  on  a  trading-vessel  laden 
with  tea,  which  was  to  be  shipped  from  New 
York  to  England  and  then  to  Hamburg.  His 
last  voyage  was  from  Singapore  to  Philadel- 
phia. This  was  during  the  french  and  Prus- 
sian War;  and,  fearing  that  the  square-rigged 
vessel  might  be  captured,  he  took  his  pay  and 
left  its  service,  taking  a  place  on  the  "Juni- 
ata," a  South  mail  steamer,  which  was  wrecked 
off  the  Florida  coast  during  a  fierce  hurricane 
in  1871. 

Returning  to  Philadelphia,  he  began  to  en- 
gage in  the  oyster  business,  and  two  years 
later  took  the  captaincy  of  a  boat  running  from 
that  port.  He  was  thus  employed  for  six 
years,  and  in  1878  he  purchased  an  interest  in 
the  "Lavinia. "  Removing  to  Camden,  Cap- 
tain Johnson  for  eighteen  years  was  engaged 
in  the  oyster  trade  in  Delaware  Bay.  From 
Camden  he  came  in  1893  to  Greenwich,  where 
he  built  a  handsome  residence.  Here  he  made 
ills  liomc,  and  continucil  in  business  till  his 
death.  'I'lie  end  came  in  the  evening  ot  the 
20th  of  June,  1896,  when,  as  he  was  preparing 
for  his  night's  rest,  suddenly  fell  on  him  the 
sleep  that  knows  no  waking  to  the  scenes  of 
earth.  His  mortal  remains  were  interred  in 
the  livergreen  Cemetery  at  Camden,  N.J. 


Captain  Johnson  accumulated  a  considerable 
amount  of  property  during  his  sojourn  in 
America,  including  three  oyster  schooners, 
the  "Grover  Cleveland,"  the  "  E.  S.  Connor," 
and  the  "Lavinia,"  and  large  oyster  beds  on 
the  western  shore  of  Delaware  Bay.  His 
business  was  very  large;  and  he  employed  all 
of  the  men  required  to  keep  up  the  various  de- 
partments of  the  enterprise,  from  the  captains 
down  to  the  dredgers,  the  annual  expense 
being  three  thousand  dollars  for  each  boat. 
At  one  time  he  entered  into  a  partnership  with 
a  Mr.  Smith,  of  Camden,  and  bought  the  place 
in  that  region  known  as  the  Buena  Vista  farm. 
They  cleared  the  land,  and  erected  a  store 
wharf,  which  finally  became  the  property  of 
Mr.  Smith,  to  whom  the  Captain  sold  his  in- 
terests. Mr.  Smith  was  energetic  antl  a  man 
of  enterprise;  and  the  store  wharf  was  the  nu- 
cleus of  a  smart  little  village  which  grew 
from  it,  a  spur  of  the  railroad  being  secured, 
then  also  a  shipyard  and  a  ship-chandlery, 
a  hotel,  and  other  buildings. 

Captain  Neil  Johnson  was  twice  married. 
His  first  wife,  formerly  Miss  Lena  Faller,  of 
Philadelphia,  died  leaving  one  child.  Chris- 
tian, now  a  jnipil  at  the  South  Jersey  Insti- 
tute. Two  other  children  of  this  marriage 
died  at  an  early  age.  On  the  28th  of  March, 
1894,  ("aptaiii  Joimson  married  Miss  Lizzie 
Hoyler,  of  the  same  city,  who  survives  him. 
Captain  Neil  Johnson,  whose  life  was  so  full 
of  varying  experiences,  was  singularly  suc- 
cessful in  his  financial  ventures  in  America, 
and  won  a  reputation  for  shrewdness  and  busi- 
ness capacity  among  his  neighbors.      It  is  such 


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men  as  he  that  become  good  citizens  of  any 
nationality  they  choose  to  adopt.  No  doubt 
he  remembered  with  affection  the  old,  simple 
life  in  the  Danish  villa,t;c  where  his  chiklhood 
was  passed,  and  the  strange  lands  and  peoples 
visited  during  his  days  as  a  seaman;  but  not- 
withstanding these  recollections  he  assimi- 
lated the  customs  and  modes  of  traffic  of  his 
adopted  country,  and  was  to  all  intents  and 
purposes  an  American  citizen.  He  attended 
the  services  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Greenwich,  setting  an  example  of  reverence 
that  is  worthy  of  imitation. 


<^^^» 


7~AHARLES    BREWER,    M.D.,    resident 


(^     .: 


I         physician    and    surgeon    of    the    New 


Jersey  State  Prison   at   Trenton,  was 


born  in  Annapolis,  Md. ,  June  2\,  1832,  son 
of  Nicholas  and  Catherine  (Medairy)  Brewer. 
John  Brewer  (first),  ancestor  of  the  Brewers 
of  Anne  Arundel  Countv,  Maryland,  emi- 
grated from  Great  Britain,  ami  settled  in  that 
county  previous  to  the  year  a.d.  1659.  In 
that  year  he  obtained  a  patent  for  and  located 
a  tract  of  land  styled  Brewerton ;  and  in  the 
year  1664  he  obtained  a  patent  for  and  lo- 
cated a  second  tract  called  Larkington,  con- 
tiguous to  the  former.  These  two  tracts  in- 
cluded the  entire  promontory  between  South 
and  Rhode  Rivers,  south-east  of  London 
Town,  then  the  principal  port  of  entry  of 
Maryland.  Jt}hn  Brewer,  mentioned  above, 
died  April  5,  1690,  leaving  three  male  chil- 
dren, of  whom  John  was  the  eldest;  and  on 
this   John    Brewer    (second)    were  entailed  the 


lands  above  mentioned.  He  died  on  the  fifth 
day  of  Ajjril,  1730,  leaving  nine  children,  five 
males  and  four  females,  of  whom  John  Brewer 
(third)  was  the  eldest.  John  I^rewer  (third) 
married  Eleanor  Mackubin.  He  died  October 
26,  1764,  leaving  ten  children,  four  boys  and 
six  girls,  of  whom  William  was  the  eldest 
son  and  Joseph  the  second  son.  This  Joseph 
married  his  cousin,  Jane  Brewer.  He  died 
about  the  year  1785,  leaving  surviving  him 
his  wife,  who  died  in  1833,  and  three  sons  — 
Nicholas,  William,  and  John. 

Nicholas  Brewer,  son  of  Joseph  and  Jane 
Brewer,  and  grandfather  of  Dr.  Charles 
Brewer,  was  born  in  Annapolis,  Md.,  June 
10,  1771.  He  was,  with  Governor  Robert 
Wright,  John  T.  Shaff,  Nicholas  Carrol,  and 
others,  one  of  a  committee  appointed  to  see 
executed  the  will  of  the  American  patriots,  as 
adopted  in  a  series  of  resolutions  passed  at  a 
meeting  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  Anne 
Arundel  County,  denouncing  the  attack  of  the 
British  frigate  "Leopard"  on  the  United 
States  ship  "Constitution,"  January  27,  1807, 
refusing  to  have  intercourse  with  any  British 
vessels,  and  promising  to  support  such  meas- 
ures as  should  be  adopted  by  the  government. 
In  1807  he  was  appointed  Register  of  the 
Court  of  Chancery.  He  was  four  times  Mayor 
of  the  city  of  Annapolis;  namely,  in  181  i, 
1814,  1816,  and  1818.  He  served  two  or 
three  times  as  an  elector  of  the  Senate,  and 
was  for  several  terms  a  member  of  the  House 
of  Delegates.  He  died  in  Annapolis  on  the 
14th  of  April,  1839,  aged  sixty-eight  years, 
leaving     surviving    him     one     son,     Nicholas 


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Brewer,  and  one  daughter,  Mary  I.,  who  mar- 
ried Richard  Ridgcly,  son  of  Absolam 
Ridgely,  son  of  Henry  Ridgely,  one  of  the 
early  and  prominent  settlers  of  the  colony. 

Nicholas  Brewer,  son  of  Nicholas  and  father 
of  Dr.  Charles  Brewer,  was  born  in  Annap- 
olis, Md.,  April  i6,  1796.  He  received  a 
classical  education  at  St.  John's  College,  and 
was  graduated  in  the  class  with  Reverdy  John- 
son, Attorney-General  of  the  United  States 
and  Minister  to  England,  and  other  prominent 
citizens.  He  was  later  on  educated  to  the 
law,  and  for  a  brief  period  participated  in  ac- 
tive politics,  being  a  member  of  the  legis- 
lature in  1834.  Having  been  defeated  for  the 
Senate  by  a  single  vote,  disgusted  with  poli- 
tics, he  devoted  himself  with  renewed  energy 
to  his  profession,  and  was  shortly  after  ap- 
pointed to  the  Circuit  Court  judgeship  of  his 
district,  embracing  Anne  Arundel,  Calvert, 
Howard,  Montgomery,  and  Carroll  Counties, 
in  which  office  he  served  with  distinction  and 
to  the  public  satisfaction,  being  either  elected 
or  reappointed  for  term  after  term  for  many 
years  up  to  the  time  of  his  decease.  He  was 
a  man  of  great  kindliness  of  heart,  but  of  stern 
decision,  of  wide  popularity,  and  good,  olden- 
time  hosjiitality.  The  clergy,  especially, 
found  an  always  open  home  at  his  residence, 
where  they  were  sure  of  a  most  cordial  wel- 
come from  the  Judge  and  his  wife,  the  latter  a 
lady  of  high  culture,  deep  piety,  wide  benevo- 
lence, and  practical  charities.  He  was  an 
official  of  finely  balanced  intellectual  capaci- 
ties; and  his  decisions  were  rarely,  if  at  any 
time,  reversed   by  the  Appellate  Court.      He 


was  a  well-known  horticulturist  of  practical 
attainments,  progressive,  reaching  forward  to, 
and  disseminating  from  his  highly  cultivated 
fruit  farm  of  several  hundred  acres,  all  that 
was  new  and  valuable  in  the  science.  He  was 
one  of  the  very  first  to  practically  encourage 
grape  culture  in  the  United  States.  He  was 
an  active  e.xecutive  officer  of  St.  John's  Col- 
lege for  many  years,  and  contributed  much  to 
its  continued  prosperity. 

During  the  War  of  1S12,  when  the  city  of 
Washington  was  threatened,  a  volunteer  com- 
"l^any,  composed  principally  of  young  men, 
most  of  whom  had  not  attained  years  of  major- 
ity, was  raised  by  the  late  William  Brewer,  of 
Annapolis,  a  citizen  whose  moral  character 
was  by  his  fellow-citizens  declared  "without 
spot  or  blemish,"  who  was  for  many  years 
Judge  of  the  Orphans'  Court,  and  filled  many 
other  public  stations,  and  who,  after  having 
been  a  live  member  of  the  Methodist  church 
for  over  half  a  century,  died  at  the  ripe  old 
age  of  eighty-nine  years.  In  this  volunteer 
company  were  John  Johnson,  late  Chancellor 
of  Maryland,  his  brother,  the  Hon.  Reverdy 
Johnson,  and  the  Hon.  Judge  Nicholas 
Brewer,  his  own  nephew,  at  that  time  only 
si.xteen  years  old,  and  many  others  who  have 
since  become  distinguished  citizens.  This 
com])any  behavetl  well  at  Bladensburg,  and 
lost  several  of  its  members,  being  the  last  to 
hold  the  field,  and  retiring  only  under  the 
imperative  order  of  the  General  Commander. 

The  daring  character  of  young  Nicholas 
Brewer,  as  a  specimen  of  the  tyjjical  Ameri- 
can of  those  days,  sometimes   led  him  into  ex- 


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treme  peril.  While  along  with  a  young  mid- 
shipman of  the  navy,  inspecting  a  threatening 
man-of-war  which  had  just  arrived  and  lay  off 
the  harbor  of  Annapolis  during  the  War  of 
1S12,  his  boat  was  pursued  for  a  long  distance 
by  two  man-of-war  barges,  well  manned  by 
marines,  from  which,  as  anxiously  watched  by 
the  excited  citizens,  he  barely  escaped  capture 
by  finding  refuge  under  the  promptly  rendered 
aid  of  the  guns  from  olil  Fortress  Madison  on 
Greenbury  Point.  During  the  Ci\'il  \\'ar  he 
took  strong  grounds  on  the  side  of  the  Union. 
He  died  in  the  city  of  Annapolis  on  the  i6th 
of  October,  1864,  lamented  by  a  large  circle 
of  friends,  leaving  of  his  ten  adult  children 
eight  surviving,  five  sons  and  three  daughters; 
namely,  Nicholas,  George,  Charles,  John  W., 
and  Julian,  Kate,  Lucy,  and  Elizabeth  Wirt, 
of  whom  three  sons  and  two  daughters  are  still 
living.  Of  these  children  we  give  the  follow- 
ing brief  record:  Nicholas,  the  eldest,  was 
born  in  Annapolis,  Md.,  educated  at  St. 
John's  College  and  at  Mount  St.  Mary's  Col- 
lege, Emmitsburg,  Md.,  and  studied  law  with 
Alexander  Randall,  of  Annapolis.  He  re- 
ceived various  political  and  judicial  honors, 
being  elected  State  Senator  for  Anne  Arundel 
County  in  1887,  and  declining  renomination. 
He  was  Mayor  of  the  city  of  Annapolis  in 
1855,  '*''"1  during  the  Civil  War  a  United 
States  Commissioner.  He  was  for  many  years 
a  Trustee  and  Treasurer  of  St.  John's  College, 
and  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  State  His- 
torical Society. 

Richard   Henry  Brewer,    the  fifth   son,  was 
born  in  Annapolis,  Md.,  and  was  an  alumnus 


of  St.  John's  College.  He  entered  the 
United  States  service  from  the  West  Point 
Military  Academy,  July  i,  1858,  and  at  the 
outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  was  serving  in  Cal- 
ifornia as  an  officer  of  the  First  United  .States 
Dragoons.  Having  resigned  his  commission, 
he  crossed  the  plains  with  General  Albert 
Sidney  Johnston,  under  whom  he  served  until 
the  death  of  that  distinguished  commander. 
He  received  encomiums  for  his  gallantry  and 
skill  from  General  Leonidas  Polk,  who,  after 
the  battle  of  Corinth,  recommended  him  to 
the  President  for  promotion  as  a  Brigadier- 
general,  from  General  John  A.  Wharton,  Gen- 
eral Joseph  Wheeler,  General  A.  P.  Hill, 
General  J.  J.  Archer,  and  Brigadier-general 
Pender,  all  of  whom  spoke  in  the  highest 
terms  of  his  courage  and  capabilities  as  a  cav- 
alry officer.  Colonel  Brewer  was  mortally 
wounded  whilst  in  command  at  the  front  in 
the  engagement  at  Piedmont,  Va.,  June  5, 
1864.  He  was  a  man  of  positive  convictions, 
intrepid  valor,  frank  nature,  warm  heart,  gen- 
erous disposition,  and  sterling  principles. 
Major-general  Wheeler  speaks  of  him  as  "a 
Christian  gentleman  of  high  tone  and  unim- 
peachable character." 

'Isaac  Williams  Brewer,  the  sixth  son  of 
Nicholas  and  Catherine  M.  Brewer,  was  born 
in  Anna[)olis,  Md.,  and  graduated  with  the 
honors  of  his  class  at  St.  John's  College.  At 
the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he  was  engaged 
in  the  study  of  law  at  New  Orleans,  La.  ;  and 
on  May  21,  1861,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in 
the  battalion  of  the  Washington  Artillery  of 
that  city,  and  was  assigned  to  duty  with   the 


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army  of  Northern  Virginia.  He  tooi<  part  in 
the  battles  of  Bull  Run  and  Manassas,  being 
especially  mentioned  by  his  Lieutenant,  J.  J. 
Garnett,  for  "coolness  and  gallantry  on  the 
field  imder  the  fire  of  the  enemy's  guns." 
Captain  Thomas  L.  Rosser  of  his  battalion, 
in  a  letter  dated  June  lo,  1862,  recommend- 
ing him  to  the  attention  of  the  President, 
states  that  "as  an  artillerist  he  believes  him 
inferior  to  none  in  the  volunteer  service." 
On  May  5,  1861,  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank 
of  Second  Lieutenant;  and  from  that  time 
until  August  23,  1862,  he  continued  in  active 
service,  on  the  date  last  named  being  mortally 
wounded  by  a  shell  at  the  close  of  a  severe 
artillery  duel  at  the  ford  of  the  Rappahan- 
nock. He  died  with  a  smile  on  his  lips, 
his  last  words  being,  "Tel!  my  brother  I 
died  in  the  discharge  of  my  duty  as  a  good 
soldier  and  an  earnest  Christian,  as  I  have 
always   tried   to   live." 

John  William  Brewer,  seventh  son  of  Nich- 
olas and  Catherine  M.  Brewer,  was  born  in 
Annapolis,  Md.,  and  graduated  at  St.  John's 
College  in  the  class  of  1857.  After  studying 
medicine  and  surgery,  he  took  the  degree  of 
M.  D.  at  the  University  of  Maryland.  During 
the  Civil  War  he  was  commissioned  Assistant 
Surgeon  in  the  regular  army  of  the  United 
States,  and  served  under  General  Grant  during 
his  Western  campaigns,  and  under  General 
Sherman  as  a  medical  director  on  his  "march 
to  the  sea."  After  the  war  he  did  duty  at 
several  Eastern  stations,  also  at  Fort  Leaven- 
worth, K.T.,  and  at  Fort  Harker  during  the 
prevalence  of   the    epidemic  of    cholera.      He 


died  in  Washington,  D.C.,  in  the  early  part  of 
November,  1880,  leaving  a  widow  (daughter 
of  Surgeon  Madison  Mills,  United  States 
Army)  and  several  children,  the  eldest  of 
whom,  Madison  Mills  Brewer,  is  now  a  Sur- 
geon in  the  United  States  Army,  and  the 
second,  Dr.  Isaac  W.  lirevver,  a  member  of  the 
Signal  Corps  of  the  United  States  Army. 

Julian  Brewer,  youngest  son  of  Nicholas 
and  Catherine  M.  Brewer,  was  born  in  Annap- 
olis, Md.,  where  he  still  resides,  an  active, 
enterprising,  public-spirited  citizen,  taking 
pronounced  interest  in  all  things  calculated  to 
advance  the  interests  of  his  native  city.  He 
was  an  officer  and  Treasurer  of  the  Local  Im- 
provement Association  of  1S84,  which  was 
instrumental  in  effecting  such  works  as  the 
City  Circle,  the  planting  of  avenues  of  trees 
at  St.  John's  College,  marking  the  graves  of 
the  Revolutionary  dead,  planting  of  shade 
trees  in  the  streets,  the  construction  of  a  con- 
tinuous drive  around  the  city,  the  building  of 
Back  Creek  Bridge,  and  projecting  the  shore 
road  to  Bay  Ridge.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
City  Council  of  Annapolis  in  1887. 

Of  the  surviving  daughters  of  Nicholas  and 
Catherine  M.  Brewer,  Lucy  is  now  wife  of 
the  Rev.  J.  Garland  Hamner,  a  Presbyterian 
clergyman,  formerly  of  Baltimore  and  now  a 
resident  of  Somerset  County,  New  Jersey. 
I'"lizabeth  Wirt  is  the  widow  of  the  late  Sur- 
geon-general Charles  Sutherland,  an  old 
ofificer  of  the  United  States  regular  army,  and 
is  now  a  resident  of  Washington,  D.C. 

Charles  Brewer,  fourth  son  of  Nicholas  and 
Catherine  M.  Brewer,  was  born   in   the  city  of 


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Annapolis,  the  capital  of  Maryland.  He  took 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  and  Master  of  Arts  at 
St.  John's  College,  having  received  the  first 
honors  of  the  class  of  1852.  After  having 
pursued  the  study  of  medicine  in  his  native 
city  under  Dr.  A.  Claude,  he  studied  theoreti- 
cal and  practical  surgery  with  Professor  Na- 
than R.  Smith,  the  distinguished  old  surgeon 
of  Baltimore.  He  was  also  admitted  as  a  resi- 
dent student  into  the  Mar\'land  Hospital,  and 
was  graduated  at  the  University  of  Maryland 
in  the  class  of  March,  1S55.  He  was  one  of 
the  limited  number  of  a.  large  class  of  appli- 
cants who  after  a  rigid  examination  were  ad- 
mitted to  the  Medical  Corps  of  the  United 
States  Army  in  the  summer  of  1856,  his  com- 
mission as  Assistant  Surgeon  dating  August 
29  of  that  year.  His  first  service  was  at  Fort 
Leavenworth,  K.T.,  where,  under  Generals 
P.  F.  Smith,  Harney,  and  P.  .St.  George 
Cooke,  he  performed  active  duty  in  the  hospi- 
tal and  field  during  the  Kansas  campaign.  In 
the  spring  of  1S57,  by  special  order  No.  109, 
dated  May  18,  he  was  detailed  on  the  large  ex- 
pedition, to  move  in  three  columns,  organized 
against  the  predatory  Chians  (or  Cheyennes) 
and  Kiowas,  the  boldest  warriors  of  the  plains, 
was  assigned  to  duty  on  the  staff  of  Colonel 
E.  V.  Sumner,  First  Regiment  Cavalry  com- 
manding, and  took  part  in  the  decisive  en- 
gagement on  the  29th  of  August  at  Solomon's 
P^ork  of  the  Republican  River,  which  resulted 
in  such  disaster  to  the  savages  as  to  insure  a 
long  respite  from  their  depredations  and  mas- 
sacres. After  a  long  march  of  at  least  two 
thousand  miles,  much  of  which  was  conducted 


with  pack  mule  transportation,  and  some 
weeks  of  it  on  a  commissariat  of  sun-jerked 
beef  without  the  luxuries  of  bread,  coffee, 
cognac,  or  additional  condiments,  he  returned 
to  winter  barracks  at  I<"ort  Leavenworth. 

From  a  spring  campaign  of  one  month  in 
Southern  Kansas  with  a  part  of  the  regiment 
of  Second  Dragoons,  Company  A,  of  the 
Second  Artillery,  and  a  section  of  Sherman's 
battery,  his  return  was  opportune  to  receive 
orders  and  assignment  to  duty  with  the  body 
of  troops  just  starting  on  their  march  for 
Utah.  P\irt  Leavenworth  was  left  beliind  on 
the  23d  of  May,  1858,  and  Salt  Lake  City 
passed  through  on  August  17,  en  route  to 
Camp  Douglas,  Cedar  Valley,  Utah,  where 
on  the  19th  they  joined  the  big  encampment 
in  time  to  catch  sight  over  Lake  Utah  of  the 
first  fall  of  snow,  glistening  like  silver  on  the 
sunlit  summits  of  the  VVahsatch.  Whilst  at 
Camp  Floyd,  Utah,  on  camp  and  hospital  du- 
ties, he  was  further  detailed  for  active  opera- 
tions in  the  fieUl.  He  took  part  in  the  night 
surprise  of  a  Ute  village,  crossed  the  "Rock- 
ies "  and  the  Great  Desert  with  a  body  of 
troops  sent  out  to  protect  the  mail  route  and 
reopen  overland  mail  communication  with  the 
Pacific,  which  had  been  interrupted  by  the 
Indian  battle  on  the  Humboldt  and  the  de- 
struction of  the  pony  express  stations  between 
Salt  Lake  and  Carson  Cities. 

He  also  took  part  in  the  expedition  sent  to 
South-western  Utah,  to  recover  a  number  of 
quite  young  children  supposed  to  have  sur- 
vived the  massacre  by  the  Mormons  of  a  large 
emigrant  train  at  the  Mountain  Meadows,  near 


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the  rim  of  the  Great  Basin  of  the  Rockies. 
Sixteen  of  these,  varying  in  age  from  three  to 
nine  years,  were  recovered  and  returned  to  rel- 
atives or  friends,  when  discoverable,  or  other- 
wise cared  for.  The  remains  of  their  par- 
ents, which  had  remained  unburied,  exposed 
to  the  elements  or  fangs  of  the  wolves,  after 
having  been  gathered  together,  were,  with  the 
relics  of  clothing  and  matted  human  hair,  in- 
terred in  one  common  tomb,  covered  with  the 
unhewn  rocks  of  the  mountains,  and  marked 
with  the  inscription,  "Vengeance  is  mine, 
saith  the  Lord;  I  will  repay."  Over  twenty 
years  after,  on  this  same  spot,  was  executed 
the  heartless  leader  of  this  massacre,  John  D. 
Lee,  after  having  been  arrested,  tried,  and 
convicted  of  this  atrocious  crime. 

In  the  fall  of  1860,  leaving  LUah  for  a  fur- 
lough, Dr.  ]5revver  was  married  in  the  month 
of  January,  1861,  at  Fort  Riley,  to  Maria 
Pendleton  Cooke,  second  daughter  of  General 
Philip  St.  George  Cooke,  United  States 
Army,  of  whom  fuller  mention  will  be  found 
in  the  following  sketch.  While  on  a  visit 
to  Virginia,  the  home  of  his  wife's  relatives, 
after  the  acceptance  of  his  resignation  in  the 
United  States  Army,  at  the  opening  of  the 
Civil  War,  he  entered  the  Medical  Cori)s  of 
the  Confederate  army,  and  was  attached  to  the 
hea(k|uarters  of  the  general  staff  of  the  army, 
under  Surgeons-general  UeLeon  and  Moore, 
and  at  the  time  of  the  surreniler  was  charged 
with  the  duty  of  transferring  to  the  Federal 
authorities  the  eight  thousand  sick  ami 
wounded  (supplied  with  rations  and  medi- 
cines) left  in  the  hospitals  of  Richmontl.      lie 


was  one  of  the  inspectors  who,  appreciating 
the  intense,  but  under  the  circumstances  un- 
avoidable, sufferings  of  the  prisoners  of  war 
and  the  incapacity  of  the  Confederate  authori- 
ties to  feed  and  care  for  the  immense  bodies 
of  men  thrown  upon  their  hands  by  the  aban- 
donment of  the  cartel,  recommended,  as  was 
acceded  to,  their  unconditional  return  to  the 
Federal  government.  During  the  prevalence 
of  the  war  he  lost  by  death  both  parents,  an 
only  child,  two  brothers  fallen  in  front  of  the 
battle,  and  a  brother-in-law,  the  distinguished 
General  James  E.  B.  Stuart,  leader  of  the 
Confederate  Cavalry  of  Lee's  army. 

After  the  close  of  the  war  Dr.  Brewer  re- 
turned to  Maryland,  and  engaged  in  the  prac- 
tice of  medicine  in  copartnership  with  Dr. 
Nicholas  Brewer,  of  Montgomery  County, 
afterward  a  State  Senator  from  that  county. 
Broken  down  in  health  by  the  overtoil  of  a 
large  and  lucrative  practice,  he  was  compelled 
for  a  time  to  lay  aside  all  professional  respon- 
sibilities, and  sought  rest  and  recreation  at 
the  pruning  shears  and  plough  handle  (his 
first  and  early  loves)  in  the  grape-growing  dis- 
trict of  South  Jersey,  where  he  was  rapidly  re- 
stored so  as  to  be  able  to  resume  his  profes- 
sional duties.  Having  been  reared  by  a  pious 
mother  and  l)een  a  church  member  from  early 
youth,  whilst  a  resident  of  \'ineland  he  did 
not  permit  his  religious  activities  to  slumber. 
After  the  destruction,  by  a  tornado,  of  Trinity 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  (the  first  church 
built  in  Vineland),  and  the  dispersion  of  its 
flock  throLigh  dissensions  arising  between  them 
and  their  pastor,  he,  as  the  Senior  Warden   of 


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the  Vestry,  lay  reader  appointed  by  the 
Bishop,  and  superintendent  of  the  Sunday- 
school,  took  hold  of  the  handful  of  communi- 
cants remaining,  and  continued  his  indefati- 
gable efforts  until,  with  a  large  congregation 
and  a  new  rector  called  to  their  head,  a  new 
stone  church,  then  one  of  the  finest  in  South 
Jersey,  had  been  begun  and  completed. 

Dr.  Brewer  was  for  some  years  an  active 
member  of  the  Board  of  Health  of  Vineland, 
and  was  also  for  several  years  President  of  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  which 
during  his  incumbency  in  office  supported  a 
good  reading-room,  and  conducted  a  public 
mid-day  prayer-meeting  every  day  of  the  week, 
Sundays  excepted,  when  meetings  were  held 
in  the  afternoon.  For  two  successive  terms 
he  was  President  of  the  Cuml:)erland  County 
Sunday-school  Association,  and  for  several 
years  a  member  of  its  Executive  Committee, 
during  which  time  and  since  the  interest  in 
the  harmonious  Christian  gatherings  of 
scholars  and  teachers  of  all  Christian  creeds 
throughout  the  county  has  never  flagged.  He 
was  also  a  useful  member  of  the  Cumberland 
County  Bible  Society  for  many  years. 

In  November,  1882,  although  against  his 
positive  remonstrance,  he  was  elected  one  of 
the  Coroners  of  Cumix-rland  Ccnmty.  On  the 
recommendation  of  citizens  of  all  political 
parties,  he  was  appointed  Postmaster  of  Vine- 
land  during  the  latter  two  years  of  President 
Cleveland's  first  term,  and  during  that  time 
raised  the  standard  of  that  ofifice  to  that  of  a 
second-class  ofifice.  By  his  capacity,  courtesy, 
and    a    spirit    of     pui:)lic     accommodation    he 


gained  for  himself  a  wide  popularity,  and  on 
his  removal  carried  with  him  the  regrets  and 
appreciative  good  will  of  the  body  of  the  citi- 
zens of  \^ineland.  At  the  time  of  his  appoint- 
ment to  his  present  position  he  was  a  live 
member  of  the  State  Charities  Aid  Associa- 
tion and  an  authorized  inspector  of  penal  and 
charitable  institutions.  As  resident  physician 
of  the  New  Jersey  State  Prison  he  is  in  a 
position  favorable  to  the  exercise  of  his  pro- 
fessional abilities  and  benevolent  propensi- 
ties. He  has  been  twice  appointed  by  the 
Governor  of  the  State  as  its  representative  to 
the  National  Prison  Congress  (at  Baltimore 
and  Chicago),  and  is  at  present  a  member  of 
the  National  Prison  Association,  interested  in 
all  that  appertains  to  criminology  and  prison 
reformation. 

In  personal  character  Dr.  Brewer  is  what  is 
called  a  broad-gauge  man,  conservative  in  both 
religion  and  politics,  and  is  willing  to  aid  in 
building  uj)  the  principles  of  the  brotherhood 
of  man  through  every  kindly  and  promising 
channel  which  opens  up  for  good.  He  is  a 
man  of  classical  education,  of  excellent  liter- 
ary attainments,  and  is  an  earnest  student  of 
the  Bible.  He  is  a  lucid  writer  and  a  fluent 
public  speaker.  He  acknowledges,  however, 
an  inveterate  antagonism  to  the  "higher 
critics"'  of  the  ]iii)le,  wliom  he  characterizes 
as  arrogant  egotists  and  forerunners  of  a  vast 
army  of  literary  Huns,  who  insist  on  the 
mental  interpretation  of  spiritual  mysteries, 
which  can  only  be  spiritually  discerned,  such 
as  must  from  their  vocation  accord  to  the 
"still  higher  critics"  to  come  after  them   the 


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same  right  to  despoil  the  divine  revelation, 
letter  by  letter,  word  by  word,  chapter  by 
chapter,  until  they  shall  have  overrun  and 
pillaged  all  that  has  built  up  civilization,  been 
revered  in  the  past,  and  have  left  the  pages  of 
inspiration  an  effete  blank.  Dr.  Brewer  has 
six  surviving  children,  five  daughters  and  one 
son,  namely:  Maria  Cooke  Brewer;  Flora 
Stuart,  now  Mrs.  John  Henry  Prince;  Rachel 
Brewer,  now  Mrs.  John  S.  Halsey;  Wirt 
Sutherland  Brewer,  now  Mrs.  Henry  S.  Al- 
vord ;  Rosalie  Clare  Brewer;  and  Charles 
Philiji  Brewer. 


J^  R  EV  E  T  M  A  J  O  R-G  E  N  E  R  A  L 
;5^  PHILIP  ST.  GEORGE  COOKE, 
Brigadier-general,  United  States 
Army,  was  born  at  Leesburg,  Va.,  June  13, 
1809.  He  entered  the  United  States  Acad- 
emy at  West  Point  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  and 
saw  his  first  service  in  the  Sixth  United 
States  Infantry.  He  participated  in  the 
Black  Hawk  War,  and  was  present  at  the 
battle  of  Bad  Axe  River,  August  2,  1832.  In 
the  Mexican  War  he  commanded  a  body  of 
Missouri  Volunteers,  and  in  i  iS48  a  regiment 
in  the  city  of  Mexico.  He  was  promoted  to 
his  majority  on  I'ebruary  16,  1847,  ^•'"l  bre- 
vetted  Lieutenant  Colonel  on  February  20,  for 
his  faithful  and  gallant  conduct  in  California. 
He  was  one  of  the  earliest  pioneers  of  the  set- 
tlement of  New  Mexico  and  Lower  California, 
and  left  behind  him  at  his  death  a  valuable 
historical  volume,  entitled  "The  Conquest  of 
New    Mexico    and    California."      In    1855    he 


commanded  the  cavalry  in  the  battle  of  Blue 
Water.  He  commanded  in  Kansas  during  the 
troubles  of  1856-57,  performing  his  duties 
with  great  delicacy  and  ability,  and  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  government  and  of  the  coun- 
try. He  led  the  Lhiited  States  Cavalry  on  its 
arduous  march  to  Utah  in  the  L^tah  expedition 
of  1857-38,  and  succeeded  General  Albert 
Sidney  Johnston  in  command  of  that  depart- 
ment. In  1859  he  prepared  a  new  system  of 
cavalry  practice  for  the  army.  In  June,  1861, 
he  declared  his  allegiance  to  the  government 
under  which  he  had  so  long  and  faithfully 
served,  and  took  his  place  as  commander  of  all 
the  regular  cavalry  in  the  Army  of  the  Poto- 
mac, participating  especially  in  the  battles  of 
Yorktown,  Williamsburg,  Gaines's  Mill,  and 
Glendale.  He  commanded  the  Baton  Rouge 
district  until  1864.  He  was  the  head  of  the 
Department  of  the  Platte  in  1866-67,  of  the 
Cumberland  in  1869-70,  and  in  the  Depart- 
ment of  the  Lakes  until  1873.  He  was  borne 
upon  the  United  States  Army  rolls  for  nearly 
seventy-two  years;  and  at  his  retirement  he 
had  recorded  more  than  forty-five  years  of 
active  service  in  the  army,  where  he  was  ever 
noted  as  a  faithful,  fair,  brave,  honorable,  and 
chivalrous  officer.  General  Cooke  was  a  man 
of  high  grade  of  intelligence  and  literary  cult- 
ure, thoroughly  informed  on  all  matters  per- 
taining to  his  profession  and  the  interests  of 
the  nation;  and  contributions  from  his  pen 
graced  many  periodicals  of  the  day. 

He  died  in  Detroit,  Mich.,  March  20,  1895, 
leaving  a  widow  still  resident  in  that  city. 
His  only  son,   John   Rogers  Cooke,   a  distin- 


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guished  Confederate  General,  under  General 
Mahone  and  in  General  A.  P.  Hill's  division, 
and  who  so  successfully  held  the  centre  at  the 
battle  of  Antietam,  received  several  desperate 
wounds  in  battle,  and  died  some  years  ago  in 
Richmond,  Va.  His  surviving  children  are: 
Mrs.  General  J.  E.  B.  Stuart,  of  Virginia, 
widow  of  the  celebrated  leader  of  the  Confed- 
erate cavalry;  Mrs.  General  Sharpe,  of  Mich- 
igan, whose  husband,  after  honorable  retire- 
ment, was  for  many  years  Governor  of  the 
Soldiers'  Home  at  Milwaukee;  and  Maria 
Pendleton  Brewer,  wife  of  Dr.  Charles 
Brewer,  a  sketch  of  whom  precedes  this  ar- 
ticle. 

To  quote  from  a  tribute  from  the  Michigan 
Commandery  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the 
United  States,  of  which  he  was  a  companion 
of  the  first  class  from  its  organization,  April 
13,   1885:  — 

"He  was  the  ver)'  soul  of  honor,  and  his 
disposition  charitable  in  the  highest  degree. 
His  long  life  in  camp  and  bivouac,  upon 
marches  which  taxed  the  strength  of  all  to  the 
utmost,  or  in  the  heat  and  anxiety  of  battle, 
but  served  to  illustrate  his  character  as  a 
Christian  gentleman.  As  a  soldier  his  record 
is  without  stain.  As  long  as  loyalty,  fidelity, 
patriotism,  and  courage  are  esteemed  the 
highest  qualities  of  our  people,  so  long  will 
the  members  of  the  Loyal  I^egion  bear  him  in 
loving  memory. 

"  To  the  realm  of  the  dead  has  gone 
no  truer  man,  no  better  citizen,  no  braver, 
knightlier  soldier,  than  Philip  St.  George 
Cooke. " 


^"fENRY  KENDALL  TRASK,  A.M., 
LI^.D.,  principal  of  the  South  Jersey 
Institute,  was  born  in  Windsor, 
Me.,  September  2,  1831.  He  is  the  son  of 
the  Rev.  Tmios  and  Sally  (Hagget)  Trask,  the 
former  a  native  of  Jefferson,  Me.,  the  latter 
of  Edgecomb,  the  same  State.  Mr.  Trask's 
great-grandfather,  Thomas  Trask,  who  was  a 
man  of  wealth  and  influence,  died  July  i, 
1820,  at  the  age  of  eighty-six;  and  his  wife, 
Lydia,  passed  away  on  the  first  day  of  July, 
1 8  14,  at  the  age  of  eighty-seven. 

Their  son,  Thomas  Trask,  Jr.,  was  a  lead- 
ing citizen  of  Jefferson,  Me.,  and  one  of  the 
prominent  men  of  his  day.  He  enlisted  in 
the  Revolutionary  army  at  the  age  of  sixteen, 
and  particii)ated  in  the  battles  of  Princeton 
and  Monmouth.  Wounded  during  the  engage- 
ment at  the  latter  place,  he  was  taken  prisoner 
and  sent  to  Castine,  and  was  later  released  on 
parole,  and  returned  home.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Massachusetts  legislature,  when 
that  body  had  jurisdiction  over  what  is  now 
the  State  of  Maine,  and  while  there  introduced 
a  bill  asking  for  a  charter  for  Waterville 
Classical  and  Theological  Institute,  now 
Colby  University.  This  bill  was  finally 
passed,  though  strongly  contested;  for  it  was 
to  be  a  Baptist  institution,  and  Squire  Trask, 
as  he  was  commonly  called,  was  the  only  legis- 
lative member  from  Maine  who  belonged  to 
the  Baptist  church.  Squire  Trask  died  July 
19,  1844.  His  wife,  Alice,  followed  him  to 
the  last  home,  almost  exactly  a  year  later, 
breathing  her  last  July  9,  1845,  being  then 
eighty-three   years   of   age.      It    is    curious    to 


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note  that  these  four  deaths  in   the  Trask  fam- 
ily all  occurred  in  the  month  of  July. 

Enos  Trask,  son  of  Thomas,  Jr.,  was  born 
April  22,  1794,  and  was  reared  in  his  native 
town,  Jefferson,  Me.  He  became  a  member 
of  the  Haptist  church  when  quite  young,  and 
for  many  years  felt  that  he  should  enter  the 
ministry,  but  hesitated,  doubting  his  worthi- 
ness. Chastened  by  an  affliction,  which  he 
considered  judgment  from  God,  he  united 
with  the  Third  Baptist  Church  of  Jefferson 
in  1824,  when  it  was  organized,  and  was  or- 
dained an  evangelist  May  27,  1S27.  His 
ordination  was  followed  by  a  term  of  ear- 
nest work  in  behalf  of  the  First  and  Second 
Churches  of  Windsor,  Me.,  the  church  at 
Palermo,  the  First  Vassalboro  Parish,  the 
Baptist  churches  at  China  Village,  South 
China,  ]5runswick,  Sidney,  Alna,  Damaris- 
cotta,  and  other  places;  and  in  1836  he  ac- 
cepted a  call  to  the  pastorate  of  the  First  Bap- 
tist Church  of  Nobleboro,  which  was  under 
his  charge  some  twenty-five  years.  While 
there  he  baptized  over  one  thousand  persons, 
and  during  his  ministry  the  church  at  Dama- 
riscotta  Mills  was  founded,  which  was  made 
up  principally  of  members  from  the  First  Par- 
ish. He  also  served  efficiently  as  pastor  of  a 
church  at  what  was  called  West  Neck,  and  in 
the  parishes  of  Soutii  Thomaston  and  St. 
George,  and  the  Second  Church  at  Noble- 
boro. The  Rev.  ICnos  Trask  thus  labored  in 
the  gospel  continuously  for  over  fifty  years, 
and  he  baptized  upward  of  twenty-two  hundred 
persons.  He  was  a  man  of  much  force  of 
character,     decided     in    his    convictions,    in- 


tensely realizing  the  truths  of  the  Holy  Script- 
ures. He  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  18 12. 
He  died  December  19,  1880.  His  wife  was  a 
daughter  of  Thomas  Hagget,  a  soldier  in  the 
War  of  181 2. 

flenry  Kendall  Ti'ask,  the  date  of  whose 
birth  is  given  at  the  commencement  of  this 
biography,  attended  in  his  early  years  the 
public  schools  of  Jefferson  and  Nobleboro, 
and  later  made  part  of  his  preparation  for  col- 
lege at  Lincoln  Academy,  which  was  four  and 
a  half  miles  from  his  home.  In  order  to  de- 
fray the  expenses  of  his  education,  he  began 
to  teach  when  only  fifteen  years  of  age.  He 
entered  Waterville  College  in  185 1,  graduat- 
ing in  1855  with  the  degree  of  A.B.;  and  two 
years  after  he  received  the  degree  of  A.M., 
Colby  subsequently  conferring  upon  him  the 
degree  of  LL.D.  After  leaving  college  he 
was  two  years  principal  of  the  academy  at 
Bloomfield,  Me.;  and  in  1857  he  took  charge 
of  the  high  school  at  Morris,  111.,  of  which 
he  was  principal  four  years.  He  was  then 
appointed  principal  of  Wayland  University 
(now  Wayland  Academy)  at  lieaver  Dam, 
Wis.,  over  which  he  presided  till  1869; 
antl  in  1S70  he  was  called  to  the  principal- 
ship  of  the  South  Jersey  Institute,  which 
was  then  in  its  infancy,  and  needed  a  man 
of  intelligence,  ability,  and  energy  to  foster 
its  growth. 

The  school  was  opened  in  the  basement  of 
the  First  Baptist  Church,  and  started  with 
thirteen  students.  The  fine  three-story  brick 
building  now  used  was  completed  that  fall; 
and,  when  the  school  was  settled    in   the  com- 


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modious  new  quarters,  the  attendance  rapidly 
increased.  Dr.  Trask  lias  now  been  principal 
of  the  institute  over  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
and  has  practically  raised  it  to  its  present 
high  standing.  A  man  of  deep  learning,  he 
is  a  good  disciplinarian,  and  is  gifted  with 
the  ready  tact  without  which  no  teacher  ever 
succeeds.  He  was  for  some  time  Vice-Presi- 
dent of  the  New  Jersey  Baptist  Educational 
Society,  with  which  he  has  been  connected  for 
a  number  of  years.  He  has  been  a  member  of 
the  First  Baptist  Church  since  1870,  and  was 
elected  Deacon  in  1S88.  He  has  taught  in 
the  Sunday-school  at  intervals,  and,  before 
coming  to  Bridgeton,  acted  as  Sunday-school 
superintendent  in  the  different  places  where 
he  lived. 

September  9,  1858,  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Sarah  C.  Marston,  of  VVaterville,  Me.,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Marston,  a  Major  in  the  State 
militia  and  a  representative  of  an  old  Maine 
family.  Mrs.  Trask  has  been  lady  principal 
of  the  South  Jersey  Institute  for  twenty-two 
years.  She  is  highly  accomplished,  having 
pursued  her  studies  at  VVaterville  Academy 
and  at  an  advanced  school  near  Boston,  and 
is  a  first-class  teacher.  Her  specialties  are 
Latin  and  French.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Trask  have 
two  children  —  Harry  M.,  who  was  educateil 
at  the  institute  and  Brown  University,  and  is 
connected  with  the  firm  of  Silver,  Burdett  & 
Co.,  publishers  of  Boston,  and  is  now  district 
manager  for  Penn.sylvania,  New  Jersey,  and 
Delaware,  his  home  being  in  Philadelphia; 
and  Albert  M.,  who  is  with  his  father  as  as- 
sistant and  business  manager. 


OUTH  JERSEY  INSTITUTE.— 
This  is  the  largest  private  academy 
of  Bridgeton,  and  is  the  leading 
school  of  the  kind  in  the  southern  part  of  the 
State.  It  is  beautifully  located  on  high 
ground,  overlooking  the  Cohansey  River,  and 
is  surrounded  by  a  grove  of  magnificent  trees. 
The  .school,  though  open  to  pupils  of  all  de- 
nominations, was  founded  by  the  West  New 
Jersey  Baptist  Association.  In  1849  the  idea 
was  first  seriously  entertained  of  founding  a 
high  school  for  this  part  of  New  Jersey  which 
should  be  under  the  control  of  the  Baptist  de- 
nomination; but  it  was  not  till  September, 
1865,  that  formal  action  was  taken  in  the 
matter,  the  association  appointing  a  special 
committee  to  consider  the  establishment  of 
such  a  school.  The  committee  reported  favor- 
ably, recommending  that  the  school  be  located 
in  the  place  which  should  offer  the  greatest 
inducements,  and  that  twenty-five  thousand 
dollars  be  the  mininnmi  amount  raised  for 
buildings  and  grounds.  A  Board  of  Trustees 
was  elected,  with  Horatio  J.  Mulford,  of 
Bridgeton,  as  President,  the  Rev.  Thomas  G. 
Wright,  of  Roadstown,  as  Secretary,  and 
Isaac  VV.  Mulford,  of  Bridgeton,  as  Treasurer; 
and  ten  thousand  dollars  was  subscribed 
jointly  by  H.  W.  Mulford,  I.  W.  Mulford, 
Miss  Anna  M.  Mulford,  Miss  Hannah  Mul- 
ford, and  Miss  Lucy  W.  Mulford,  with  the 
condition  that  the  school  should  be  located 
in  Bridgeton. 

This  condition  being  agreed  to,  an  act  of 
incorporation  was  passed  by  the  legislature 
and  signed  by  the  governor,    March    28,   1866, 


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which  stated  that  the  sole  design  of  the 
school  was  to  promote  the  moral  and  literary 
education  of  both  sexes.  Two  lots  in  the  city 
were  gratuitously  offered  as  a  site  for  the 
school;  and  that  offered  by  Mr.  Horatio  J. 
Mulford,  being  the  larger  and  better  situated 
of  the  two,  was  accepted.  The  grounds  of  the 
school  now  contain  nearly  hfty  acres,  and  are 
covered  with  a  natural  growth  of  oaks,  cedars, 
and  pines.  The  committee  secured  plans  of 
S.  D.  Button,  architect,  of  Camden,  who 
superintended  the  work  on  the  building;  and 
the  contract  was  awarded  to  Messrs.  Carll  & 
Bechner,  of  Bridgeton,  for  twenty-five  thou- 
sand dollars.  The  edifice,  a  substantial  brick 
structure  of  imposing  appearance,  is  capable 
of  accommodating  one  hundred  and  twenty-five 
boarders,  and  is  fitted  with  all  modern  im- 
provements. The  inscription  stone  over  its 
main  entrance  was  formally  laid  September  i, 
1869;  and  on  Tuesday,  October  25,  1870,  ser- 
vices of  dedication  were  held  in  the  First  Bap- 
tist Church,  Bridgeton. 

The  school  was  opened  October  5,  1870,  in 
the  new  building,  under  the  charge  of  Henry 
K.  Trask,  LL.D.,  who  is  still  principal;  and 
under  his  wise  and  able  management  it  has 
established  a  high  reputation,  and  met  with 
constantly  increasing  patronage.  Equipped 
with  a  large  and  experienced  corps  of  teachers, 
the  institute  gives  a  college  preparatory 
course,  also  full  and  thorough  instruction  in 
scientific  and  business  branches,  instrumental 
music,  voice  culture,  and  art.  The  physical 
department  has  recently  been  improved  and 
enlarged,    and    is   now   under  the   charge   of  a 


competent  instructor,  who  is  a  practical  gym- 
nast. In  connection  with  this  department  a 
large  enclosed  campus  on  the  grounds  is  re- 
served for  athletic  sports.  The  school  is  well 
fitted  with  the  necessary  apparatus  for  the 
study  of  science,  art,  and  music,  and  has  a 
large  library  and  valuable  museum. 

With  all  these  advantages  the  price  of  tui- 
tion is  low  compared  with  that  of  other 
schools  of  the  kind,  and  the  establishment  has 
a  homelike  and  Christian  character.-  Pupils 
intending  to  teach  receive  particular  atten- 
tion, and  are  well  drilled  on  the  subjects 
which  they  most  need  to  prepare  them  for 
their  work;  and  in  the  business  course  stress 
is  laid  on  those  branches  and  principles  which 
underlie  a  truly  successful  business  life.  The 
Bible  is  read  daily  before  the  whole  school, 
and  the  students  are  urged  kindly  and  persist- 
ently to  make  it  the  guide  of  their  lives. 
Since  the  school  has  been  opened  over  two 
thousand  students  of  both  sexes  and  different 
denominations  have  availed  themselves  of  its 
advantages.  Its  success  antl  reputation  are  a 
matter  of  pride  to  every  citizen  of  Bridgeton; 
and,  though  the  school  is  under  the  especial 
patronage  of  the  West  New  Jersey  Baptist 
Association,  it  has  always  received  the  cordial 
support  and  indorsement  of  all  denominations. 


AMP:S   JOHNSON    REEVES,    LL.B., 

counsellor-at-law,  a  prominent  and  es- 
teemed citizen  of  Bridgeton,  Cumber- 
land County,  N.J.,  was  born  at  the  homestead 
where    he    now    resides,    September    9,    1839, 


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439 


being  the  youngest  son  of  Johnson  and  Iiliza- 
beth  (Riley)  Reeves. 

On  the  paternal  side  he  is  of  English  ex- 
traction, and  his  ancestral  history  in  this 
country  reaches  back  to  the  period  of  early 
English  colonization.  The  original  members 
of  the  family  in  America  settled  in  New  P^ng- 
land,  some  of  them  subsequently  constituting 
a  part  of  the  Fenwick  colony  of  New  Jersey. 
Mr.  Reeves's  great-great-grandfather,  John 
Reeves,  who  was  born  January  30,  1726,  came 
from  Long  Island,  N.Y.,  to  Greenwich,  N.J., 
where  he  was  for  many  years  a  Ruling  Elder 
in  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  married  Sep- 
tember 12,  1750,  Miss  Mabel  I.  Johnson,  a 
daughter  of  Dr.  James  Johnson,  a  distinguished 
physician,  who  removed  from  the  State  of 
Connecticut  to  Cumberland  County,  New 
Jersey.  Dr.  Johnson's  practice  was  quite 
extensive,  covering  a  circuit  of  over  fifty 
miles.  His  wife,  tradition  has  it,  was  a  beau- 
tiful Indian  girl,  the  daughter  of  the  union  of 
an  Indian  chief  domiciled  in  Connecticut  with 
one  of  the  early  New  England  settlers. 

Johnson  Reeves,  the  ne.xt  in  lineal  descent, 
son  of  John  and  Mabel  I.  (Johnson)  Reeves, 
married  Miss  Zerviah,  a  daughter  of  John 
Berreman.  Their  son,  John,  the  grandfather 
of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 6,  1773.  On  Christmas  Day,  179S, 
he  wedded  Miss  Martha,  a  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Mary  Reeves,  to  whom  she  was  born  June 
6,  1779,  and  their  union  was  fruitful  of  a 
family  of  eight  children,  namely:  Johnson; 
Samuel;  Mary,  who  died  in  infancy;  Joseph; 
Martha;   Joel  1?.  ;   Mary,  who  gave  her  hand  in 


marriage  to  the  late  Samuel   L.  Fithian ;  and 
Ephraim,  who  died  in  infancy. 

Johnson  Reeves,  the  second  of  the  name, 
whose  birth  occurred  at  Deerfield,  N.J.,  Octo- 
ber 16,  1799,  in  the  earlier  portion  of  his 
life  was  engaged  in  mechanical  and  mercan- 
tile pursuits  and  in  the  ship-building  indus- 
try at  Bridgcton.  Later  he  was  employed 
with  the  Cumberland  Nail  and  Iron.  Company 
in  the  same  city.  He  married  Miss  Eliza- 
beth Riley,  born  March  17,  1800,  daughter  of 
Mark  and  Abigail  (Harris)  Riley.  Eight 
children  were  the  fruit  of  this  union,  namely: 
Henry;  Harriet  N.,  who  is  the  wife  of  Charles 
S.  Fithian,  of  Bridgeton;  Ruth  R. ,  who  also 
resides  at  Bridgeton,  as  the  wife  of  Robert 
Dubois;  John,  who  was  for  over  forty  years, 
and  until  his  death  in  1895,  the  Assistant 
Cashier  of  the  Girard  National  Bank  of  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.,  and  one  of  the  city's  most  valu- 
able citizens;  Martha  P.,  who  was  married  to 
Alexander  L.  Robeson  in  1854,  and  is  now 
the  wife  of  George  W.  Bush,  of  Wilming- 
ton, Del.;  Francis  B.  ;  James  Johnson;  and 
Martlia,  who  died  in  infancy.  Mr.  Johnson 
Reeves,  the  father,  was  a  man  of  remarkably 
sound  judgment  and  sterling  Christian  charac- 
ter, benevolent,  sympathetic,  of  strict  truth- 
fulness, and  of  rigid  integrity.  He  con- 
stantly sought  the  glory  of  God,  and  exerted 
an  excellent  influence  for  good  in  the  com- 
munity. He  was  one  of  the  prominent  citi-. 
zens  of  Bridgeton,  and  at  his  decease  his  loss 
was  severely  felt  in  broad  circles.  He  de- 
parted this  life  at  Bridgeton,  July  19,  i860, 
in   his    sixty-first   year,  having  been  long  pre- 


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ceded  by  his  devoted  wife,  a  woman  endowed 
witli  superior  mental  and  moral  excellencies, 
who  passed  away  June  21,  1845. 

The  first-mentioned  son,  now  the  Rev. 
Henry  Reeves,  Ph.D.,  had  pastoral  charge  of 
the  Presbyterian  church  at  Belvidere,  N.J., 
from  1 8 50  to  1858,  and  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  at  Gloucester  City,  N.J.,  for  a  period 
of  upward  of  twelve  years  during  his  first  pas- 
torate, and,  having  been  recalled  after  an  ab- 
sence in  Bridgeton  of  as  many  years  more,  is 
still  fheir  honored  pastor.  He  has  been  the 
principal  of  the  Woodland  F"emale  Seminary 
at  West  Philadelphia  and  of  the  Chambers- 
burg  Female  Seminary  at  Chambersburg,  Pa., 
holding  the  latter  position  previous  to  and 
during  the  Civil  War.  At  this  time  also  he 
was  stated  supply  of  the  Fayetteville  (Pa.) 
Presbyterian  Church.  He  later  became  the 
editor  of  Om-  Monthly,  Young  Folks'  Nc7vs, 
and  of  other  literary  publications;  and  still 
later,  for  ten  years,  the  principal  of  Ivy  Hall, 
a  school  for  girls  at  Bridgeton.  While  there 
he  was  stated  supply  of  the  Fourth  Presby- 
terian Church  of  that  city. 

Francis  B.  Reeves,  born  in  1836,  is  one  of 
Philadelphia's  most  successful  merchants  and 
financiers,  and  is  deeply  interested  in  a  sound 
municipal  government.  He  is  the  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  Reeves,  Parvin  &  Co., 
wholesale  grocers,  and  holds  many  offices  of 
honor  and  trust.  He  is  Vice-President  of 
Girard  National  Bank,  President  of  the  Phila- 
delphia Belt  Line  Railroad  Company,  Vice- 
President  of  the  Philadelphia  Bourse,  and 
director  and    manager   of  sundry    mercantile. 


insurance,  and  trust  companies  in  Philadelphia 
and  Germantown.  He  is  also  a  Trustee  of  the 
Presbyterian  Board  of  Publication  and  Sab- 
bath-school Work,  a  Ruling  Elder  in  the 
Wakefield  Presbyterian  Church,  and  for  forty 
years  either  a  teaciier  or  superintendent  in  its 
Sunday-school.  As  a  member  of  the  Citizens' 
Permanent  Relief  Committee  he  was  com- 
missioned in  i88g  to  go  to  Johnstown,  Pa., 
and  in  1892  to  Russia,  where  he  rendered  val- 
uable service  in  the  distribution  of  food  and 
other  supplies  to  the  sufferers. 

James  Johnson  Reeves  received  his  prepara- 
tory education  in  the  public  and  private 
schools  of  his  native  city,  including  Harmony 
Academy  and  West  Jersey  Academy.  In 
1857  he  entered  the  office  of  the  Hon.  John 
T.  Nixon  at  Bridgeton,  and  read  law  with  him 
and  his  associates,  Charles  E.  Elmer  and 
Judge  L.  0.  C.  Palmer,  which  course  of  study 
he  prosecuted  until  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  February,  1861.  He  was  graduated  at 
the  Harvard  Law  .School  in  the  class  of  1861, 
receiving  from  that  institution  the  degree  of 
LL.B.  In  January,  1864,  he  was  constituted 
a  counsellor,  and  in  1S71  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  the  United  States  Circuit  and  Dis- 
trict Courts.  About  this  time  Mr.  Reeves 
was  likewise  appointed  United  States  Com- 
missioner. When  the  tocsin  of  war  was 
sountlcd,  he  reliiu|uished  his  profession,  and, 
with  his  brotlier-in-law,  Lieutenant  Alex- 
ander L.  Robeson,  and  Captain  Henry  Neff, 
raised  a  military  company  in  a  day  and  a  half, 
and  entered  the  army  in  September,  1861. 
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the  Twenty-fourth  Regiment  of  New  Jersey 
Volunteer  Infantry,  and  in  it  he  was  Second 
Lieutenant.  He  participated  in  the  battle  of 
Fredericksburg,  December  13,  1862,  and  in 
that  of  Chancclh:>rsville,  May  3,  1S63,  in  both 
of  which  engagements  he  was  wounded.  He 
resumed  his  professional  labors  on  his  return 
from  the  war  in  1863,  since  which  time  he 
has  been  actively  engaged  in  practice,  and  has 
succeeded  in  establishing  a  flourishing  busi- 
ness in  law,  real  estate,  and  insurance,  at 
Bridgeton.  He  is  widely  and  favorably 
known,  and  is  reputed  to  be  one  of  the  leading 
lawyers  of  South  Jersey. 

On  June  7,  1865,  Mr.  Reeves  was  unitcil  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Mary  Caldwell  Butler,  of 
Germantown,  Pa.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward and  Caroline  (Hyde)  Butler,  of  North- 
ampton, Mass.,  and  grand-daughter  of  Thomas 
Butler,  a  prominent  attorney  of  New  York 
City.  The  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reeves 
was  blessed  in  the  birth  of  four  children; 
namely,  Hugh  Laing,  Sarah  Caldwell,  Harriet 
Dennison  Read,  and  Bertha  Butler. 

Mr.  Reeves  does  not  participate  very  ac- 
tively in  local  or  in  national  politics,  pre- 
ferring to  devote  his  time,  attention,  and 
energies,  apart  from  his  professional  exac- 
tions, to  various  forms  of  educational  and 
religious  activity  and  endeavor.  He  has  offi- 
ciated as  City  Solicitor  for  three  years,  and  for 
several  years  served  as  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Education.  He  has  also  been  a  member 
and  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 
West  Jersey  Academy  for  many  years.  He 
prepared   and   published,    by   direction    of    the 


Reunion  Association,  a  history  of  the  Twenty- 
fourth  New  Jersey  Regiment;  and  all  through 
his  life  he  has  been  an  occasional  literary  con- 
tributor to  the  local  and  religious  press. 

In  religious  faith  a  Presbyterian,  he  is  affil- 
iated witli  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Bridgeton;  and  in  the  several  lines  of  Chris- 
tian work  connected  therewith  he  is  actively 
and  enthusiastically  engaged.  His  immediate 
ancestors  were  of  the  Presbyterian  persuasion; 
and  Mr.  Reeves  has  thus  been  prepared,  by 
inheritance,  teaching,  and  life,  for  the  ren- 
dering of  earnest,  wise,  and  efficient  Christian 
service.  He  has  been  a  Ruling  Elder  in  the 
church  to  which  he  belongs  since  1868.  He 
has  been  engaged  in  Sunday-school  work  from 
early  boyhood.  He  became  a  teacher  at  six- 
teen years  of  age,  and  since  1864  he  has  held 
the  office  of  superintendent.  He  has  been  for 
many  years  a  manager  of  the  Cumberland 
Bible  Society,  and  is  at  the  present  time  its 
President.  He  served  for  a  number  of  years 
as  President  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  of  Bridgeton,  and  for  fifteen  years 
and  upward  acted  as  the  Chairman  of  its  Lect- 
ure Committee. 

Mr.  Reeves  has  a  refined  musical  taste;  and 
he  has  done  much  for  the  development  and 
popular  appreciation  of  music  in  Bridgeton, 
having  with  others  organized  the  Cumberland 
County  Musical  Association,  of  which  for 
several  years  he  officiated  as  President.  His 
beliefs  and  ideals  concerning  national  affairs 
bring  him  into  affiliation  with  the  Republican 
party.  Kind-hearted  and  clear-headed,  Mr. 
Reeves   enjoys  the   cordial  respect   and   confi- 


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dence  of  all  his  fellows,  and,  though  of  a 
retiring,  unobtrusive  disposition,  exerts  a 
strong  and  ennobling  influence  throughout  the 
community  of  his  birth,  his  professional  activ- 
ity, and  his  social  life.  By  cheering  words 
and  deeds  he  happily  illustrates  the  blessed 
spirit  of  helpfulness,  which 

"  Causes  sunny  smiles  to  grow- 
Where  none  were  known  before." 

We  are  permitted  to  copy  the  following  ever 
timely  verses  from  his  pen,  entitled 

NOW. 

Break  ruKif  the  alabaster  box 

Of  s\Tnpathy  and  love. 
.Amid  the  cherished  friends  of  earth. 

Ere  they  are  called  above. 
How  many  burdened  hearts  are  here 
That  long  for  present  help  and  cheer ! 

The  kindly  words  you  mean  to  say 

When  they  are  dead  and  gone 
Speak  H<nt'.  and  nil  their  souls  with  joy 

Before  the  morning's  dawn. 
"Tis  better  far  when  friends  are  near 
Their  saddened  hearts  to  soothe  and  cheer. 

The  flowers,  withheld  till  after  death 
Ha.s  closed  their  eyes  in  sleep. 

If  proffered  in  life's  wear}-  hours. 
Would  still  their  fragrance  keep. 

While  hearts  can  thrill,  and  ears  can  hear. 

Let  lovins  deed  and  word  bring  cheer. 


ENJAMIX  DEXTER  MAXHAM. 
•^  \  the  first  President  of  the  Vineland 
Xational  Bank,  was  born  October 
lo,  1821,  in  Woodstock,  Windsor  County,  Vt., 
son  of  Timothy  and  Sophia  (Smith)  Maxham. 
The  family,  which  is  of  English  origin,  traces 


its  ancestry  back  to  a  very  early  period  in  the 
history  of  England.  The  name  was  originally 
Maxim.  Caleb  Maxham,  the  grandfather  of 
Benjamin  D.,  was  one  of  the  leading  men  of 
Middleboro,  Mass. 

Timothy    Maxham    was   born     in     Middle- 
boro  in    1796,    and  there   lived    until   he   was 
twenty-six    years    of    age.        With    his    four 
brothers  he  then  moved  to  Woodstock,  Vt.,  of 
which   he  was  a  pioneer   settler.      A  wealthy 
farmer,  he  was  prominent  in  town  affairs.      He 
served  in  the  War  of  18 12,  stationed  at  Ware- 
ham,    Mass.,    for    which   service  he  afterward 
drew  a  pension.      He  died  in  1S61  at  the  age 
of   si.xty-five.       His  wife  died   at  the  age  of 
forty-one.      She  was    a    daughter    of    Daniel 
Smith,    of    Middleboro,     being    a    native     of 
that  place,  where  she  lived  in  a  house  adjoin- 
ing that  of  her  husband.      Daniel   Smith  was 
a  business  man  of  the  highest  respectability. 
Timothy    Maxham's    children    were:    Ansel, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-one;  Benjamin 
De.xter,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and  Dan- 
iel, who  is  now  living  in  Strawberry  Point,  la. 
Benjamin  Dexter  Maxham  was  educated  in 
the  common  schools  of  old   English  Mills  at 
Woodstock    and    elsewhere.      At    the    age    of 
seventeen  he  went  to  sea,  shipping  on  a  whaler 
from     Xantucket,     Mass.        This    vessel,    the 
"Ohio,"    sailed    south     along    the     Atlantic 
coast.        Young    Maxham    did    not    find    the 
vovage  as  enjoyable  as  he    had    anticipated, 
and  at  Rio  Janeiro,   the  first  port  it  stopped 
at,  he  left  the  ship  and  returned  to  Xantucket. 
He  subsequently  made  a  second  voyage,  this 
time  on  the  schooner  "Essex."     Soon  after  he 


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learned  to  take  daguerreotypes,  being  among 
the  first  to  learn  the  art,  and  subsequently 
conducted  a  picture  gallery  in  Nantucket  for 
eight  years.  In  1849,  \\'hcn  the  gold  fever 
was  at  its  height,  Mr.  IMa.xham  was  one  of  a 
party  of  twenty  who  went  to  San  Francisco. 
They  had  a  rough  voyage,  lasting  six  months, 
and  in  rounding  Cape  Horn  they  were  blown 
out  of  their  course  below  Shetland  Islands. 
The  ship  with  its  freight  of  lumber  was  owned 
by  the  party,  and  was  afterward  sold  at  a  good 
profit.  At  San  Francisco  Mr.  Ma.xham  was 
successfully  engaged  in  business  for  four 
years.  While  there  he  erected  a  building 
which  was  afterward  destroyed  by  fire.  In 
1S53  he  returned  to  Nantucket,  leaving  at  the 
end  of  a  year  to  go  to  Worcester  in  the  same 
business.  He  returned  to  Vermont  in  1859, 
and  remained  there  four  years.  In  1863  he 
went  West,  finding  his  way  to  Salt  Lake  City, 
where  he  was  appointed  an  agent  to  sell  the 
tithings  of  the  Murmon  Ciiurch.  He  was  sent 
to  Virginia  City,  Mont.,  when  the  gold  mines 
were  first  worked,  and  erected  the  first  house. 
Here  he  bought  and  sold  gold  mines,  and  was 
recognized  as  one  of  the  leading  men  of  the 
place.  In  1870  he  came  to  Vineland,  al- 
though he  had  large  interests  in  Virginia  City. 
He  still  holds  bonds  of  that  city  and  Madison 
County.  In  \'ineland  he  took  up  the  business 
of  loaning  money  and  banking.  He  practi- 
cally organized  the  Vineland  National  Bank, 
and  was  its  first  President,  with  Thomas  Vin- 
ter,  his  adopted  son,  for  first  Cashier.  Mr. 
Maxham  continued  with  the  bank  about  twelve 
or  thirteen  years,    largely   shaping    its  course. 


He  owns  a  large  amount   of  real  estate  in   the 
city  and  township. 

He  has  eschewed  politics  entirely,  never 
having  voted  in  his  life.  Some  time  ago  he 
donated  his  large  house  as  a  home  and  train- 
ing-school for  feeble-minded  children.  Mr. 
Maxham  has  been  one  of  the  directors  from 
its  inception,  taking  a  great  interest  in  get- 
ting it  on  a  firm  basis.  The  house  is  called 
Maxham  Cottage.  Its  educational  purpose  is 
wisely  subordinated  to  practical  training  in 
useful  arts.  Many  young  people  have  gradu- 
ated from  it,  having  full  ability  to  take  care 
of  themselves.  The  institution  will  be  re- 
membered in  Mr.   Maxham's  will. 

In  1867  Mr.  Maxham  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Jerusha,  daughter  of  Mr.  Willard 
Wilson,  of  Barnard,  Vt.  After  establishing 
the  Maxham  Cottage  Mr.  Maxham  and  his 
family  moved  into  a  beautiful  house,  having 
all  the  appointments  that  a  gentleman  of  his 
culture  could  desire.  He  spends  most  of  the 
winter  in  Florida.  In  summer  he  visits  Sara- 
toga, Poland  Springs,  and  Barnard,  \'t.  He 
is  one  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  and  a  liberal  supporter  of  the  society. 
He  does  not  believe  in  "laying  up  treasures 
on  earth,"  but  lives  up  to  his  income,  making 
the  most  of  life  for  himself  and  others.  The 
city  of  \'ineland  is  fortunate  in  having  so 
philanthropic  a  man  among  its  residents. 


LTrANCIS    CRAWFORD    VAN     KEU- 

I    (s      REN,    one    of    the    busy    farmers    of 

Landis    township,    N.J.,    was    born    in    Little 


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Britain,  Orange  County,  N.Y.,  June  i,  183 1, 
son  of  James  and  Eunice  (Crawford)  Van 
Keuren.  The  family,  which  came  originally 
from  Holland,  dates  back  to  the  early  Colo- 
nial days.  Whether  Mr.  Van  Keuren's  great- 
great-grandfather  ever  had  a  home  in  America 
is  not  definitely  known  ;  but  it  is  to  be  inferred 
that  he  had  from  the  family  record,  which  has 
been  kept  and  preserved  with  peculiar  care. 

According  to  the  record  Tjerck  Matthyse 
Van  Keuren,  born  December  16,  1682,  and 
Marity  E.  Ten  Eyck,  born  October  16,  1682, 
were  married  February  i,  1702,  and  died  re- 
spectively on  June  18,  1742,  and  April  6, 
1760.  Their  third  son,  Benjamin,  born  No- 
vember 10,  1713,  was  married  July  11,  1735, 
to  Sarah  Swart,  who  was  born  February  21, 
1 7 10.  The  record  goes  on  to  state  that  they 
and  their  two  sons,  Tjerck  and  Hendricus,  re- 
moved to  the  farm  now  owned  and  occupied 
by  Eli  Van  Keuren,  in  the  town  of  Shawan- 
gunk,  three  miles  north  of  Pine  Bush,  N.  Y. 
Eli  is  a  grandson  of  Benjamin  by  a  second 
marriage  with  Mary  Beschooten.  When 
Hendricus  Van  Keuren  had  grown  up  he  mar- 
ried Annache  Jansen;  and  a  few  years  after 
he  removed  with  his  family  to  Montgomery, 
in  the  same  county.  Here  he  purchased  of 
George  Monnell  two  hundred  and  six  acres  of 
land,  the  deed  of  which  bears  the  date  June 
3,  1768.  A  part  of  the  stone  house  he  then 
built  is  still  occupied.  The  records  relating 
to  Hendricus  go  to  show  that  he  was  a  man 
of  sterling  character,  and  must  have  played  a 
prominent  part  in  the  community.  At  the 
beginning  of  the  Revolution  he  unhesitatingly 


gave  his  support  to  the  cause  of  the  colonists, 
and  afterward  served  throughout  the  war,  with- 
out remuneration,  as  captain  of  a  company. 
Shortly  after  his  removal  to  Montgomery  his 
wife,  Annache,  died,  leaving  him  two  children 
—  Benjamin  and  Margaret.  Benjamin  subse- 
quently married,  and  became  the  father  of 
Miller  Van  Keuren,  the  senior  Elder  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  in  Montgomery.  Hen- 
dricus contracted  a  second  marriage  with  Mar- 
garet Miller,  sister  of  Johannes  Miller,  one  of 
the  early  German  settlers.  .She  bore  him  four 
children  —  Henry,  Annache,  Sarah,  and 
Esther.  Annache  became  the  wife  of  Will- 
iam S.  Miller;  Sarah,  the  wife  of  Daniel  Mc- 
Neal;  and  FIsther,  the  wife  of  John  Hunter. 
Hendricus  died  December  8,  1802,  in  the 
sixty-fifth  year  of  his  age;  and  his  wife,  Mar- 
garet, June  8,   1826,  in  her  seventy-fifth   year. 

Henry  Van  Keuren,  grandfather  of  Francis 
C.  Van  Keuren,  on  August  26,  1808,  married 
Nancy  Sutter,  a  descendant  of  the  early 
Scotch-Irish  settlers,  and  had  two  children 
James  and  Margaret.  Margaret  was  the  wife 
successively  of  Lewis  Miller  and  Daniel 
Newkirk.  Henry  Van  Keuren's  death  oc- 
curred July  26,  1825,  in  the  thirty-eighth 
year  of  his  age.  His  widow,  who  survived 
him  several  years,  afterward  married  the  Rev. 
R.  II.  Wallace,  the  pastor  of  Little  Britain 
church. 

James  Van  Keuren,  son  of  Henry,  was  a  na- 
tive of  Montgomery,  born  June  22,  1809. 
Having  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  and  the  academy  of  Mont- 
gomery,   he   pursued   the   course    of    study    at 


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Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia,  grad- 
uating in  1830.  Upon  receiving  his  diploma 
he  established  himself  in  Little  Britain, 
where  he  was  subsequently  engaged  in  his  pro- 
fession until  his  death,  November  5,  1868. 
In  1830,  September  7,  he  was  united  in  matri- 
mony with  Miss  Eunice  Crawford,  daughter  of 
Samuel  \V.  Crawford.  Mrs.  Eunice  C.  Van 
Keuren  is  descended  from  Robert  Burnet, 
first,  who,  coming  from  Scotland  to  this  coun- 
try in  1725,  settled  in  Raritan,  N.J.,  but  sub- 
sequently removed  to  Little  l^ritain.  He 
married  Ann  Reid;  and  his  son  James  had  a 
son  Robert,  second,  born  February  22,  1762, 
who  fought  in  the  War  of  Independence.  At 
first  young  Robert  Burnet  joined  a  military 
company  of  boys,  aged  from  fourteen  to  six- 
teen, who  rendered  considerable  service  as 
home  protectors  and  as  guards  for  Hessian 
prisoners.  In  June,  1781,  when  but  nineteen 
years  old,  he  received  from  Governor  Clinton 
the  commission  of  Second  Lieutenant  in  Colo- 
nel Lamb's  artillery,  then  stationed  at  West 
Point;  and  afterward  he  shared  with  his  regi- 
ment in  the  capture  of  Cornwallis  at  York- 
town,  Va.  On  June  9,  1784,  Lieutenant 
Burnet  was  married  to  Rachel  De  Witt,  niece 
of  Mrs.  General  James  Clinton.  He  died  De- 
cember 24,  1854,  at  the  age  of  ninety-two 
years.  His  wife's  death  occurred  June  4, 
1830,  in  her  sixty-eighth  year.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  Alexander  C,  Charles,  Jane,  and 
Moses.  Jane  married  Samuel  W.  Crawford, 
and  had  one  child,  Eunice,  the  wife  of  James 
Van  Keuren.  Mr.  Crawford  died  August  10, 
18 10.      James  Van  Keuren   and   his  wife   have 


had  but  one  child,  I'rancis  C. ,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch.  Both  parents  are  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  of  which  the  father  has 
been  an  Elder. 

P'rancis  Crawford  Van  Keuren  grew  to  man- 
hood on  the  home  farm,  receiving"  his  educa- 
tion in  the  district  school  of  his  native  town 
and  in  a  private  school  of  Newburg,  N.  Y. 
He  remained  at  home  until  he  was  thirty  years 
old.  Then  he  purchased  a  farm,  and,  taking 
up  his  residence  upon  it,  occupied  himself  in 
its  cultivation  for  the  ensuing  ten  years.  In 
1 87 1  he  came  to  Landis  township,  and  bought 
his  present  farm,  which  he  has  since  devoted 
to  general  agriculture. 

On  October  5,  1854,  he  married  Mary  Eliz- 
abeth Shaw,  daughter  of  Thomas  Shaw,  of 
Little  Britain.  She  died  May  18,  1890,  leav- 
ing two  children,  namely:  James  Henry,  born 
March  9,  1856;  and  Frank,  born  July  8,  1859. 
She  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church.  Mr.  Van  Keuren  married  again  on 
December  10,  1891,  taking  for  his  second  wife 
Mrs.  Anne  P.  Herendeen,  daughter  of  D.  S. 
Robinson.  By  virtue  of  her  ancestry  on  the 
maternal  side  Mrs.  Van  Keuren  is  a  descend- 
ant of  the  "Mayflower"  Pilgrim,  John  Alden, 
and  his  wife,  Priscilla.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Van  Keuren  are  members  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church,   in  which  he  is  a  Deacon. 


Tt^OBERT    TAYLOR    LORE,   an  exten- 

I  iy^      sive  oyster  planter  and  shipper  of  Bi- 

^— ^  valve,    N.J.,   whose  home    is    in   the 

city  of  Camden,  was   born    in    Newport,  Cum- 


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berland  County,  N.J.,  November  8,  1S30. 
His  parents  were  William  Clement  and  Mary 
(Campbell)  Lore,  both  natives  of  Newport; 
and  his  grandfather  was  Ethan  Lore,  an  exten- 
sive farmer  and  large  land-owner  in  that  place. 
Ethan  Lore  died  April  i>S,  1847,  aged  seventy- 
nine  years.  His  wife,  who  before  marriage 
was  Hannah  Compton,  of  Mauricetovvn,  Cum- 
berland County,  died  Ajiril  29,  1823,  at  the 
age  of  fifty-six.  Grandfather  and  Grandmother 
Lore  were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church  of  Newport,  and  the  former  held 
therein  all  the  offices  up  to  that  of  local 
preacher.  They  reared  five  children  ;  namely, 
Daniel,  Ethan,  William  Clement,  Richard, 
and    Hannah. 

William  Clement  Lore,  the  father  of 
Robert,  was  born  in  Newport,  February  g, 
1799,  and  was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
of  his  native  town.  His  father  owned  three 
farms  in  Newport;  and  when  William  C.  was 
married  he  settled  on  one,  which  he  worked  on 
shares  until  his  father  died,  when  it  became 
his  by  inheritance.  This  farm  comprised 
about  eighty  acres  of  arable  land  and  seventy- 
five  acres  of  meadow;  and  he  raised  quantities 
of  corn,  wheat,  [lotatoes,  and  flax,  and  kept 
from  thirty-five  to  forty  sheep.  His  farm 
afforded  him  all  the  necessaries  of  life,  includ- 
ing clothing;  for  his  family  were  chid  in  gar- 
ments of  home  manufacture,  made  from  his 
own  flax  and  wool. 

William  C.  Lore  was  prominent  among  the 
Whigs  of  his  district,  and  served  on  the 
Township  Committee  and  as  chosen  Free- 
holder.     He  was  well  known   throughout  the 


section  and  was  universally  loved  and  es- 
teemed, having  no  enemies.  A  member,  like 
his  father,  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
he  served  efficiently  as  steward  and  Trustee. 
He  died  January  19,  1838,  aged  thirty-nine 
years.  Mr.  W.  C.  Lore  was  married  to  Mary, 
daughter  of  Oliver  Campbell,  of  Newport. 
Nine  children  were  the  fruit  of  this  union,  six 
of  whom  attained  maturity,  namely:  Charles, 
born  September  3,  1820,  who  died  June  28, 
1854;  John  O.  A.,  born  March  9,  1824,  now 
living  in  Newport,  N.J.  ;  William  Clement, 
born  November  12,  1826,  of  Newport;  Robert 
Taylor,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  ;  Dallas, 
born  August  6,  1832,  who  died  September  3, 
1887;  and  Ethan,  born  September  8,  1834, 
who  died  in  1854.  Mrs.  Mary  C.  Lore  was 
born  June  22,  1802.  After  the  death  of  Mr. 
Lore  she  married  Zaccheus  Joslin.  She  died 
July  g,   1872. 

Robert  Taylor  Lore  received  his  education 
in  a  Quaker  school  in  Manington,  Salem 
County,  N.J.  He  was  about  eight  years  of 
age  when  his  father  died,  and  was  early 
thrown  on  his  own  resources,  being  bound  out 
to  a  Ouaker  farmer,  with  whom  he  remained 
until  fifteen  years  of  age.  Then,  purchasing 
his  time,  he  bound  himself  for  five  years  to  a 
carpenter  in  Cedarville;  and  after  completing 
his  apprenticeship  he  worked  there  for  a  while 
as  a  journe}nian.  He  was  subsequently  em- 
ployed as  foreman  for  three  years  by  Whittaker 
&  I^'ithian,  builders  of  l^ridgeton ;  and  he 
then  established  himself  in  business  as  con- 
tractor and  builder  in  Newport,  where  he 
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lie  buildings,  including  a  school-house  and 
the  Baptist  church.  He  was  in  business  as  a 
contractor  about  five  years,  and  in  1S56  en- 
gaged in  trade.  Two  years  later  he  turned 
his  attention  to  butchering,  and  for  five  or  si.\ 
years  was  occupied  in  that  way  in  Newport, 
doing  a  large  business.  He  was  for  two  years 
in  partnership  in  Bridgeton  with  William  C. 
Whittaker  and  Smith  Gilbert,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Whittaker,  Lore  &  Gilbert;  and  at 
the  end  of  that  time  he  engaged  in  the  oyster 
business,  in  which  he  has  achieved  marked 
success.  He  has  an  establishment  at  318 
South  Water  Street,  Philadelphia,  and  man- 
ages an  extensive  wholesale  and  retail  trade, 
owning  five  boats  —  three  schooners  and  two 
sloops  —  four  of  which  he  had  built  specially 
for  himself.  His  trade  has  increased  steadily 
from  the  beginning.  About  1893  he  began  to 
ship  oysters  from  Bivalve. 

Mr.  Lore  was  married  August  2,  1851,  to 
Harriet  N.  Conover,  daughter  of  George  and 
Pleasant  (Newcomb)  Conover,  of  Cedarville, 
N.J.  She  was  born  January  18,  1832.  Her 
father,  George  R.  Conover,  was  born  in  Cedar- 
ville, September  10,  1798,  and  died  in  his 
native  town,  January  20,  1832.  His  wife,  who 
was  a  daughter  of  Butler  Newcomb,  one  of  the 
early  settlers  of  Newport,  died  P"ebruary  15, 
I  85  I.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Conover  had  three  chil- 
dren besides  Mrs.  Lore,  namely:  Belford  E., 
born  September  17,  1823,  who  died  October 
18,  1S91  ;  Rhoda  S. ,  born  September  7,  1S26; 
and  Franklin,  born  May  17,  1828.  Two  chil- 
dren were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lore,  one  of 
whom    is    living  —  William    C,    born    August 


26,  1853.  He  is  in  the  oyster  business  with 
his  father,  having  been  admitted  to  partner- 
ship in  1S73,  the  firm  name  since  that  year 
being  R.  T.  Lore  &  Son.  William  C.  Lore 
was  married  September  7,  1876,  to  Elizabeth 
D.  I'ar\in,  who  was  born  December  26,  1853, 
and  who  has  had  four  children,  two  of  whom 
are  living — Robert  T.,  born  November  11, 
1S77;  and  Carleton  Francis,  born  November 
18,  1888. 

Mr.  Lore  votes  the  Republican  ticket.  He 
is  a  member  of  Cumberland  Lodge,  No.  35, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  Coun- 
cil No.  36,  Order  of  United  American  Me- 
chanics. His  entire  family  are  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  he  has 
filled  all  the  church  offices  except  that  of 
local  preacher.  He  is  a  man  of  ability  and 
much  force  of  character,  and  is  a  representa- 
tive citizen  of  Camden,  his  home  being  in 
that  city  at  306  South  Fifth  Street. 


fsTrOSEPH  SHROPSHIRE,  an  extensive 
shipper  of  country  produce,  dealer  in 
fertilizers,  and  station  agent  at  Maurice- 
town  station,  was  born  in  Mauricetown,  N.J., 
July  2,  1854,  son  of  Robert  and  Ann  (Butcher) 
Shropshire.  His  grandfather,  James  Shrop- 
shire, was  a  native  of  Heislerville.  Robert 
Shropshire,  father  of  Joseph,  was  born  in 
Heislerville  in  August,  1S13.  Plis  opportu- 
nities for  obtaining  an  education  were  limited; 
for  when  a  mere  lad  he  began  working  upon 
vessels  plying  betw'een  points  on  Maurice 
River    and    Philadelphia,    carrying    wood    and 


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garden  truck  as  freight.  At  the  age  of  twenty 
years  he  became  commander  and  part  owner 
of  a  vessel.  For  some  years  he  continued 
freighting  on  the  river,  subsequently  engaging 
in  the  oyster  fisheries,  which  he  followed  for 
twenty  years,  or  until  1880,  when  he  retired 
to  a  small  farm  in  Haleyville,  where  he  died 
September  4,  18S6.  He  was  well  and  favora- 
bly known  throughout  this  section  as  an  in- 
dustrious and  intelligent  citizen.  For  many 
years  he  was  connected  with  Ariel  Lodge,  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Maurice- 
town,  of  which  he  was  a  Past  Grand  Master. 
His  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was  Ann 
Butcher,  was  a  daughter  of  Dr.  Joseph 
Butcher,  formerly  of  Burlington  County,  but 
later  of  Cumberland  County,  New  Jersey. 
She  became  the  mother  of  nine  children, 
namely:  Anna,  wife  of  Oliver  Reeves,  of 
Mauricetown ;  Ik'ulali,  wife  of  William  Pow- 
ell; Robert;  Lizzie,  who  died  in  infancy;  Ida, 
who  became  Mrs.  John  Nicholson  ;  Joseph, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Sarah;  Emma, 
wife  of  John  Comer;  and  Howard,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  two  years. 

Joseph  .Shropshire  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  his  native  town.  He  re- 
mained at  hnnie  upon  the  farm  until  he  was 
twent)'-seven  years  old.  He  then  enteretl  the 
employ  of  the  Cumberland  &  Maurice  River 
Railroad  Company  as  station  agent,  learning 
telegraphy  in  si.\  weeks.  When  this  compan}- 
was  absorbed  by  the  Central  Railroad  Com- 
pany of  New  Jersey,  he  was  retained  in  the 
same  capacity,  and  still  has  charge  of  Maurice- 
town  station,   Commercial  township.      He  has 


built  u\)  a  large  business  in  the  sale  of  fer- 
tilizers of  all  kinds,  being  the  only  dealer  in 
town,  and  is  also  an  extensive  buyer  and  ship- 
per of  farm  produce,  of  which  he  was  the  only 
handler  here  up  to  1895.  Politically,  he 
favors  the  Democratic  party,  but  is  not  a  strict 
[jartisan,  casting  his  vote  in  local  affairs  for 
the  candidates  whom  he  deems  best  qualified 
for  the  positions  with  which  their  names  are 
associated  on  the  ticket.  Although  not  an 
office-seeker,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
School  Board  in  1895.  On  January  ig,  1886, 
Mr.  Shropshire  married  Jennie  L.  Mayhew, 
daughter  of  Isaac  Mayhew,  of  Port  P^lizabcth. 
Mrs.  Shropshire  is  the  mother  of  three  chil- 
dren—  Dora,  Anna,  and  Jennie. 

Fraternally,  Mr.  Shropshire  is  connected 
with  Ariel  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  Mauricetown,  and  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  Lodge  of  Port  Norris.  He  and  his 
family  are  social  favorites.  Mr.  Shropshire 
attends  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  at 
Haleyville,    of  which   his   wife   is   a   member. 


KUKE  WESLEY  VANAMAN,  a  re- 
spected carpenter  of  Millville,  was 
■"^^  horn  in  this  city,  January  30,  1S35, 
son  of  Joseph  and  Catherine  (Hankins)  \'an- 
aman.  Mr.  Vanaman's  grandfather,  Luke 
Vanaman,  who  was  a  native  of  Sweden,  came 
to  this  country  when  seventeen  years  old. 
Locating  upon  a  farm  in  Cumberland,  he 
resided  there  for  the  rest  of  his  life.  He 
ser\'ed  as  a  soldier  in  the  Continental  army 
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Joseph  Vanaman  was  born  in  Cumberland, 
this  county,  October  15,  17S9.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  common  schools,  and  resided  with 
his  parents  until  he  came  of  age.  He  then 
bought  a  farm  containing  a  large  quantity  of 
valuable  timber.  Having  cut  and  marketed 
the  timber  to  good  advantage,  he  afterward 
cultivated  the  land  and  his  property  with 
energy  and  success.  His  farming  operations 
included  the  keeping  of  a  well-equipped  dairy. 
After  an  industrious  life  he  died  in  1S73,  aged 
eighty-four  years.  Sturdy  and  intelligent,  he 
took  the  interest  of  a  patriot  in  the  general 
welfare  of  the  nation,  and  was  one  of  its  de- 
fenders during  the  War  of  1812.  His  wife, 
in  maidenhood  Catherine  Hankins,  was  a 
daughter  of  Richard  Hankins.  She  reared  a 
family  of  six  children;  namely,  Dayton, 
Ruhamah,  Richard,  Theophilus,  Luke  Wes- 
ley, and  Rachel.  Ruhamah  is  now  the  wife 
of  James  Powell.  Both  parents  were  members 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Luke  Wesley  \'anaman  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Cumberland  for  tlie  usual  period  of 
time.  He  then  learned  the  carpenter's  trade, 
and  has  worked  at  it  since  as  a  journeyman, 
for  the  greater  part  of  the  time  in  Millville, 
being  closely  identified  with  the  town's  growth 
and  development.  He  has  assisted  in  the 
erection  of  a  large  number  of  the  buildings. 
In  1869  he  built  his  present  residence,  which 
was  at  that  time  located  nearly  or  quite  out- 
side of  the  city  limits.  He  is  still  actively 
engaged  in  his  trade. 

On  November  7,  1867,  Mr.  Vanaman  was 
united  in  marriage  to   Ruhamaii   K.   Shaw,  and 


has  two  children  —  Ralph  and  Mary  C.  Mary 
C.  is  now  the  wife  of  Nicholas  Barrett.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Vanaman  attend  the  Methodist  F^pis- 
copal  church,  of  which  Mrs.  \'anaman  is  a 
member.  Mr.  X'anaman  enlisted  for  service 
in  the  Civil  War,  September  3,  1S64,  joining 
as  a  private.  Company  C,  Thirty-eighth  Regi- 
ment, New  Jersey  Volunteers,  under  the  com- 
mand of  Colonel  W.  J.  Sewell.  The  regi- 
ment belonged  to  a  sejiarate  brigade.  Army  of 
the  James,  commandetl  by  General  J.  B.  Carr. 
With  it  Mr.  Vanaman  did  duty  in  the  defences 
of  Bermuda  Hundred  until  the  fall  of  Peters- 
burg and  Richmond.  He  was  mustered  out  of 
the  service  June  30,  1865,  at  City  Point,  Va. 


'ff]YOHN  R.  CHAMBERS,  a  well-known 
ship-builder  of  Dorchester,  N.J.,  also 
engaged  in  marine  railway  work  and 
repairing,  was  born  October  24,  1840,  in  Lees- 
burg,  Cumberland  Count)',  N.J.,  son  of  Will- 
iam and  Elizabeth  (Pigeon)  Chambers.  His 
grandfather,  Jeremiah  Chambers,  who  was  en- 
gaged in  farming  pursuits  in  Leesburg  for 
many  years,  died  in  Philadelphia.  William 
Chambers  was  a  nati\e  of  Leesburg.  tie 
received  a  common-school  education,  and 
subsequently  learned  the  trade  of  ship-carpen- 
ter, which  he  followed  continuouslv  until  his 
death.  His  wife  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel Pigeon,  bore  the  following  children: 
Martha  (now-  deceased)  married  John  Sneider, 
of  Philadelphia;  Rachel  (deceased)  was  the 
wife  of  Abraham  Rookstool,  of  Philadelphia; 
Mary  married  William  Rookstool,  a  brother  of 


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her  sister's  husband;  Susan  (deceased)  mar- 
ried Enos  Marker,  of  Bridgeton  ;  John  R.  is  the 
subject  of  this  sketch;  Elizabeth  is  deceased; 
and  George  has  also  passed  away.  The  mother 
was  a  respected  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church. 

John  R.  Chambers,  after  obtaining  his  edu- 
cation in  the  common  schools,  learned  the 
trade  of  ship  carpenter  and  calker  with  his 
brother-in-law,  Enos  Harker,  and  when  he  had 
finished  his  apprenticeship  they  took  con- 
tracts together.  After  his  marriage  Mr. 
Chambers  came  to  Dorcester  and  followed  his 
trade  until  about  1890,  when  he  bought  his 
present  yard  and  railway.  He  does  most  of 
the  work  of  this  kind  on  the  river,  giving 
employment  to  from  eight  to  eighteen  men. 
rolitically,  he  affiliates  with  the  Demo- 
cratic party,  and,  fraternally,  is  a  member  of 
Manumuskin  Tribe,  I.  O.  Red  Men,  of  Mill- 
villc. 

In  1869  he  married  Rebecca,  daughter  of 
l<:iwell  Pew,  of  Dorchester,  N.J.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Chambers  have  become  the  ])arents  of 
two  children, —  Elwell,  born  in  i  S72  ;  and  El- 
vira. The  parents  are  active  members  of  the 
Methodist  TCpiscojial  church,  in  which  the 
father  is  a  Trustee. 


T^AI'TAIN     RICHARD    TOZOUR,     of 

V  J[        ^'°'''  Elizabeth,  one  of  the  most  exten- 

^ sive  dealers  in  salt  hay  in  the  State 

of  New  Jersey,  was  born  in  Delmont,  Cumber- 
huid  County,  November  26,  1848.  He  is  the 
son     of     Shadrach     and     Elizabeth     (Crowley) 


Tozour  and  the  grandson  of  Ownsbee  Tozour, 
a  native   of    Eidora,  Cape    May  County,    N.J. 

Shadrach  Tozour  received  a  common-school 
education,  entering  on  a  sailor's  life  when 
only  a  boy.  He  was  engaged  for  years  in  the 
Delaware  Bay  trade,  at  the  age  of  eighteen 
being  captain  of  a  vessel,  eventually  becoming 
owner  of  three  boats.  In  1884  he  settled  per- 
manently on  land  and  engaged  in  the  hay 
trade,  in  which  he  was  very  successful.  He 
was  married  in  1839  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Crow- 
ley, daughter  of  Samuel  Crowley,  of  Egg  Har- 
bor, and  by  this  union  he  had  ten  children, 
eight  of  whom  attained  maturity,  namely: 
Mary  Ann  (deceased),  who  was  the  wife  of 
John  Nichols,  of  Egg  Harbor;  John,  residing 
in  Delmont;  Richard,  at  Port  Elizabeth; 
Hester,  wife  of  Enoch  Stevenson,  of  Del- 
mont; Samuel,  a  resident  of  Leesburg;  Ben- 
jamin; Shadrach,  Jr.;  and  Ownsbee.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Shadrach  Tozour  were  members  of 
the  Methodist  Protestant  church,  in  which  he 
was  very  prominent,  officiating  as  class  leader 
and  in  other  capacities. 

Richard  Tozour  received  in  his  boyhood  a 
limited  common-school  education,  later  ob- 
taining his  knowledge  of  men  and  things 
through  practical  e.xperience  and  observation. 
Before  he  had  finished  his  studies  he  began  to 
sail  with  his  fatlier,  acting  as  cook  on  the 
vessel ;  and  when  he  was  eighteen  he  had 
charge  of  a  freight  boat  sailing  up  and  down 
the  bay.  He  now  spends  most  of  his  time  on 
land,  making  a  business  trip  occasionally.  He 
ships  about  twenty- five  hundred  tons  of  salt  hay 
a  year,  selling  principally  to  glass  houses  and 


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fouiulries,  and  employs  four  or  five  boats  in 
addition  to  the  one  he  owns,  transporting  hay 
to  different  points.  He  is  an  able  and  intel- 
ligent business  man,  and  his  success  is  the 
result  of  diligence  and  good  management. 

Captain  Tozour  was  married  September  24, 
1871,  to  Araann,  daughter  of  John  M.  Duncan, 
of  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Duncan,  who  was  born 
in  Delaware  in  1820,  was  a  steamship  engi- 
neer on  the  Cl3'de  line,  plying  between  New 
York  and  Philadelphia.  He  was  a  very  pop- 
ular man,  and  was  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the 
Knights  of  Pythias.  His  wife  was  Miss 
Araann  Jester,  of  Delaware.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Duncan  had  two  children — John  M.  and 
Araann  (Mrs.  Tozour).  Seven  children  blessed 
the  union  of  Captain  and  Mrs.  Tozour  —  George 
D.,  who  died  in  childhood;  Elizabeth  D., 
wife  of  Charles  Blackson,  of  Port  Elizabeth; 
Samuel  S.  ;  Herman  C.  ;  Ruth  C.  ;  Hester  S.  ; 
and  Leon. 

In  politics  Captain  Tozour  is  independent. 
Though  his  large  business  gives  him  little 
time  for  social  duties,  he  attends  the  meetings 
of  Dorchester  Lodge,  Knights  of  I'ythias,  to 
which  he  has  belonged  for  a  number  of  years, 
and  of  Division  No.  13  of  the  Patriotic  Sons 
of  America  of  Delmont.  He  attends  and  con- 
tributes toward  th(j  sujiport  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church. 


fHOMAS  S.  HOPE,  passenger  and  freight 
agent   of   the   West   Jersey   &    Seashore 
Railroad    Company    at    Bridgeton,     N. J.,    was 


born  near  Keyport,  Monmouth  County,  this 
State,  on  December  17,  1S54.  P"or  three 
generations  the  Hoffs  have  lived  in  the  same 
locality;  and  in  the  house  which  w-as  the  birth- 
place of  Captain  William  Hoff,  his  grand- 
father, Thomas  S.  Hoff  opened  his  infant  eyes 
to  the  world's  light. 

The  Hoffs  were  among  the  first  settlers  of 
New  Amsterdam,  now  New  York  Cit\-,  and 
Long  Island.  Some  time  in  the  first  half  of 
the  seventeenth  century  one  of  the  family 
took  up  residence  in  the  neighborhood  of 
where  Keyport  is  now  located,  when  there 
were  not  more  than  three  or  four  families  of 
white  people  within  miles.  Lenard  Hoff  and 
Henry  Tilton,  it  is  said,  both  made  applica- 
tion for  a  Captain's  commission  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary army  at  the  same  time;  and  it  was 
awarded  to  Lenard.  This  so  enraged  Tilton 
that  he  joined  the  British  army  and  secured  an 
appointment  as  an  officer.  Some  time  after- 
ward he  surprised  Lenard  with  a  sc|uad  of 
British  soldiers  and  shot  him.  Lenard  Hoff 
was  buried  on  the  day  of  the  battle  of  Mon- 
mouth. The  Hoffs  intermarried  with  the 
Stouts,  descendants  of  John  Stout,  who  came 
to  this  country  about  1648,  married  Miss  Pe- 
nelope Von  Prince  at  New  Amsterdam,  and  at 
once  established  a  home  in  what  is  now  Mon- 
mouth County,   New  Jersey. 

In  the  old  house  near  Keyport,  Peter  B. 
Hoff,  son  of  Captain  William,  was  born  No- 
vember 3,  1 818.  Educational  advantages  were 
not  so  attainable  during  the  century's  teens 
as  they  are  now,  but  Peter  B.  Hoff  made  the 
most  of  those  that  were  in  his  reach.      He  was 


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a  schoolmate  of  ex-Governor  Beedle  and  other 
men  of  his  class.  After  leaving  the  Keyport 
schools  he  went  to  New  York  City,  where  he 
took  a  course  in  civil  engineering.  Numerous 
buildings  erected  during  his  youth  in  Brook- 
lyn, L.  T.,  and  throughout  the  States  of  New- 
York  and  New  Jersey  attest  to  the  capacity, 
knowledge,  and  energy  of  the  young  engineer; 
and  a  number  of  foundries  and  mills  near  Key- 
])ort  and  other  parts  of  the  State  also  stand  as 
monuments  to  his  industry.  In  1840  he 
bought  mill  property  near  Tuckahoe,  Cape 
May  County,  which  was  known  a.s  the  "Learn- 
ing Track  "  ;  and  in  1863  he  removed  thither 
from  Keyport  and  began  operating  it. 

In  1875  Mr.  Peter  B.  Hoff,  having  earned  a 
well-deserved  rest,  retired  from  active  life, 
lie  is  now  living  in  Tuckahoe,  peacefully  con- 
tented in  the  consciousness  of  his  laborious 
and  useful  years.  He  has  been  repeatedly 
solicited  to  accept  political  offices,  but  pre- 
ferring the  quiet  comfort  of  private  citizen- 
ship he  has  always  declined  with  thanks  the 
proffered  honors.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  ICpiscopal  church,  his  wife,  Mary 
.Smith  Pangborn  Hoff,  who  died  on  December 
17,  1886,  also  having  been  a  communicant 
thereof. 

She  was  a  daughter  of  Stephen  Pangborn. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter  1?.  lloff  had  nine  chil- 
dren, eight  of  whom  lived  to  maturity,  namely: 
Cornelia,  wife  of  George  P.  Waters,  of  Key- 
port;  Angus  Douglas;  William  E.  ;  Anna  M., 
widow  of  Charles  Creamer,  of  Petersburg, 
N.J.  ;  Margaret  C,  wife  of  Thomas  Free- 
stone,   of     Brooklyn,     N.  Y.  ;    Thomas   S.,    of 


Bridgeton ;    George  W.    G.  ;    and  Martha    D., 
wife  of  Charles  Caldwell,  of  Vineland. 

Thomas  S.  Hoff  received  his  education  in 
the  schools  of  Keyport  and  Petersburg,  N.J., 
and  worked  with  his  father  until  1879,  when 
he  began  to  follow  the  seas.  He  found  em- 
ployment on  coast  trading  vessels  and  also  on 
steamers  running  between  Philadelphia  and 
Fall  River,  Mass.  In  1884,  however,  he  once 
more  transferred  himself  to  terra  finna,  and  on 
April  10  of  that  year  he  accepted  the  position 
of  passenger  and  freight  agent  of  the  West 
Jersey  Railroad.  Mr.  Hoff  has  received  four 
promotions  during  his  long  service  in  this 
capacity,  and  at  present  holds  the  most  re- 
sponsible railroad  position  in  South  Jersey. 
In  1893  he  came  to  Bridgeton,  the  most  im- 
portant station  in  the  locality.  Thoroughly 
appreciating  the  value  of  knowledge  in  every 
branch  of  work  indirectly  or  directly  connected 
with  his  own  line,  Mr.  Hoff  took  up  in  1872 
the  study  of  telegraphy,  in  which  he  soon  be- 
came proficient.  Although  busy  and  full  of 
care,  he  has  always  had  a  deep  interest  in 
national  questions;  and  he  has  taken  an  active 
part  in  politics,  voting  the  Republican  ticket 
steadfastly  and  conscientiously.  He  finds 
time,  too,  for  outside  interests,  and  is  a  mem- 
l^er  of  Evening  Star  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  ; 
the  Tuckahoe  Lodge,  No.  6"],  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  Good  Intent  Encamp- 
ment; and  also  of  Welcome  Council,  Junior 
Order  of  Uuitetl  American  Mechanics,  and  of 
the  Brotherhood  of  the  Union.  Mr.  Hoff  has 
served  on  the  Executive  Committee  of  the 
Telegraphers'  Benevolent  Association. 


THOMAS     HIRST. 


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457 


In  Jaiuiar}',  1884,  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Naomi  C.  Camp,  daughter  of  Joseph  Camp, 
of  Petersburg,  N.J.  The  three  children  of 
their  marriage  are:  Thomas  A.  W.,  Earl  P., 
and  Mary  C.  By  his  attendance  and  support 
of  the  Methodist  l^piscopal  church,  to  whose 
faith  and  doctrine  he  was  reared,  Mr.  Hoff 
sets  an  exanij^le  of  reverence  for  Christian 
observance  to  his  family  that  might  be 
worthily  followed  by  every  man  who  holds  the 
position  of  father  and  householder  in  any  com- 
munity. 


61  HO  MAS  HI  R  .S  T,  manufacturer  of 
ej|  Smyrna  rugs  at  V'ineland,  N.J.,  was 
born  in  Heckmondwike,  Yorkshire,  England, 
June  14,  1845,  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth 
(Swallow)  Hirst.  His  grandfather,  John 
Hirst,  was  born  in  Murfield,  England. 

James  Hirst,  also  a  native  of  Murfield,  born 
May  9,  181 5,  learned  the  trade  of  broadcloth 
weaver  from  an  uncle.  Subsequently,  when 
he  was  twenty  years  of  age,  he  was  taught  how 
to  manufacture  coverlets,  rugs,  and  carpets  in 
the  factory  of  John  Swallow.  After  spending 
two  years  in  Mr.  Swallow's  employment,  he 
commenced  to  manufacture  rugs  and  coverlets 
on  his  own  account,  and  in  the  course  of  time 
acquired  a  business  that  needed  the  services  of 
from  sixty  to  seventy-five  hands.  In  i  S69, 
yielding  to  the  suggestion  of  his  son  Thomas, 
he  came  with  his  famil)-  to  this  country  and 
settled  in  Philadelphia,  where  he  resided  in 
retirement  until  his  death,  September  15, 
1878,  at  the  age  of  sixty-three  years.  His 
wife,  Elizabeth,  was  a  daughter  of  John    Swal- 


low, his  former  employer.  She  gave  birth  to 
seven  children,  four  of  whom  attained  matu- 
rity; namely,  Mary  Ann,  William,  Thomas, 
and  Ann.  Mary  Ann  Hirst  married  Walter 
Rice,  of  Utisfield,  England;  and  Ann  became 
the  wife  of  Nathan  Droughton,  of  Thompson- 
ville.  Conn.  The  mother  died  April  18, 
1894.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  The  father  was  an  E~pisco- 
palian. 

Thomas  Hirst,  after  receiving  his  education 
in  the  schools  of  his  native  town,  was  appren- 
ticed for  seven  years  to  learn  the  dyer's  trade 
in  the  factory  of  his  great-uncle,  Michael 
Swallow,  who  was  largel)-  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  rugs  and  carpets.  As  soon  as 
his  term  of  apprenticeship  expired,  Mr.  Hirst, 
in  partnership  with  his  brother  William 
started  a  rug  and  carpet  factory,  which  they 
carried  on  for  about  a  year.  At  the  end  of 
that  time  Mr.  Hirst  came  to  this  country  and 
took  employment  as  weaver  with  John  Brom- 
ley &  Sons,  Philadelphia.  He  worked  there 
for  three  months.  Then  he  left  the  place  and 
travelled  through  the  States  for  the  next  three 
months,  after  which  he  returned  to  England. 
He  had  spent  the  greater  part  of  the  following 
two  years  in  England,  when  he  came  back  to 
this  country  with  his  father  and  the  family. 
Again  obtaining  employment  with  John  Brom- 
ley &  Sons,  he  retained  his  position  until 
January  6,  1876.  On  that  date,  with  a  capital 
of  twenty-five  dollars  and  one  loom,  he  be- 
gan to  manufacture  rugs  on  his  own  account. 
Among  others  he  produced  the  Smyrna  rugs, 
these    being    the     first     of     the    kind     manu- 


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factured  in  the  country.  He  continued  the 
husiness  in  Philaileljihia  until  1879,  when  he 
bougiit  a  farm  in  Janvier,  Gloucester  County, 
N.J.,  built  on  a  part  of  it  a  commodious  fac- 
tory, and  resumed  his  business  on  a  much 
larger  scale.  The  factory  comprised  three 
buildings:  one  thirty-two  by  one  hundred  and 
twenty  feet,  a  story  and  a  half  high;  another 
one  hundred  by  thirty  feet,  also  a  story  and  a 
half  high;  and  a  third  fifty  by  twenty-eight 
feet,  one  story  in  height.  While  occupying 
this  place  the  number  of  his  employees  aver- 
aged seventy-five.  The  factory,  having  been 
run  for  about  si.\  years,  was  entirely  destroyed 
by  fire  on  August  5,  1885.  After  this  calam- 
ity Mr.  Hirst  went  to  Astoria,  L. I. ,  where  he 
joined  the  firm  of  Joseph  Wilde  &  Co.,  and 
built  for  them  the  Astoria  Carpet  Mills.  He 
retained  his  connection  with  the  company  for 
about  a  year  and  eight  months,  and  then  made 
an  attempt  to  resume  business  upon  the  site 
of  his  burned  factory  in  Janvier.  He  set  up 
three  looms  in  the  store-room  of  the  old  mill, 
the  only  part  that  the  fire  had  spared.  An 
iron  pot,  in  which  he  was  able  to  put  four 
pounds  of  yarn  at  a  time,  constituted  the  sum 
total  of  the  facilities  left  him  for  dyeing.  He 
persevered  in  his  efforts,  however,  until  April, 
1888,  and  then  removed  to  Vineland.  Here 
he  took  a  frame  building  thirty  by  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty  feet,  two  stories  high,  and  a 
fifty-foot  dye-house  one  story  in  height,  both 
of  which  had  been  erected  by  the  J5oard  of 
Trade.  Having  set  up  nine  looms,  he  began 
to  work  with  good  prospects.  A  year  later  it 
became    necessary    to    put    in    a   much    larger 


boiler,  for  which  a  new  brick  boiler-house  and 
chimney  had  to  be  erected.  A  two-story  brick 
building,  thirty-six  by  one  hundred  and  twenty 
feet,  was  added  on  July  6  of  the  next  year; 
and  still  another,  one  hundred  and  ninety  by 
forty-two  feet,  was  put  up  in  the  course  of  the 
year  following.  All  these  buildings  are  now 
exclusively  devoted  to  the  manufacture  of  rugs, 
and  from  two  hundred  and  seventy-five  to  three 
hundred  hands  are  constantly  employed  therein. 
Mr.  Hirst  has  six  sons  and  one  daughter; 
namely,  John,  Emma,  James,  Joseph  C,  Will- 
iam H.,  Charles,  and  Roy.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Republican.  He  has  been  Treasurer  of  the 
Republican  Club  of  Vineland  for  one  year, 
and  has  served  on  the  Board  of  Elections  for 
two  years.  He  is  a  member  of  Vineland 
Lodge,  No.  69,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  of  Eu- 
reka Chapter.  The  story  of  his  vicissitudes 
and  his  perseverance  cannot  fail  to  be  a  lesson 
in  jiluck  and  energy  to  all  who  read  it.  His 
present  success  does  not  seem  too  large  a 
reward  for  the  qualities  he  has  displayed  in 
his  struggles  for  prosperity. 


/2)eORGE  E.  butcher,  M.D.,  is 
\[^_i_  the  only  physician  of  Dividing 
Creek,  Cumberland  County,  N.J.,  where  he 
has  been  a  practitioner  for  many  years.  He 
was  born  in  Mauricetown,  N.J.,  on  April  21, 
1834.  His  parents  were  Josejih  and  Rebecca 
(Cobb)  Butcher;  and  his  [laternal  grandfather 
was  a  well-known  builder  of  Burlington 
County,  New  Jersey.  The  family  is  of 
English  extraction. 


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459 


Joseph  Butcher  was  born  on  IVFay  24,  1791, 
near  Green  Tree,  Burlington  County;  but 
owing  to  the  death  of  his  father  he  was  sent 
to  live  with  a  Quaker  family  in  Port  Eliza- 
beth, Cilniberland  County,  where  he  passed 
his  boyhood.  He  learned  the  trade  of  tailor, 
and  some  years  later  became  a  merchant,  and 
with  his  partner  furnished  supplies  to  a  part 
of  the  American  ami)' of  1S12,  which  was  en- 
camped on  the  present  site  of  Port  Elizabeth 
school -house.  He  subsequently  engaged  in 
the  drug  business,  and  while  thus  employed 
diligentl)'  improved  his  opportunities  to  read 
medicine.  Graduating  from  Jefferson  Medical 
College,  Philadelphia,  in  1826,  the  year  when 
it  was  incorporated,  he  then  located  in  Mau- 
ricetown,  which  was  the  centre  of  his  field  of 
labor  for  over  forty  years.  He  was  one  of  the 
most  successful  physicians  of  the  day,  his 
practice  covering  a  territory  now  occupied  by 
si.x  doctors..  His  thorough  knowledge  of  med- 
ical science,  coupled  with  natural  ability,  won 
for  him  an  enviable  reputation.  Even  in  the 
latter  part  of  his  life  his  steady  hand  and 
mature  judgment  were  eagerly  sought  in  criti- 
cal cases.  Nothwithstanding  the  onerous 
duties  of  his  profession  he  also  gave  attention 
to  business  pursuits  and  farming. 

In  politics  Dr.  Joseph  Butcher  was  always 
a  Democrat,  and  took  a  keen  interest  in  politi- 
cal measures  and  issues.  In  1842  he  was 
elected  to  the  State  legislature,  being  the 
only  Democratic  Representative  who  had  been 
sent  from  Cumberland  County  for  a  long  term 
of  years.  For  several  successive  terms  he  offi- 
ciated as  chosen  Freeholder,  having  charge  of 


life  lea.ses  independently;  and  he  also  filled 
other  offices  creditably.  Owing  to  an  excel- 
lent knowledge  of  general  law,  his  opinion 
was  much  sought  for  in  the  settlement  of 
estates  and  analogous  interests.  P"raternally, 
he  was  identified  with  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  P"ellows,  being  a  charter  member  of 
Ariel  Lodge,  No.  56,  of  Mauricetown.  Re- 
ligiously, he  formerly  was  with  the  Society  of 
P'riends,  but  more  recently  became  a  Meth- 
odist. 

Matrimonially,  Dr.  Joseph  ]5utcher  formed 
two  alliances,  the  maiden  name  of  his  first 
wife  being  Harriet  Pllkinton.  She  died  leav- 
ing si.x  children —  Rhoda,  Ann,  Charles,  Har- 
riet, William,  and  Joseph.  William,  the 
fifth  child,  was  afTected  with  di.sease  of  the 
spine,  but  enjoyed  as  good  general  health  as 
many  other  children  in  a  similar  condition. 
One  da}',  looking  up  to  his  father  with  a 
thoughtful  air,  the  boy  asked  him  where  he 
was  to  be  on  the  following  day.  The  father 
replied  that  he  did  not  know.  "Well,"  little 
William  said,  "to-morrow  at  eight  n)inutes 
after  twelve  I  am  going  to  die."  The  follow- 
ing morning  he  made  his  will  as  to  the  dis- 
posal of  his  playthings,  and  at  the  time  men- 
tioned he  died,  having  been  apparently  in  his 
usual  health  up  to  the  very  minute  when  his 
pure  spirit  took  its  flight.  The  Doctor's 
second  wife,  Rebecca  Cobb,  was  the  daughter 
of  Paul  and  Rhoda  Cobb,  of  Commercial  town- 
ship. She  had  three  children  —  George  E. , 
the  direct  subject  of  this  biography;  liliza, 
who  died  on  September  14,  1879;  and  Samuel. 
The  father  died   in  August,   1S64,  in  the  sev- 


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enty-fourth  year  of  his  age.  Samuel  Eutcher, 
the  youngest  son,  was  graduated  from  Jefferson 
Medical  College  in  1864,  and  settled  in  Mau- 
ricetown,  where  he  still  remains. 

George  E.  Butcher  attended  school  in  Mau- 
ricetown,  read  medicine  with  his  father,  and 
was  graduated  from  the  Jefferson  Medical 
College  in  1858.  He  first  located  in  Port 
Elizabeth;  but  on  June  10,  1858,  came  to 
Dividing  Creek,  continuing  practice  here 
until  February,  1869,  when  ill  health  obliged 
him  to  relinquish  the  profession  temporarily. 
Two  years  later,  however,  he  resumed  it,  faith- 
fully performing  its  duties  until  April  21, 
1879,  when  he  removed  to  Mauricetown  ;  and 
twelve  years  after  he  returned  to  Dividing 
Creek.  He  has  a  large  and  lucrative  practice 
in  Down,  Commercial,  Maurice  River,  and 
Fairfield  townships,  and  is  endeared  in  many  a 
household.  He  is  the  owner  of  some  valuable 
real  estate  in  this  vicinity. 

Always  a  Democrat  in  politics,  he  has  been 
actively  identified  with  party  interests,  serving 
as  a  delegate  to  important  conventions.  For 
thirty-five  years  he  has  been  prominent  in 
town  affair.s,  ofificiating  as  a  member  of  the 
Committee  and  Overseer  of  the  Poor,  and  serv- 
ing as  Clerk  of  Down  and  Commercial  town- 
ships for  twenty-seven  years.  He  is  at  present 
(1896)  Clerk  in  this  place,  having  also  served 
as  Justice  of  the  Peace  two  terms  in  Commer- 
cial township  and  three  in  Down.  Frater- 
nally, he  belongs  to  Ariel  Lodge,  Indepen- 
dent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  which  he  joined  at 
the  age  of  twenty-one.  He  is  one  of  the  old- 
est members,  has  been  through   all   the  chairs. 


being  now  Past  Grand  Master.  In  1S64  he 
started  the  Good  Intent  Beneficial  Organiza- 
tion, a  local  lodge,  which,  owing  to  his  leader- 
ship, has  a  large  following  and  a  good  financial 
standing.  For  pleasure  and  recreation  he  has 
done  considerable  printing. 

On  October  11,  1857,  George  E.  Butcher 
and  Priscilla  Joslyn  joined  hands  and  hearts 
at  the  marriage  altar.  Fler  parents  were  Jona- 
than and  Priscilla  Joslyn,  of  Newport,  N.J. 
Mrs.  Priscilla  J.  Butcher  died  on  January  21, 
1 86 1,  leaving  one  son,  Joseph,  who  is  now  a 
practising  physician  in  Heislerville,  N.J. 
He  married  Beulah  Ludlam,  and  had  three 
children  —  Charles,  Priscilla,  and  Joseph  R. 
Dr.  Butcher  married  for  his  second  wife  Miss 
Arabella  R.  Sisty,  of  Camden,  N.J.,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  and  Sarah  (Robinson)  Sisty. 
Four  children  are  the  fruit  of  this  union  — 
George  ¥..,  Jr.,  a  teacher  in  the  village,  who 
married  Ada  Laws  and  has  one  child,  Violet; 
Rebecca,  who  is  unmarried;  Eliza;  and  .Sam- 
uel. Dr.  Butcher  has  for  many  years  been  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  church. 


61  HEODORE  FRP:LINGHUYSEN 
<jj_  D  A  N  Z  E  N  B  A  K  E  R,  ex-President 
of  the  State  Board  of  Horticulture,  is  exten- 
sively engaged  in  farming  and  seed  culture  in 
Hopewell,  his  native  township.  He  was  born 
on  April  i,  i  S47,  son  of  Peter  and  Martha 
(West)  Danzenbaker,  and  on  his  father's  side 
is  of  German  extraction.  Lewis  Danzen- 
baker, his  great-grandfather,  a  native  of  Ger- 
many,  emigrated  to  America  about  1773   and 


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46, 


settled  in  Friesbiirg,  now  in  Salem  County, 
New  Jerse}',  and  was  there  engaged  in  agri- 
cultural pursuits.  His  six  children  were: 
Lewis,  Jr.;  Henry;  George;  and  three  daugh- 
ters. Lewis  Danzenbaker,  Jr.,  the  grand- 
father of  Theodore  F. ,  was  born  in  i/iSg,  the 
year  when  George  Washington  was  inaugu- 
rated President,  and  died  on  February  13, 
1855.  He  was  twice  married.  He  and  his 
first  wife,  Christiana,  daughter  of  Michael  and 
Susanna  ]\Iinch  Johnson,  had  si.\  children  — 
Michael,  Daniel,  Peter,  Susanna,  George,  and 
Christiana.  By  his  second  marriage  to  Mrs. 
Sara  Pierson  Dare,  widow  of  Charles  Dare,  he 
had  one  daughter,  Sara,  who  married  Mr.  John 
L.  Bitters.  Peter  Danzenbaker,  the  father, 
was  born  on  June  15,  1815,  in  Hopewell  town- 
ship. In  his  twenty-second  year,  on  May  21, 
1837,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Martha 
West.  They  had  two  children,  both  sons, 
namely:  Charles,  who  died  in  his  youth;  and 
Theodore  F.,  a  brief  sUetch  of  whose  career  to 
the  present  time  is  here  recorded. 

Theodore  F.  Danzenbaker  attended  Union 
Academy  at  Shiloh  in  his  youth  until  he  was 
si.xteen  years  old,  when  he  entered  the  Bryant 
&  Stratton  Business  College  in  Philadelphia, 
where  he  was  graduated,  receiving  his  diploma 
on  March  17,  1865.  He  then  engaged  as 
book-keeper  in  the  clothing  house  of  Oliver  T. 
Terry,  of  Philadelphia,  and  two  years  later 
became  salesman  for  Thomas  Sheehnan  & 
Brother  in  the  same  business.  Subsequently 
his  health  failed,  and  he  returned  home  to 
begin  the  culture  of  strawberries  and  onions. 
(Jn  March  25,   1874,  he  purchased   his   present 


farm  of  one  hundred  and  two  acres,  known  as 
Five  Oak  Farm,  which  he  devotes  entirely 
to  market  gardening  and  seed  growing.  Peter 
Henderson  &  Co.  of  New  York  contract  for 
the  products  of  the  farm. 

On  November  26,  1873,  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Edith  B.  Colson,  daughter  of  Asa  and 
Rebecca  Colson,  of  Woodbury,  Gloucester 
County,  and  at  this  time  assumed  the  name  of 
Theodore  F.  D.  Baker,  having  dropped  the 
former  name  as  a  matter  of  convenience  in 
business.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baker  have  four 
children  —  Charles,  born  March  i,  1875;  J^^ 
seph  Sidney,  born  February  28,  1877;  Edith, 
born  on  August  7,  1879;  and  Ralph,  who  was 
born  on  August  18,  1884.  These  young 
people,  it  is  safe  to  say,  must  necessarily  be 
deeply  interested  in  the  fauna  and  flora  of  the 
country. 

Mr.  Baker  takes  great  pride  in  farming  and 
gardening,  in  which  he  has  been  singularly 
successful;  and  his  farm  is  noted  as  being 
one  of  the  most  productive  in  the  township. 
He  has  grown  upon  twelve  acres  twenty-seven 
hundred  bushels  of  onion  sets  per  year,  receiv- 
ing for  a  single  year's  crop  seven  thousand  five 
hundred  dollars.  He  also  raises  many  tons  of 
radish,  turnip,  and  other  seeds.  Mr.  Baker  is 
now  Treasurer  of  the  County  ]?oard  of  Agri- 
culture and  one  of  the  F'xecutive  Committee 
of  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  and  spends 
much  time  in  winter  in  giving  addresses  to 
farmers'  institutes.  lie  is  likewise  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Flxecutive  Committee  of  the  State 
Horticulture  Society,  and  is  serving  his  second 
term   on    the   Board,    which    for    two   years    he 


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served  as  President.  He  travels  a  great  deal, 
and  he  studies  his  business  so  carefully  that 
he  is  considered  good  authority  on  agricultural 
and  horticultural  topics.  Although  formerly 
a  Democrat,  he  now  uniformly  supports  the 
Republican  ticket  at  the  polls,  manifesting 
always  a  keen  interest  in  the  political  issues 
of  the  day.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  church. 


-OHN  ELLIOTT  PAYNE,  a  well- 
known  farmer  of  Landis,  Cumberland 
County,  was  born  in  Great  Bend, 
Jefferson  County,  N.J.,  May  29,  i<S57,  son  of 
Henry  and  Sophronia  (Cross)  Payne.  Henry 
Payne,  who  also  was  a  native  of  Great  Bend, 
received  his  education  in  the  common  schools 
of  that  town.  In  early  manhood  he  learned 
the  carijenter's  trade,  which  he  followed  until 
1876.  Ten  years  previously  he  changed  his 
residence  to  Vineland,  where  he  purchased  the 
farm  on  which  his  son,  John  E. ,  now  resides. 
Removing  to  Adrian,  Mich.,  in  1876,  he 
bought  the  candy  route  of  his  brother-in-law, 
which  he  carried  on  for  three  years.  He  then 
disposed  of  that  and  went  to  P'lorida;  and 
after  managing  a  hotel  in  that  State  for  two 
years  he  went  to  Science  Hill,  Ky. ,  where  he 
purchased  a  hotel  which  he  successfully  con- 
ducted until  his  decease.  He  married  Miss 
Sophronia  Cross,  daughter  of  Jude  Cross,  a 
farmer.  They  had  five  children,  all  but  one 
of  whom  grew  to  maturity,  namely:  Inis; 
John  IClliott,  subject  of  this  sketch;  Jessie; 
and     Freedia,    who    is    the    wife    of    Samuel 


Golden,   of  Chicago,    111.      Mr.    Payne    passed 
away  April  2,  1895. 

John  Elliott  Payne  spent  his  boyhood  and 
youth  at  home,  obtaining  his  intellectual 
equipment  in  the  public  schools  of  Vineland. 
At  the  termination  of  his  schocd  life  he  en- 
gaged in  the  work  of  the  farm,  the  manage- 
ment of  which  he  assumed  on  the  demise  of  his 
father  in  1S95.  On  January  12,  1884,  he  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Ida  Saul,  a 
daughter  of  Henry  Saul,  a  farmer  of  Franklin, 
N.J.  Her  mother,  Mrs.  Matilda  (Dougherty) 
Saul,  had  eight  children,  five  of  whom  still 
survive,  namely:  Frederick;  Elizabeth,  wife 
of  Frank  Lore,  of  Vineland  ;  I{mma,  who  mar- 
ried William  Rhorer,  of  Vineland;  Ida,  now 
Mrs.  Payne;  and  John  Wesley.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Saul  were  affiliated  with  the  Methodist  P^pis- 
copal  Church  of  Vineland.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Payne  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  a  daugh- 
ter, Virginia.  Mr.  Payne  is  a  widely  known 
and  highly  esteemed  citizen,  and  has  served 
his  fellow-townsmen  in  a  public  capacity.  In 
1892  he  was  ajjijuinted  to  the  office  of  Road 
Superintendent  in  Landis,  which  position  he 
filled  so  cajjably  that  he  has  been  since  twice 
re-elected.  His  religious  opinions  bring  him 
into  fellowship  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  of  Landis,  of  which  Mrs.  Payne  is  a 
member. 


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ORDON     L.      DARKER,     M.D.,     a 
VL_J_      talented     young     physician     of     Port 
Norris,  was  born    in   Cedarville,  N.J.,  Decem- 
ber  5,   i868,  son   of  Mahlon    R.    and   Anna  B. 
(Gandy)    Darker.      His  family   is  an   old  and 


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distinguished  one,  tracing  its  origin  in  this 
country  to  Lord  Garwood,  who  came  to  Amer- 
ica about  the  time  of  the  landing  of  the  Pil- 
grims. Dr.  Marker's  father  and  grandfather 
were  seafaring  men ;  and  the  latter,  Captain 
Marker,  who  was  a  navigator  of  much  experi- 
ence, was  lost  at  sea  when  a  comparatively 
young  man.  Mahlon  R.  Harker,  Dr.  Mar- 
ker's father,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  August 
30,  1837,  and  resided  in  that  city  until  he  was 
si.x  years  old.  At  that  time  he  was  deprived 
of  his  father;  and,  his  mother  dying  soon 
afterward,  he  went  to  live  with  an  aunt  in 
Atlantic  County,  with  whom  he  remained 
until  attaining  his  fourteenth  year.  Me  then 
went  to  sea,  and  was  engaged  in  the  coasting 
trade  for  some  time,  beginning  to  take  long 
voyages  after  reaching  the  age  of  twenty  years. 
He  followed  the  sea  until  he  was  twenty- 
seven,  rising  to  the  position  of  mate  and  visit- 
ing many  foreign  countries,  including  Japan, 
India,  and  China.  His  marriage  caused  him 
to  decide  on  a  permanent  home;  and,  settling 
in  Cedarville,  he  engaged  in  the  oyster  busi- 
ness, which  still  occupies  his  attention.  A 
planter  and  shipper,  he  owns  extensive  and 
valuable  beds,  and  possesses  two  boats. 
Though  not  an  officer-seeker  he  takes  a  lively 
interest  in  public  affairs.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  P'ducation,  and  at  present  is 
serving  as  Township  Clerk.  When  twenty- 
seven  years  old  he  was  married  to  Miss  Anna 
H.  Gandy,  of  Back  Neck,  and  five  children 
were  born  to  them,  two  of  whom  are  livine;  — 
Gordon  I,.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and 
Mary   A.,    who    lives    with    her   parents.      Mr. 


Harker  is  a  member  of  the  Senior  Order  of 
United  American  Mechanics,  and  was  the 
founder  of  the  local  branch  of  the  order. 

Gordon  L.  Marker  was  noted  in  early  youth 
as  an  ambitious  scholar.  He  was  graduated 
from  the  public  schools  of  Cedarville  in  18S5, 
standing  high  in  his  class,  and  being  one  of 
the  most  brilliant  pupils  of  that  most  capable 
teacher,  W.  Collum  Cook.  Entering  the 
South  Jersey  Institute,  he  maintained  there 
the  record  he  had  made  in  the  public  schools; 
and  his  scholarship  and  deportment  up  to  the 
time  of'his  graduation  in  1888  earned  for  him 
the  unqualified  respect  of  his  teachers.  In  the 
fall  of  1889  he  entered  the  Medico-Chirurgical 
College  at  Philadelphia;  and  in  his  Freshman 
year,  his  average  being  between  ninety-seven 
and  ninety-eight,  took  the  first  prize,  which 
amounted  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  the 
student  being  given  the  choice  of  a  medal 
worth  that  amount  or  a  year's  tuition  free. 
Choosing  the  latter,  he  ajiplied  himself  to  his 
studies  with  increased  assiduity,  and  won  hon- 
orable mention  in  his  second  and  third  years, 
the  last  year  standing  at  the  head  of  the  class 
in  surgery.  Considering  the  amount  of  ground 
covered,  Dr.  Harker's  record  was  a  remarkable 
one.  He  took  three  full  courses  at  the  college, 
and  in  his  second  year  was  also  in  the  surgical 
dispensary  and  the  clinic,  so  tliat  wjien  he 
graduated  in  1892  he  was  exjjerienceii  in  dis- 
pensary work  and  surgery.  He  was  admitted 
to  practice  by  the  State  Board  shortly  after 
his  graduation;  and  in  November,  1892,  he 
opened  an  office  at  Port  Norris,  where  lie  has 
already  built  up  a  large  and   lucrative  practice. 


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His  popularity  is  yearly  increasing,  and  his 
reputation  as  a  physician  fulfils  the  promise  of 
his  student  days.  He  has  purchased  a  com- 
fortable home,  and  may  be  considered  as  a 
permanent   resident   of   this   place. 

Dr.  Harker  was  married  July  25,  1891,  to 
Mary  A.,  daughter  of  Henry  Jess,  of  Clayton, 
N.J.,  and  has  two  children  —  Mahlon  and 
Marie.  He  belongs  to  the  Order  of  Knights 
of  the  Golden  Eagle  and  to  the  Junior  (3rder 
of  United  American  Mechanics;  and  he  is  a 
church  member,  actively  interested  in  the 
work  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  denomination. 


— fT^HILIP  P.  BAKER  was  born  at 
\r-*^  Cowan,  Union  County,  Pa.,  Jan- 
uary 14,  1846.  He  comes  of  good 
old  Colonial  stock,  who  in  the  early  history 
of  our  country  settled  in  the  Buffalo  valley 
of  the  old  Keystone  State,  and,  though  re- 
peatedly driven  out  by  the  wily  savages,  with 
indomitable  perseverance  returned  again  and 
again,  at  last  to  win  and  stay  and  to  become, 
as  they  have  to  this  day  remained,  the  sturdy 
yeomanry  of  that  section.  He  was  born  on  a 
farm  and  brought  up  at  the  plough  handle, 
where  his  forefathers  with  their  rifles  by  their 
sides  watched  antl  toiled.  At  si.xteen  years  of 
age,  left  fatherless,  he  was  called  upon  to 
assume  the  responsibility  of  the  management 
of  a  large  farm.  In  1869  he  removed  to  Vine- 
land,  N.J.,  with  his  brother,  L.  R.  Baker. 
They  went  into  the  general  merchandise  busi- 
ness, which  soon  grew  to  large  proportions; 
and    Baker  Brothers  became  one  of  the  most 


important  firms  in  Vineland.  They  built  the 
Baker  House  I^lock,  one  of  the  finest  buildings 
in  South  Jersey. 

Mr.  Baker  was  a  member  of  the  House  of 
Assembly  from  the  .Second  District  of  Cum- 
berland County  in  1882,  and  in  1886  was 
elected  to  the  State  Senate.  He  was  untir- 
ing in  his  efforts,  and  finally  succeeded  in  hav- 
ing placed  upon  the  statute  books  a  law  to  pay 
grand  jurors,  also  a  law  to  protect  the  exten- 
sive oyster  industries  of  the  State,  and  a  pro- 
vision for  the  introduction  of  manual  training 
into  all  the  public  schools.  It  was  chiefly 
through  the  Senator's  influence  that  the  New 
Jersey  Training  School  for  Feeble-minded 
Children — of  which  he  is  President  of  the 
Board  of  Managers  —  also  the  State  Institu- 
tion for  Feeble-minded  Women,  were  estab- 
lished and  located  at  Vineland.  These  insti- 
tutions are  second  to  none  in  the  country. 

The  Senator  was  one  of  the  delegates-at- 
large,  with  Governor  Green,  e.x-Governor 
Abbett  and  the  Hon.  Moses  ]3igelo\v,  to  the 
National  Democratic  Convention  held  at  St. 
Louis  in  1888;  and  in  1S92  was  one  of  the 
Presidential  electors  on  the  Democratic  ticket, 
having  received  the  highest  electoral  vote  in 
the  State.  In  August,  1891,  he  was  appointed 
Receiver  of  the  Philadelphia  &  Seashore  Rail- 
way liV  Chancellor  McGill. 

Mr.  Baker  was  actively  interested  in  estab- 
lishing the  Savings  Bank  at  Vineland,  known 
as  the  Tradesmen's  Bank,  of  which  he  was 
made  President.  He  was  one  of  the  leading 
spirits  in  the  foimding  of  Sea  Isle  City,  and 
is  at  present  at  the  head   of  the  development 


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of  Wildwood-by-the-Sea,  an  attractive  summer 
and  winter  resort  on  the  famous  Five  Mile 
Beach.  He  is  also  connected  with  an  exten- 
sive black  granite  industry,  located  on  Pleas- 
ant River,  Maine. 

Senator  Baker  was  married  to  Miss  Lizzie 
J.  Noyes,  of  Baltimore,  in  1876,  since  which 
time  his  home  has  been  in  Vineland,  where 
he  is  surrounded  by  an  interesting  family,  all 
faithful  attendants  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
His  life  has  been  one  of  activity.  A  public- 
spirited  man,  he  has  been  successful  in  busi- 
ness and  in  the  affairs  of  State,  enjoying  an 
enviable  reputation  and  the  confidence  of  the 
people,  sustaining  throughout  an  irreproach- 
able character. 


(^AMES  LUDLAM  BROOKS,  one  of 
the  most  enterprising  and  prosperous 
farmers  of  Southern  Hopewell,  was 
born  at  Greenwich,  Cumberland  County,  N.J., 
March  27,  1839,  being  the  son  of  Alphens 
and  Mary  (Ludlam)  Brooks. 

Alpheus  Brooks,  whose  birth  occurred  in 
the  same  vicinity,  followed  the  pursuit  of 
farming,  and  passed  all  the  days  of  his  active 
life  in  Greenwich.  By  his  first  wife,  Mrs. 
Mar\'  Brooks,  he  had  a  family  of  five  chiltlren, 
namely:  Hannah,  who  is  now  the  widow  of 
Isaac  Woodruff,  who  owns  a  farm  in  Hope- 
well ;  Rachel,  now  deceased,  who  was  the 
wife  of  Mr.  Gruff;  Mary,  also  deceased,  who 
married  William  Perry,  of  Greenwich;  Joseph 
L. ,  of  Philadelphia;  and  James  Ludlam. 
The   mother   died   when   James,    her   youngest 


child,  was  only  two  weeks  old;  and  after  his 
father's  marriage  with  Miss  Smalley  he  was 
taken  under  the  guardianship  of  his  sister, 
Mrs.   Woodruff. 

Alpheus  Brooks  did  not  enter  much  into  po- 
litical life,  though  he  was  a  loyal  Republican 
and  voted  the  regular  ticket  of  that  party.  In 
religious  belief  he  was  a  Baptist,  and  was  affil- 
iated with  the  Greenwich  Baptist  Church. 
His  death  occurred  in  1864. 

James  Ludlam  Brooks,  to  whom  this  bio- 
graphical notice  principally  relates,  received  a 
good  practical  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  Hopewell ;  and  he  was  thereafter 
engaged  until  his  twenty-third  year  in  general 
farming,  being  employed  by  his  brother-in- 
law,  Isaac  Woodruff.  At  that  time,  in  1861, 
he  married  and  assumed  the  management  of  a 
farm  near  Bridgeton,  Cumberland  County, 
which  he  conducted  for  thirteen  years.  He 
then  removed  to  Shiloh,  in  Hopewell  town- 
ship, and  purchased  a  good  farm  of  sixty-five 
acres  on  the  Shiloh  and  Friesburg  Road.  On 
the  death  of  his  first  wife  he  disposed  of  that 
property  and  removed  to  the  south-eastern  part 
of  Hopewell,  where  he  has  conducted  general 
husbandry  ever  since,  living  on  the  fine  farm 
of  Mr.  Woodruff,  which  comprises  seventy- 
two  acres.  In  1895  he  purchased  the  farm 
known  as  the  William  R.  Woodruff  farm,  and 
which  he  likewise  manages.  He  is  thus  the 
owner  of  about  forty  acres  of  landed  property. 

His  first  wife,  Mr.s.  Phcebe  Bradway  Brooks, 
died  leaving  no  children;  and  on  December 
29,  1891,  he  was  joined  in  wedlock  with  Miss 
Mary    Pederick,    the  daughter  of  Joseph    Ped- 


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erick,  a  resident  of  Hopewell.  In  politics 
Mr.  Brooks  is  identified  with  the  Republican 
party. 

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FRANK  PENNELL,  of  the  firm 
of  Fithian  &  Pennell,  dealers  in 
flour,  feed,  coal,  and  wood  at 
Bridgeton,  was  born  September  21,  1843,  in 
Little  Britain,  Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  son  of 
Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Irving)  Pennell. 

His  father  was  also  a  native  of  Little 
Britain,  Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  and  received 
iiis  education  in  the  conmion  schools  of  that 
township.  He  was  then  apprenticed  to  learn 
shoemaking;  but  after  working  at  that  trade 
for  some  time  he  purchased  a  farm  in  Chester 
County,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  there  engaged 
in  farming  until  his  death  in  1882.  He  was 
a  highly  respected  citizen,  and  at  different 
times  served  in  nearly  all  the  township  offices. 
He  was  a  member  of  Chestnut  Level  Lodge, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  which  he  was  a  Past 
Master;  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
P'ellows,  in  which  he  was  Past  Grand;  and  of 
liie  .Sons  of  Temperance.  His  union  with 
Miss  Elizabeth  N.  Irving  was  blessed  by  the 
birth  of  nine  children  —  David;  Ann,  wife  of 
William  Robinson;  Margaret,  who  married 
Jacob  Shade;  Rachel,  who  married  Joseph 
Wright;  Isabelle,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Wright ; 
Martha  Wright,  the  wife  of  Benjamin  Wright 
(these  three  daughters  marrieil  brothers)  ; 
Harriet,  who  married  Mercer  McFadden ; 
.S.  ]''rank ;  and  Smith.  Their  parents  were 
attendants  of  the  Friends'  meeting. 

S.   I'rank   Pennell  aet|uire(l  a  practical   com- 


mon-school education  in  Little  Britain  town- 
ship. After  his  school  days  were  over  he  re- 
mained on  the  farm  with  his  father  until  the 
outbreak  of  the  Civil  War,  when  he  enlisted 
in  Company  I  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
fourth  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  which 
became  a  part  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  and 
took  part  in  the  battles  of  South  Mountain, 
Antietam,  in  which  he  was  wounded  twice, 
P"redericksburg,  and  Chancellorsville,  and  in 
minor  engagements.  Mr.  Pennell  was  hon- 
orably discharged  from  service  in  May,  1862. 
He  then  learned  the  ship-carpenter's  trade, 
in  which  he  was  successfully  engaged  until 
May  12,  1884,  at  which  time  he  became  a 
member  of  the  present  firm  of  F^ithian  &  Pen- 
nell. The  firm  conducts  a  good  business  in 
grain,  hay,  flour,  wood  and  coal,  and  fertil- 
izers. Mr.  Pennell  came  to  Bridgeton  in 
1865,  and  is  therefore  in  close  touch  with  the 
needs  and  demands  of  this  community.  On 
November  6,  1872,  he  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  I^mma  I'^eldgen,  a  daughter  of  John 
Feldgen,  of  Bridgeton.  They  are  the  jjarents 
of  two  children  —  Chester  and  Clara. 

Mr.  Pennell  is  a  prominent  Mason.  He  is 
a  Past  Master  in  the  Flvening  Star  Lodge, 
No.  97,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Bridgeton;  and  in 
Brearly  Chapter,  No.  6,  Royal  Arch  Masons, 
in  which  he  is  Past  High  Priest.  Fie  is  also 
a  member  of  Bridgeton  Lodge,  No.  129,  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  in  which  he 
is  Past  Grand.  He  and  Mrs.  Pennell  are 
communicants  of  the  Pearl  Street  Baptist 
Church,  in  which  he  holds  the  office  of  Dea- 
con, and  has  served  on   the    Board  of   Trustees 


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for  the  past  fifteen  years.     Me  is  also  a  Trustee 
of  the  South  Jersey  Institute. 


,i:rBEN  CHEESMAN,  a  retired  busi- 
ness man  of  Alillville,  N.J.,  agent  of 
the  State  Labor  Bureau  and  an  ex- 
member  of  the  legislature,  was  born  in  Mill- 
ville,  December  6,  1842,  son  of  Reuben  and 
Rebecca  (Bragg)  Cheesman.  Mr.  Chees- 
man's  grandfather,  Reuben  Cheesman,  first, 
was  a  native  of  Newport,  N.J.,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  farming  with  energy  and  success. 
He  was  a  prominent  man  in  his  day,  serving 
as  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  Tas.  Collector  for 
many  years,  also  being  a  chosen  F"reeholder. 

Reuben  Cheesman,  second,  Mr.  Chees- 
man's  father,  was  born  in  Newport,  N.J.,  Oc- 
tober 27,  1797.  He  attended  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  resided  with 
his  parents  until  their  home  was  destroyed  by 
fire,  when  he  began  farming  upon  his  own  ac- 
count. In  1839  h'^  removed  to  what  is  now 
Landis  township,  where  he  continued  tu  till 
the  soil  until  1850,  at  which  time  he  settled 
in  Millville,  and  was  engaged  in  teaming  for 
the  rest  of  his  active  period.  He  died  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1870.  He  was  a  well-known  and 
highly  respected  citizen  and  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  fraternity,  having  been  made  a  Free 
Mason  at  Cedarville.  He  married  March  7, 
1 8 18,  Rebecca  Bragg,  of  Newport,  whose 
father  served  as  a  musician  in  the  Continental 
army  during  the  Revolutionary  War.  Reuben 
and  Rebecca  Cheesman  became  the  parents  of 
thirteen    children,    namely:   ICmeline,    wife   of 


James  Ewing;  Hannah;  Henry  B. :  Deborah, 
wife  of  Gilbert  Stone;  Rebecca,  wife  of 
Franklin  Hoffman,  of  Cape  May;  Ruth,  who 
married  Samuel  Miskelley;  Ruhamah,  who 
married  I*"rancis  Reeves;  Maria,  who  died  in 
infancy;  Mary  B.,  wife  of  John  C.  Ludlam ; 
Sarah,  wife  of  Iqihraim  Shelden  ;  Reuben, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Harriet,  who 
married  Samuel  Surran ;  and  Martha,  who 
died  at  the  age  of  four  years.  Mr.  Chees- 
man's  parents  attended  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church. 

Reuben  Cheesman,  who,  as  is  here  shown, 
is  the  third  of  the  name  in  a  direct  line,  ac- 
quired his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
IMillville;  and  at  the  age  of  thirteen  he  entered 
a  glass  factory  for  the  purpose  of  serving  an 
apprenticeship.  He  learned  the  trade  of  a 
glass  blower,  becoming  a  capable  and  reliable 
workman;  and  he  followed  that  calling  until 
1890,  when,  in  company  with  T.  S.  Simmons, 
he  engaged  in  the  furniture  and  undertaking 
business.  Two  years  later  he  withdrew  from 
the  firm,  and,  opening  a  boot  and  shoe  store 
in  Millville,  conducted  a  thriving  trade  until 
the  spring  of  1895,  when  he  retired  perma- 
nently from  business. 

In  politics  he  is  an  active  supporter  of  the 
Republican  [larty,  and  his  public  services 
have  been  of  a  nature  calculated  to  jilace  him 
in  the  front  ranks  among  the  most  prominent 
and  able  political  leaders  of  this  section  of 
the  county.  His  public  record  dates  from 
1884,  when  he  was  elected  to  represent  Ward 
2  in  the  City  Council,  where  he  most  effectu- 
ally  demonstrated    his   ability    to    sustain    the 


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trust  and  confidence  in  which  he  is  held  by  his 
fellow-citizens.  As  a  member  of  the  lower 
branch  of  the  city  government  he  displayed  an 
energetic  and  open  determination  to  transact 
public  business  in  a  straightforward,  honest, 
and  progressive  manner,  rendering  particularly 
valuable  services  as  a  member  of  the  Commit- 
tees upon  Roads,  Public  Buildings,  and  Fire 
Apparatus.  In  1886  he  was  President  of  the 
Council.  In  1889  he  was  elected  to  represent 
the  Second  District  of  Cumberland  County 
in  the  legislature,  his  first  session's  commit- 
tee work  being  confined  to  those  upon  public 
buildings  and  incidental  expenses;  and  after 
his  re-election  in  i8go  he  served  upon  the 
Committees  relative  to  Stationery  and  Print- 
ing, Public  Buildings,  and  the  State  Library. 
On  April  2,  1892,  he  was  appointed  to  his 
present  position  of  agent  of  the  State  Labor 
Bureau,  the  importance  of  which  he  thor- 
oughly recognizes  and  appreciates;  and  his 
work  in  that  department  is  stimulated  by  an 
earnest  desire  to  improve  the  condition  of  the 
laboring  classes. 

On  January  31,  1863,  Mr.  Cheesman 
wedded  Jane  Huntley,  daughter  of  Parker 
Huntley.  Of  the  three  children  born  of  this 
union  two  are  living,  namely:  Martha,  wife 
of  ICdward  Sithens;  and  Kva,  wife  of  Charles 
Andreas.  Mr.  Cheesman  was  formerly  con- 
nected with  Millville  Lodge,  No.  47,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  Millville 
Encampment ;  and  he  was  also  a  member  of 
the  Junior  Order  of  American  Mechanics. 
Both  Mr.  Cheesman  and  his  wife  are  members 
of   the  First   Methodist   Episcopal   Church,  in 


which   he   is  a   class  leader;  and  he  occasion- 
ally ofificiates  as  a  preacher. 


GiI^ACOMB  KEAN  ELMER,  who  died 
on  December  28,  1879,  at  his 
home  in  Bridgeton,  N.J.,  his  na- 
tive place,  was  a  well-known  and  highly  es- 
teemed citizen.  He  was  born  on  August  i, 
1845,  son  of  Dr.  William  and  Elizabeth 
Robeson  (Whiteley)  Elmer,  and  was  the 
worthy  representative  of  an  old  Colonial  fam- 
ily. (Some  account  of  the  Palmer  ancestry  will 
be   found    in  other  sketches   in   this   volume.) 

Macomb  Kean  Elmer  acquired  his  elemen- 
tary education  in  the  public  schools ;  and,  after 
pursuing  a  regular  course  of  study  at  the  West 
Jersey  Academy  of  Bridgeton,  N.J.,  he  en- 
tered Princeton  College,  where  he  was  gradu- 
ated with  the  class  of  1866.  His  business 
career  was  commenced  in  the  banking  house  of 
Jay  Cooke  &  Co.  of  Philadelphia,  with  which 
he  was  connectetl  until  1874.  He  then  retired 
from  that  establishment  and  engaged  in  the 
brokerage  business  for  a  year.  In  1875  he 
bought  a  half-interest  in  a  woollen-mill  in 
Germantown,  which  proved  a  successful  in- 
vestment; but  failing  health  compelled  him 
to  relinquish  business  pursuits,  ami  for  the 
succeeding  three  years  he  travelled  with  a 
view  of  regaining  his  strength.  The  .attempt 
was  vain,  however;  and,  returning  to  his  home 
in  Bridgeton  in  the  spring  of  1879,  he  died 
in  the  following  December,  as  above  stated. 
Able,  energetic,  and  an  exceedingly  promis- 
ing young  man,  iluring  his  short   but  brilliant 


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period  of  activity  he  had  attained  to  a  posi- 
tion of  prominence  and  recognized  integrity 
in  business  circles.  An  obituary  notice 
speaks  of  him  as  one  leaving  to  the  memory  of 
his  friends  an  unsullied  name  and  an  amiable, 
upright,  Christian  character.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  West  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Bridgeton. 

On  September  4,  1872,  Mr.  Elmer  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Laura  Molten,  who 
was  born  May  12,  1851,  daughter  of  Albert 
and  Elizabeth  Cuthbert  (Potter)  Molten,  of 
Philadelphia.  Mrs.  lUmer  is  a  descendant  of 
Captain  Michael  Molten,  of  Newport,  R.I.,  a 
master  mariner,  who  died  in  Jamaica,  W.I., 
January  30,  1763.  His  wife,  whom  he  mar- 
ried October  4,  1747,  was  Hannah  Pierce, 
who  was  born  February  16,  1722.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  Clothier  and  Hannah  (Sherman) 
Pierce  and  grand-daughter  of  John  and  Pa- 
tience (Dobson)  Pierce,  who  emigrated  from 
England  on  board  the  ship  '"I^ion"  in  1632. 
Mrs.  Elmer's  great-grandfather,  Michael  M(j1- 
ten,  second,  was  born  in  Newport,  R.I., 
March  17,  1757.  He  served  as  a  Lieutenant 
in  the  American  navy  during  the  Revolution- 
ary War,  rendering  much  valuable  aid  to  the 
cause  of  independence.  He  died  December 
18,  1820.  His  wife,  formerly  Dorothy 
Brown,  of  Swansea,  Mass.,  whom  he  married 
on  November  7,  1776,  died  August  20,  1837. 
Their  son,  Michael  Molten,  third,  Mrs.  El- 
mer's grandfather,  was  born  in  Newport, 
April  3,  17S8,  and  died  February  29,  1S68. 
He  married  Sarah  Cutter,  who  was  born  in 
Newport,  November  23,   1787. 


Albert  Molten,  Mrs.  Elmer's  father,  was 
born  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  February  20,  1820. 
His  education  was  acquired  in  the  public 
schools.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  went  to 
Philadelphia,  where  he  entered  the  employ  of 
Buck  &  Potter,  and  later  became  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Sibley,  Molten  &  Woodruff,  which 
transacted  a  large  wholesale  dry-goods  business 
for  several  years.  After  the  close  of  the  Civil 
War  the  firm  was  dissolved;  and  he  lived  in 
retirement  until  his  death,  which  took  place 
December  16,  i8gi.  His  wife,  Elizabeth 
Cuthbert  Potter,  of  Philadelphia,  whom  he 
married  May  14,  1844,  became  the  mother  of 
five  children,  as  follows:  Mary  Louisa,  wife 
of  Robert  Stewart  Davis;  Elizabeth  Potter, 
widow  of  Thomas  Simpson;  Laura,  who  is 
now  Mrs.  Palmer;  Robert  Potter;  and  Annie 
Hill,  who  died  at  the  age  of  tweh'e  years. 

Mrs.  Elmer  has  two  sons,  namely:  Macomb 
Kean,  who  was  born  July  18,  1873,  graduated 
from  Princeton  with  the  class  of  1895,  and  is 
now  studying  medicine  at  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania;  and  Robert  Potter,  born  March 
15,  1877,  who  is  now  a  student  at  Princeton 
in  the  class  of  i  899. 


Ji 


AYTON  LUMMIS  VANNAMAN 
HESS,  a  prosperous  farmer  of  Manu- 
muskin,  N.  J.,  was  born  in  this  town, 
F"ebruary  27,  1844,  son  of  Edmund  S.  and 
Sarah  Abigail  (Vannaman)  Hess  He  is  of 
Dutch  extraction,  his  great-grandfather,  John 
Hess,  having  come  to  America  from  Holland. 
He  died   in   New  Jersey,  where  his   last  years 


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were  spent;  and  his  mortal  remains  were 
l)uricd  in  the  old  cemetery  in  Manumuskin. 
Samuel  Hess,  son  of  John,  cleared  the  farm  in 
Manumuskin  on  which  the  next  generation  of 
the  family  were  born  and  where  he  ended  his 
days. 

Edmund  S.  Hess,  son  of  Samuel,  was  born 
September  lO,  1818.  Having  acquired  a 
common-school  education,  he  taught  school 
for  two  or  three  years,  remaining  on  the  home 
farm  until  of  age;  then  for  two  years  he  was 
employed  as  clerk  in  a  store  in  New  York 
City.  He  subsequently  settled  on  the  farm 
adjoining  the  one  now  occupied  by  his  son, 
and  was  engaged  in  raising  general  crops  up 
to  the  time  of  his  death.  July  13,  1S39,  he 
was  married  to  Sarah  Abigail,  daughter  of 
John  X'annaman,  of  Manumuskin.  Mr.  Van- 
naman,  who  was  a  farmer,  fought  in  the  War 
of  1812.  Five  children  grew  up  in  the  home 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  lulmund  S.  Hess,  namely: 
Sarah  Jane,  wife  of  Noah  Stcelman,  of  Atlan- 
tic City,  N.J.;  Job  (deceased);  Dayton  L.  V., 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Samuel,  residing 
in  Millville,  Cumberland  County;  and  Daniel, 
of  Mfdfurd,  lUnlington  County,  N.J.  Both 
parents  were  members  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  and  the  father  was  one  of  the 
Trustees  of  the  society. 

Dayton  L.  V.  Hess  was  educated  in  the 
common  schools  of  his  native  town.  In  his 
lioyhood  anil  early  youth  he  found  employment 
on  boats  plying  in  the  river  and  Delaware 
Hay;  and  in  his  twentieth  year,  on  September 
21,  1864,  he  changed  from  a  sailor  to  a 
soldier,    enlisting    in     Company    C,     Thirty- 


eighth  Regiment  of  New  Jersey  Volunteers. 
This  regiment  was  consolidated  with  the  Army 
of  the  Potomac,  and  was  stationed  for  some 
time  at  Fort  Powhatan,  on  the  James  River. 
Mr.  Hess  was  honorably  discharged  in  June, 
1865;  and  the  two  years  ensuing  he  spent  most 
of  the  time  on  the  water.  He  then  purchased 
the  house  in  which  he  resides,  and  he  has 
since  gradually  added  to  his  land  until  he  has 
an  estate  of  about  fifty-eight  acres.  He  raises 
a  large  amount  of  garden  produce,  his  jirinci- 
pal  crops  being  corn  and  potatoes;  and  he 
cuts  timber  for  a  neighboring  saw-mill.  Mr. 
Hess  is  an  able  and  energetic  man,  and  his 
farm  witnesses  to  his  thrift  and  good  manage- 
ment. He  was  married  September  22,  1869, 
to  Charlotte,  daughter  of  John  \V.  Dixon,  and 
has  three  children  —  Luella,  wife  of  R(daiul 
Phifer  and  mother  of  two  children — Ceola 
and  Virginia;  Albert;  and  Gilbert  R.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Hess  are  esteemed  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church. 


fl'.Tl'.R  JOHNSON,  an  extensive 
farmer  and  landholder  of  Lawrence 
township,  was  born  in  Upper  Allo- 
way's.  Creek  township,  Salem  County,  N.J., 
Septembers,  1836.  He  is  a  son  of  Andrew 
and  Julia  Ann  (.Shimp)  Johnson.  His  grand- 
father, Andrew  Johnson,  first,  was  a  resident 
of  Upper  Alloway's  Creek,  and  owned  large 
tracts  of  land  in  that  jocalit)-. 

Andrew  Johnson,  second,  father  ot  Peter, 
was  born  in  the  above-named  township  in 
1S15.      lie   was  a  well-to-do   farmer  and    life- 


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long  resident  of  that  vicinity,  industrious  and 
persevering,  and  one  who  made  the  best  of 
his  ojiportunities  for  self-advancement.  He 
died  January  6,  i.SSg,  aged  seventy-four  years. 
He  married  Julia  Ann  Shimp,  daughter  of 
Peter  Shimp,  who  was  of  German  ancestry, 
and  she  became  the  mother  of  six  children, 
namely:  William,  who  resides  in  Upper 
Alloway's  Creek;  Peter,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  Charles,  a  resident  of  Upper  Alloway's 
Creek;  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Samuel  Mickel; 
Margaret,  wife  of  David  D.  Garrison,  of 
Lower  Hopewell;  and  Mary  J.,  who  married 
Joseph  Pierson,  and  resides  at  the  old  home- 
stead in  Salem  County.  The  mother  died 
January  3,  1884.  Roth  parents  were  members 
of  the  Lutheran  church. 

Peter  Johnson  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools.  He  assisted  his  father  in  building 
until  he  was  twenty-two  years  old,  and  for  the 
next  two  years  was  employed  by  the  month  as 
farm  hand.  At  the  age  of  twenty-four  he 
married,  and  immediately  afterward  began 
farming  on  his  own  account  in  this  county. 
He  thus  continued  for  seven  .years,  and  in 
1867  came  to  Lawrence  township,  buying  his 
present  farm,  which  he  has  since  enlarged  by 
the  purchase  of  additional  acres.  He  contin- 
ued to  advance  in  prosjicrity,  buying  real  es- 
tate as  his  capital  increased,  until  he  now 
owns  some  three  hundred  and  fifty  acres, 
which  is  divided  into  two  farms.  He  has 
made  extensive  improvements  in  his  property, 
which  in  point  of  value  ranks  second  to  none 
in  this  part  of  the  county;  and  his  farm  prod- 
ucts are   of    the   best  quality.       He    is   one   of 


the  largest  strawberry  growers  in  this  part  of 
the  State,  having  twenty-four  acres  devoted 
to  that  fruit,  of  which  he  is  an  extensive 
shipper  to  the  New  York  and  Boston  markets, 
having  shipped  as  many  as  ten  thousand  qu.irts 
in  one  day.  He  employs  from  sixty  to  seventy 
pickers,  and  has  erected  a  building  for  their 
accommodation.  A  Democrat  in  politics,  he 
is  often  called  upon  to  represent  the  local 
organization  at  the  State  and  county  conven- 
tions; and  for  twenty  years  he  has  hekl  the 
office  of  Surveyor  of  Highways. 

On  March  4,  i860,  Mr.  Johnson  married 
Susanna  Ott,  daughter  of  George  Ott,  of 
Lower  Hopewell.  Five  children  have  come 
to  widen  the  family  circle,  namely:  George 
W.,  who  assists  his  father  in  the  work  of  the 
two  farms:  Mary  M.,  wife  of  Charles  Camp- 
bell, a  resident  of  this  neighborhood;  An- 
drew; Martin  II.  O. ;  and  Kate  D.  Mr. 
Johnson  is  connected  with  Welcome  Friends 
Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of 
Cedarville;  and  he  and  his  wife  are  menii)ers 
of  the  Presbyterian  church. 


ILLIAM  M.  DOUGHTY,  a  glass 
blower  by  trade  and  an  influential 
citizen  of  Millville,  N.J.,  was  born  at  Water- 
ford,  this  State,  May  4,  1859,  son  of  Joseph 
C.  and  Louisa  F.   (Vanaman)  Doughty. 

His  father  was  also  a  native  of  Waterford, 
and  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  that  place. 
He  subsequently  learned  the  trade  of  a  glass 
blower,  which  he  still  follows.  In  the  year 
1S62  be  removed  with  his  family  to   Millville. 


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For  six  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Education,  and  he  served  one  term  of  three 
years  on  the  City  Council.  He  married 
Louisa  F.  Vanaman,  a  daughter  of  Charles 
V'anamaii.  They  became  the  parents  of  five 
children,  of  whom  three  grew  to  maturity  — 
William  M.,  Charles  V.,  and  Joseph  L.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Joseph  C.  Doughty  are  communi- 
cants of  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  in  which  the  former  has  been  a  Trus- 
tee for  several  years. 

William  M.  Doughty  remained  at  the  pa- 
rental home  during  his  minority,  making  good 
use  of  his  opportunities  for  acquiring  an  edu- 
cation at  the  public  schools  of  MillviJle.  At 
the  close  of  his  school  days  he  learned  the 
glass-blower's  trade,  and  has  since  continued 
to  engage  in  that  vocation.  On  May  i,  1880, 
he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Mary 
Ella  Miller,  a  daughter  of  Henry  F.  Miller, 
of  Philadelphia.  They  have  two  sons  — 
Robert  Miller  and  Halford  Allen. 

Mr.  Doughty,  who  is  a  Republican  in  polit- 
ical views,  has  always  been  a  leader  in  mu- 
nicipal affairs.  He  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  School  Board  in  1888,  and  has  served  con- 
tinuously since  that  time.  On  March  25, 
1895,  he  was  appointed  by  the  legislature  to 
serve  three  years  on  the  State  Board  of  .Arbi- 
tration. He  is  also  a  member  of  the  County 
Executive  Committee  of  the  Republican 
party.  In  1893-94  he  was  one  of  the  Na- 
tional Executive  Committee  of  the  United 
Green  Glass  Workers'  Association  of  the 
United  States  and  Canada;  from  1889  to  1893 
inclusive   he   was   a   member  of    the   National 


Wage  Committee;  at  the  present  time  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the 
State  Federation  of  Labor;  and  for  fifteen 
years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  Local  Ex- 
ecutive Committee  of  Branch  No.  7  of  the 
United  Green  Glass  Workers'  Association  of 
the  United  States  and  Canada,  serving  as 
Chairman  of  that  committee  during  the  past 
seven  years.  He  is  also  afifiliated  with  Irene 
Castle,  No.  9,  A.  O.  K.  M.  C,  of  which  he  is 
ex-District  Deputy  Commander ;  Fame  Coun- 
cil of  the  Junior  Order  of  United  American 
Mechanics;  and  Manumuskin  Tribe,  Improved 
Order  of  Red  Men.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Doughty 
are  members  of  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  of  Millville. 


DWIN  HUGH  BIDWELL,  M.D.,  a 
highly  skilled  physician  and  surgeon 
and  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Bidwell  &  Co., 
conducting  a  very  successful  drug  business  in 
Vineland,  was  born  in  Monterey,  Berkshire 
County,  Mass.,  on  May  23,  1859,  son  of 
Edwin  C.  and  Isabella  (Gibson)  Bidwell. 

His  general  education  was  received  in  the 
common  and  high  schools  of  Vineland,  after 
which  he  attended  the  College  of  Pharmacy  at 
Philadelphia,  graduating  from  that  institution 
in  1880.  He  then  entered  the  metlical  depart- 
ment of  the  Universit}'  of  Pennsylvania,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1883.  Immedi- 
ately afterward  he  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Vineland,  and  has  built  up  a 
very  successful  business,  both  as  druggist  and 
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united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Josephine 
Souder,  of  Vineland.  Their  home  has  been 
blessed  by  the  birth  of  four  children,  named 
respectively:  Richard  Souder,  Isabella,  Grace, 
and  Josephine. 

Dr.  Ridwell  has  served  three  years  as 
County  Coroner.  In  1886  he  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  Borough  Council  to  serve  for 
three  years,  during  which  time  he  was  on  the 
Finance  and  Road  Committees,  and  was  the 
originator  of  the  movement  to  have  the  side- 
walks paved  with  brick  and  stone.  In  1883 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Health,  and  served  five  years,  being  the  Sec- 
retary of  the  Board  during  his  entire  term  of 
office.  He  was  appointed  a  Trustee  of  the 
New  Jersey  State  Reform  School  for  Boys  in 
1894,  and  reappointed  for  a  term  of  three 
years  in  1895. 


OLONEL    JOHN     HOWARD     WIL- 
I         LETS,    M.  D. —  A  citizen  whom   New 


^ — "^^  Jersey  may  well  be  proud  to  claim 
as  a  son.  Dr.  W'illets  has  a  remarkable  record 
as  a  professional  man  and  as  a  soldier.  He 
was  born  in  Cape  May  County,  in  this  State, 
November  18,  1834,  son  of  Dr.  Reuben  and 
Hannah  E.  (Brick)  Willets.  His  grand- 
father, Nicholas  Willets,  was  born  at  Bees- 
ley's  Point,  Cape  May  County,  N.J.,  in 
1769.  He  was  a  surveyor  and  conveyancer, 
and  was  highly  respected  in  the  locality.  His 
death  occurred  October  8,  1825.  His  wife, 
whose  maiden  name  was  ICxperience  Griffing, 
was   born    in    1771,    and   died  July    17,    1847. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nicholas  Willets  were  members 
of  the  Baptist  church.  They  reared  the  fol- 
lowing children :  Moses,  Amos,  James,  Reu- 
ben, and  John. 

Reuben  Willets,  father  of  the  present  Dr. 
Willets,  was  born  at  Beesley's  Point,  July  4, 
1801.  He  acquired  his  primary  education  in 
the  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  for  some 
time  after  leaving  school  had  charge  at  inter- 
vals of  glass-house  stores  at  Port  Elizabeth 
and  Tuckahoe.  After  his  marriage  he  settled 
on  a  farm  in  Cape  May  County,  which  he 
managed  for  eight  or  ten  j'ears.  He  read 
medicine  with  Dr.  John  Wiley,  of  Cape  May 
Court-house,  and  graduated  from  Jefferson 
Medical  College  at  Philadelphia  in  the  class 
of  1839.  The  three  years  following  he  prac- 
tised at  Dyer's  Creek,  Cape  May  County;  and 
in  1846  he  moved  to  Port  Elizabeth,  where  he 
spent  the  rest  of  his  life,  having  a  large  and 
successful  practice.  For  many  years  there 
was  but  one  other  physician  in  the  town,  and 
he  an  invalid.  Dr.  Reuben  Willets  was  a 
Whig,  and  took  a  prominent  part  in  political 
affairs.  While  at  Dyer's  Creek  he  was  elected 
to  the  House  of  Representatives,  where  he 
served  the  district  in  1843,  1844,  and  1845; 
and  in  1846  he  was  elected  State  Senator. 
He  died  October  8,   1858. 

He  was  married  November  20,  1S26,  to 
Hannah  E.,  daughter  of  Joshua  Brick  and 
grand-daughter  of  a  gentleman  bearing  the 
same  name.  She  was  born  in  Haddonfield, 
April  1 8,  1S06.  Joshua  Brick,  Sr.,  came 
from  .Salem  County,  and  settled  in  what  is 
now  Bricksboro,  which  was   named   after  him. 


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A  large  land-owner,  he  was  a  Justice  of  the 
Peace  and  one  of  the  important  men  of  his 
day.  He  was  one  of  the  committee  of  thirty- 
five  appointed  at  a  meeting  held  in  Bridgeton, 
December  22,  1774,  to  see  that  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  First  Continental  Congress 
at  Philadelphia,  September  5,  1774  —  that 
nothing  be  used  that  came  from  Great  Britain 
or  any  of  its  dependencies  after  the  first  of  the 
month  of  March  ensuing  —  be  carried  into 
effect.  Joshua  Brick,  Jr.,  was  born  March 
22,  1779.  He  was  in  trade  at  Port  Klizabeth, 
dealing  in  general  merchandise  and  lumber, 
and  was  agent  for  all  the  large  land  companies 
in  South  Jersey,  selling  hundreds  of  thousands 
of  acres;  and  he  was  a  large  land-owner  him- 
self. Well-read  in  law,  he  transacted  most  of 
his  own  legal  business,  seldom  employing  an 
attorney.  He  was  one  of  the  most  prominent 
men  of  the  State,  and  as  a  politician  was  ac- 
tive in  putting  others  into  office,  seeking  no 
honors  for  himself;  but  as  a  loyal  Whig  and 
Republican  he  was  elected  to  the  General  As- 
sembly, and  was  a  member  of  the  committee 
that  drafted  the  State  constitution.  Joshua 
Brick  was  married  to  his  first  wife,  Hannah 
Elfreth,  the  mother  of  Mrs.  WilJets,  in  De- 
cember, 1 801,  and  to  his  second  wife,  Ellen 
Lee,  in  October,  1808. 

Mrs.  Hannah  K.  Willets  died  January  i, 
1893.  Both  she  and  her  husband  weie  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  he 
being  one  of  the  leading  men  of  the  congrega- 
tion, serving  as  Trustee,  class  leader,  and  in 
other  official  capacities.  Dr.  Reuben  Willets 
and   his  wife  were  the  parents  of  eight  chil- 


dren, four  of  whom  attained  maturity,  namely: 
Caroline,  widow  of  John  Mitchell,  of  Port 
PZlizabeth;  John  Howard;  Augusta,  wife  of 
Charles  E.  Edwards,  D.  D.S.,  of  Philadelphia; 
and  Annabella,  wife  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  G. 
Crate,  of  the  New  Jersey  Conference. 

John  Howard  Willets,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  attended  the  common  schools  of  Port 
Elizabeth  and  I^ennington  Seminary  in  his 
boyhood,  and  in  1852  received  appointment  as 
a  West  Point  cadet,  under  Robert  E.  Lee,  at 
that  time  superintendent  of  the  Ll^nited  States 
Military  Academy,  afterward  the  idolized 
leader  of  the  Confederate  forces.  Young 
Willets  was  at  West  Point  about  a  year,  re- 
turning home  in  the  latter  part  of  1853,  when 
he  took  up  the  study  of  medicine  with  his 
father.  In  1855  he  entered  Jefferson  Medical 
College,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1858; 
and  inmiediately  after  he  began  the  active 
duties  of  his  profession  at.  Port  PLlizabeth, 
gradually  succeeding  to  his  father's  practice. 

October  18,  1861,  he  was  commissioned 
Captain  of  Company  H,  Seventh  New"  Jersey 
Regiment,  and  assigned  to  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac.  He  took  part  in  several  important 
engagements,  all  the  battles  of  Hooker's  di- 
vision during  the  peninsular  campaign,  and 
was  wounded  in  the  breast  at  Williamsburg. 
August  I  I,  1862,  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank 
of  Lieutenant  Colonel  in  the  Twelfth  New 
Jersey  Volunteers,  and  received  his  commis- 
sion as  Colonel  February  27,  1863.  As  an 
officer  of  the  Twelfth  Regiment  he  entered  the 
Second  Corps,  under  General  Hancock,  and 
was  in  all  the  battles  of  that  division,  includ- 


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ing  Chancellorsville,  where  he  received  a 
wound  that  deprived  him  of  the  use  of  the  left 
forearm.  He  was  in  the  hospital  six  months, 
and  resigned  his  commission  December  19, 
1864.  Previous  to  that  time  he  was  detailed 
for  duty  in  the  War  Department  at  Washing- 
ton, and  was  president  of  the  court  martial 
until  he  was  mustered  out  at  the  end  of  the 
war.  Returning  home,  he  resumed  his  prac- 
tice, and  for  thirty  years  has  been  prominent 
among  the  medical  men  of  the  county.  Dr. 
Willets  prepares  his  own  medicines,  there 
being  no  druggist  in  the  vicinity. 

In  1879  he  was  roarried  to  Lydia  A.,  daugh- 
ter of  Major  Henderson,  of  Bricksboro,  N.J. 
Three  children  have  been  born  of  this  union, 
two  of  whom  are  now  living  —  Carrie  May  and 
Helen. 

Dr.  Willets  is  a  loyal  Republican.  He 
represented  the  district  in  the  Assembly  in 
1872  and  1873,  serving  on  man)'  important 
committees,  and  was  in  the  Senate  in  1875, 
1876,  and  1877.  He  has  served  as  chosen 
I'Veeholder  si.\  years,  and  has  acted  as  Jury 
Commissioner.  The  Doctor  attends  and  sup- 
ports the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He 
takes  great  pleasure  in  hunting  and  travelling, 
and  has  been  so  favored  by  fortune  as  to  be 
able  to  gratify  his  taste.  In  i<S4<S  he  visited 
the  principal  cities  on  the  Atlantic  coast  from 
the  West  Indies  south,  devoting  seven  months 
to  the  tour.  In  the  early  fall  of  1879  ^^  1^^^ 
New  York  for  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  sailing 
down  the  coast,  and  thence  sailed  to  Valpa- 
raiso, going  from  there  across  the  mountains 
to    the   Argentine   Confederation.      Returning 


to  Santiago,  he  went  from  there  as  far  south  as 
Patagonia.  During  this  trip,  which  consumed 
six  months,  he  visited  all  the  places  of  inter- 
est in  Bolivia,  Peru,  Chile,  and  Ecuador,  and 
went  into  the  interior  as  far  as  Quito.  In 
1872  the  Doctor  went  on  a  hunting  trip  of 
three  or  four  months  through  Colorado  and 
Arizona.  Dr.  Willets  is  a  gentleman  in  the 
highest  sense  of  the  word,  and  is  universally 
loved  and  respected. 


1n\  AVID  H.  RORAY,  caterer  and  pro- 
[^j  prietor  of  a  restaurant  and  dining- 
<^~*—^  room  in  Bridgeton,  N.J.,  was  born 
in  Cedarville,  N.J. ,  July  10,  1826,  son  of 
Daniel  P.  and  Jane  (Newcomb  Harris)  Roray. 
Mr.  Roray's  ancestors  were  residents  of  New 
Jersey  for  several  generations,  his  great-grand- 
father, Anthony  Roray,  having  been  an  early 
settler  in  Cedarville.  Anthony  Roray's  son, 
David  Roray,  who  was  a  lifelong  resident  of 
that  town  and  a  weaver  by  trade,  married 
Sarah  Powel. 

Daniel  P.  Roray,  son  of  David  Roray,  was 
born  in  Cedarville,  May  18,  1792.  After 
leaving  school  he  learned  the  weaver's  trade, 
operating  hand  looms  that  he  had  set  up  in  his 
house;  and  he  wove  blankets,  linen  carpets, 
and  coverlets,  being  thus  employed  until  his 
death,  which  took  place  July  6,  1871.  He 
was  an  extremely  industrious  man  and  a  use- 
ful citizen,  who  figured  quite  prominently  in 
public  affairs,  serving  as  Constable  for  six 
years.  He  married  October  13,  181 3,  Mrs. 
Jane  Newcomb  Harris,  who  was  born   Septem- 


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ber  4,  1784;  and  they  became  the  parents  of 
six  children,  of  whom  the  only  survivor  is 
David  H.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  The 
others  were:  Sarah  P.,  who  married  Elisha 
McChesney,  of  Cedarville;  Martha  R.,  who 
married  for  her  first  husband  Ananias  Mayhew, 
and  for  her  second  Stanton  R.  Hriggs,  of 
Connecticut;  Daniel  A.;  Harriet,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  four  years;  and  Benjamin  F. 
The  mother  died  April  6,  1873.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Daniel  P.  Roray  were  members  of  the 
Baptist  church,  of  which  Mr.  Roray  was  a 
Deacon;  and  he  was  connected  with  the  Sons 
of  Temperance. 

David  H.  Roray  acquired  a  common-school 
education  in  his  early  years,  and  at  the  age  of 
fifteen  engaged  in  the  oyster  fisheries.  He 
followed  that  occupation  with  i)rosperity, 
owning  and  commanding  an  oyster  boat  for 
some  twenty-five  years;  but  in  1873  he  settled 
in  Philadelphia,  where  he  opened  a  restaurant, 
which  he  conducted  successfully  for  thirteen 
years.  In  1886  he  sold  out  in  the  Quaker 
City,  and,  returning  to  Cedarville,  was  for  the 
next  four  years  there  engaged  in  the  same 
business,  which  he  sold  in  1890.  After  carry- 
ing on  an  enterprise  of  a  like  character  in 
Newport,  N.J.,  for  two  years,  he  in  1893 
opened  his  jiresent  restaurant  anil  catering 
establishment  in  Bridgeton,  where  he  has 
since  continued  to  do  a  very  satisfactory  busi- 
ness. He  was  formerly  a  member  of  Wel- 
come Friends  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  of  Cedarville,  the  Sons  of  Tem- 
perance, and  the  Order  of  United  American 
Mechanics,  of  which  he  is  a  Past  Councillor. 


He  was  a  Know  Nothing,  when  that  party  was 
an  element  in  national  politics,  and  is  now  a 
Republican. 

On  March  30,  1847,  Mr.  Roray  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Jane  B.  Swing,  who  was 
born  April  2,  1828,  daughter  of  John  M.  and 
Lydia  (Brooks)  Swing,  of  l-"airton.  Of  the 
six  children  who  were  the  fruit  of  this  union, 
five  are  living,  namely:  Clifford  S.,  who  was 
born  March  25,  1850;  Benjamin  F.,  born  May 
23,  1851;  Alonzo  M.,  born  August  29,  1853; 
Albert  C,  born  April  10,  1855;  and  Ida 
May,  born  November  17,  1859,  ^o\v  the  wife 
of  Robert  Fisher,  of  Dover,  Del.  Mrs.  Jane 
B.  Roray  died  May  17,  1886.  On  June  27, 
1896,  Mr.  Roray  wedded  for  his  second  wife 
Miss  Mary  Elizabeth  Brandriff,  a  daughter 
of  Daniel  and  Hannah  (Corson)  Brandriff, 
of  Millville.  Mrs.  Roray  is  one  of  a 
family  of  twelve  children  born  to  her 
parents,  as  follows:  Anna  Maria;  Eleanor  J.; 
William  R. ,  deceased;  Matilda,  Mrs.  Evans; 
George  C,  deceased;  Mary  Elizabeth;  John, 
deceased;  Thomas,  deceased;  Sylvia  S., 
deceased;  Arabel,  deceased;  liphraim;  and 
Edward. 

Mr.  Roray  is  an  enterprising  and  highly 
esteemed  citizen,  whose  long  experience  as 
restaurateur  and  caterer  has  enabled  him  to 
gain  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  business; 
and  his  establishment  is  a  favorite  resort  for 
the  people  of  this  city.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  church,  as  was  also  his  former 
wife.  His  present  helpmeet,  Mrs.  Mary  E. 
Roray,  is  a  communicant  of  the  Millville 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 


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EREMIAH  HOOPER  BUCKMIN- 
STER,  a  retired  sea  captain  and 
farmer  of  Viiieland,  where  he  is  num- 
bered among  tiie  iiopular  residents,  was  born 
in  Deer  Island,  Me.,  June  22,  1S23,  son  of 
Jolin  and  Margaret  (Stinson)  J^uckminster. 
John  Buckminster  was  also  a  native  of  Deer 
Island,  born  May  2,  1795.  He  remained  on 
the  parental  farm  until  he  was  twenty-one 
years  of  age,  receiving  his  education  in  the 
district  school  near  by.  On  starting  out  in 
life  for  himself,  he''  purchased  two  small  fish- 
ing-schooners, sailing  one  himself,  and  hiring 
a  man  to  take  charge  of  the  other.  In  addi- 
tion to  this  he  carried  on  the  farm  of  his  ma- 
ternal grandparents,  and  was  residing  thereon 
at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  took  place 
July  3,  1832.  His  wife,  Margaret,  to  whom 
he  was  married  in  18 19,  was  a  daughter  of 
William  Stinson.  .Si.x  children  came  to  glad- 
den their  home,  namely:  Barbara;  Jeremiah 
Hooper;  Rhoda,  who  married  William  Smith, 
of  Boston,  Mass.;  Sarah,  who  married  Bailey 
Small,  of  Deer  Island;  John;  and  William. 
The  parents  were  members  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church. 

Jeremiah  H.  l^uckminster  had  but  limited 
opportunities  for  gaining  an  education,  being, 
for  a  short  time  onl)',  an  attendant  of  the  dis- 
trict school  near  his  boyhood  home  at  Deer 
Island,  Me.  His  summers  were  spent  in  fish- 
ing. At  the  age  of  nineteen  years  he  went  to 
Vinal  Haven,  where  he  followed  the  same  oc- 
cupation; and  when  twenty  years  okl  he  pur- 
chased an  interest  in  a  vessel  named  the 
"Volant,"    of   which    he    took    command,    and 


continued  to  engage  in  fishing  up  to  1862. 
From  that  time  up  to  1873  he  carried  on  a 
coasting  trade.  He  then  came  to  Vineland, 
where  he  purchased  a  farm  in  1865,  and  set- 
tled down  to  an  agricultural  life,  and  was  suc- 
cessfully employed  in  this  line  of  work  until 
he  retired  from  active  labor.  On  October  16, 
1844,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Hannah  S.  Syl- 
vester, a  daughter  of  Crowell  H.  Sylvester. 
Six  of  their  seven  children  are  now  living, 
namely:  Sarah  E.,  the  widow  of  Manfred 
Mills,  who  died  in  Andersonville  Prison; 
Charles  H.  ;  Clara  P.,  the  wife  of  F.  P.  Bart- 
lett,  of  Vineland;  Hannah  S.,  the  wife  of 
Willard  D.  Learned,  of  Dublin,  N.H.  ;  Lewis 
L. ;  and  Ada  L.,  the  wife  of  George  J.  P^inch, 
of  Vineland.  Arthur  D.  died  in  infancy. 
Mrs.  Buckminster  is  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian church. 


^AJOR  DANIEL  ELMER,  Presi- 
dent of  the  Bridgeton  Gas  Light 
Company,  a  citizen  of  influence 
in  business  and  political  circles,  is  a  lineal 
descendant  in  the  ninth  generation  of  Edward 
Elmer,  an  English  emigrant  who  crossed  the 
Atlantic  in  the  good  ship  "Lion"  in  1632, 
and  landed  on  the  shores  of  Massachusetts 
Bay  on  the  i6th  of  September.  The  original 
spelling  of  this  old  and  honored  name  was 
Aylmer  instead  of  Elmer. 

Edward  Elmer,  the  founder  of  the  race  in 
this  country,  removed  from  Massachusetts  to 
Hartford,  Conn.,  in  the  year  1636,  with  the 
Rev.     Thomas     Hooker's     colony.       lie     was 


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killed  by  the  Indians  in  King  Philip's  War 
in  1676.  His  son  Samuel  was  born  in  Wind- 
sor, Conn.,  in  1649,  and  died  in  Hartford, 
April  16,  1691.  To  Samuel  Elmer  and  his 
wife,  Elizabeth,  was  born  in  1689  a  son,  to 
whom  they  gave  the  name  of  Daniel,  a  Chris- 
tian name  which  was  handed  down  in  direct 
line  from  father  to  son  for  several  genera- 
tions. This  Daniel,  graduating  from  Yale  in 
1713,  became  a  clergyman,  and  preached  in 
New  England  from  17 14  to  1727  and  in  Fair- 
field, N.J.,  from  1727  to  1755.  He  died  in 
Fairfield,  this  county,  January  14,  1755. 
The  Rev.  Daniel  Elmer  married  Margaret 
Parsons,  the  grand -daughter  of  Deacon  Ben- 
jamin Parsons,  who  was  a  native  of  England 
and  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Springfield, 
Mass. 

Their  son,  the  second  Daniel  Elmer,  was 
born  at  Brookfield,  Mass.,  in  1715,  and  died 
May  2,  1 761.  He  was  Surveyor  and  Clerk  of 
Cumberland  County,  New  Jersey.  On  the  22d 
of  August,  1738,  he  married  Miss  Abigail 
Lawrence,  a  daughter  of  Matthew  Lawrence, 
who  came  to  Cedarville,  Cumberland  County, 
from  Long  Island  prior  to  the  year  1720. 

Daniel  Elmer,  the  third,  was  a  son  of  this 
marriage.  He  was  born  August  29,  1741,  and 
died  June  3,  1775.  He  married  Mary  Shaw, 
who  was  born  in  1740,  and  who  died  1825. 
Their  son,  the  fourth  Daniel  I-llmer,  was  born 
in  Cedarville  in  the  year  1762,  and  died  in 
1792.  He  was  joined  in  marriage  to  Esther 
Thompson,  and  also  had  a  son  who  bore  the 
name  of  Daniel,  being  the  fifth  of  the  name  in 
line.      He  was  born  in  Cedarville  on  the  30th 


of  September,  1784,  and  died  July  3,  1848. 
In  1800,  when  he  was  a  lad  of  sixteen  years, 
he  began  the  study  of  law  under  General 
Giles.  Energetic  and  persistent,  the  young 
student  worked  steadily  and  intelligently, 
earning  his  clothing  and  board  by  writing  for 
the  General  between  his  hours  of  study,  the 
latter  being  at  that  time  Clerk  of  the  county. 
The  reward  of  this  indefatigable  labor  came 
in  November,  1805,  when  Daniel  Elmer,  fifth, 
was  licensed  as  an  attorney.  The  solid  foun- 
dation of  legal  knowledge,  gained  under  what 
would  now  be  termed  great  disadvantages, 
stood  him  in  good  stead.  In  1841  he  was  ap- 
pointed a  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court,  filling 
this  office  until  an  apoplectic  stroke  compelled 
him  to  resign.  In  1844  he  was  chosen  a 
member  of  the  convention  which  adopted  the 
present  constitution  of  New  Jersey. 

Judge  Daniel  Elmer  was  married  in  1808  to 
Miss  Martha  E.  Potter,  a  daughter  of  Colonel 
David  Potter.  Their  son,  Charles  Ewing 
Elmer,  the  father  of  Major  Daniel  Elmer,  was 
born  in  Bridgeton,  March  27,  18 19.  He  en- 
joyed the  advantages  of  a  liberal  education  in 
his  youth,  graduating  from  Princeton,  and 
afterward  studying  law  in  his  father's  office. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1843,  and  a  few 
years  later  formed  a  copartnership  with  John 
T.  Nixon  (who  was  later  appointed  to  the 
bench),  under  the  firm  name  of  lilmer  & 
Nixon.  On  1^'ebruary  11,  1847,  Charles  E. 
Palmer  was  appointed  Prosecutor  of  the  Court 
of  Pleas  in  the  county,  an  office  he  held  for 
one  term.  He  was  frequently  a|ipointed 
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with  Judge  Nixon  continued  for  about  ten 
years,  during  which  time  he  was  again  ap- 
pointed to  the  office  of  Prosecutor.  The  duties 
of  this  position  he  discharged  faithfully  until 
his  retirement  in  1.S65  from  active  professional 
work. 

Inheriting  from  his  father,  Judge  Elmer,  a 
handsome  competency,  he  was  able  to  indulge 
his  tastes.  His  natural  inclinations,  however, 
made  it  impossible  for  him  to  be  idle;  and, 
while  he  held  many  positions  of  honor,  it  is  to 
his  credit  that  he  accepted  and  desired  no  other 
emolument  therefrom  than  the  consciousness 
of  having  faithfully  discharged  his  duty. 
Though  not  a  church  member,  Mr.  Elmer's 
preference  was  for  the  Presbyterian  faith  and 
form  of  worship;  and  he  was  from  1877  till 
the  date  of  death  a  Trustee  of  Princeton  Col- 
lege. He  was  also  for  a  number  of  years 
Trustee  of  the  State  Normal  School  and  of 
the  Farnum  Preparatory  School.  When  it  is 
taken  into  consideration  that  he  was  Secretary 
of  the  State  Board  of  Education,  the  State 
Board  of  Agriculture,  the  Board  of  the  State 
Geographical  Survey,  for  many  years  a  Di- 
rector of  the  West  Jersey  Railroad  Company, 
and  for  twenty  years  l^resident  of  the  Cumber- 
land National  Bank,  it  will  be  quite  apparent 
that  Mr.  Elmer  was  indeed  a  very  busy  man. 
In  the  bank  Presidency  he  succeeded  his 
father  and  his  uncle,  James  B.  Potter,  each 
of  whom  had  filled  the  office..  Resigning  in 
1886,  he  became  Vice-President.  He  repre- 
sented Ward  3  in  the  City  Council  in  1S72 
and  in  1875,  giving  his  best  service  to  the 
city's    interest.      His    death,    which    occurred 


October  20,  1888,  was  sincerely  mourned  by 
the  citizens  of  his  town. 

On  the  13th  of  June,  1844,  he  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  l)r.  William  Elmer,  of 
Bridgeton,  and  therefore  a  relative.  Of  the 
three  children  born  of  their  marriage,  two 
now  survive:  Major  Daniel  Elmer,  with  whose 
name  this  sketch  begins;  and  their  daughter 
Mary. 

Daniel  Elmer,  son  of  Charles  K.  and  Mary 
(Elmer)  Elmer,  was  born  in  Bridgeton,  N.J., 
on  January  8,  1850.  He  studied  in  several 
private  schools,  and  was  prepared  for  Prince- 
ton College  at  New  Jersey  Academy.  He  en- 
tered Princeton  in  the  class  of  1870  in  the 
Sophomore  year,  and  remained  till  the  end  of 
the  Junior  year.  After  leaving  college  he  for 
a  time  engaged  in  business  in  Bridgeton, 
forming  a  partnership  with  Mr.  John  Smalley. 
In  1877  he  joined  a  party  of  gentlemen  who 
made  a  European  trip;  and  u[)on  his  return  he 
made  a  visit  to  Colorado,  where  from  October, 
1878,  to  November,  1879,  he  was  with  his  sis- 
ter. Having  acquired  a  taste  for  seeing  new 
places  and  people,  he  migrated  in  1881  to  Vir- 
ginia, where  he  remained  for  si.x  years,  engag- 
ing there  in  the  iron  business. 

P'or  thirteen  years  he  was  connected  with 
the  National  Guard  of  New  Jersey.  He  was 
commissioned  Captain  in  Company  C,  F"ourth 
Battalion,  June  13,  1872,  and  was  transferred 
to  Company  I,  Sixth  Regiment,  March  14, 
1876.  He  was  promoted  aide-de-camp  with 
the  rank  of  Major  on  the  staff  of  Major-gen- 
eral Mott  on  the  28th  of  June,  1876;  and  he 
resigned  February  28,   1885.      He  was  elected 


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to  the  City  Council  from  Ward  3  in  March, 
1892,  and  re-elected  in  1895.  Major  Elmer 
was  a  delegate  from  his  Congressional  District 
to  the  Republican  National  Convention  which 
met  at  Minneapolis  in  1892.  As  before  men- 
tioned, he  is  President  of  the  Bridgeton  Gas 
Light  Company.  He  also  holds  the  same  po- 
sition in  the  Bridgeton  Hotel  Company,  is 
President  of  the  Board  of  Old  Harmony 
School,  and  a  Director  of  the  Cumberland 
National  Bank. 

"Old  wealth,  old  worth,"  is  a  motto  that 
might  be  well  inscribed  on  the  escutcheon  of 
the  old  and  influential  family  whose  present 
representative  upholds  its  traditional  honors. 


ffl,  jATTHEW  UNSWORTH,  a  suc- 
cessful farmer  of  Landis,  was  born 
May  2,  1832,  in  Manchester,  Eng- 
land, his  parents  being  Matthew  and  Ellen 
(Entwistle)  Unsvvorth.  Robert  Utisvvorth, 
his  grandfather,  a  native  of  Bolton,  England, 
was  a  block  printer.  His  father,  who  was 
born  in  Manchester  about  the  year  18 10,  fol- 
lowed the  trade  of  block  printer  until  deprived 
of  it  by  the  introduction  of  machinery.  He 
subsequently  became  a  butcher  on  his  own 
account,  and  after  that  for  a  long  period  was 
the  projjrietor  of  a  hotel.  Several  years  pre- 
vious to  his  death  he  retired  from  the  active 
duties  of  life  to  a  small  farm  in  the  outskirts 
of  Manchester.  When  about  twenty  years  of 
age  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Ellen,  daughter  of  John  I'jitwistle,  of  Eng- 
land.     I'^leven  children  were  born   of   the  mar- 


riage, ten  of  whom  attained  maturity.  Of 
these  children  Sarah  is  now  the  wife  of  John 
Holden,  of  Manchester;  Pollen  is  Mrs.  Charles 
Garlick,  of  the  same  city;  P'annie  resides  in 
Manchester,  the  wife  of  James  Parkenson ; 
and  Ann  is  the  wife  of  Peter  Hopkins,  also 
of  Manchester.  Both  parents,  who  are  now 
deceased,  were  members  of  the  Episcopal 
Church  of  Manchester. 

Matthew  Unsworth's  education,  which  was 
received  in  a  pay  school  of  Manchester, 
ended  when  he  was  nine  years  old.  He  was 
then  set  to  earning  his  living  in  the  Manches- 
ter Print  Works,  where  he  was  employed  for 
some  years.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  was 
bound  out  to  a  bricklayer,  with  whom  he 
served  an  apprenticeship  lasting  until  he  was 
twenty-one.  At  this  time  he  was  made  a  fore- 
man, in  which  capacity  he  continued  to  follow 
his  trade  until  1862,  when  he  migrated  to  this 
country,  landing  in  Philadelphia  on  March  27. 
Taking  up  his  residence  in  Erankford,  Pa., 
lie  there  and  in  Philadelphia  followed  his 
trade  until  1876,  when  he  came  to  Landis. 
Here  he  purchased  a  farm  which,  however, 
he  sold  after  holding  it  a  year,  and  then  went 
to  Chester,  Pa.  After  working  at  his  trade  in 
Chester  until  another  year  had  elapsed,  he  re- 
turned to  Landis,  and  was  there  engaged  in 
farming  and  bricklaying  until  1890.  He 
then  went  to  Atlantic  City,  N.J.,  and  there 
had  a  wheelwright  and  carriage  shop;  but  he 
came  back  to  Landis  in  1893.  He  now  pur- 
chased his  farm  of  ten  acres,  erected  on  it 
his  present  residence,  and  has  since  been 
successfully  engaged  i;i  general  farming,  mak- 


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ing  a  specialty  of    sweet   potatoes  and   straw- 
berries. 

On  January  2,  1856,  Mr.  Unsworth  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Hannah,  a  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Eimsley,  of  Manchester. 
They  have  had  eleven  children,  six  of  whom 
are  still  living;  namely,  Philip,  John,  Joseph, 
Sarah  Ellen,  Laura,  and  William.  Sarah  Ellen 
is  the  wife  of  Wilbur  Bortle,  of  Landis;  and 
Laura  is  now  Mrs.  John  Manning,  also  of 
Landis.  Mr.  Unsworth  has  been  intimately 
associated  with  the  general  civic  and  social 
affairs  of  the  community.  He  was  formerly 
affiliated  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  with  a 
membership  in  Malaga  Lodge,  No.  44. 


(JOSEPH  UNSWORTH,  a  well-known 
agriculturist  of  Landis  township,  was 
born  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  August  21, 
1862,  his  parents  being  Matthew  and  Han- 
nah (Eimsley)  Unsworth,  both  natives  of  Eng- 
land. His  great-grandfather  on  the  paternal 
side  was  Robert  Lhisworth,  a  native  of  Bolton, 
England,  and  a  block  printer  by  trade.  Mat- 
thew Unsworth,  a  son  of  Robert,  was  born  in 
Manchester,  England,  about  the  year  18 10, 
and  also  followed  block  printing  until  the  in- 
troduction of  new  machinery  for  the  ])erform- 
ance  of  that  work  compelled  him  to  seek  an- 
other occupation.  After  w'orking  for  a  spell 
at  the  butcher  business,  he  kept  a  hotel  for 
many  years.  His  declining  years  were  passed 
in  retirement  on  a  small  farm  in  the  suburbs 
of  Manchester.  By  his  wife,  Mrs.  P'llen 
(Plntwistle)     Unsworth,    a    daughter    of     John 


Entwistle,  of  Manchester,  he  was  the  father  of 
eleven  children,  of  whom  the  following  is 
recorded:  Sarah  is  now  the  wife  of  John  Hol- 
den,  of  Manchester;  Elien  is  now  Mrs. 
Charles  Garlick,  of  the  same  city;  Fannie  is 
the  wife  of  James  Parkenson,  of  Manchester; 
and  Ann  is  the  wife  of  Peter  Hopkins,  also  of 
Manchester.  Both  parents  were  members  of 
the  Episcopal  church. 

Matthew  Unsworth  was  born  May  2,  1S32, 
in  Manchester,  England.  His  education,  such 
as  it  was,  was  received  at  a  ]ny  school  in 
Manchester.  At  the  age  of  nine  he  began  to 
earn  his  living  in  the  Manchester  Print  Works, 
where  he  remained  several  years.  Erom  his 
fifteenth  to  his  twenty-second  year  he  was 
apprenticed  to  a  bricklayer,  at  the  end  of 
which  period  he  was  appointed  a  foreman,  and 
thereafter  worked  in  that  capacity  as  long  as 
he  remained  in  England.  In  1862  he  took 
ship  for  this  country,  landing  in  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.,  March  27,  and  taking  up  his  resi- 
dence in  Frankford,  Pa.  He  subsequently 
worked  at  his  trade  in  Frankford  and  Philailei- 
phia.  In  1876  he  came  to  Landis  and  pur- 
chased a  farm,  which  after  a  time  he  sold, 
and  then  went  to  Chester,  Pa.  He  resumed 
his  trade  in  Chester,  and  worked  at  it  there 
for  a  year.  He  then  returned  to  Landis,  and 
was  occupied  in  both  fanning  and  bricklaying 
until  1890,  when  he  removed  to  Atlantic  City, 
N.J.  After  conducting  a  wheelwright  and 
carriage  shop  there  for  three  years,  he  came 
back  to  Landis  and  purchased  his  present  farm 
of  ten  acres,  on  which  he  has  since  resided. 
He  is  successfully  engaged  in  general  farming, 


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specializing  sweet  potatoes  and  strawberries. 
On  January  2,  1856,  he  married  Hannah 
Eimsley,  a  daughter  of  George  Eimsley,  of 
Manchester.  Of  his  eleven  children  six  are 
still  living;  namely,  Philip,  John,  Joseph, 
Sarah  Ellen,  Laura,  and  William.  Sarah 
Ellen  is  the  wife  of  Wilbur  ]5ortle,  of  Landis; 
and  Laura  is  now  Mrs.  John  Manning,  also 
of  Landis.  Mr.  Matthew  Unsworth  is  well 
known  and  highly  respected  in  the  community. 
He  is  afifiriated  with  Malaga  Lodge,  No.  44, 
Knights  of  Pythias. 

Joseph  Unsworth  received  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Philadelphia.  About 
the  time  of  the  completion  of  his  schooling  his 
parents  removed  to  Landis  township,  where  he 
remained  at  home  on  the  farm  until  hi.s  nine- 
teenth year.  He  then  learned  the  mason's 
trade,  which  he  has  followed  more  or  less 
ever  since.  In  1894  he  purchased  his  present 
farm  of  eleven  acres,  on  which  he  is  engaged 
in  general  husbandry,  raising  as  principal 
crops  sweet  potatoes,  pears,  and  strawberries. 
On  Christmas  Day,  1887,  Mr.  L^nsworth  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Helen,  a  daugh- 
ter of  George  W.  Lewis,  of  Landis  township. 
Mr.  Unsworth  is  one  of  the  prominent  men  of 
the  communit}',  and  enjoys  the  respect  and 
confidence  of  all  those  who  have  the  ])leasure 
of  his  accpiaintance.  He  has  acceptably  served 
as  School  Trustee,  is  identified  with  the 
Masons'  Protective  Association  of  Landis, 
and  affiliated  with  the  fraternity  of  Masons. 
In  religious  belief  his  sympathies  bring  him 
into  association  with  the  Baptist  Church  of 
Landis,  of  which  Mrs.  Unsworth  is  a  member. 


OHN  CHEESMAN,  the  senior  editor 
and  proprietor  of  the  New  Jersey  Pa- 
triot, a  leading  and  ably  conducted 
weekly  of  South  Jersey,  published  at  Bridge- 
ton,  Cumberland  County,  was  born  in  Bridge- 
ton,  March  4,  1830,  son  of  John  and  Lydia 
(Ricord)  Cheesman.  His  grandfather,  Jacob 
Cheesman,  who  was  born  on  the  paternal  farm 
near  Turnersville,  during  early  manhood  en- 
gaged in  agricultural  pursuits.  In  about  181 7 
he  removed  to  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  whence  he 
subsequently  returned  to  his  native  place. 
He  married  Miss  Sarah  Stiles. 

Their  son  John  was  born  March  13,  1799, 
near  Turnersville.  Remaining  on  the  pater- 
nal estate  during  his  boyhood,  he  then  as  a 
journeyman  prosecuted  for  a  number  of  years 
his  trade  of  cabinet-making  and  undertaking 
at  Philadelphia,  where  he  had  acquired  the 
knowledge  of  it.  While  still  a  young  man  he 
came  to  Bridgeton  when  the  place  was  only 
a  small  village,  and  located  here  one  of  the 
early  cabinet-making  and  undertaking  estab- 
lishments. He  conducted  that  enterprise  for 
a  long  period  of  years,  in  fact  until  his  retire- 
ment from  business  life,  always  being  situated 
in  the  business  centre  of  the  community. 
John  Cheesman,  Sr. ,  who  was  the  possessor  of 
quite  extensive  real  estate  in  Bridgeton,  owned 
the  old  homestead  where  Dr.  Jacob  .Streets 
now  resides;  and  he  erected  the  dwelling 
which  formerly  stood  thereon. 

He  married  on  October  27,  1824,  Miss  Lydia 
Ricord,  a  native  of  Lewistown,  Del.,  where 
she  was  born  March  27,  1802,  to  Mitchell  and 
Hetty    Ricord.      Seven    of    their   ten    children 


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grew  to  maturity,  namely :  Robert,  who  is  a 
resident  of  San  Francisco,  Cal.  ;  John  ;  Mary 
Ann,  now  Mrs.  Aaron  M.  Allen,  of  Ericigeton; 
Elizabeth,  who,  as  the  widow  of  John  Gallo- 
way, lives  in  Oklahoma;  Jane,  who  is  now 
Mrs.  James  Morton,  of  Bridgeton  ;  James,  who 
resides  in  California;  and  Lydia,  who  is  now 
deceased.  The  father  was  one  of  the  reliable 
and  substantial  citizens  of  his  community,  and 
enjoyed  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  all  his 
fellows.  Although  not  a  very  active  partici- 
pator in  political  life,  he  was  a  stanch  Demo- 
crat in  belief  and  always  gave  his  allegiance 
to  that  party.  He  and  his  wife  were  both 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
of  Bridgeton,  of  which  they  were  vigorous  sup- 
porters. He  served  it  for  a  long  term  of  years 
in  the  prominent  and  responsible  capacity  of 
steward  and  Trustee.  John  Cheesman,  Sr. , 
passed  away  February  24,  1881,  and  his  wife 
April  10,  1869. 

John  Cheesman,  son  of  John,  Sr. ,  and 
Lydia,  attended  the  common  schools  of  his 
native  town  until  he  became  fourteen  years  of 
age,  acquiring  such  education  as  such  schools 
afforded.  In  1844  he  began  to  learn  cabinet- 
making  and  undertaking  from  his  father,  and 
with  him  conducted  that  business  for  eleven 
years.  In  1855  he  turned  his  attention  to  the 
millwright's  trade,  which  occujiied  his  time 
for  a  few  years ;  and  then  for  another  term  of 
years  he  engaged  in  a  mercantile  way  in  the 
iron  business,  being  afterward  variously  occu- 
pied. In  1872  he  entered  upon  his  career  as 
a  publisher,  becoming  one-half  owner  in  the 
New  Jersey  Patriot.      Since  that   time  he  has 


devoted  his  attention  exclusively  to  journal- 
ism, in  which  he  has  achieved  gratifying  suc- 
cess. The  New  Jersey  Patriot  was  edited  by 
Oscar  A.  Douglas  until  1865,  and  at  that  lime 
N.  C.  Barclay  became  his  partner.  In  the 
fall  of  1 87 1  Mr.  Barclay  assumed  the  entire 
management  of  the  paper,  and  conducted  it 
until  the  spring  of  1872,  in  which  Mr. 
Cheesman  became  associated  with  him  in  the 
publishing  business.  On  May  i,  1874,  he 
became  the  sole  proprietor  and  editor;  and  he 
remained  as  such  until  January  i,  1893,  when 
his  son,  Robert  V.,  was  received  into  partner- 
ship, having  one-third  interest,  and  the  firm 
was  denominated  John  Cheesman  &  Son.  The 
paper  is  an  excellent  weekly,  ably  edited,  of 
eight  pages,  twenty-nine  by  forty  three  inches 
in  size.  It  has  had  and  still  enjoys  the  rep- 
utation of  being  the  leading  journal  of  its  \>o- 
litical  persuasion  in  the  southern  part  of  New 
Jersey.  It  is  a  safe  and  reliable  periodical, 
informing  and  elevating;  and  it  is  a  regular 
and  welcome  visitor  to  very  many  homes. 
Until  three  years  ago  Mr.  Cheesman  was  the 
sole  proprietor  and  editor,  and  he  still  con- 
tinues to  be  the  managing  editor.  He  is  the 
senior  editor  of  Bridgeton,  and  is  regarded  as 
one  of  the  ablest  in  South  Jersey. 

On  February  16,  1854,  Mr.  Cheesman 
wedded  Miss  Anna  M.  .Smith,  a  daughter  of 
Alderman  and  Charlotte  .Smith,  of  Bridgeton. 
Into  their  home  three  children  have  come, 
namely:  Robert  V.,  who  is  now  associated 
with  his  father  in  the  publishing  business; 
William  A.,  who  married  Miss  Phynette 
Campbell,    and    resides   in   Bridgeton,    engaged 


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in   the    ijoultry  Inisiness;    and   Charlotte,    who 
died  when  only  a  year  old. 

Mr.  Chee.sman  ha.s  been  a  very  enthii.siastic 
advocate  and  .supporter  of  the  Democratic 
party.  Me  has  not,  however,  been  an  aspirant 
for  political  office  or  distinction.  Religiously, 
bt)th  he  and  his  wife  are  of  the  Methodist 
faith  ;  and  in  that  church  he  has  officiated  in 
several  important  and  responsible  capacities. 
Their  jsresent  place  of  worship  is  the  Central 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Bridgeton. 
When  the  first  church  edifice  was  constructed, 
he  constituted  one  member  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  and  also  of  the  Building  Committee. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cheesman  occupy  a  comfortable 
residence  at  57  Walnut  Street,  Bridgeton. 


iRiNEST  A.  FIERCE,  one  of  the  leading 
retail  grocers  of  Vineland,  N.J.,  was 
born  in  Ossian,  Winneshiek  County,  la.,  No- 
vember 30,  1864,  son  of  Abel  and  Laura  A. 
(Powers)  Pierce.  His  paternal  grandfather 
was  Warren  Pierce,  a  son  of  Daniel  and  Abi- 
gail Pierce,  of  Vermont.  Daniel  Pierce  re- 
sided in  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. ,  about  forty  years, 
being  a  farmer  by  occupation.  He  finally  sold 
his  farm  in  St.  Johnsbury,  and  bought  a  place 
in  Lyndon,  \'t. ,  where  he  resided  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
one  years. 

Warren  Pierce  lived  for  about  fifteen  years 
on  a  farm  adjoining  his  father's,  then  moved 
to  Coventry,  Vt.  ;  and  he  bought  a  small  farm 
and  also  a  saw-mill.  He  was  engaged  for 
some  time  in    the    manufacture    of    household 


furniture;  but  after  residing  in  Coventry  for  a 
few  years  he  sold  out  and  purchased  a  farm  in 
Derby,  Vt. ,  where  he  remained  about  a  year, 
returning  at  the  end  of  that  time  to  St.  Johns- 
bury to  live  with  his  father,  Daniel  Pierce. 
Three  years  later,  however,  he  went  back  to 
Derby,  and  buying  a  saw-mill  made  his  abode 
there  initil  i  S46,  in  which  year  he  went  to 
Wisconsin,  accompanied  by  his  son,  George 
W.  After  a  residence  in  that  State  of  less 
than  a  year  he  died,  September  12,  1847, 
being  at  that  time  about  fifty-eight  years  old. 
His  educational  advantages  were  such  as  were 
afforded  by  the  district  school.  During  his 
life  he  held  no  public  office  except  that  of 
Justice  of  the  Peace,  the  duties  of  which  he 
performed  while  last  residing  in  Derby. 

On  July  I,  1 8 10,  he  was  married  to  Sally 
Manus,  of  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  a  daughter  of 
Patrick  and  Grace  Manus.  The  names  and 
births  of  their  children  are  thus  recorded: 
Daniel  Winchester,  April  3,  181 1;  Willard 
Alonzo,  October  15,  1812;  Sabrina  Abigail, 
October  13,  18 14;  Lucinda,  January  8,  1817; 
George  Washington,  May  4,  iSig;  Warren, 
June  20,  1S21  ;  Abel,  April  18,  1823;  Truman 
Lewis,  l-'ebruary  14,  1826;  and  Reuben,  Jan- 
uary 2,  1828.  Sabrina  Abigail  married  Sam- 
uel Averil,  and  after  his  death  became  the 
wife  of  Isaac  Collier.  Lucintla  remained  un- 
manicd.  Reuben,  the  youngest  son,  enlisted 
in  a  regiment  of  Rhode  Island  troops,  with  the 
rank  of  Second  Lieutenant,  took  part  in  the 
expedition  under  Burnside,  and  was  killed  at 
Newborn,  N.C. 

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St.  Johnsbury,  \'^t.,  and  received  his  education 
in  tlie  district  school.  He  then  learned  the 
trade  of  a  cabinet-maker  and  carpenter;  and 
when  he  was  twenty  years  of  age  he  went  to 
the  southern  part  of  Wisconsin,  where  he  was 
engaged  at  his  trade  until  1857.  In  1851  he 
joined  a  party  who  went  overland  to  Cali- 
fornia. The  journey  occupied  six  months; 
and,  to  add  to  the  hardship  of  the  journey, 
many  of  the  company  were  sick  on  the  way. 
Mr.  Pierce  did  not  recover  from  the  effects  of 
the  trip  during  the  four  years  that  he  remained 
in  California,  being  sick  the  greater  part  of 
the  time.  When  he  returned  eastward  he 
journeyed  by  water,  crossing  the  Isthmus,  and 
on  landing  at  New  York  went  back  to  Wiscon- 
sin by  rail.  Soon  after  he  formed  a  copartner- 
ship with  Frank  Mufifley,  under  the  firm  name 
of  Pierce  &  Mufifley,  and  opened  a  retail  furni- 
ture store  and  factory,  which  they  carried  on 
successfully;  and  later  they  started  a  branch 
store  in  Ossian,  la.,  which  Mr.  Pierce  had 
charge  of  for  several  years,  or  until  they  sold, 
and  confined  their  attention  to  their  Wisconsin 
business.  In  1869  Mr.  Abel  Pierce  sold  his 
interest  and  came  East,  settling  in  Buena 
Vista,  Atlantic  County,  N.J.,  but  a  short  dis- 
tance from  Vineland,  where  he  purchased  a 
farm,  which  he  carried  on  until  his  death  on 
Jnly  2,  1885.  For  several  years  he  served 
acceptably  on  the  Township  Committee.  He 
was  a  member  of  a  Western  lodge  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  married 
Miss  Laura  A.  Powers;  and  they  became  the 
parents  of  one  son,  Ernest  Abel,  the  direct 
subject  of  the  present  sketch. 


Ernest  A.  Pierce  received  his  education  in 
the  common  schools  of  Buena  Vista,  his 
parents  having  removed  to  that  place  when  he 
was  about  five  years  old.  He  remained  at 
home  upon  the  farm  until  July  20,  1892, 
when  he  came  to  Vineland  and  purchased 
Mr.  A.  D.  Kelly's  grocery  store,  where  he 
has  since  continued  to  conduct  a  profit- 
able business.  On  October  23,  1890,  Mr. 
Pierce  was  joined  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Mary  E.  Paul,  a  daughter  of  William  Paul, 
of  Philadelphia.  They  have  been  called  to 
part  with  their  three  children,  all  of  whom 
died  in  infancy. 

In  1894  Mr.  Pierce  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  Borough  Council  and  served  on  the  Fi- 
nance Committee,  of  w^hich  he  is  the  present 
Chairman  (1896),  and  is  a  member  of  minor 
committees.  He  was  also  elected  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  liducation  in  1894,  and  served 
the  first  year  as  Chairman  of  the  Teachers' 
Committee,  and  the  following  year  was  elected 
clerk  by  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Edu- 
cation. 


WARD  RICHARDSON,  the  enter- 
al ]irising  proprietor  and  editor  of  the 
Bridgeton  Evening  Nczcs  and  Dollnr 
Weekly  Xews,  was  born  in  Bridgeton  on  Au- 
gust 18,  1854,  but  moved  at  an  early  age  with 
his  parents  to  Philadelphia.  He  is  the  son  of 
John  S.  Richardson  and  grandson  of  Robert 
and  Mary  Richardson,  of  Greenwich  township, 
the  family  having  been  pioneers  in  this  sec- 
tion. His  mother  was  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Asa  and    Ruth  Barrett,    of    Lower    Hopewell, 


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where  they  lived  for  many  years,  coming  orig- 
inally from  Salem  County. 

J.  Ward  Richardson  was  graduated  with 
honor  from  the  Philadelphia  High  School  at 
the  age  of  sixteen  years.  Soon  afterward  he 
came  to  Rosenhayn,  in  this  county,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business;  but  inclina- 
tion [ironipted  him  to  spend  his  spare  moments 
ill  the  little  print ing-ofifice  in  the  village. 
This  plant  was  afterward  bought  by  Mr. 
Richardson  and  his  father;  and  there  they 
issued  the  Advertiser  and  Rcvicro,  a  monthly 
publication,  which  had  a  phenomenal  circula- 
tion. Mr.  Richardson  subsecpiently  removed 
to  Bridgeton,  where  the  publication  was 
changed  to  a  weekly  issue. 

Impelled  by  the  feeling  that  journalism  was 
his  destined  vocation,  Mr.  Richardson  put 
forth  vigorous  efforts  to  ensure  success. 
While  making  a  thorough  canvass  with  Mr. 
J.  \\.  C.  Applegate,  the  determination  to  issue 
the  Evening  Nezvs  was  formed.  The  Patriot, 
Pioneer,  and  Chroniele  were  already  published 
as  weeklies  in  the  city;  and  at  one  time  a 
d.iily  had  started  from  the  Patriot  office,  be- 
sides a  daily  issue  of  the  Chroniele,  which  en- 
deavored to  furnish  the  news  of  the  people. 
Owing  to  the  illness  of  Mr.  Richardson  the 
project  for  a  new  paper  was  temporarily  aban- 
doned, and  it  was  in  the  winter  of  1879  before 
he  and  Mr.  Applegate  were  ready  for  busi- 
ness. They  were  unable  to  buy  the  Clironiele 
of  Mr.  Ni.xon,  who  continued  his  daily  until 
some  months  after  the  Evening  Xe-^vs  was 
started,  then  left  the  field.  Mr.  Richardson 
and    Mr.    Applegate   finally    decided    to     rent 


the  office  and  printing  materials,  then  in  a 
small  second-story  room,  provided  that  suffi- 
cient money  could  be  raised  for  the  first 
week's  expenses.  Paul  G.  Davis  was  taken 
into  the  firm  ;  but  when  it  was  time  to  pay  in 
the  twenty  dollars,  as  by  previous  agreement, 
it  was  impossible  for  Mr.  Richardson  to  raise 
over  seventeen.  The  other  two  members 
therefore  refusing  to  pay  more  than  that  sum, 
the  new  daily  was  started  with  a  capital  of 
fifty-one  dollars. 

The  first  number  was  a  five-column  folio, 
eighteen  and  a  half  by  twenty-four  inches. 
So  efficient  was  Mr.  Richardson  as  business 
manager  that  five  hundred  subscribers  and  the 
sale  of  nine-tenths  of  the  advertising  space  for 
a  year  were  secured  before  the  first  issue  of 
the  Bridgeton  Evening  Nezvs.  Shortly  there- 
after the  paper  was  obliged  to  decline  a  two- 
column  advertisement  for  a  year,  and  also  to 
request  another  advertiser  to  reduce  his  card, 
owing  to  encroachment  on  the  reading  space. 
After  some  years,  during  which  the  Neivs 
wrought  and  flourished,  they  were  enabled  to 
buy  the  lot  and  building  at  3  South  Laurel 
Street,  where  for  a  long  time  the  evening 
and  weekl)'  editions  of  the  Ncivs  were  issued. 
In  March,  1886,  the  adjoining  property,  70, 
72,  and  74  East  Commerce  Street,  was  pur- 
chased, and  the  office  removed  to  72  on  that 
street.  A  few  months  later,  so  great  had  been 
the  literary  and  financial  success  of  this  jour- 
nal that  a  ])rick  building  was  erected  in  the 
rear  of  74,  when  the  plant  covered  the  entire 
property.  The  second  floor  of  72  is  used  as  a 
job  printing-office.      The  building  is  now,  after 


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being  lemodelled,  one  of  the  best  equipped 
and  most  complete  printing-offices  in  the 
State. 

When  the  Evening  A'fu's  was  started,  the 
Dollar  Weekly  came  into  being  as  a  direct  de- 
scendant of  the  Aiiierieaii  Favorite,  Mr.  Rich- 
ardson's first  literary  venture.  On  May  10, 
1879,  appeared  the  first  issue  of  the  Dollar 
Weekly,  which,  taking  up  the  number  of  its 
predecessor,  bore  Vol.  V.,  No.  6,  on  its  title 
page.  This  paper  has  had  a  prosperous 
career,  warmly  establishing  itself  in  the  affec- 
tions of  its  many  readers. 

On  January  i,  1889,  David  C.  Applegate 
succeeded  his  father  in  the  firm,  which  was 
then  Richardson  &  Applegate,  Mr.  Davis 
having  sold  out  his  interest  some  years  before. 
Two  years  afterward  Mr.  Richardson  became 
the  sole  proprietor.  That  the  ability  to  get 
money  is  superior  to  money  itself  is  finely 
illustrated  by  the  inception  and  subsequent 
history  of  the  most  valuable  newspaper  prop- 
erty in  Southern  New  Jersey.  While  the 
fifty-one  dollars'  capital  launched  the  under- 
taking on  an  uncertain  sea,  it  is  the  reserve 
force  of  its  able  publisher  which  has  propelled 
it  into  the  tranquil  waters  of  prosperity.  Mr. 
Richardson  has  aimed  to  make  it  a  pure  as  well 
as  a  newsy  sheet,  and  his  papers  are  the  first 
in  .South  Jersey  to  make  personal  mention  of 
events  of  social  and  family  life.  Politically, 
the  Evening  Neii's  advocates  Republican  prin- 
ciples and  protection  to  American  industries. 
The  ma.ximum  circulation  is  four  thousand 
eight  hundred.  The  regular  working  force, 
exclusive    of     correspondents,     is     twenty-si.x. 


Mr.  Ricliardson  may  well  be  proud  of  the 
mental  grasp  which  has  resulted  in  such  brill- 
iant literary  and  financial  achievements. 

Mr.  Richardson  and  Susan  West,  daughter 
of  Menry  and  Phebe  D.  West,  of  Shiloh,  were 
married  on  July  28,  1874.  They  have  had 
three  children,  but  one  of  whom  is  living  — 
Ellsworth  Lincoln,  who  is  now  (1896)  a  stu- 
dent in  South  Jersey  Institute.  The  other 
two  children  died  suddenly,  aged  respectively 
six  years  and  four,  being  buried  the  same  day. 
Mr.  Richardson  is  a  communicant  of  the  P'irst 
Baptist  Church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Exec- 
utive Committee  of  the  Bridgeton  Musical 
Union,  and  also  belongs  to  the  State  Journal- 
ists' Association. 


ER     SCOTT     CHAMBERS, 

station  agent  and  lumber  mer- 
chant of  Newport,  N.J.,  was  born  in  this 
town,  September  8,  i860,  son  of  Solomon  H. 
and  Lydia  A.  (Peterson)  Chambers.  His 
grandfather,  Daniel  Chambers,  who  was  a 
native  and  lifelong  resident  of  Cajie  May 
County,  died  in  1843.  He  and  his  wife, 
Eliza  A.  Coff,  a  native  of  Cape  May  County, 
reared  a  family  of  six  children,  as  follows: 
.Sarah  ;  Solomon  II.  ;  Mary  H.  ;  Anna  E.  ; 
John  Wesley;  and  Daniel,  Jr.  Jolm  Wesley 
Chambers  was  a  .Sergeant  in  the  late  war,  and 
died  while  in  the  service.  Mary  E.  Chambers 
is  the  only  one  now  living. 

Solomon  H.  Chambers  was  born  at  West 
Creek,  Cape  May  County,  October  31,  1836. 
He     accpiired    his    education    in    the    common 


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schools;    and    when     seventeen    years    old    he 
settled    in   Newport,    where  he    was    for    about 
eleven   years   engaged    in    the   oyster   fisheries, 
being  captain  of  a  boat  for  half  of  that  time. 
He  then  bought  the   Henry  Shaw  farm,  which 
is  now  occupied  by  his  son,  and   became  quite 
an   extensive  market    gardener.      His   property 
consisted  of  thirty-three  acres  of  e.\cellent  till- 
age land,  capable  of  producing  abundant  crops 
of  a  superior    quality;    and    he    continued    to 
supply  the  Millville  market  with  garden  truck 
until  the  railway  was  completed,  when  he  de- 
voted  considerable  attention  tn  the  cultivation 
of  strawberries,  which  he  shipped  to  the  large 
city  markets    with    profit.      In    company  with 
Howard  Husted  he  established  the  first  lumber 
yard    in    Newport,    the    firm    of    Chambers    & 
Husted   carrying  on  a  very  successful   business 
for  several  years.       He  also  acted    as  station 
agent  at    Newport    for  twenty  years,    or   until 
his  death,    which    took    place   July    13,    1893. 
He    was    an    upright,    conscientious    man    and 
a  worthy  citizen,  who  had  the  good  of  his  fel- 
low-men at  heart.      Some  time  previous  to  his 
death    he    espoused    the    Prohibitionist    cause, 
but    never    had    any    aspirations    for    political 
notoriety.       In   his  religious  views    he  was  a 
Methodist,  being  for  a  number  of  years  stew- 
ard. Trustee,  and   superintendent  of  the   Sun- 
day-school of  that   church  ;  and  he  was  an   ear- 
nest worker  in  the  cause  of  moral  and  religious 
improvement  in   the   community.      At  the  age 
of    twenty-five    years    he    married    Lydia    A. 
Peterson,  daughter  of  Aaron  Peterson,  of  New- 
port.     They  became  the  parents  of   five   chil- 
dren,  two   of   whom    lived   to   reach   maturity, 


namely:  Walter  Scott,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  and  Mary  E.,  wife  of  Benjamin  F. 
Campbell,  of  this  town.  Mr.  Chambers's 
mother  was  for  many  years  actively  connected 
with  the  Methodist  Episcopal   church. 

Walter  Scott  Chambers  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Newport,  and  he  resided  at  home 
assisting  in  carrying  on  the  farm  until  after 
his  marriage.  He  then  became  connected 
with  the  railway  service,  being  first  appointed 
station  agent  at  Bridgeton  Junction,  ne.xt 
serving  successively  in  the  same  capacity  at 
Long  Branch,  Port  Norris,  Vineland,  and 
Winslow  Junction,  before  taking  charge  of  the 
station  here,  which  position  he  still  holds. 
In  February,  1896,  he  and  his  sister  bought 
the  lumber  business  formerly  conducted  by 
his  father.  P'or  six  months  the  enterprise  was 
carried  on  under  the  firm  name  of  Chambers 
&  Campbell,  yielding  good  results  under  his 
direction.  The  business  being  well  started, 
Mr.  Chambers  withdrew,  that  his  sister  might 
have  it  for  support,  he  engaging  in  dairying 
and  the  raising  of  cranberries  and  other  small 
fruit. 

On  November  29,  i8cSi,  Mr.  Chambers 
wedded  Phebe  H.  Bradford,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam Bradford,  of  Newport.  Mrs.  Chambers  is 
the  mother  of  seven  children,  six  of  whom  are 
living,  namely:  John  Wesley;  William  J?.; 
Ida;  Lillie  H.  ;  Walter  Scott,  Jr.  ;  and  Harry 
B.  Another  son,  Edward  T. ,  died  at  the  age 
of  three  years. 

Mr.  Chambers  is  connected  with  Port  Norris 
Lodge,  No.  79,  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  Idaho 
Tribe,    Improved    Order  of    Red  Men,  of    the 


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same  town.      He  and  his  wife  attend  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church. 


(^Y'-'J^N  RUSSELL  is  an  extensive  busi- 
ness man  of  Leesburg,  N.J.,  who  be- 
sides carrying  on  a  large  mercantile 
establishment  is  heavily  interested  in  ship- 
ping and  real  estate.  He  was  born  in  Dennis- 
v'lle,  Cape  May  County,  July  5,  1820,  son  of 
William  and  Mary  (Stille)  Russell,  and  is  a 
representative  of  an  old  and  highly  reputable 
New  Jersey  family.  His  grandfather,  Benja- 
min Russell,  a  native  of  Pitt's  Grove,  Salem 
County,  was  one  of  the  prosperous  farmers  and 
prominent  citizens  of  that  section. 

William  Russell,  son  of  Benjamin,  was 
born  in  Pitt's  Grove  township,  July  31,  1787. 
He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools,  and 
resided  at  home,  assisting  in  the  farm  duties, 
until  reaching  his  majority.  He  then  began 
life  for  himself  as  a  hotel-keeper  in  Dennis- 
ville,  where  he  remained  for  five  or  six  years, 
and  then,  going  to  Tuckahoe,  there  continued 
in  the  same  business  for  two  years.  He  ne.xt 
engaged  in  the  coasting  trade,  becoming 
master  of  vessels  plying  between  Philadelphia 
and  New  York,  and  following  the  sea  for  about 
fifteen  years,  at  the  expiration  of  which  time 
he  engaged  in  the  wholesale  produce  trade. 
He  conducted  a  large  and  successful  business 
until  1S69,  when  he  retired  from  active  busi- 
ness pursuits.  He  passed  the  rest  of  his  life 
at  the  home  of  his  son.  William  Russell  was 
an  able  and  conscientious  business  man,  who 
maintained  an  enviable  reputation  in  mercan- 


tile circles,  as  the  result  of  a  firm  and  unwa- 
vering adherence  to  the  principles  of  honesty 
and  integrity.  Possessing  a  strong  constitu- 
tion, which  was  never  weakened  by  irregu- 
larities and  excesses,  he  reached  the  advanced 
age  of  ninety-four  year.s,  dying  in  1S81.  He 
married  Mary  Stille,  daughter  of  John  Stille, 
of  Tuckahoe.  Of  the  five  children  born  to 
this  union  the  only  one  now  living  is  John, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch.  The  others  were: 
Thomas  L.  ;  Annie,  who  became  the  wife  of 
Lucius  Hursch ;  Jane;  and  Jeremiah.  The 
mother,  who  was  a  member  of  the  Iipisco])al 
church,  died  in  1856.  The  remains  of  both 
parents  were  interred  at  Tuckahoe. 

John  Russell  acquired  a  good  common- 
school  education,  which  he  supplemented  by 
taking  a  course  in  book-keeping  in  Philadel- 
phia; and  for  the  three  years  succeeding  the 
completion  of  his  studies  he  was  employed  in 
a  store  on  Market  Street  in  the  Quaker  City. 
He  then  engaged  in  the  steamboat  business, 
becoming  a  partner  with  James  P.  Stetson, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Russell  &  Stetson. 
This  concern  carried  on  a  large  business  for 
several  years,  and  then  Mr.  Russell  bought  his 
partner's  interest  in  the  enterprise.  His  tugs 
were  chartered  by  the  government  for  service 
at  Fortress  Monroe  during  the  Civil  War,  and 
after  its  close  he  sold  out  his  entire  equipment. 
He  had  invested  quite  heavily  in  vessel  prop- 
erty, taking  advantage  of  the  business  depres- 
sion while  hostilities  were  in  progress;  and  in 
1867  he  settled  in  Leesburg,  where  he  bougiit 
a  shipyard  and  marine  railway,  and  continued 
a    ship-building    enterprise    here,    which    had 


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been  formerly  carried  on  by  his  uncle,  James 
Ward.  He  has  since  been  extensively  engaged 
in  the  construction  of  vessels,  being  at  the 
present  time  the  largest  shij)  builder  and 
owner  south  of  Camden.  He  is  the  sole 
owner  of  si.N  large  schooners,  has  an  interest 
in  thirteen  others,  all  of  which  arc  employed 
in  the  domestic  and  South  American  trade; 
and  in  1S95  he  built  the  three-masted 
schooner,  "Lottie  R.  Russell,"  which  was 
the  only  schooner  constructed  in  New  Jersey 
during  that  year.  He  also  established  a  gen- 
eral mercantile  business  here,  which  he  still 
carries  on,  being  the  oldest  as  well  as  the 
most  prominent  merchant  in  this  town.  He 
deals  largely  in  wood,  coal,  lumber,  and  fer- 
tilizers. This  year,  i8g6,  he  has  added  to  his 
shipyard  a  steam  and  saw  mill  with  a  fifty- 
horse-power  engine  for  custom  work.  Here 
he  manufactures  shingles,  clapboards,  and 
dressed  lumber  for  building  purposes,  also 
other  lumber  for  ship-building.  Mr.  Russell 
likewise  owns  several  valuable  farms  in  this 
locality,  which  he  conducts  with  the  aid  of 
hired  assistants,  thus  giving  regular  employ- 
ment to  stmie  fifteen  men;  and  he  ships  large 
quantities  of  wood  to  Philadelphia  and  New 
York  in  his  own  vessels.  He  is  financially 
interested  in  several  important  business  en- 
terprises, including  five  national  banks,  and 
is  a  Director  of  the  Millville  National  Bank 
and  of  the  Columbia  Ikiilding  and  Loan  Asso- 
ciation. 

Mr.  Russell's  first  wife,  whom  he  married 
in  1854,  vvas  Sarah  A.  Lamprough,  of  Chester, 
Pa.      She  became  the  mother  of  two  children, 


of  whom  the  only  one  to  reach  maturity  was 
Samuel  L.  Russell,  who  married  Mary  B. 
Marts,  and  died  leaving  three  children  — 
Florence,  Goldie,  and  Eva.  Mrs.  Sarah  A. 
Russell  died  in  1890;  and  on  November  30, 
1892,  Mr.  Russell  wedded  for  his  second  wife 
Mrs.  Lottie  R.  Brown,  daughter  of  William 
Radcliffe,  of  Port  Elizabeth,  N.J. 

Though  always  refraining  from  any  regu- 
lar official  connection  with  public  affairs,  Mr. 
Russell  has  taken  a  lively  interest  in  politics, 
having  been  chosen  delegate  to  many  county. 
State,  and  district  conventions;  and  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Electoral  College  which  seated 
Grover  Cleveland  for  his  first  term  as  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States.  His  business 
ability  and  high  financial  standing,  as  well  as 
his  many  eminent  qualities  as  a  citizen,  give 
him  a  wide  influence  in  this  section  of  the 
county;  and  he  most  assuredly  merits  the  sin- 
cere respect  and  esteem  which  is  accorded  him 
by  the  public  generally.  Mr.  Russell  is  an 
Episcopalian,  and  Mrs.  Russell  is  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 


«^»^» 


APTAIN  URIAH  S.  LEE,  of  Lees- 
burg,  one  of  the  leading  oyster  mer- 
chants on  Maurice  River,  N. J.,  was 
born  in  Leesburg,  January  i,  1847,  son  of 
Thomas  and  Sarah  (Robinson)  Lee.  His 
grandfather,  Thomas  Lee,  Sr. ,  established  the 
first  shipyard  in  Leesburg,  where  he  built  a 
number  of  vessels.  One  of  these,  a  full- 
rigged  ship,  never  returned  from  her  first 
voyage;  and,  discouraged  by  his  loss,  Thomas 


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Lee  sold  his  yard  to  James  Ward.  He  had 
two  marine  railways,  and  was  the  wealthiest 
land-owner  in  the  vicinity.  He  served  as  a 
soldier  in  the  War  of  1812,  stationed  at  East 
Point,  this  county. 

Thomas  Lee,  Jr.,  a  native  of  Leesburg,  was 
educated  in  the  common  schools  of  this  town. 
He  fouiid  employment  on  a  coasting  vessel 
when  a  boy,  and  was  afterward  in  the  coast- 
ing trade  for  a  number  of  years,  reaching  cap- 
taincy of  a  vessel  when  he  was  eighteen  years 
old.  His  business  took  him  generally  to  Phil- 
adelphia, New  York,  and  Boston.  After  the 
lapse  of  some  time  he  owned  shares  in  quite 
a  number  of  coasting  vessels.  About  fifteen 
years  prior  to  his  death  he  purchased  a  two- 
hundred-acre  farm  in  Delmont,  N.J.  Here 
he  engaged  in  general  farming,  his  principal 
crops  being  corn,  wheat,  and  hay;  and  he 
kept  a  large  number  of  cattle.  An  energetic 
and  ambitious  man,  he  continued  in  active 
occupation  almost  to  the  day  of  his  death. 
He  voted  the  Democratic  ticket,  but  was  not 
an  aspirant  to  political  office.  He  was  promi- 
nent in  the  Masonic  Order,  which  he  joined 
through  the  Mauricetown  Lodge  when  a  young 
man.  His  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Daniel 
Robinson,  Esq.,  of  Delmont.  She  had  ten 
children,  namely:  James,  now  deceased; 
Milicent,  the  wife  of  Joseph  Thompson,  of 
Atlantic  City,  N.J.  ;  Maria,  who  was  the  wife 
of  Charles  Dodson,  both  now  deceased ; 
Thomas,  also  deceased;  Uriah  S. ,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch;  Mary  R.,  the  wife  of  Samuel 
Hand,  of  Leesburg;  George  W. ,  of  Delmont; 
Daniel,    of  whom   there  is  no  special  record; 


Edward,  of  Heislerville ;  and  Sarah,  the  wife 
of  Joseph  Hand.  15oth  parents  were  members 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  The 
father,  who  was  very  active  in  church  work, 
donated  the  land  for  the  church  edifice  in 
Delmont,  and  officiated  as  Trustee  and 
steward. 

Captain  Uriah  S.  Lee  received  very  little 
schooling.  He  went  on  his  father's  vessel  as 
cook  when  he  was  but  nine  years  of  age.  At 
seventeen  he  was  captain  of  a  schooner,  sail- 
ing from  Chesapeake  Bay  to  Maurice  River. 
Since  then  he  has  been  almost  constantly  on 
the  water.  He  now  owns  shares  in  three 
coasting  vessels  trading  among  Southern  ports, 
seven  oyster  boats,  and  an  oyster  house  at 
Maurice  River.  He  is  also  extensively  en- 
gaged in  planting  and  shipping  oysters.  In 
the  season  he  sends  about  one  hundred  thou- 
sand a  day    to    Philadelphia    and    New   York. 

In  October,  1S69,  Captain  Lee  was  married 
to  Addie,  daughter  of  Henry  Whilden,  of  Del- 
mont, and  nine  children  have  blessed  their 
union.  These  are :  Drusilla,  Maurice,  Mary, 
Steelman,  Erank,  Addie,  Sarah,  Harry,  and 
Teresa.  Drusilla  is  the  wife  of  William 
F'iddler,  and  Mary  is  the  wife  of  John  Sharp- 
less. 

Captain  Lee  is  indepeiulent  in  politics, 
while  favoring  the  Republican  side.  He  is 
an  active  worker  in  times  of  political  moment, 
but  has  no  desire  for  public  office.  A  very 
popular  man  among  his  fellows,  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Maurice  River  Lodge,  No.  87,  Indepen- 
dent Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  of  Dorchester 
Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias;  and  of  Leesburg 


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Council,  Junior  Order  of  United  American 
Mechanics.  His  wife  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  The  Captain 
attends  worship  there,  and  contributes  toward 
the  support  of  the  society.  Captain  Lee  is  a 
worthy   representative  of    a    fine    old    family. 


iHARLES  HENRY  MICKEL,  who 
is  interested  largely  in  real  estate  in 
Bridgeton,  at  Wild  wood,  N.J.,  was 
born  at  Watson's  Corner,  Salem  County,  N.J., 
November  i,  1837,  his  parents  being  Samuel 
and  .Sarah  (Eoveland)  Mickel. 

Samuel  Mickel's  father,  Joshua  Mickel,  was 
one  of  three  brothers  who  came  to  America 
from  Germany,  and  settled  at  what  is  now 
Woodbury,  N.J.  He  subsequently  removed 
to  Friesburg,  Salem  County,  where  he  was 
one  of  the  pioneer  farmers.  Soon  after  he 
took  up  his  residence  in  that  locality,  his  two 
brothers  followed  him  with  their  families. 
Joshua  Mickel  in  religious  sentiment  was  a 
Lutheran,  and  he  assisted  in  establishing  the 
German  Lutheran  church  in  Friesburg.  He 
and  his  wife  Elizabeth  had  nine  children,  two 
daughters  and  seven  sons. 

Samuel  Mickel  was  the  next  to  the  youngest 
of  the  seven.  Having  grown  to  manhood  he 
passed  his  days  in  farming  until  his  si.xty-first 
year,  at  which  time  he  retired  from  active 
cares.  His  wife  was  the  daughter  of  John 
Loveland,  a  representative  of  an  early  family 
in  that  vicinity.  They  had  four  children 
who  grew  to  maturity.  Their  sons,  Charles 
IL,   John  L. ,    and    Francis  E.,    now    live    in 


Cumberland  County.  Samuel  Mickel  was  a 
prominent  member  of  the  German  Lutheran 
church  which  his  father  had  assisted  in 
founding  in  Friesburg,  and  of  which  he  him- 
self was  a  Deacon.  He  was  very  regular  in 
attendance  at  religious  services,  and  he  always 
saw  to  it  that  the  pastor  received  his  salary. 
If  the  recjuisite  amount  was  not  raised  by  gen- 
eral contribution,  he  made  up  the  deficiency 
by  increasing  his  own  subscription.  He  died 
a  widower  May  13,  1891,  having  been  bereft 
of  his  wife  in  1878.  On  his  death-bed  he 
called  his  children  about  him  and  informed 
them  in  what  way  he  desired  the  estate  to  be 
settled  and  to  be  divided  among  themselves. 
His  directions  were  followed  implicitly,  the 
disposition  of  the  property  being  made  at  the 
expense  of  only  five  dollars. 

Charles  Henry  Mickel,  the  son  to  whom 
this  sketch  chiefly  relates,  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  common  schools  at  different  places 
in  the  vicinity,  having  first  studied  at  a  pri- 
vate school  where  he  had  the  advantage  of  the 
best  teachers,  though  at  the  expense  of  a 
somewhat  larger  outlay.  When  only  eleven 
years  of  age  he  took  charge  of  a  team  on  the 
farm,  and  thus  saved  the  time  and  expense  of 
a  hired  man.  He  remained  at  home  until  he 
was  twenty-three  years  of  age,  when  he  mar- 
ried. After  engaging  in  farming  for  one  year 
he  removed  to  Deerfield,  and  followed  there 
the  same  pursuit  until  1876.  He  then 
changed  his  residence  to  Bridgeton  and  estab- 
lished himself  in  mercantile  business  at  the 
corner  of  Bearl  Street  and  Irving  Avenue. 
Buying   property  at  the  corner   of   Pearl    and 


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Myrtle  Streets  he  began  building  there  in 
P'ebruary,  1877;  and  it  is  noticeable  that,  from 
the  time  the  first  stone  was  laid  in  the  con- 
struction of  the  foundation  wall  till  the  whole 
building  was  entirely  enclosed,  not  a  drop  of 
rain  fell  upon  it.  The  structure  is  a  fine  one, 
having  a  frontage  of  sixty-four  feet  and  a 
depth  of  ninety-six,  and  being  two  and  a  half 
stories  in  height.  It  comprises  a  residence 
and  a  good  store  on  the  corner.  After  this 
building  was  completed  he  transferred  his 
business  to  his  new  quarters,  and  conducted 
a  very  successful  trade  until  April,  1S92,  when 
ill  health  compelled  him  to  discontinue  it. 
He  has  also  erected  five  double  houses  in 
Bridgeton,  all  of  which  he  still  owns,  except 
two  tenements.  Mr.  Mickel  is  largely  inter- 
ested in  Bridgeton  real  estate,  and  he  in  com- 
pany with  a  few  other  gentlemen  has  pur- 
chased a  tract  of  land  containing  three  hun- 
dred house  lots.  This  he  has  improved  to 
some  extent  and  is  now  disposing  of  it,  but 
during  the  hard  times  which  have  prevailed 
the  last  few  years  he  has  not  pressed  the  sales 
very  much. 

Within  a  few  years  he  has  also  bought  quite 
extensively  at  Wildwood,  a  locality  which  has 
recently  developed  exceedingly  rapidly.  In 
1890  he  built  a  cottage  there,  and  in  1892  a  1 
structure  costing  over  eleven  thousand  dollars, 
called  Masme  Hall,  which  he  rents.  It  is  a 
fine  boarding-house,   a  hotel    in  every  respect  . 


except  that  it  has  no  license.  In  fact,  it  is 
the  best  constructed  building  in  that  locality. 
The  growth  of  Wildwood  dates  from  1S88. 
There  are   now  at    least    seventy-five    summer 


cottages,  none  of  w^hich  cost  less  than  one 
thousand  dollars  and  many  of  them  thirty- 
five  hundred  dollars.  It  has  four  hotels  and 
connection  by  a  horse  railroad  line  which  Mr. 
Mickel  assisted  in  locating  here.  He  and  Mr. 
Ogden  have  taken  a  flagging  and  curbstone 
contract  in  Wildwood,  and  have  made  arrange- 
ments to  cover  seven  thousand  feet  of  streets, 
which  they  have  laid  out.  Mr.  Mickel  goes 
in  June  and  remains  until  October.  He  has 
also  been  largely  interested  in  the  sale  of 
agricultural  implements,  as  he  was  the  agent 
of  the  Osborne  Company  of  Auburn,  N.Y., 
for  South  Jersey,  with  men  appointed  by  him 
to  canvass  the  territory.  He  was  agent  like- 
wise for  the  Ellis  Keystone  Company  of  Potts- 
town,  and  he  brought  in  for  them  a  large 
business. 

On  March  i,  i860,  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Josephine  Baxter,  the  daugh- 
ter of  George  W.  Baxter,  of  Woodbury.  Her 
father  was  a  millwright,  whose  business  took 
him  to  very  many  different  places.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Mickel  have  become  the  parents  of  two 
children,  namely:  Lizzie,  who  is  the  wife  of 
Joseph  Ballenger,  a  business  man  of  ]?ridge- 
ton ;  and  M.  Melvin.  The  latter,  who  is  now 
in  Wildwood,  with  the  American  Iron  Com- 
pany, married  Miss  Bonders,  and  has  one 
child,  a  daughter. 

Mr.  Mickel  is  a  well-informed  and  capable 
man,  and  has  filled  with  great  acceptability 
the  public  positions  of  trust  to  which  he  has 
been  promoted.  While  he  was  a  resident  of 
Dcerfield  he  served  on  the  Township  Commit- 
tee for    several  years,   and  for  a  considerable 


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period  he  was  also  Township  Collector. 
Since  he  has  had  his  citizenship  in  Bridgeton 
he  has  been  Councilman  for  the  First  Ward, 
has  been  Freeholder  three  terms;  and  he  has 
served  for  two  years  as  Collector,  and  that, 
too,  in  a  strongly  Republican  city,  he  having 
been  elected  by  a  majority  of  two  hundred  on 
a  Democratic  ticket.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Bridgeton  Castle,  Knights  of  the  Golden 
Eagle.  Mr.  Mickel's  political  affiliations  are 
with  the  Democratic  party.  In  religious 
sentiment  both  he  and  Mrs.  Mickel  are  Lu- 
therans, being  members  of  the  Lutheran 
Church  of  Friesburg;  and  they  also  attend 
the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  of  Bridgeton, 
to  which  they  freely  contribute. 


"RIAH  LORE,  a  successful  general 
farmer  and  prominent  resident  of  Port 
Norris,  N.J.,  was  born  in  this 
town,  February  3,  1840,  son  of  Levi  and 
Catherine  (Lore)  Lore.  The  family  is  of 
Engli.sh  origin,  Mr.  Lore's  great-grandfather, 
Ichabod  Lore,  first,  having  been  a  son  of  one 
of  the  three  brothers  who  arc  said  to  have  been 
the  original  ancestors  in  America.  Ichabod 
Lore,  second,  a  son  of  the  emigrant  of  this 
name,  was  brought  to  Port  Norris  when  a  lad 
by  his  uncle,  Samuel  Dallas,  a  large  land- 
owner here.  When  a  young  man  he  bought  a 
farm  of  liis  uncle,  which  he  cultivated  with 
energy  anil  success,  occupying  his  homestead 
as  long  as  he  lived. 

Levi  Lore,  his  son,  named  above,  was  born 
at  Port  Norris,    May  23,    181 3.      He  acquired 


his  education  in  the  common  schools;  and 
after  the  death  of  his  father  he  succeeded 
to  one-half  of  the  homestead  farm,  where 
his  life  has  been  passed  to  this  day.  Dur- 
ing his  long  and  successful  management  of 
the  property  he  raised  large  and  superior 
crops  of  general  farm  products,  cut  from 
two  hundred  to  three  hundred  tons  of  hay 
annually,  kept  thirty-five  to  forty  head  of 
cattle,  and  cut  and  sold  a  great  deal  of  cedar 
timber  which  grew  upon  the  farm.  He  was 
one  of  the  best  known  and  most  prosperous 
agriculturists  of  his  day;  and  he  continued 
to  till  the  soil  with  unabated  energy  until 
1892,  when  he  retired  from  active  toil  and 
business  cares. 

In  politics  he  actively  supported  the  Repub- 
lican party,  holding  office  as  Judge  of  Elections 
for  eighteen  years,  as  Excise  Commissioner  for 
six  years,  and  as  Tax  Collector  for  two  years, 
his  public  services  being  characterized  by 
faithfulness  and  efficiency.  He  is  a  charter 
member  of  Ariel  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  of  Mauricetown.  His  wife, 
Catherine  Lore,  whom  he  married  in  1838, 
was  born  January  12,  181 6,  daughter  of  Uriah 
Lore,  a  representative  of  a  different  family. 
Mrs.  Lore's  father  was  a  native  of  Dividing- 
Creek,  where  he  was  successfully  engaged  in 
agricultural  pursuits.  He  married  Mary 
Haley,  and  had  three  children,  namely:  Cath- 
erine, who  became  Mrs.  Levi  Lore;  I-llizabeth; 
and  Annie.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Levi  Lore  have 
had  five  children,  as  follows:  Charles,  who 
died  in  infancy;  Uriah,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  Mary,   wife  of  Lewis  H.    Riggins,   of 


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Port  Norris;  Elizabeth,  who  became  the  wife 
of  Major  McDaniels,  of  this  town,  and  is  no 
longer  living ;  and  Ichabod.  The  parents  are 
still  vigorous  and  active  for  people  of  their 
years,  the  father  having  reached  the  age  of 
eighty-three  and  the  mother  that  of  eighty ; 
and  both  attend  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  of  which  Mrs.  Levi  Lore  is  a  member 
of  long  standing. 

Uriah  Lore  in  his  early  years  attended  the 
common  schools  of  his  native  town.  Being 
the  elder  of  tlie  two  surviving  sons,  he  resided 
at  home  assisting  his  father  in  carrying  on  the 
farm  until  he  was  thirty-five  years  old.  He 
then  bought  an  interest  in  a  steam  saw-mill 
at  Port  Norris,  where  he  continued  in  business 
for  eleven  years.  Selling  his  share  in  that 
enterprise,  for  the  ne.xt  six  years  he  was  em- 
ployed as  waterman  and  e.xtra  fireman  on  the 
Cumberland  &  Maurice  River  Railroad. 
Upon  his  father's  retirement  he  took  charge  of 
the  home  farm,  which  he  is  now  carrying  on 
with  unusual  vigor,  utilizing  every  means  to 
increase  the  productiveness  of  the  fields  and 
ensure  his  future  prosperity.  He  raises  be- 
sides general  farm  produce  an  average  of 
twelve  thousand  and  eight  hundred  quarts  of 
strawberries;  cuts  about  one  hundred  tons 
of  hay;  keeps  three  horses  and  considerable 
poultry,  raising  and  fattening  young  chicken 
broilers;  and  owns  six  fine  Jersey  cows,  the 
milk  of  which  he  sells  to  the  dealers.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  has  rendered 
valuable  services  to  the  town  in  local  affairs. 
For  eight  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Ward 
Committee,  for  two  years  was  Tax  Collector, 


and  for  several   terms  served  as  Commissioner 
of  Appeals. 

On  April  2,  1861,  Mr.  Lore  wedded  Phoebe 
Ann  Tribitt.  She  was  born  at  Port  Norri.s, 
daughter  of  Reuben  Tribitt,  formerly  a  well- 
to-do  farmer.  Mr.  Tribitt  was  born  in  the 
year  1800,  and  lived  through  more  than  three- 
quarters  of  the  nineteenth  century.  Once, 
during  the  War  of  1812,  as  he  used  to  relate, 
he  and  his  father  were  chased  by  the  British, 
who  attempted  to  capture  them  while  they 
were  fishing.  He  married  Phoebe  Nugen,  who 
became  the  mother  of  thirteen  children,  as 
follows:  Mary;  Hannah;  Matilda,  who  died 
in  infancy;  Ann  Eliza  and  another  child,  both 
of  whom  died  in  infancy;  Ruth;  Martha; 
Phoebe  Ann,  who  is  now  Mrs.  Lore;  Reuben; 
Matilda,  second;  Job;  Charles;  and  David. 
Mr.  Tribitt  died  in  1876.  He  was  for  many 
years  a  Trustee  and  class  leader  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church,  of  which  his  wife  was 
also  a  member.  The  Tribitt  family  is  one  of 
the  oldest  in  Port  Norris,  Mrs.  Lore's  grand- 
father, Thomas  Tribitt,  who  received  injuries 
while  serving  as  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  181  2, 
having  been  among  the  first  settlers  of  this 
town  and  a  large  land-owner  here. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lore  have  had  one  son, 
Henry.  Mr.  Lore  is  a  charter  member  and 
Past  Chancellor  of  Port  Norris  Lodge,  No. 
76,  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  was  formerly  con- 
nected with  ^Laurice  River  Tribe,  I.  O.  Red 
Men,  which  has  been  dissolved.  He  attends 
and  contributes  liberally  toward  the  support  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  which  Mrs. 
Lore  is  an  active  member. 


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rr?TARRY  TERLANDER  HEATON, 
the  efficient  foreman  of  the  sash  and 
blind  department  of  Kimball,  Prince 
&  Co.'s  factory  at  Vineland,  N.J.,  was  born 
at  Bethayres,  Montgomery  County,  Pa.,  Sep- 
tember 30,  1866,  being  the  son  of  Jacob  B. 
and  Elizabeth  (Fritz)  Heaton. 

Jacob  B.  Heaton,  who  was  a  son  of  Lewis 
Heaton,  was  born  August  8,  1827.  He  re- 
ceived his  rudimentary  education  in  the  dis- 
trict schools  of  his  native  town;  but  he  had 
not  the  privilege  of  the  fullest  intellectual  ad- 
vantages there  afforded,  as  when  he  was  about 
five  years  old,  on  December  25,  1831,  his 
father  died,  and  he  was  obliged  to  go  to  work 
at  an  early  age.  He  followed  farming  until 
his  removal  to  Vineland  in  1868,  after  which 
he  engaged  for  two  years  in  the  provision  busi- 
ness. He  then  held  a  position  as  clerk  until 
1874,  and  from  that  time  to  1884  he  had 
charge  of  the  coal  yard  of  R.  T.  Cummings. 
For  the  following  four  years  he  was  in  the 
employment  of  J.  C.  Fuller,  the  proprietor  of 
a  coal  business  in  Vineland;  and  from  1888 
to  1892  he  was  a  clerk  in  a  grocery  store.  En- 
tering the  employ  of  Kimball,  Prince  &  Co. 
as  watchman  in  the  latter  year,  he  continued 
with  them  until  1894,  when  he  removed  to 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  where  he  has  since  lived  in 
retirement  from  active  duties  of  business  life. 
He  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Fritz,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Fritz,  of  Norristown,  Pa.  The 
only  child  born  of  this  union  is  a  son,  Harry 
Terlander,  of  whom  further  mention  follows. 
Mr.  Jacob  B.  Heaton  has  been  intimately  con- 
nected with  the  social  life  of  the  communities 


in  which  he  has  resided;  and  he  still  frater- 
nizes with  the  Order  of  Knights  of  Golden 
Eagle,  being  a  member  of  Vineland  Castle, 
No.  46.  In  religious  belief  and  sympathy  a 
Baptist,  he  has  been  a  regular  attendant  and  a 
generous  supporter  of  the  church  of  that  de- 
nomination, to  which  his  wife  belonged. 

Harry  Terlander  Heaton  obtained  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Vineland. 
Having  finished  his  course  of  study,  he  found 
employment  as  a  clerk  in  the  grocery  store  of 
Mr.  Cliance,  where  he  remained  two  years. 
He  then  entered  the  employ  of  Kimball, 
Prince  &  Co.,  at  their  sash  and  blind  factory; 
and,  having  acquired  a  good  understanding  of 
the  details  of  the  business,  he  was  appointed 
in  1892  as  foreman  of  the  sash  and  blind  de- 
partment, in  which  capacity  he  still  officiates. 
On  July  1,  189s,  he  was  joined  in  wedlock 
with  Miss  Laura  Wyker,  the  daughter  of 
George  Wyker,  of  Frenchtown,  Hunterdon 
County,  N.J. 

Mr.  Heaton  is  widely  and  favorably  known 
in  this  vicinity.  He  served  his  fellow-citi- 
zens during  the  term  of  1893  and  1894  on  the 
E.xecutive  Committee  of  Cumberland  County. 
He  is  also  closely  identified  with  the  social 
interests  of  the  community,  and  is  a  familiar 
figure  in  its  general  gatherings.  He  belongs 
to  the  brotherhood  of  Masons,  being  a  member 
of  Vineland  Lodge,  No.  69,  and  to  Persever- 
ance Council,  No.  30,  of  the  Order  of  United 
American  Mechanics,  of  which  he  is  a  constit- 
uent member,  and  in  which  he  is  a  Past 
Counsel.  He  is  associated  with  the  Order  of 
Knights  of  Golden  Eagle,  belonging  to  Vine- 


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land  Castle,  No.  46,  of  which  he  is  Past 
Chief;  and  he  also  belongs  to  the  Kedron 
Commander)'  of  the  Knights  of  Malta.  He 
has  likewise  had  a  membership  in  the  Hobah 
Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 
His  religious  beliefs  and  sj'mpathies  bring 
him  into  association  with  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Vineland,  of  which  his  wife  is  a 
member,  with  which  he  worships,  and  to 
which  he  liberally  contributes  financially. 


lARTIN  BOVVEN  MULFORD, 
Treasurer  of  the  More-Jonas  Glass 
Company,  and  also  of  the  glass 
manufacturing  corporation  known  as  the  More, 
Jonas  &  More  Company,  was  born  November 
17,  1865,  in  Bridgeton,  Cumberland  County, 
N.J.,  his  present  place  of  residence.  He  is 
the  son  of  Charles  H.  and  Amanda  M. 
(Bowen)  Mulford,  and  comes  of  a  family  na- 
tive to  New  Jersey  for  upward  of  two  hundred 
years. 

The  first  of  his  name  in  this  State  came 
from  Long  Island,  N.Y.,  where  the  family 
had  previously  settled,  and  located  in  Fair- 
field, N.J.,  some  time  previous  to  1700.  In 
that  town  Daniel  Mulford  was  born.  This 
gentleman  lived  in  Pitt's  Grove,  Salem 
County,  a  number  of  years,  and  drove  the  first 
stage  between  that  place  and  Philadelphia. 
His  son  Moses,  who  was  the  great-grandfather 
of  Martin  B.  Mulford,  was  an  early  resident 
of  Bridgeton.  He  learned  the  blacksmith's 
trade,  but  decided  to  follow  the  sea,  and  was 
for  many  years  owner  and   master  of  a  vessel 


plying  between  Bridgeton  and  Philadelphia. 
He  married  Christiana,  daughter  of  Philip 
Sonder,  a  popular  hotel-keeper  of  German  de- 
scent;  and  nine  children  were  born  to  them. 
Of  these,  eight  sons  attained  maturity. 

David  P.  Mulford.  the  next  in  line  of  de- 
scent, was  the  si.xth  son  of  Moses  and  Chris- 
tiana (Sonder)  Mulford.  He  was  born  March 
13,  181 5,  in  Bridgeton,  and  early  became 
master  and  part  owner  of  a  vessel  trading  be- 
tween Bridgeton  and  Philadelphia,  and  also 
making  trips  to  New  York  and  Boston.  This 
vessel  he  managed  twenty  years,  and  then  took 
charge  of  a  packet  plying  between  Bridgeton 
and  Philadelphia.  In  1859  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  William  Dare;  and  the  firm  of 
Dare  &  Mulford  conducted  a  thriving  trade  in 
coal,  fertilizer,  produce,  grain,  and  seed,  till 
1877,  when  Mr.  Mulford  bought  his  partner's 
interest,  and  from  that  time  till  his  death  his 
son,  David  P.,  Jr.,  was  his  business  associate. 
Mr.  David  P.  Mulford  owned  shares  in  nearly 
every  vessel  carrying  freight  from  Bridgeton, 
and  was  active  in  building  many  large  vessels. 
He  was  one  of  the  Directors  of  the  Cumber- 
land National  Bank  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death.  Politically  a  Republican,  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Common  Council  for  several 
years;  and  he  was  prominent  in  several  organ- 
izations. He  was  a  charter  member  of  Cum- 
berland Lodge,  No.  35,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  of  which  he  was  Past  Grand; 
Past  High  Priest  of  Good  Intent  Encampment; 
and  he  also  belonged  to  Brearly  Lodge,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  of  Bridgeton.  Me  was  one  of  the 
principal    founders   of   the    Central    Methodist 


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Episcopal  Church,  of  which  he  was  for  many 
years  a  member,  and  was  President  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  at  the  time  of  his  death  in 
1893.  He  was  married  to  Phoebe,  daughter 
of  Amos  Sutton,  in  August,  1837,  and  five 
children  grew  up  around  their  hearthstone, 
namely:  Harriet  D.,  wife  of  Jacob  IVIenzel, 
of  Bridgeton ;  Charles  H.  ;  Joseph  L. ; 
David  P.,  Jr. ;  and  Thomas  F. 

Charles  H.  Mulford,  son  of  David  P.,  was 
born  in  Bridgeton,  December  18,  1840,  and 
received  a  common-school  education  in  that 
city.  He  accompanied  his  father  on  voyages 
for  eight  years,  and  then  went  to  work  as 
clerk  in  the  hardware  store  of  Joseph  H. 
Elmer.  In  1873  he  formed  a  copartnership 
with  Isaac  L.  Clark,  and  the  firm  of  Mulford 
&  Clark  conducted  a  good  business  for  six 
years.  Mr.  Mulford  then  retired,  and  in 
1878  joined  interests  with  Jonathan  B.  Ayers, 
buying  the  business  of  C.  C.  Croscup,  cloth- 
ier. Six  years  after  the  firm  of  Ayers  &  Mul- 
ford bought  the  clothing  store,  they  sought 
more  commodious  quarters  in  the  building  of 
VV.  VV.  Robbins;  and  in  1 887  they  purchased 
VV.  G.  Nixon's  building  on  Commerce  Street, 
and  erected  the  three-story  brick  block  which 
they  now  occupy.  As  clothiers  and  dealers  in 
men's  furnishing  goods  they  have  long  been 
the  leading  firm  of  Bridgeton.  Mr.  C.  H. 
Mulford  was  thirty  years  Treasurer  of  the 
Cumberland  County  Agricultural  and  Horti- 
cultural Society.  He  was  Secretary  of  Cum- 
berland Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
l'"cllows,  fifteen  years,  and  is  now  Past  Grand; 
is  Past  High    Priest  o{   Good    Intent   Encamp- 


ment; and  a  member  of  the  Royal  Arcanum. 
Mrs.  Mulford  is  a  daughter  of  Martin  Bowen, 
of  Bridgeton,  who  is  now  eighty-four  years 
of  age.  She  reared  but  one  child,  Martin 
Bowen,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Mr. 
Charles  H.  Mulford  and  his  wife  are  members 
of  the  Central  Methodist  Church,  of  which  he 
has  been  steward  and  is  now  financial  secre- 
tary. 

Martin  Bowen  Mulford  finished  his  studies 
at  the  South  Jersey  Institute  of  Bridgeton, 
one  of  the  leading  schools  in  this  part  of  the 
State.  He  was  employed  in  the  post-office 
some  three  years  after  leaving  school,  and  on 
April  I,  1885,  entered  the  employ  of  the 
More-Jonas  Glass  Company.  March  g,  1895, 
he  purchased  the  interest  of  Mr.  George 
Jonas,  thus  becoming  a  member  of  the  corpo- 
ration, and  was  elected  Treasurer  at  the  annual 
meeting.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  More, 
Jonas  &  More  Company,  one  of  the  leading 
bottle-manufacturing  houses  of  the  city.  The 
two  corporations  give  constant  emplovment  to 
about  two  hundred  and  fifty  men,  and,  owning 
large  sand  mines,  have  extensive  dealings 
with  other  glass  manufacturers  East  and  West ; 
so  Mr.  Mulford's  position  entails  heavy  re- 
sponsibilities. A  very  capable  man  of  busi- 
ness, his  manners  marked  by  unvarying  cour- 
tesy, he  has  won  the  respect  and  good  will  of 
all  with  whom  he  has  had  dealings. 

January  15,  1890,  he  was  married  to  Beulah 
B.,  daughter  of  Albert  VVentzell, "  of  Bridge- 
ton.  Their  uni(ni  h;is  been  blessed  by  one 
child,  RolxM-t  More.  Mr.  Mulford,  like  his 
father  and  grandfather,  is  a  Republican  in  pol- 


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itics.  He  is  Past  Master  of  Brearly  Lodge, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  having  the  honor  to  be  the 
youngest  Past  Master  the  lodge  has  ever  had; 
and  he  belongs  to  Cumberland  Lodge,  No. 
35,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and 
Bridgeton  Castle,  Knights  of  the  Golden 
Eagle. 


[(^1I"0RACE  PETERSON  BICKLEY,  a 
prosperous  merchant  of  Delmont, 
Maurice  River  township,  who  has 
also  efficiently  served  as  Postmaster  in  this 
place  since  1880,  was  born  at  Buckshutem, 
N.J.,  October  3,  1S39.  He  is  a  son  of  Jacob 
Peterson  and  Caroline  (Brick)  Bickley,  and 
on  the  paternal  side  he  is  of  Scotch  descent. 
His  grandfather,  Jacob  Bickley,  a  native  of 
Philadelphia,  was  captain  of  a  ship,  and  was 
lost  at  sea.  His  wife,  whose  maiden  name 
was  Susanna  Peterson,  bore  him  two  children, 
namely:  Jacob  P.,  the  father  of  Horace  Peter- 
son; and  Daniel,  now  a  resident  of  Palmyra, 
N.J.  After  Captain  Bickley's  decease  she 
married  Joshua  Brick,  of  Bricksboro,  thereby 
becoming  Mr.  Brick's  third  wife. 

Jacob  Peterson  Bickley  was  born  in  Phila- 
delphia in  1 81 7,  and  received  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  that  city.  He  was  after- 
ward for  some  time  engaged  in  raising  general 
crops  at  Buckshutem,  where  lie  owned  a  farm. 
Early  in  1840  he  moved  to  Port  Elizabeth, 
this  county,  and  started  a  store  on  the  site 
now  occupied  by  the  office  of  Colonel  J.  How- 
ard Willets,  M.D.  This  store  he  managed 
until  1856,  also  dealing  extensively  in  lumber 
and    wood.      Then,    in    company    with    Joshua 


Brick,  he  started  a  shipyard  at  Port  Elizabeth, 
and  there  subsequently  built  a  large  number 
of  coasting  vessels.  Mr.  Bickley's  store  was 
destroyed  by  fire,  and  shortly  after  he  retired 
from  active  business.  He  was  largely  instru- 
mental in  building  up  Port  Elizabeth,  and  was 
one  of  the  leading  men  of  the  county.  His 
wife,  Caroline,  a  daughter  of  Joshua  Brick, 
and  an  esteemed  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  in  Port  I'llizabeth,  had  by 
him  ten  children.  Five  of  the  nuniln'r  at- 
tained maturity,  namely:  Horace  Peterson, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Joshua  Brick  antl 
Mary  W. ,  both  deceased;  Susanna  P.,  the 
wife  of  John  Murray,  of  Philadelphia;  and 
Alice  L.,  the  wife  of  Andrew  Jackson,  of  the 
same  city. 

Horace  Peterson  Bickley  in  his  boyhood  at- 
tended the  common  schools  of  Port  Elizabeth 
and  the  West  Jersey  Academy  at  Bridgeton. 
The  excitement  caused  by  the  secession  of  the 
.Southern  States  was  at  its  height  during  his 
last  school  term.  Immediately  after  finishing 
his  studies  he  enlisted  in  Company  K,  Tenth 
New  Jersey  Volunteer  Infantry.  This  regi- 
ment was  stationed  at  Washington  for  a  year, 
and  was  then  ordered  to  Suffolk,  Va. ,  where 
it  was  consolidated  with  Corcornn's  New  York 
command.  After  participating  in  the  battles 
of  Black  Water  and  Dismal  Swamp,  they  were 
despatched  to  enforce  the  draft,  first  in  Phila- 
delphia, and  three  months  later  in  the  coal 
regions  of  Pennsylvania.  Having  spent  about 
a  year  and  a  half  in  tlie  coal  regions  they  were 
orderetl  to  \'irginin,  where  they  joined  Grant's 
command,  and  afterward  took  an  active  part  in 


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the  peninsular  campaign.  After  tlie  sur- 
render of  Lee  the  Tenth  Regiment  was 
ordered  to  Danville,  N.C.,  to  re-enforce  Sher- 
man, and  was  in  active  service  under  that 
commander  until  the  surrender  of  General  Jo- 
seph K.  Johnston.  Mr.  Bickley  was  in  sev- 
eral of  the  engagements  in  the  Shenandoah 
Valley.  Receiving  his  discharge  in  July, 
icS6s,  he  was  engaged  in  commercial  business 
in  Philadelphia  for  a  year  and  in  planting 
anil  shipping  oysters  at  Maurice  River  for  sev- 
eral years  after.  This  last  occupation  hardly 
suited  him;  and,  though  he  still  owns  a  num- 
ber of  boats,  he  takes  no  active  interest  in 
oyster  planting  at  present.  I-'or  six  or  seven 
years  he  taught  school  in  the  vicinity,  and  in 
1880  he  erected  tlie  store  he  now  occupies, 
stocking  it  with  general  merchandise.  He 
has  been  very  successful  as  a  merchant,  and 
has  built  up  a  good  trade;  and  he  has  demon- 
strated in  various  ways  his  fitness  for  legal  and 
official  work,  performing  both  efificiently.  He 
was  appointed  Justice  of  the  I'eace,  Commis- 
sioner of  Deeds  and  Postmaster  of  PJelmont, 
this  county,  in  1880.  He  was  Commissioner 
of  Appeals  for  several  years,  a  member  of 
the  Township  Committee  for  si.\  years,  I'own 
Assessor  for  fifteen  years,  and  School  Trustee 
for  a  long  time. 

Mr.  Bickley  was  married  August  22,  1864, 
to  Mary  A.,  daughter  of  Jnhn  15.  King, 
of  Delmont.  He  belongs  to  tiie  Knigiits  of 
Pythias,  with  which  order  as  a  member  of 
Maurice  River  Lodge,  No.  17,  he  has  been 
connected  for  over  twenty  years;  to  the  Inde- 
pendent   Order    of     Odd     Fellows,     Leesburg 


Lodge;  and  to  the  Patriotic  Sons  of  America, 
having  been  the  first  President  of  the  Delmont 
Branch  of  that  fraternity.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Bickley  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church  at  Delmont,  and  he  is  a  member 
of  the  l^oard  of  Trustees.  They  reside  in  a 
pretty  frame  dwelling,  erected  by  Mr.  Bickley 
in  1872. 

/^TuSTAV  H.  BARTH,  who  conducts 
\f^J_  an  extensive  wholesale  and  retail 
butchering  business  in  Bridgeton,  N.J.,  was 
born  in  Wi.irtemberg,  Germany,  May  2y, 
1846,  son  of  Frederick  and  Frederika  (Wag- 
ner) Barth.  Mr.  Barth  is  the  representative 
of  an  old  antl  highly  reputable  German  family, 
his  ancestors  in  the  P^atherland  for  many  gen- 
erations having  been  prosperously  engaged  in 
industrial  pursuits. 

F"rederick  Barth  was  born  in  Germany  in 
181 3.  He  attended  school  in  his  boyhood; 
and,  after  finishing  his  studies,  he  learned  the 
butcher's  trade  by  working  with  his  father. 
He  followed  that  occu|)ation  for  many  years, 
but  finally  settled  upon  a  farm  which  his 
wife  had  inherited.  He  resided  there  for  ten 
years,  or  until  her  death,  when  he  came  to  the 
United  States,  and  passed  the  last  six  years  of 
his  life  with  his  son.  By  his  wife,  P'redcrika, 
a  native  of  Germany,  he  had  fourteen  chil- 
dren, seven  of  wliom  grew  to  maturity,  as  fol- 
lows: Frederick;  Gustav  H.  :  Julius,  a  resi- 
dent of  Savannah,  Ga. ;  Mina;  Albert,  who 
lives  in  Philadelphia;  Frederika,  who  is  mar- 
ried and  resides  in  Germany;  and  lunma,  who 
married    David    Harle.       Both    Mr.    and    Mrs. 


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Harle  have  passed  away;  and  their  two  chil- 
dren, Emma  and  Bertha,  reside  with  Mr. 
Barth. 

Giistav  H.  Barth,  the  leading  sul^ject  of 
this  slvetch,  attended  the  public  schools  in 
Germany  until  he  was  apprenticed  for  three 
years  to  a  butcher,  to  whom  his  father  paid  a 
sum  ecjual  to  one  hundred  dollars  in  United 
States  money  per  year,  as  compensation  for 
affording  him  a  practical  knowledge  of  the 
business.  After  completing  his  term  of  ser- 
vice, young  Barth  went  to  Stuttgart,  where  he 
worked  for  a  year;  and  in  1864  he  emigrated 
to  the  United  States,  settling  in  Philadelphia, 
where  he  readily  obtained  employment  at  his 
trade,  but  two  months  later  was  taken  ill. 
Upon  his  recovery  he  went  to  Wilmington, 
Del.,  where  he  was  employed  for  about  one 
year;  and  in  1866  he  came  to  Bridgeton  to 
work  for  Parvin  &  Sneeden,  with  whom  he  re- 
mained for  four  and  one-half  years.  After  a 
short  term  of  partnership  with  C.  G.  Cast  he 
went  to  Cape  May;  and,  securing  a  good  loca- 
tion in  the  City  Hall  Building,  he  there  car- 
ried on  a  profitable  business  for  si.x  seasons. 
In  1876  he  bought  his  present  establishment 
of  William  Warten.  and  he  has  since  contin- 
ued to  conduct  a  large  and  constantly  increas- 
in<r  sencral  butcherintr  business.  He  has  re- 
modelled  and  improved  the  buildings,  thereby 
adding  to  its  capacity,  has  put  in  steam-power, 
which  greatly  facilitates  the  handling  and 
dressing  of  meats  upon  an  extensive  scale; 
and,  besides  supplying  his  large  retail  store  in 
this  city,  he  furnishes  freshly  killed  meats  to 
dealers  throughout  the  county. 


Mr.  Earth's  wife,  Caroline,  died  January 
16,  1880,  leaving  one  son,  Henry  F.  On 
December  25  of  the  same  year  he  wedded  for 
his  second  wife  Eliza  M.  Nulty;  and  by  this 
union  there  was  one  son,  Gustav  T. ,  who  died 
August  26,  1 89 1,  aged  nine  years.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Barth  are  members  of  the  German  Luth- 
eran church. 

As  an  energetic  and  highly  successful  busi- 
ness man,  Mr.  Barth  occupies  a  prominent 
position  among  the  enterprising  merchants 
and  industrial  promoters  of  Bridgeton,  and  he 
is  justly  esteemed  as  one  of  its  most  useful 
citizens. 


'JTYOEL  GARRISON,  one  of  the  wealthiest 
citizens  of  Deerfield,  N.J.,  and  a 
man  of  remarkable  activity  for  his 
years,  was  born  March  6,  1S08.  This  d;iy 
(6th  of  March,  1896)  marks  his  eighty- 
eighth  anniversary,  and  is  the  fitting  date 
for  the  memoir  of  more  than  three-quarters 
of  a  century  of  earnest  effort  and  successful 
fruition. 

Daniel  Garrison,  the  grandfather  of  Mr. 
Joel  Garrison,  lived  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Deerfield,  being  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  in 
this  locality  from  the  New  England  States. 
He  was  a  large  landholder  and  naturally  a 
man  of  influence  in  the  newly  settled  village. 
He  married  Miss  Keturah  Cornwell,  who  died 
March  5,  1817,  surviving  her  husband  seven 
years,  he  having  died  on  the  ist  of  December, 
1810.  His  estate  was  divided  into  three 
shares,  which  fell  respectively  to  his  three 
children,  namely:   Arthur;   Alley;   and   Susie, 


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who  married   Mr.  Daniel  Joslin,  and    lived    in 
tlie  neighborhood. 

Arthur  Garrison,  son  of  Daniel  and  the 
father  of  Joel  Garrison,  was  a  prosperous  busi- 
ness man  in  the  vicinity.  When  the  War  of 
1 812  burst  out,  setting  the  young  republic 
aflame  once  more,  he,  being  warmly  patriotic, 
yet  greatly  desiring  to  attend  personally  to  his 
extensive  lumber  interests,  hired  a  substitute 
to  go  in  his  stead,  and  fought  the  Britishers 
by  proxy.  This  lumber  traffic  had  become  an 
important  industry  in  this  region  of  almost 
primeval  forest;  and  Arthur  Garrison  had  the 
trees  felled  and  taken  by  team  to  Bridgeton, 
from  which  point  the  timbers  were  shipped 
to  the  Philadelphia  markets.  Though  lacking 
the  facilities  of  the  present  times,  he  found 
the  business  a  profitable  one,  and  soon  began 
to  be  numbered  among  the  financial  successes 
of  the  county.  He  married  Miss  Hannah 
Cornell,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Jonathan  Cornell. 
Miss  Cornell  had  grown  up  in  the  neighbor- 
hood, and  husband  and  wife  had  the  mutual 
advantage  of  a  close  knowledge  of  their  respec- 
tive families. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Garrison  six 
children  were  born — :  Jemima  married  Mr. 
Lemuel  Parvin,  of  Salem  County;  Joel, 
of  whom  further  mention  follows;  Enoch, 
who  was  during  his  life  a  farmer  in  this 
region;  Keturah,  now  Mrs.  Richard  Langley 
and  a  resident  of  Millgrove,  Salem  County; 
and  two  children  who  did  not  live  to  ex- 
perience the  vicissitudes  of  maturity.  The 
marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Garrison 
was     dissolved     by     the     death     of    the     wife 


between    1834  and    1840.     Mr.  Arthur  Garri- 
son died  April  3,  1868. 

Joel  Garrison's  advent  was  before  the  insti- 
tution of  public  schools,  and  he  had  only  the 
meagre  opportunities  offered  by  the  day 
schools  of  a  country  neighborhood,  and  those 
but  for  a  portion  of  the  school  year,  making 
up  the  half-quarter  devoted  to  mental  training 
by  attending  half-days  and  rainy  days  when  he 
could  be  spared  from  the  farm.  Until  twenty 
years  of  age  he  assisted  his  father  in  farming 
and  in  the  heavy  work  of  lumbering;  and, 
upon  com])leting  his  twentieth  year,  he  was 
married.  Like  the  famous  Governor  Wcnt- 
worth,  the  young  farmer  stepped  forth  — 

"This  is  my  birthday;    it  shall  likewise  be 
My  wedding  day,  and  you  shall  marry  me." 

At  all  events  the  young  bridegroom  was  un- 
daunted by  the  prospect  before  him,  and  the 
girl  who  stood  beside  him  had  abundant  faith. 
He  married  Miss  Sarah  Hires,  of  Salem 
County;  and  the  young  couple  moved  on  a 
farm  belonging  to  the  husband's  father,  with 
a  goodly  store  of  love  and  hope  and  faith,  good 
health,  and  less  than  five  dollars  in  the  house- 
hold purse.  The  responsibilities  of  married 
life  may  have  been  a  powerful  stimulant  to  the 
young  husband.  His  natural  energy  and  in- 
dustry gave  themselves  full  scope  as  he  turned 
his  attention  to  farming  and  to  cutting  and 
hauling  wood  to  Bridgeton  and  other  places 
where  he  found  sale  for  it.  His  earnings  for 
this  laborious  work  averaged  one  dollar  and  a 
quarter  per  day,  but  he  was  content  with  small 
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After  a  time  Mr.  Garrison,  who  was  a  man 
of  enterprise  and  foresight,  began  to  import 
ashes  from  Philadelphia  as  a  fertilizer.  The 
plan  had  been  successful  1\-  trietl  by  another 
fanner,  but  Mr.  Garrison  was  as  yet  the  only 
man  in  the  locality  who  followed  the  example. 
Finding  the  soil  much  improved  by  foreign 
fertilization,  he  began  to  set  out  larger  crops, 
and  became  so  successful  a  farmer  that  in  a 
comparatively  short  time  he  was  able  to  pur- 
chase the  farm,  which  contained  seventy-six 
acres  of  land.  As  the  years  passed,  his  fort- 
unes grew  better;  and  he  built  the  comfortable 
home  in  which  he  has  spent  the  greater  part  of 
his  life  since  1865.  After  the  erection  of  his 
dwelling  he  purchased  more  land  until  his 
estate  covers  an  area  of  si.x  hundred  acres, 
being  the  largest  farm  owned  by  any  resident 
farmer  in  the  township.  In  going  over  this 
estate,  with  its  well-tilled  fields,  its  handsome 
dwelling,  and  commodious  out-buildings,  it  is 
hard  to  realize  that  the  owner  was  born  in  a 
humble  little  log  cabin  not  very  distant,  and 
that  these  comfortable  surroundings  are  the 
fruit  of  one  man's  untiring  labor.  Mr.  Garri- 
son is  gifted  with  financial  acumen,  and  has 
made  money  by  putting  his  surplus  means  out 
at  interest,  and  also  by  judicious  investment, 
he  having  realized  excellent  jirofits  by  the  pur- 
chase and  sale  of  real  estate.  INFr.  Garrison 
was  one  of  the  first  stockholders  of  the 
Bridgeton  Bank,  an  institution  in  which  he 
has  always  held  monetary  interests.  With 
the  exception  of  three  years  spent  on  one  of 
his  other  farms  and  four  years  passed  in 
Bridgeton,  he  has  always  lived   in  the  vicinity 


of  Deerfield,  where  his  life  work  has  been  ac- 
complished. 

On  the  3d  of  November,  iSjj,  Mr.  Garri- 
son suffercil  a  deei)  bereavement  in  the  dealii 
of  his  wife,  who  pledged  her  girlish  faith  to 
him  when  the  struggle  of  life  was  just  begun, 
and  whose  companionship  had  been  an  inspira- 
tion to  renewed  efforts  and  succeeding  fulfil- 
ment. He  formed  a  second  marriage  with 
Mrs.  Angelina  Hutchinson,  a  daughter  of  Mr. 
Eli  Long.  Her  father  was  formerly  a  resi- 
dent of  Dividing  Creek,  but  moved  to  Deer- 
field  before  his  death.  By  her  first  marriage 
Mrs.  Garrison  has  two  children  —  Wilbert  and 
James  Hutchinson,  both  of  whom  live  near 
Woodruff  Station. 

Amid  the  multituiiinous  duties  of  an  active 
life  Mr.  Joel  Garrison  has  always  been  faith- 
ful in  the  discharge  of  religious  obligations, 
and  has  been  in  the  communion  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church  at  Woodruff  Station,  of 
which  he  has  served  as  steward.  He  assisted 
in  building  the  church  edifice,  in  which  lie 
has  worshipped  for  sixty-eight  years,  or  since 
his  marriage,  as  he  has  attended  service  here 
ever  since  that  time,  though  not  in  its  com- 
munion for  so  long  a  period.  To  quote  from 
his  own  words,  he  "lived  on  his  morality  for 
forty-three  years."  He  has  never  taken  an  ac- 
tive part  in  political  matters,  relegating  the 
affairs  of  state  to  men  whose  lives  were  less 
full  of  business  cares. 

Another  representative  of  this  influential 
family,  one  who  has  not  fallen  short  of  sus- 
taining the  reputation  of  an  old  and  respected 
name,    is    Mr.    William    Smith    Garrison,    of 


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Deerfiekl,  a  general  farmer  and  a  member  of 
the  Township  Committee.  He  was  born  July 
20,  1840,  on  a  farm  adjoining  the  eastern 
border  of  the  town. 

His  father,  Enoch  Garrison,  son  of  Arthur 
Garrison  and  brother  of  Mr.  Joel  Garrison  of 
this  sketch,  was  born  April  26,  1813.  He 
married  Miss  Lydia  Cornwell,  a  daughter  of 
Mr.  Jonathan  Cornwell,  who  was  an  English- 
man by  birth,  and  came  here  early  in  the  pres- 
ent century. 

Enoch  Garrison  continued  farming  here 
after  his  marriage,  and  also  engaged  in  the 
lumber  business.  The  facilities  for  this  trade 
were  peculiarly  fine;  and  Enoch  Garrison  and 
his  brother  Joel  purchased  the  remains  of  an 
old  mill  at  Muddy  Creek  in  Salem  County, 
about  three  miles  distant  from  their  home, 
and  established  one  of  the  first  saw-mills  in 
the  locality.  A  first-class  water-power  mill, 
with  a  circular  saw,  was  soon  put  into  opera- 
tion by  the  enterprising  brothers,  at  a  cost  of 
seven  thousand  dollars;  and  for  twelve  years  a 
thriving  business  was  done  here.  At  this 
time  the  lumber  was  exhausted;  and,  as  a 
matter  of  course,  the  profits  of  the  saw-mill 
began  to  diminish.  Enoch  Garrison  died  No- 
vember 21,  1885. 


'O.SKPII  liUTCHER  SHARP,  a  den- 
^^1  tist  of  Bridgeton,  N.J.,  is  a  native  of 
llaleyville,  Cumberland  County,  born 
December  22,  1S65,  son  of  Reuben  L.  and 
Mary  D.   (Bradway)  Sharp. 

His  paternal   grandparents  were    luioch   and 


Ruth  Lore  Sharp.  Enoch  Sharp  was  a  jiros- 
perous  farmer,  who  lived  to  the  age  of  si.xty- 
five,  and  resided  throughout  his  life  in  Cum- 
berland County.  The  paternal  grandmother, 
who  lived  to  the  good  old  age  of  eighty-five, 
was  a  woman  well  qualified  to  train  the  family 
of  children,  of  whom  Reuben  was  the  fifth,  he 
being  the  twin  brother  of  Ruth,  the  mother's 
namesake.  The  children  born  to  Enoch  and 
Ruth  Lore  Sharp  were :  Peter,  Parent,  Enoch, 
Hannah,  Reuben  and  Ruth  (twins),  and  ]Cm- 
ily.  The  maternal  grandparents  were  John 
Ware  and  Rhoda  Ikitcher  Bradway.  John 
Ware  Bradway,  born  April  4,  1S08,  was  a 
descendant  of  the  old  family  of  Bradways  of 
Salem  County,  New  Jersey,  a  member  of  the 
Society  of  Friends,  and  for  many  years  a 
school  teacher.  He  took  an  active  jiart  in 
politics,  running  for  Assembly  on  the  Whig 
ticket  in  the  year  1S40.  Rhoda  (Butcher) 
Bradway  was  the  elder  daughter  of  Joseph 
Butcher,  M.D.,  of  Mauricetown,  N.J.,  a  very 
prominent  physician  and  a  member  of  the 
Society  of  Orthodo.x  Friends.  He  was  also 
an  active  i^olitician,  and  on  the  Democratic 
ticket  in  the  year  1840  gained  the  office  of 
Assemblyman,  defeating  his  son-in-law  by 
one  vote.  His  other  children  were:  y\nn 
Butcher  Shropshire;  Charles,  Joseph,  George, 
and  Samuel,  the  four  last  named  being  pliysi- 
cians.  Charles,  George,  and  Samuel  prac- 
tised their  profession  for  many  years  after 
their  father's  death  in  Mauricetown,  N.J. 

Reuben  L.  Sharp,  father  of  Joseph  15.,  was 
born  at  Haleyville,  N.J.,  September  16, 
1829.      He   received  a   common-school    educa- 


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tion.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  was  appren- 
ticed to  a  shoemaker,  and  served  his  time  at 
that  trade  until  he  was  twenty-one.  He  then 
started  in  business  for  himself  at  Maurice- 
town,  N.J.,  where  he  established  a  good  busi- 
ness, giving  employment  to  several  men. 
After  some  time  he  removed  to  Haleyville, 
where  he  successfully  established  himself,  and 
remained  until  iS6i.  On  the  breaking  out  of 
the  war  he  tried  to  enlist  in  the  army,  but  was 
rejected  on  account  of  defective  sight.  In 
Haleyville  he  owned  a  farm  of  forty  acres, 
which  he  subsequently  sold,  investing  the  pro- 
ceeds in  the  oyster  schooner  "Caroline,"  and 
engaging  in  the  oyster  trade  for  about  four 
years.  After  this  he  began  farming  in  Com- 
mercial township,  and  resided  in  Mauricetown 
until  his  death,  which  took  place  October  23, 
1875.  He  was  first  married  to  Phebe  L. 
Glann  in  1S55,  ^he  dying  one  year  later.  In 
1858  he  was  again  married,  his  second  wife 
being  Mary  Denn  Bradway,  the  second  daugh- 
ter of  John  W.  and  Rhoda  (Butcher)  Bradway. 
She  was  born  July  31,  1840.  At  the  age  of 
fifteen  she  began  teaching  school,  and  at  the 
time  of  her  marriage  with  Reuben  L.  Sharp 
was  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  Cumber- 
land County.  Other  children  of  John  W.  and 
Rhoda  (Butcher)  Bradway  are  :  Harriet  (Brad- 
way) Chester,  Rhoda  (Bradway)  Ladow, 
Emma  (Bradway)  Sharp,  John  VV.  Bradway, 
and  William  Bradway.  The  children  born  to 
Reuben  L.  and  Mary  D.  (Bradway)  Sharp 
were  seven,  six  of  whom  attained  maturity  — 
Phoebe  L. ,  born  November  23,  1859,  died 
March  28,  1896;  Ezra  Bradway,  born  October 


15,  1 861,  now  a  practising  physician;  Mary 
Denn,  born  October  10,  1863,  died  July  9, 
1887;  Joseph  Butcher,  born  December  22, 
1865;  Noah  Burt,  born  October  17,  1868, 
died  July  27,  1869;  R.  Dallas  Lore,  born 
December  13,  1870,  now  minister  of  the  gos- 
pel;  Jennie  Sharp,  born  February  6,  1873, 
now  a  practising  physician.  The  father  of 
these  children  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  from  his  early 
years  to  the  close  of  his  life.  The  mother, 
who  was  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends, 
still  survives.  She  after  the  death  of  her 
first  hu.sband,  the  father  of  Joseph  B.  Sharp, 
was  married  to  William  Snagg,  and  by  him 
had  two  children — John  W.  B.,  born  Septem- 
ber 27,  1879;  and  Lizzie  M.,  born  October  7, 
1882. 

Joseph  Butcher  Sharp  received  a  practical 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Maurice- 
town  and  Bridgeton,  after  which  he  became  an 
apprentice  to  the  trade  of  core-making,  at 
which  he  served  five  years.  Subsequently, 
at  the  age  of  twenty-two,  he  entered  the  den- 
tal department  of  the  University  of  Maryland, 
corner  of  Lombard  and  Green  Streets,  Balti- 
more. He  remained  in  that  institution  two 
years,  taking  his  degree  in  1889.  For  a  few 
months  he  was  located  at  Bridgeton,  then 
removed  to  Swedesboro,  Gloucester  County, 
where  he  remained  until  1891.  He  then  came 
to  Bridgeton  and  opened  his  present  ofifice  at 
135  East  Commerce  Street,  where  he  estab- 
lished a  good  practice  and  still  remains.  He 
was  married  on  June  16,  1889,  to  Sarah  D. 
Paullin,  the  youngest  daughter  of  John   D.  and 


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Rachel  Lake  Paullin.  Her  father,  born  Sep- 
tember 6,  1826,  was  a  son  of  Lemuel  and 
Sarah  L.  Paullin.  Her  mother,  born  March 
4,  1825,  was  a  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Rachel 
Lake.  The  children  of  John  D.  and  Rachel 
Lake  Paullin  are:  Henry,  born  November  4, 
1848;  Jane,  born  January  26,  1851;  Marga- 
rette  Isabella,  born  September  26,  1852;  Lo- 
rena,  born  November  2,  1S54;  Fanny,  born 
January  13,  1858;  Mertilla,  born  April  5, 
1 861;  Mary  B. ,  born  May  i,  1865;  Sarah  D., 
born  October  26,  1869,  now  the  wife  of  Joseph 
B.  Sharp.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Sharp  are  the  par- 
ents of  three  children  —  Marie  T.,  the  eldest, 
born  May  2,  1891  ;  J.  Paullin,  a  little  son, 
born  June  29,  1893;  and  the  baby,  born  Au- 
gust 10,  1896,  which  bears  the  name  of  its 
maternal  grandmother  and  great-grandmother, 
Rachel.  The  family  reside  in  Bridgeton,  the 
parents  being  members  of  Trinity  Methodist 
Epi.scopal  Church. 


iDWIN  W.  STARN,  a  general  farmer 
and  an  extensive  fruit  grower  of  Fair- 
field, was  born  near  the  city  of  Camden,  N.J., 
October  28,  1847,  son  of  Elwood  and  Eliza- 
beth (Rorer)  Starn.  Mr.  Starn's  grandfather, 
Joseph  Starn,  was  among  the  early  pioneer 
farmers  of  Camden  County. 

Elwood  Starn  was  a  native  of  Camden 
County,  born  March  16,  1820.  He  was 
reared  a  farmer;  and,  excepting  two  years 
spent  as  a  commission  merchant  in  Philadel- 
phia, he  prosperously  followed  that  occupation 
throughout  the  remainder  of  his  life.      In  1856 


he  came  to  Fairfield  township,  and  settled 
upon  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres, 
the  management  of  which  was  thereafter  his 
chief  occupation.  Although  his  natural  abili- 
ties brought  him  into  prominence  in  the  com- 
munity, he  never  aspired  to  public  office,  but 
retained  his  preference  for  a  quiet,  domestic 
life  to  the  last.  He  died  November  4,  1886, 
sincerely  mourned  by  all  who  knew  him.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Rorer,  a  native  of  Philadel- 
phia and  a  daughter  of  Samuel  Rorer.  Her 
father,  who  represented  an  old  Philadelphia 
family,  was  for  many  years  the  leading  surgi- 
cal instrument  maker  of  that  city.  Of  the 
seven  children  born  to  Mr  and  Mrs.  Elwood 
Starn  five  grew  to  maturity,  namely:  Edwin 
W.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Emma,  who 
married  H.  C.  Woodruff,  of  Elmer,  N.J.; 
Ella  J.,  who  is  residing  with  her  mother  in 
Fairton,  this  county;  David  P.,  who  occupies 
the  old  homestead ;  and  Laura,  the  wife  of 
Robert  W.  Ware,  of  this  vicinity. 

Edwin  W.  Starn  attended  the  common 
schools  of  Camden  and  Fairton,  anil  assisted 
his  father  on  the  farm  until  his  marriage. 
For  the  following  seven  years  he  conducted 
the  home  property  on  his  own  account,  after 
which  he  became  manager  of  Dr.  Trenchard's 
farm  in  Fairton,  and  served  in  that  capacity 
for  seventeen  years.  His  present  property 
was  purchased  in  1884,  but  he  did  not  per- 
sonally occupy  it  until  1895.  .Since  that 
time  he  has  given  his  attention  to  the  cul- 
tivation of  general  farm  products,  fruit  grow- 
ing, and  the  cutting  and  hauling  of  wood.  He 
is  an  extensive  grower  of  strawberries,  and  has 


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an  orcliard  of  thirty  acres  exclusively  devoted 
to  pears  and  apples,  which  he  ships  to  the 
Philadelphia  and  New  York  markets.  His 
large  wood  lot  yields  him  annually  from  one 
thousand  to  twelve  hundred  cords,  which  is 
supplied  to  the  glass  manufactories  in  this 
locality  and  to  other  consumers  in  Philadel- 
phia. Both  his  fruit  and  fuel  industries  give 
employment  to  a  great  many  laborers.  He  is 
regarded  as  one  of  the  most  industrious  and 
successful  men  in  this  township.  Though  not 
an  office-seeker,  he  takes  a  lively  interest  in 
local  affairs,  especially  in  educational  matters. 
He  is  now  serving  his  eleventh  year  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  School  Board.  For  ten  years  he 
served  as  District  Clerk.  He  has  been  a  dele- 
gate to  several  district  State  and  county  con- 
ventions, and  he  usually  votes  with  the  Demo- 
cratic party. 

On  January  4,  1869,  Mr.  Starn  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Lydia  S.  Elmer,  daughter  of 
J.  E.  and  Lydia  M.  (Swing)  Elmer.  Mr. 
Elmer  is  a  well-known  farmer  and  stock 
raiser  of  Fairfield  township.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Starn  have  four  children  ;  namely,  Maggie  M., 
Lizzie  E.,  Charles  R.,  and  Nella  B.  All  are 
well  educated.  Some  of  them  are  already 
engaged  in  teaching.  The  youngest  daughter 
is  especially  proficient  in  music.  Mr.  Starn 
is  Past  Grand  of  Cumberland  Lodge,  No.  35, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  F"ellows,  of  Bridge- 
ton,  has  been  its  representative  to  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  encamp- 
ment. He  is  particularly  interested  in  the 
agricultural  society,  of  which  he  has  been  a 
Director  for  several  years,  and  has  done  much  , 


toward  developing  its  field  of  usefulness.  He 
and  Mrs.  Starn  are  members  of  the  Presby- 
terian church. 


TT^HARLES  H.  PLATTS,  the  accom- 
I  J|  plished  principal  of  the  Bridgeton 
^*"— ^  High  School,  was  born  in  Hope- 
well, Mercer  County,  N.J.,  April  19,  1847, 
son  of  Daniel  and  Susanna  (Marts)  Platts.  He 
is  descended  from  Moses  Platts,  a  respected 
resident  of  Hopewell  in  the  beginning  of  the 
eighteenth  century.  The  eldest  of  Moses's 
children  was  born  there  in  1720.  Another  of 
his  children,  Moses,  Jr.,  a  native  of  Cumber- 
land, N.J.,  was  great-grandfather  of  Charles 
H.  Charles  Platts,  son  of  Moses,  Jr.,  was 
born  in  Hopewell.  He  followed  the  occupa- 
tion of  farmer  until  a  few  years  before  his 
death.  At  that  time  he  removed  to  Bridge- 
ton,  where  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life 
in  retirement.  He  served  the  country  as  a 
soldier  in  the  War  of  18 12. 

Daniel  Platts,  son  of  Charles,  was  born  in 
this  county,  December  26,  181 8.  He  received 
his  education  in  the  district  schools.  Brought 
up  on  his  father's  farm,  he  naturally  became  a 
farmer.  He  lived  with  his  parents  until  186S, 
when  he  removed  to  Bridgeton,  in  which  city 
he  has  since  resided.  In  February,  1842,  he 
married  Susanna  Marts,  a  daughter  of  David 
Marts,  of  Fairfield,  Esse.x  County.  Both  he 
and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Baptist 
church. 

Charles  H.  Platts  was  the  only  child  of  his 
parents.     After    receiving    his    earlier  educa- 


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tion  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
he  became  a  pupil  of  the  South  Jersey  Insti- 
tute. While  pursuing  his  studies  here  he 
also  found  time  to  teach  school  for  a  number 
of  terms.  He  was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1873,  being  one  of  the  first  two  students  so 
honored  by  the  institute.  For  the  next  three 
years  he  taught  school  very  successfully  in 
Cedarville,  Cumberland  County,  and  for  the 
following  five  years  with  still  greater  success 
in  Mauricetown.  He  then  came  to  Bridgeton, 
and  was  principal  of  the  Second  Ward  School 
for  eleven  years,  during  which  he  proved  him- 
self to  be  a  teacher  of  the  highest  ability. 
On  January  i,  1894,  the  public-school  system 
of  Bridgeton  was  reorganized;  and  he  was  ap- 
pointed principal  of  the  high  school,  a  posi- 
tion which  he  has  since  most  capably  filled. 

On  February  28,  1872,  he  was  united  in 
matrimony  with  Rebecca  J.  Carll,  daughter  of 
John  Carll,  of  Bridgeton.  Of  the  three  chil- 
dren born  of  this  marriage  two  are  living  — 
Alice  M.  and  Ethel  C.  Both  parents  are 
members  (jf  the  Bajitist  church.  Mr.  IMatts, 
who  takes  a  warm  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the 
society,  is  its  Treasurer.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  Colantha  Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias; 
and  of  Ikidgeton  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  holding  the  rank  of  Past  Grand. 
In  his  management  of  the  high  school  Mr. 
Platts  has  been  remarkably  successful.  P^rom 
a  teacher  of  his  reputation  the  citizens  ex- 
pected much  when  he  entered  upon  his  duties, 
and  they  have  not  been  disappointed.  They 
have  ample  reason  to  be  proud  of  their  high 
school,  and  they  appreciate  their  indebtedness 


for  the  fact  to  Mr.  Platts.  Remembering  him 
for  his  kindly  control  and  wise  counsels,  his 
former  pupils,  many  of  whom  credit  their  suc- 
cess in  life  to  his  influence,  are  among  his 
warmest  friends. 


ELIX  SALM  SALM  JOHNSON,  a 
pension  attorney,  notary  public,  jus- 
tice of  the  peace,  and  insurance  broker  of 
Vineland,  was  born  January  9,  1869,  in  Wash- 
ington, D.C.,  son  of  lulmund  and  Delia  H. 
(LeClercpie)  Johnson. 

Edmund  Johnson  is  a  native  of  Delhi,  Dela- 
ware County,  N.Y.,  born  March  11,  1832. 
After  attending  the  common  schools  he  took  a 
course  of  study  at  Delhi  Academy.  After 
leaving  the  academy  he  read  law  in  the  office 
of  Judge  Rufus  Choate,  and  was  in  due  time 
admitted  to  the  bar.  He  then  went  to  Louisa 
County,  Virginia,  and  there  established  him- 
self in  the  practice  of  his  profession,  at  which 
he  continued  with  success  up  to  the  outbreak 
of  the  Civil  War.  At  an  early  date  he  enlisted 
in  Coni|3any  P^,  Thirty-first  Regiment  of  New 
York  V^olunteer  Infantry,  of  which  he  was  ap- 
pointed Captain.  He  was  subsequently  trans- 
ferred to  Company  E  of  the  Sixty-eighth  New 
York.  At  a  later  date  he  was  made  Provost 
Marshal  of  Atlanta,  Ga.  ;  and  following  that 
he  held  the  office  of  Provost  Marshal-general 
of  the  State  of  Georgia.  After  the  close  of 
the  war  he  was  em])loyed  in  the  Interior  De- 
partment at  Washington  until  1868,  when  he 
received  an  appointment  as  Consul  to  Tal- 
caguano,     Chile,    where    he    remained    three 


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years.  In  1872  he  was  made  Consul  at  Tam- 
pico,  Mexico ;  and  eight  years  later  he  became 
Consul  at  Pictou,  N.S. ,  where  he  remained 
until  1886.  He  was  then  transferred  to  Kehl, 
Germany,  which  position  two  years  later  he 
resigned,  and  came  to  Vineland,  where  he  has 
since  lived  in  retirement.  In  politics  he  has 
always  been  a  firm  Democrat.  While  in 
Cleveland,  Bradley  County,  Tenn.,  he  took 
the  initiatory  degree  in  Masonry.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  Lyman  Post,  No.  10,  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic,  of  Vineland.  Ilis  marriage 
with  Miss  Delia  LeClerque  took  place  on  De- 
cember 10,  1 86 1.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Colo- 
nel John  LeClerque,  of  Montreal,  Canada. 
Six  children  have  been  born  to  them,  of  whom 
five  are  living  —  Frank  J.  T.,  George  E., 
Felix  S.  S.,  Frederick  Conger,  and  Winona 
Agnes.  George  E.  is  at  the  head  of  the  Eng- 
lish machine  works  in  Zittau,  Saxony;  and 
Frederick  Conger  and  W'inona  Agnes  are  now 
completing  their  education  in  Germany.  The 
parents  are  communicants  of  the  Episcopal 
ciiurch. 

Felix  S.  S.  Johnson  acquired  his  education 
in  the  iniblic  schools  of  Washington,  D.C., 
Vineland,  N.J.,  the  academy  at  Pictou,  N.S., 
and  the  University  at  Bonn,  Germany.  In 
July,  1885,  he  entered  the  United  States  ser- 
vice as  Vice-Consul  at  Pictou.  The  following 
year  he  became  a  student  of  the  University  of 
I5onn,  receiving  in  1887  an  appointment  as 
Vice-Consul  at  Kehl,  Germany,  where  he 
remained  for  four  years.  The  next  two  years 
were  spent  as  Consular  Agent  at  Freiburg, 
which  position  he  resigned   in    1893.      In   the 


fall  of  that  yeai"  he  came  to  Vineland,  and 
engaged  in  business.  Here  in  November, 
1894,  he  was  appointed  pension  attorney.  He 
was  made  a  Notary  Public  in  January,  1895, 
and  in  April  of  the  same  year  was  appointed 
Commissioner  of  Deeds.  Mr.  Johnson  is  a 
member  of  Vineland  Lodge,  No.  69,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M. ;  of  Hobah  Lodge,  Vineland  Encamp- 
ment ;  Canton  No.  9,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows;  and  of  the  B.  H.  Porter  Camp, 
Sons  of  Veterans,  of  which  he  is  Past  Cap- 
tain. 


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RS.  BEULAH  ELKINTON 
SHARPE,  of  Commercial,  the 
widow  of  the  late  Samuel  Haley 
Sharpe,  was  born  February  9,  1826,  this  town- 
ship, between  Mauricctown  and  Buckshutem, 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Rhoda  (Glann)  Buzby. 
Her  father,  who  was  a  son  of  Daniel  Buzby, 
Sr. ,  and  a  native  of  Commercial,  obtained  his 
education  in  the  public  schools.  He  resided 
all  his  lifetime  on  the  home  farm.  While 
his  chief  occupation  was  that  of  general 
farmer,  he  sold  wood  to  a  considerable 
amount  in  the  winter.  To  procure  the  wood 
necessary  to  fill  his  orders  he  regularly  em- 
ployed quite  a  number  of  choppers.  He  pos- 
sessed exceptional  facilities  for  this  industry, 
as  his  property  was  so  located  that  lie  could 
ship  his  merchandise  directly  from  his  own 
wharf.  On  April  26,  18 10,  he  married  Miss 
Rhoda  Glann,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Gabrielle  C.  Glann,  of  Dividing  Creek.  Mr. 
Buzby,  who  was  brought  up  in  the  religious 
faith  of   the  Society   of    Friends,  by  this   mar- 


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riage  estranged  himself  from  that  body-  He 
became  the  father  of  eight  children,  namely: 
Mary,  now  deceased,  who  was  the  wife  of 
Isaac  Mayhew;  Rhoda,  also  deceased,  who 
was  given  in  marriage  to  Thomas  S.  Ferguson ; 
Beulah  Elkinton,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
Charles  D.  ;  and  four  others,  who  died  in  in- 
fancy. 

Mrs.    Beulah   Elkinton   Sharpe,    then    Miss 
Buzby,    on   January  29,    1845,    was   united   in 
matrimony  with  Samuel   Haley  Sharpe.      Mr. 
Sharpe    was    born     September    27,    1820,    in 
Millville  township,    Cumberland   County,  son 
of  Imley  Sharpe,  a  native  of  Haleyville,  in  the 
same  county.      After  receiving  his  education 
in  the  common  schools  of  Millville  he  found 
employment  as  a  clerk  in   his  father's  store. 
Deciding  subsequently  to  become  a  sailor,  he 
.shipped   on   a   sloop   engaged    in  transporting 
wood  from  Buckshutem  to  Philadelphia.      This 
vessel  was  under  the  command  of  his  eldest 
brother,  John,  who  was  then  only  si.xteen  years 
of  age.      A  little  later  Samuel  obtained  com- 
mand  of  a  schooner,  with  which   he  was  en- 
gaged  in   trading   between    Maine    and    Cuba 
throughout  the  rest  of  his  life.      He  also  con- 
structed   several    schooners    at    Mauricetown, 
among  which  were  the  "John   Compton,"  the 
"Beulah     E.     Sharpe,"     the     "Rhoda,"     the 
"Beulah,"  the  "Samuel   H.    Sharpe,"  and  the 
"Argus  Eye."     The  last   named  was  the   last 
he    built.      Mr.    Sharpe    fraternized    with    the 
Independent   Order  of  Odd   Fellows,  being  a 
member  of   Ariel    Lodge,  located  at  Maurice- 
town.      He  and  his  wife  became  the  parents 
of  eight  children  —  Emma  M.,  Annabella,  Ida 


B. ,  Walter,  Gertrude  S.,  Genevra,  Byron,  and 
Samuel  H.  Emma  M.,  now  deceased,  was 
the  wife  of  Samuel  F.  Fries.  Annabella, 
also  deceased,  married  Alonzo  M.  Loudens- 
lage.  Ida  B.  was  the  wife  of  Charles  Comp- 
ton, and  died  October  23,  1889.  Gertrude  S. 
resides  at  Camden,  N.J.,  and  is  the  wife  of 
William  H.  Grosscup.  Genevra  is  the  widow 
of  Charles  Bateman,  who  was  lost  at  sea  Octo- 
ber 10,  1894.  She  has  two  children  —  Agnes, 
born  October  11,  1882;  and  Rachel,  born 
May  24,  1888,  both  attending  school  in 
Mauricetown.  Byron  and  Samuel  H.  are  also 
deceased.  Mr.  Sharpe  died  January  10,  i860. 
Mrs.  Sharpe  still  makes  her  home  in  her  na- 
tive town.  In  religious  belief  and  fellowship 
she  belongs  to  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
of  Mauricetown,  of  which  Mr.  Sharpe  was  also 
a  member. 


OEL  FREEMAN  PIERCE,  of  Bridge- 
ton,  the  proprietor  of  a  confectionery 
store  and  a  successful  real  estate  dealer, 
was  born  here  April  29,  1849,  son  of  Jonathan 
Freeman  and  Ann  (Gould)  Pierce.  The 
father,  who  was  a  native  of  Fairfield,  N.J., 
born  in  the  year  1807,  received  his  education 
in  the  common  schools  of  that  town.  He 
followed  the  occupation  of  a  farmer  throughout 
his  life.  His  wife,  Ann,  to  whom  he  was 
married  in  1842,  was  a  daughter  of  Elijah 
Gould.  In  1675  Lord  Jolm  I-"enwick  sailed 
from  England  for  this  country.  On  his  arrival 
in  June  of  that  year  he  went  up  the  Delaware 
River,  accompanied  by  his  three  daughters. 
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became  the  wife  of  an  Indian,  to  whom  Elijah 
Gould's  ancestry  is  traced.  The  will  of  Lord 
Fenwick  was  dated  August  7,  idS^.  Mrs. 
Ann  Pierce  was  of  Irish  descent.  She  bore 
her  husband  three  children — Joseph,  Susanna, 
and  Joel  V.  Joseph  died  when  nineteen  years 
of  age. 

Joel  Freeman  Pierce  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Bridgeton.  He  began 
to  earn  his  living  at  the  florist's  business,  in 
which  he  was  engaged  for  two  years.  P"ollow- 
ing  that  he  went  to  Millville,  N.J.,  and  en- 
tered the  employ  of  F.  L.  Mulford  &  Co., 
with  whom  he  remained  eight  years.  In  iSjcS 
he  established  a  five-cent  store  in  Philadel- 
phia. This  was  one  of  the  first  stores  of  that 
character  in  the  country.  Two  years  later,  in 
January,  1880,  he  returned  to  Bridgeton  and 
opened  a  grocery  store,  which  he  conducted 
for  si.x  years.  He  ne.xt  successfully  engaged 
in  the  dry-goods  business,  in  connection  with 
which  he  carried  a  line  of  notions  until  i<Sg5, 
when  he  sold  the  dry  goods.  Since  then  he 
has  been  engaged  in  the  confectionery  busi- 
ness. He  also  devotes  a  portion  of  his  time 
to  the  buying  and  selling  of  real  estate. 

In  1881  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Ada  C.  Gould.  She  died  on  January  20, 
1892,  leaving  three  children  —  Rollin  J., 
Ivy  May,  and  Percival  U.  In  the  spring  of 
1895  Mr.  Pierce  was  elected  a  Justice  of  the 
Peace  at  the  municipal  election.  He  has 
served  three  years  as  City  Overseer  of  the 
Poor,  and  for  several  years  has  been  a  delegate 
to  the  senatorial  county  conventions.  He  is 
Past    Master   in  the   Masonic   fraternity.      The 


family  reside  at  17   South   Avenue,   a  substan- 
tial residence  owncil  by  Mr.   Pierce. 


Il.LIAM  C.  HENDEE,  agent  of  the 
United  .States  E.xpress  Company  in 
Vineland  and  Ta.\  Collector  of  Landis  town- 
ship, was  born  in  this  city,  December  16, 
1872,  son  of  Judge  Eli  B.  and  Cordelia  C. 
(Coffinberry)  Hendee.  The  family  is  of  New 
England  Colonial  origin;  and  Mr,  Hendee's 
great-grandfather,  Caleb  Hendee,  served  as  a 
Lieutenant  under  General  Washington  during: 
the  Revolutionary  War. 

John  Hendee,  Mr.  Hendee's  grandfather, 
was  born  in  Danbury,  Conn.,  December  19, 
1795.  At  the  age  of  twelve  years  he  went  to 
New  York  State,  where  he  learned  the  trade 
of  a  clothier;  and  when  reaching  his  majority 
he  started  West  and  settled  in  Braceville, 
Ohio,  engaging  in  the  manufacture  of  cloth. 
After  his  marriage  he  revisited  New  York 
State,  where  he  remained  for  a  short  time, 
later  returning  to  Ohio;  and  after  residing 
there  for  some  years  he  moved  with  his  family 
to  Washington  County,  in  what  was  then  the 
Territory  of  Iowa.  At  the  first  public  lanil 
sale  he  bought  a  farm  near  the  county  seat.  On 
this  farm  he  continued  actively  engaged  in  gen- 
eral husbandry  till  1866,  when  he  came  East  to 
Vineland,  N.J.,  a  settlement  then  in  its  in- 
fancy, and,  purchasing  a  valuable  piece  of  real 
estate,  established  a  beautiful  home,  where  his 
last  years  were  passed  in  retirement.  He  tiled 
January  10,  1894.  He  was  a  man  of  strongly 
defined    characteristics,    chief    among    which 


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were  those  of  energy  and  self-reliance,  as 
shown  during  his  pioneer  life  in  the  West. 
While  he  was  a  resident  of  Iowa  his  fellow- 
citizens  gladly  availed  themselves  of  his  sound 
judgment  in  public  affairs  by  electing  him  to 
the  offices  of  County  Commissioner  and  Re- 
corder for  several  years  in  succession.  Thus 
he  was  a  prominent  figure  among  the  founders 
of  that  State. 

While  living  in  Braceville,  John  Hendee 
married  Phebe  Barnum,  who  was  born  April 
13,  1801,  and  died  September  2,  1891.  Her 
father,  I{li  Barnum,  was  an  uncle  of  P.  T. 
Barnum,  the  famous  showman.  She  reared 
two  children,  namely:  Cordelia  C. ,  wife  of 
Lyman  Whitcomb,  of  Minneapolis,  Minn.  ; 
and  Eli   B.,  Mr.  William  C.  Hendee's  father. 

Eli  15.  Hendee,  only  son  of  John  Hendee, 
was  born  near  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  May  9,  1830. 
His  early  boyhood  was  passed  in  Braceville, 
Ohio,  from  which  place,  when  he  was  eleven 
years-  old,  he  accompanied  his  parents  to 
Washington,  la.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one 
he  started  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  fording  the 
Missouri  River  at  Council  l^luffs,  and  follow- 
ing the  overland  trail  l)y  the  way  of  Salt  Lake 
to  California,  where  he  engaged  in  mining 
upon  the  Yuba  River,  near  Downieville.  P"or 
three  years  he  devoted  his  attention  mostly  to 
surface  mining ;  and  after  working  out  several 
claims  with  success  he  returned  East  by  way 
of  the  Isthmus,  taking  passage  for  New  York, 
and  from  there  he  returned  to  Iowa.  One 
year  later  he  settled  upon  land  in  Beatrice, 
Neb.,  where  he  engaged  in  farming;  and 
during    his    residence    there    he    was    elected 


Sheriff  of  Gage  County,  his  term  of  office  ex- 
tending through  the  exciting  time  of  the  Civil 
War.  He  also  served  as  Justice  of  the  Peace. 
He  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  in  that  part 
of  the  State,  having  arrived  there  previous  to 
the  settlement  of  Lincoln  ;  and  with  others  he 
was  in  the  habit  of  scraping  salt  for  his  cattle 
where  that  city  is  now  located.  In  the  fall  of 
1866  he  sold  his  farm  and  moved  East  to 
Vineland,  where  his  father  had  previously 
settled,  and,  diligently  applying  himself  to 
the  development  of  the  land,  soon  established 
a  valuable  fruit  farm,  upon  which  he  has  since 
resided. 

His  general  knowledge  of  business  and  his 
varied  experience  in  matters  relating  to  public 
service  soon  became  known  among  the  resi- 
dents of  Vineland,  thus  making  him  an  eligi- 
ble candidate  for  office;  and  he  was  elected 
a  Freeholder  and  was  the  successful  indeiien- 
dent  candidate  for  Commissioner  of  Landis 
township,  a  position  which  he  held  until 
1885,  when  he  was  appointed  Lay  Judge  for 
Cumberland  County,  to  complete  the  unex- 
pired term  of  the  late  Judge  Doughty.  In 
1887  he  was  elected  to  the  same  office  for  a 
full  term  of  five  years,  and  in  1892  was  re- 
elected. He  has  always  been  a  supporter  of 
the  Democratic  party,  and  has  served  as  a  del- 
egate to  several  State  conventions.  He  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Vineland  National 
Bank,  of  which  he  is  now  a  Director.  He 
was  made  a  Free  Mason  in  Washington,  la., 
and  is  connected  with  the  lodge  in  Vineland. 

On  October  22,  1862,  Judge  Hendee  mar- 
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died  May  6,  1888.  She  was  the  mother  of 
seven  children,  as  follows:  John  C,  a  fireman 
on  the  Chicago  Division  of  the  Baltimore  & 
Ohio  Railway,  with  headquarters  at  Garrett, 
Ind.  ;  Charles  E.,  an  engineer  on  the  Pennsyl- 
vania &  Northwestern  Railway,  who  on  May 
-3.  1S93,  married  Maggie  Atkinson,  of 
Bridgeton ;  George  and  Frank,  who  are  no 
longer  living;  William  C.  ;  Mary  and  Harry, 
who  reside  at  home  with  their  parents. 

William  C.  Hendee,  the  special  subject  of 
this  biographical  notice,  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Vineland;  and  on  April  i, 
i88g,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  United 
States  Express  Company  as  a  clerk  in  the 
local  ofifice.  A  few  months  of  service  in  that 
capacity  convinced  the  managers  of  the  com- 
pany that  they  had  secured  a  capable  man  who 
was  abundantly  competent  to  fill  a  more  re- 
sponsible position;  and  on  March  3,  1890, 
when  but  eighteen  years  old,  he  was  appointed 
their  local  agent  in  Vineland.  The  ofifice  in 
this  city  is  an  important  one,  being  among  the 
largest  in  South  Jersey;  and  Mr.  Hendee  is 
not  only  the  youngest  agent  in  the  company's 
employ,  but  is  by  far  one  of  its  most  lively 
and  energetic  officials. 

In  public  affairs  he  is  actively  interested, 
and  since  becoming  of  age  has  supported  the 
Democratic  party  with  vigor.  In  March, 
1S94,  he  was  elected  Ta.\  Collector  for  Land  is 
township,  a  position  which  he  still  holds,  his 
term  being  for  three  years;  and  in  1895  he 
was  nominated  for  Assemblyman  from  Cum- 
berland County,  but  withdrew  from  the  con- 
test.     Mr.  Hendee  is  popular  among  the  busi- 


ness men  of  the  cit\',  and  in  the  social  orders 
of  which  he  is  a  member,  including  Yinelantl 
Lodge,  No.  69,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  ;  Eureka 
Chapter,  with  which  he  is  officially  connected; 
the  Junior  Order  of  United  American  Me- 
chanics; and  the  X'ineland  Volunteer  F'ire 
Department. 


t|:^ORERT  miller,  Sk.,  a  general 
I  /^  agriculturist  and  an  esteemed  citizen 
Vi"*^  of  Land  is,  Cumberland  County, 
N. J.,  is  a  native  of  Ireland,  where  he  was  born 
April  6,  1839,  being  the  son  of  James  and 
Martha  (Smith)  Miller.  The  fatlicr,  who  was 
born  in  the  same  district,  devoted  there  his 
entire  life  to  the  occupation  of  farming.  He 
and  his  wife,  who  was  the  daughter  of  Jolm 
Smith,  became  the  parents  of  ten  children, 
nine  of  whom  attained  to  maturity,  namely: 
James;  Matthew;  John;  Rol)ert ;  William; 
David;  Nancy,  now  deceased;  Mary;  and 
Margaret.  In  religious  belief  James  Miller 
was  a  Presbyterian. 

Robert  Miller,  the  jM-incipal  subject  of  this 
sketch,  passed  his  youth  anil  early  manhood  at 
the  paternal  home,  receiving  such  education 
as  the  common  schools  of  his  native  town 
afforded.  He  co-operated  with  his  father  and 
brothers  in  the  work  on  the  farm  until  1S65, 
when,  migrating  to  tliis  countr)',  he  settled  in 
Landis,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since.  He 
then  purchased  his  present  farm,  which  com- 
l)rises  tvventy-si.\  acres,  and  on  which  he  has 
been  successfully  engaged  in  the  raising  of 
general  crops. 

Mr.    Miller    has    been    twice    niarrietl.      In 


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1858  he  was  joined  in  matrimony  with  Miss 
Catherine  Forrest,  who  was  the  daughter  of 
James  Forrest.  To  them  were  born  five  chil- 
dren, namely:  James;  Robert,  Jr.;  Minnie, 
now  deceased,  who  became  the  wife  of  Will- 
iam Heirn,  of  Bridgeton,  N.J.  ;  Isabella,  who 
is  now  Mrs.  Alvin  E.  Keene,  of  Landis;  and 
Matilda,  who  resides  at  Holly  Beach  as  the 
wife  of  Frank  Smith.  Mr.  Miller's  union 
with  Miss  Ann  Hannah,  to  whom  he  was 
married  October  24,  1871,  was  blessed  by  the 
birth  of  one  child,  a  daughter,  Margaret  by 
name,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Louis  Bechler, 
of  Bridgeton.  Mrs.  Miller's  father  was  Will- 
iam Hannah,  of  Austin.  Mr.  Miller's  relig- 
ious views  bring  him  into  fellowshi|5  with  the 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Vineland. 


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l':ORGE  SHERWOOD  AUSTIN,  a 
VJ^X  well-known  and  popular  citizen  of 
Millville,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  March  19, 
1856,  son  of  George  and  Sarah  R.  (Sherwood) 
Austin.  George  Austin  was  a  native  of  Phil- 
adelphia, and  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  that  city.  When  a  young  man  he 
opened  a  fancy  lamii  and  glassware  store  on 
Chestiuit  Street,  Philadelphia,  where  he  con- 
tinued in  trade  for  si.x  years.  He  then  relin- 
quished mercantile  pursuits  and  ado]ited  the 
trade  of  a  glass  cutter,  a  knowledge  of  which 
he  had  accpiired  in  his  father's  shop  during  his 
boyhood.  He  subsequently  moved  to  Mill- 
x'ille,  where  he  followed  his  trade  for  the  rest 
(if  his  life,  dying  April  10,  1880.  His  wife, 
Sarah   R.    Sherwood,    was  a  daughter  of  John 


Sherwood,  of  Maryland.  She  became  the 
mother  of  ten  children,  of  whom  nine  grew 
to  maturity,  namely:  Cornelia,  wife  of  Will- 
iam Peoples,  of  Millville;  Charles;  Lydia, 
widow  of  Robinson  Peacock;  George  S. ,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch;  Annie  (deceased),  who 
married  Robert  Little,  of  Philadelphia;  Eliza- 
beth (deceased);  Thomas  F. ,  now  a  member 
of  the  Jersey  legislature;  P'rank  and  Ruth, 
twins,  the  last  named  of  whom  is  the 
wife  of  James  Avis,  of  Westville.  The 
parents  attended  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  in  which  the  father  was  Trustee  and 
steward. 

George  Sherwood  Austin  acquired  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Philadelphia. 
After  finishing  his  studies  he  learned  the  trade 
of  a  glass-stopper  grinder,  which  he  has  since 
followed,  having  become  an  expert  workman. 
In  politics  he  is  an  active  sujiporter  of  the 
Republican  jjarty,  having  served  on  various 
committees.  In  1887  he  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  City  Council  from  Ward  4,  and  is  now 
serving  his  third  term  in  that  body.  He  has 
figured  prominently  upon  various  important 
committees,  being  at  the  present  time  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Committees  on  Roads  and  Streets, 
P"inance,  and  P'ire  Department.  He  was 
appointed  to  the  position  of  Deput}'  Ignited 
.States  Internal  Revtjnue  Collector,  but  ile- 
clincd  to  serve.  He  was  subsequently  ap- 
pointed Clerk  of  the  Committee  on  Engrossed 
Bills  of  the  House  of  Assembly  for  1896, 
accepted,  and  is  now  serving  in  that  capacity. 
On  December  24,  1877,  Mr.  Austin  married 
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and  by  her  has  had   six  cliilihcn,  two  of  whom 
are  living  —  Lydia  and  Edward  S. 

Mr.  Austin  is  connected  with  Ivanhoe 
Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias,  of  which  he  is  a 
Past  Chancellor,  and  with  Fidelity  Council, 
Junior  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics, 
of  Millville.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of 
the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 


ILLIAAI  HIRES,  an  enterprising 
retail  clothier  and  dealer  in  gentle- 
men's furnishing  goods  of  Bridgeton,  was  born 
in  Salem,  N.J.,  in  June,  1S58,  a  son  of  Jarvis 
and  Sarah  A.  (Kelley)  Hires.  His  grand- 
father was  George  Hires,  a  prosperous  farmer 
and  lifelong  resident  of  Salem  County.  Jarvis 
Hires,  Mr.  Hires's  father,  was  born  in  Salem 
County,  and  acquired  his  education  in  the 
common  schools.  When  a  young  man  he  en- 
gaged in  the  butchering  business  in  the  town 
of  Salem,  which  he  conducted  successfully 
until  1878,  when  he  retired.  He  died  in 
Salem  in  April,  1892.  His  wife,  Sarah  A. 
Kelley,  was  a  daughter  of  Samuel  Kelley,  of 
Salem.  She  became  the  mother  of  nine  chil- 
dren, of  whom  five  lived  to  reach  maturity, 
namely:  Samuel;  Mary,  wife  of  Richard  C. 
Miller;  FZmma,  wife  of  Joseph  Powers,  of 
Salem;  William,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
and  Nellie,  wife  of  Thomas  Treen,  of  Salem. 
Both  parents  were  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church. 

William  Hires  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Salem.  When  very  young  he  be- 
came connected  with  the  clothing  business  as 


travelling  salesman  for  Searl  &  Vanneman, 
of  Philadelphia,  with  whom  he  remained  for 
ten  years.  For  the  succeeding  seven  years  he 
was  the  travelling  representative  of  Jones, 
Bechtel  &  Sheibler,  another  large  clothing: 
house  of  Philadelphia.  In  1890  he  came  to 
Bridgeton,  where  he  established  himself  in 
the  business  which  he  has  since  conducted 
with  such  marked  success.  He  is  a  nieml)er 
of  Hope  Council,  Junior  Order  of  United 
American  Mechanics,  and  of  Bridgeton  Castle, 
Knights  of  the  Golden  Eagle.  He  married 
Lillian  P.  Corliss,  daughter  of  Samuel  Cor- 
liss, and  has  three  chihh-cn  —  William  G., 
Paul,  and  Heber.  The  family  attend  the 
Presbyterian  church,  of  which  Mrs.  Hires  is  a 
member. 


RANK  BULLOCK,  the  present  City 
Marshal  of  Millville,  was  born  in 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  August  5,  1S51.  His 
grandfather,  Amos  Bullock,  a  native  of  New 
Jersey,  who  was  a  man  of  education,  followed 
the  professions  of  surveyor  and  teacher.  ]*"or 
a  time  he  was  the  Surveyor  of  Burlington 
County.  He  afterward  went  to  Baltimore, 
and  was  employed  there  as  a  teacher  for  some 
time,  subsequently  returning  to  his  native 
State.  He  was  a  nephew  of  Mr.  David  P. 
l^ullock,  of  New  Jersey,  came  of  old  Quaker 
stock,  had  nuieli  influence  in  the  .Society  of 
Friends,  and  diet!  at  Mount  I  lolly,  Burlington 
County.  His  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Sharp,  still  survives  him. 

Anthony  S.   Bullock,  a  son  of  Amos  ]3ullock 
and   the   father  of   Frank,  was   born    in    Balti- 


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more,    January   29,    1824.      In    his    childhood 
he    went    with    his   parents    to    Mount    Holly, 
where    he    was    reared    and    educated.      After 
leaving    school    he     learned    the    carpenter's 
trade.      Later  on,    in    Philadelphia,  he   served 
an    apprenticeship    to    that   of   pattern-maker, 
and  afterward  worked  at  it  in   the  employment 
of  T.  H.  Risden   &  Co.   for  twenty-six  years. 
He   was   next  employed   in   Alcott's  foundry. 
He  had  spent  more  than  a  year  here  when  he 
was  stricken  with  paralysis,  from  the  effects 
of  which  he  died,  February  11,   1893.      He  was 
joined    in  wedlock  to   Miss  Sarah   A.   Snag,  of 
l'hiladeli)hia,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  John  Snag,  of 
that    city.      They    had    five    children,    four  of 
whom  are   living.      They   were:    Adelbert   S.,  ' 
of  Florence,  N.J.  ;   Frank,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;   Barton    P.,    of   Moorestown,    N.J.  ;  an 
unnamed    child,    who    died    in    infancy;     and 
Clinton    L.,    of   Mount    Holly.       The   parents 
were  both  members  of  the   Baptist   church    in 
Philadelphia,  the  father  having  been  for  half  a 
century  an  active  and  conscientious  Christian. 
P'rank  lUillock  was  educated   in  the  public 
schools  of   Philadelphia.      At   the   age   of   six- 
teen years  lie  went  to  Mdunt  Holly  and  learned 
pai)L'r  hanging  and   house  painting,  serving  an 
ap])renticeship   of   four   years.      At    twenty  he 
embarked    in   business  for  himself,   and   soon 
built  up  quite  a  flourishing  trade,  in  which  he 
had  employed  several    men.      After   remaining 
in  Mount  Holly  until  1878   he  came  to   Mill- 
ville,  where  he  continued  in  tiie  same   line  of 
work.      In  1S87  he  was  elected  Constable  in  the 
Second  Ward.      In  this  office  he  gave  so  much 
satisfaction   that    the    following   year    he  was 


placed  upon  the  police  force.  He  was  annu- 
ally re-elected  to  this  position  until  1895, 
when  he  was  sworn  in  as  City  Marshal.  The 
double  capacity  of  Constable  and  policeman 
gave  him  power  to  enforce  law  and  order,  not 
only  in  the  town,  but  anywhere  in  the  county. 
For  three  successive  years  he  has  also  held  the 
office  of  Health  Inspector,  having  four  men 
under  his  orders.  Marshal  Bullock  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Junior  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics, 
and  has  been  appointed  delegate  to  State 
parade  of  the  Firemen's  Reli^sf  Association. 

On  February  25,  1874,  he  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Sarah  A.  Maxfield,  daughter 
of  Mr.  Charles  Maxfield,  of  Mount  Holly. 
Seven  children  have  been  born  of  the  mar- 
riage; namely,  Rosealtha  S. ,  Adelbert  C, 
F"rank  M.,  George  H.,  Amy,  Ida  May,  and 
Edith.  Mr.  Bullock  and  his  wife  are  mem- 
bers of  the  P'irst  Baptist  Church  of  Millville, 
and  reside  on  the  corner  of  Buck  ami  l-'ine 
Streets.  As  Constable,  policeman,  and  City 
Marshal,  he  has  done  much  for  his  town  and 
county.  His  mother  makes  her  home  with 
him.  -She  is  quite  an  old  lady  now,  ha\ing 
been  born  I'ebruary  8,  1824,  the  same  year  of 
her  husband's  birth. 


'RAN KLIN  SHARP,  one  of  the  younger 
farmers  of  Hopewell  township,  where 
he  owns  a  fine  farm  of  sixty-five  acres  on  the 
Beebe  Run  Road,  was  born  on  January  18, 
1853,  son  of  Cornelius  and  Deborah  (Prickett) 
Sharp.      Brazilla  Sharp,  the  great-grandfather 


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of  Franklin,  was  a  pioneer  settler  and  a 
slave-owner  of  Burlington,  N.J.  The  grand- 
parents were  Enos  and  Anna  (Seaman)  Sharp. 
Enos  Sharp  was  born  in  Burlington  County, 
where  he  used  to  tan  skins  and  make  buckskin 
breeches.  Later  he  bought  property  in  Cam- 
den County,  where  he  lived  for  some  time. 
He  then  returned  to  Burlington,  but  finally 
after  si.\  years  came  in  1850  to  this  county, 
where  he  died.  His  wife  was  born  in  Man- 
nahawkin.  Ocean  County.  She  had  four  chil- 
dren, namely:  Abigail,  who  was  the  wife  of 
Francis  Sloan,  and  died  here;  Lydia,  who 
married  William  Tice,  and  died  at  Mount 
Holly,  N.J.;  Stacey,  who  died  when  eighteen 
years  of  age;  and  Cornelius.  The  mother's 
death  also  occurred  in  this  county. 

Cornelius  Sharp,  who  has  been  a  farmer  in 
Cumberland  County  for  nearly  half  a  century, 
was  born  January  28,  1826,  in  Winslow  town- 
ship, Camden  Coimty.  He  received  his  edu- 
cation in  Camden  and  Burlington  Counties, 
and  then  worked  on  a  farm  until  he  came  to 
this  county.  Here  he  took  a  farm  in  Deer- 
field  Street  township,  and  conducted  it  for  four 
years.  He  then  located  in  the  southern  part 
of  Hopewell  township,  where  he  bought  a  fine 
farm  of  fifty-five  acres,  three  miles  distant 
from  the  city  of  Bridgeton.  On  this  place  he 
has  lived  for  twenty  years,  carrying  on  general 
antl  dairy  farming.  At  the  general  election 
he  votes  the  Democratic  ticket,  although  he 
has  been  a  member  of  the  Township  Commit- 
tee for  ten  years,  being  elected  on  the  Union 
ticket.  His  wife,  Deborah,  is  a  daughter  of 
Jacob   Prickett,   an  old   resident  of    Medford, 


Burlington  County.  Their  four  children  are: 
Franklin,  the  subject  of  this  notice;  Sarah, 
the  wife  of  John  B.  Rainmel;  George,  who  is 
at  home  on  the  farm  with  his  father;  and 
Charles,  of  this  city.  They  attend  and  sup- 
port the  Pearl  Street  Baptist  Church. 

F"ranklin  Sharp  acquired  his  education  in 
the  Dutch  Neck  school-house,  near  which  his 
father  then  lived.  Following  the  general 
custom,  he  afterward  worked  on  the  homestead 
until  he  was  twenty-one.  He  was  subse- 
quently engaged  in  farming  for  nine  or  ten 
years.  In  1887  he  bought  the  place  upon 
which  he  lives  at  present,  chiefly  occupied  in 
farming  and  trucking.  He  is  a  Democrat, 
but  as  a  rule  he  eschews  politics.  He  served 
for  one  year  as  School  Trustee.  For  the  [)ast 
two  years  Mr.  Sharp  has  worked  at  the  carpen- 
ter's trade.  He  has  a  good  shop  and  does  his 
own  work. 

In  January,  1885,  he  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Miss  Lizzie  B.  Crispin,  a  daughter  of 
Charles  Crispin,  of  Bridgeton,  a  native  ant)  a 
former  resident  of  Salem  County.  Following 
the  example  of  his  father,  he  attends  the  I'eai-j 
Street  Baptist  Church,  of  which  he  is  al.so  a 
generous  supporter. 


ILLIAM  C.  BERGER,  a  well- 
known  druggist  of  Bridgeton,  was 
born  in  Danville,  Pa.,  August  16,  1868,  son 
of  Levi  and  Christiana  (Diel)  Berger.  His 
grandfather  was  George  Berger,  a  farmer. 
Levi  Berger  was  born  in  Danville,  and  was 
educated  in  the  common  schools.     After  leav- 


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ing  school  he  bought  a  small  tract  of  wild 
land,  from  which  he  cut  the  timber,  realizing 
thereby  a  good  profit.  Encouraged  by  the 
success  of  this  venture,  he  continued  in  the 
business,  and  finally  owned  and  operated  two 
large  planing-mills.  During  the  Civil  War 
his  property  was  destroyed  by  fire.  Moving 
to  Philadelphia  in  1865,  he  invented  an  eaves- 
trough,  which  became  extensively  used.  He 
later  invented  other  roof  appliances,  which  he 
manufactured  in  connection  with  his  first 
patent,  the  business  developing  into  large  pro- 
portions; and  he  continued  to  superintend  his 
enterprise  until  his  death,  which  took  place 
in  18S4.  His  wife,  Christiana,  became  the 
mother  of  five  children,  as  follows:  Leander; 
Annie,  wife  of  George  S.  Bennett,  of  Spring 
City,  Pa.;  Lillie,  wife  of  Clarence  Hinch- 
man,  of  Westmont,  N.J.;  William  C;  and 
Frank.  The  parents  of  our  subject  attended 
the  German  Lutheran  church  in  Camden, 
N.J.,  of  which  the  father  was  organist. 

William  C.  Berger  acquired  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Philadelphia.  After 
finishing  his  studies  he  found  employment 
with  his  father,  and  remained  with  him  until 
the  latter' s  death.  He  then  engaged  as  a 
travelling  salesman  for  his  brother-in-law, 
G.  S.  Bennett,  and  was  thus  occupied  for  about 
two  years.  In  1889  he  settled  in  Bridgeton, 
and  established  himself  in  the  drug  business, 
which  he  has  since  successfully  conducted. 

He  married  Mary  Horton,  daughter  of 
James  Horton,  of  Bridgeton.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Berger  are  members  of  the  Commerce  Street 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 


NDREW  H.  WILLSON,  a  well-known 
agriculturist  and  a  prominent  and  es- 
teemed citizen  of  Landis,  was  born 
February  28,  1861,  in  Allamuchy,  Warren 
County,  son  of  Isaac  and  Eviline  (Newton) 
Willson.  He  is  a  representative  of  an  old 
and  respected  family  of  Allamuchy.  His 
great-grandfather,  Gabrielle  Willson,  followed 
the  occupation  of  general  farmer  at  Hardwick, 
in  the  northern  part  of  Warren  County.  Ga- 
brielle's  son  Henry,  who  was  born  in  Alla- 
muchy, April  27,  1799,  received  his  early  ed- 
ucation in  the  district  schools  of  his  native 
town.  On  leaving  school  he  learned  shoe- 
making.  Later  he  acquired  a  knowledge  of 
weaving,  in  which  he  was  engaged  during  his 
entire  subsequent  life.  After  his  marriage  he 
gave  considerable  attention  to  farming  in 
Warren  County  until  his  removal  in  1863  to 
Vineland.  On  January  9,  1833,  he  was  joined 
in  wedlock  with  Miss  Elizabeth  Hance,  a 
daughter  of  Sylvanus  Hance,  of  Valley  Forge, 
in  Randolph  township,  Morris  County.  The 
union  was  blessed  in  the  birth  of  one  child, 
Isaac.  Both  belonged  to  the  Society  of 
Friends.  They  are  now  deceased.  Henry 
Willson  died  in  November,  1872. 

Isaac  Willson,  who  was  also  a  native  of 
Allamuchy,  born  January  16,  1834,  obtained 
his  education  in  the  district  schools  of  his  na- 
tive town.  When  nineteen  years  of  age  he 
commenced  to  learn  the  butcher's  trade,  which 
he  afterward  followed  for  a  few  years.  He 
then  applied  himself  to  the  pursuit  of  agri- 
culture at  the  old  homestead  until  the  spring 
of  1863,   when   he   and   his   family  removed   to 


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523 


Vineland.  He  there  purchased  a  farm  of 
thirty  acres,  which  he  has  since  devoted  to 
the  cultivation  of  fruit  and  general  vegetable 
produce.  By  his  wife,  Eviline,  a  daughter  of 
Isaac  Newton,  he  became  the  father  of  three 
children  —  Andrew  H.,  Annie,  and  Cather- 
ine. Catherine  is  now  the  wife  of  Herbert 
Fish,  of  Vineland.  Isaac  Willson  is  well 
known  in  the  vicinity,  and  participates  ac- 
tively in  town  affairs  and  in  the  general  social 
gatherings  of  the  community.  He  is  affili- 
ated with  the  fraternity  of  Odd  Fellows  in 
Hobah  Lodge.  His  religious  belief  is  that 
of  the  Society  of  Friends,  of  which  he  is  a 
member.  Andrew  H.  Willson  was  educated 
in  the  district  schools  of  Landis.  For  a 
short  time  after  he  was  employed  as  a  clerk 
in  a  store.  Subsequently  he  resided  with  his 
parents  until  his  marriage.  Just  previous  to 
the  latter  event  he  purchased  his  present  farm 
of  thirty-one  acres,  which  he  has  since  culti- 
vated, and  on  which  he  now  makes  a  specialty 
of  raising  sweet  potatoes. 

On  April  23,  1888,  he  wedded  Miss  Edith 
Winchester,  a  daughter  of  John  Winchester, 
of  South  Vineland;  and  he  has  now  one  child, 
Raymond  Willson.  Mr.  Willson  has  been 
prominent  in  the  affairs  of  his  town  and 
county.  When  twenty-four  years  of  age  he 
was  a  candidate  on  the  Prohibition  ticket  for 
the  office  of  Representative  to  the  State  As- 
sembly. In  1895  he  was  elected  to  the  posi- 
tion of  Town  Clerk.  Mr.  Willson  is  a  Good 
Templar,  having  membership  in  the  lodge  at 
South  Vineland.  In  that  order  he  was  Grand 
Treasurer  of  the  State  for  three  years,  Grand 


Secretary  for  a  like  period,  and  State  Deputy 
to  the  Grand  Lodge  for  two  years.  In  politi- 
cal belief  he  is  a  Prohibitionist;  while  he  at- 
tends religious  services  at  the  Swedenborgian 
Church,  of  which  his  wife  is  a  member. 


ALl-.P  L.  PAXX'OAST,  the  proprie- 
tor of  a  variety  store  in  Bridgeton, 
was  born  March  10,  1843,  near  Pem- 
berton,  Burlington  County,  son  of  Samuel 
F.  and  Mary  (Asay)  Pancoast.  Samuel  F. 
Pancoast,  who  followed  agricultural  pursuits 
during  the  greater  part  of  his  life,  had  his 
birth  near  Woodstown,  Salem  County,  and 
received  his  education  at  the  common  schools 
in  that  vicinity.  He  married  Miss  Mary  Asay, 
a  daughter  of  Samuel  Asay,  who  was  a  resident 
of  Burlington  County.  Samuel  Asay  served 
in  the  Revolutionary  War.  .Samuel  F.  Pan- 
coast  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church,  and  he  served  on  the 
Board  of  Trustees  and  was  su]ierintendent  of 
the  Sunday-school.  They  had  four  children; 
namely,  Caleb  L. ,  Rachel  A.,  Charles  H.  G., 
and  Samuel  M.  Rachel  A.  was  the  first  wife 
of  Robert  Cassidy.  The  father  was  affiliated 
with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  being  a  mem- 
ber of  Harmony  Lodge,  No.  56. 

Caleb  L.  Pancoast  received  his  education  in 
the  common  schools  of  his  native  town.  He 
afterward  worked  w-ith  his  father  on  the  farm 
until  1875,  when  he  came  to  Bridgeton  and 
engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits.  In  18S1  he 
established  a  general  variety  store,  which  he 
has  conducted  prosperously  to  the  present  time. 


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His  stand  is  the  oldest  one  of  the  kind  in  the 
city.  On  October  6,  1864,  he  married  Mary 
Bates,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  Bates,  of  Glouces- 
ter County.  They  have  had  seven  children, 
of  whom  six  arc  living;  namely,  Mary,  Sam- 
uel 15.,  Amanda  A.,  Isabelle  F.,  Lydia  A., 
and  Ella  M.  Mary  is  the  wife  of  Frank  L. 
Sayre,  and  Amanda  A.  is  the  wife  of  Samuel 
W.  Fifer.  Mr.  Pancoast  is  a  member  of  the 
Harmony  Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias.  In  re- 
ligious belief  both  he  and  Mrs.  Pancoast  are 
Methodists,  being  connected  with  the  Bridge- 
ton  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  is  very 
actively  engaged  in  the  various  lines  of  Chris- 
tian work  as  conducted  by  that  society,  and  is 
class  leader  and  superintendent  of  the  Sabbath- 
school. 

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ISAAC  ADCOCK  DU  BOIS,  an  es- 
teemed resident  of  Millville  and  a 
veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  was  born 
September  30,  1842,  in  Allovvay,  Salem 
County,  son  of  Jedcdiah  and  Ann  H.  (Ad- 
cock)  I)u  Bois.  His  father,  a  native  of  Upper 
Pitt's  (irove,  Salem  County,  was  educated  in 
the  common  schools.  When  a  young  man  Jed- 
ediah  was  employed  in  a  country  store.  In 
1845  he  bought  a  farm  of  about  one  hundred 
acres,  which  he  cultivated  successfully  for  the 
rest  of  his  life,  which  ended  in  1S54.  His 
wife,  Ann  H.  Adcock,  was  a  daughter  of  Isaac 
Adcock,  of  what  is  now  the  town  of  Elmer, 
Salem  County.  Of  his  seven  children  three 
reached  maturity;  namely,  Isaac  A.,  Wilford 
O. ,  and  Charles  S. 

Isaac  Adcock  Du  Bois  attended  the  common 


schools  of  Upper  Pitt's  Grove,  and  resided  at 
home  until  he  was  twenty  years  old.  In  Au- 
gust, 1862,  he  enlisted  for  the  Civil  War  as 
a  private  in  Company  H,  Twelfth  Regiment, 
New  Jersey  Volunteer  Infantry.  The  regi- 
ment was  assigned  to  the  Army  of  the  Poto- 
mac, and  participated  in  various  battles.  At 
the  battle  of  Gettysburg  the  bone  of  Mr.  Du 
Bois's  right  leg  was  shattered.  After  several 
months'  confinement  in  the  hospital  he  re- 
joined his  regiment,  and  was  discharged  as  a 
Corporal  in  June,  1S65.  He  then  went  to 
Vineland,  and  was  there  engaged  in  the  livery 
business  until  1871,  when  he  sold  his  estab- 
lishment there  and  bought  a  flour-mill  in 
Malaga,  N.J.  This  he  disposed  of  some  eigh- 
teen months  later,  and  in  C!a)'ton,  N.J.,  re- 
entered the  livery  business,  at  the  same  time 
taking  a  mail  and  express  route.  After  four 
years  he  sold  out  again  and  bought  a  tin  and 
hardware  store,  which  he  carried  on  for  two 
years.  He  then  came  to  Millville,  buying  the 
stage  line  running  between  this  city  and 
Bridgeton.  He  conducted  this  business  suc- 
cessfully until  the  completion  of  the  elec- 
tric road  in  1893,  when  he  retired  from  active 
occupation.  While  residing  in  Clayton  he  was 
elected  Assessor  three  times.  He  also  served 
as  a  F'reeholder  of  Cumberland  County  for  two 
years. 

On  May  12,  1871,  Mr.  Du  Bois  wedded 
Harriet  L.  Hitchner,  daughter  of  John  Hitch- 
ner,  of  Greenville,  Salem  County.  He  is 
widely  and  favorably  known  throughout  this 
section  as  a  reliable  business  man  and  a 
worthy  and   ujiright  citizen.      P'or  over  thirty 


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years  he  was  a  member  of  Hobah  Lodge, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Vine- 
land,  and  he  was  also  connected  with  Millville 
Encampment. 


jHARLES  ELLSWORTH  HOYER, 
a  resident  of  Vineland  and  an  account- 
ant in  the  employ  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad,  was  born  at  Reading,  Pa.,  July 
9,  1861,  a  son  of  Henry  and  Kathrine  E. 
(Gaeganheimer)  Hoyer,  his  father  being  also 
a  native  of  that  city.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Reading,  and  in  1S91  en- 
tered the  employment  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad,  where  he  is  still  engaged  in  the 
car-record  room.  In  1892  he  purchased  an 
estate  of  ten  acres  in  Vineland;  and  in  the 
following  year  he  removed  to  this  township, 
where  he  still  resides.  On  March  19,  1889, 
Mr.  Hoyer  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Sarah  A.  Pike,  a  daughter  of  Frank  B.  Pike, 
of  Philadelphia.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hoyer  are 
very  popular  in  the  townshijj,  their  social 
c|ualities  making  them  many  friends. 


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EORGE  HAMPTON,  of  the  firm 
\j^J_  Hampton  &  Fithian,  attorneys-at- 
law,  Hridgeton,  was  born  here  February  14, 
1869,  son  of  Charles  G.  and  Mary  Ann  (Er- 
rickson)  Hampton.  Henry  Hampton,  the 
great-grandfather  of  the  young  Hridgeton 
lawyer,  was  a  native  of  Cedarville,  Cumber- 
land County,  and  a  graduate  of  the  University 
of   Pennsylvania.      He  married   Sarah   Harris, 


daughter  of  Isaac  Harris   and   his  wife,  Ruth 
Ogden,  of  Cedarville,   N.J. 

Henry,  the  grandfather  of  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  was  born  at  Manantico  on  the 
Maurice  River.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  there 
is  but  a  brief  record  of  his  simple  country 
life. 

Charles  G.  Hampton  was  born  in  Millville, 
this  county.  He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  that  place,  in  Shiloh  Academy,  and 
in  the  State  Normal  School  of  Trenton,  N.J. 
From  the  latter  institution  he  received  a  di- 
ploma. After  his  graduation  he  accepted  a 
position  as  instructor  in  the  Giles  Street 
School  of  Hridgeton,  where  he  remained  for 
some  years.  He  afterward  taught  for  a  short 
time  in  Salem,  N.J.,  after  which  he  had 
charge  of  the  Hank  Street  School  in  ]5ridge- 
ton  until  1875.  In  that  year  he  was  elected 
Sheriff  of  Cumberland  County  for  a  term  of 
three  years.  He  represented  Ward  i  in  the 
Common  Council  for  a  time,  and  was  Judge 
of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  during  Gov- 
ernor Leon  Abbott's  first  term  of  office.  His 
valuable  services  in  this  last  cajiacity  received 
due  recognition  by  a  reappointment  on  the  ex- 
piration of  his  first  term  of  five  years.  In  his 
second  term  he  resigned  in  order  to  accept  the 
office  of  county  superintendent  of  schools,  for 
which  he  was  well  adapted  both  by  education 
and  practical  knowledge.  This  office  he  filled 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  February  22, 
1895.  He  married  Miss  Mary  Ann  Errick- 
son,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Thomas  and  Anna 
Buck  Westcott  PZrrickson,  of  Leesburg,  and 
became  the  father  of  three  children.      Of  these 


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two  are  living:  George,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch;  and  Wary  B.  W.,  the  wife  of  Mr. 
Frank  A.  Brown,  of  Cranbury,  Middlesex 
County,  N.J.  The  mother,  who  survives  her 
husband,  is  a  communicant  of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian Church  of  Bridgcton. 

George  Hampton  obtained  his  elementary 
educatifin  in  the  public  schools  of  l^ridgeton. 
He  subsequently  studied  at  the  West  Jersey 
Academy,  from  which  in  due  time  he  gradu- 
ated. After  leaving  the  academy  he  read  law 
in  the  office  of  Potter  &  Nixon,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  during  the  November  term  of 
the  Supreme  Court  in  1S94.  He  remained 
in  Colonel  Potter's  office  as  his  assistant  until 
September,  1895,  when  he  formed  his  present 
partnership  with  Mr.  J.  Hampton  P^ithian. 
The  families  of  both  are  well  known  and 
highly  respected  in  Ikidgeton. 

Mr.  Hampton  is  a  member  of  Lodge  No. 
129,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of 
which  he  is  Past  Grand  Master;  of  Colanthc 
Lodge,  No.  103,  Knights  of  Pythias;  of  Hope 
Council,  Junior  Order  of  United  American 
Mechanics;  and  of  Tewah  Tribe,  No.  197,  Im- 
proved Order  of  Red  Men.  Though  not  yet 
thirty  years  of  age,  Mr.  Hampton  has  already 
made  his  mark  in  politics.  He  is  the  present 
Chairman  of  the  Cumberland  County  Demo- 
cratic Executive  Committee. 


ll^lELSON    PKRCIVAL   HOWELL,    the 
President  of  the  Millville  City  Coun- 
cil, was  born    in   Baltimore,   Md., 
June  6,   i860,  son  of  Richard  L.  and  Charlotte 


E.  (Davis)  Howell.  Mr.  Howell's  grand- 
father, Lewis  Howell,  who  was  born  Decem- 
ber 24,  1801,  in  Shiloh,  this  county,  taught 
school  and  was  also  engaged  in  farming  at  the 
old  homestead,  where  he  resided  for  the  greater 
portion  of  his  life.  Five  years  previous  to  his 
death  he  retired  from  active  labor,  and  spent 
his  last  days  among  his  children.  He  was 
Township  Assessor  during  most  of  his  active 
period,  and  was  for  many  years  a  F"reeho]der  of 
the  county.  He  married  Mary  Fithian,  daugh- 
ter of  Philip  P'ithian;  and  his  children  were  : 
Richard  L. ,  Philip,  Anna,  Alexander,  Sarah, 
Lewis,  and  Samuel.  Anna  is  now  deceased. 
Sarah  is  the  wife  of  Jay  Antrim.  The  parents 
were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

Richard  L.  Howell,  Mr.  Howell's  father, 
was  born  at  the  family  homestead  in  Hopewell 
township,  June  29,  1S34.  His  education  was 
begun  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  completed  with  courses  at  the  P'nion 
Academy  in  Shiloh  and  at  a  private  boarding- 
school  in  Mount  Holly.  He  then  took  up 
civil  engineering  and  teaching,  and  followed 
both  occupations  for  several  years.  The  fol- 
lowing two  years  were  sj^ent  in  mercantile  pur- 
suits in  Baltimore.  In  i  S67  he  returned  to 
Shiloh,  and  after  filling  the  position  of  princi- 
pal of  the  Furnace  School  for  five  years,  was 
appointed  in  1872  county  superintendent  of 
schools.  The  responsible  duties  of  this  office 
were  ably  discharged  by  him  for  the  succeed- 
ing six  years.  In  iScSo  he  accepted  the  posi- 
tion of  Secretary  of  the  Millville  Mutual  In- 
surance Company,  and  held  that  office  for  five 
years.     At  the  end  of  that  time  he  retired  to  a 


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fruit  farm  of  fifty  acres,  and  has  since  devoted 
his  energies  to  its  cultivation.  He  raises  an- 
nually about  twenty  thousand  quarts  of  straw- 
berries and  one  hundred  thousand  head  of 
celery,  besides  a  considerable  quantity  of  other 
vegetables.  He  represented  the  First  Ward 
in  the  City  Council  for  three  years,  serving  as 
President  of  that  body  during  the  last  year; 
and  he  was  City  Recorder  for  five  years.  In 
politics  he  has  always  earnestly  supported  the 
principles  of  the  Republican  party.  In  1858 
he  married  Charlotte  E.  Davis,  of  Shiloh. 
Two  children  were  born  of  the  union,  namely: 
Nelson  P.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and 
Harold  D.  The  mother  died  in  1861,  and  in 
1864  he  entered  a  second  marriage,  contracted 
with  Sarah  D.,  daughter  of  Joseph  Watts,  of 
Burlington,  Burlington  County.  She  bore 
him  two  children  —  Charlotte  E.  and  Lewis 
A.  Charlotte  E.  is  the  wife  of  Edmund  Busck, 
of  New  York  City.  Mrs.  Richard  E.  Howell 
is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

Nelson  Percival  Howell  attended  the  com- 
mon schools  and  the  high  school  in  Vineland. 
His  studies  were  completed  under  the  personal 
supervision  of  his  father.  At  the  age  of  eigh- 
teen he  was  well  qualified  to  teach,  and  after 
engaging  in  that  occupation  for  one  year  in 
Newport,  N.J.,  and  for  the  same  length  of 
time  in  Vineland,  he  entered  the  employ  of 
Whitall,  Tatum  &  Co.,  as  shipping  clerk. 
One  year  later  he  was  advanced  to  the  head  of 
that  department,  subsequently  remaining  with 
that  firm  until  1895.  On  May  4,  1895,  Mr. 
Howell  opened  the  Albemarle  Billiard  Parlors, 
which    are    elegantly   equipped  and  furnished, 


and  have  proved  quite  a  profitable  investment. 
He  has  taken  much  interest  in  public  affairs, 
and  since  reaching  his  majority  he  has  done 
good  service  for  the  Republican  party,  of 
which  he  is  a  stanch  supporter.  In  1892 
Ward  I  elected  him  a  member  of  the  City 
Council,  where  he  displayed  unusual  knowl- 
edge and  exceedingly  sound  judgment  in  the 
administration  of  the  city's  business.  In  his 
work  upon  the  various  committees,  including 
those  on  Roads,  Finance,  and  Water,  of  which 
he  was  Chairman,  he  made  such  a  favorable 
impression  among  the  voters  as  to  cause  his 
re-election  in  1895;  and  when  the  Council 
was  reorganized  he  was  chosen  its  President. 


ILLIAM  JOHN  KIENZLE,  rail- 
way mail  clerk  of  the  Second  Di- 
vision, Un-ited  States  Railway  Mail  Service, 
is  a  well-known  resident  of  Bridgeton,  N.J., 
where  he  was  born  on  January  12,  1861.  His 
parents  were  Jacob  and  Caroline  R.  (Greotz- 
inger)  Kienzle. 

Jacob  Kienzle,  the  father,  was  born  at  Kirch- 
enharthoff,  Wurtembcrg,  Germany,  January 
29,  1830.  Until  the  age  of  twelve  he  studied 
in  the  public  schools.  He  then  went  to  Zur- 
ich, Switzerland,  where  he  worked  one  year, 
taking  his  first  lessons  in  the  art  of  tanning, 
going  thence  to  Winnenden,  Germany,  to 
serve  a  three  years'  apprenticeshi])  at  the  same 
trade.  On  October  6,  1846,  he  received  his 
diploma;  and  in  the  same  year  he  emigrated 
to  Philadelphia,  there  pursuing  his  chosen 
occupation  for   two   years.      In    1849,    at    the 


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beginning  of  the  gold  fever,  he  was  prompted 
to  go  to  Hig  Oak  Flat,  Tuolumne  County,  Cal., 
where  he  struck  a  claim,  at  which  he  worked 
successfully  for  two  years.  His  enterprising 
nature  then  led  him  to  establish  a  bakery, 
which  proved  a  prosperous  investment.  Three 
years  later,  however,  he  abandoned  the  busi- 
ness, and  again  worked  his  claim  until  1857, 
when  he  returned  to  Philadelphia.  He  ne.xt 
bought  the  tannery  of  Keen  &  Klum,  in 
Hridgeton,  for  which  he  paid  fifty-five  hun- 
dred dollars  in  gold,  which  he  had  milled 
at  the  Philadelphia  mint.  He  continued  the 
tannery  until  his  death.  He  also  managed  a 
large  soap  manufactory;  and  during  his  resi- 
dence in  Ikidgeton  he  gradually  acquired  an 
interest  in  shipping,  becoming  finally  to  be 
one  of  the  largest  ship-owners  in  the  county. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Jacob  Kienzle  was  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  St. 
John  Lutheran  Church,  which  he  served  as 
President  and  Treasurer.  He  held  the  office 
of  Elder  from  its  inception,  being  one  of  the 
foremost  organizers  of  the  church.  It  was 
largely  due  to  his  instrumentality  that  the 
German  Heneficial  .Society  was  formed.  He 
was  a  member  of  Evening  Star  Lodge,  A.  l". 
&  A.  M.,  Brearly  Chapter,  No.  6,  and  Olivet 
Commandcry,  No.   10. 

In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  and  was 
elected  to  represent  Ward  3  in  the  Common 
Council,  which  body,  with  the  exception  of 
one  term,  he  served  for  twelve  continuous 
years.  He  was  active  in  securing  the  city 
charter  for  Bridgeton  ;  and  for  eight  years  he 
was  connected   with   the   Board  of  Education, 


taking   a   deep   interest    in   the   welfare  of   the 
public  schools,    being  one  of    the   most  ener- 
getic   advocates    for    the    erection    of    a    new 
school  building    in  Ward    3.      He    was  Treas- 
urer of  the   Bridgeton    Board   of   Trade.      As  a 
member    of  the  first   Water  Committee  of   the 
Council,  he  inspected  systems  of  water  works 
in     Delaware    and    Pennsylvania.       A     model 
water    plant     was    subsequently    established ; 
but  previously    a    company  of    gentlemen,    in- 
cluding  himself,    employed    an    engineer    and 
had   the    city    surveyed    for    a     water    system. 
Maps    were  procured,    and   a   charter   from    the 
legislature    empowering    them    to    establish    a 
plant,  all   of  which  was   secured  at  much   cost 
to  themselves.      When  it  was  thought  by  Mr. 
Kienzle    that    the   city   should    have    its    own 
plant    they    dropped    the    enterprise,    without 
compensation  for  their  loss,  and  acted  in  con- 
junction with   the  Council    in    establishing  the 
same,    making   it   a   great   success.      The   erec- 
tion of  the  Broad   Street    Bridge  was  another 
enterprise    with    which    Mr.    Kienzle,    in    his 
official  capacity,  had  much  to  do.      He  served 
on    the    important    Visiting    Committee,    the 
Committee  for   Building  and    Repairs,    and   as 
Chairman    of     the    Finance    Committee.      For 
many  years  he  was  a  Director  of  the  Bridge- 
port   National    Bank.      He  enjoyed    the    close 
personal  friendship  of  the  late  Governor  Ab- 
bett  and  other  State  officials,  being  for  several 
years  a  member  of  the  State  Democratic  Com- 
mittee for  this  district. 

In  September,  1857,  Jacob  Kienzle  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Caroline  R., 
daughter    of    Jonathan    Greotzinger,    of    Phil- 


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adelphia.  They  had  seven  children,  five 
of  whom  are  now  living:  Annie  S.  married 
George  C.  Ludy,  of  Philadelphia;  William 
John;  Henry  C.  ;  Franklin  F.  ;  and  Oscar  J. 
Kienzle.  Mrs.  Kienzle,  the  mother,  died  on 
March  30,  1882.  The  father  died  on  March 
29,  1895,  at  the  age  of  sixty-five  years.  Al- 
though under  great  personal  business  pressure 
he  was  always  ready  to  answer  the  call  of  the 
people  to  the  needs  of  city  or  State.  His 
unselfish  life  is  worthy  of  emulation. 

William  J.  Kienzle  was  one  of  the  earliest 
born  of  the  group  of  seven  children.  After 
acquiring  a  common-school  education  he  pur- 
sued more  advanced  studies,  and  was  grad- 
uated from  West  Jersey  Academy  in  the  class 
of  1S70,  and  from  Tremont  Seminary,  Norris- 
town.  Pa.,  in  1872.  He  then  learned  the 
trade  of  tanner  in  I.ancaster,  Pa.,  where  he 
remained  two  years,  completing  his  appren- 
ticeship in  Newport,  Pa.,  a  year  and  a  half 
later.  In  1880  he  came  to  Bridgeton  to  take 
charge  of  his  father's  tanner)'.  Five  years 
afterward  he  went  to  Furopc,  visiting  Bremen, 
Berlin,  F'rankfort  on  the  Main,  his  father's 
early  home  in  Kirchenharthoff,  Wiirtemberg, 
also  Baden-Baden  and  Hamburg.  Returning 
to  Bridgeton  in  June,  1SS5,  he  again  managed 
the  tannery;  but  a  year  later  he  enteretl  the 
railwa)-  mail  service,  where  he  is  still  cm- 
ployed.  In  1886  he  removed  to  Port  Norris, 
N.J.,  remaining  there  until  1S90,  when  he 
went  to  South  Amboy,  and  in  1893  resumed 
his  residence  in  Bridgeton. 

Mr.  Kienzle  is  a  member  of  Kvening  Star 
Lodge,   No.    97,    A.    F.    &   A.    M.  ;    Bridgeton 


Lodge,  No.  129,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows;  and  is  Past  Sachem  of  Idaho  Tribe, 
No.  51,  I.  O.  Red  Men,  of  Port  Norris,  N.J. 
On  May  18,  1887,  he  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Mary  E. ,  daughter  of  George 
Kinkle,  of  Bridgeton.  They  had  two  children 
—  Jacob  and  Annie  Kienzle.  Mr.  Kienzle  is 
a  member  of  the  German  Lutheran  church. 


/[JTeORGE  MICHAELS  CHESTER,  a 
\f£J_^  veteran  of  the  Civil  War  and  one 
of  the  thriving  business  men  of  Commer- 
cial township,  N.J.,  holding  office  as  No- 
tary Public  and  Commissioner  of  Deeds,  was 
born  in  Haddonfield,  Camden  County,  this 
State,  April  5,  1837,  son  of  Juhn  Wesley  and 
Mary  D.  (Sheld(ni)  Chestei-.  The  family-  is 
of  English  origin,  its  founder  in  America 
having  emigrated  in  the  seventeenth  century 
and  settled  at  Pensauken  Creek  in  Burlington 
County,  New  Jersey.  Chester  township  was 
named  for  this  family.  Mr.  Chester's  great- 
grandfather, Heywood  Chester,  was  a  pioneer 
farmer  in  Magnolia;  and  his  son  James  be- 
came a  large  farmer  and  extensive  lumber 
dealer  of  Woodbury,  N.J.,  where  he  acted  as 
Lay  Judge  and  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  many 
years.  He  married  for  his  first  wife  Rebecca 
Oakes,  who  bore  him  fourteen  children;  and 
by  a  second  marriage  he  reared  three  children. 
John  Wesley  Chester  was  a  son  of  James 
Chester.  He  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  at  his 
father's  home,  on  what  was  then  Coates 
Street,  now  F'airmount  Avenue.  When  very 
young  he  went  to  live  with  his  uncle,  Samuel 


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Chester,  in  Washington,  D.  C,  where  he  ac-, 
quired  the  greater  part  of  his  education. 
After  leaving  school  he  returned  to  New  Jer- 
sey, and  for  a  time  assisted  his  father  in  clear- 
ing a  four-hundred-and-fifty-acre  farm  at  what 
is  now  Robbs  Station,  Camden  County.  At 
the  age  of  twenty-two  he  went  to  Magnolia, 
where  he  engaged  in  carrying  on  a  large  farm 
which  was  formerly  the  property  of  his  great- 
grandfather. He  resided  in  that  neighborhood 
for  many  years,  or  until  the  year  previous  to 
his  death,  when  he  removed  to  Pine  Grove, 
where  he  died  in  1864.  He  was  an  earnest 
supporter  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
with  which  he  was  connected  for  many  years; 
and  he  officiated  as  a  local  preacher. 

His  wife,  Mary  D.  Sheldon,  whom  he 
wedded  in  1833,  was  a  daughter  of  Lemuel 
Sheldon,  of  Camden  County.  Mr.  Sheldon 
began  to  learn  the  blacksmith's  trade  in  his 
youth  at  Port  Elizabeth,  N.J.,  and  finished  his 
apprenticship  in  Wheeling,  W.  Va.  He  then 
settled  in  Turnersviile,  Camden  County,  where 
he  established  himself  in  business,  and  resided 
there  for  the  major  portion  of  his  life.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  John  Wesley  Chester  reared  six  chil- 
dren, two  of  whom  are  living,  namely:  George 
M.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and  Sarah  D., 
who  is  the  widow  of  William  Hede.  The 
others  were;  Josiah;  Lemuel  D.  ;  Jcjhn  H.  , 
and  Rebecca  O. ,  who  was  the  wife  of  John 
Richards.  Mrs.  John  W.  Chester  died  in 
April,  1884,  aged  eighty-one.  She  possessed 
many  estimable  traits  of  character,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  for 
si.xty-four  years. 


George  Michaels  Chester  required  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Camden 
County,  and  after  completing  his  course  of 
study  he  began  life  as  a  clerk  in  Philadelphia, 
where  he  remained  for  one  year.  During  the 
succeeding  two  years  he  was  employed  in  the 
same  capacity  in  Camden,  N.J.  ;  and  he  then 
became  connected  with  the  meat  business  in 
Millville,  where  he  resided  for  some  three 
years.  He  next  engaged  in  teaching  school, 
which  became  his  principal  occupation  for 
several  years,  first  presiding  over  schools  at 
Chestnut  Ridge  and  Port  Norris.  While  in 
the  last-named  place  and  also  when  at  Divid- 
ing Creek,  he  travelled  seven  miles  daily  to 
and  from  school,  usually  walking  the  whole 
distance  each  way.  On  September  16,  1862, 
he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Compan\'  G, 
Twenty-fourtii  Regiment,  New  Jersey  Volun- 
teers, which  was  attached  to  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac.  A  severe  wound  at  the  battle  of 
Fredericksburg  caused  the  loss  of  two  fingers 
and  a  portion  of  the  left  hand,  and  he  was 
confined  in  the  hospital  until  mustered  out 
with  his  regiment,  June  29,  1863.  After  his 
return  from  the  war  he  resumed  teaching,  and 
later  went  to  Johnson  County,  Missouri,  where 
he  remained  for  sixteen  months,  three  months 
of  which  he  taught  school,  the  other  thirteen 
being  s]ient  in  a  lumber  \'ard.  Returning  to 
New  Jersey  in  1871,  he  took  charge  of  a 
school  at  Port  Norris  for  one  winter  term. 
He  then  became  station  agent  and  telegraph 
operator  at  Mauricetown  station  on  the  Cum- 
berland &  Maurice  River  Railway,  where  he 
continued   for    eight    years,    during  this    time 


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53* 


serving  as  Assistant  Postmaster  for  two 
years,  Postmaster  for  one  year,  and  as  a  Jus- 
tice of  the  Peace  and  School  Trustee.  He 
also  engaged  in  the  grocery  and  provision 
business,  keeping  a  large  store,'  and  was  one 
of  the  principal  shippers  of  country  produce  to 
Philadelphia  in  that  locality.  In  1880  he  re- 
moved to  Magnolia,  Camden  County,  where  he 
was  station  agent  for  the  Reading  Railroad 
Company  for  si.\  months;  and  at  the  expira- 
tion of  that  time  he  came  to  Mauricetown  and 
engaged  in  the  fire  and  life  insurance  business, 
also  establishing  an  ice-cream  business,  which 
he  has  since  carried  on  with  profit.  He  was 
appointed  a  Notary  Public  and  Commissioner 
of  Deeds  in  1S94,  and  he  has  served  upon  the 
Board  of  Registration  for  the  past  five  years. 

On  May  2,  1858,  Mr.  Chester  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Harriet  Elkinton  Bradbury.  She 
is  a  daughter  of  John  W.  Bradbury,  who  was 
born  in  Salem,  April  7,  180S,  son  of  Ezra 
Bradbury,  and  who  taught  school  for  a  greater 
part  of  his  life,  his  last  years  being  jjassed  as 
a  broom-maker.  He  married  Rhoda,  daughter 
of  James  Buleter,  M.D.,  who  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1813.  They  reared  a  family  of  six 
chililren,  as  follows:  Harriet  K.  (Mrs.  Ches- 
ter), who  was  born  January  11,  1839;  Mary 
D.,  who  was  burn  July  31,  1840;  Rhoda  B., 
wiio  was  born  April  16,  1843;  Emma  C,  who 
was  born  April  4,  1S47;  John,  who  was  born 
June  7,  1S49;  'T"*^'  William,  wdio  was  born 
February  2,  1854.  Mr.  Bradbury  was  a 
Quaker  until  his  marriage. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chester  have  had  five  children, 
two  of  whom  are  living,  namely:  George  M., 


Jr.;  and  John  W.  The  others  were:  Mary 
D.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty  years; 
Hattic  B. ,  who  died  at  the  age  of  three  years; 
and  one  who  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Chester  has  been  connected  with  Sheki- 
nah  Lodge,  No.  58,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Mill- 
ville,  since  1869;  and  he  also  belongs  to  Port 
Norris  Council,  No.  103,  Junior  Order  of 
United  American  Mechanics.  Both  he  and 
his  wife  are  very  popular  socially.  They  are 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 


AMES  LARISON  VAN  SYEKEL,  at- 
torney and  counsel lor-at-law  of  Bridge- 
ton,  was  born  June  8,  1848,  in  Hunter- 
don County,  New  Jersey,  son  of  Elijah  and 
Hannah  (Barber)  Van  Syekel.  His  great- 
grandfather, Aaron  Van  Syekel,  a  native  of 
Holland,  on  one  occasion  in  the  course  of  the 
Revolutionary  War  rendered  valuable  assist- 
ance to  General  Washington  when  he  was  in 
camp  at  Morristown,  N.J.,  and  in  need  of  pro- 
visions and  other  things.  Aaron's  son  John, 
the  grandfather  of  James  L.,  was  a  wealthy 
land-owner  of  Union  township  and  the  last 
slave-holder  of  Hunterdon  County.  John  Van 
Syekel  married  Katherine  Larison. 

Elijah  \'an  Syekel,  the  father  of  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  was  born  on  the  farm  in 
Hunterdon  County,  which  was  also  his  father's 
birthplace,  and  grew  to  maturity  amid  the 
scenes  familiar  to  his  father's  childhood.  He 
received  a  district-school  education,  making 
the  most  of  his  advantages.  At  the  time  of 
his    marriage    his    father    gave    him     a    farm. 


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After  his  father's  death  he  moved  back  to  the 
homestead,  where  he  spent  the  rest  of  his 
life,  and  died  in  1S91.  He  was  widely 
known  and  respected,  and  served  the  com- 
munity as  School  Trustee.  His  wife,  who 
was  a  daughter  of  Phineas  Barber,  of  Warren 
County,  bore  him  nine  children,  namely: 
Phineas  B. ,  a  Presbyterian  clergyman,  now 
retired;  John,  who  died  in  Colorado  in  1891  ; 
Keziah,  the  w-ife  of  John  Hartpence;  Mary, 
who  also  married;  Jennie,  the  wife  of  Isaac 
T.  Robbins;  Louisa,  the  wife  of  the  Rev. 
John  Harding;  James  L. ,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch ;  Stephen,  the  President  of  the  Com- 
mercial Gaslight  and  P'uel  Company  of  New 
York  City;  and  Rachel.  Both  parents  were 
Presbyterians. 

James  Larison  Van  Syekel  attended  the  dis- 
trict school  near  his  home,  the  Collegiate 
Institute  at  Towanda,  Pa.,  and  Lafayette  Col- 
lege. He  then  entered  the  office  of  the  Hon. 
John  T.  liird,  of  Trenton,  N.J.,  with  whom 
he  read  law.  Admitted  to  the  bar  in  the  June 
term  of  1869,  a  few  days  before  his  twenty- 
first  birthday,  he  began  to  practice  law  im- 
mediately. In -1870  he  went  to  Denver,  where 
for  a  year  he  was  associated  in  practice  with 
Jiihn  W.  Horner,  a  New  Jersey  man  from 
Hunterdon  Count)'.  In  October,  1871,  he 
located  in  Chicago,  and  remained  till  1879. 
He  ne.xt  established  an  office  in  Millville, 
N.J.,  and  also  entered  the  field  of  journalism 
as  editor  of  the  Millville  Herald.  He  came 
to  Bridgeton  in  1885,  since  when  he  has  been 
in  successful  jiractice  here.  He  and  W.  S. 
Mills  in    1886  started    the    Cumberland    Com- 


vioner,  a  lively  Democratic  paper  of  pro- 
nounced  views. 

Mr.  Van  Syekel  was  married  January  8, 
1869,  to  Miss  Lillie  Bellis,  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard Bellis,  Sheriff  of  Hunterdon  County. 
Mrs.  Van  Syekel  died  in  September,  1895, 
leaving  two  children  —  Richard  B.  and 
Claude  S. 

A  man  of  quick  perceptions,  wide  practical 
knowledge,  and  a  fluent  speaker,  Mr.  Van 
Syekel  is  very  popular  as  a  public  man.  He 
was  elected  City  Solicitor  of  Millville  in 
1 88 1  on  the  Democratic  ticket,  and  held  the 
office  for  one  year.  In  1890  and  1891  he  was 
City  Solicitor  of  Bridgeton,  being  elected  by 
the  Common  Council.  In  1890  he  was  elected 
Assemblyman  for  the  First  Cumberland 
County  District  by  ten  votes.  He  served  on 
the  Committee  on  the  Revision  of  Laws,  was 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Printing,  and 
proved  himself  an  effective  legislator,  making 
on  the  whole  an  admirable  record  during  his 
term.  He  was  candidate  the  following  year, 
but  was  defeated  by  a  small  majority,  the  dis- 
trict being  Republican.  He  has  taken  an 
active  part  in  all  recent  camjiaigns,  and  his 
addresses  have  been  received  with  applause  in 
the  county  and  State  conventions  of  his  i)arty. 


UCIUS  OUINTUS  CINCINNATUS 
WHITAKER,  baggage  master  of  the 
New  Jersc)-  Railroad  at  Bridgeton, 
was  born  in  this  town,  June  15,  1844,  son  of 
Lorenzo  L.  and  Sarah  F.  (Cake)  VVhitaker. 
His  grandfather,  Peter  T.  Whitaker,  was  a  na- 


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533 


tive  of  Fairton,  this  county.  Lorenzo  L. 
VVhitaker,  born  in  Pitt's  Grove,  Salem  County, 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools.  After 
leavnng  school  he  learned  the  cooper's  trade, 
at  which  he  worked  industriously  until  his 
marriage.  He  then  bought  out  the  stage  line 
running  between  Bridgeton  and  Salem,  and 
conducted  it  for  some  time.  In  1844  he  took 
up  his  residence  in  Bridgeton,  where  he  was 
Constable  for  three  years.  His  wife,  whom 
he  married  in  1S43,  was  a  daughter  of  George 
Cake,  a  farmer  of  Deerfield,  N.J.  She  bore 
him  two  children  —  Lucius  O.  C.  and  Anna. 
Anna  is  the  wife  of  Albert  Knowlton,  of 
Newton,  Kan.  Both  parents  were  members 
of  the  Presybterian  church.  The  father 
hat!  also  membership  in  the  Sons  of  Temper- 
ance. He  died  in  184S,  when  but  thirty 
years  old. 

Lucius  Quintus  Cincinnatus  Whitaker,  but 
four  years  old  at  his  father's  death,  was  then 
bound  out  to  his  father's  brother.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  public  schools  and 
at  the  West  Jersey  Academy.  On  September 
29,  1S62,  he  enlisted  in  tJie  L^nited  States 
Navy.  He,  with  two  others,  was  selected 
from  among  five  hundred  landsmen  on  the  re- 
ceiving ship  to  serve  aboard  the  sloop  of  war 
"Jamestown."  Soon  after  the  "Jamestown" 
started  on  a  cruise  around  the  world.  Sailing 
from  Philadelphia,  it  reached  Rio  Janeiro, 
November  30,  1862;  Montevideo,  December 
25;  Cape  Town,  March  12,  1863;  Angier 
Point,  April  27;  Batavia,  Straits  of  Sunda, 
April  29;  Macao,  China,  June  i;  VVoo-Sung, 
China,   July    13;  Yokohama,   July  30;  Amoy, 


January  23,  1864;  Macao,  February  8;  Ma- 
nilla, Philippine  Islands,  March  i  ;  Macao, 
April  2;  Yokohama,  June  27;  Yeddo,  now 
Tokio,  July  13;  Yokohama,  August  7;  Macao, 
April  22,  1865;  and  San  Francisco,  August  8, 
when  the  voyage  terminated.  The  officers  and 
crew,  all  told,  numbered  two  luuKlred  and  ten 
men.  During  the  cruise  they  suffered  much 
from  the  heat,  especially  on  an  occasion  wiien 
they  were  becalmed.  On  September  20,  1864, 
while  at  Yokohama,  small-pox  broke  out  on 
the  ship.  Eighteen  men  were  stricken  with 
the  disease,  and  Seaman  Whitaker  was  as- 
signed the  arduous  task  of  nursing  them.  The 
only  cases  that  ended  fatally  were  those  of  a 
colored  man  and  a  white  marine.  The  latter 
was  Samuel  A.  Clark,  of  Avondale,  Chester 
County,  Pa.,  whose  death  occurred  October 
21.  An  autopsy  subsequently  performed  i)y 
Mr.  Whitaker,  under  the  directions  of  the 
ship's  doctor,  revealed  the  fact  that  Clark  had 
died  of  an  affection  of  the  heart.  The  onl)' 
time  when  Mr.  Wiiitaker  took  part  in  a  war- 
like action  was  the  occasion  on  which  the 
"Jamestown,"  by  invitation  of  the  "Tycoon" 
of  Japan,  with  ships  of  other  nations,  aided  in 
subduing  a  Japanese  prince,  who  had  been  fir- 
ing rather  promiscuously  on  mercliant  vessels 
at  Shimonoseki.  He  was  one  of  those  wlio 
went  on  the  steamer  "Takiang,"  chartereil  by 
the  United  States  government  at  an  expense 
of  five  hundred  dollars  per  day.  Throughout 
the  entire  cruise  of  the  "Jamestown  "  he  man- 
aged to  keep  a  very  fine  dairy  for  the  use  of 
the  ship.  On  arriving  at  San  Francisco  the 
crew   were   shifted,    and   taken   as    passengers 


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via  Panama  to  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  where,  aboard 
the  receiving  ship  "Vermont,"  stationed  at 
the  navy  yard,  Mr.  Whitaker  was  honorably 
discharged  October  24,  1865.  At  this  time 
he  received,  besides  his  pay  for  the  regular 
service,  prize  money  to  the  amount  of  three 
hundred  and  thirty-three  dollars,  for  his  share 
in  the  Japan  incident.  Soon  after  he  went  to 
sea  again  as  second  mate  of  a  coaster.  This 
continued  to  be  his  occupation  until  May  i, 
1866,  when  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  New 
Jersey  Railroad  as  baggage  master,  a  position 
which  he  has  since  filled  with  complete  effi- 
ciency. 

Mr.  Whitaker  married  Miss  Mary  Boss, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Boss,  of  Bridgeton.  The 
family  resides  in  the  fine  house,  situated  at 
the  corner  of  Bank  and  Myrtle  Streets,  built 
by  Mr.  Wiiitakor  in  1876.  Both  husband  and 
wife  are  members  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church.  Mr.  Whitaker  has  affiliation  with 
Star  Lodge,  No.  97,  A.  ¥.  &  A.  M.;  with 
Bridgeton  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows;  and  with  Bridgeton  Castle,  Knights 
of  the  Golden  Eagle. 


^DWARI)  1--RANKLIN  MANKS,  a  well- 
\j^  known  citizen  of  Vineland,  was  born 
March  27,  1869,  at  Millville,  this  county,  son 
of  Isaac  and  Lydia  (Shaw)  Manks.  His 
grandfather,  Isaac  Manks,  Sr.,  who  was  born 
at  Tom's  River,  Ocean  County,  received  his 
education  in  the  common  schools  of  his  na- 
tive town,  and  spent  the  greater  part  of  his 
early  life  in  seafaring. 


Isaac  Manks,  a  native  of  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
and  the  father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
followed  the  trade  of  saw-maker.  He  was 
patriotic  in  spirit,  and  served  his  country 
faithfully  during  the  Civil  War.  In  1862  he 
was  united  in  matrimony  with  Miss  Lydia 
Shaw,  a  daughter  of  Daniel  Shaw,  who  was 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business  for  many 
years  in  Bucks  County,  Pennsylvania.  Isaac 
Manks,  Jr.,  became  the  father  of  two  children, 
namely:  Mary  A.,  who  is  the  wife  of  Harry 
E.  Crawford,  of  Philadelphia;  and  Edward 
Franklin  Manks. 

Edward  Franklin  Manks  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  Philadelphia. 
He  then  entered  the  employ  of  the  Philadel- 
phia &  Reading  Railroad  as  a  clerk,  and 
served  in  that  cajiacity  for  about  four  years. 
On  August  14,  1892,  while  on  a  trip  to  At- 
lantic Cit)',  the  train  in  which  he  was  a  pas- 
senger collided  with  a  freight  train,  and  he 
received  very  severe  injuries,  from  which  he 
did  not  recover  until  after  a  year  of  suffering. 
On  December  8,  1893,  he  removed  to  \'ine- 
land,  and  bought  eight  acres  of  land,  which 
form  a  part  of  his  present  farm.  Later 
he  added  fifteen  acres,  and  let  his  farm  out  in 
shares. 

On  December  7,  1892,  Mr,  Manks  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Rachel  W.  Cor- 
nell, a  daughter  of  Mr.  Benjamin  Harrison 
Cornell,  of  Bucks  County,  Pennsylvania.  He 
has  one  child,  Lydia  Shaw  Manks.  Mr. 
Manks  and  his  family  are  at  present  occupying 
a  very  fine  residence,  the  erection  of  which 
was  completed  in  June,  1895. 


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EORGE  ANDREW  MAYTROTT,  a 
\[£J_  successful  farmer  of  South  Vineland, 
was  born  in  Germantown,  Philadelphia,  Sep- 
tember 1 6,  1849,  son  of  Gephard  and  Mary 
(Sible)  Maytrott.  Gephard  Maytrott,  who 
was  a  native  of  Hesse-Cassel,  Germany,  born 
in  the  year  1813,  received  his  education  in  his 
native  land.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  with 
his  cousin,  George  Maytrott,  came  to  this 
country.  On  their  arrival  they  went  to  Phil- 
adelphia, where  they  succeeded  in  getting  em- 
ployment in  the  carpet  factory  of  IMcCallum, 
Crease  &  Sloan,  in  Germantown.  Gephard 
continued  to  work  there  until  about  1858, 
when  he  started  a  grocery.  This  he  conducted 
successfully  until  his  decease  in  1S61.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican.  On  April  16, 
1848,  he  married  Mary  Sible.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  John  Sible,  a  native  of  Germany. 
Mr.  Sible,  who  was  born  March  15,  1800, 
came  to  this  country,  and  took  up  his  resi- 
dence in  Baltimore,  Md.  He  and  Mrs.  Sible 
had  twelve  children,  of  whom  eight  grew  to 
maturity;  namely,  Tobias,  Conrad,  John, 
Mary,  Elizabeth,  Magdalene,  Caroline,  and 
Catharine.  Mary  (Sible)  Maytrott  bore  her 
husband  four  children  —  John,  George  A., 
Amanda  L.,  and  VVilhelmina.  Amanda  L. 
became  the  wife  of  Frank  F.  F"o.\-,  of  German- 
town ;  and  W'ilhclmina,  the  wife  of  Charles 
Hornsher,  of  Norristown,  Pa.  Hoth  parents 
were  members  of  Zion  Evangelical  Methodist 
Church,  the  father  having  the  closer  connec- 
tion of  Trustee  and  class  leader. 

George     Andrew     Maytrott,    who     was    the 
second-born  of  his  parents'  children,  grew  up 


in  Germantown,  receiving  his  education  in  the 
common  schools.  After  his  father's  death  he 
and  a  brother  successfully  carried  on  the  gro- 
cery for  fifteen  years.  The  business  included 
a  very  large  butcher  trade.  They  also  had  a 
good  truck  farm.  When  the  grocery  was 
abandoned  Mr.  Maytrott  engaged  in  contract 
work  for  the  city.  He  was  employed  in  this 
way  for  two  years  and  seven  months,  and  then 
became  watchman  of  the  Germantown  National 
Bank.  He  left  this  position  after  eighteen 
months,  to  accept  the  charge  of  the  country 
seat  of  George  W.  Strawbridge,  M.D. ,  who 
kept  there  a  number  of  fancy  stock  horses, 
cattle,  and  poultry.  Subsequently  he  had 
charge  of  the  farm  of  J.  Sells  Cohn,  M.U.,  for 
one  year.  On  January  19,  1890,  he  came  to 
South  \'ineland,  and  bought  his  present  farm 
of  forty  acres,  the  cultivation  of  which  has 
been  his  chief  occupation  since.  He  raises 
fruit  and  sweet  potatoes,  from  which  he  de- 
rives an  income  of  about  three  thousand  dollars 
a  year. 

In  1874,  December  24,  Mr.  Ma)  trott  was 
united  in  matrimony  with  Miss  Mary  L. 
Nunemaker.  Her  father,  William  Nune- 
maker,  who  was  born  on  Chestnut  Hill,  Phila- 
delphia, July  16,  1805,  had  a  good  practical 
education,  followed  the  callings  of  carpenter 
and  builder,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Jeffer- 
son Society,  and  of  Philomathean  Lodge,  No. 
10,  of  Germantown,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  P'ellows.  By  his  wife  he  became  the 
father  of  two  children  —  Martha  A.  and  Mary 
L.  Martha  became  the  wife  of  Thomas  T. 
Slifen.       Mrs.    Maytrott    has  borne  her  hus- 


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band  nine  children,  of  whom  eight  are  living. 
They  were:  Cora  E. ,  Maysie  R.  V.,  Joseph 
Herbert,  Frank  F.,  Mattie  S.,  Emma  C. , 
Minnie  F.,  Edna  G.,  and  Ina  G.  The  two 
last  named  were  twins.  Ina  G.  is  now  de- 
ceased. Mr.  Maytrott  formerly  voted  with 
the  Republican  party;  but  he  now  supports 
the  Populists,  not  because  he  has  ceased  to  be 
a  Republican,  but  for  the  purpose  of  adminis- 
tering some  salutary  discipline  to  the  older 
parties. 

-ACOB  WEST  AULD,  who  conducts  a 
flourishing  carriage  manufactory  at  Di- 
viding Creek,  and  is  also  engaged  in 
the  undertaking  business,  was  born  April  4, 
1830,  in  Lower  Pitt's  Grove,  Salem  County, 
son  of  John  and  Margaret  (West)  Auld.  John 
Auld,  a  native  of  Ireland,  who  emigrated  to 
America  when  a  young  man,  and  settled  upon 
a  farm  in  Lower  Pitt's  Grove,  was  prosper- 
ously engaged  in  agriculture  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  1835.  He  married  for  his 
first  wife  a  Miss  Buck,  who  bore  him  eight 
children:  namely,  James,  John,  David,  Mar- 
garet, Mar)',  Sarah,  Lorana,  and  Hannah. 
For  his  second  wife  he  married  Mrs.  Margaret 
(West)  Mcpherson,  daughter  of  Jacob  West, 
of  Shiloh,  N.J.,  and  the  widow  of  Azariah 
McPherson.  ]^y  her  first  union  she  had  five 
children,  namely:  Rachel,  who  successively 
married  David  Wallen  and  David  D.  Connor; 
Ann  Eliza,  now  a  widow,  who  successively 
married  Zachariah  Lawrence  and  Horatio 
West;  Rebecca;  William;  and  Eunice.  By 
John    Auld   she   became   the   mother   of   three 


children,  namely:  Joseph,  who  died  young; 
Jacob  W.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and 
Howell,  now  deceased.  Both  parents  were 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

Jacob  West  Auld  attended  school  at  Lower 
Pitt's  Grove.  His  father  having  died  when 
he  was  about  five  years  old,  he  resided  with 
his  half-sister,  Eunice,  until  he  was  fourteen. 
He  then  went  to  Shiloh,  where  he  worked 
upon  a  farm.  During  his  residence  there  he 
completed  his  education  at  Lhiion  Academy. 
At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  began  to  learn  the 
wheelwright's  trade  in  Bridgeton,  where  he 
remained  uiitil  the  firm  by  which  he  was  em- 
ployed went  out  of  business,  some  two  years 
later.  He  then  went  to  Westville,  Gloucester 
County,  where  he  continued  to  follow  his 
trade  until  he  was  twenty-one  years  old. 
After  spending  the  next  year  employed  as  a 
journeyman  at  Dividing  Creek  he  started  in 
business  for  himself.  He  remained  here  for 
two  years,  and  then  moved  his  business  to 
Hancock's  Bridge,  Salem  County.  Five 
years  after  he  returned  to  Di\iiling  Creek,  and 
resumed  the  carriage-making  business,  to 
which  he  soon  after  added  that  of  undertaker. 
Since  then  by  careful  management  and  a  lib- 
eral display  of  energy  he  has  built  up  a  large 
and  exceedingly  profitable  trade.  In  politics 
he  acts  with  the  Republican  party,  whose  inter- 
ests he  has  materiall)'  aided  in  forwarding  in 
this  localit}'.  He  served  efficiently  as  Tax 
Collector  for  some  time  and  as  a  Justice  of 
the  Peace  for  eight  years. 

On   September    12,   1852,  Mr.    Auld  wedded 
Deborah  Peterson,  a  daughter  of  Err  Peterson, 


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537 


of  Haleyville,  N.J.  Of  their  eight  children 
Anna  is  the  only  survivor.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Auld  have  also  an  adopted  daughter,  Anna 
Mary  Jerrels,  whom  they  have  brought  up  and 
educated  as  their  own  child.  She  taught 
school  for  several  years,  and  is  now  the  wife 
of  George  Laws,  Jr.  Mr.  Auld  is  connected 
with  Social  Lodge,  No.  i68,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  which  he  is  Past 
Grand;  with  Morning  Light  Lodge,  No.  8,  of 
Newport;  and  with  Good  Intent  Beneficial  So- 
ciety of  Dividing  Creek.  He  and  his  family 
are  members  of  the  ]5aptist  church,  of  which 
he  serves  as  clerk.  They  occupy  a  very  desir- 
able residence  located  upon  the  main  street  of 
the  village,  erected  during  the  first  years  of 
his  residence  here  by  Mr.  Auld. 


OSEPH  SHRIMP  PIERCE,  shipper 
for  the  Millville  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, was  born  in  Clayton,  N.J..,  Janu- 
ary 25,  1S59,  son  of  William  W.  and  Rachel 
(Pyle)  Pierce.  William  W.  Pierce,  who  was 
a  native  of  Gloucester  County,  born  January 
30,  1823,  after  leaving  school .  served  an  ap- 
prenticeship at  the  carpenter's  trade,  and  in 
time  became  a  skilled  journeyman.  At  the 
present  time  he  is  foreman  for  Whitall, 
Tatum  &  Co.  of  Millville.  He  is  widely 
known  as  a  reliable,  conscientious  workman. 
He  is  an  esteemed  member  of  Humane  Lodge, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  which 
he  has  been  Secretary  for  many  years.  His 
wife,  Rachel,  a  daughter  of  George  Pyle,  has 
had  ten   children,  eight   of  whom  reached  ma- 


turity, namely:  Hattie,  the  wife  of  Henry 
A.  Miller,  of  Millville;  Caroline,  the  wife  of 
Albert  Getsinger,  of  this  city;  Annie,  the 
wife  of  Joseph  H.  Garwood,  also  of  this  city; 
George,  a  resident  of  Woodbury,  N.J.  ;  Frank, 
who  lives  in  Millville;  Martha,  the  wife  of 
William  J.  Dummctt,  of  this  city;  Joseph  S., 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and  Lewis,  who 
resides  in  Millville.  The  parents  are  mem- 
bers of  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
Joseph  Shrimp  Pierce,  having  accompanied 
his  parents  to  Millville  when  he  was  five 
years  old,  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  this  city.  After  leaving  school  he  began 
to  learn  the  trade  of  a  cigar-maker;  but,  find- 
ing that  the  tobacco  had  a  bad  effect  upon  his 
eyes,  he  relinquished  the  business,  and  later 
was  employed  in  the  general  store  of  Whit- 
all, Tatum  &  Co.,  with  whom  he  remained 
for  fourteen  years.  In  1S91  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Millville  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany as  shipper.  This  position  he  still 
holds,  discharging  its  duties  in  a  manner  that 
renders  him  a  valuable  employee.  He  is 
deeply  interestetl  in  the  city's  educational 
affairs,  and  for  the  past  nine  years  has  taught 
in  the  evening  school.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Election  Board  for  si.x  years,  and  he  is 
now  serving  a  term  of  four  years  as  an  Asses- 
sor. He  is  a  member  of  Ivanhoe  Lodge,  No. 
6,  Knights  of  Pythias,  having  the  rank  of  Past 
Chancellor;  of  Millville  Castle,  No.  2, 
Knights  of  the  Golden  Eagle,  having  the  rank 
of  Past  Chief;  P'ame  Council,  Junior  Order  of 
United  American  Mechanics,  in  which  he 
serves  as  Recording  Secretary. 


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On  July  31,  1878,  Mr.  Pierce  wedded  Clara 
D.  Marts,  daughter  of  Irvin  Marts,  of  Mill- 
villc.  He  has  now  three  children  —  Edna 
A.,  Florence  M.,  and  Robert  R.  By  his 
energy  and  influence  he  has  g-reatly  aided  the 
moral  and  religious  work  of  the  city.  Both 
ho  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  of  which  Mr.  Pierce  is  a 
Trustee.  He  is  also  the  Secretary  of  the 
Christian  Endeavor  Society. 


rri^l'ENRY  C.  KIRCHHOFF,  a  prosper- 
ous druggist  of  Bridgeton,  N.J.,  was 
born  there,  September  7,  1869,  son 
of  Henry  and  Anna  (Wood)  Kirchhoff.  The 
family  are  of  German  ancestry.  Henry  and 
Henrietta  Kirchhoff  were  the  grandparents  of 
Henry  C.  The  grandfather  was  a  tailor  in  the 
Huchy  of  l^runswick,  Germany,  where  he  was 
born.  He  died  when  his  son  Henry,  Jr.,  the 
father  of  Henry  C,  was  too  young  to  remem- 
ber him.  His  wife  died  in  1852,  at  the  age 
of  fifty-seven  years. 

Henry  Kirchh(jff  was  born  in  ]?runswick, 
July  28,  1828.  In  his  native  land  he  received 
a  good  practical  education,  and  was  appren- 
ticed to  a  tailor,  for  whom  he  worked  nearly 
five  years.  In  1854  he  arrived  in  Baltimore, 
Md.,  going  thence  to  Philailelphia,  where  he 
obtained  a  position  in  Germantown.  After 
working  here  for  two  years  he  then  came  to 
Fairton,  this  county,  and  opened  a  shop  for 
himself.  Here  he  did  a  good  business  for  a 
town  of  that  size  until  1865,  when  he  sold  out 
and  came  to  Bridgeton.     During  the  following 


twelve  years  he  was  a  salesman  for  Mr.  Gros- 
cup.  He  then  started  a  merchant  tailoring 
establishment,  which  he  managed  successfully 
for  four  years.  In  1881  he  again  sold  out, 
and  entered  as  salesman  the  employ  of  P.  H. 
Goldsmith,  with  whom  he  has  remained  fifteen 
years.  He  is  now  one  of  the  oldest  men  be- 
hind the  counter  in  Bridgeton.  In  February, 
1856,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Anna 
Wood,  daughter  of  John  Wood,  a  Justice  of 
the  Peace  and  an  old  resident  of  Fairton.  Of 
the  union  there  were  born  si.x  children,  all 
living,  namely:  Florence,  who  is  the  wife  of 
Mr.  William  Morrison,  of  this  city;  William, 
also  of  this  city;  Carrie,  the  wife  of  Christian 
Heller;  Henry  C,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
Jonathan,  of  Woodbury;  and  Anna,  the  wife 
of  Frederick  Meyers,  of  Philailelphia.  The 
parents  are  members  of  the  Second  Presby- 
terian Church.  They  have  a  pleasant  resi- 
dence at  297  Cohansey  Avenue. 

Henry  C.  Kirchhoff  received  his  education 
in  the  Bank  Street  School.  On  account  of 
poor  health  he  went  to  Sea  Isle  City,  Cape 
May  County,  where  he  remained  two  years, 
being  employed  in  a  grocery  store  and  the 
post-office.  He  then  returned  to  Bridgeton, 
and  was  employed  in  the  office  of  the  Cohansey 
Glass  Company  between  two  and  three  years. 
After  this  he  worked  for  a  short  time  succes- 
sively in  the  Bridgeton  post-office  and  in  the 
grocery  store  of  Howard  V.  Ware.  He  now 
learned  type-setting  in  the  office  of  the 
Bridgeton  Evening  Xfivs,  and  subsequently 
followed  that  trade  in  various  offices  for  two 
or   three   years.      Beginning    in    1888,  he   was 


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539 


employed  by  William  Brewer,  druggist,  for  a 
year,  and  was  afterward  employed  by  the  Cen- 
tral Railroad  Company  in  their  office  at  Port 
Norris  until  January,  1889.  From  Port 
Norris  he  went  to  Philadelphia,  where  for 
about  six  months  he  worked  for  Partridge  & 
Richardson.  Mr.  Kirchhoff  then  returned  to 
the  employ  of  the  Central  Railroad  Company 
in  their  office  at  Sandy  Hook.  On  September 
I  he  went  to  work  for  Charles  E.  Bellows, 
with  whom  he  was  connected  until  I'ebruary, 
1890. 

While  in  the  employ  of  Dr.  T.  C.  Tomlin- 
son,  of  Philadelphia,  Mr.  Kirchhoff  attended 
the  College  of  Pharmacy,  from  which  institu- 
tion he  was  graduated  in  1893.  Then  he  went 
to  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  and  was  employed  in 
the  prescription  department  of  Edwin  S. 
Bocking.  A  few  months  after  he  returned  to 
Bridgeton,  and  there  had  charge  of  William 
Brewer's  drug  store  for  a  month,  when  he  pur- 
chased the  business.  Under  Mr.  Kirchhoff's 
management  the  trade  of  the  place  has  in- 
creased threefold.  On  November  28,  1894, 
Mr.  Kirchhoff  was  married  to  Miss  Alice  D. 
Fisher,  daughter  of  V.  D.   Fisher. 


J'^R.  CHARLES  E.  WELCH,  the 
^j  managing  memijer  of  the  Welch 
'^  Gra|)e  Juice  Company  of  Vineland, 
N.J.,  and  of  Watkins,  N.Y.,  was  born  in 
Watertown,  N.Y.,  March  2,  1852.  He  is  a 
son  of  Dr.  Thomas  B.  and  Lucy  M.  Welch; 
and  the  reader  may  find  some  account  of  his 
family    in   the   sketch   of   his   father,  which    is 


published  elsewhere  in  this  volume.  When 
he  was  four  years  old  he  moved  from  his  na- 
tive town  to  Winona,  Minn.,  where  he  re- 
ceived his  early  education.  In  1 S68  his 
father  removed  to  Vineland,  N.J.  ;  and  in  tlie 
following  year  our  subject  followed  him,  con- 
tinuing his  intellectual  training  in  the  first 
high  school  founded  in  this  place.  Subse- 
quently he  studied  dentistry  with  his  father, 
and  in  the  fall  of  1872  removed  to  Washing- 
ton, D.C.,  where  for  five  years  he  followed 
that  profession  in  com])any  with  his  brother 
George.  In  1877  he  returned  to  Vineland, 
and  practised  dentistry  with  his  father  from 
that  time  till  1881.  In  1879  the  firm  of 
T.  B.  Welch  &  Son  was  formed  for  the  pur- 
pose of  selling  Dr.  Welch's  specialties  for 
filling  teeth.  Gradually  other  dental  mate- 
rials were  added ;  and  in  1881  the  firm  quit  the 
practice  of  dentistry,  moved  to  Philadelphia, 
and  opened  a  dental  depot  at  141 3  Filbert 
Street.  In  1884  the  business  was  incorpo- 
rated under  the  title  of  Welch  Dental  Com- 
pany, with  Dr.  T.  B.  Welch  as  President  ami 
Dr.  C.  E.  Welch  as  Secretary.  In  1886  they 
sold  out  and  returned  to  Vineland,  Dr.  C.  I'^. 
Welch  resuming  the  practice  of  dentistry,  and 
continuing  till  1892. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  particularly 
known  in  connection  with  the  manufacture  of 
Dr.  Welch's  Grape  Juice.  In  1869  Dr.  T.  B. 
Welch  originated  the  unfermented  grape 
juice,  now  so  generally  known  and  used.  It 
was  first  used  for  local  church  purposes. 
From  1869  till  1892  its  manufacture  and  sale 
were  carried  on  as  a  side  issue,  so  much  time 


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being  given  to  dentistry  and  dental  materials 
by  both  father  and  son  that  the  grape  juice  in- 
dustry was  only  half-pushed,  though  the  de- 
mand, both  for  sacramental  and  other  pur- 
poses, gradually  increased.  F"rom  1875  to 
18S4  Dr.  Welch's  Grape  Juice  was  manufact- 
ured and  sold  under  the  firm  name  and  by 
Dr.  C.  E.  Welch;  from  1884  to  1892  by  Dr. 
C.  E.  Welch  &  Co.;  after  1892  by  the  Welch 
Grape  Juice  Company,  Dr.  T.  B.  Welch, 
President,  Dr.  C.  E.  Welch,  .Secretary.  The 
present  large  factory  at  Viiieland  was  begun 
in  1892  and  enlarged  in  1S93.  It  is  a  build- 
ing fifty  by  fifty-five  feet,  three  stories  in 
height,  with  steel  face  and  steel  and  cement 
arches,  which  render  it  fireproof.  It  com- 
prises bottling,  labelling,  and  boxing  rooms, 
and  also  a  press  and  printing  department,  in 
which  the  firm's  advertising  and  periodical 
publications  are  prepared.  It  has  a  vault 
seventy-five  by  fifty  feet  and  fourteen  feet 
deep,  in  which  were  stored  in  the  middle  of 
last  winter  fifty-five  thousand  gallons  of  grape 
juice  ready  for  the  market.  This  year,  1896, 
a  factory  of  still  larger  capacity  and  much 
better  adapted  to  the  needs  of  the  business, 
has  been  built  at  Watkins,  N.Y.,  Dr.  C.  E. 
Welch  remaining  on  the  ground,  and  person- 
ally superintending  every  detail. 

Watkins  was  selected  as  the  location  of  the 
new  factory,  because  for  several  years  the 
company  had  receivetl  many  carloads  of  grapes 
from  that  vicinity;  and  the  fruit  seems  to  be 
especially  adapted  to  medicinal  purposes. 
This  factory  has  e-Kceptionally  good  transpor- 
tation facilities,  having  connection  at  the  door 


with  both  railroad  and  steamboat  lines.  Dr. 
Welch  devotes  his  entire  time  to  the  busi- 
ness; and  to  his  capable  management,  together 
with  the  e.xcellence  of  the  product,  is  due  the 
success  of  the  enterprise. 

Though  the  firm  was  the  first  to  make  unfer- 
mented  grape  juice,  it  is  by  no  means  the  only 
one  at  the  present  time;  but  by  its  remark- 
able care  and  cleanliness  and  great  energy  it 
has  kept  so  far  to  the  front  that  Dr.  Welch's 
Grape  Juice  is  better  known  and  more  largely 
used  than  all  other  makes  combined.  Their 
sales  extend  well  over  the  United  States,  and 
also  embrace  foreign  countries. 

Dr.  Welch  has  been  twice  married.  His 
first  wife,  Mrs.  Jennie  (Ross)  Welch,  of  Bur- 
lington, N.J.,  to  whom  he  was  united  on 
November  12,  1S79,  died  several  years  ago, 
leaving  two  children  —  Edgar  T.  and  Paul 
Ross.  On  June  16,  1885,  Dr.  Welch  married 
Miss  Julia  Frailey,  daughter  of  John  R. 
Frailey,  a  dentist  of  Philadelphia;  and  she  has 
borne  him  three  children — John  F.,  Jennie 
R.,  and  William  Taylor.  Dr.  Welch  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  PLpiscopal  church,  in 
which  he  has  been  a  Trustee  and  steward  for 
fifteen  years.  He  was  also  for  many  years  the 
assistant  superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school, 
and  is  active  and  prominent  in  church  and 
temperance  work. 


ILLIAM  ROBERT  HUGHES,  a 
well-known  glass  blower  of  Mill- 
villc,  was  born  May  28,  1855,  near  Sickler- 
ville,   Camden  County,    son   of   James   W.    and 


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Lydia  A.  (Burdsall)  Hughes.  James  \V. 
Hughes,  having  received  a  common-school 
education,  learned  the  brickmaker's  trade, 
which  he  followed  throughout  his  adult  life. 
In  his  later  years  he  served  Jonathan  L. 
Sharpe,  of  Buckshutem,  as  foreman.  He  mar- 
ried Miss  Lydia  A.,  a  daughter  of  lilijah 
Burdsall,  and  became  the  father  of  nine  chil- 
dren. Eight  of  them  lived  to  maturity, 
namely:  Eliza  A.,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
seventeen ;  Emma,  who  married  Charles 
Smith,  of  Newfield,  N.J.  ;  Jane  L. ,  who  is 
now  Mrs.  Edward  Cossaboon,  of  Woodbury, 
N.J.  ;  William  R.,  the  subject  of  this  biogra- 
phy; Laura  Ellsworth,  wife  of  Jacob  Floyd; 
Elijah  B.  ;  James  Wesley;  and  Levi  Burdsall. 
The  father  and  mother  were  Methodists. 

William  Robert  Hughes  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  Buckshutem  and  Mill- 
ville,  after  which  he  learned  the  glass-blower's 
trade,  which  he  still  follows.  In  1889  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education, 
and  he  has  continuously  served  in  that  capac- 
ity since.  He  has  been  a  member  of  Fidelity 
Council,  Junior  Order  of  United  American 
Mechanics,  for  twenty-two  years,  in  which 
order  he  is  Past  Councillor.  He  has  also 
been  connected  with  the  State  Council  for 
eleven  years,  serving  in  many  offices  and  on 
all  the  important  committees.  He  has  been 
identified  with'  Ivanhoe  Lodge,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  for  sixteen  years,  being  Past  Chancel- 
lor. He  is  also  a  member  of  Branch  No.  7, 
United  Glass-blowers'  Association  of  the 
United  States  and  Canada,  having  served  on 
the  Local   E.xecutive  Committee  for  si.x  years, 


and  being  now  a  representative  to  the  Grand 
League  for  the  fourth  year,  beginning  in  1893. 
Mr.  Hughes  has  acted  with  all  the  prominent 
committees  of  the  Grand  League,  and  \vas  on 
the  List  Committee  in  1894.  The  fine  resi- 
dence which  he  now  occupies  at  414  North 
Third  Street  was  built  in  1882. 

On  December  27,  1875,  he  was  united  in 
matrimony  with  Phoebe  Smith,  daughter  of 
Edward  Smith.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hughes  have 
had  three  children,  two  of  whom  are  living. 
These  are:  James  William,  who  is  reading 
medicine  with  Benjamin  T.  Abbott,  M.l).,  of 
Tuckahoe,  N.J.  ;  and  Jesse  Thornley.  The 
family  are  members  of  the  Second  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  of  which  Mr.  Hughes  has 
been  steward  for  fifteen  years. 


ONATHAN  WELCH,  a  representative 
farmer  residing  in  Hopewell  township, 
was  born  in  Deerfield  township,  Cum- 
berland County,  N.J.,  on  April  17,  1822, 
being  a  son  of  Jacob  M.  and  Phoebe  (Maul) 
Welch.  Jacob  M.  Welch  was  born  in  1790, 
near  Turnip  Hill,  Salem  County,  N.J.  On 
reaching  manhood  he  removed  to  Deerfield, 
where  he  followed  the  weaver's  trade,  conduct- 
ing business  on  his  own  account.  His  wife, 
Phoebe,  was  a  daughter  of  Asbury  Maul,  a 
successful  farmer  and  early  resident  of  Hope- 
well. She  bore  her  husband  a  daughter  and 
two  sons,  named  respectively  —  Maria,  Benja- 
min, and  Jonathan.  The  father  died  in  1863, 
and  the  mother  in  1864.  She  wms  a  member  of 
the  Pearl  Street  Baptist  Church  of  Bridgcton. 


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Jonathan  Welch  received  his  education  in 
the  Beebe  Run  school-house  in  Deerfield  town- 
ship. As  soon  as  he  was  old  enough  he  went 
to  work  on  a  farm,  being  employed  by  the 
month.  He  subsequently  purchased  the  home 
farm  of  seventy-four  acres  and  another  of  fifty 
acres,  the  home  place  being  a  portion  of  the 
farm  formerly  owned  Ijy  his  maternal  grand- 
father, Asbury  Maul.  After  his  grandfather's 
death  his  large  farm  was  divided  into  several 
portions;  and  Mr.  Welch  has,  as  circumstances 
permitted,  purchased  different  lots  until  he 
now  owns  the  entire  portion  lying  on  the  east 
side  of  the  road,  having  paid  from  fifteen  dol- 
lars per  acre  up  to  one  hundred.  He  is  profit- 
ably engaged  in  general  farming,  and  has 
gained  a  reputation  for  the  good  quality  of  his 
crops,  his  farm  being  one  of  the  best  kept  in 
this  section.  Mr.  Welch  married  Miss  Maria 
Weaver,  of  Mauricetown,  this  county,  and 
their  union  has  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of 
three  children  :  Edward,  who  died  at  the  age 
of  twenty-two  years;  Albert;  and  Emma  —  the 
two  last  named  residing  at  home. 

Politically,  Mr.  Welch  is  a  Democrat. 
The  family  attend  and  support  the  West  I'res- 
byterian  Church. 


M 


ANIEL  R.  MOORE,  a  prosperous 
ij,  J  farmer  of  Hopewell,  was  born  April 
13,  1856,  in  Bridgeton,  N.J.,  son  of 
Elijah  and  Tabitha  (Shaw)  Moore.  His 
grandfather,  John  Moore,  was  a  resident  of 
Hopewell.  I'Mijah  Moore,  a  son  of  John,  was 
born  in  the  same  town,  April  i,   1835.      After 


receiving  his  education  in  the  district  schools 
of  his  native  town,  Elijah  remained  on  the 
home  farm  until  he  was  about  twenty  years  of 
age.  His  father  then  gave  him  some  land. 
Besides  managing  this  property  he  was  also 
engaged  in  oyster  dredging.  Later  he  re- 
moved to  Bridgeton  ;  but  he  afterward  returned 
to  the  farm,  where  he  still  resides.  The  value 
of  country  living  is  fairly  well  illustrated  by 
his  sinewy  frame.  Over  sixty  years  old, 
despite  his  gray  hair,  he  retains  much  of  the 
vigor  of  his  prime.  He  married  Tabitha,  a 
daughter  of  Henry  Shaw,  of  Newport,  this 
county,  and  became  the  father  of  eight  chil- 
dren. Seven  of  the  number  attained  maturity, 
namely:  Uaniel  R.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch; 
Mary,  now  Mrs.  Thompson  McPherson,  of 
Greenwich;  Ephraim,  also  residing  in  Green- 
wich ;  Isaac,  of  Hopewell ;  Hannah,  who 
married  Edward  Schalick,  of  l^lnicr,  N.J.  ; 
George  E.,  a  tailor  in  Bridgeton;  and  Clara, 
who  lives  at  home.  The  parents  attend  and  are 
substantial  supporters  of  the  Newport  Baptist 
Church,  of  which  the  mother  is  a  member. 

Daniel  R.  Moore  received  his  education  in 
the  i)ublic  schools  of  Hopewell  and  at  Union 
Academy  in  Shiloh,  this  county.  Remaining 
with  his  parents  until  he  was  twenty  years  of 
age,  he  then  commenced  farming  for  himself, 
which  he  has  continuously  followed  ever 
since.  Mr.  Moore  is  a  member  of  Cohansey 
Lodge,  No.  205,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows;  and  also  belongs  to  the  Knights  of 
the  Golden  Eagle,  No.  13,  of  Bridgeton.  In 
1877  he  was  united  in  matrimony  with  Mary 
Schalick,  daughter  of  George  Schalick.      Mr. 


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and  Mrs.  Moore  have  had  six  children ; 
namely,  Alice,  Charles,  Frank,  Joseph, 
George,  and  Albert.  The  parents  support  the 
Roadstown  15aptist  Church,  of  which  Mrs. 
Moore  is  a  highly  respected  member. 


OBERT  LORP:  CAMPBELL,  who  is 
engaged  in  general  farming  and 
oystering  at  Newport,  was  born  here, 
June  8,  1872,  son  of  James  and  Martha  (Lore) 
Campbell.  He  is  a  member  of  one  of  the  old 
and  respected  families  of  Newport.  His 
grandfather,  Archibald  Campbell,  also  a 
native  of  Newport,  born  December  16,  1795, 
was  here  engaged  in  general  husbandry 
throughout  his  lifetime. 

James  Campbell,  born  February  27,  1840, 
in  Newport,  had  but  very  limited  educational 
advantages  in  his  youth.  After  his  marriage 
he  taught  himself  to  read  by  the  use  of  the 
English  Bible.  He  went  to  sea  when  only 
twelve  years  of  age  by  engaging  as  cook  on 
board  a  vessel,  and  while  still  quite  young 
became  captain  of  an  oyster  craft.  His  sea- 
faring life  continued  until  about  1884,  when 
he  engaged  in  the  oyster-shipping  business 
at  Bivalve,  this  county.  At  this  time  he  had 
an  interest  in  several  boats.  He  is  now  in 
company  with  his  son,  Allington  B.  Campbell, 
under  the  firm  name  of  James  Campbell  & 
Son.  They  are  extensively  and  successfully 
engaged  in  oyster  planting  and  shipping.  Mr. 
Campbell  was  united  in  wedlock  with  Miss 
Martha  Lore,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
James    Lore,    of    Newport,   N.J.,   and    became 


the  father  of  twelve  children,  eleven  of  whom 
are  living.  These  are:  Warrington,  Wilson 
A.,  Lorell,  Addington  B.,  Alliance,  Philip 
F. ,  Robert  Lore,  Heber  B. ,  Rhoda  A.,  Flor- 
ence B. ,  and  James.  Lorell  is  now  the  wife 
of  Elmer  Spencer;  Addington,  who  resides  at 
Newport,  is  in  business  partnership  with  his 
father;  and  Alliance  is  now  Mrs.  Harry  Gates. 
Both  parents  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
I^piscopal  Church  of  Newport,  of  which  the 
father  was  a  Trustee. 

Robert  Lore  Campbell,  after  receiving  his 
education  in  the  jjublic  schools  of  Newport, 
assumed  the  management  of  the  home  farm. 
The  property  comprises  sixty  acres,  three  of 
which  are  devoted  to  the  cultivation  of  straw- 
berries. His  other  principal  crops  are  corn 
and  tomatoes.  He  keeps  three  horses  and  four 
cows,  and  disposes  of  the  milk  on  a  milk 
route  in  Newport.  Mr.  Campbell  is  also  as- 
sociated with  his  father  in  the  industry  of 
oyster  planting. 

In  national  politics  he  suj)i)orts  the  Demo- 
cratic party.  He  is  the  assistant  superin- 
tendent of  the  Sunday-school  and  an  active 
worker  generally  in  the  Methodist  l-lpiscopal 
Church  of  Newport.  He  is  al.so  the  Vice- 
President    and     Treasurer     of     the     Epworth 

League. 

1  ■  ■  ■  I 

/^STeORGE  E.  BROWN,  a  progressive 
\[^J_  farmer  and  stock  raiser  of  Deerfield 
township,  was  born  in  Upper  Pittsgrove, 
Salem  County,  December  4,  1836,  son  of 
Charles  antl  .Sarah  (.Smith)  Brown.  Tiie 
family    descends   from    William    Brown,    who 


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emigrated  from  England  and  settled  in  Upper 
Pittsgrove  township.  Its  representatives  have 
generally  followed  agriculture  in  Salem  and 
Cumberland  Counties. 

Charles  Brown,  who  was  born  in  Upper 
Pittsgrove  in  1796,  grew  to  maturity  engaged 
in  farm  occupations.  In  his  young  manhood 
he  bought  a  farm,  which  he  conducted  until 
1854,  when  he  came  to  Deerfield.  Here  he 
followed  general  farming  and  stock  raising 
for  the  rest  of  his  active  period.  He  retired 
from  active  employment  in  1864;  but  he  con- 
tinued his  residence  here  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  1879.  He  was  prominent 
in  public  affairs,  successively  supporting  the 
Whig  and  Republican  parties  in  politics,  and 
held  various  township  offices  in  Pittsgrove. 
He  married  Sarah  Smith,  of  Upper  Pittsgrove, 
who  by  him  became  the  mother  of  nine  chil- 
dren. Of  these  four  are  living;  namely, 
Albert,  George  E.,  Oliver,  and  Mary.  Mary 
is  the  widow  of  Ethan  DuBois.  The  others 
were:  William,  Levi,  Ruth,  P^meline,  and 
Margaret.  The  mother  died  in  the  fall  of 
1868.  Both  parents  were  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  church. 

George  E.  Brown  acquired  his  education  in 
his  native  town,  and  resided  with  his  parents 
until  he  attained  his  majority.  He  then  spent 
three  years  working  as  a  farm  hand  for  the 
Hon.  Robert  Morse,  Sr. ,  receiving  ten  dollars 
per  month,  which  was  considered  good  wages 
at  that  time.  In  1864  he  took  charge  of  his 
father's  farm,  and  managed  it  for  fifteen  years. 
After  his  father's  death,  while  acting  as  exec- 
utor of  the  estate,  he  bought  the  interests  of 


the  other  heirs  with  money  .saved  from  his 
earnings,  and  has  since  conducted  the  farm 
with  success.  The  property  contains  one  hun- 
dred and  thirteen  acres,  which  he  mainly  de- 
votes to  the  cultivation  of  grain.  He  has  also 
quite  a  reputation  as  a  breeder  of  fine  stock. 
On  August  9,  1863,  Mr.  Brown  wedded 
Jane  P.  Harris,  daughter  of  Noah  Harris,  of 
Deerfield.  He  has  one  child,  Caroline,  who 
resides  at  home.  Another  daughter,  Jennie, 
died  at  the  age  of  seven;  and  his  son,  Charles, 
died  aged  four  years.  Although  not  active  in 
political  affairs,  he  takes  a  lively  interest  in 
the  election  of  candidates  for  public  office, 
supporting  the  Republican  party.  Both  he 
and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church. 

Mm»»» 

'ff^OSEPH  ALBERTSON  DAWSON,  a 
well-known  business  man  of  Millville, 
was  born  in  Philadelphia,  November  7, 
1S30,  son  of  Joshua  and  I'llizabeth  (Bramin) 
Dawson.  Joshua  Dawson,  who  was  born  near 
Mullica  Hill,  Gloucester  County,  received 
his  education  in  the  connnon  schools.  He 
then  learned  the  glass-blower's  trade  in  Phila- 
delphia, and  thereafter  worked  at  it  as  his 
chief  occupation  for  the  greater  part  of  his 
life.  At  intervals  he  was  also  engaged  in 
farming  to  some  extent.  In  1840  he  came 
from  Philadelphia  to  Millville,  where  he  re- 
mained until  his  death,  which  resulteil  from 
a  stroke  of  paralysis  three  years  before.  He 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Elizabeth  Bramin, 
by  whom  he  became  the  father  of  five  children. 
Of    these   three    lived    to    maturity,   namely: 


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Joseph  A.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Ange- 
lina, the  wife  of  George  W.  Hummett,  of 
Pittsburg,  Pa.  ;  and  Joshua,  a  resident  of 
Woodbury,  N.J.  lloth  parents  were  members 
of  tiie  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  The 
father  was  one  of  its  respected  class  leaders. 

Joseph  Albertson  Dawson  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  Millville.  He  afterward 
learned  glass-blowing,  and  followed  that  trade 
for  nineteen  years.  In  1867  he  entered  the 
employ  of  Whitall,  Tatum  &  Co.,  and  had 
charge  of  their  moat  market  for  the  ensuing 
twenty-four  years.  At  the  end  of  that  period 
he  took  up  the  fire  insurance  business,  and  has 
been  successfully  engaged  in  it  since.  He 
has  been  clerk  of  the  Second  Ward  for  about 
five  years. 

On  August  2,  1S53,  he  was  united  in  matri- 
mony with  Rutli  Wallace,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam C.  Wallace,  of  Tuckahoe,  N.J.  Of  the 
eight  children  born  of  the  union  three  died 
early  in  life.  The  survivors  are:  William  J., 
of  Wenonah,  Glnucester  County;  George  S. , 
of  Millville;  Lizzie  K,  the  wife  of  Jdhn  W. 
Kelley,  of  Wootlbury;  Sue  G.,  now  Mrs. 
Samuel  W.  Fox,  of  Millville;  and  Alfred  C. 
Dawson,  of  Millville.  Mr.  Dawson  is  stew- 
ard and  Financial  Secretary  of  the  First  Meth- 
odist I'",piscopal  Church.  Mrs.  Dawson  is  also 
an  esteemed  member  of  the  society. 


.ROFESSOR      STEPHEN      OLIN 
GARRISON,  Principal  of  the  New 
Jersey  Training   School    for   Feeble- 
minded Children,  was  born  in  the  district  now 


Is 


included  in  the  township  of  Landis,  December 
2S>  '853,  son  of  Stephen  Ayers  and  Elizabeth 
(Coombs)  Garrison.  Stephen  A.  Garrison, 
who  was  born  about  1805,  was  educated  in  the 
public  scliools,  and  subsequently  took  a  course 
in  Jefferson  Medical  College  of  Philadelphia. 
At  his  father's  death  he  succeeded  to  the 
ownership  of  a  farm,  the  care  of  which  thence- 
forth devolved  upon  him.  In  1857  he  became 
a  resident  of  Millville,  this  county,  and  en- 
gaged in  various  mercantile  enterprises.  He 
was  elected  to  the  State  Assembly  in  1846, 
and  in  1848  to  the  State  Senate,  in  which  he 
served  a  term  of  three  years.  He  was  also  an 
eflicient  member  of  the  Millville  City  Coun- 
cil. While  in  the  legislature  he  endeavored 
to  induce  the  State  to  establish  an  instituti<_>n 
for  feeble-minded  children.  His  wife,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Elizabeth  Coombs,  Ijore  him 
ten  children,  of  whom  six  grew  to  maturity. 
These  were:  Ruth,  Mary,  Jesse,  Charles  F. , 
lilla  ].,  and  Stephen  Olin.  Ruth  is  the  wife 
of  George  Greene,  of  Wenonah,  N.J.  ;  Charles 
F.  is  a  minister  of  religion  in  Cranbury, 
N.J.  ;  and  tlila  J.  is  the  wife  of  Clearfield 
Park,  formerly  of  Millville.  l^oth  parents 
were  members  of  the  P'irst  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church  of  Millville.  The  father  served 
in  all  the  church  offices.  He  was  also  a  local 
preacher.  He  was  a  zealous  advocate  of  tem- 
perance, and  was  a  leader  among  those  who 
were  active  in  its  cause. 

Stephen  Olin  Garrison,  having  received 
his  elementary  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  Millville,  was  prepared  at  a  jjrivate 
school  of   \'ineiand   and  at   Pennington    Semi- 


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nary  to  enter  college.  In  clue  time  he  was 
admitted  to  Wesleyan  University  at  Middle- 
town,  Conn.,  from  which  he  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1876,  receiving  the  degree  of  B.A. 
At  a  later  date  the  University  conferred  upon 
him  the  further  degree  of  M.A.  After  leav- 
ing college  he  took  a  thorough  course  in  elocu- 
tion in  the  Philadelphia  National  School  of 
Oratory,  was  granted  the  degree  of  M.E.,  and 
then  went  in  the  fall  of  1877  to  Drew  Theo- 
logical Seminary  in  Madison,  N.J.,  where  he 
spent  two  years.  Thence  he  went  to  the 
Reform  Theological  Seminary  at  Lancaster, 
Pa.,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1881,  with 
the  degree  of  B.D.  He  joined  the  Philadel- 
phia Conference  in  1879,  and  received  for  his 
first  charge  Millersville,  where  he  remained 
one  year.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  in  1881 
and  Elder  in  1883.  He  was  stationed  during 
the  period  from  1879  to  1888  in  charges  lo- 
cated in  Lancaster,  Chester  County,  Catasau- 
qua,  and  Philadelphia,  Pa.  In  August,  1887, 
he  conceived  the  idea  of  a  semi-private  insti- 
tution for  the  feeble-minded.  With  the  con- 
sent of  the  family  and  the  assistance  of  an 
elder  brother,  the  Rev.  C.  F.  Garrison,  the 
old  homestead  in  Millville  was  fitted  up  for 
the  purpose,  and  was  opened  September  i, 
more  formally  October  25,  1887.  The  Rev. 
C.  I".  Garrison  and  his  wife  had  charge  of  it 
until  March  i,  1888.  It  was  soon  after  ascer- 
tained that,  with  different  arrangements,  the 
scope  of  the  work  might  be  largely  extended. 
The  new  plan  contemplated  a  much  larger 
development  of  the  educational  department. 
This  was  accordingly  done,  with  the  result  of 


making  the  house  famous.  In  the  course  of 
time  more  commodious  quarters  and  better 
facilities  became  necessary.  Professor  Garri- 
son's search  for  these  was  rewarded  by  discov- 
ering a  beautiful  place,  comprising  a  mansion 
and  forty  acres  of  land,  in  the  suburbs  of  Vine- 
land.  The  property  was  secured  from  the 
owner,  Benjamin  D.  Maxham  ;  and  on  March 
I,  1888,  the  New  Jersey  Training  School  for 
Feeble-minded  Children  was  established. 
Professor  Garrison  with  his  family  came  from 
Philadelphia  and  took  up  his  home  in  Maxham 
Cottage.  The  school  was  more  formally 
opened  on  the  24th  of  the  following  May.  In 
addition  to  the  Maxham  property,  the  associa- 
tion of  the  school  subsequently  purchased  two 
adjacent  estates,  each  containing  seven  and  a 
half  acres.  Since  then  other  acquisitions  were 
made  as  rapidly  as  possible  to  meet  the  in- 
creasing demands  of  the  undertaking.  The 
property  now  contains  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  acres,  charmingly  situated  at  the  intersec 
tion  of  two  leading  thoroughfares.  On  the 
premises  are  a  number  of  fine  cottages,  barns, 
workshops,  school -house,  and  other  necessary 
buildings.  This  institution  is  the  only  one 
of  its  class  in  the  country  that  has  adopted  the 
cottage  system.  Complying  with  the  founder's 
wishes,  it  is  kept  a  purely  benevolent  work, 
entirely  independent  of  political  affiliations; 
and  for  its  support  it  depends  largely  on  the 
generosity  of  the  people.  Among  the  build- 
ings erected  by  the  management  are  two  hand- 
some brick  structures,  standing  in  the  centre 
of  the  grounds.  The  more  recent  of  the  two 
is  called  the  Jane  S.  Robison  Memorial   Cot- 


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tage,  and  replaces  one  of  eqiuil  \alue,  which 
was  destroyed  by  fire  soon  after  its  completion. 
At  present  there  arc  two  hundrccl  and  thirt)-- 
five  pupils;  fourteen  teachers,  inchKling  man- 
ual trainers ;  and  forty  other  employees. 
Pupils  are  not  admitted  under  five  years  of 
age.  The  results  obtained  with  the  afflicted 
children  strike  the  lay  mind  as  wonderful,  and 
seldom  fail  to  impress  it  with  a  deep  sense  of 
the  noble  work  of  the  school.  Work  of  this 
kind  calls  for  the  most  Christian  disposition 
and  the  highest  grade  of  intellect  on  the  part 
of  those  employed  in  it.  That  Professor  Gar- 
rison is  qualified  in  every  way  for  his  humane 
occupation  is  manifest  to  the  most  superficial 
observer. 

In  1S79,  August  19,  he  was  united  in  mat- 
rimony with  Miss  Elizabeth  Baldwin,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Baldwin,  of  Newark,  N.J.  I-'our 
children  were  born  of  the  union;  namely, 
Charles  Henry,  Norman  Scott,  Ida  Richard- 
son, and  Frances  Willard.  Bnth  parents  are 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal   church. 

Professor  Garrison  was  chiefly  instrumental 
in  moving  the  State  to  establish  the  State  In- 
stitution for  Feeble-minded  Women,  and  was 
its  first  superintendent.  He  is  now  a  member 
and  Secretary  of  the  commission  appointed  by 
Governor  Werts  to  examine  the  institutions  of 
New  York  and  Ohio  devoted  to  the  care  of 
epileptics,  with  the  view  of  ascertaining  the 
best  methods  in  use  in  these  and  other  States 
and  countries,  for  application  to  such  an  insti- 
tution in  New  Jersey.  He  has  done  a  consid- 
erable amount  of  literary  work,  and  is  the 
author  of  two  books. 


DMUND  D.  MINCH,  a  representative 
cncral  farmer  and  stock  raiser  of 
Hopewell,  was  liorn  here  on  June  8,  1851,  son 
of  David  and  Sarah  (Uare)  Minch.  His  ear- 
liest ancestor  of  whom  he  has  definite  knowl- 
edge was  Adam  Minch,  who  came  to  this 
country  from  Holland,  and  reclaimed  a  tract 
of  land,  the  management  of  which  afterward 
fell  to  his  son  ]?eebe. 

David  Minch,  who  was  born  in  November 
of  1795,  followed  the  occupation  of  farmer, 
was  highly  respected,  and  resided  all  his  life- 
time ui^on  the  home  farm.  He  was  twice 
married,  his  first  wife  having  been  Priscilla 
(Mulford)  Minch,  of  whose  children  six  grew 
to  maturity.  His  second  marriage  was  con- 
tracted with  Miss  Sarah  Dare,  a  daughter  of 
Edmund  Dare,  of  Stoe  Creek.  Mr.  Dare  was 
a  farmer  and  the  representative  of  an  old 
county  family.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Minch  had 
seven  children,  four  of  whom  grew  to  maturity, 
and  two  are  now  living.  These  are:  Edmund 
D.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and  Sally,  who 
is  the  wife  of  Thomas  Mills,  of  Salem,  N.J. 
Nancy,  who  married  Ik'njamin  Ayars,  died  at 
the  age  of  twenty-si.\;  and  Raymond  F.  passed 
away  in  his  lhirt)--ninth  _\ear.  David  Minch 
was  prominent  in  tlic  community,  whicli  lie 
served  in  the  capacities  of  chosen  Freeholder 
and  Chairman  of  the  Grand  Jury.  In  religion 
he  was  affiliatetl  with  the  liaptist  denomina- 
tion, being  a  member  of  the  Roadstown  Bap- 
tist Church.  He  passed  away  in  November 
of  1870.  His  wife  departed  this  life  Decem- 
ber 28,  1893. 

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at  the  old  homestead  until  he  was  about 
twenty  years  of  age,  receiving  his  education 
in  the  common  schools  of  the  town.  At  this 
time  his  father  died,  and  he  and  his  brother 
conducted  the  farm  for  about  ten  years.  In 
1 88 1  he  moved  to  his  present  property,  com- 
prising eighty-nine  acres,  on  which  he  has 
resided  since,  an  eminently  successful  agri- 
culturist and  stock  farmer.  On  January  9, 
1881,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Martha  Henderson,  a  daughter  of  Daniel  Hen- 
derson, a  farmer  of  Deerfield,  N.J.  Mrs. 
Minch  bore  him  two  children,  of  whom  R. 
Leslie  is  living.  Mr.  Minch  is  Trustee  of  the 
Shiloh  District  School,  in  which  capacity  he 
has  served  very  acceptably  since  1893.  Mr. 
Minch  is  associated  with  the  fraternity  of  Odd 
Fellows,  being  a  member  of  the  Cohansey 
Lodge  of  Bridgeton,  N.J.  In  religious  belief 
he  is  a  Baptist,  and  was  formerly  a  member  of 
the  Roadstown  Baptist  Church.  Now  he  is  a 
member  of    the  Berean  Church  of  Bridgeton. 


-OHN  WINCH  ESTKR,  a  well-known 
agriculturist  of  South  Vineland,  was 
born  January  21,  1836,  in  South 
Coventry,  Tolland  County,  Conn.,  son  of  John 
Winchester,  Sr. ,  and  Sophia  (Gurley)  Win- 
chester. John  Winchester,  Sr. ,  a  son  of  Joel 
Winchester,  of  Canterbury,  Conn.,  was  born 
at  Canterbury,  Conn.,  July  17,  1796.  He 
was  educated  in  the  district  schools  of  his 
native  town,  and  for  several  years  immediately 
succeeding  he  was  engaged  in  school  teaching. 
He  then  learned  the  trade  of  wool  manufact- 


urer, and  was  subsequently  appointed  superin- 
tendent of  the  Kingsbury  Cashmere  mills  at 
Stafford  Springs,  Conn.  After  some  time  he 
became  a  member  of  the  company,  and  main- 
tained that  relationship  between  eight  and  ten 
years.  In  1850  he  sold  his  share  in  the  busi- 
ness and  accepted  the  agency  of  the  Hartford, 
Providence  &  Fishkill  Railroad  at  Vernon 
Junction,  which  position  he  held  for  the  rest 
of  his  life.  He  was  three  times  married. 
His  second  marriage  was  contracted  with  Miss 
Sophia  Gurley,  by  whom  he  became  the  father 
of  three  children ;  namely,  Fidelia,  Catherine, 
and  Edwin.  Fidelia  is  now  Mrs.  Chapin. 
Bv  his  last  marriage  he  was  united  with 
Miss  Gurley,  a  sister  of  his  former  wife. 
She  bore  him  six  children  —  Harriet,  Mary, 
Marcia  G. ,  John,  Arthur  Eugene,  and  Emily. 
Mary  became  the  wife  of  John  Spencer,  of 
Manchester,  Conn.  ;  Marcia  G.  married  Will- 
iam Hollister,  of  Westfield,  Union  County; 
and  Emily  is  now  the  widow  of  Park  Piper,  of 
Vernon,  Conn.  The  father  represented  Ver- 
non in  the  Connecticut  legislature,  and  for 
many  years  discharged  the  duties  of  Notary 
Public  gratuitously.  He  and  his  wife  were 
affiliated  with  the  Congregational  Church  of 
Vernon,  in  which  he  was  Deacon  for  a  long 
period. 

John  Winchester  received  his  education  in 
the  common  schools  and  in  the  Manchester 
(Conn. )  Academy.  Soon  after  he  went  to 
Hartford,  where  he  learned  silver  plating. 
This  trade  he  followed  until  1S61,  when  he 
enlisted  in  Company  A  of  the  I-'oiuth  Con- 
necticut Infantry.      The  regiment  was  sent  to 


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Western  Maryland,  where  it  remained  through 
the  summer  months  of  1861.  In  the  fall  of 
1 86 1  they  were  constituted  heavy  artillery. 
At  this  time  it  was  ordered  to  Arlington 
Heights,  where  it  spent  the  winter  of  1861- 
62.  It  was  subsequently  assigned  to  General 
McClellan's  army,  with  which  it  served 
through  the  entire  peninsular  campaign.  Mr. 
Winchester,  who  had  been  confined  to  the  hos- 
pital by  sickness  at  Harrison's  Landing,  was 
removed  to  David's  Island,  N.Y. ,  where  on 
November  21,  1862,  he  was  discharged  on 
account  of  impaired  health.  He  then  went 
to  New  Haven,  Conn.,  and  there  followed 
his  trade  for  about  four  years.  In  1866  he 
took  up  his  residence  in  South  Vineland  on 
a  farm  of  twenty-seven  acres,  purchased  by 
him  while  he  was  stationed  in  Maryland.  He 
has  lived  here  since,  successfully  engaged  in 
general  agriculture.  He  has  also  given  con- 
siderable attention  to  poultry.  A  large  por- 
tion of  his  estate  is  underlaid  with  glass  sand. 
On  September  4,  1857,  Mr.  Winchester 
married  Miss  Eliza  M.  Risley,  a  daughter  of 
Martin  Risley,  of  Manchester,  Conn.  He  has 
one  child,  Edith  M. ,  who  is  now  the  wife  of 
Andrew  H.  Wilson,  of  Vineland.  He  has 
served  on  the  Board  of  Election  as  Clerk  and 
as  Inspector.  Pie  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Court  of  Appeals,  and  likewise  has  held  the 
office  of  Trustee  of  the  Public  Schools.  His 
memories  of  the  war,  in  which  he  served  his 
country  faithfully  as  long  as  the  state  of 
his  health  would  permit,  are  kept  fresh  by  his 
association  with  Lyon  Pest  of  the  Grand  Army 
of    the    Republic    at    Vineland.      In    religious 


faith  and  fellowship  both  he  and  his  wife  are 
members  of  the  Swodenborgian  Church  of 
Vineland,  of  which  he  has  been  a  Trustee 
for  many  years. 


EWARD  CLARENCE  TREMAINI-:, 
D.  \^S. ,  a  resident  of  15ridgeton, 
N.J.,  where  the  skilful  practice  of 
his  profession  has  obtained  for  him  a  large 
clientage  among  the  owners  of  horses,  is  a  na- 
tive of  Baddeck,  Cape  Breton,  N.S. ,  and  is  a 
son  of  Barclay  E.  and  Caroline  (Old)  Trc- 
maine. 

Barclay  E.  Tremaine  was  educated  at 
Wolfel  College  in  Amherst,  N.S.  He  took 
up  the  study  of  law  with  his  father,  and  was 
subsequently  admitted  to  the  bar.  In  1872 
he  was  appointed  Judge  of  the  Inverness,  \'ic- 
toria,  and  Cape  Breton  County  Courts.  His 
wife,  Caroline,  is  a  daughter  of  George  Old, 
of  Shropshire,  England.  They  have  had 
twelve  children,  all  of  whom  save  one  reached 
maturity;  namely,  Anna  Catherine,  Seward 
Clarence,  Mabel  (now  deceased),  Blanche 
Lee,  Winifred,  Sybil  Clara,  Cecil  Edmund 
George,  William  Edward,  Vivian,  Mildred 
Havergal,  and  Eulah.  Judge  Tremaine  and 
his  wife  are  members  of  .St.  Peter's  Episcopal 
Church  at  Baddeck,  of  which  he  is  a  Vestr)- 
man.     He  also  belongs  to  the  Masonic  Order. 

Seward  C.  Tremaine  received  his  element- 
ary education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive town,  and  was  subsequently  graduated 
from  Baddeck  Academy.  He  then  went  to 
work   in   the  drug  store   of    Dr.    Copeland    in 


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Sidney,  Cape  Breton.  He  remained  there 
nearly  two  years,  then  went  to  New  York 
City,  and  took  a  course  in  the  American 
Veterinary  College,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated in  1890,  coming  soon  afterward  to 
Bridgeton,  where  he  has  since  built  up  a  large 
and  lucrative  practice. 

On  January  20,  1892,  Dr.  Tremaine  mar- 
ried Miss  Sophie  Kienzle,  a  daughter  of  Will- 
iam J.  Kienzle.  They  have  two  children, 
named  respectively  —  Eulah  Caroline  and 
Marguerita. 

Fraternally,  Dr.  Tremaine  is  a  member  of 
Cohansey  Tribe,  No.  14,  Improved  Order  of 
Red  Men,  and  also  belongs  to  the  Bridgeton 
Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  and  his  wife  are 
members  of  St.  Andrew's  Episcopal  Church. 


(^OHN  SAMUEL  HALSEY,  M.D.,  a 
successful  physician  and  surgeon  of 
Vineland,  was  born  December  21, 
1869,  in  Morristown,  Morris  County,  son  of 
Samuel  S.  and  Emma  (Rockwell)  Halsey. 
Samuel  S.  Halsey,  who  was  a  native  of  Rocka- 
way,  Morris  County,  after  attending  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  that  town  for  the  usual  period, 
prepared  for  college  at  Fairchild's  School, 
Long  Island.  He  then  entered  Princeton 
College,  from  which  in  due  time  he  gradu- 
ated with  honor.  He  subsequently  studied 
law  in  the  office  of  Henry  Little,  of  Morris- 
town,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  then 
engaged  in  his  profession  at  Morristown.  He 
had  acquired  a  large  clientage,  when  loss  of 
health   led   him  to  give  up  his  practice  there; 


and  he  came  to  Vineland  in  the  hope  that  the 
change  would  be  beneficial.  His  hopes  proved 
groundless,  however;  and  he  was  obliged  to 
relinquish  all  business  cares.  Finally  he  suc- 
cumbed to  that  most  insidious  of  diseases, 
consumption.  In  political  affiliation  he  was 
a  Republican,  and  for  two  years  served  as 
Mayor  of  Morristown.  His  wife,  Emma,  was 
a  daughter  of  David  Rockwell,  of  New  York 
City.  Five  children  were  the  fruit  of  their 
union.  With  the  exception  of  one  all  are  liv- 
ing; namely,  Sarah  H.,  John  S. ,  Nina  W.  V., 
and  Harry  Rockwell.  The  mother  is  a  com- 
municant of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church, 
of  which  the  father  was  also  a  member. 

John  Samuel  Halsey,  M.D.,  in  his  boyhood 
was  a  pupil  of  the  public  schools  of  Morris- 
town. He  subsequently  spent  two  years  at  a 
school  in  Rockaway,  Morris  County,  after 
which  he  was  at  Scranton,  Pa.,  for  two  years, 
under  the  instruction  of  a  private  tutor.  He 
then  took  a  three  years'  course  in  Pennington 
Seminary.  His  medical  education  was  re- 
ceived at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons in  New  York  City,  from  which  he  grad- 
uated in  the  class  of  1892.  For  nearly  a  year 
after  he  was  at  the  Vandefbilt  Clinique,  and 
then  settled  down  to  active  practice  here  in 
\'ineland.  Considering  the  short  time  he  has 
been  here,  the  amount  of  his  business  is  very 
satisfactory. 

Dr.  Halsey  is  a  communicant  of  the  Epis- 
copal church.  He  takes  a  keen  interest  in 
political  matters.  Like  his  father  he  is  a 
stanch  advocate  of  Republican  principles.  In 
1894  he  was  elected  Coroner  of  Cumberland 


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County  for  three  years.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Alpha  Omega  Society  of  Pennington  Sem- 
inary, and  of  Hobah  Lodge,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Vineland. 


:^AMUEL  A.  LANING,  ex-Post- 
master of  Bridgeton,  was  born  in  this 
city  on  August  14,  1853,  and  is 
son  of  Charles  and  Hope  (Allen)  Laning. 
William  Laning,  the  father  of  Charles  Laning, 
was  one  of  the  early  farmers  of  Deerfickl 
Street.  He  married  Miss  Ann  Peterson, 
daughter  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Stock,  of  Maurice 
River  township.  Their  son,  Charles  Laning, 
the  father  of  Samuel,  was  born  in  Deerfield 
Street  in  1824.  He  spent  his  early  years  on 
his  father's  farm,  and  in  1850  began  to  learn 
the  trade  of  carpenter  and  builder  of  Martin 
Bowen,  a  well-known  contractor  of  this  city. 
After  working  for  him  some  years  he  carried 
on  the  business  for  himself,  becoming  one  of 
the  older  builders  here.  He  contracted  for 
many  dwelling-houses  in  the  city  and  sur- 
rounding country.  In  politics  he  has  always 
labored  earnestly  to  promote  the  interests  of 
the  Democratic  party,  having  frequently  served 
as  a  delegate  to  county  and  State  elections. 
He  has  been  a  chosen  Freeholder,  and  for 
many  years  he  acted  as  Assessor  for  the  First 
Ward. 

Charles  Laning  married  in  1850  Miss 
Allen,  of  Centreton,  Salem  County,  daughter 
of  Samuel  Allen,  a  farmer.  They  became  the 
parents  of  eleven  children,  of  whom  two  died 
young.      Of  the   nine   who   came   to   maturity. 


but  seven  are  now  living — Emma,  a  trained 
nurse;  Samuel  A.;  Mrs.  Isaac  Laning,  of 
Richmond,  Ind.  ;  Charles  H.,  a  contractor  of 
this  city;  Miss  Martha  Laning,  vice-principal 
of  the  Bank  Street  School ;  Mrs.  Harry  Love, 
of  Park  City,  Utah;  and  Miss  Klizabeth  Lan- 
ing, who  is  a  teacher  in  Pearl  Street  School. 
During  the  past  few  years  the  father  has  been 
retired  from  active  business. 

Samuel  Albert  Laning,  after  completing  his 
education  in  Bank  Street  public  school,  was 
employed  as  clerk  by  J.  Darley  &  Son  in  a 
commission  house,  where  he  remained  si.\  or 
seven  years.  This  firm  were  extensive  dealers 
in  poultry,  which  they  shipped  to  New  York 
City.  In  1 88 1  Mr.  Laning  was  appointed 
deputy  warden  in  the  New  Jersey  State 
Prison,  holding  that  position  six  years,  being 
then  promoted  to  the  important  post  of  shop- 
keeper, in  which  he  gave  great  satisfaction. 
Being  an  earnest  Democrat,  Mr.  Laning  was 
very  active  during  the  Cleveland  campaign  of 
1884.  On  April  l,  1887,  he  became  Post- 
master of  Bridgeton,  having  received  his  ap- 
pointment but  a  short  time  previously. 
Among  the  many  needed  improvements  insti- 
tuted by  him  were  a  free  delivery  system  and 
earlier  and  later  mails.  In  November,  i8go, 
he  was  removed  h)'  President  Harrison. 

Soon  after,  in  company  witli  Mr.  J.  B. 
Clevenstine,  he  bought  the  Bridgeton  Chron- 
icle, transforming  it  into  a  Democratic  jour- 
nal. In  1892  the  partnership  was  dissolved, 
Mr.  Laning  assuming  the  entire  control  of  the 
weekly,  and  also  editing  a  daily  for  thirteen 
weeks  during  the  second  Cleveland   campaign. 


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heartily  championing  his  election.  When  the 
State  Democratic  Convention  met  to  nominate 
a  delegate,  Mr.  Laning.was  a  candidate  from 
the  First  Congressional  District;  and  he  came 
within  a  few  votes  of  receiving  that  honor. 
The  C/iroiiic/cwzs  one  of  the  first  papers  in  the 
State  to  propose  the  name  of  Governor  Werts 
as  candidate.  Mr.  Laning  was  delegate  to 
the  State  convention,  and  did  active  work  in 
the  gubernatorial  contest,  thereby  gaining 
additional  strength  with  party  leaders.  The 
Cliroiiicic  took  a  very  active  stand  against  im- 
ported Belgian  glass  blowers,  and  Mr.  Lan- 
ing's  articles  were  broadly  copied  by  the  lead- 
ing Democratic  papers  through  the  State. 
The  Weekly  Clironicle  was  continued  by  him 
until  April,  1894,  when  he  was  reappointed 
Postmaster.  He  remained  in  charge  of  the 
office  until  quite  recently. 

Since  Mr.  Laning's  first  appointment  the 
importance  of  the  office  has  nearly  doubled. 
His  .salary  then  was  but  two  thousand  dollars, 
and  the  clerk  hire  did  not  exceed  one  thou.sand 
dollars.  The  Postmaster's  salary  is  now  two 
thousand,  four  hundred;  while  the  allowance 
for  clerk  hire  is  two  thousand,  two  hundred, 
ill  a  year  and  increase  in  a  year.  Regular 
letter-carriers  are  employed  at  a  salary  of  eight 
hunch-ed  and  fifty  each  per  annum.  The 
government  also  pays  seven  hundred  a  year 
for  rent  of  room  for  post-office  purposes.  Yet, 
notwithstanding  all  this  increase,  there  is  a 
net  revenue  to  the  government  of  nearly  five 
thousand  dollars  annually. 

Mr.  Laning  has  been  an   active  member  of 
the  Boartl  of  Trade,  in  which  he  has  served  as 


Secretary  for  the  past  two  years.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Junior  Order  of  United  Ameri- 
can Mechanics  and  the  Royal  Arcanum.  He 
has  always  been  an  active  politician,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Democratic  County  Commit- 
tee. His  first  attendance  as  delegate  was  to 
the  State  convention  of  1877,  when  Governor 
Abbett  was  nominated.  Mr.  Laning  and  his 
brother  have  improved  considerable  real  estate 
in  the  city. 

He  was  married  on  Augu.st  23,  1888,  to 
Ella  D.  Stout,  of  Trenton,  N.J.  They  have 
two  children  —  Mabel  Stout  and  Edith  Pauline 
Laning.  The  Laning  family  have  a  pleasant 
house  at  160  Irving  Avenue.  They  attend 
and  help  to  support  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church. 


""jTiDWARD  WILLIAM  RUMBF  is  a  ca- 
Jpl  pable   and   trusted   employee   in   the 

Millville  freight  office  of  the  West  Jersey 
Railroad.  He  was  born  in  Philailelphia  on 
March  20,  1868,  son  of  Robert  I'hilip  and 
Rachel   E.  (Bagot)  Rumbf. 

Robert  Philip  Rumbf  was  a  native  of 
Dupont,  Germany,  where  his  birth  occurred 
on  March  17,  1838.  He  was  brought  to  this 
country  by  his  parents  when  he  was  nine 
years  old;  and  some  time  afterward  he  became 
a  student  of  Lehigh  University,  where  he  was 
graduated  about  the  year  1861.  He  then 
learned  the  trade  of  a  Bohemian  glass  blower, 
at  which  he  was  successfully  engaged  through- 
out his  life.  In  1872  he  came  to  Millville, 
and  started  the  Bohemian  glass-blowing  de- 
partment    in     the     manufactory     of     Whitall, 


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Tatiim  &  Co.,  being  the  first  man  to  introduce 
that  branch  of  the  glass  business  into  this 
place.  He  died  in  1886.  He  won  many 
friends  during  the  years  that  he  resided  here, 
and  that  he  was  regarded  as  one  of  Millville's 
most  intelligent  and  practical  thinkers  on  ed- 
ucational matters  is  attested  by  the  fact  that 
for  twelve  years  he  served  as  a  member  of  the 
School  Board.  He  was  a  member  of  Mill- 
ville  Lodge,  No.  52,  Knights  of  Pythias,  the 
Improved  Order  of  Heptasophs,  Knights  of 
Honor,  and  Chosen  I'riends.  His  union  with 
Miss  Rachel  Ei  Bagot  was  solemnized  in  Jan- 
uary, 1867.  She  is  a  daughter  of  William  P. 
Bagot,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Three  children 
were  born  to  them,  of  whom  two  are  living  ^ — ■ 
Edward  William  and  Joseph  B.  The  mother, 
who  still  survives  her  husband,  is  a  member 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  the 
father  was  also  a  member,  and  was  for  several 
years  one  of  its  Trustees. 

Edward  William  Rumbf  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  Millville.  After 
leaving  school  he  was  employed  for  a  time  in 
the  office  of  Whitall,  Tatum  &  Co.  He  sub- 
sequently went  to  work  in  the  l^ohemian  glass- 
blowing  department,  of  which  his  father  was 
superintendent,  and  remained  there  for  several 
years.  In  1893  he  accepted  a  jwsition  with 
the  West  Jersey  Railroad  Company  in  their 
freight  office,  and  he  continues  here  to  render 
efficient  service.  Fraternally,  Mr.  Rumbf  is 
a  member  of  Millville  Castle,  No.  2,  Knights 
of  Golden  Eagle,  of  which  he  is  Past  Chief; 
and  of  Millville  Lodge,  No.  59,  Knights  of 
Pythias. 


B 


AVID  F.  HANNAN,  a  prosperous 
I  u^  ■  farmer  and  tomato  packer  residing  at 
Deerfield  Street,  was  born  February 
4,  1841,  in  the  town  of  Deerfield,  son  of 
George  ¥.  and  Mary  A.  (Cake)  Ilannan. 
Grandfather  Ilannan  was  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers of  this  township,  where  he  purchased  a 
large  tract  of  land. 

George  F.  Hannan  was  born  here  in  the 
year  1817.  He  devoted  his  attention  strictly 
to  farming,  and  became  the  largest  land-owner 
in  the  township.  He  had  between  seven  and 
eight  hundred  acres  of  land  adjoining  the  farm 
now  owned  by  his  son,  David  F.  His  wife, 
Mary  A.,  was  a  daughter  of  David  L.  Cake,  a 
successful  farmer  of  the  town.  Twelve  chil- 
dren were  the  fruit  of  the  union,  all  of  whom 
lived  to  be  over  thirty  years  of  age,  and  all 
but  one  survived  the  father,  who  diet!  in  1873. 
They  were:  John,  who  is  residing  in  Kansas; 
David  F. ,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Hannah, 
now  deceased,  who  married  Samuel  B.  Davis; 
Elizabeth,  who  is  the  wife  of  William  H. 
Hitchner,  of  Shirley,  N.J.;  George  W.,  who 
lives  in  Deerfield;  and  Mary,  who  married 
Frank  Moore;  Sarah,  the  wife  of  Charles 
Woodland,  of  Atco,  N.J. ;  Maggie,  the  wife 
of  Dr.  Albert  F.  French;  Lydia,  the  wife  of 
Wilburt  Moore,  of  Deerfield;  Amos,  who  re- 
sides in  Cohansey,  Salem  County;  William, 
who  resides  in  Deerfield;  and  James  .Seeley. 
Their  mother,  who  reached  the  age  of  sixty- 
five  years,  surviving  the  father  fifteen  years, 
died  in  February,  1888.  She  was  a  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

David  F.  Ilannan  aci|uircd  his  education   in 


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the  common  schools  of  Deerfield.  He  lived 
with  his  parents  until  he  was  between  twenty- 
four  and  twenty-five  years  of  age,  when  he 
purchased  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  eighty- 
four  acres  of  his  father's  estate,  located  about 
a  mile  antl  a  half  north  of  the  village.  He 
lived  there  for  a  number  of  years  engaged  in 
farming.-  He  still  carries  on  farming  there, 
but  he  has  been  a  resident  of  the  village  of 
Deerfield  Street  since  1888.  He  keeps  a 
large  stock  of  full-blooded  sheep  and  swine. 
Several  years  ago  he  became  interested  in  the 
tomato-canning  business,  which  he  started  on 
a  small  scale.  The  business  continued  to  in- 
crease with  the  lapse  of  time,  so  that  he  had 
to  build  a  factory  to  meet  its  demands.  The 
present  factory,  fifty  by  one  hundred  feet  in 
ground  area,  two  stories  in  height,  is  fur- 
nished with  the  latest  machinery  for  packing. 
In  1895  Mr.  Hannan  raised  thirty-one  acres 
of   tomatoes,    besides   purchasing  the  fruit  of 


other  raisers.  Five  hundred  thousand  cans 
are  packed  annually,  and  in  the  canning  sea- 
son employment  is  given  to  between  forty  and 
forty-five  women  and  twenty  men.  The  goods 
are  sold  to  the  jobbing  trade.  There  is  but 
one  other  establishment  of  the  kind  in  the 
town. 

On  March  23,  1865,  Mr.  Hannan  was  joined 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Margaret  Mickel,  of 
Friesburg,  Salem  County,  where  her  father, 
Henry  Mickel,  is  successfully  engaged  in 
farming.  She  is  a  grand-daughter  of  Joshua 
Mickel.  Three  children  have  been  born  of 
the  union:  Lillian,  now  Mrs.  Francis  llcn- 
sted,  of  Block  Island,  R.  I.,  who  has  a  daugh- 
ter, Emily;  Henry  M.,  who  resides  in  the 
house  adjoining  his  father's,  and  is  the  man- 
ager of  the  canning  house;  and  Albert,  who  is 
still  in  school.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hannan  attend 
and  support  the  Deerfield  Presbyterian 
Church,  of  which  the  wife  is  a  member. 


INDEX. 


BIOGRAPHICAL. 


A 

Aekley,  John  A 329 

Ackley,  Joshua  C 46 

Adams,  Joshua  C 361 

Adams,  Orange  H.,  iM.D.  .     .     .  1S8 

Albertson,  Constant 177 

Allen,  Robert  M 59 

Alvord,  Henry  S 276 

Appelgate,  E.  Milford   ....  128 

Applegate,  John  C,  M.D.      .     .  33S 

Ash,  William  H 280 

Auld,  Jacob  W 536 

Austin,  George  S 518 

.Austin,  Thomas  F 251 

Ayars,  Ephraim  G 280 

Ayars,  Jonathan  S 99 


B 

Bacon,  .Snnford 37S 

Hacon,  Stetson  L.,  M.D.    ...  62 

Baker,  Philip  P 464 

Baker,  Theodore  F.  D.      ...  460 

Barnes,  William  B 222 

Barth,  Gustav  H .•    .  504 

Bartlett,  Francis  P 396 

Bateman,  Ephraim,  M.D.  ...  53 

Beaumont,  Joseph 293 

Bennett,  .Andrew  W 92 

Berault  de  St.  Maurice.CW.V.L.  417 

lierger,  William  C 521 

Bctchner,  George  W 257 

Bickley,  Horace  P 503 

Bidwell,  Edwin  C,  M.D.  .     .     .  154 

Bidwell,  Edwin  H.,  M.D.  ...  474 


PACE 

Bidwell,  Richard  0 321 

Blew,  David  S 48 

Bonham,  Winfield  S 84 

Bowen,  John  B.,  M.D 413 

Brannin,  George 191 

Brewer,  Charles,  M.D 427 

Brewster,  Rev.  Charles  .A.     .     .  349 

Brooks,  Charles  H 35 

Brooks,  James  L 465 

Brown,  George  E 543 

Brown,  William  M 185 

Buckminster,  Jeremiah  H.      .     .  479 

Bullock,  Frank 519 

Burge,  David  H 382 

Butcher,  George  E.,  M.D.     .    .  458 


C 

Campbell,  Robert  L 543 

Chamberlin,  Aaron  L 271 

Chambers,  John  R 451 

Chambers,  Walter  S 491 

Cheesman,  John 484 

Cheesman,  Reuben 469 

Cheever,  George  A 168 

Chester,  George  M 529 

Clark,  Joseph  A S' 

Clevenstine,  John  B 186 

Comer,  Josiah  B 160 

Compton,  Theophilus  G.    .     .     .  404 

Conner,  Henry  B 239 

Conover,  Charles  B 14S 

Cook,  Joseph 319 

Cooke,  Philip  St.  George  .     .     .  434 

Cosier,  Peter  C 173 

Cosman,  Jonathan  E 267 


TAGE 

Counsellor,  Edward  P.       ...  132 

Crickler,  Charles  D 277 

D 

Daggett,  Willi.im  A 353 

Danzenbaker,  Theodore  F.    .     .  460 

Dare,  Edgar 21 

Dare,  Henry  M 93 

Dare,  Robert  H 275 

Dare,  Smith 15S 

Davis,  Harrison  W 32 

Davis,  Theodore  F 315 

Davis,  William  H 288 

Dawson,  Joseph  A 544 

Dilks,  Michael  J 397 

Donellcy,  John  A 178 

Doughty,  William  M 473 

Doudney,  Lewis  H 134 

Down,  John  S 376 

Dubois,  Clarence  M 95 

Du  Bois,  Isaac  A 524 

Du  Bois,  William  N 85 

Durfee,  Stephen  B 211 

B 

Eastlack,  William  A 106 

Edwards,  Benjamin  F 67 

Elmer,  Daniel 479 

Elmer,  Henry  W.,  M.D.    ...  264 

Elmer,  James  H 281 

Elmer,  Macomb  K 470 

Elmer,  Wilberforce  B 44 

Elton,  John  R 420 

Errickson,  Goen,  Jr 377 

Ewan,  James 96 


556 


INDEX 


Ferguson,  Argus  S 279 

Fish,  Winslow  L 233 

Fithian,  William  S f4'> 

Fleetwood,  Edward  D.       ...  309 

Foote,  Eben  H 120 

Foster,  Isaac  H 300 

Fowler,  Seaman  R 124 

Fox,  Samuel  M 86 

Frazeur,  David  0 33 


Gandy,  Frank 74 

Garrison,  Joel 505 

Garrison,  John  B 294 

Garrison,  John  C 301 

Garrison,  Stephen  0 545 

Garrison,  Walter  S 345 

Garrison,  William  0 113 

Gifford,  Pardon 355 

Gillam  Family 136 

Glackin,  William  F 264 

Glanden,  Andrew  P.,  M.D.    .     .  79 

Glaspell,  John  N 253 

Glaspey,  L.  Frank 286 

Grassman,  Charles  T 322 

Gutterson,  Abel  F 399 

Gwynne,  William  A 392 


Hires,  William 519 

Hirst,  Thomas 457 

Hitchner,  David 307 

Hoagland,  James  R 14 

Hoff,  Thomas  S 453 

Holt,  George  E 245 

Howell,  Nelson  P 526 

Hoyer,  Charles  E 525 

Hughes,  William  R 540 

Hulings,  Mark 182 


Institute,  South  Jersey 
Iredell,  Samuel      .     .     . 
Ireland,  George  W.  .     . 


437 
172 

I  22 


H 


Hale,  Freeman  S. 
Halsey,  John  S.,  M.D. 
Hampton,  George 
Hand,  Constant  W 
Hand,  James     .     . 
Hand,  John  C. 
Hannan,  David  F. 
Harding,  Benjamin  F.    . 
Harker,  Gordon  1..,  M.D. 
Harris,  George  A.,  M.D. 
Harris,  Tlionias  U.    .     . 
Heaton,  Harry  T.      .     . 
Hendee,  William  C. .     . 
Henderson,  Ebenezer  C. 
Henderson,  Lafayette    . 
Hess,  Dayton  L.  V.  .     . 
Hewitt,  Richard,  Jr. 
Hill,  Charles  T.,  M.D. 
Hires.  Benjamin  F.   .     . 


335 
550 
525 
30s 
40S 

313 
553 
224 
462 

384 

24 

500 

.5'5 
227 

357 

47' 

259 

205 

58 


Johnson,  Feli.x  S.  S.       .     . 

.      512 

Johnson,  John  F 

.      80 

Johnson,  Levi  D 

.     213 

Johnson,  Neil 

•     425 

Johnson,  Peter      .... 

•     472 

Joslin,  William  F.      .     .     . 

.     204 

Judson,  Andrew  R.,  M.D. 

•     "5 

K 

Keighley,  Charles 392 

Kienzle,  William  J 527 

Kimball,  Myron  J 209 

Kingsbury,  Rev.  John  A.   .     .     .  231 

Kirchhoff,  Henry  C 538 

Knoll,  William  H 223 


Ladd,  Benjamin  F. 
Lake,  David  R.     . 
Lake,  Robert  L.    . 
Landis,  Charles  K.,  Sr. 
Lange,  George  D. 
Laning,  Charles     . 
Laning,  Samuel  A. 
Leatherwood,  Samuel 
Lee,  Uriah  S.   .     . 
Lewellcn,  John  G. 
Lord,  Charles  P.  . 
Lore,  Arick  C. 
Lore,  Frank  J.  .     . 


312 

374 
217 
362 
70 
36 
55" 
389 
494 
266 

39 
214 

72 


FACE 

Lore,  Jonathan 358 

Lore,  Norton,  Jr 323 

Lore,  Robert  T 447 

Lore,  L^riah 498 

Lott,  Richard 372 

Ludlam,  Mulford 1 1 1 

Lummis,  J.  Frederic      ....  153 

Lupton,  Alfred  H 344 

M 

Manks,  Edward  F 534 

Marks,  Daniel 43 

Mason,  Joseph 252 

Matthews,  Stacy  W 45 

Maul,  Benjamin  F 70 

Mayhew,  Mortimer 333 

Maytrott,  George  A 535 

Maxham,  Benjamin  D.       ...  442 

McAllister,  Sheppard  S.    .     .     .  368 

McBride,  David  H 163 

McBride,  Lewis 166 

McMahan,  John 346 

Mickel,  Charles  H 496 

Miller,  William  H 107 

Miller,  Robert,  Sr 517 

Minch,  Bloomfield  H 55 

Minch,  Edmund  D 547 

Minch,  Walter  L 08 

Mitchell,  James  E 295 

Moore,  Charles  D. 76 

Moore,  Daniel  R 542 

More,  Azariah 90 

More,  Richard  M 403 

More,  Robert 19 

More,  Robert,  Jr 240 

Mulford,  Edward  M 56 

Mulford,  Martin  B 501 

N 

Nichols,  Isaac  T 196 

Nichols,  Percival 286 

Nichols,  Robert  C 9 

Nixon,  J.  Boyd 23 

O 

Ogden,  Elmer S3 

Ogden,  William 150 

Oliver,  David  H.,  M.D.      ...  345 


INDEX 


557 


PAGE 
P 

Padgett,  Ebenezer 3S1 

Pancoast,  Caleb  L 523 

Parent,  George  A iiS 

Parsons,  William  H 2S 

Parvin,  Edmund 24S 

Parvin,  Elijah  R 360 

Payne,  George  W 16 

Payne,  John  E 462 

Pennell,  S.  Frank 466 

Pepper,  William  B 324 

Perry,  Edward  D 398 

Perry,  Harrison 307 

Perry,  William  S Si 

Pierce,  Ernest  A 4S6 

Pierce,  Joel  F 514 

Pierce,  Joseph  S 537 

Platts,  Charles  H 511 

Polhamus,  Zebulon 343 

Potter.  William  E 108 


R 

Radcliffe,  John  R 176 

Reeves,  Henry,  Jr 219 

Reeves,  James  J 438 

Reeves,  John  S 159 

Reustle,  John  D 407 

Rice,  J.  Lenhart 326 

Richardson,  J.  Ward      ....  4S7 

Richman,  Charles 263 

Riley,  Enoch  H 47 

Riley,  Frank  M 421 

Robbins,  Henry  S 22S 

Robbinson,  Lewis  H 316 

Robbinson,  Silas 256 

Robbinson,  William  G.      .     .     •  235 

Roeder,  Rev.  Adolph     ....  29S 

Roray,  David  H 477 

Roray,  Jeremiah <J| 

Ross,  Thomas  B 385 

Rumbf.  Edward  W 552 

Russell,  John 493 


Sawyer,  Waldo  F.,  M.D. 

Schussler,  Hermann  F. 

Sharp,  Barton  F.       .     . 
;  Sharp,  Franklin    .     . 
I  Sharp,  Joseph  B. 
!  Sharpe,  Mrs.  Beulah  E. 

Shaw,  DeMott      .     . 

Sheldon,  Ephraim  H. 

Shinn,  Allen  R.    .     . 

Shinn,  Samuel       .     . 

Shoemaker,  Clement  W. 

Shropshire,  Joseph    . 

Simmons,  Thomas  S. 

Simms,  Benjamin  W. 

Skinner,  Benjamin  C. 

Sloan,  Lemuel  P. 

Smalley,  Isaac  I\L 

Smith,  Mrs.  Artemisia 

Smith,  James  L.    .     . 

Smith,  William  H.  C,  M.D. 

South  Jersey  Institute 

Spence,  Henry  H.     . 

Starn,  Edwin  W. 

Stevens,  N.  Henry    . 

Stewart,  William  W. 

Stites,  Willis  A.    .     . 

Stokes,  Edward  C.    . 

Streets,  David  R.,  M.D. 

Stultz,  Rev.  William  D. 


246 
119 

131 
520 
508 

513 
162 
289 
161 

3S7 
268 

449 
156 

278 

'99 
287 

31 
243 

"7 
241 

437 

356 

510 

12 

82 

52 
123 

97 
104 


T 

Thompson,  John  R.  C,  M.D.     .  282 

Tice,  Josiah  H 221 

Tice,  Thomas  M 30 

Tilley,  Rev.  Charles  C.      .     .     .  208 

Tomlinson,  Jose]jh,  M.D.  .     .     .  297 

Torrens,  James  .M 34S 

Townsend,  William  H.      .     .     .  331 

Tozour,  Richard 452 

Trask,  Henry  K 435 

Tremaine,  Seward  C 549 

Tuller.  Royal  P 254 


PAGE 
U 

Unsworth,  Joseph 4S3 

Unsworth,  Matthew 482 

V 

Vanaman,  Luke  W 450 

Van  Keuren,  Francis  C.     .     .     .  445 

Van  Leer,  William  H 42 

Van  Syekel,  James  1 531 

Vinter,  Thomas  H 370 


W 

Wade,  John  W.,  .M.D 151 

Wall.s,  Frank  H 219 

Wathicr,  Francis 230 

Watson,  John  F 320 

Weatherby,  Benjamin  B.    .     .     .  129 

Welch,  Charles  E 539 

Welch,  Jonathan 541 

Welch,  Thomas  B.,  M.D.  ...  100 

White,  Evan  R 25S 

Whitaker,  Jonathan  S.,  M.D.     .  167 

Whitaker,  Lucius  Q.  C.      ...  532 

Whitaker,  Thomas 145 

Wightman,  Homer  J 415 

Willcox,  John 290 

Willets.  John  IL,  M.D.      ...  475 

Williams,  Charles  E 212 

Willson,  Andrew  H 522 

Willson,  Marcius 1S3 

Wilson,  Harrison 339 

Winans,  Rev.  Alfred  L.     .     .     .  409 

Winchester,  John 54S 

Woodruff,  Harry  L 192 

Woodruff,  Warren  C 196 


Yates,  John 203 

Young,  Lewis  D 66 


PORTRAITS. 


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Adams,  Orange  H 1S9 

Bacon,  Sanford 379 

Bacon,  Stetson  L 63 

Bidwell,  Edwin  C.     .     .     .  facing  154 

Bowen,  John  B.,  M.D 412 

Chambers,  Walter  S 490 

Cheesman,  Reuben 46S 

Clark,  Joseph  A 50 

Compton,  Theophilus  G.    .     .     .  405 

Conner,  Henry  Li 23S 

Daggett,  William  A 352 

Dare,  Robert  H 274 

Elton,  John  R.       ...       facing  420 

Fowler,  Seaman  R 125 


Fox,  Samuel  M 87 

Gillam,  Alexander  Moffat     facing  136 

Gillam,  Ernest  Marion     .         '■  136 

Gillam,  Manley  Marcus   .         "  136 

Gillam,  Marcus  ....         "  136 

Gillam,  Scott  Lincoln       .         "  136 

Hand,  Constant  W 304 

Harding,  Benjamin  F 225 

Harris,  Thomas  U 25 

Hirst,  Thomas 456 

Judson,  Andrew  R.    .     .     .  facing  115 

Keighley,  Charles 393 

Landis,  Charles  K.,  Sr.       .     .     .  363 


lAGE 

Lord,  Charles  P 38 

Lore,  Arick  C 215 

Moore,  Charles  D 77 

Nichols,  Robert  C 8 

Polhamus,  Zebulon 342 

Rice,  J.  Lenhart 327 

Richman,  Charles 262 

Robbinson,  Lewis  H 317 

Thompson,  John  R.  C.       ...  283 

Van  Keuren,  Francis  C.     .     .     .  444 

Welch,  Thomas  B lol 

Willcox,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  .     .  291 

Yates,  John 202 


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